bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Impact of Re-Enactment Based Crime Shows of Pakistani Private Channels on Youth
Authors: Bhatti Muhammad Ahsan , Iftikhar Urwah , Mahmood Tahir
Published: July 2020

This is a survey based study that investigates the impact of reenactment based crime shows on youth. The study is conducted in educational institutions of South Punjab (Pakistan). a sample of 100 respondent was collected through distribution of the questionnaire and their response was analyzed. The results were analyzed by using five variables namely: Violence, Language, Seduction, Instigation and Fear. It was interesting to find that many of the youth consider some sort of violence and foul language justified in the given situation of the reenactment show. A significant number of youth found the use of alcohol and smoking inappropriate and use of lie in given situation unacceptable. There was a significant number of youth respondents who found the display of love, romance, flirt, prostitution, physical relations and rape seducing, in different scenes of reenactment crime shows. There were some youth viewers who felt the society unsafe for them or others after watching violence and crimes in the reenactment shows.
War against Terror Impacts on Pakistan’s Economy: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Pakistani Newspapers
Authors: Jabeen Sarwat , Tehseem Tazanfal , Naz Samia
Published: July 2020

The present research is an attempt to explore the discourses of political cartoons published in Pakistani Urdu and English newspapers representing the war against terror impacts on Pakistan’s economy. Newspapers’ linguistic and semiotic representations of war against terror impacts on Pakistan’s economy are ideologically loaded and employed in the construction and deconstruction of the realities of post 9/11 scenario in a desired way. The research uses multimodal critical discourse approach (Machin, 2007) along with Van Leeuwen’s framework for recontextualisation (2008) and Fairclough’s (2003) framework for visual and linguistic analyses of the political cartoons to explore the hidden ideologies. The visual and linguistic analyses of the political cartoons pay careful attention to how discourses are chosen and then represented visually and linguistically to promote particular interests and ideologies that shape public perception of the reality.
Comparative Exploration of Psychological Health and Subjective Well-being among Fertile and Infertile Females
Authors: Bajwa Ruqia Safdar , Bibi Hamida
Published: July 2020

Psychological health directly affects life satisfaction especially to those women who face social and family pressure about their infertility. A wide range of research studies comparing fertile and infertile women documented that there is negative impact of infertility on subjective well-being and global life satisfaction (Abbey et al., 1991, 1992; Callan, 1987; Callan& Hennessey, 1988). The present study was aimed to investigate the impact of psychological health on life satisfaction among fertile and infertile females. Through the convenience sampling technique, a sample of 310 (N=310) fertile and infertile women was selected whose age ranged between 25 to 50 years. Demographic variables included age, employment status, level of education, duration of marital life, type of marriage and family system for both fertile and infertile females. To be included in sample, Women must have been diagnosed with infertility (primary or secondary), they must not have adopted any child, and marriage duration must be at least 2 years and must not have past history of psychiatric illness. General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) was used for current psychological health and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) was used to measure life satisfaction. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 21. Descriptive statistics, Regression analysis, ANOVA and t-test were used to analyze the data. Results have shown that psychological health has impact on life satisfaction in both fertile and infertile groups of women. Furthermore, results show that level of life satisfaction and psychological health is more prevalent in educated and employed women as compared to uneducated and unemployed women. To conclude, this study will be helpful in resolving psychological problems of the infertile females. Education can increase awareness about infertility and infertile females can meet the challenges of the society and can stand with better health and emotions.
Evolution and Exercise of the Power of Judicial Review of Executive Actions in Pakistan
Authors: Habib Rao Imran
Published: July 2020

In the modern democracies the protection of fundamental rights has gained immense importance. The fundamental rights are guaranteed by the constitutions of democratic states. The courts are empowered through the power of judicial review to protect fundamental rights against any violations of these. The concept of judicial review of executive actions emerged from the concept that the powerful executive can jeopardize the rights of the people for their political interests and there should be an independent forum to check the abuses of the human rights by the executive. In the modern era the power of judicial review has proceeded one step further as, in addition to the violation of fundamental rights, it has started examining the issues of good governance and disputes between state organs. Pakistan inherited the idea of judicial review of executive actions from the supervisory jurisdiction of English Courts to issue prerogative writs. Subsequently, Pakistan specifically incorporated the judicial review powers in the 1962 Constitution. The provincial high courts and the Supreme Court are entrusted with the power of judicial review; however, the Supreme Court can adjudicate upon matters of fundamental rights if they involve public importance. This research work examines the importance of judicial review of executive actions for the protections of fundamental rights. Then the evolution and exercise of judicial review of executive actions by the higher courts in Pakistan is analysed. This study finds that the superior courts in Pakistan have actively used this power to protect fundamental rights but in their drive to protect fundamental rights sometimes they have encroached into the jurisdiction of the other state institutions.
Role of Electronic Media in Changing Fashion Trends among University Students: A Case of Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan
Authors: Qadoos Imran , Talha Muhammad Ali , Hashim Muhammad , Rizwan Muhammad
Published: July 2020

