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Pactos sociales y justicia constitucional: una visión comparada entre Corea y Colombia
Authors: Quintero Rodrigo González
Published: August 2017

El presente artículo realiza una comparación entre Corea y Colombia abordando los pactos sociales y la justicia Constitucional. Nuevas constituciones fueron adoptadas en Corea del Sur y Colombia y dentro de ellas se establecieroncortes constitucionales. Durante el último cuarto del siglo XX, bajo circunstancias específicas de crisis institucional, dos sociedades políticas y sus respectivos líderes acometieron la tarea de superar dicha crisis a través de la adopción de una nueva constitución. El establecimiento de cortes constitucionales implicaba, en dichos países, la vigencia a futuro del consenso constitucional alcanzado y la superación de la crisis pasada. Las nuevas constituciones en estos países se perciben como la reformulación de un pacto social y lascortes constitucionales juegan un papel importante respecto a la actualización constante de dicho pacto democrático-constitucional.
Nigeria and conflict resolution in Africa: The Darfur experience
Authors: Ebegbulem Joseph C
Published: August 2017

Conflicts in Africa have over the years led to loss of lives, displacement of persons and misery in many parts of the continent. The need to resolve, manage and prevent these conflicts, and equally deal with the socio-economicchallenges arising from these conflicts has become a source of worry to African nations including Nigeria, the giant of Africa. It is in the light of the foregoing therefore, that this paper attempts to analyze Nigeria’s role in conflict resolution in Africa using the Darfur crisis in Sudan as a case study. The paper examines the historical background of the Darfur conflict and efforts made by Nigeria to resolve the crisis through peace initiatives. Since the restoration of peace in Darfur is a big challenge facing the African continent, the paper looks at the problems and prospects of peace in that part of the continent.The paper concludes by positing that even though Nigeria has demonstrated its commitment in resolving the conflict in Darfur, there still is a lot to do in concert with the African Union, especially now that Southern Sudan is a sovereign state.
La penetración del neoliberalismo en los ámbitos subnacionales. El caso Córdoba: análisis de las leyes provinciales del Estado nuevo y el Pacto fiscal
Authors: Manzo Alejandro Gabriel
Published: August 2017

Este artículo tiene por objetivo analizar las estrategias de difusión-imposición y el contenido del neoliberalismo en las provincias y municipios de Argentina tomando como marco de referencia el caso Córdoba. A tal fin se divide en dos grandes partes: una primera, en la cual se presentan una serie de categorías analíticas destinadas a mostrar las estrategias que los agentes centrales utilizan a la hora de difundir-imponer el neoliberalismo en la era de la globalización y los rasgos sobresalientes de las reformas neoliberales de primera y segunda generación. La segunda, en la que se realiza un análisis socio-histórico del campo político cordobés y jurídico-dogmático de las normas a través de las cuales se dio forma al proyecto del Estado nuevo y al Pacto fiscal del año 2000.
Réforme de l’Ordre des avocats en Colombie: entre économie de la concurrence et économie de la qualité
Authors: Tachlian Edwin
Published: August 2017

A l’heure de la réforme de la justice en Colombie, cet article vise à explorer la pertinence et l’efficacité de deux conceptions opposées de la réglementation de la profession d’avocat: l’autorégulation d’un ordre professionnel autonome et la libéralisation, c’est-à-dire l’absence de règles spécifiques liées à la profession libérale. Pour cela seront présentés divers modèles d’ordres d’avocat puis la position de la Commission Européenne sur la question. Enfin nous verrons en quoi cette position pourrait en réalité s’opposer à la garantie de qualité du service.
El sistema de control de constitucionalidad en Colombia
Authors: Ortiz Luis Javier Moreno
Published: August 2017

El sistema de control de constitucionalidad en Colombia diseñado en el Acto Legislativo n.º 3 de 1910 es un hito dentro de una larga y fecunda tradición política y constitucional que mucho le debe a sus raíces hispanas y a sus desarrollos americanos. Tanto la acción pública de inconstitucionalidad como la excepción de inconstitucionalidad tienen claros antecedentes en el constitucionalismo de las Españas y de la Colonia; fueron elaboradas por una Asamblea Constituyente que obró con conocimiento y fidelidad a esa tradición, y han sido y son instituciones capitales de nuestro Estado social y democrático de derecho.
Elementos estructurales del derecho a la verdad
Authors: Arturo Luis Andrés Fajardo
Published: August 2017

Este artículo se refiere específicamente al estado actual de la discusión sobre la estructura jurídica fundamental del derecho a la verdad, sus dimensiones y su grado de juridicidad y da cuenta de los primeros resultados obtenidos sobre la evaluación de los modelos de paz adoptados en Colombia, a la luz de los estándares y ejemplos internacionales.
El argumento de los principios en la teoría contemporánea del derecho: un alegato antipositivista
Authors: Rodríguez José Julián Suárez
Published: August 2017

