bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Role of Probiotics in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Does Gut Microbiota Matter?
Authors: Xie Chencheng , Halegoua-DeMarzio Dina
Published: November 2019

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the hepatic consequence of metabolic syndrome, which often also includes obesity, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. The connection between gut microbiota (GM) and NAFLD has attracted significant attention in recent years. Data has shown that GM affects hepatic lipid metabolism and influences the balance between pro/anti-inflammatory effectors in the liver. Although studies reveal the association between GM dysbiosis and NAFLD, decoding the mechanisms of gut dysbiosis resulting in NAFLD remains challenging. The potential pathophysiology that links GM dysbiosis to NAFLD can be summarized as: (1) disrupting the balance between energy harvest and expenditure, (2) promoting hepatic inflammation (impairing intestinal integrity, facilitating endotoxemia, and initiating inflammatory cascades with cytokines releasing), and (3) altered biochemistry metabolism and GM-related metabolites (i.e., bile acid, short-chain fatty acids, aromatic amino acid derivatives, branched-chain amino acids, choline, ethanol). Due to the hypothesis that probiotics/synbiotics could normalize GM and reverse dysbiosis, there have been efforts to investigate the therapeutic effect of probiotics/synbiotics in patients with NAFLD. Recent randomized clinical trials suggest that probiotics/synbiotics could improve transaminases, hepatic steatosis, and reduce hepatic inflammation. Despite these promising results, future studies are necessary to understand the full role GM plays in NAFLD development and progression. Additionally, further data is needed to unravel probiotics/synbiotics efficacy, safety, and sustainability as a novel pharmacologic approaches to NAFLD.
Plant-Based Biostimulants Influence the Agronomical, Physiological, and Qualitative Responses of Baby Rocket Leaves under Diverse Nitrogen Conditions
Authors: Di Mola Ida , Ottaiano Lucia , Cozzolino Eugenio , Senatore Mauro , Giordano Maria , El-Nakhel Christophe , Sacco Adriana , Rouphael Youssef , Colla Giuseppe , Mori Mauro
Published: November 2019

Nitrogen is the primary technical means responsible for food production increase, but on the other hand, wise management is needed because its excessive use can have a negative impact on the environment and on green leafy vegetable quality, such as that rocket. Rocket has the characteristics of accumulating nitrate in leaves with possible impacts on human health. In order to overcome this issue, researchers are focusing their attention on the use of alternative means, such as plant biostimulant application. The scope of this study was to assess the effect of legume-derived protein hydrolysate(LDPH) and tropical plant extract(TPE), combined with various doses of nitrogen (0 kg ha−1 non-fertilized; N0); 60 kg ha−1 (sub-optimal; N1); 80 kg ha−1 (optimal; N2); and 100 kg ha−1 (supra-optimal; N3)), in order to reduce nitrogen use, boost yield, and enhance the chemical and nutritional value of leaves without significantly accumulating nitrate. Both vegetal-based plant biostimulants enhanced plant growth, boosted the marketable yield (especially at N0 and N1 levels, by 38.2% and 28.2%, respectively, compared to the non-treated control), and increased the SPAD (Soil Plant Analysis Development) index and leaf pigments content, such as chlorophyll and carotenoids, especially in treated-LDPH rocket. The plant-based biostimulants also produced a major amplification in lipophilic antioxidant activity (+ 48%) and total ascorbic acid content (average + 95.6%), especially at low nitrogen fertilization levels, and maintained nitrate content under the legal European Comission limits.
A World of Gorse: Persistence of Ulex europaeus in Managed Landscapes
Authors: Broadfield Nicholas , McHenry Melinda T.
Published: November 2019