This study is an effort to check the role of electronic media on changing fashion trends as electronic media is getting very much in and used by youth. Within the past years, a greatest development has been witnessed. It focuses on how the students are using electronic media to change their preferences and how they influence from electronic media and adopt new fashion trends. Electronic media like, TV and internet influences has effect on the students of university, the objective of the study are to find out the use of electronic media as changing agent, the factors which influence fashion adoption among youth, and social factors that trigger the fashion adoption, the study were conducted among 176 university students using a survey research design, Data were collected by using questionnaires and the data were analysed using SPSS WIN 09, Both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were applied in the study, The result of this study shows that electronic media have positive relationship with fashion trends that change the student preferences in their clothing sense through the process of advertisement.
Impact of Loneliness and Depression on Social Isolation of Third Gender in Multan: An Analysis
Authors: Hussain Siraj , Farid Shahzad , Zahid Muhammad , Hussain Sajjad
Published: July 2020

This study was conducted in the sphere of lonely and socially isolated third gender as their lingering agony is not realized by mainstream society. The major objective of the study is to explore the impact of loneliness and depression on social isolation of third gender. Researcher collected data from randomly selected 100 eunuchs from Multan city, using self-administered questionnaire and face-to-face interview schedule. Researcher explored that loneliness significantly affected social isolation (p<.05). The study concluded that loneliness produced social isolation among third genders in Multan. The study further suggested that social inclusion of third gender in main fabric of society through their participation in social institutions.
Extraction and Application of Natural Dyes on Natural Fibers: An Eco-Friendly Perspective
Authors: Ahsan Rakhshan , Masood Afsheen , Sherwani Rabiah , Khushbakhat Hafiza
Published: July 2020

Dyes derived from natural resources like plant leaves, roots, bark, fruits, stem, insect secretions, and minerals were the only dyes available in the history of mankind for dyeing textiles. The first discovery of the synthetic dyes dates back to 1856.Due to the industrialization and globalization, the use of the synthetic dyes has increased in past century. The variety in hue, shades and economic benefits of synthetic dyes have declined gradually and slowly. However, the environmental threats and health hazards to humans have pushed them to the old and natural dyeing resources. Textiles colored with natural dyes are preferred by eco-friendly buyers. Today there is a niche market for such textiles. This paper reviews the available floral, trees, leave, barks, herbs, etc resources, application and extraction of colorants from different natural dyes, and effect of different mordents.
Holding Ground 1
Authors: Steverson Jennifer
Published: July 2020

An exploration of Black freedmen settlements in Austin Texas through archival images and the ecology of place.
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Black communities in Austin grew along the banks of creeks throughout the city. In many places, all that remains of these important refuges are the waterways that sustained them, the trees that sheltered them and a few historic wood-frame buildings.
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This project is a cultural cartography of the historic communities that brings together the cultural and ecological context using archival materials and plant materials.
The effect of perioperative nutritional support on readmission ratios in elective major abdominal surgery
Authors: Gündoğdu R. Haldun , Yazıcıoğlu Ömer , Bozkırlı Bahadır Osman , Akbaba Soner
Published: July 2020

Objective: Postoperative results will be poor when major surgeries are performed on patients with malnutrition. Therefore, it is recommended in the perioperative period to provide nutritional support (NS) to patients with malnutrition for surgeries especially for cancer. Although different opinions on the timing of NS continue, data on the effect of this treatment on readmission rates are also insufficient.
Methods: A study was planned on patients undergoing resective surgery for intraabdominal malignancy between January 2010 and December 2018. Patients who were given preoperative oral nutritional supplementation (ONS) constituted group A and those who were given perioperative NS constituted group B. Demographic data, comorbidities, preoperative prealbumin values, surgeries performed, postoperative complications, length of hospital stay, rehospitalization rates within the first 30 days after discharge, and prealbumin values at readmission were compared between the 2 groups.
Results: The data of 371 patients (157 in group A and 214 in group B) who met the inclusion criteria for the study were evaluated. No statistical difference was found between the 2 groups in terms of demographic data and comorbid diseases. Postoperative complications were observed in 42 patients (26.7%) in group A and in 53 patients (24.7%) in group B (p>0.05). The number of patients who developed problems requiring rehospitalization within the first 30 days was 18 (11.4%) in group A and 11 (5.1%) in group B (p<0.05). The number of patients with more than 5% weight loss at the time of readmission compared with the day of discharge was 9 (50%) in group A and 1 (20%) in group B (p<0.05). A statistical difference was found in prealbumin levels at the time of readmission (p<0.05).
Conclusion: NS treatment, which is started in the preoperative period and continued postoperatively, has more positive effects on readmission rates and postoperative nutritional status.
Genetic diversity and relationship among indigenous Turkish Karayaka sheep subpopulations
Authors: Kirikci Koray , Cam M. Akif , Mercan Levent
Published: July 2020