La teoría de los principios jurídicos tiene hoy una resonancia desconocida en otras épocas de la ciencia jurídica y son varios los autores que se han dedicado a la formación de la misma, aportando cada uno de ellos elementos importantes en su configuración. En este artículo se presentan los rasgos característicos de la teoría contemporánea de los principios y las aportaciones que los autores más relevantes en la materia han hecho a ella. Además, se muestra cómo la teoría de los principios se ha elaborado como un argumento en contra de las principales tesis del iuspositivismo, dominante en la cultura jurídica hasta la segunda mitad del siglo XX.
Estado del arte sobre tutorías
Authors: Bernal Irma Amalia Molina
Published: August 2017

Este artículo constituye un avance de investigación del proyecto que adelanta el Grupo de Investigación Educativa de la Universidad Sergio Arboleda (Invedusa) sobre tutorías académicas. En este se presenta un estado del arte de algunas prácticas y programas que se han adelantado tanto a nivel nacional como internacional.
Association Between Work-Relate Musculoskeletal Disorder and Ergonomic Risk Factors Among Nursing Professionals in Ranya and Qaladiza Districts
Authors: Khudhir Karwan Mahmood , Saleh Kochar Khasraw , Qadir Muhammed Saeed , Mahmood Kochr Ali , Ariffin Ahmad Azuhairi
Published: August 2017

Work related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) represent one of the leading causes of occupational injury and disability among the professional nursing, due to the number and variety of risk factors associated with the work environment. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) and its association with ergonomic risk factors. A self-administered questionnaire and observational method was used to collect information from 420 individuals and then the data were computerized and analyzed by using SPSS version 21. The overall prevalence of WRMSDs among Ranya and Qaladiza districts nurses was 74%. The neck pain was the most prevalent site of WRMSDs (48.4%) compared to other body parts. Logistic regression analysis indicated that significant risk factors for WRMSDs symptoms were older nurses aged >39.5 years old (OR=3.076, 95% CI: 1.200, 7.884), medium RULA risk level (OR= 255.096, 95% CI: 24.078, 2702.681), very high RULA risk level (OR=151.675, 95% CI: 17.536, 1311.891), low RULA risk level (OR=9.277, 95% CI: 1.064, 80.893). Prevention strategies and health education which emphasizes on psychosocial risk factors and how to improve working conditions should be introduced.
A Sociological Reading of Child’s Rights Act: An Attempt to Approach the Reality of Omani Children
Authors: Elnabalawi Aida Fouad
Published: August 2017

In this study, we try to look at the Child’s Rights Act from a sociological angle by discussing the social and organizational infrastructure and the challenges faced and how to provide a suitable environment to fulfill/ implement the articles of the Child’s Rights Act taking into consideration the characteristics of the Omani society. The study covered the five following aspects: The regulatory frameworks to protect children by conducting a historical constructive analysis, classifying the contents of the Child’s Rights Act and explaining the articles meant to protect and take care of children in Omani Laws and Legislations either in the regulatory frameworks or in the implementation procedures, the observation of the real life of Omani children, the main challenges and how to address them, and finally the real life of handicapped children. The study concluded that the Omani Laws Legislations paved the way to implement some changes to grant and ensure child’s rights, whereas we – in Oman – are faced with challenges related to the implementation of the legislations concerning children and their parents. In addition, some families are faced with challenges that prevent them from playing their role as effective social institutions to protect their children. Also, some social institutions such as Education and Media face other challenges related to child’s rights.
OMANI PARENTS’ BELIEFS ABOUT THEIR COMPETNCE IN DEALING WITH THEIR ADOLESCENT CHILDREN’S BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS
Authors: Simadi Fayez A.
Published: August 2017

This study examines the effect of some demographic variables such as educational achievement, income, residence, profession and gender on parents’ beliefs about their competence to deal with their adolescent children’s behavioral problems. The adolescent behavioral problems investigated in this study include failure in school, alcoholism and addiction to drugs. A group of 350 parents of adolescent children was randomly selected from several districts in the Governorate of Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman. The researcher developed a questionnaire to measure the impact of these variables on certain behavioral problems specifically identified for the study. ANOVA was used to examine the role of socio-demographic variables in explaining parents’ beliefs about their competence to prevent such problems. Results reveal a positive impact for the variables: educational achievement, occupation, family income, gender, and place of residence. To investigate the effects of these sociodemographic factors on each of the dimensions of competence, MANOVA was used. Results show that there is a direct relationship between the variable of level of income and children’s failure in school, and that the variable of gender and the problem of alcoholism and drug addiction are related. Finally, the variable of place of residence is related to the problems of alcoholism, addiction to drugs and school failure. These results were discussed in light of findings of similar previous studies and within the framework of the Omani social lifestyles.
Tolerance and Ways of Addressing the Other in Arab Press: An Analytical Study of Some Arab Daily Newspapers between 2011 - 2012
Authors: Al Dagher Magdy Mohamed Abdel Jawad
Published: August 2017

