bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
EquineReview
Authors: McGovern Kate
Published: November 2021

Introduction:

This month's Equine Review presents papers on a large prospective European study of the efficacy and safety of the glucocorticoid prodrug ciclesonide, changes in the faecal microbiota of horses hospitalised for colic and the comparison of chlorhexidine and alcohol-based antisepsis of the equine distal limb.
An MDA Proposal To Integrate the Measurement Lifecycle Into the Process Lifecycle
Authors: Meidan Ayman , García García Julián Alberto , RAMOS ROMAN ISABEL , Lizcano Casas David , Escalona Maria José
Published: November 2021

Context: Measuring the Software Development Process (SDP) supports organizations in their endeavor to understand, manage, and improve their development processes and projects. In the last decades, the SDP has evolved to meet the market needs and keep abreast of modern technologies and infrastructures. These changes in the development processes have increased the importance of the measurement and caused changes in the measurement process and the used measures. Objective: This work aims to develop a solution to support the measurement activities throughout the process lifecycle. Method: Study the current state of the art to identify existing gaps. Then, propose a solution to support the process measurement throughout the SDP lifecycle. Results: The proposed solution consists of two main components: (i) Measurement lifecycle, which defines the measurement activities throughout the SDP lifecycle, (ii) Measurement definition metamodel (MDMM), which supports the measurement lifecycle and its integration into the process lifecycle. Conclusion: This proposal allows organizations to define, manage, and improve their processes; the proposed information model supports the unification of the measurement concepts and vocabulary. The defined measurement lifecycle provides a comprehensive guide for the organizations to establish the measurement objectives and carry out the necessary activities to achieve them. The proposed MDMM supports and guides the engineers in the complete and operational definition of the measurement concepts.
Knowledge Based Deep Inception Model for Web Page Classification
Authors: Gupta Amit , Bhatia Rajesh
Published: November 2021

Web Page Classification is decisive for information retrieval and management task and plays an imperative role for natural language processing (NLP) problems in web engineering. Traditional machine learning algorithms excerpt covet features from web pages whereas deep leaning algorithms crave features as the network goes deeper. Pre-trained models such as BERT attains remarkable achievement for text classification and continue to show state-ofthe-art results. Knowledge Graphs can provide rich structured factual information for better language modelling and representation. In this study, we proposed an ensemble Knowledge Based Deep Inception (KBDI) approachfor web page classification by learning bidirectional contextual representation using pre-trained BERT incorporating Knowledge Graph embeddings and fine-tune the target task by applying Deep Inception network utilizing parallel multi-scale semantics. Proposed ensemble evaluates the efficacy of fusing domain specific knowledge embeddings with the pre-trained BERT model. Experimental interpretation exhibit that the proposed BERT fused KBDI model outperforms benchmark baselines and achieve better performance in contrast to other conventional approaches evaluated on web page classification datasets.
Gabor’s holography: seven decades influencing optics [Invited]
Authors: De la Torre I. Manuel H. , Mendoza Santoyo Fernando , Flores M. J. Mauricio , Hernandez-M. M. del Socorro
Published: November 2021

Dennis Gabor’s seminal idea of a simple all-optical setup aimed at reconstructing the object wavefront stored on a photographic plate gave birth a little over seven decades ago to the field of holography. In 1971 Gabor obtained the Nobel Prize in Physics for this invention. Still, the road in the early days after his two first papers on the subject was one full of obstacles, so his scientific and engineering contemporaries put his idea to rest for more than 10 years, until the invention of the laser. This fact made his holographic concept take off to new and unsuspected applications. This invited review paper is a homage to Dennis Gabor’s 50th anniversary of his Nobel Prize accolade. For this purpose, the review departs from the typical common route, i.e., those written following a timeline fashion, and instead is written with the intent to cover only a few of the holography applications in optics while scanning the electromagnetic spectrum. In doing this, the authors are aware that other invited papers for this special issue will tackle other subjects not dealt with in this review non-timeline paper.
Structure function, coherence length, and angle-of-arrival variance for Gaussian beam propagation in turbulent waters
Authors: Ata Yalçın
Published: November 2021

Wave structure function, coherence length, and angle-of-arrival variance are derived analytically for a Gaussian beam propagating in an underwater turbulent medium. The recently introduced oceanic turbulence optical power spectrum model [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A37,1614(2020)JOAOD60740-323210.1364/JOSAA.399150] is used, and results are obtained for the case of large separations. The effect of temperature, salinity, rates of dissipation of mean-squared temperature and energy, temperature-salinity gradient ratio, wavelength, and aperture diameter, is presented. Further, a Gaussian beam is compared with the plane and spherical waves in terms of their effect on wave structure function, coherence length, and angle-of-arrival fluctuations. The presented results can be beneficial to set the parameters of imaging and communication systems using a Gaussian beam in an underwater turbulent medium and can be used for the optimization of the design of these systems.
Automated segmentation of knee menisci from magnetic resonance images by using ATTU-Net: a pilot study on small datasets
Authors: Long Zhongjie , Zhang Dianmin , Guo Hengbing , Wang Wei
Published: November 2021

