bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Research, Design and Fabrication Microwave Modules of Receiver for NanoDragon satellite at S band
Authors: Thi Ha Bui , Gia Duong Bach
Published: June 2019

Abstract: In the paper, the new microwave modules of NanoDragon satellite’s receiver were designed and fabricated. Purpose of this design is not only reduce budget but also respond to frequency requirement, bandwidth and transmission rate. The microwave modules consist of low noise amplifier (LNA), mixer and local oscillator (LO). These modules operate at S band according to requirement of satellite. Firstly, each module was designed, simulated, fabricated and measured. Then they were integrated together. Output of integrated microwave modules is IF signal with bandwidth is suitable for demodulation PCM – PM (BPSK). And have high gain value conform to receiver’s requirement. Simulation result of low noise amplifier is 19.108 dB at 2.9 GHZ. Simulation result of integrating two stage LNA become 2-stage LNA have gain value over 38 dB. Gain value obtained is 11.5 dB when measurement. Integrating microwave modules result is 10.5 dB with gain value. That mean this microwave modules of receiver operated very well. LNA was very good. This subsystem can apply for NanoDragon satellite’s receiver and receiver of ground station.

Keywords: Receiver, Microwave Modules of Receiver, Satellite, NanoDragon satellite, LNA, Mixer, LO, IF.
A Note on Infinite Type Germs of a Real Hypersurface in
Authors: Kim Son Nguyen Thi , Van Tiep Chu
Published: June 2019

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to show that there exists a smooth real hypersurface germ  of D'Angelo infinite type in  such that it does not admit any (singular) holomorphic curve that has infinite order contact with  at .

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 32T25; Secondary 32C25.

Key words and phrases:  Holomorphic vector field, automorphism group, real hypersurface, infinite type point.
The Expected Number of Extreme Discs
Authors: Hoang Nam-Dung , Linh Nguyen Kieu
Published: June 2019

Abstract: Given a finite set D of n planar discs whose centers are distributed randomly. We are interested in the expected number of extreme discs of the convex hull of D. We show that the expected number of extreme discs is at most O(log2n) for any distribution. This result can be used to derive expected complexity of convex hull algorithms.

Keywords: Convex hull, computational geometry, expected number.

Mathematics Subject Classification (2010): 65D18, 52A15, 51N05.
Influence of Brain Gangliosides on the Formation and Properties of Supported Lipid Bilayers
Authors: Jordan Luke , Blauch Megan , Baxter Ashley , Cawley Jennie , Wittenberg Nathan
Published: June 2019

This is a comprehensive study of the effects of the four major brain gangliosides (GM1, GD1b, GD1a, and GT1b) on the adsorption and rupture of phospholipid vesicles on SiO2 surfaces for the formation of supported lipid bilayer (SLB) membranes. Using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) we show that gangliosides GD1a and GT1b significantly slow the SLB formation process, whereas GM1 and GD1b have smaller effects. This is likely due to the net ganglioside charge as well as the positions of acidic sugar groups on ganglioside glycan head groups. Data is included that shows calcium can accelerate the formation of ganglioside-rich SLBs. Using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) we also show that the presence of gangliosides significantly reduces lipid diffusion coefficients in SLBs in a concentration-dependent manner. Finally, using QCM-D and GD1a-rich SLB membranes we measure the binding kinetics of an anti-GD1a antibody that has similarities to a monoclonal antibody that is a hallmark of a variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Piecewise 3D Printing of Crystallographic Data for Post-Printing Construction
Authors: Brown Matthew , Hartling David , Tailor Hamel N. , Van Wieren Ken , Houghton Gary , McGregor Ian , Hansen Callum D , Merbouh Nabyl
Published: June 2019

A method of 3D printing complex or challenging structures by breaking them into parts with connectors, printing each part separately, and then assembling the structure post-printing has been developed. This has advantages such as multicoloured printing, framework optimization and reduction, print time reduction, and can be used to bypass print tray size limits. This method is particularly applicable to extended structures such as coordination polymers, metal-organic frameworks, and hydrogen bonding networks, but examples where it can be used to simplify the printing of small molecules are also shown.
Microbial Cleavage of C‒F Bonds in Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances via Dehalorespiration
Authors: Yu Yaochun , Zhang Kunyang , Li Zhong , Ren Changxu , Liu Jinyong , Men Yujie
Published: June 2019

Regarding the emerging concerns of the widely occurred and environmentally persistent per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), one intriguing and unsolved scientific question for environmental microbiologists, chemists, and engineers is that whether microbial reductive defluorination of perfluorinated compounds exist in nature. Due to the strong dissociation energy of carbon‒fluorine (C‒F) bonds in PFASs, no convincing evidence for biological cleavage of C‒F bonds from > C2 perfluorinated structures has ever been reported. We for the first time show C‒F bond cleavage via reductive defluorination by an organohalide-respiring microbial community for two PFASs, perfluoro(4-methylpent-2-enoic acid) and 4,5,5,5-tetrafluoro-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pentenoic acid. Comprehensive biotransformation pathways are further elucidated. This study brings valuable fundamental knowledge of microbial dehalorespiration, which opens avenues for the future exploration of PFAS environmental fate and bioremediation strategies.
Enhancing Nucleation in Atomic Layer Deposition by Pre-Treatment with Small Organometallic Molecules
Authors: de Paula Camila , Zeng Li , Richey Nathaniel , Bent Stacey
Published: June 2019

Thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) of metals on metal oxide surfaces typically suffers from nucleation delays that result in poor-quality films. The poor nucleation may be caused by a lack of suitable chemisorption sites on the oxide surface which are needed for metal nucleation to occur. In this work, we demonstrate that pre-functionalizing the surface with a sub-monolayer of small organometallic molecules from the vapor phase can lead to a significant increase in surface coverage of the metal deposited by ALD. This process is demonstrated for Pt ALD from (methylcyclopentadienyl)trimethylplatinum (MeCpPtMe3) and O2, with nucleation enhanced almost three-fold at 100 ALD cycles after the pre-treatment, and even more significantly at lower ALD cycle numbers. We hypothesize that the high coverage of the organometallic molecule provides an alternative chemisorption mechanism for the platinum precursor and thus leads to an increase in nucleation sites. The growth of the platinum deposits was investigated in depth though scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and grazing incidence small angle x-ray scattering (GISAXS). These studies show that the pre-treatment results in the growth of larger and more highly ordered Pt nanoparticles at early cycle numbers, which subsequently coalesce into continuous and pinhole free films. Surface pretreatment by organometallic molecules therefore introduces a potential route to achieve improved nucleation and growth of ultrathin films.
The Relationship Between a Rich Diet with Probiotics/Prebiotics and the Gestational Health Conditions
Authors: Qutaibah Mohammad Oudat  , Muhammad Alqudah  , Deena Ababneh
Published: June 2019

The interest in studying the microbial gut like probiotics has increased because it may play a significant role in reducing the risk of certain health conditions and promote overall health. In the recent decade, the nutritional researches have linked between having a regular healthy diet and the health conditions during pregnancy. For example, during the pregnancy period, women may counter several health conditions, such as Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) level. In this relation, a few recent researches have suggested that having a rich diet with a probiotics/prebiotic may reduce the incidence of GDM. Therefore, in the world market, the interest in studying the correlation between probiotics/prebiotics and the incidence of pregnancy health conditions has increased. This paper has been designed to review the recent studies that investigated the relationship between a rich diet with probiotics/prebiotics and the gestational health conditions.
Population and Oral Hygiene (World Population Day Editorial Comment)
Authors: Taruna Malhotra
Published: June 2019

World Population Day Editorial Comment by Dr. Taruna Malhotra, Forensic Editor, IHRJ
Lychee Associated Encephalopathy: Myth or Reality?
Authors: Ankit Mangla  , Kandla Sharma  , Vasuda Bhagat  , Mehtab Singh Bhagat
Published: June 2019

Once again, lychee fruit is flashing in the Indian news headlines after being criticized for association with fatal encephalopathy in Muzaffarpur region of Bihar. More than a 100 children in the district have lost their lives to this mysterious deadly outbreak. The research work behind the etiopathology of this lethal disease is minimal. There is a constant need of reporting these kind of unusual breakouts and analysing the data on basis of clinical and laboratory records. The health professionals will have to focus the target population, using preventive and curative measures, but this could be done only if substantial research is available for meta-analysis to reach a decision that could effectively and satisfactorily control this fatal and life-threatening public health issue.
THE BRAZILIAN AFRICA – POPULATION AND TERRITORIALITY
Authors: Anjos Rafael Sanzio Araújo dos
Published: June 2019

Uma das questões estruturais relacionada à cultura africana no Brasil que continua merecendo investigação e conhecimento, está relacionada aos aspectos historiográficos e geográficos da formação e distribuição da população de ancestralidade na África do território brasileiro. O paper resgata as principais referências da diáspora África-América-Brasil e configura a expressão espacial da população afro-brasileira contemporânea.
O PERFIL DO ALUNO DE EAD. ESTUDO DE CASO DO CURSO DE LICENCIATURA EM GEOGRAFIA A DISTÂNCIA DA UAB/UNB
Authors: Dias Simone Silva , Marques Ana Cláudia Dos Santos , Oliveira Nair Keila Romeu da Cunha , Maniçoba Regina De Souza
Published: June 2019

Diante das constantes transformações advindas do processo de globalização, aEducação a Distância (EAD) se apresenta como uma alternativa capaz de alcançar uma maior quantidade de alunos, independente da localização espacial destes. Assim, o presente estudo tem como objetivo aprofundar o conhecimento ao traçar o perfil do aluno de graduação do curso de Licenciatura em Geografia a Distância da UAB/UnB com intuito de dinamizar o curso de maneira geral e subsidiar a oferta de futuras disciplinas. Para tanto, foi realizada pesquisa bibliográfica em livros e periódicos referentes à EAD e coletados na plataforma Moodle e no SIGRA os seguintes dados: idade, formação profissional, local de residência, quantidade de disciplinas em que foi matriculado, e número de aprovação nas disciplinas cursadas.
O TERRITÓRIO DOS MARACATUS-NAÇÃO DE PERNAMBUCO: INTERPRETAÇÃO PRELIMINAR
Authors: Ferreira Cleison Leite , Anjos RafaeAFAEL Sanzio Araújo dos
Published: June 2019