This study aims to identify how Arab press deals with issues of tolerance and ways of addressing the Other. The study traces this theme in some of the major Arab daily newspapers inside and outside the Arab world. These newspapers are: Al-Ahram, Al- Riyadh, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, and Al-Hayat. The study argues that the media alone do not create the image or even attempt to change it. In fact, there are other institutions that strive to do this. In all societies, there are institutions that actually provide the raw material which is then used to form the desired stereotypical image of individuals, societies, countries, and institutions. The media then seize this material, forge it and integrate it with framed media packages that are then used as ready-made recipes to produce, alter or reinforce these stereotypes in which the Other is always an embedded element. The study recommends that Arab media need to develop awareness among Arab citizens through enhancing positive principles and values that contribute to the social cohesion of the society. They also need to stress the issue of identity and encourage an active role of individuals in issues of common social interest. They need to promote a culture of acceptance of the Other, however different that Other might be.
Differences in “Study Skills” Among a Sample of SQU Students in Light of Some Variables
Authors: Al-Nabhani Hilal Zahir , Shabeeb Ahmed Mohamed
Published: August 2017

The importance of “study skills” has been increasingly emphasized by several researchers particularly at the university level where the student is independent and bears the responsibility of his/her own learning. Relevant research findings have indicated that positive changes in academic achievement are attributable to the various study skills possessed by the learners as relevant to the learning process. This study aims to investigate differences in “study skills” among a sample of SQU students in light of some variables. The measurement tool for the present research is a study skills measure that has been prepared and validated through factorial validity, and its reliability established through the Alpha Chronbach’s equation. Results show that there are no significant differences attributable to gender or the specialty area in the dimensions of the study skills investigated (study competencies, concentration during study, academic persistence, and readiness for exams). Further, the results also show no significant differences between the students of low and high GPA in the dimension of academic persistence. However, the results reveal significant differences between the students of low and high GPA in the dimensions of study competencies, concentration during study, and readiness for exams. These significant differences were in favor of the students of high GPA.
Recovery of an Early Evidence of Castor Plant, Ricinus Communis L. from the Central Sudan and its Positioning within a World-wide Context
Authors: A-Magid Anwar
Published: August 2017

Evidence of castor plant R. communis, L. is recovered from the Early Holocene archaeological site of Kabbashi Haitah in the Central Sudan and dated to c. 7700 - 7200 bp. This evidence represents the earliest botanical evidence recovered –so far- from the Central Sudan and elsewhere in Eastern Tropical Africa and the World. No evidence is found in the material culture remains which might indicate the likelihood of its being imported. Most of the ancient and traditional utilizations of castor plant are strikingly similar despite their being practised at different times in different and far apart regions in the World. This modest contribution stands to show that the wide spread and utilizations of castor plant strongly accentuate its significant and indispensable role since ancient times. It also reflects that inedible plants, as seen in the case of castor plant, were (and still are) not less important than food plant, hence stresses the need for attending to their study in a fashion equal to that of studying foodplants since prehistoric and early historic times.
The Exchange of Prisoners between Muslims and the Crusaders (1097-1191)
Authors: Hamad Mona
Published: August 2017

This is an ongoing research project on the issue of prisoners during the Crusades. There is an evident lack of information in the sources on this issue, scarcity of modern scholarship on the subject and inconsistency of the reports written in the primary sources. The researcher was able to gather enough information to try to present a comprehensive synthesis on the subject. The study first attempts to define the principles that regulate the issue of prisoners in both Islam and Christianity, and show how these principles changed during the Crusades. Then, I discuss how prisoners were captured on both sides, the way they were treated and the status of different categories of prisoners, such as women and leaders mainly from among the Crusaders. Finally, I argue that both foes were influenced by the practices of the other party concerning the prisoners of war. The Crusaders learned the benefits of not killing prisoners; ransoming them or enslaving them for labor purposes. On the other hand, the Muslims began to imitate the cruelty towards prisoners just like the Crusaders used to do in the early period of the Crusades.
The Creation of the System of Heir-Apparent by Mu’awiyah bin Abu Sufian in (680 A.D) and Reactions against it
Authors: AL-Alawi Badar bin Hilal , Ba Hashwan Khalood bint Salim
Published: August 2017

The study highlights the political issue that played a major role in shaping the system of government in the Islamic state. This is the creation of the system of “heir apparent” by Mu’awiyah bin Abu Sufian, the Umayyad Caliph. The study follows a descriptive approach based on historical analysis and comparison of accounts, and then follows the reactions against that system. The findings of the study show that the system of “heir apparent” was one of the causes of bloody conflicts and violent strife experienced by the Islamic State, and was, in fact, a major cause of the fall of the Umayyad State in the East, in 132 AH / 750 AD.
A Book Review of Thomas Edward Lawrence’s Revolt in the Desert A Critical Review
Authors: En-Nehas Jamal
Published: August 2017

Reading Revolt in the Desert, the recently published abridged version of Seven Pillars of Wisdom—T. E. Lawrence’s rendition of the overt and covert journeys in the Middle East in support of the Arab rebellion against Turkish Ottoman rule—entails a journey in itself—in time, space and myth—in order to come to grips with recent history and its complex ramifications. Unlike Palgrave, Gertrude Bell and the Blunts, Lawrence knew the terrain well, had a clear agenda and was primarily interested in Realpolitik , political expediency and military pragmatism, and certainly not in the magnificence of the East or its cultural and mythical splendors.
Salalah :Perfume Capital of Arabia A Visitor Profile Study
Authors: Abdul-Ghani Mohamed
Published: August 2017