Gorse (Ulex europeus L.) is a woody legume and invasive woody weed that has been introduced to temperate pastoral landscapes worldwide. Despite the apparent cosmopolitan distribution of gorse across much of the temperate agroecological landscapes of the world, research and practice pertaining to the management of gorse has been largely constrained to single-treatments, regions, or timeframes. Gorse eradication has been widely attempted, with limited success. Using the PRISMA (preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis) method and a quasi-metanalytical approach, we reviewed the seminal ~299 papers pertaining to gorse management. We identified (i) the ecological characteristics of the species that predispose gorse to behaving invasively, and (ii) the success of management actions (from a plant ecological life history perspective) in reducing weed vigour and impact. A broad ecological niche, high reproductive output, propagule persistence, and low vulnerability to pests allow for rapid landscape exploitation by gorse throughout much the world. Additionally, there are differences in flowering duration and season in the northern and southern hemisphere that make gorse particularly pernicious in the latter, as gorse flowers twice per year. The implications of these life history stages and resistance to environmental sieves after establishment are that activity and efficacy of control is more likely to be favourable in juvenile stages. Common approaches to gorse control, including herbicides, biological controls, and fire have not been ubiquitously successful, and may in fact target the very site resources—sward cover, soil stability, hydrological balance—that, when degraded, facilitate gorse invasion. Ongoing seedling regeneration presents difficulties if eradication is a goal, but facilitated competition may reduce costs via natural suppression. Mechanical methods of gorse removal, though highly successful, induce chronic soil erosion and land degradation and should hence be used sparingly.
Sulfur-Based Copolymeric Polyamidoamines as Efficient Flame-Retardants for Cotton
Authors: Beduini Alessandro , Carosio Federico , Ferruti Paolo , Ranucci Elisabetta , Alongi Jenny
Published: November 2019

The polyamidoamine derived from N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide (M) and glycine (G), M-G, has been shown to be an effective flame-retardant (FR) for cotton in horizontal flame spread tests (HFST), extinguishing the flame at 5% add-on. Its activity was attributed to its intrinsic intumescence. In vertical flame spread tests (VFST), M-G failed to extinguish the flame even at 30% add-on. Conversely, in VFST, the polyamidoamine derived from M and cystine (C), M-C, inhibited cotton combustion at 16% add-on, but in HFST failed to extinguish the flame below 12% add-on. Its activity was ascribed to the release of sulfur-containing volatiles acting as radical scavengers. In this work, the FR effectiveness of M–Gm–Cn copolymers with different G/C ratio was compared with that of the M–G and M–C homopolymers and of M–G/M–C blends of the same compositions. In HFST, both copolymers and blends extinguished the flame. In particular, M–G50–C50 and (M–G/M–C)50/50 extinguished the flame, even at 7% add-on. In VFST, the copolymers with ≥50% M–C units, similar to M–C, inhibited cotton combustion at 16% add-on. At the same add-on, the M–G/M–C blends failed to extinguish the flame. It may be concluded that, in contrast to blends, copolymers combined the merits of both homopolymers in all tests.
Open Science in the Humanities, or: Open Humanities?
Authors: Knöchelmann Marcel
Published: November 2019

Open science refers to both the practices and norms of more open and transparent communication and research in scientific disciplines and the discourse on these practices and norms. There is no such discourse dedicated to the humanities. Though the humanities appear to be less coherent as a cluster of scholarship than the sciences are, they do share unique characteristics which lead to distinct scholarly communication and research practices. A discourse on making these practices more open and transparent needs to take account of these characteristics. The prevalent scientific perspective in the discourse on more open practices does not do so, which confirms that the discourse’s name, open science, indeed excludes the humanities so that talking about open science in the humanities is incoherent. In this paper, I argue that there needs to be a dedicated discourse for more open research and communication practices in the humanities, one that integrates several elements currently fragmented into smaller, unconnected discourses (such as on open access, preprints, or peer review). I discuss three essential elements of open science—preprints, open peer review practices, and liberal open licences—in the realm of the humanities to demonstrate why a dedicated open humanities discourse is required.
Sculptures and Accessories: Domestic Piety in the Norwegian Parish around 1300
Authors: Bø Ragnhild M.
Published: November 2019

Eagerly venerated and able to perform miracles, medieval relics and religious artefacts in the Latin West would occasionally also be subject to sensorial and tactile devotional practices. Evidenced by various reports, artefacts were grasped and stroked, kissed and tasted, carried and pulled. For medieval Norway, however, there is very little documentary and/or physical evidence of such sensorial engagements with religious artefacts. Nevertheless, two church inventories for the parish churches in Hålandsdalen (1306) and Ylmheim (1321/1323) offer a small glimpse of what may have been a semi-domestic devotional practice related to sculpture, namely the embellishing of wooden sculptures in parish churches with silver bracelets and silver brooches. According to wills from England and the continent, jewellery was a common material gift donated to parishes by women. Such a practice is likely to have been taking place in Norway, too, yet the lack of coherent source material complicate the matter. Nonetheless, using a few preserved objects and archaeological finds as well as medieval sermons, homiletic texts and events recorded in Old Norse sagas, this article teases out more of the significances of the silver items mentioned in the two inventories by exploring the interfaces between devotional acts, decorative needs, and possibly gendered experiences, as well as object itineraries between the domestic and the religious space.
Identifying Linear Traces of the Han Dynasty Great Wall in Dunhuang Using Gaofen-1 Satellite Remote Sensing Imagery and the Hough Transform
Authors: Luo Lei , Bachagha Nabil , Yao Ya , Liu Chuansheng , Shi Pilong , Zhu Lanwei , Shao Jie , Wang Xinyuan
Published: November 2019