Abstract. The Karayaka is the most populous sheep breed in the
Black Sea region of Turkey. In the present study, we investigated the intra-
and inter-population genetic relationships among indigenous Karayaka
sheep subpopulations. Nine microsatellites were genotyped for 64 individuals from Samsun, Ordu, Giresun and Tokat provinces. The average number of alleles (Na), allelic richness (Ar), observed heterozygosity (Ho), expected heterozygosity (He), polymorphism information content (PIC) and inbreeding
coefficient (FIS) for all subpopulations were estimated as Na=16.44, Ar=9.887, Ho=0.303, He=0.886, PIC=0.866 and FIS=0.630, respectively. The observed and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.171 (Giresun) to 0.376 (Ordu) and 0.757 (Samsun) to 0.845 (Ordu), respectively. It was determined that a 10.5 % of total genetic variation (FIT=66.9 %) in Karayaka sheep corresponded to genetic differences
among subpopulations (FST), whereas 63.0 % was explained by genetic
difference among individuals (FIS). This study gives the first evidence
about genetic relationships of Karayaka subpopulations. The results show
that Karayaka sheep subpopulations are genetically different from each
other. These findings revealed that the Karayaka breed has discrete
subpopulations and should be taken into consideration when preparing
conservation programs and future breeding strategies.
Temporal and spatial analysis of ozone concentrations in Europe based on timescale decomposition and a multi-clustering approach
Authors: Boleti Eirini , Hueglin Christoph , Grange Stuart K. , Prévôt André S. H. , Takahama Satoshi
Published: July 2020

Abstract. Air quality measures that were implemented in Europe in the 1990s resulted in reductions of ozone precursor concentrations.
In this study, the effect of these reductions on ozone is investigated by analyzing surface measurements of this pollutant for the time period between 2000 and 2015.
Using a nonparametric timescale decomposition methodology, the long-term, seasonal and short-term variation in ozone observations were extracted.
A clustering algorithm was applied to the different timescale variations, leading to a classification of sites across Europe based on the temporal characteristics of ozone.
The clustering based on the long-term variation resulted in a site-type classification, while a regional classification was obtained based on the seasonal and short-term variations.
Long-term trends of deseasonalized mean and meteo-adjusted peak ozone concentrations were calculated across large parts of Europe for the time period 2000–2015.
A multidimensional scheme was used for a detailed trend analysis, based on the identified clusters, which reflect precursor emissions and meteorological influence either on the inter-annual or the short-term timescale.
Decreasing mean ozone concentrations at rural sites and increasing or stabilizing at urban sites were observed.
At the same time, downward trends for peak ozone concentrations were detected for all site types.
In addition, a reduction of the amplitude in the seasonal cycle of ozone and a shift in the occurrence of the seasonal maximum towards earlier time of the year were observed.
Finally, a reduced sensitivity of ozone to temperature was identified.
It was concluded that long-term trends of mean and peak ozone concentrations are mostly controlled by precursor emissions changes, while seasonal cycle trends and changes in the sensitivity of ozone to temperature are among other factors driven by regional climatic conditions.
Source attribution of Arctic black carbon and sulfate aerosols and associated Arctic surface warming during 1980–2018
Authors: Ren Lili , Yang Yang , Wang Hailong , Zhang Rudong , Wang Pinya , Liao Hong
Published: July 2020

Abstract. Observations show that the concentrations of Arctic sulfate and black carbon
(BC) aerosols have declined since the early 1980s. Previous studies have
reported that reducing sulfate aerosols potentially contributed to the
recent rapid Arctic warming. In this study, a global aerosol–climate model (Community Atmosphere
Model, version 5) equipped with Explicit Aerosol Source Tagging (CAM5-EAST) is applied to
quantify the source apportionment of aerosols in the Arctic from 16
source regions and the role of aerosol variations in affecting changes in
the Arctic surface temperature from 1980 to 2018. The CAM5-EAST simulated
surface concentrations of sulfate and BC in the Arctic had a decrease of
43 % and 23 %, respectively, in 2014–2018 relative to 1980–1984
mainly due to the reduction of emissions from Europe, Russia and local Arctic sources. Increases in emissions from South and East Asia led to
positive trends in Arctic sulfate and BC in the upper troposphere. All
aerosol radiative impacts are considered including aerosol–radiation and
aerosol–cloud interactions, as well as black carbon deposition on snow- and
ice-covered surfaces. Within the Arctic, sulfate reductions caused a
top-of-atmosphere (TOA) warming of 0.11 and 0.25 W m−2
through aerosol–radiation and aerosol–cloud interactions, respectively.
While the changes in Arctic atmospheric BC has little impact on local
radiative forcing, the decrease in BC in snow and ice led to a net cooling of
0.05 W m−2. By applying climate sensitivity factors for different
latitudinal bands, global changes in sulfate and BC during 2014–2018 (with
respect to 1980–1984) exerted a +0.088 and 0.057 K Arctic surface
warming, respectively, through aerosol–radiation interactions. Through
aerosol–cloud interactions, the sulfate reduction caused an Arctic warming of
+0.193 K between the two time periods. The weakened BC effect on snow–ice
albedo led to an Arctic surface cooling of −0.041 K. The changes in
atmospheric sulfate and BC outside the Arctic produced a total Arctic
warming of +0.25 K, the majority of which is due to the midlatitude
changes in radiative forcing. Our results suggest that changes in aerosols
over the midlatitudes of the Northern Hemisphere have a larger impact on
Arctic temperature than other regions through enhanced poleward heat
transport. The combined total effects of sulfate and BC produced an Arctic
surface warming of +0.297 K, explaining approximately 20 % of the
observed Arctic warming since the early 1980s.
Methane and nitrous oxide from ground-based FTIR at Addis Ababa: observations, error analysis, and comparison with satellite data
Authors: Yirdaw Berhe Temesgen , Mengistu Tsidu Gizaw , Blumenstock Thomas , Hase Frank , Stiller Gabriele P.
Published: July 2020