In an effort to develop and implement effective promotion strategies for tourism in a specific destination, it is important to describe the characteristics and behaviors of visitors to the destination as well as monitor changes and trends in the region’s tourism industry. One of the most common methods to accomplish this objective is to conduct a visitor’s profile study. This study aimed to determine the characteristics of visitors to the city of SALALAH as a whole. This study viewed SALALAH tourist profile with regards to two major key variables namely: the tourists’ socioeconomic characteristics and the tourists’ behavioral characteristics. While the tourists’ socio-economic characteristics are often described in terms of age, sex, education and income levels, behavioral characteristics include tourists’ motivation, attitudes, needs and values. These characteristics are essential not only because they all influence the magnitude, frequency, and kind of interaction with the physical attributes of the tourism destination and its people but also because they play a crucial role in contributing to the tourist decision-making processes.
Italian Diplomatic Documents related to Oman, and The Arabia Gulf and East Africa Study and Summary of Documents
Authors: Abdullkareem Nahed
Published: August 2017

The purpose of this study is to explore and highlight the Italian Diplomatic Documents regarding Oman, in particular, and the Arabian Gulf and East Africa, in general, The study highlights these documents and the way they have been archived in the Historical Archive of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome in order to make them easily accessible. The study also presents key topics that are addressed in the diplomatic documents. The study browses samples of brief translations of selected documents which were translated by the researcher. The study shows that there are numerous Italian documents that are related to the area which is being studied in this research; the documents address important issues such as Arms trade, maritime traffic, and colonial rivalry in the region in addition to others; these documents constitute a real added value to the regions sources. Finally, the research emphasizes the need to explore and disclose these documents as what has been discovered is merely the first stage of the work.
Classical Arabic Narratives and the Prospects of Interpretation
Authors: Bashir Masaalti Mohamed Abdul
Published: August 2017

The aim of this study is to propose an alternative methodology of reading classical Arabic narratives, which forgrounds the effect of reading such narratives on the readers, instead of the traditional concern with questions like : what is the context of classical Arabic narratives within an overall historical context of such texts. The focus in this new proposal is not on what these texts say, or how they say it. Rather the focus is on questions like: What happens to the Reader when he/she reads? In other words, what is the impact of the narrative text on the reader? In our attempt to answer these new questions, we will try to provide an answer to an everlasting question which is : is the narrative text that is critiqued or read good or bad? This question has always been addressed through the identification of reading patterns. This study, however, is not merely an approach to the reading of classical narrative texts. It is rather a study of some patterns of reception of such texts. The aim is to discover the significant role played by reading and reception in the creation of text and in determining its value and meaning.
A Linguistic Study of Contemporary Efforts of Arabic Spelling (Orthography) System
Authors: Abu Eid Mohammed
Published: August 2017

This study aims at investigating the contemporary efforts of Arabic writing system from a linguistic perspective. The study is distinguished from previous studies by treating the writing system as a linguistic one with its own linguistic features. Thus, the study has revealed the consonant feature of Arabic writing and its relation to derivation, inflection, and dialectal variation. Therefore, the researcher concludes that proposals of replacing Arabic alphabet by Latin alphabet or modification of Arabic orthography are non-linguistic which are related to contemporary issues like learning, the printing, translation and culture. These efforts should have examined Arabic writing as a representative of a linguistic system. Consequently, the researcher concludes that Arabic orthography system can preferably represent the linguistic system
A conceived proposal for the contribution of the social services in the development of women’s awareness of their health, psychological and social appearances during advanced age
Authors: Almasoad Hanan
Published: August 2017

The study aims to identify the extent of women’s awareness of the meaning of advanced age and the nature of the psycho-social aspects of health that they face in the advanced stages of life to come up with a suggested proposal for the contribution of social services to the development of women’s awareness of aspects of advanced life stages from a cognitive perspective. The samples of the study are women older than 40 who are either in their perimenopause or menopause phase. The size of the sample is (208) woman; (104) women from the health center Al-Olaya and (104) women from the health center in Al-Suleimaniah. The study results showed a decline in their awareness that this stage in their age constitutes the flow and movement phase (productivity and contribution) versus recession and showed a likely rate of (0.22 %) and came last in the results. Results of the study also showed low response rates regarding health and physical aspects such as the occurrence of hot flashes (12%), reduced fertility (9.95), and osteoporosis (7.5%). These rates underscore the lack of awareness of the respondents concerning these variables. On the other hand, the study showed a high awareness of the respondents with respect to psychological aspects such as the awareness of the feeling of neglect and lack of interest by others scored highest. Society’s perception of advanced age is one of the social realities which received (7.13 %) by respondents. The study recommends the need to activate the contribution of social services in the increase of women›s awareness of health, psychological and social manifestations of menopause and beyond
The impact of the live-in housemaids intervention in family affairs and in the interactive relationship between couples in the Kuwaiti society
Authors: Al-Saleh Amer
Published: August 2017