The Han Dynasty Great Wall (GH), one of the largest and most significant ancient defense projects in the whole of northern China, has been studied increasingly not only because it provides important information about the diplomatic and military strategies of the Han Empire (206 B.C.–220 A.D.), but also because it is considered to be a cultural and national symbol of modern China as well as a valuable archaeological monument. Thus, it is crucial to obtain the spatial pattern and preservation situation of the GH for next-step archaeological analysis and conservation management. Nowadays, remote sensing specialists and archaeologists have given priority to manual visualization and a (semi-) automatic extraction approach is lacking. Based on the very high-resolution (VHR) satellite remote sensing imagery, this paper aims to identify automatically the archaeological features of the GH located in ancient Dunhuang, northwest China. Gaofen-1 (GF-1) data were first processed and enhanced after image correction and mathematical morphology, and the M-statistic was then used to analyze the spectral characteristics of GF-1 multispectral (MS) data. In addition, based on GF-1 panchromatic (PAN) data, an auto-identification method that integrates an improved Otsu segmentation algorithm with a Linear Hough Transform (LHT) is proposed. Finally, by making a comparison with visual extraction results, the proposed method was assessed qualitatively and semi-quantitatively to have an accuracy of 80% for the homogenous background in Dunhuang. These automatic identification results could be used to map and evaluate the preservation state of the GH in Dunhuang. Also, the proposed automatic approach was applied to identify similar linear traces of other generations of the Great Wall of China (Western Xia Dynasty (581 A.D.–618 A.D.) and Ming Dynasty (1368 A.D.–1644 A.D.)) in various geographic regions. Moreover, the results indicate that the computer-based automatic identification has great potential in archaeological research, and the proposed method can be generalized and applied to monitor and evaluate the state of preservation of the Great Wall of China in the future.
Unsupervised Clustering of Multi-Perspective 3D Point Cloud Data in Marshes: A Case Study
Authors: Nguyen Chuyen , Starek Michael J. , Tissot Philippe , Gibeaut James
Published: November 2019

Dense three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data sets generated by Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) and Unmanned Aircraft System based Structure-from-Motion (UAS-SfM) photogrammetry have different characteristics and provide different representations of the underlying land cover. While there are differences, a common challenge associated with these technologies is how to best take advantage of these large data sets, often several hundred million points, to efficiently extract relevant information. Given their size and complexity, the data sets cannot be efficiently and consistently separated into homogeneous features without the use of automated segmentation algorithms. This research aims to evaluate the performance and generalizability of an unsupervised clustering method, originally developed for segmentation of TLS point cloud data in marshes, by extending it to UAS-SfM point clouds. The combination of two sets of features are extracted from both datasets: “core” features that can be extracted from any 3D point cloud and “sensor specific” features unique to the imaging modality. Comparisons of segmented results based on producer’s and user’s accuracies allow for identifying the advantages and limitations of each dataset and determining the generalization of the clustering method. The producer’s accuracies suggest that UAS-SfM (94.7%) better represents tidal flats, while TLS (99.5%) is slightly more suitable for vegetated areas. The users’ accuracies suggest that UAS-SfM outperforms TLS in vegetated areas with 98.6% of those points identified as vegetation actually falling in vegetated areas whereas TLS outperforms UAS-SfM in tidal flat areas with 99.2% user accuracy. Results demonstrate that the clustering method initially developed for TLS point cloud data transfers well to UAS-SfM point cloud data to enable consistent and accurate segmentation of marsh land cover via an unsupervised method.
Multimodal and Multi-Model Deep Fusion for Fine Classification of Regional Complex Landscape Areas Using ZiYuan-3 Imagery
Authors: Li Xianju , Tang Zhuang , Chen Weitao , Wang Lizhe
Published: November 2019