Abstract. A ground-based, high-spectral-resolution Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer has been operational in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (9.01∘ N latitude, 38.76∘ E longitude; 2443 m altitude above sea level), since May 2009 to obtain information on column abundances and profiles of various constituents in the atmosphere. Vertical profile and column abundances of methane and nitrous oxide are derived from solar absorption measurements taken by FTIR for a period that covers May 2009 to March 2013 using the retrieval code PROFFIT (V9.5). A detailed error analysis of CH4 and N2O retrieval are performed. Averaging kernels of the target gases shows that the major contribution to the retrieved information comes from the measurement. Thus, average degrees of freedom for signals are found to be 2.1 and 3.4, from the retrieval of CH4 and N2O for the total observed FTIR spectra. Methane and nitrous oxide volume mixing ratio (VMR) profiles and column amounts retrieved from FTIR spectra are compared with data from the reduced spectral resolution Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research/Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IMK/IAA) MIPAS (Version V5R_CH4_224 and V5R_N2O_224), the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) (MLS v3.3 of N2O and CH4 derived from MLS v3.3 products of CO, N2O, and H2O), and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) sensors on board satellites. The averaged mean relative difference between FTIR methane and the three correlative instruments MIPAS, MLS, and AIRS are 4.2 %, 5.8 %, and 5.3 % in the altitude ranges of 20 to 27 km, respectively. However, the biases below 20 km are negative, which indicates the profile of CH4 from FTIR is less than the profiles derived from correlative instruments by −4.9 %, −1.8 %, and −2.8 %. The averaged positive bias between FTIR nitrous oxide and correlative instrument, MIPAS, in the altitude range of 20 to 27 km is 7.8 %, and a negative bias of −4 % at altitudes below 20 km. An averaged positive bias of 9.3 % in the altitude range of 17 to 27 km is obtained for FTIR N2O with MLS. In all the comparisons of CH4 from FTIR with data from MIPAS, MLS, and AIRS, sensors on board satellites indicate a negative bias below 20 km and a positive bias above 20 km. The mean error between partial-column amounts of methane from MIPAS and the ground-based FTIR is −5.5 %, with a standard deviation of 5 % that shows very good agreement as exhibited by relative differences between vertical profiles. Thus, the retrieved CH4 and N2O VMR and column amounts from Addis Ababa, tropical site, is found to exhibit very good agreement with all coincident satellite observations. Therefore, the bias obtained from the comparison is comparable to the precision of FTIR measurement, which allows the use of data in further scientific studies as it represents a unique environment of tropical Africa, a region poorly investigated in the past.
Experimental methodology and procedure for SAPPHIRE:a Semi-automatic APParatus for High-voltage Ice nucleation REsearch
Authors: Löwe Jens-Michael , Schremb Markus , Hinrichsen Volker , Tropea Cameron
Published: July 2020

Abstract. Ice nucleation is of great interest for various processes such as cloud formation in the scope of atmospheric research, and icing of airplanes, ships or structures. Ice nucleation research aims to improve the knowledge about the physical mechanisms and, therefore improve the safety and reliability of the applications affected by ice nucleation. Several influencing factors like liquid supercooling or contamination with nucleants, as well as external disturbances such as an electric field or surface defects affect ice nucleation. Especially for ice crystal formation in clouds and icing of high-voltage equipment, an external electric field may have a strong impact on ice nucleation. Although ice nucleation has been widely investigated for numerous conditions, the effect of an electric field on nucleation is not yet completely understood; results reported in literature are even contradictory. In the present study, an advanced experimental approach for the examination of ice nucleation in water droplets exposed to an electric field is demonstrated. It comprises a method for droplet ensemble preparation and an experimental setup, which allows observation of the droplet ensemble during its exposure to well-defined thermal and electric fields, which are both variable over a wide range. The entire approach aims at maximizing the accuracy and repeatability of the experiments in order to enable examination of even the most minor influences on ice nucleation. For that purpose, the boundary conditions the droplet sample is exposed to during the experiment are examined in particular detail using experimental and numerical methods. The methodological capabilities and accuracy have been demonstrated based on several test nucleation experiments without an electric field, indicating almost perfect repeatability.
Representation of the Denmark Strait overflow in a z-coordinate eddying configuration of the NEMO (v3.6) ocean model: resolution and parameter impacts
Authors: Colombo Pedro , Barnier Bernard , Penduff Thierry , Chanut Jérôme , Deshayes Julie , Molines Jean-Marc , Le Sommer Julien , Verezemskaya Polina , Gulev Sergey , Treguier Anne-Marie
Published: July 2020