The aim of the present study is to clarify the effect of the intervention of live-in maids in the family affairs and especially in the interactive relationship between couples whether by revealing respect or by their position in quarrels. The maid is a key factor in the domestic life of the host family; she plays a role in the food preparation and the cleaning, gives medicine to the children, resolves their problems and helps with their homework. The method and methodology for this study was the social survey and stratified random sample application. A questionnaire was used for the current study to collect data from 1,800 families consisting of a husband and a wife who live with the maid in the same house. The statistical package that was used in this study was SPSS for analyzing the collected data applying statistical equations such as the Independent Sample T-test for the two independent samples of the husbands and wives. Additionally, the Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) and the Post Hoc Multiple Comparison for Observed Means for comparisons between the averages of arithmetical means of the data of the study were used to investigate the effect of independent variables. The scale for the independent variable related to the maid’s interference in the family affairs included three levels as follows: (a –high intervention b – medium intervention c-absolute no intervention). The purpose was to know the effect of the independent variable on the two dependent variables which are 1 -respect between spouses 2 – fights between spouses). The findings of the study suggest that there is a statistical significance between the feelings of respect between spouses as well as the quarrels between the couple and the live-in maid’s interference in family affairs. Finally, the study recommends that future studies and research shed more light on the various problems with house servants like crimes and theft.
Omani Folk Tales: Anthropological Approach to Understand Social Culture Meanings
Authors: Fouad Elnabalawi Aida
Published: August 2017

This study aims to provide an anthropological reading of some Omani folk tales and discusses them within their context and by their methodological dimensions. The study is also an attempt to classify folk tales. The research paper argues that folk tales have significant social and cultural semantics disclosed by the contents of their events. Folk tales have an important role in supporting the system of social values and cultural norms. Methodologically, this study is a descriptive research from an anthropological approach and uses its tools in the field study. The population study is located in the District of Bahla in the Governorate of Dakhlia. The results conclude that the content of the folk tales reveal the scope of the inherited norms and traditions and their vital role in supporting the social and cultural system, and in maintaining the folklore standards. Despite the threats to cultural values, new forms of folk tales representations in the cultural and artistic scene are taking place in the modern societal trends scene.
A Proposed Social Work Generalist Practice Perspective Approach to Developing Mechanisms for Raising Women’s Awareness of Voluntary Work
Authors: Saleh Emad Farouk
Published: August 2017

This research attempted to access a future vision of generalist practice of social work for developing mechanisms to develop women’s awareness of voluntary work. This research came in four sections. The first section included the problem of research, aims, and methodology. The second dealt with the concept of generalist practice of social work, as well as dealing with the theoretical framework of generalist practice and its professional operations. The third section dealt with many concepts such as: voluntary work, awareness, as well as the concept of women’s awareness of voluntary work. It also displays the current conditions and their effects on voluntary work such as: globalization, Arab Spring as a chance to change, and the limited participation of women in voluntary work. Finally the paper concluded by presenting of women’s participation in some fields of voluntary work. The research followed the descriptive methodology, which relies on Documentary Approach, and depended on the content analysis method of some of the previous scientific studies. Finally, the fourth section presented a future vision of generalist practice of social work for developing mechanisms to develop women’s awareness of voluntary work.
Innovative Applications for Presenting Heritage in the Visual Arts Medium: A Case Study of the Omani Legends and Stories Exhibition
Authors: Al-Ajmi Nada
Published: August 2017

In transforming the folk tale into a visual medium, contemporary artists have illuminated the remarkable flexibility of this cultural heritage. The Omani Legends and Stories exhibition held in 2012 featured forty-two contemporary artists inspired to re-interpret folk tales that encapsulated beliefs and values relevant in present-day Oman. Several years later, qualitative interviews were conducted with seven of the artists whose work depicted stories focused on representations of women. Together with some analysis of academic writing in the field of traditional tales, this study also garnered artists’ viewpoints as expressed in their art works and revealed in discussions with the artists themselves. It was found that there is continuity in the cultural values and beliefs across generations, that folk tales are still being passed on and that women were represented in them in an intriguingly positive light. The continuing observance of cultural restrictions practiced on women was not supported in either the folk tales or the artists’ own viewpoints. The example provided by Oman’s visual arts industry may inspire similar initiatives in other societies and further research on possible linkages between different art mediums that could be harnessed to further the betterment of women’s socio-cultural situation.
Aesthetic Values the Color Blue Prevailing on the Ottoman Ceramic Artifacts: A Study in Islamic Heritage and the Arts
Authors: Elnahas Rehab
Published: August 2017

The blue color on the Ottoman ceramic artifacts can be studied from the perspectives of different sciences: in terms of color aesthetics, which is a kind of philosophy of beauty, or as part of the science of photography and graphics. Additionally, for some communities the importance of this color lies at the heart of anthropology, but it is also at the core Islamic art and archeology. Blue is one of the original colors that humans have known since ancient times. It is associated with the elements of nature as it symbolizes the sky, sea, and serenity. This color is especially important in popular beliefs as we find a lot of amulets that use the blue color especially those which are believed to avert the eyes of envy. The blue color has appeared on many of the Ottoman Islamic artifacts, especially ceramic artifacts, since ceramics were among the most used materials in life which expressed the social and intellectual life of both artists and manufacturers. The research will analyze the importance of the blue color of ceramic artifacts in the study of heritage and archaeology and how these blue decorative elements on these ceramic pieces relate to social life.
The Logic Behind the Classification of Sciences in the Arab-Islamic Classification Systems: with the Modern Western Classification Systems An Analytical Comparative Reading
Authors: Salem Nahed Mohamad Basyoni
Published: August 2017