Maracatu-Nação é uma importante manifestação cultural pernambucana presente em Recife, Olinda, Jaboatão dos Guararapes e Igarassu. Foi criado pela população de matriz africana a partir das eleições e coroações de Reis e Rainhas escolhidos em irmandades leigas que congregavam uma grande diversidade étnica entre os séculos XVI e XIX. Apesar das perseguições que as práticas ligadas aos africanos sofreram, o Maracatu-Nação cresceu em quantidade de adeptos e de grupos e é considerado ícone de identidade pernambucana. Se hoje é aceito e representa o sentimento de “pernambucanidade” foi graças às lutas e às estratégias da população de origem africana que teve que negociar seu espaço na cidade que se configura conflituosa, excludente e racista, apesar de ser maioria.
CONFLITOS SÓCIO AMBIENTAIS NA BACIA DO CÓRREGO SAMAMBAIA, DISTRITO FEDERAL
Authors: Goulart Nilton , Anjos Rafael Sanzio
Published: June 2019

A questão da temática ambiental pode também ser vista sob a ótica do conflito, já que os recursos naturais são e serão objetos de disputas e interesses. Sob essa égide, as questões do meio ambiente podem ser classificadas segundo tipos diferentes de conflito, e decorrem da disputa ou desentendimento relacionados com o uso e/ou exploração dos recursos naturais, tendendo a aumentar com a escassez e competição pelo bem natural. No final do século 20 os conflitos relacionados ao meio ambiente começaram a ser estudados sob essa visão “sócio-ambiental”.
TERRITORY OF THE MARACATUS-NAÇÃO OF PERNAMBUCO: PRELIMINARY INTERPRETATION
Authors: Ferreira Cleison Leite , Anjos Rafael Sanzio Araújo dos
Published: June 2019

The “Maracatu-Nação” is an important cultural expression found in Pernambuco, Brasil, in the cities of Recife, Olinda, Jaboatão dos Guararapes and Igarassu. It was creatade by people of African origin from the elections and coronations of Kings and Queens chosen from lay brotherhoods that brought together a wide ethnic diversity between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.
O USO DE IMAGENS HIPERESPECTRAIS COM EFEITOS DE REFLECTÂNCIA BIDIRECIONAL NA MELHORIA DA CLASSIFICAÇÃO DE CULTURAS AGRÍCOLAS
Authors: Lúcia Costa Alves Souza Vânia
Published: June 2019

O mapeamento preciso de campos agrícolas é um dos principais desafios para monitorar áreas usando sensoriamento remoto. As plantações mudam durante o período de crescimento o que requer o uso de imagens de diferentes épocas para melhor identificação das plantas e consequentemente um alto investimento na aquisição destas imagens em várias datas.
O Design de Informação e a narrativa diagramática em Whale Hunt de Jonathan Harris
Authors: Franco Juliana Rocha
Published: June 2019

Uma questão que atravessou os anos 80 e 90 do século passado, a “hipertrofia das imagens” no mundo contemporâneo, poderia ser nos dias de hoje reformulada e ampliada. Vive-se atualmente uma imersão na hipertrofia dos dados na qual as modalidades de criação, organização e acesso à informação têm se alterado drasticamente. Dentro desse contexto, o uso de bancos de dados e ferramentas interativas que promovem o Design de informação tem se revelado importantes para práticas de produção de sentido e organização no mundo contemporâneo. O presente trabalho busca compreender a potencialidade narrativa dos ambientes midiáticos de visualização dinâmicos de bancos de dados digitais. Especificamente é empreendido um estudo de caso da obra Whale Hunt, do artista multimídia Jonathan Harris. O que buscaremos mostrar no presente trabalho, é que uma interface pode ser um poderoso dispositivo narrativo ao ser trabalhada diagramaticamente. Em Whale Hunt o usuário não só́ interpreta a narrativa, mas como também a explora e a configura. A premissa básica é a da agência como interação.
INtoleRÂNCIAS
Authors: Chaves Gabriel Lyra
Published: June 2019

A seguir, compartilho alguns resultados de um manifesto visual, que segue em construção ao longo dos últimos anos. São pequenos fragmentos de um exercício feito nos tempos do Facebook, estetizando fotografias que sintetizam, captam e retratam a intolerância, a banalização e a eliminação do diferente e das diferenças, elementos em franca expansão em nossas interações na era das mídias sociais.
roteiro (ou) parâmetros possíveis para uma escrita
Authors: Günther Luisa
Published: June 2019

escritura

escrivinhação

escrivinha-ação

ex-crita
Caminho das águas
Authors: Mathias Adélia
Published: June 2019

Religiões e Literatura Afro-Brasileiras compartilham entre si, não apenas os sujeitos escravizados e explorados à exaustão e seus descendentes; compartilham tradição, ancestralidade, cultura e reexistência. Apresento neste artigo o que a literatura brasileira – tout court – tem adotado como teoria para balizar, hierarquizar e valorizar nas produções narrativas; a contraproposta realizada por autores/as negros/as e sistematizada por Eduardo de Assis Duarte com o nome de Literatura Afro-Brasileira; e finalmente os Cadernos Negros, assim como a ideia de sua concepção, para, em seguida, realizar uma análise de dois contos dessa antologia, nos quais a religiosidade é o tema principal. Entre análises e teoria literária traço as confluências e diálogos entre literatura e religião dos sujeitos racializados, assim como evidencio um sistema independente do sistema eurocentrado de produção e recepção literária.
A raiz do pensamento colonial na intolerância religiosa contra religiões de matriz africana
Authors: Fernandes Nathalia Vince Esgalha
Published: June 2019