Land cover classification (LCC) of complex landscapes is attractive to the remote sensing community but poses great challenges. In complex open pit mining and agricultural development landscapes (CMALs), the landscape-specific characteristics limit the accuracy of LCC. The combination of traditional feature engineering and machine learning algorithms (MLAs) is not sufficient for LCC in CMALs. Deep belief network (DBN) methods achieved success in some remote sensing applications because of their excellent unsupervised learning ability in feature extraction. The usability of DBN has not been investigated in terms of LCC of complex landscapes and integrating multimodal inputs. A novel multimodal and multi-model deep fusion strategy based on DBN was developed and tested for fine LCC (FLCC) of CMALs in a 109.4 km2 area of Wuhan City, China. First, low-level and multimodal spectral–spatial and topographic features derived from ZiYuan-3 imagery were extracted and fused. The features were then input into a DBN for deep feature learning. The developed features were fed to random forest and support vector machine (SVM) algorithms for classification. Experiments were conducted that compared the deep features with the softmax function and low-level features with MLAs. Five groups of training, validation, and test sets were performed with some spatial auto-correlations. A spatially independent test set and generalized McNemar tests were also employed to assess the accuracy. The fused model of DBN-SVM achieved overall accuracies (OAs) of 94.74% ± 0.35% and 81.14% in FLCC and LCC, respectively, which significantly outperformed almost all other models. From this model, only three of the twenty land covers achieved OAs below 90%. In general, the developed model can contribute to FLCC and LCC in CMALs, and more deep learning algorithm-based models should be investigated in future for the application of FLCC and LCC in complex landscapes.
Compact Inner-Wall Grating Slot Microring Resonator for Label-Free Sensing
Authors: Gu Hongjun , Gong He , Wang Chunxue , Sun Xiaoqiang , Wang Xibin , Yi Yunji , Chen Changming , Wang Fei , Zhang Daming
Published: November 2019

In this paper, we present and analyze a compact inner-wall grating slot microring resonator (IG-SMRR) with the footprint of less than 13 μm × 13 μm on the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform for label-free sensing, which comprises a slot microring resonator (SMRR) and inner-wall grating (IG). Its detection range is significantly enhanced without the limitation of the free spectral region (FSR) owing to the combination of SMRR and IG. The IG-SMRR has an ultra-large quasi-FSR of 84.5 nm as the detection range, and enlarged factor is up to over 3 compared with the conventional SMRR. The concentration sensitivities of sodium chloride solutions and D-glucose solutions are 996.91 pm/% and 968.05 pm/%, respectively, and the corresponding refractive index (RI) sensitivities are 559.5 nm/RIU (refractive index unit) and 558.3 nm/RIU, respectively. The investigation on the combination of SMRR and IG is a valuable exploration of label-free sensing application for ultra-large detection range and ultra-high sensitivity in future.
Exploring Inter-Instance Relationships within the Query Set for Robust Image Set Matching
Authors: Liu Deyin , Liang Chengwu , Zhang Zhiming , Qi Lin , Lovell Brian C.
Published: November 2019

Image set matching (ISM) has attracted increasing attention in the field of computer vision and pattern recognition. Some studies attempt to model query and gallery sets under a joint or collaborative representation framework, achieving impressive performance. However, existing models consider only the competition and collaboration among gallery sets, neglecting the inter-instance relationships within the query set which are also regarded as one important clue for ISM. In this paper, inter-instance relationships within the query set are explored for robust image set matching. Specifically, we propose to represent the query set instances jointly via a combined dictionary learned from the gallery sets. To explore the commonality and variations within the query set simultaneously to benefit the matching, both low rank and class-level sparsity constraints are imposed on the representation coefficients. Then, to deal with nonlinear data in real scenarios, the‘kernelized version is also proposed. Moreover, to tackle the gross corruptions mixed in the query set, the proposed model is extended for robust ISM. The optimization problems are solved efficiently by employing singular value thresholding and block soft thresholding operators in an alternating direction manner. Experiments on five public datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, comparing favorably with state-of-the-art methods.
Rice Husk Silica Enhances Innate Immune in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Improves Resistance to Aeromonas hydrophila and Streptococcus iniae Infection
Authors: Hong Yong-Han , Tseng Chung-Chih , Setyoningrum Desy , Yang Zu-Po , Maftuch  , Hu Shao-Yang
Published: November 2019