This study aimed to explore the rules and principles adopted in the Arab-Islamic Classification Systems and tried to identify their scientific methods to determine the relations between sciences. The study followed the comparative analytical method to analyze and compare the Arab-Islamic Classification Systems with the Western modern ones represented in the Dewey Decimal Classification System and the Library of Congress Classification System. The research tries to explore the logic behind classification of sciences in the Arab-Islamic Classification Systems. The findings revealed that the Arab-Islamic Classification Systems follow the same rules and principles of modern classification systems and their types are represented in the types of modern Western classification systems. The study recommends the need to conduct research on the Arab-Islamic Classification Systems and introduce it.
Lenguaje teatral y sicología
Authors: Cisneros Luis Jaime
Published: August 2017

En este número no se incluyeron resúmenes ni palabras clave.
Notas para la cronología y composición literaria de las vidas de santos de Berceo
Authors: Weber de Kurlat Frida
Published: August 2017

En este número no se incluyeron resúmenes ni palabras clave.
Función estética y significación histórica de las campañas pastoras en el "Facundo"
Authors: Barrenechea Ana María
Published: August 2017

En este número no se incluyeron resúmenes ni palabras clave.
Las dos ediciones del "Aminta" de Jáuregui
Authors: Fucilla Joseph G.
Published: August 2017

En este número no se incluyeron resúmenes ni palabras clave.
"El castellano viejo" y la "Sátira III" de Boileau
Authors: Trueblood Alan S.
Published: August 2017

En este número no se incluyeron resúmenes ni palabras clave.
Américo Castro, Origen, ser y existir de los españoles. Taurus, Madrid, 1959; x+ 174 pp. (Colección Ser y tiempo).
Authors: Durán Manuel
Published: August 2017

Se reseñó el libro: Origen, ser y existir de los españoles.
Homero Castillo y Raúl Silva Castro, Historia bibliográfica de la novela chilena. Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Ediciones de Andrea, México, 1961; 214 pp. (Colección Studium, 28).
Authors: Magis Carlos H.
Published: August 2017

Se reseñó el libro: Historia bibliográfica de la novela chilena.
Antonio Machado, "Los complementarios" y otras prosas póstumas. Ordenación y nota preliminar de Guillermo de Torre. Editorial Losada, Buenos Aires, 1957; 248 pp. (Biblioteca contemporánea, 47).
Authors: Alatorre Antonio
Published: August 2017

Se reseñó el libro: "Los complementarios" y otras prosas póstumas. Ordenación y nota preliminar de Guillermo de Torre.
Thesaurus. Boletín del Instituto Caro y Cuervo: tomo 12 (1957), tomo 13 (1958).
Authors: Lope Blanch Juan M.
Published: August 2017

Se reseñó: Thesaurus. Boletín del Instituto Caro y Cuervo: tomo 12 (1957), tomo 13 (1958).
Cuadernos americanos: año 12 (1954).
Authors: Magis Carlos H.
Published: August 2017

Se reseñó: Cuadernos americanos: año 12 (1954).
Haydée J. Biosca, Una imagen de la Argentina en el siglo xix francés, según la "Revue des Deux Mondes", 1835-1885. Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, 1963. (Cuadernos del Sur).
Authors: Magis Carlos H.
Published: August 2017

Se reseñó el libro: Una imagen de la Argentina en el siglo xix francés, según la "Revue des Deux Mondes", 1835-1885.
Un poema de César Vallejo
Authors: Meo Zilio Giovanni
Published: August 2017

En este número no se incluyeron resúmenes ni palabras clave.
Kebijakan penguasa dalam pelestarian Bangunan keagamaan pada masa pemerintahan rakai watukura dyaḥ Balitung (898-910 m.)
Authors: Pradana Yogi
Published: August 2017

Abstract, POLICY OF THE AUTHORITIES IN THE PRESERVATION OF RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS DURING THE REIGN OF RAKAI WATUKURA DYAḤ BALITUNG (898-910 AD). This article discusses the policy of the authorities during the reign of King Balitung of Ancient Mataram Kingdom or Mḍang in 898-910 AD. The policy that discusses in this studywasshapes of preservation of religious buildings fromlate 9th century until early 10th century Old Javanese inscriptions. The aim of this case was to provide information on the shape of preservation of religious buildings in the past. The method used in this study was inductive reasoning with descriptive-analytic approach. This method was applied to the inscriptions of the time of King Balitung that containing sīma determination with regard to religious buildings to generate shapes of conservation policy of religious buildings. This study led to the conclusion that the authorities in the form of policies to preserve religious buildings at the time of King Balitung among others the construction, maintenance and gifts for religious buildings. Keywords: preservation, balitung, religious buildings, shapes
The association of HLA-DQB1*0602 but not HLA-DRB1*15 with obstructive sleep apnea
Authors: Momany Suleiman M , Al-Qatarneh Thamer A , Khader Yousef S , Abu-Harfeil Nizar M , Daoud Ammar K , Mahasneh Amjad A
Published: August 2017

Purpose: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep breathing disorder with unclear multifactorial pathogenesis. This study aimed to investigate the association between OSA and two human leukocyte antigens (HLA) alleles; DQB1*0602 and DRB1*15.