O presente artigo tem por objetivo explicitar as manifestações de discriminação e intolerância religiosas contra os praticantes como atos que podem ser caracterizados como racismo religioso, compreendendo a sua formação a partir do pensamento colonial. O artigo traz um breve panorama, da prática discriminatória e criminalização histórica contra essas religiões no Brasil, apresenta uma discussão das categorias: intolerância religiosa, discriminação e racismo e, a partir dos aportes do pensamento colonial, debate a relação entre o racismo presente na formação latino-americana e o fenômeno da discriminação contra as religiões afro-brasileiras na atualidade.
Saberes Tradicionais de Terreiro
Authors: Martins Moura Beatriz , Ramos Carla
Published: June 2019

Em 2012, no âmbito do projeto de Pesquisa e Extensão Mapeamento das Casas e Terreiros de Religiões de Matriz Afro-brasileira na Cidade de Santarém/Pará, reunimos um grupo de 20 estudantes da Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (UFOPA), alguns professores, e Afro-religiosos, no terreiro de Mina Santa Bárbara, espaço sagrado mantido por Pai Edvanei de Oyá. Durante dois dias estivemos aprendendo cânticos e toques presentes no repertório Afro-religioso de Terreiros, que são parte constitutiva da paisagem sonora, arquitetônica, Afro-diaspórica e histórica de Santarém. Este momento de fusão Terreiro-Academia foi a ponta de lança para uma série ininterrupta de ações, diálogos, afetos, ajuda e solidariedade que ainda nos une. A primeira parte deste artigo persegue uma questão colocada por Gomes (2010) sobre o que está colocado para o intelectual negro politicamente posicionado que atua nos espaços acadêmicos. Seguindo a proposta inaugurada com a Oficina de Toques e Cantigas do Repertório dos Terreiros, em 2016 realizamos, dentro da UFOPA, o minicurso Antropologia Feminista Negra: Experiência Vivida, Ativismo Político, Interseccionalidade e Sexualidades, no qual tivemos a honra de assistir uma aula ministrada pela Iyalorixá Ozanélia Santos. Ali, além de partilhar nossas experiências enquanto mulheres negras, indígenas, quilombolas, afro-religiosas, educadoras, estudantes, partilhamos do axé, da escuta e do diálogo com a Iyalorixá. Nas próximas páginas vamos discutir alguns aspectos do desafio de ensinar e aprender a partir de epistemologias que nos autorizam falar, que nos fazem visíveis, nos mantêm seguros, e nos permitem ter prazer fazendo o que gostamos e escolhemos fazer. Estas são as epistemologias dos Terreiros, ou os modos de saber e de viver Negro-brasileiro.
Elementos para um debate sobre os brancos e a branquitude no candomblé
Authors: França Jonas
Published: June 2019

O presente trabalho busca trazer à luz da discussão acadêmica alguns dos desdobramentos do fenômeno conhecido como embranquecimento do candomblé. Compreendido como um complexo cultural de resistência afro-religiosa em uma sociedade institucional e historicamente racista, o terreiro é um espaço de acolhimento e compartilhamento de vivências que opera por meio da experiência vivencial. Até que ponto a correspondência essencialista entre raça e cultura é saudável para a manutenção dos espaços sagrados afro-brasileiros? O embranquecimento dos terreiros é fenômeno intrinsecamente ligado à presença da branquitude nestes espaços? Como se dá, nestas redomas, a perpetuação de estruturas discriminatórias quando se tornam colonizadas pela branquitude? Quais as problemáticas de uma atuação irresponsável de iniciados no culto com a pele branca? E, por fim, quais as responsabilidades da comunidade para evitar a perpetuação de vícios da branquitude nas casas de axé? – São algumas das provocações que pretende-se esmiuçar e agitar neste breve e inquietante artigo.
Les Deux Angleterres et le Continent. Anglophone sociology as the guardian of Old European semantics
Authors: Roth Steffen
Published: June 2019

Despite its influence in Central European sociology, N. Luhmann’s Social Systems theory remains a marginal branch of international sociology. In this paper, the theory questions the reasons for its own marginality in general and for its marginality in the Anglophone centers of sociology in particular, with the latter still being a surprise against the background of the theory’s cybernetic roots in the US. The theory arrives at the conclusion that, while Europe, or ‘the continent’, is still perceived as old compared with the Anglophone new world(s), it still is Anglophone sociology that preserves ‘Old European’ semantics. Sociology in continental ‘Old Europe’, however, seems to have a chance of slowly being acquainted with a new, post-enlightenment mindset focused on semantics and communication rather than on humans and action.
Introduction to Sociocybernetics (Part 1): Third order cybernetics and a basic framework for society
Authors: Mancilla Roberto Gustavo
Published: June 2019