Rice husk (RH) contains abundant silica such that RH silica (RHS) may be useful for possible industrial exploitation. Here, amorphous silica nanoparticles with multiple pore structures were acquired from RH by simple thermochemical processes. RHS antimicrobial activity and effects on zebrafish innate immunity against pathogen infections were evaluated. A toxicity assay showed that zebrafish exposed to an RHS dose lower than 200 μg/mL did not exhibit damage to zebrafish embryonic development or juvenile survival. RHS showed a wide spectrum of bacteriostatic activity against a variety of pathogens including antibiotic-resistant pathogens, implying its potential application as an antimicrobial agent in diverse industries. Fish exposed to 20 or 200 μg/mL RHS exhibited significantly increased mRNA expression of immune-related genes, including IL-1β, IL-6, IL-15, TNF-α, COX-2a, TLR-4a, lysozyme, and complement C3b. RHS-treated zebrafish exhibited a higher cumulative survival compared to that in control fish after infecting with Aeromonas hydrophila and Streptococcus iniae. The present results showed that a safe RHS dose enhanced innate immunity against infections without toxic effects in healthy fish, suggesting that RHS may be developed as an immunostimulant for improving health status in aquaculture.
Sustainable Development Research on the Spatial Differences in the Elderly Suitability of Shanghai Urban Parks
Authors: Yu Weiyi , Sun Bindong , Hu Hong
Published: November 2019

As an important subset of the urban population and a major contributor to urban social wealth, the elderly play an important role in a city’s sustainable development. Based on data from the statistical yearbook and an empirical investigation, this paper evaluated the elderly suitability of 75 parks in China’s Shanghai Central District using a self-defined Python script tool based on ArcGIS. According to spatial differences in the elderly suitability of parks, we employed spatial interpolation to explore the reasons for variations in park services in different residential spaces in Shanghai Central District. The results revealed the following: (1) the elderly suitability of parks in Shanghai Central District decreases gradually from the inner ring to the outer ring; (2) the park accessibility in Shanghai Central District is generally low, and the park service space can be divided into five categories ranging from “low accessibility, super-low elderly suitability” to “high accessibility, high elderly suitability”; and (3) the advantages of regional function and location, the development of regional culture and tourism economy, and the implementation of regional elderly-care policies are factors promoting the improvement of the elderly suitability of regional park services. Finally, this paper provided scientific decision-making suggestions for Shanghai and other aging cities to optimize the elderly suitability of urban parks.
Enhancing Rice Production by Potassium Management: Recommended Reasonable Fertilization Strategies in Different Inherent Soil Productivity Levels for a Sustainable Rice Production System
Authors: Jiang Wenting , Wang Xiukang , Xing Yingying , Liu Xiaohu , Cui Zhigang , Yang Lihui
Published: November 2019

Enhancing agricultural productivity with the minimum possible cost to the environment is crucial for sustainable agriculture development. The effective management of K fertilizer would reduce the pollution risk of fertilizer residue. The data from the 29 experimental sites for rice in Liaoning province were used to determine the effect of different K fertilizer management in increasing yield, K uptake, and potassium fertilizer contribution rates (FCRK) for rice. The relationship among rice yield, biomass accumulation and plant K uptake, and recommended reasonable K fertilizer application rates in different inherent soil productivity levels were evaluated. The four treatments comprised no K fertilizer (K0), K fertilizer application of 60 kg ha−1 (K60), 120 kg ha−1 (K120), and 180 kg ha−1 (K180). The K120 treatment showed a significant yield increase (16.59%) compared to the K0 treatment in this study. The average K uptake of grain in the K60, K120 and K180 treatments was 23.1, 24.8 and 24.9 kg ha−1, which was significantly higher by 12.67%, 20.77%, and 21.48% compared to the K0 treatment. The average K uptake of grain, straw and plant was highest in K180 (134.8 kg ha−1), followed by the K120 and K60. Additionally, the correlation between grain yield, biomass accumulation (y) and plant K uptake (x) showed a significant positive polynomial function. The equation was y = −0.406x2 + 110.43x + 639.3 and y = −0.237x2 + 135.3x + 3796.2, respectively. The FCRK followed the sequence as K180 < K60 < K120. Furthermore, the recommended K application rates in the 29 experimental sites were ranged from 92.8 to 134.5 kg ha−1, and the corresponding theoretical yield of recommended K rate were ranged from 7371.5 to 11144.5, and with an average of 9297.5 kg ha−1. Remarkably, the average recommended K rate in the four inherent soil productivity levels was 116.1, 111.2, 112.2 and 111.7 kg ha−1 and the corresponding average theoretical yield was 9966.1 kg ha−1, 10158.8 kg ha−1, 8373.2 kg ha−1 and 8881.9 kg ha−1. The results of this study suggest that different inherent soil productivity levels have different K application rates and yield performance. This result somewhat strengthens the finding of this study that moderate K application is conducive to effectively improving the yield and to the enhancement of agricultural productivity, which is conducive to the sustainable environment.
What Difference Does Public Participation Make? An Alternative Futures Assessment Based on the Development Preferences for Cultural Landscape Corridor Planning in the Silk Roads Area, China
Authors: Xu Haiyun , Plieninger Tobias , Zhao Guohan , Primdahl Jørgen
Published: November 2019