We proposed a neural network model trained with a small amount of meniscus data (only 144 MR images) to improve the segmentation performance of CNNs, such as U-Net, by overcoming the challenges caused by surrounding tissues. We trained and tested the proposed model on 204 T2-weighted MR images of the knee from 181 patients. The trained model provided excellent segmentation performance for lateral menisci with a mean Dice similarity coefficient of 0.864 (range, 0.743-0.990; SD, ±0.077). The results were superior to those of contemporarily published meniscus segmentation methods based on CNNs.
Magnitude of client satisfaction and its associated factors with outpatient pharmacy service at Dubti General Hospital, Afar, North East Ethiopia: A cross sectional study
Authors: Gidey Anwar Brhan , Yazie Taklo Simeneh , Bogale Tegegne , Gulente Tesfaye Molla
Published: November 2021

Introduction

In Ethiopia the pharmacy service has had several gaps among these were low patient satisfaction, and poor availability of essential pharmaceuticals. In addition, previous studies showed variation in magnitude of client satisfaction, and there is no previous study in the study area. Therefore, the aim of the study was to determine client satisfaction with outpatient pharmacy service and associated factors among adult clients at Dubti General Hospital in Afar, Ethiopia.

Methods

A hospital based cross sectional study design was employed from February 1 to March 30, 2020 at Dubti General Hospital. Participants were selected by systematic random sampling method. Bivariate and multivariate binary logistic regression was computed to assess statistical association between the outcome variable, and independent variables. AOR with 95% CI were used to show statistical Significance at P <0.05.

Results

The overall satisfaction towards outpatient pharmacy service was 165(40.5%). Regarding associated factors, service payment insured through their workplace was positively associated with satisfaction (AOR = 3.178, 95% CI: 1.294–7.80) where as availability of some medications (AOR = 0.393, 95% CI: 0.208–0.741), unfair medication cost (AOR = 0.613, 95% CI: 0.607–0.910), and lack of organized pharmacy work flow (AOR = 0.105, 95% CI: 0.049–0.221) were negatively associated with clients’ satisfaction.

Conclusion

The clients’ satisfaction in this study is low that warrants immediate corrective measures. Corrective measures should be taken based on identified gaps such as improving drug availability, pharmacy work flow, and cost of medications.
Shadows from the past: Unstable memories and collective trauma in Black Earth Rising1
Authors: Coviello Massimiliano , Maiello Angela
Published: November 2021

Among the many important issues addressed by contemporary European crime drama production, one can find the construction of collective and individual memory, oftentimes linked to major traumatic events of the twentieth century. This article focuses on Black Earth Rising, a UK production created by Hugo Blick. The series’ protagonist, Kate Ashby (Michaela Coel), is a legal investigator, orphaned during the 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rwanda and later adopted by a renowned British prosecutor in international criminal law. Black Earth Rising revolves around Kate’s investigations, which in turn lead her back to Rwanda, where she faces not only trauma and shadows of her childhood in Rwanda, but also the tragic violence that shaped the history of her country. Considering the relationship between memory, processing trauma and the crime genre, this article examines different aspects of Blick’s TV series. More precisely, the article explores the crime drama’s utilization of investigation as a narrative tool that guides the viewer through the history of the Rwandan genocide, the role of its female protagonist and the function of reoccurring black-and-white animated sequences. In this analysis, crime drama, in part due to its widespread popularity, is framed as an important tool that allows for the construction of shared space, in which mediated cultural encounters and collective memory can take place.
Inventando fotolivros de literatura
Authors: Fernandes Ana Luiza , Queiroz João
Published: November 2021

Este artigo apresenta uma edição especial da revista MATLIT dedicada a "fotolivros de literatura". Como sabemos, o conceito de fotolivro mistura-se com muitos outros conceitos – livro de artista, arte do livro, obra-de-livro [bookwork], livro de arte, livro objeto, livro ilustrado, livro concetual, livro fotográfico, álbum fotográfico – de diversos campos de pesquisa – estudos de intermedialidade e multimodalidade, literatura comparada, teoria da fotografia, semiótica geral, teoria da arte, história da arte. O leitor encontrará neste número várias tentativas de descrever e analisar fotolivros, e uma discussão sobre a melhor forma de defini-los e classificá-los, segundo diferentes perspectivas teóricas e contextos.
Daqui para lá e de volta aqui: realizadores transmédia ou continuidade de estilo?
Authors: Silveira Francisco
Published: November 2021

Recensão crítica da obra Carol Vernallis, Holly Rogers e Lisa Perrott (eds.). Transmedia Directors: Artistry, Industry and New Audiovisual Aesthetics. Nova Iorque: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. 510 pp. ISBN 978-1-5013-3928-8.
Expanded literacies
Authors: Marques Ana
Published: November 2021

Review of Nathan Snaza. Animate Literacies: Literature, Affect, and the Politics of Humanism. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2019. 232 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4780-0562-9
Entre texto e imagem: a morte como tema fotoliterário em Nadja de André Breton
Authors: Mantovani Juliana
Published: November 2021