The purpose of this paper is to initiate the efforts towards an idea of a third order in cybernetics. Second order cybernetics will be used as a biological basis for social processes. Third order studies mutually observing systems, which endows them features of observed and observing systems. Also, while first cybernetics deals with allopoietic machines, and second with autopoietic or living machines, the object of analysis of third cybernetics is language as a cognitive machine that creates a common domain of interaction between living systems in order to interact. These types of machines are abstract mechanisms that have a basis in the human brain and that store, retrieve, process and create information, and as such is both allopoietic and autopoietic; therefore, cognitive machines are omnipoietic. This paper will also account for the creation of social reality by means of a collective assignation of functions by means of speech acts and will use the philosophical scholarship of John Searle to achieve this purpose. Also, society will be analyzed under the lens of complex systems theory. Searle’s idea of social ontology explains Society on a micro level; the meso level is studied by social systems and complex systems theory enables the study of society from a macro perspective.
Announcements
Authors: Paetau Michael
Published: June 2019

1). The 12th International Conference of Sociocybernetics will be held from 24-28th June 2013, in Merida, Mexico, and addresses »The sociocybernetics of social systems and social networks« in fields of complex social phenomena such as education, economy, interdisciplinary research, international relations, management, migration, new social media communication, scientific production, sustainability, social movements and systemic violence. The conference will discuss papers reporting the empirical findings of research studies that apply sociocybernetics (both concepts and/or methodologies). addressing the methodological and ethical issues associated with the creation and maintenance of research networks and with the reflective, self-referential aspects of research in sociocybernetics. discussing theoretical and conceptual issues concerning how to effectively characterize social systems, social networks and the interactions of social actors. 2). The next World Congress of Sociology will be hosted by the Japan Sociological Society (JSS) from 13-19 July 2014. RC 51 will be present with 18 sessions.
A survey of important decisions and settings needed for attaining a sustainable world
Authors: Larsson Nils O.
Published: June 2019

The main objective of the methodology to be presented is to find the most important decisions within the area of discussion. Focussing on the important decisions and in which environment they are taken gives an increased possibility of solving the problems in question. The analysis should cover decisions on all levels i.e. individual, informal and formal groupings of people, nations, group of nations as well as decisions on the global level. In this paper I will present some examples that could serve as an elucidation of the method. The goal of the method is to outline a system for a sustainable control of global renewable as well as non-renewable resources such as cultivable soil, water, fish, clean air, minerals, and oil. In order to handle the complexity of the problem the analysis must be limited to the most important factors in a long as well as short time view. A number of factors to be used in describing the methodology is presented.  In order to simplify the finding of the decisions influencing an analysis of sub-factors is necessary.  Decisions having an important influence on the above factors are presented and the information needed for making relevant decisions.  The next step in the analysis is to create a decision hierarchy and what organizations should be responsible for taking these decisions.
The current issue of JoS
Authors: Paetau Michael
Published: June 2019

Deeply shocked we had to take note that Nils O. Larsson, one of the authors of the last issue of Journal of Sociocybernetics, passed away very unexpectedly. Since many years Nils O. Larsson was a member of the Research Committee on Sociocybernetics (RC 51) and the International Sociological Association (ISA). He took part in the World Congress of Sociology 2010 in Gothenburg, where he organized the RC 51 – Session “Global problems require solutions with a global perspective”. This session was strongly related to one of the main themes of the XVII World Congress of Sociology:   sustainability, a subject which had become more and more in focus due to the threatening climate change and the present economic crisis. In the face of the increasing and sometimes overwhelming complexity of this problems it was Nils' ambition to develop an adequate research method that can analyse and design human activity systems on individual, family, as well as society and global level. He called this methodology "Decision Settings Analysis". Three of the papers, presented in his world congress session were published later in Volume 10 of JoS. But it was not granted to Nils that he could lived to see this result of his efforts. He died during the editorial process what came to know to us when the Volume already was published. Today, while we are preparing the VXIII World Congress of Sociology in Yokohama, we miss Nils O. Larsson very much.The current issue of the Journal of Sociocybernetics includes three theoretical oriented articles and one empircal study. In their article
XVIII World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama, Japan, 13-19 July 2014
Authors: (ISA) International Sociological Association
Published: June 2019

XVIII World Congress of Sociology : “Facing an unequal world: Challenges for Global Sociology”, Yokohama, Japan, 13-19 July 2014The Program of the World-Congress is now avialable on the official ISA-Website: the official ISA-Website For more details regarding the sessions organised by RC51 please have a look on the RC51-Website
Reflections on the Complexity of Ancient Social Heterarchies: Toward New Models of Social Self-Organization in Pre-Hispanic Colombia
Authors: Mezza-Garcia Nathalie , Froese Tom , Fernández Nelson
Published: June 2019