Methods: Forty patients with OSA and 40 control subjects were enrolled in the study. OSA diagnosis was made utilizing the Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI)≥5 in overnight polysomnography (PSG). AHI was also used to determine OSA severity. Controls were randomly selected from healthy volunteers who had a low risk for OSA, utilizing the Berlin Questionnaire. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using Sequence Specific Primers (PCR-SSPs) was used to determine the association between HLA (HLA-DQB1*0602 and HLA-DRB1*15) and OSA, then statistical analyses of the results were performed.

Results: HLA-DQB1*0602 allele was found in 85% of all OSA patients and 50% of controls (P< 0.001). In patients with severe OSA, HLA-DQB1*0602 was present in the 92.9% compared with 66.7% in non-severe OSA (P=0.05). HLA-DRB1*15 allele was found in 15% of OSA patients and 20% of controls, with no difference between the two groups (P=0.556). No statistical difference was found in HLA-DRB1*15 between severe and non-severe OSA (P=0.499). After adjusting for gender, HLA-DQB1*0602 allele was associated with increased odds of OSA (OR = 6.17, 95% CI 1.87-20.3, p = 0.003), but HLA-DRB1*15 allele was not associated with OSA (OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.12-1.73, p = 0.242).

Conclusions: The presence of HLA-DQB1*0602 allele, but not HLA-DRB1*15 allele, was significantly associated with OSA.
Linkkimätä + sisältönyrjähdys = viitemätä
Authors: Kallio Merja
Published: August 2017

Suurin osa netin käyttäjistä on linkkiä seuratessaan saanutkin toivomansa sisällön sijaan virheilmoituksen, useimmiten 404 - sivua ei löydy. Tieteen todistettavuus ja toistettavuus kärsii, jos lähteenä käytettyjä lähteitä ei löydy. Osallistuin
SUPERVISÃO ESCOLAR: UM ESTUDO DE PRÁTICAS FORMADORAS NA REDE DE ENSINO ESTADUAL DE RONDÔNIA
Authors: Guilherme Luzia Dorado , Faria Wendell Fiori de , Hilário Rosangela Aparecida
Published: August 2017

O presente estudo tem como finalidade analisar como se expressa a função e a prática de atuação na supervisão escolar na rede estadual de ensino de Rondônia, reconhecendo se as atribuições previstas nos documentos legais, identificando as atribuições que competem a este profissional na escola contemporânea. A metodologia utilizada serviu-se de pesquisas bibliográfica através dos aportes teóricos de Nérici (1990), Nogueira (2000), Rangel (2000), Alarcão (2001), Alarcão e Tavares (2003), Saviani (2003) e documental dos dispositivos legais de âmbito estadual, a Portaria 4563/2015 - SEDUC/RO e a Portaria 436/2010 - SEDUC/RO, realizadas entre abril e junho de 2016. As transformações sociais evidenciam que as novas formas de atuação do/a supervisor(a) na escola estão convergindo para uma redefinição da atuação deste profissional, deflagradas pelo paradigma do professor reflexivo e pela racionalidade comunicativa no contexto escolar. No entanto, os dispositivos legais de âmbito estadual que embasam as práticas da supervisão escolar ainda apresentam resquícios de um modelo voltado para a racionalidade instrumental - o controle e a produtividade do ensino, no qual sua função volta-se exclusivamente ao cumprimento de tarefas burocráticas. Todavia, as transformações tecnológicas, econômicas, políticas e culturais contribuem com a constituição de um novo perfil de atuação e difusão do saber-fazer do/a supervisor(a), fato que converge para uma nova concepção de atuação do supervisor(a) escolar para supervisor(a) educador enquanto mediador(a) do processo de formação em serviço, problematizador(a) das práticas pedagógicas e organizador(a) de situações favoráveis ao crescimento profissional que deve estar atento as necessidades do contexto no qual está inserido, na denominada sociedade do conhecimento.
PROBLEMAS COMPORTAMENTAIS DE CRIANÇAS COM TDAH NO ÂMBITO ESCOLAR
Authors: Pereira Kátia De Assis , Eduvirgem Renan Valério , Monteiro Maria Luiza de Medeiros
Published: August 2017