Neste artigo, nos propomos a analisar a obra Nadja (1928), de André Breton, sob o aspecto das relações entre literatura e fotografia que gravitam em torno da utilização de fotografias em sua composição. Composta a partir da associação entre texto e imagens fotográficas, esta obra nos oferece inúmeras possibilidades de análise, dentre as quais pretendemos aqui verificar a constituição fotoliterária da temática da morte. Desse modo, buscaremos demonstrar como as relações entre texto e imagem atuam para a construção do tema da morte. Para isso, contamos com o aporte teórico dos Estudos Fotoliterários (Montier, 2008; 2015; Grojnowski, 2002) e recorreremos ao suporte de parte da fortuna crítica da obra que se dedicou a essa temática, bem como a teóricos que tenham se dedicado a refletir sobre as relações entre literatura, fotografia, espaço vazio, ausência e morte.
Reseña de: Diálogo(s), epistemologia(s) e educação histórica: um primeiro olhar
Authors: Ponce Gea Ana Isabel
Published: November 2021

Reseña de la publicación de Marques, L. A. y Gago, M. O. (coords.). (2021). Diálogo(s), epistemologia(s) e educação histórica: um primeiro olhar. Porto: CITCEM. 108 pp. ISBN 978-989-8970-31-2.
La pandemia sanitaria, económica y social: Discurso presidencial chileno frente a la COVID-19
Authors: Gartenlaub-González Andrea , Arenas Rodolfo
Published: November 2021

El texto revisa los discursos del presidente chileno Sebastián Piñera durante los meses de marzo a octubre del año 2020, en medio del desarrollo de la crisis sanitaria producida por la COVID-19. En sus dos presidencias dirigiendo el país andino (2010-2014 / 2018-2022) Piñera ha debido sortear varias crisis sociales: un movimiento estudiantil, entre 2011 y 2012; un estallido de violencia social, en octubre de 2019, y luego la llegada de la COVID-19, en marzo de 2020. Dentro de este contexto el objetivo del artículo es establecer cuáles fueron los elementos discursivos más relevantes dentro del período de crisis sanitaria. Para ello se utilizaron conceptos provenientes de la teoría de representación social y del análisis político del discurso para analizar un conjunto de 27 discursos. El resultado muestra que la crisis de la COVID-19 se utilizó como una oportunidad para reforzar los fundamentos programáticos e ideológicos de la coalición gobernante, con el aval de la eficiencia, la idea de patria y referencias religiosas. Se concluye que el discurso de Piñera constituye un intento de manejar la agenda pública y política basado en la estrategia retórica del devil-angel shift.
Antibiotic Resistance of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Cambodian Fish Paste Product
Authors: Chuob Sokvibol , Prommakool Arunya , Chumnanka Chuleeporn , Tayuan Chintana , Sirijariyawat Arpassorn , Phattayakorn Kriangkrai , Savedboworn Wanticha
Published: November 2021

Fish paste product is considered an important food in Cambodia. However, the status of antimicrobial susceptibility of microbes in this product are a concern. This study aimed to isolate lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from Cambodian fish paste and to investigate their resistant property of antibiotics. Fifteen LABs were isolated with cell forms of 14 as cocci and 1 as rods. Isolates of the bacteria were identified as Staphylococcus piscifermentans (14 strains) and Lactobacillus plantarum (1 strain). Using the disk diffusion method, the resistance was investigated of the 15 LAB isolate strains to eight clinically crucial antibiotics: penicillin (Pen), ampicillin (Amp), erythromycin (Ery), tetracycline (Tet), vancomycin (Van), streptomycin (Str), sulfamethoxazoletrimethoprim (Sul) and metronidazole (Met). It was found that all 15 LAB isolates were resistant to Met. One isolate strain was resistant to Pen, Amp, Tet, Str and Sul. Furthermore, 7 and 2 isolate strains were resistant to Tet and Van, respectively. All 15 isolate strains were sensitive to Str and Ery. The LAB isolate strains were sensitive to Pen, Amp, Sul (14 strains), Tet (6 strains) and Van (13 strains). These results showed that 14 of the LAB isolate strains were sensitive to 5 antibiotics (Pen, Amp, Ery, Str and Sul) and could be considered as strains for utilization as starter culture for fish fermentation. Additionally, these finding will be conduct to assess the antibiotic resistance incidences of LABs in Cambodian fermented foods.
“Don't tell me that I don't exist”:
Authors: Dambrauskas Karolis , Baradziej Emilia
Published: November 2021

This article discusses the ways national identity is constructed and practiced in North Macedonia. Based on data collected in 2015 during fieldwork in the Macedonian city of Bitola, and, especially, in the village of Trnovo and the city of Ohrid, the article explains how various notions of Macedonianness are constructed and politicized.To do this, several analytical prisms characteristic to the field of nationalism studies are used. The Macedonians' need for having their constructed identity recognized has its roots in Macedonia's turbulent national and international political environment. Even so, the evidence collected in the interviews with local informants will highlight how Macedonianness is often practiced by marking the rejection of other national identifications. In particular, the article demonstrates how the idea of antique national roots marks an attempt to re-use available historical materials on two different levels: to boost national pride and to legitimize political claims made by some Macedonian politicians.
Subversive heteroglossia:
Authors: Zheltova Ekaterina , Vaxevanou Theodora , Manousopoulou Μariana , Kalogianni Despina
Published: November 2021