All political systems have limitations in their information processing and action capacities to face large-scale crises and challenges, but especially if they happen to be too hierarchically and centrally controlled systems. In contrast, some other cultures whose political structure is heterarchically organized, such as the Zenú, the Muiscas, and the Tayronas in pre-Hispanic Colombia, presented adaptiveness even without advanced scientific knowledge and without powerful centralized top-down control. We therefore propose that creating and analyzing computer models of their decentralized processes of management could provide a broader perspective on the possibilities of self-organized political systems. Our hope is that this approach will eventually go beyond the scope of basic science. It seeks to promote more computer-model-based research of social systems that exhibit an adaptive balance of flexibility and robustness, i.e., systems that do not rely on the current ideal of rule-based control of all systemic aspects, with the practical aim of improving current social and political processes.
Changing Social Focussing in the Development of Jazz Music
Authors: Hay James , Flynn J David
Published: June 2019

This paper traces the development of jazz musical styles by relating those styles to the organization of jazz musicians and the social context of American society. The authors use a theory developed by Flynn and Hay (2012) derived from chaos and complexity science. The Flynn/Hay theory states that social focussing (chaos, complexity or order: SF) is directly proportional to internal structure (differentiation: D) and inversely related to external information (centrality: C). In mathematical terms: SF = D/C.The authors of this paper describe the social focussing of jazz styles in terms of being chaotic, complex or ordered. They then relate the styles of social focussing to the differentiation of the social system of jazz musicians, and the centrality inputs from the surrounding American society. Their results demonstrating that the style of jazz at each period from the late 19th century to the present era, is dependent upon the ratio of d/c.They conclude that the same analysis could be applied to subsystems of the jazz system, including the development of jazz styles in different geographic regions, as well as within each band and even over the career of each musician, in a kind of fractal effect, where the shape of social focussing is the same at each level.
Minds in Chains: A Sociocybernetic Analysis of the Abrahamic Faiths
Authors: Scott Bernard CE
Published: June 2019

I address the troubling matter of ‘pathological belief systems’, which I have previously defined as those that ‘restrict the right of actors to interact’. In particular, I consider the tangled ‘Gordian’ knot of beliefs that constitute the Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It is my belief that an analysis based on well-defined cybernetic principles can help cut through this knot and lay bare just what is pathological. The attraction of such an analysis is that it does not require one to pass judgements and ‘take sides’ with respect to the major controversies that divide the faiths. More generally, a properly formulated sociocybernetic analysis does not require one to pose any fundamental opposition between ‘science’ and ‘religion’. What the analysis does is help identify what are the key differences between ‘science’ and ‘religion’ as routes to knowledge and understanding, whilst noting that there are ‘undecidable questions’ about which an individual should be permitted to formulate her own beliefs without opposition or condemnation from others.
Bildung in the Era of Digital Media
Authors: Taekke Jesper , Paulsen Michael Eric
Published: June 2019

We are living in a period where new social structures arise in the communicative space and wake of digital media. This means that we must try to adapt to a changing social world within all social arenas like economy, work-life, love relations and last but not least education. The question of this paper is what Bildung should be or could be within this new medium environment. It draws on Luhmann (2006), Biesta (2006), Klafki (2014) and Kant (1784) describing what Bildung is seen from the view of the enlightenment tradition and try to discuss and analyze how ideas of Bildung could be used in education today and tomorrow. The paper draws on empirical findings from the Socio Media Education experiment, a Danish action research project in an upper secondary school from 2011-214 (XXXX 2013a, 2015a, 2016a, 2016b).
On Messages
Authors: Scott Bernard CE
Published: June 2019

In this paper, I discuss the concept of a ‘message’ as applied to the different forms of communication: between man and machine, between machine and machine and between man and man. The term ‘message’ can refer to a relatively simple cause and effect interaction. An example is the transmission of a mechanical signal that, when decoded by a receiving system, triggers a standard response. It can also refer to the much more subtle and complex case where recipients construct meanings on the basis of the messages they receive. I contend that it is only in this latter case that we can properly refer to the interaction as a ‘conversation’. In the paper I present cybernetic models of these two usages. I relate the abstract discussion to current developments concerned with man-machine interaction and the development of a ‘global brain’.
The evolution of communication media in Moche culture
Authors: Blanco José Javier
Published: June 2019

Starting from the improbability of the evolution of truth as a symbolic generalization, out of which a communication medium developed that built the conditions of possibility of a functional system for science, I intend to underline the contingency of such an evolutionary pathway by studying the Moche culture. The Moche represent a fit case study because of their elaborated and narrative-loaded pottery, which played the role of diffusion medium along the Peruvian North Coast. The study of Andean iconographic media and its potential for information production might bring to the foreground the Graphocentrism underlying in Luhmann`s theory of sociocultural evolution, thereby correcting his theoretical model. In addition, a complex ancient culture would serve to illustrate the preconditions that sociocultural evolution had to fulfill in order to set forth a science functional system. My hypothesis is that sociocultural evolution is guided by the dynamic interactions between success and diffusion media, which by conditioning each other sometimes favor differentiation and gain complexity, and some others impede those possibilities leading to evolutionary blind alleys.
How do collectives of amateurs handle complexity on financial markets while deciding?
Authors: Welbers Lydia Judith
Published: June 2019

This paper questions how investment clubs – as small groups of retail investors that pool their money – cope with issues of hyper-complexity and truth while deciding together where to invest their money. This may be challenging because investment-decisions are characterised by informational complexity, an unknown future and double contingency.