Landscape corridor planning (LCP) has become a widespread practice for promoting sustainable regional development. This highly complex planning process covers many policy and planning issues concerning the local landscape, and ideally involves the people who live in the area to be developed. In China, regional planners and administrators encourage the development of landscape corridor planning. However, the current LCP process rarely considers ideas from local residents, and public participation is not recognized as beneficial to planning outcomes. We use a specific Chinese case of LCP to analyze how citizen involvement may enrich sustainable spatial planning in respect to ideas considered and solutions developed. To this end, we compare a recently approved landscape corridor plan that was created without public participation with alternative solutions for the same landscape corridor, developed with the involvement of local residents. These alternatives were then evaluated by professional planners who had been involved in the initial planning process. We demonstrate concrete differences between planning solutions developed with and without public participation. Further, we show that collaborative processes can minimize spatial conflicts. Finally, we demonstrate that public participation does indeed contribute to innovations that could enrich the corridor plan that had been produced exclusively by the decision-makers. The paper closes with a discussion of difficulties that might accompany the involvement of local residents during sustainable LCP in China.
A Decision Support System Using Text Mining Based Grey Relational Method for the Evaluation of Written Exams
Authors: Yuksel Mehmet Erkan , Fidan Huseyin
Published: November 2019

Grey relational analysis (GRA) is a part of the Grey system theory (GST). It is appropriate for solving problems with complicated interrelationships between multiple factors/parameters and variables. It solves multiple-criteria decision-making problems by combining the entire range of performance attribute values being considered for every alternative into one single value. Thus, the main problem is reduced to a single-objective decision-making problem. In this study, we developed a decision support system for the evaluation of written exams with the help of GRA using contextual text mining techniques. The answers obtained from the written exam with the participation of 50 students in a computer laboratory and the answer key prepared by the instructor constituted the data set of the study. A symmetrical perspective allows us to perform relational analysis between the students’ answers and the instructor’s answer key in order to contribute to the measurement and evaluation. Text mining methods and GRA were applied to the data set through the decision support system employing the SQL Server database management system, C#, and Java programming languages. According to the results, we demonstrated that the exam papers are successfully ranked and graded based on the word similarities in the answer key.
"Modelli" di Chiesa impostisi fino al Vaticano II (1965)
Authors: Dalfollo Laura
Published: November 2019

Il testo prende in considerazione l’evoluzione storica dell’autocomprensione ecclesiale avendo come punti di riferimento definizioni conciliari prese come eventi determinanti per la vita della Chiesa. La riflessione vuole essere una proposta di let-tura del passato
volto alla proiezione verso il futuro, nell’evidenziare tre nuclei teo-logici permanenti e fondanti sia l’esperienza di fede, come la consapevolezza di essa, vissuta nella prassi sacramentale in comunione e
forza della dimensione magisteria-le. Nessun modello che possa evincersi vuole essere esaustivo, tutt’altro, aprendosi ad una dinamica complementare, desidera dare della realtà ecclesiale una descrizio-ne capace di metterne in evidenza diversi elementi fondanti.

La proposta di tale ricerca vuole mostrare la continuità misteriosa dell’Alleanza fra Dio e l’uomo compiuta in Cristo e vivente nella storia
della Chiesa. Tale storia deve essere con responsabilità interpretata e
rispettata per poterne coglie-re, attraverso la sfida dei modelli, le caratteristiche perenni nel loro abitare la storia degli uomini.