In the research on borderscapes, particularly in the Albanian-Greek borderland, explorations of identities and fluidity of socio-cultural boundaries play a key role. Based on several ethnographic interviews and participatory observation during short-term fieldwork in the Konitsa region of North-Western Greece, this study aims to explore the metalinguistic narratives of the local people coming from Albanian/Arvanitika-speaking families. We observe how Albanian and Greek language use is narrated across several generations of these families, shaping narratives of place-making and belonging. Drawing upon the theory of cultural intimacy, studies of linguistic ideologies, and discourse analysis, we examine the multiple controversies in our research participants’ metalinguistic narratives and indexical signs such as code-switching. Using an anthropological lens, we also trace how these people’s personal stories are affected by national discourses, and how the state’s discourses infiltrate local peoples’ metalinguistic narratives. As previous studies have shown, in a situation of heteroglossia, the low-prestige language is perceived “through the eyes” of the dominant language. Nonetheless, when subversive heteroglossiaoccurs, the dominant linguistic ideology is also internalized by the speakers, but it is deviated and reassessed in the attempt to build spaces of cultural intimacy.
Structural and Magnetic Properties of Nano Composite (Ni1-xSrx Fe12 O19) Prepared by Sol-gel
Authors: Hassan Dhifaf Hussain , Fathi Sabah Jalal
Published: November 2021

The compound was prepared by sol-gel method for spontaneous combustion with certain weight ratios (x=0.0,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5,0.6,0.7,0.8,0.9), the samples were calcined at a temperature (900oC) for a period of two hours(2h), then studied its structural and magnetic properties.one of the most prominent results that we obtained from the X-ray diffraction technique (XRD) is that compound has several phases. Where the sample (NiFe2O4) appeared to be polycrystalline and the dominant phase in it is the cubic phase, while the other phase is (Hematite)(Fe2O3) A crystal structure rhomboid (Rhombohedral), in addition to these two phases, the phase with the existing quaternary structure appeared (Sr2Fe2O5) its called (Orthorhombic). The results of the magnetic properties that were obtained through the (VSM) device, and one of the most important of these properties is the magnetic hysteresis loop by analyzing the magnetic hysteresis loop at (x=0.3), where the least area of the hysteresis loop or the least width of the hysteresis loop One of the most important parameters of the magnetic properties is the saturation magnetism (μS) and its value ranges from (19.76-3.86) (emu/gr), the highest value was at (X=0.3) and its value is (19.76emu/gr) and in general its value decreases with increasing concentration of strontium. The residual magnetism (Mr) ranges between (7.45-1.58) (emu/gr), where it reached its highest value at (x=0.3) and its value is (7.45emu/gr), and generally its value decreases with increasing concentration of strontium. In addition to that, there is another parameter which is coercion or Magnetic coercivity (Hc) ranges in value (1751.104-209.26) (Oe), reaching its lowest value at (x=0.3), and then increases with increasing strontium concentration until it reaches its highest value at (x=0.9), where it reached its value is (1751.104Oe). The square rate represented by the symbol (μi) has high values. This means that there is a mutual coupling between the soft and hard magnetic phases, which was the highest value at (x=0.3) and its value is (4.93).
Preparation and Study the Electrical and Optical Properties for (PVA-PEG-Sr2O3) Nanocomposites
Authors: Al-Rubaye Safa Ahmed Jabbar , A. Al-lsawi Nassar , Abdulridha Ali R.
Published: November 2021

In the presented work, the optical and electrical properties of composite materials (PVA-PEG-Sr2O3) were measured, as the electrical properties were verified at various frequencies in range of 100 Hz-6 MHz. In addition, the experimental results showed that the increase in frequency causes a reduction in the dielectric loss (δ) and dielectric constant (ɛ), and there is an increase in ɛ due to the increase in the content of antimony oxide (Sr2O3). It increases with increasing frequency and decreases with increasing Sr2O3 content in PVA-PEG-Sr2O3 compounds, the result of the optical properties of the nanoparticles (PVA-PEG-Sr2O3) showed that the values transmittance and energy gap were reduced with the increases in the concentrations of Sr2O3 NPs, whereas the values related to extinction coefficient, absorption coefficient, optical conductivity, refractive index, and dielectric constant (imaginary, real) were increased with increase in the concentration of Sr2O3 NPs.
Core-Shell SiO2/Ag Composite Spheres Prepared by Electrical Exploding Wire Plasma Technique: Synthesis and Characterization
Authors: Uamran Duaa A. , Ubaid Qasim Hassan , Humud Hammad R.
Published: November 2021

Core-shell nanoparticles (SiO2/Ag) were manufactured by using a two-step process: Electric detonation of Ag. Wire in colloidal solution particles then by using laser pulses, nanoparticles are released. The structural features of these nanoparticles were checked by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The (XRD) study showed the progressive coverage of SiO2/Ag by nanoparticles according to the energies of the laser pulse. Measurements of morphology and EDX confirmed the Core/shell structure with particle size at the nano level. It confirmed that preliminary analysis consists of a SiO2 core and an Ag shell from FESEM. The surface of the microscopic balls (SiO2) has been covered completely and homogeneously with Ag nanoparticles, Moreover, Ultraviolet-Visible, and by optical absorption spectroscopy, the Nanoparticles with core crust SiO2/Ag showed excellent photocatalytic activities at various concentrations and laser pulse energy.
Some of the Study of the Physical Properties of the Membranes Binary Tin Oxide Sno2 Pure and Tinged with Nickel Ni at Different Rates Distortion
Authors: Hamdi Anas Asaad , Ismail Omar Dia
Published: November 2021