Abstract. We investigate in this paper the sensitivity of the representation of the Denmark Strait overflow produced by a regional z-coordinate configuration of NEMO (version 3.6) to the horizontal and vertical grid resolutions and to various numerical and physical parameters. Three different horizontal resolutions, 1∕12, 1∕36, and 1/60∘, are respectively used with 46, 75, 150, and 300 vertical levels. In the given numerical set-up, the increase in the vertical resolution did not bring improvement at eddy-permitting resolution (1/12∘). We find a greater dilution of the overflow as the number of vertical level increases, and the worst solution is the one with 300 vertical levels.
It is found that when the local slope of the grid is weaker than the slope of the topography the result is a more diluted vein. Such a grid enhances the dilution of the plume in the ambient fluid and produces its thickening. Although the greater number of levels allows for a better resolution of the ageostrophic Ekman flow in the bottom layer, the final result also depends on how the local grid slope matches the topographic slope.
We also find that for a fixed number of levels, the representation of the overflow is improved when horizontal resolution is increased to 1∕36 and 1/60∘, with the most drastic improvements being obtained with 150 levels.
With such a number of vertical levels, the enhanced vertical mixing associated with the step-like representation of the topography remains limited to a thin bottom layer representing a minor portion of the overflow.
Two major additional players contribute to the sinking of the overflow: the breaking of the overflow into boluses of dense water which contribute to spreading the overflow waters along the Greenland shelf and within the Irminger Basin, and the resolved vertical shear that results from the resolution of the bottom Ekman boundary layer dynamics. This improves the accuracy of the calculation of the entrainment by the turbulent kinetic energy mixing scheme (as it depends on the local shear) and improves the properties of the overflow waters such that they more favourably compare with observations.
At 300 vertical levels the dilution is again increased for all horizontal resolutions. The impact on the overflow representation of many other numerical parameters was tested (momentum advection scheme, lateral friction, bottom boundary layer parameterization, closure parameterization, etc.), but none had a significant impact on the overflow representation.
Event and seasonal hydrologic connectivity patterns in an agricultural headwater catchment
Authors: Pavlin Lovrenc , Széles Borbála , Strauss Peter , Blaschke Alfred Paul , Blöschl Günter
Published: July 2020

Abstract. Connectivity of the hillslope and the stream is a non stationary and non linear phenomenon dependent on many controls. The objective of this study is to identify these controls by examining the spatial and temporal patterns of the similarity between shallow groundwater and soil moisture dynamics and streamflow dynamics in the Hydrological Open Air Laboratory (HOAL), a small (66 ha) agricultural headwater catchment in Lower Austria. We investigate the responses to 53 precipitation events and the seasonal dynamics of streamflow, groundwater and soil moisture over two years. The similarity, in terms of Spearman correlation coefficient, hysteresis index and peak-to-peak time, of groundwater to streamflow shows a clear spatial organisation, which is best correlated to topographic position index, topographic wetness index and depth to the groundwater table. The similarity is greatest in the riparian zone and diminishes further away from the stream where the groundwater table is deeper. Soil moisture dynamics show high similarity to streamflow but no clear spatial pattern. This is reflected in a low correlation of the similarity to site-characteristics, however, the similarity increases with increasing catchment wetness and rainfall duration. Groundwater connectivity to the stream on the seasonal scale is higher than that on the event scale indicating that groundwater contributes more to the baseflow than to event runoff.
Compound flood potential from storm surge and heavy precipitation in coastal China
Authors: Fang Jiayi , Wahl Thomas , Fang Jian , Sun Xun , Kong Feng , Liu Min
Published: July 2020

Abstract. The interaction between storm surge and concurrent precipitation can cause greater flooding impacts than either in isolation. This paper investigates the potential compound effects from these two flooding drivers along the coast of China. Statistically significant dependence between them exists at the majority of locations that are analysed, but the strength of the correlation varies spatially and depending on how extreme events are defined. In general, we find higher dependence at the south-eastern tide gauges (TGs) (latitude
Scale-dependent analysis of in situ observations in the mesoscale to submesoscale range around New Caledonia
Authors: Sérazin Guillaume , Marin Frédéric , Gourdeau Lionel , Cravatte Sophie , Morrow Rosemary , Dabat Mei-Ling
Published: July 2020