Fino a che la Chiesa vorrà essere posseduta invece che abitata non potrà
dirsi compresa, solo osservata e giudicata. L’auspicio è di mostrare come la ripresa di un’ermeneutica storico-sapienziale permetta di aprirsi alla sorpresa dell’imprevedibile di Dio.
Župna zajednica pred izazovima suvremenoga doba
Authors: Čondić Alojzije
Published: November 2019

U rastućemu kulturnom, etičkom i religioznim pluralizmu župna je zajednica pozvana posvjedočiti svoj identitet i navijestiti evanđelje. U
promjenjivomu svijetu, ubrzana životnoga ritma, punog izazova i zamki, smisao župe je voditi ljude Bogu i jedne drugima osluškujući njihove nevolje, radosti i nade, jer konkretni čovjek je uvijek u središtu župne
zajednice. Tradicionalnoj župi nužna je metamorfoza, jer u suvremeno doba misionarski oblik župne zajednice otvara se svima i u službi je navještaja, prenošenja i slavljenja vjere u zajednici. U skladu s tim autor razmatra utjecaj društveno-kulturnih okolnosti na razvitak župnoga
pastorala, a potom predočuje pastoral i župnu zajednicu u poimanju pape
Franje. Isto tako, ističe teološko-pastoralno traženje bitnoga u svijetu, a ono se temelji u otkrivanju načela utjelovljenja, u Isusu Kristu, u kojemu se zrcali smisao ljudske opstojnosti. Na kraju, služeći
se metodom pastoralne ili evanđeoske prosudbe, strategiju, odnosno perspektivu župne zajednice u suvremeno doba sagledava i bistri kroz dinamičan pastoralni model triju glagola: integrirati, pratiti i prosuditi.
Dynamics and reproduction of a nest-box breeding population of Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca in a subalpine birch forest in Swedish Lapland during a period of 46 years
Authors: Nyholm N Erik I
Published: November 2019

A nest-box breeding population of Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca in subalpine birch forest at Ammarnäs in northern Sweden was studied in 1965–2010. The population showed on average a significantly decreasing trend during the initial 25 years, after which it remained on a static level. The yearly variation of the population size was significantly correlated with breeding result in preceding years, which in turn was affected by e.g. nest predation, adverse climatic factors, clutch size, and incidence of defective egg shell formation. It is also suggested that the population decline during the initial 10–15 study years followed from over-establishment of the breeding habitat. The average breeding result was 2.3 fledglings per pair, which is far below the number needed for the population to be self-reproducing. The occurrence of unusually high rates of nest predation and defective egg shells seems to be passing phenomena, predicted to approach zero after about 30 and 60 years, respectively, after the start of the study. But even with these factors eliminated and with other conditions remaining unchanged, the Ammarnäs population will continue to be a sink population.
Mew Gull Larus canus breeding in a residential area of Malmö, Sweden
Authors: Chávez Villavicencio César Lautaro , Márquez Bahamonde María Fernanda
Published: November 2019

The Mew Gull Larus canus is both a coastal and inland breeder and can be found on many different substrates, including man-made structures. It is known since long to nest in urban areas of Sweden, but neither the number of urban breeding pairs nor their behaviour have been well documented. We made some observations of breeding Mew Gulls in the city of Malmö in south Sweden and asked the chair of the tenant owners’ association that comprised one of the buildings with Mew Gull nest about the tenants’ experience of the species. Some perceive Mew Gulls as harmful because they dirty the roofs, leave a bad smell, are noisy, and defend their young with aggressive behaviours. Given the often-conflicting interests of gulls and humans, a better documentation of the nesting population in urban areas of Sweden, as well as their behaviour and interaction with people, is called for.
Christ as the Goal of the Law (Rom 10,4). Christ as the Converging Point in the History of Salvation.
Authors: Celarc Matjaž
Published: November 2019

The article attempts to present Paul’s argument in the Letter to the Romans that Christ is the goal of the Law and the culmination of all Israel’s expectations, as suggested by the propositio Rom 10,4. The article highlights Paul’s thought that Judaism and Christianity are not at odds but are part of God’s plan that leads to Christ from the Law. The author uses the approaches of rhetorical analysis and intertextual reading. An analysis of structure, vocabulary and subject matter shows how all Paul’s thought supports the idea of the continuity of the salvation history of Christ. Not less crucial is the intertextual approach, which shows how Paul bases his thought on the Old Testament parallels tied to the theme of the covenant that characterizes deuteronomistic and prophetic thought. The article points to an additional historical literary parallel to Luke, who presents Christ in the Apostolic Works as the fulfilment of Messianic expectations. The article shows how Paul invites his contemporaries and today’s readers to discover in Christ the key to the history of salvation.
The Flesh of Creation. Notes on Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Authors: Esterbauer Reinhold
Published: November 2019