By employing ethnographic data, this paper traces how investment clubs reach a collective decision despite hyper-complexity. It will be shown how the members of the group struggle to make sense of and to find a shared definition of a situation. During this process they try to reduce complexity by evaluating and deciding collectively. The ways the different groups achieve this is influenced by the group composition, their organisational structure and the interaction order. In some groups negotiations are an essential part of their meetings whereby complexity is initially cultivated. Negotiations are used to develop a shared definition of the situation. These groups question if the truth can be uncovered in financial markets. Other groups reduce complexity by using certain techniques to uncover the true value of a stock. These ways of coping with complexity are bound to certain ways of organising and types of members. Accordingly, successful evaluating and deciding, which means that decisions are made, is bound to several exclusions that are made legitimate by the inclusion in the financial market. In summary, the paper adds new insights to processes of decision making in situations that are characterised by complexity.
Rancang Bangun Sistem Informasi Geografis Rumah Tidak Layak Huni Sebagai Pendukung Keputusan Kebijakan Di Tingkat Desa
Authors: Chandra Wibawa Julian , Hardiyana Bella
Published: June 2019

The implementation of social welfare development programs in developing countries is generally focused on the empowerment program of the poor, which is more nuanced in a participatory approach involving the community, business and government. empowerment is considered appropriate to be one of the policy choices in the development of social welfare today. The development of social welfare based on the principle of empowerment is intended that in the handling of the poor, it must be done through increasing the capacity of human resources to increase independence (Law Number 13 of 2011).

Regional development has an impact on national development. Poverty reduction policies realized through community empowerment programs have become the main agenda and prior development in Baleendah Subdistrict, especially Rancamanyar Village. One of the poverty alleviation programs through community empowerment carried out in Rancamanyar Village is the Housing Assistance Program for uninhabitable houses. Various local government efforts to reduce the number of uninhabitable houses are still considered uneven. With the limited management and processing of survey data in the regions, it is one of the factors that do not help the existing policies.

With the construction of a geographic information system for uninhabitable homes, one of the efforts that must be taken by the local government in order to support and assist in making decisions for uninhabitable houses is to conduct geographical analysis and mapping of uninhabitable houses in Rancamanyar Village, so that help is not the wrong target.
Pemanfaatan WebGIS untuk Pemetaan Wilayah Rawan Longsor Kabupaten Boyolali dengan Metode Skoring dan Pembobotan
Authors: Sholikhan Muhammad , Prasetyo Sri Yulianto Joko , Hartomo Kristoko Dwi
Published: June 2019

WebGIS is an online-based application of Geographic Information System, this application is a combination of web design and web mapping. WebGIS is mainly used for publishing map-based spatial information. Therefore, the author utilized webGIS, in order to mapping area that prone to landslides by using scoring and weighting methods. Parameters that used in this paper referring to the estimation model by Puslittanak in 2004, the parameters were rainfall, rock type, slope, land use, and type of soil maps. The determination of area prone to landslides was carried out by multiplying score by weight for each parameter, subsequently, the result was added up according to the reference of Puslittanak. The result of this study indicates that there are 4 sub-districts with high disaster-prone level, the sub-districts are Ampel, Cepogo, Musuk, and Selo. The final result of the map processed into a webGIS by applying Google maps service and framework bootstrap; the webGIS can be accessed by internet browser.
Analysis of Cooperation Between Science and Business in the Function of Improving the Effectiveness of the Republic of Serbia Economic Growth
Authors: Stošić Ivan , Bodroža Duško , Đukić Mihajlo
Published: June 2019

The subject of this paper is the analysis of cooperation between science and business in the Republic of Serbia. The main goal of the paper is to identify the level of cooperation, the achieved results and the scientific areas in which the cooperation is being carried out, through the analysis of the current state of cooperation between science and business. The paper should serve as the starting point for future research, where the effects of profitability of investments in science at macro and micro level will be evaluated. The analysis used the official data on the achieved results in scientific research activities from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, and data from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development. The obtained results showed that Serbia has a potential in the science sector, but that it is not sufficiently used by the economy since researchers focus exclusively on the production of scientific work.
The Development and Implementation of the Integrated Marketing Communications Concept
Authors: Cvetkov Čikošev Tatjana
Published: June 2019

Understanding consumers’ needs implies creating adequate offering, which leads to good and sustainable relations over time. Consumers, under the influence of (new) technologies change their habits, attitudes and behavior in usage of certain product or service as well as the way they communicate. The objective of this paper is to analyze the effects of created communication on brand through developing IMC model. Taking into account consumers’ demographic structure, not only the points at their path to purchase, usage or recommendation, the effects among different groups will be analyzed. Questions that are important for this paper are about awareness of brands in the category, noticeablity of certain ways of communication, and the influence of that communication on behavior is measured. The ultimate goal of every communication is sales and repeated sales, but in that process potential users should be introduced to brand, create need and want to use that brands, to be satisfied, loyal and be it’s ambassadors. Beside usage of the results of primary research, desk method of collecting and analyzing is also used, in order to have detailed insight of certain aspects that are related to the objective of this paper. The results of conducted research indicate that implementation of integrated marketing communications leads to additional sale and better brand positioning, as well as company positioning in the market. Additionally, effective integrated communications positively influence brand positioning and consumers ‘satisfaction is in positive relation with repeated purchase of the brand.
Durability and Performance of Ferrocement Infill Wall Panel
Authors: Rashid Muhammad Harunur , Alam Zahangir , Mahmud Firoz , Anita M S
Published: June 2019