Abstract. Small-scale ocean dynamics around New Caledonia (22∘ S) in the southwest Pacific Ocean occur in regions with substantial mesoscale eddies, complex bathymetry, complex intertwined currents, islands and strong internal tides. Using second-order structure functions applied to observational acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) and thermosalinograph (TSG) datasets, these small-scale dynamics are characterised in the range of scales of 3–100 km in order to determine the turbulent regime at work. A Helmholtz decomposition is used to analyse the contribution of rotational and divergent motions. A surface-intensified regime is shown to be at work south and east of New Caledonia, involving substantial rotational motions such as submesoscale structures generated by mixed layer instabilities and frontogenesis. This regime is, however, absent north of New Caledonia, where mesoscale eddies are weaker and surface available potential energy is smaller at small scales. North of New Caledonia and below 200 m, in the regions south and east of New Caledonia, the dynamical regime at work could be explained by stratified turbulence as divergent and rotational motions have similar contribution, but weakly nonlinear interaction between inertia–gravity waves is also possible as structure functions get close to the empirical spectrum model for inertia–gravity waves. Seasonal variations of the available potential energy reservoir, associated with a change in the vertical profile rather than in horizontal density variance, suggest that submesoscale motions would also seasonally vary around New Caledonia. Overall, a loss of geostrophic balance is likely to occur at scales smaller than 10 km, where the contribution of divergent motions become significant.
Identification of airfoil polars from uncertain experimental measurements
Authors: Wang Chengyu , Campagnolo Filippo , Bottasso Carlo L.
Published: July 2020

Abstract. A new method is described to identify the aerodynamic characteristics of blade airfoils directly from operational data of the turbine. Improving on a previously published approach, the present method is based on a new maximum likelihood formulation that includes both errors in the outputs and in the inputs, generalizing the classical error-in-the-outputs only formulation. Since many parameters are necessary to meaningfully represent the behavior of airfoil polars as functions of angle of attack and Reynolds number, the approach uses a singular value decomposition to solve for a reduced set of observable parameters. The new approach is demonstrated by identify high quality polars for small-scale wind turbines used in wind tunnel experiments for wake and wind farm control research.
“Castaways of the White Pleasure”: Six Decades of Hungarian Discourse on Narcotics
Authors: Nagy Zsolt
Published: July 2020

In 1924 Hungary ratified and codified the 1912 Hague International Opium Convention, the first international drug control treaty. However, the new law that regulated and later criminalized the usage of narcotics in Hungary was not the result of internal debate and had no real domestic political will behind it. In contrary, this law was the result of external demands as Article 230 of the post-World War I Trianon Treaty required Hungary to join the Hague Convention. This paper examines what the contemporary Hungarian attitude towards drugs and drug users was. In order to answer how this attitude developed and changed, the following study examines how the contemporary media, artists and intellectuals and various governmental and non-governmental organizations discussed and represented the issue of narcotics.
The History of the Poetic Mind of János Pilinszky
Authors: Szmeskó Gábor
Published: July 2020

One of the most important poets of postwar Hungarian literature, János Pilinszky’s (1921-1981) poetry represents the problems of connecting with the Other, the imprints of Second World War trauma and the struggle with God’s distance and silence. Although, unlike the case of most of his contemporaries in Eastern bloc Hungary, his poetry has been translated into several languages, he is hardly known in English-speaking countries. The metaphysically accented lyrical worldview and creator-centered aesthetics—which shows parallels with the Christian poetry of Michael Edwards—of this Hungarian poet are difficult to link or to bring into discourse. On the occasion of the most recent publication (Pilinszky 2019) of Pilinszky’s non-literary publications which are practically unknown to non-Hungarian scholars, I attempt to outline the major attributes of Pilinszky’s poetry and aesthetics in order to highlight—with a mystical approach in mind—the intertwining presence of said lyre and aesthetics in his poem, In memoriam F. M. Dosztojevszkij [‘In Memoriam F. M. Dostoevsky’].
Gergely Péterfy’s Stuffed Barbarian [‘Kitömött Barbár’], the Ethics of Narration and the Politics of the Human: A British Context
Authors: Timár Andrea
Published: July 2020

This paper presents Gergely Péterfy’s Stuffed Barbarian [Kitömött Barbár, 2014] in the context of eighteenth-century, pre-Revolutionary debates on slavery and the related question of the “human.” It investigates the ethical and political stakes of Péterfy’s narrative technique and argues that the improbably omniscient, third person character narration used throughout the novel performs the universalist and exclusive ideology Bildung of the European Enlightenment, which Péterfy mourns.
Selected English-Language Bibliography of Interest for Hungarian Cultural Studies: 2019-2020
Authors: Varga Zsuzsanna
Published: July 2020

As the above title indicates, because of the publication schedule of Hungarian Cultural Studies this bibliography straddles 2019-2020, covering the period since the publication in Fall of 2019 of last year’s bibliography in this journal. Each year’s bibliography may also be supplemented by earlier items, which were retrieved onlyrecently. Although this bibliography series can only concentrate on English-language items, occasional items of particular interest in other languages may be included. For a more extensive bibliography of Hungarian Studies from about 2000 to 2010, for which this is a continuing update, see Louise O. Vasvári, Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek, and Carlo Salzani. “Bibliography for Work in Hungarian Studies as Comparative Central European Studies.” CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture (Library) (2011): http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweblibrary/hungarianstudiesbibliography
Petrás, Éva. 2019. Álarcok mögött. Nagy Töhötöm életei ('Behind Masks: The Lives of Töhötöm Nagy'). Budapest-Pécs: Ábtl-Kronosz. 308 pp.
Authors: Glanz Susan
Published: July 2020