Some of the physical properties were studied, which included the optical properties of the films of pure tin dioxide doped with nickel in proportions (1,5,7%) at a molar concentration of 0.1moL/L, which were prepared by thermal chemical deposition method on glass bases at a temperature of (400ºC). The study included the optical properties through the transmittance spectrum (T) of the films of pure tin dioxide doped with banned nickel in the range of wavelengths (300-900). It was noticed that the transmittance of pure tin dioxide films is high, ranging between (82-76) % approximately in the visible region, as we have noticed that by using doping, the permeability of oxide films decreases in succession, and the reflectivity increases with the increase in the percentage of doping gradually and that the refractive index increases with the increase in the energy of the photon. The rest of the optical constants were calculated as functions of the photon's energy that smells (refractive index).
JAMINAN KONSTITUSIONAL TERHADAP KEMANDIRIAN KEJAKSAAN DALAM MELAKSANAKAN KEWENANGAN PENUNTUTAN
Authors: Kindangen Henry Yoseph
Published: November 2021

Kemandirian Kejaksaan dalam melaksanakan tugas penuntutan yang diatur dalam Undang-Undang Nomor 16 Tahun 2004 belum cukup memberikan jaminan independensi Kejaksaan terhadap campur tangan Pemerintah. Hal ini antara lain disebabkan ketidakjelasan posisi Kejaksaan dalam Undang-Undang Dasar 1945, yang walaupun pernah dibahas dalam perubahan Ketiga UUD 1945, namun tidak mendapatkan kesepakatan, sehingga akhirnya hanya disebutkan secara implisit dalam Pasal 24 ayat (3) UUD 1945. Tulisan ini membahas tentang urgensi pengaturan serta rumusan tentang Kejaksaan dalam konstitusi untuk menopang tegaknya negara hukum, mengingat lebih dari 120 negara telah mengatur Kedudukan Kejaksaan dalam konstitusinya. Sebagai bagian yang tidak terpisahkan dari jaminan kemandirian Kejaksaan, perlu pula diatur mengenai kedudukan Jaksa Agung sebagai Penuntut Umum Tertinggi dan kepastian mengenai masa jabatan Jaksa Agung.
Prevention of NEO hazard: the Russian approach
Authors: Pavlova Elena , Voropaev Viktor
Published: November 2021

Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) is actively working to solve the problem of preventing Near-Earth Object (NEO) hazard. The article provides the goals and objectives of preventing NEO hazard, as well as ways to achieve them. The described ways of achieving the goal are applied in RAS best. The current state and prospects of the Russian contribution to the prevention of NEO hazard are considered. Statistical data on the dynamics of observation of minor planets by Russian telescopes is presented. The structure of the NEO part of hazardous situations classifier developed by Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics (KIAM RAS) and structure of perspective National System Security of space activities in outer space are presented, including the system’s response to event classified as dangerous. The article is accompanied by illustrations of potentially hazardous objects in the sky, made by telescopes of the International Network of Optical Telescopes (ISON), coordinated by the KIAM RAS.
Sources in historical dialectology
Authors: Bába Barbara
Published: November 2021

Any scholarly description of Hungarian dialects may only be possible for the time period after the settlement of the Hungarian-speaking population in the Carpathian Basin. Research in historical dialectology has primarily focused on the phonological characterization of 11th-14th century conditions, while in terms of sources, scholars have so far relied primarily on early data related to tribes’ names, historical data recorded in charters, today’s dialects, as well as evidence provided by related languages and elements borrowed from others. My paper sets out to establish the value of various sources in historical dialectology in view of our current knowledge in language history and calls attention to related methodological pitfalls. As most of these source types may also greatly contribute to the better understanding of the history of other languages, these methodological issues are relevant not only for Hungarian historical linguistics and dialectology but also more generally.

The research and writing of this essay has been supported by the University of Debrecen and the MTA Premium Postdoctoral Research Program, Eötvös Loránd Research Network.
Recorridos verticales en Una casa en Bogotá de Santiago Gamboa
Authors: Dhondt Reindert
Published: November 2021

La narrativa del escritor colombiano Santiago Gamboa ha sido estudiada sobre todo desde la perspectiva de una literatura ‘migrante’ y ‘posnacional’. Por la facilidad con la que los personajes recorren los espacios urbanos en el plano horizontal, se han vinculado sus novelas con una visión optimista del nomadismo y la globalización. El presente trabajo argumenta que un énfasis en el vector vertical —en vez de privilegiar la horizontalidad— lleva a una interpretación menos celebratoria y más crítica con respecto a la movilidad en el espacio urbano en la obra de Gamboa. Esto se hace a través de un análisis de los recorridos verticales en la novela Una casa en Bogotá, en particular, por medio del descenso en la memoria, el topos del descenso al infierno y la visión desde abajo.
Words crossing borders
Authors: Schoonheim Tanneke
Published: November 2021

One of the characteristics of language contact is that words from one language are adopted into another language. These words we call loanwords. Often these loanwords travel through more than one language, sometimes even ending up in their original language again. During this journey the form and meaning of these words can change to such an extent that on their return they are hardly recognised in their country of origin.