Ferrocement is composed of cement mortar reinforced with small diameter closely spaced steel wire mesh to form a thin section conforming high performance of serviceability. The present study investigates the performance of ferrocement panels focused on the mechanical properties, water absorption and durability. A series of specimens were cast with single and double mesh layers. Flexural performance was carried out following sixty days in temperature cycle and in corrosion cell. These results was compared with the controlled sample. The test results shows that the flexural strength performance was reduced by 52% and 35% for single and double layer wire mesh samples respectively  followed by corrosion environment. First crack load also changed after completion of sixty temperature cycles. This load is 27.3%, 42.3% and 31.8% of failure load for controlled sample, sample in room air after every temperature cycle and samples in room air following quenching after every temperature cycle respectively for single mesh layer sample, and for double mesh layer sample these values are 38.9%, 30.1% and 17.7%. Early first crack is found for the samples following quenching and cooled in room air; however, both types of samples are in low absorption level. This data represents that double layer mesh specimen exhibits better when compared to single layer mesh specimen in strength and corrosion parameters.
A Preliminary Study on the Long-Term Structural Stability of Ventilation Ducts in Cold Regions
Authors: Chen Xuejun , Wang Lei , Liu Zhikui , Qin Yinghong
Published: June 2019

The construction of roadways in permafrost regions modifies ground-surface conditions and consequently, negatively varies thermal stability of the underlying frozen soils. To avoid the thawing of the permafrost layer under the scenario of global warming, roadways are usually laid on a built-up embankment, which not only disperses the traffic loads to underlying layers but also minimize the thermal disturbance. In the embankment, duct ventilation, or called air duct, can be embedded to further cool the underlying permafrost. While the thermal performance of duct ventilations has been well documented, the long-term structural stability of duct ventilation remains unknown. This study examines the structural stress of ventilation ducts that are placed in harsh weather such as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The ducts are currently buried in the embankment filler, with the wind-outlet and -inlet ends exposed and cantilevered out of the embankment. Field studies found that the exposed parts have plagued cracking and even failures, especially at the fixed end of the cantilevered part. Damages of these concrete ducts are attributed to cyclic freezing-thawing attack, thermally-induced stresses, moisture-induced stresses, and concrete swelling. These physical attacks are caused by the harsh weather in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. It is recommended to insulate the exposed part of the ducts and to fabricate durable and dense concrete ducts.
Globalization and Language Hegemony
Authors: Indrawati Indrawati , Tarjana Sri Samiati , Nurkamto Joko
Published: June 2019

In view of the cultural aspect, the national identity of Indonesia is the manifestation of cultural values that develop in all aspects of life with unique characteristics differentiating Indonesia from other countries. As a pluralistic country, Indonesia has 34 provinces with more than 16.000 islands of varied cultures. All of which have the power to integrate or disintegrate Indonesia’s national unity. Inevitably, the world is changing in a process of globalization toward creating a new borderless big village with consequences 1) less government power; 2) liberalism; 3) free market economy; 4) western culture hegemony; and many others. Globalization is deemed catastrophic toward Indonesian traditional values. This paper argues that globalization, on the contrary, brings the opportunity to see the reality of language use in that between English and Indonesian pragmatic apology utterances, both expressive speech acts show similarity in apology features. This paper wants to see whether globalization affects local identity in the context of language use. This paper analyzed apology utterances in Friends TV Series as western representation and utterances found in Office Boy TV Series as Indonesian representation. It is a descriptive qualitative study with content analysis adopted from Spradley in Santoso (2017). The finding shows that apology utterances both English and Indonesian realized universal features of apology that is IFID, Responsibility, Explanation, Repair, Forbearance, Addressed, Phatic, and Interjection. In conclusion, there is no language hegemony. If one considers similarities rather than differences, one will get a deeper insight into languages that will broaden one’s view of language. 
Cultural Hegemony: White Gown vs Traditional Dress
Authors: Wulandari Lisa Okta
Published: June 2019

Traditional dress defines a local identity of a culture, place, tribe, or race. Nowadays, traditional dresses are only worn on some ceremonies such as wedding ceremony and even so, many people do not wear any kind of traditional attire in attending a wedding. Instead, they use the modern one. In this era, women are familiar with the white gown for the wedding. Instead of wearing the traditional dress, they rather choose a white gown for some reasons such as the needs, the condition, efficiency, or interest. However, besides those personal reasons, there are also external factors such as economy, social, and even politics. These all factors happen in one process called globalization. They are connected through the process of globalization. In this process, those factors influence the local identity, which in this case is a traditional dress, in engaged with a white gown. Also, it can be identified whether the traditional dress can survive, or it is replaced by a white gown and what condition in globalization makes traditional dress survive or not.