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Krekó, Péter and Attila Juhász. 2017. The Hungarian Far Right: Social Demand, Political Supply, and International Context. Stuttgart: ibidem Press. 267 pp.
Authors: Jobbitt Steven
Published: July 2020

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Apor, Balázs. 2017. The Invisible Shining: The Cult of Mátyás Rákosi in Stalinist Hungary, 1945-1956. Budapest: Central European University Press, 388 pp.
Authors: Reynolds David A.J.
Published: July 2020

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Kunt, Gergely. 2019: Kipontozva... Nemi erőszak második világháborús naplókban. (‘Left Unsaid... Sexual Violence in World War Two Diaries’). Budapest: Osiris. 240 pp.
Authors: Schwartz Agatha
Published: July 2020

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Kovács, András. 2019. A Kádár rendszer és a zsidók (‘The Kádár Regime and the Jews’). Budapest: Corvina. 439 pp.
Authors: Susán Eszter
Published: July 2020

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Laczó, Ferenc (ed.). 2019. Confronting Devastation: Memoirs of Holocaust Survivors from Hungary. Toronto: Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs, XI, 2019. 453 pp, ill.
Authors: Szapor Judith
Published: July 2020

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Szirtes, George. 2019. The Photographer at Sixteen - The Death and Life of a Fighter. Quercus, London: Maclehose Press. 205 pp.
Authors: Szőke Dávid
Published: July 2020

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Mazierska, Ewa and Zsolt Győri, ed. 2019. Popular Music and the Moving Image in Eastern Europe. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. 250 pp.
Authors: Tőke Lilla
Published: July 2020

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Maxwell, Alexander. 2019. Everyday Nationalism in Hungary, 1789-1867. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter. 258 pp.
Authors: Van Demark Christopher M.
Published: July 2020

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The mediating role of personnel training between innovation and performance: Evidence from the German pharmaceutical industry
Authors:   Economía Financiera II (Economía de la Empresa y Comercialización), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea UPV/EHU, Avda. Lehendakari Agirre 83, 48015 Bilbao (Bizkaia), Spain – julen.castillo@ehu.eus, Castillo-Apraiz Julen , Matey De Antonioa Jesús ,   Economía Financiera II (Economía de la Empresa y Comercialización), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad del País Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea UPV/EHU, Bilbao (Spain) – jesus.matey@ehu.eus
Published: July 2020

Purpose – The need for companies to become more innovative has never been greater, because innovation helps them deal with a turbulent environment by providing them a sustainable competitive advantage. In this sense, it has been generally accepted that a successful innovative environment requires a welltrained work force. Nevertheless, the literature showing how personnel training drives the innovationperformance relationship in industries where innovation is a key factor is scarce, especially in high-tech industries such as the pharmaceutical industry. Thus, we build upon existing studies to contribute to the innovation and training-related literature by considering the latter as a mediating variable between innovation and business performance. Hence, we aim to assess the impact of innovation on performance, and bring new insights into the innovation-performance link by including training as a variable that drives the aforementioned relationship. Design/methodology – We apply the partial least squares structural equation modeling technique to a sample of German pharmaceutical firms. The data were collected in mid-2014 by means of a computerassisted telephone interviewing (CATI) procedure. As a result, 200 valid responses were obtained from CEOs. Findings – First, this study demonstrates that both innovation and personnel training have a significant, positive impact on performance. Second, the results suggest that training personnel does indeed positively mediate the innovation-performance link. Hence, our study helps explain how innovation effectively translates into greater levels of performance. Originality / value – We answer calls to clarify about the innovation-personnel training relationship to generate greater levels of performance in turbulent environments. Furthermore, we assess this fact in the pharmaceutical industry, where paradoxically there is a lack of studies within the aforementioned framework.
The relationship between the use of work-life benefits and policies (WLBPs) and job satisfaction: the mediating role of the work-to-family conflict
Authors:   Universidad de Antioquia. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Administrativas, Oficina 13-103. Calle 67 No. 53 – 108 C.P.050010, Medellín (Colombia) – lmaria.gutierrez@udea.edu.co, Gutiérrez-Vargas Liliana María , Arenas-Cardona Henry Antonio ,   Universidad de Antioquia. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas.Departamento de Ciencias Administrativas, Oficina 13-103. Calle 67 No. 53 – 108 C.P.050010, Medellín (Colombia) – henry.arenas@udea.edu.co, López-Gómez María del Socorro ,   Universidad de Antioquia. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Administrativas, Oficina 13-411. Calle 67 No. 53 – 108 C.P.050010, Medellín (Colombia) – delsocorro.lopez@udea.edu.co
Published: July 2020