Loanwords can be found in all languages, but for practical reasons this contribution is limited to Dutch. Ever since the Old Dutch period (ca. 500–1200 AD) we see that words from other languages are included in Dutch and that words from Dutch are given a place in other languages. Using a number of examples from the Dutch vocabulary, this contribution discusses how words from other languages over time have acquired a place in the Dutch language and how the Dutch language has contributed to the vocabulary of other languages in the world.
Das Prostituiertenschutzgesetz im Lichte der Kriminalitätsstatistik
Authors: Henning Juanita , Hunecke Ina , Walentowitz Gerhard
Published: November 2021

Mit dem 2017 in Kraft getretenen Prostituiertenschutzgesetz und der damit einhergehenden Ausweitung behördlicher Aufsichtsinstrumente verband sich ausdrücklich die Erwartung einer höheren Aufdeckung von Kriminalität im Prostitutionsgewerbe. Vor diesem Hintergrund geht die vorliegende Untersuchung der Frage nach, ob und in welchem Maße sich die registrierte Kriminalitätsentwicklung im Prostitutionsgewerbe vor und nach Inkrafttreten des Gesetzes unterscheidet. Ausgehend von Daten des Statistischen Bundesamts, darauf basierender Berechnungen sowie vielfältiger Hinweise auf intensivierte Vor-Ort-Kontrollen wird zunächst das Ausmaß zunehmender Kontrolle und Überwachung im Prostitutionsgewerbe dokumentiert. Im Anschluss daran werden aktuelle Daten der Polizeilichen Kriminalstatistik, der Verurteilten-Statistik sowie der Statistik zur Organisierten Kriminalität daraufhin überprüft, ob sie die Erwartung einer vermehrten Zahl aufgedeckter Fälle und Opfer von Rotlicht-Kriminalität bestätigen. Die Untersuchung kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass dem nicht so ist, dass sich vielmehr die seit zwei Jahrzehnten festzustellende Rückläufigkeit registrierter Rotlicht-Kriminalität auch nach Inkrafttreten des Prostituiertenschutzgesetzes fortsetzt. Die Sinnhaftigkeit der mit diesem Gesetz eingeleiteten repressiven Reglementierung von Prostitution erscheint daher fragwürdig.
Rumänisch im deutschen Migrationskontext
Authors: Merlan Aurelia
Published: November 2021

The migration of Romanian nationals to Germany has a rather long history, but it has gained intensity in the last fifty years. There are almost 780.000 Romanians now living in Germany making them the second-largest group of foreign EU citizens residing in this country. If we also include naturalised citizens as well as the “old” and “new” ethnic German immigrants (the German Romanians), the total number of immigrants originating from Romania exceeds one million individuals. Despite this, migratory linguistic studies are almost non-existent. This article examines the sociolinguistic situation of Romanian as an extraterritorial language in Germany and the discourse behaviour of Romanian migrants to which it correlates. Special attention is paid to the second generation. The focus is on the following aspects: the acquisition of the language of origin and the territorial language, the migrants’ language competence in Romanian compared to their language competence in German, the use of these languages by domains and the translinguistic markers in discourse. The empirical study — which is preceded by a brief description of Romanian migration to Germany — is based on data obtained using qualitative and quantitative methods.
„Du hast mitzusingen, N.!“ Religionspädagogische Ansichten über die Fussball-Heimat Deutschland
Authors: Schlag Thomas
Published: November 2021

Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird auf eine theologisch grundierte religionspädagogische Sensibilisierung für die lebensweltliche Dimension von „Heimat“ und „Beheimatung“ im Sinn persönlicher Zugehörigkeit und Selbstpositionierung vor dem Hintergrund gegenwärtiger gesellschaftlich-politischer Entwicklungen abgezielt. Angesichts der ambiguen, vielfältig konnotierten und oft auch populistisch und rassistisch gefärbten Bedeutungszuschreibungen von „Heimat“ erfolgt dabei eine thematische Fokussierung auf das Thema „Fussball-Heimat“ unter genauerer Beleuchtung des jüngst erschienenen Dokumentarfilms „Schwarze Adler“. In der Zielrichtung einer kontextsensiblen Religionspädagogik werden von dort aus wesentliche Orientierungspunkte biblischer Referenzen und theologischer Deutungstraditionen für die religionspädagogische Reflexion über „Heimat“ benannt. Anhand der von Karlo Meyer entwickelten Typologie interreligiösen Lernens werden die didaktischen Implikationen für die unterrichtliche Thematisierung von „Heimat“ skizziert, damit Jugendliche sich diesen Begriff in seiner identitätsstiftenden Bedeutung erschließen sowie Formen der mündigen Selbstpositionierung und ambiguitätssensiblen Urteils-, Gestaltungs- und Anerkennungspraxis kultivieren können – und dies in einem konkreten und konstruktiven utopischen Sinn.
Students as partners in digital education: Exploring lecture capture in higher education through partnership between students and learning technologists
Authors: Luke Karl , Evans Geraint
Published: November 2021