Esse trabalho tem como objetivo mostrar alguns dos problemas comportamentais presentes nas crianças que possuem o Transtorno de Déficit de Atenção/Hiperatividade (TDAH), segundo Barkley (2008) o atual termo usado para denominar os significativos problemas apresentados por crianças quanto à atenção, a impulsividade e a hiperatividade, sendo assim as crianças com TDAH, demonstraram dificuldades em terminar uma atividade ou trabalho, ficam aborrecidas com tarefas não estimulantes ou rotineiras e não sabem fazer transição de uma atividade para outra. Também possuem comportamento imprevisível, não aprendendo com os erros passados, têm problemas de sono, são difíceis de serem agradadas, algumas vezes agressivas, não tem noção do perigo, frustram-se com facilidade, não reconhecem limites e apresentam dificuldades no relacionamento com outras crianças ou com os estudos, por isso é necessário que este se confirme por seis meses e por duas situações diferentes no cotidiano da criança, não somente na escola, mas sim, podendo ser analisados dentro da casa das mesmas, ainda levando em consideração que as queixas podem ser causadas por outros distúrbios ou podem representar uma reação da criança a outro problema. Chegou-se aos resultados por meio de uma pesquisa qualitativa produzida com a utilização de uma revisão bibliográfica, concomitante a dialética da temática.
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW?
Authors: Brunnée Jutta , Toope Stephen J
Published: August 2017

Patrick Macklem’s The Sovereignty of Human Rights is underpinned by a commitment to explaining the role of human rights law from the ‘inside’ of international law, distinguishing this strictly legal realm from global politics. We explore questions surrounding the ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ of international law by juxtaposing Macklem’s positivist, validity-focused, account and our own ‘interactional’ approach, which embraces the embeddedness of law in social norms and social practices while emphasizing distinctive traits of legality and legal interaction. We argue that a validity-based conception of legality results in a necessarily thin account of the ‘justice’ that human rights can do. Next, we consider Macklem’s focus on collective rights as being central to the role that he argues human rights play in mitigating the distribution and exercise of sovereign power and in legitimating international law’s normative architecture. We assess whether or not international human rights law really plays the legitimating role for international law that Macklem claims it does, given that these rights are subject to a range of limitations built into positive law, such as reservations to treaties, derogation provisions, or substantive limits. Finally, we ask whether human rights serve the distinctive normative function within international law that Macklem accords to them, concluding that several branches and processes of international law shape and restrict sovereignty alongside human rights law.
Nerve Conduction Studies as a Measure of Disease Progression: Objectivity or Illusion?
Authors: Lanza Giuseppe , Kosac Ana , Trajkovic Goran , Whittaker Roger G.
Published: August 2017

Background:

Clinical nerve conduction studies (NCS) are often used as a secondary outcome measure in therapeutic trials, but show a high degree of inter-trial variability even when technical factors known to affect the recorded responses are minimised. This raises the intriguing possibility that some of the observed variability may reflect true changes in nerve activity.

Objectives:

Our aim was determine how much variability these factors might produce, and how this might affect the results of commonly used neuropathy rating scales.

Methods:

A standardised protocol was repeated over forty consecutive trials by the same operators in two healthy subjects. The protocol included recordings that shared either a stimulating or a recording electrode position, such that changes due to electrode position could be excluded, and hand temperature was closely controlled.

Results:

Despite controlling for inter-operator differences, electrode position, and hand temperature, the variability in sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) amplitude was extremely high (Range 23 μV, CoV = 10.7–18.8). This variability was greater than the change in amplitude needed to move a subject from point 0 to point 4 on the CMT neuropathy rating scale. Neither temperature or electrode position accounted for all of this variability, suggesting that additional as yet unidentified factors are responsible.

Conclusion:

Even under closely controlled conditions and sophisticated laboratory methods, test-to-test variability can be significant. The factors responsible for this variability may be difficult to control, limiting the utility of single nerve recordings as a trial outcome measure.
Efficacy of Idebenone to Preserve Respiratory Function above Clinically Meaningful Thresholds for Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Authors: Mayer Oscar H. , Leinonen Mika , Rummey Christian , Meier Thomas , Buyse Gunnar M. ,   for the DELOS Study Group
Published: August 2017

Background:

Patients with DMD experience progressive restrictive respiratory disease and eventual respiratory failure. Standard of care guidelines command changes in disease management when forced vital capacity percent of predicted (FVC% p) falls below clinically relevant thresholds. The Phase 3 DELOS trial in patients with DMD demonstrated that idebenone reduces the loss of peak expiratory flow and FVC compared to placebo (Buyse GM, et al.; Lancet 2015; 385 : 1748-57).

Objective:

Post-hoc analyses were conducted to assess whether treatment with idebenone could reduce the risk of patients dropping below clinically meaningful thresholds of FVC% p.

Methods:

The DELOS trial enrolled DMD patients 10–18 years of age not using glucocorticoids to receive idebenone (N = 31) or placebo (N = 33) for 12 months. Change from baseline in FVC and FVC% p was assessed by hospital spirometry and analyzed by mixed model of repeated measures and slope analysis and proportions of patients falling below clinically meaningful thresholds of FVC% p were compared.

Results:

The change over 1 year in FVC and FVC% p showed a consistent pattern in favor of idebenone treatment across multiple analysis methods and fewer patients in the idebenone group declined by a margin of 10% or more in FVC and FVC% p compared to placebo. There were also fewer patients in the idebenone group (15%) with a decline below FVC% p of 50% compared to the placebo group (25%) and fewer patients in the idebenone group (28%) showed a decline below FVC% p of 50% or 40% or 30% compared to the placebo group (43%).

Conclusions:

These data added to the consistency and clinical meaningfulness of findings from the DELOS trial showing that idebenone can slow the loss of pulmonary function in patients with DMD.