The relationship between the use of work-life benefits and policies, work-family conflict and job satisfaction has been one of the key debates in the discipline of Human Resources Management. This study proposes a mediation model to analyze the relationship between the use of work-life benefits and policies (WLBPs) and job satisfaction. The study contributes to the literature by empirically examining the antecedents of this endogenous variable in greater depth. Therefore, this research fills a gap in the literature through the analysis of the mediating function of the work-family conflict in the direction in which work interferes with family. This work uses partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), a variance-based structural equations modeling technique, to test and validate the research model and the hypotheses posited on a sample of 559 employees from different Colombian private-sector firms. The results show that perception of the work-to-family conflict is a significant mediator in the relationship between the use of benefits and job satisfaction. The type of mediation observed is partial complementary, that is, the work-to-family conflict increases the effect of the use of work-life benefits and policies on job satisfaction.
The identification-loyalty relationship in a university context of crisis: the moderating role of students and graduates
Authors:   Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Departamento de Economía de la Empresa. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Paseo de los Artilleros s/n, 28032 Madrid, España – gabriel.cachon@urjc.es, Cachón-Rodríguez Gabriel , Prado-Román Camilo ,   a Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Departamento de Economía de la Empresa, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Paseo de los Artilleros, 28032 Madrid (España) – camilo.prado.roman@urjc.es
Published: July 2020

The aim of this study is to analyse the relationship between identification and loyalty in a public higher education institution in an institutional crisis context. In addition, the differences regarding the possible moderating effect that two of its main stakeholder categories can have on this relationship are studied, which are students and graduates. The information needed to conduct the empirical analysis was obtained from an online survey. Data processing was carried out using the PLS-SEM technique. The results show that in a context of institutional crisis, identification influences university loyalty positively and significantly. However, the existence of certain differences between the two stakeholder categories considered is detected, with the moderating effect being more intense in the group of students than in the group of graduates. It is a useful contribution as it is one of the first studies in which the proposed relationships are analysed in a context of organizational crisis and, in addition, it is concerned with investigating the possible existence of differences in the moderating role played by two fundamental stakeholder categories. This contribution becomes more significant when comparing the moderating effects by using two non-parametric methods (PLS-MGA and permutations), which compared to other techniques have significant advantages to examine the proposed relationship. Important practical implications arise from the results of this work, which can be particularly useful for managers of the type of organisations analysed.
Evaluating the impact of a coordinated checkpointing in distributed data streams processing systems using discrete event simulation
Authors: Bernardelli de Moraes Matheus , Leon Sampaio Gradvohl André
Published: July 2020

Data Streams Processing systems process continuous flows of data under Quality of Service requirements. Data streams often contain critical information which requires real-time processing. To guarantee systems' dependability and avoid information loss, one must use a fault-tolerance strategy. However, there are several strategies available, and the proper evaluation of which mechanism is better for each system architecture is challenging, especially in large-scale distributed systems. In this paper, we propose a discrete simulation model for investigating the impacts of the Coordinated Checkpoint fault tolerance strategy imposes on Data Stream Processing Systems. Results show that this strategy critically affects stream processing in failure-prone situations due to an increase in latency up to 120% and information loss, reaching 95% of the processing window in the worst case.
O estado da arte das criptografias modernas: uma revisão sistemática da literatura
Authors: Ludwig Lara , Rebelatto Miguel Grando , Da Silva Sandro José Ribeiro
Published: July 2020

Neste artigo realizamos uma análise sobre as principais características dos algoritmos criptográficos modernos, afim de obter o estado da arte das principais criptografias modernas. Utilizamos uma revisão sistemática da literatura contida em artigos publicados nas bases Science Direct e Springer Link entre os anos de 2016 à 2019. Os objetivos do estudo foram mostrar quais criptografias estavam sendo usadas em diversas áreas, tais como internet das coisas, códigos QR e redes 3G e 4G, além de analisar a melhor criptografia para cada tipo de sistema, com base nas características dos algoritmos e dos requisitos das aplicações.
An updated analysis of seasonal variations of the security vulnerability discovery process
Authors: Borges Ariane Santos , Gabriel Paulo H. R. , Miani Rodrigo Sanches
Published: July 2020

Several factors may influence the security vulnerability discovery rates. The projection of these rates might help the development and the prioritization of software patches. Previous work studied the seasonal behaviors of the vulnerability discovery process for several operating systems and web related software systems. We propose a replication study of an experiment conducted more than a decade ago to understand the changes in the dynamics of the security vulnerability discovery rates. In contrast to the findings from ten years ago, the investigated systems do not exhibit a year-end peak. Besides, the higher incidence during mid-year months for Microsoft operating systems was only noticed for the most recent Windows OSes: Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. These results highlight the importance of reproducibility in scientific works. In the area of cybersecurity, in particular, it is important that models are created from studies conducted using updated data.
El estallido social en Chile desde el igualitarismo relacional de Elizabeth Anderson
Authors: Brieba Daniel
Published: July 2020

En este ensayo se propone una reflexión sobre el estallido social chileno de 2019 a partir de la visión normativa de igualitarismo relacional de Elizabeth Anderson. Si la base de la protesta social fue una rebelión frente a situaciones y relaciones de abuso, desigualdad e indignidad, el igualitarismo relacional sería una perspectiva teórica que permitiría articular y responder a esas demandas. En este trabajo se argumenta que el ideal de igualdad democrática, entendido como el opuesto a una sociedad basada en relaciones jerárquicas, sugiere una hoja de ruta promisoria para el estallido y que trasciende las usuales disputas ideológicas chilenas en torno al rol del Estado y el mercado.