This case study reports on two student-staff partnership projects at Cardiff University that explored the student experience of using lecture capture technologies. We describe the background to these projects, how they were designed, and how students and staff worked together to gain insights into the student experience. The case study demonstrates that nuanced understandings regarding the way students use lecture recordings is required and argues that student-staff partnership is an effective way of achieving these understandings. Suggestions are offered regarding how educationists could further harness partnerships to explore the complex interplays between technology and student learning. This reflective account also explores our efforts in achieving meaningful partnership working, the challenges encountered, and highlights the benefits of partnerships between students and professional-services staff, specifically learning technologists.
The many manifestations of successful partnership
Authors: Cook-Sather Alison , Slates Sarah , Allen Meghan , Baskaran Ravanth , Crombie Philippa , Derounian James  Garo , Dianati Seb , Dudson Mike , Grayson Diane , Haroon Mian Arsam , Fraser Cath , Jardine Hannah , Millmore Amanda , Milton Emmajane , Mori Yoko , Morgan Alexandra , Pereira Jarett Vanz-Brian , Salman Max , Scharff Lauren , Storey Jessie , Sum Kiu , Tisdell Christopher  C.
Published: November 2021

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Is NY's Supply-side Experiment Working? A Preliminary Analysis using County Unemployment Rates
Authors: Snarr Lynn B. , Snarr Hal , Friesner Dan
Published: November 2021

The State of New York recently enacted business tax reforms. The first legislative act launched the START-UP NY program in 2014. It created tax free enterprise zones throughout the state to incentivize business incubation within, or relocation of existing firms to, the State of New York. In that same year, the state lowered its corporate tax rate state-wide from 7.1% to 6.5% in 2016. We use a difference-in-differences (DID) methodology, evaluated using county-level data, to empirically test whether New York’s recent business tax reforms significantly reduce unemployment, beyond what would exist in the absence of the reforms. We fail to find significant evidence that START-UP NY affects unemployment during the period studied, 2014-2017.  We do, however, find evidence suggesting that New York lowering its corporate tax rates in 2016 is associated with a large reduction in unemployment (by approximately 90,000 jobs) in 2016 and a smaller reduction (by approximately 25,000 jobs) in 2017.
Reconciling Orthodox and Heterodox Views on Money and Banking
Authors: Andolfatto David
Published: November 2021

A wide range of heterodox theories claim that banks are special because they create money in the act of lending. Put another way, banks can create the funding they need ex nihilo, whereas all other agencies must first acquire the funding they need from other parties. Mainstream economic theory largely agrees with this assessment, but questions its theoretical and empirical relevance, preferring to view banks as one of many potentially important actors in the financial market. In this paper, I develop a formal economic model in an attempt to make these ideas precise. The model lends some support to both views on banking.
Worker Heterogeneity and the Popularity of the Minimum Wage Institution
Authors: Economides George , Moutos Thomas
Published: November 2021

This paper analyzes long run outcomes resulting from adopting a binding minimum wage. The model distinguishes between workers of heterogeneous ability, and capitalists who do all the saving, and it entails – relative to the perfectly competitive benchmark - large output and employment losses (among the lowest-ability workers) from the imposition of moderately binding minimum wages. These effects arise not only because firms respond to the wage increase – relative to the static perfectly competitive benchmark – by moving upwards along a given labour demand curve, but also due to inward shifts of the labour demand curve as savers respond to decreases in the (net of taxes) rate of return on their savings by saving less, thus reducing the economy’s steady-state capital stock. Nevertheless, and despite the large, long-run, declines in aggregate output, consumption, and the capital stock implied by this model, MW legislation can be beneficial for large segments of employed workers, as long as they do not have to provide generous welfare support to the low-ability workers that the MW prevents them from finding employment.
Does Financial Remoteness Affect Foreign Direct Investment?
Authors: Machokoto Michael , Kassim Lanre
Published: November 2021

We examine the effect of financial remoteness on foreign direct investment (FDI) using a sample of 173 countries over the period 1970-2015. Our results show that financial remoteness has a significant negative effect on FDI, which suggests that proximity to major financial centres is a key factor in deciding on foreign investments. Our results are robust to alternative measures of financial remoteness and controlling for other determinants of FDI from the literature.
Policy Uncertainty and the Demand for Money in Japan
Authors: Bahmani-Oskooee Mohsen , Nayeri Majid Maki
Published: November 2021

In an attempt to establish stability of the demand for money, some recent studies have included the volatility of the money supply and output to account for uncertainty. In this paper we consider the experience of Japan but rather than including an uncertainty measure related to money supply and output, we include a relatively more comprehensive measure known as Economic Policy Uncertainty. When we included this later measure, we were unable to find a stable money demand in Japan. However, when we introduced the nonlinear adjustment of policy uncertainty, we not only found a stable money demand but also meaningful estimates. Since the approach allows us to assess asymmetries, we found that in Japan the public hold more cash when there is an increase or a decrease in uncertainty.
Productivity Convergence and Divergence in Latin America, 1970-2014
Authors: Kollias Christos , Tzeremes Panayiotis , Tzeremes Nickolaos G.
Published: November 2021

The paper examines Latin American countries’ productivity growth levels and their convergence patterns utilizing nonparametric frontier approaches. Utilizing a sample of 17 Latin American countries for the period 1970-2014 it estimates various productivity indexes alongside with their main components. Moreover a convergence analysis is conducted estimating relative productivity convergence paths. The results suggest that over the period examined, countries’ productivity growth levels have contracted. We provide evidence that the implementation of the structural reforms of the 1990s do not appear to have driven Latin American countries to higher productivity levels. Moreover, the results do not render support to the productivity convergence hypothesis. On the other hand, some support was found for countries’ technological change levels, identifying three convergence clubs.
Real Estate Bubbles and Contagion: Evidence from Selected European Countries
Authors: Bago Jean-Louis , Rherrad Imad , Akakpo Koffi , Ouédraogo Ernest
Published: November 2021

Using quarterly housing price-to-rent ratios from 1970 to 2018, this paper investigated the presence of real estate bubbles at a national level in eight selected European countries, namely Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Then, we analyzed bubbles contagion among these countries. We applied the generalized sup ADF test developed by Phillips et al. (2015) to detect explosive behavior in house prices. Subsequently, we implemented the non-parametric model with time varying coefficients developed by Greenaway-McGrevy and Phillips (2016) to estimate bubbles contagion among European real estate markets. We found evidence of at least one historical bubble in all these countries, with Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain currently experiencing a rising bubble. The results also suggest that bubbles are contagious between these real estate markets.
On the Distributional Outcomes of Policy-Induced Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Authors: Snarr Hal Wesley , Friesner Dan
Published: November 2021

This analysis empirically evaluates the effectiveness of entrepreneurial policies using the number and distribution of firms as outcome variables.  The analysis occurs within the context of a natural experiment: the START-UP NY program. Implemented in 2014, START-UP NY created enterprise development zones adjacent to publicly supported universities (i.e., SUNY and CUNY campuses) within the state. New business start-ups operating within these zones, and within a specific set of technology and health-related industries received tax incentives that substantially lowered tax rates for a 5-10 year period. In 2016, the State of New York substantially altered its corporate tax structure; a policy initiative affecting firms, business owners, and households in the state simultaneously, and may also induce entrepreneurship. The results suggest that START-UP NY had a positive effect on the growth of New York's micro and small-sized firms operating in professional, scientific, and technical industries. START-UP NY also negatively affected micro-sized manufacturing firms, while positively affecting small manufacturing firms. The latter finding suggests that START-UP NY is effective in incubating micro-sized manufacturing firms that eventually grow into small manufacturing firms.
Do distributional preferences reverse on a dollar? An experiment
Authors: Williams Marlon
Published: November 2021

In settings where other-regarding motives are likely to be (and some would argue, should be) at the forefront of our minds, how much of our behavior can still be explained by narrow pecuniary self-interest by itself? In an experiment where subjects are asked to vote between two income distributions that have diametrically opposed effects on the group as a whole, I find that self-interest still appears to dwarf the combined effects of other-regarding motives in influencing the votes of the vast majority of subjects.
In memoriam: Tapan Biswas (1942-2010)
Authors: Pelloni Gianluigi
Published: November 2021

This issue is dedicated to the memory of Tapan Biswas.
On luxury and Equilibrium
Authors: Mantovi Andrea
Published: November 2021

Building on a class of transcendental preferences for luxury, explicit solutions for price taking behavior and exchange equilibrium are discussed, which share the analytical tractability of Cobb-Douglas models. Such economies display fundamental positive properties, among which uniqueness and price tâtonnement stability of equilibrium. The monotone comparative statics of the luxury effect is discussed. Pareto sets admit a simple characterization, which generalizes the one set forth by Afriat (1987) so that a richer phenomenology is embraced. Potential lines of progress are envisaged.
Has Growth and Convergence of Developing Economies Been Derailed?
Authors: Spence A. Michael
Published: November 2021

This article is the transcript of the plenary lecture that Michael Spence delivered at theRimini Conference in Economics and Finance 2014 (RCEF2014) of RCEA. It has beenmoderately edited so as to enable the transfer from the spoken word to the printed page.RCEA owes special thanks to Angelo Melino for organizing and chairing ProfessorSpence lecture.
On inequalities of Schoenberg-Cavaretta type for differential operators
Authors: Britvin Yu.Ye.
Published: November 2021

We obtain estimates of the norms of positive and negative parts of result of application of the function of intermediate differential operator by known norms of functions and norms of positive and negative parts of result of application of finite differential operator to the functions.
FINCHELSTEIN, Federico. Do fascismo ao populismo na história. São Paulo
Authors: Queler Jefferson José
Published: November 2021

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“Escrever, ser útil à sociedade”
Authors: Silveira Mariana de Moraes
Published: November 2021

Myrthes de Campos (1875-1965) é amplamente reconhecida como a primeira mulher a exercer a advocacia no Brasil. Ela se graduou em direito em 1898 e fez sua estreia no tribunal do júri no ano seguinte. Embora tenha publicado com frequência em jornais de grande circulação e em revistas jurídicas, bem como apresentado trabalhos em congressos acadêmicos, sua trajetória recebeu pouca atenção do ponto de vista da história intelectual. Este artigo apresenta uma análise de um conjunto de textos em que ela discutiu a capacidade civil das mulheres, o aborto e o tribunal do júri, procurando argumentar que “a primeira advogada” teve uma atuação mais complexa, contraditória e questionadora que as narrativas do pioneirismo e do excepcionalismo podem sugerir. Colocando os escritos de Myrthes de Campos em diálogo e em tensão com seus contemporâneos, pretende-se contribuir tanto para o estudo das mulheres como intelectuais, quanto para a compreensão de transformações por que passavam as práticas e os discursos jurídicos ao longo das primeiras décadas do século XX.