Unlike Emmanuel Levinas, who rewrites the concept of creation in general and – in his sense – transfers it from ontology to ethics, Maurice Merleau-Ponty does not deal with this central Christian concept in detail. But it seems to be possible to gain important impulses for the further development of the theological idea of creation from his philosophy as well. If one conceives his concept of the flesh – which he develops in late philosophy – as the concept of an ontology that goes beyond traditional metaphysics, conclusions – which redefine the Christian concept of creation – can be drawn from his book »The Visible and the Invisible« as well as from his lectures on natural philosophy.
Vpliv duhovnosti na kakovost življenja starejših v domačem in v institucionalnem okolju
Authors: Filej Bojana , Kaučič Boris Miha
Published: November 2019

Duhovnost je večdimenzionalni koncept, ki usmerja človekovo življenje, se s starostjo krepi in vpliva na kakovost življenja. Z raziskavo smo želeli ugotoviti, kakšen je vpliv duhovnosti na kakovost življenja in ali molitev vpliva na preprečevanje osamljenosti starih ljudi v domačem in v institucionalnem okolju. Raziskava temelji na kvantitativni metodi, v raziskavo smo zajeli 656 starih ljudi v domačem in v institucionalnem okolju. Za pridobivanje podatkov o kakovosti življenja smo uporabili standardizirani vprašalnik Svetovne zdravstvene organizacije WHOQOL-BREF, za pridobivanje podatkov o osamljenosti pa Oldwellactive (A self-rated welness profile for the assessment of wellbeing and wellness activity in older people). Ugotovili smo, da se stari ljudje ne počutijo osamljeno in da so nekoliko bolj osamljeni v institucionalnem okolju (PV=3,71) kakor v domačem okolju (PV=3,90). Molijo tisti, ki so pogosteje osamljeni in ki niže ocenjujejo kakovost življenja. Molitev ne vpliva na preprečevanje osamljenosti. Duhovni dejavnik je za stare ljudi najpomembnejši dejavnik, ki vpliva na njihovo kakovost življenja.
Razodetje kot fenomen in njegovo odprtje
Authors: Marion Jean-Luc
Published: November 2019

Kako se Razodetje manifestira na način nujnega nasprotovanja apriornim pogojem izkustva? Skozi kakšne paradokse se izvrši ta proti-izkušnja? S temi teološkimi vprašanji se ni moč soočiti, če ne obvladamo možnosti fenomenalnosti, ki je lastna nasičenim fenomenom. In ne smemo se pretvarjati, da jih lahko hitro rešimo na način, ko pod krinko teoloških kategorij uporabljamo pojme in formule, ki izhajajo iz filozofije v njenem metafizičnem stanju. Zato moramo poskusiti opisati proti-izkušnjo Razodetja kot paradigmatičnega nasičenega fenomena.
Non-Useless Suffering
Authors: Mensch James
Published: November 2019

What does it mean to suffer? How are we to understand the sufferings we undergo? Etymologically, to suffer signifies to undergo and endure. Is there a sense, a purpose to our sufferings or does the very passivity, which they etymologically imply, robs them of all inherent meaning? In this paper, I shall argue against this Levinasian interpretation. My claim will be that suffering, exhibits a meaning beyond meaning, one embodied in the unique singularity of our flesh. This uniqueness is, in fact, an interruption. It signifies the suspension of all systems of exchange, all attempts to render good for good and evil for evil. It is in terms of such suspension that suffering – particularly as found in selfless sacrifice – finds its »use«. This »use« involves the possibility of forgiveness.
FAKTOR-FAKTOR RISIKO YANG MEMPENGARUHI KEJADIAN BERAT BADAN LAHIR RENDAH (BBLR) DI RSUP DR. M. DJAMIL PADANG TAHUN 2019
Authors: Febrianti Rini
Published: November 2019

Data WHO tahun 2018, prevalensi BBLR masih cukup tinggi. Prevalensi Berat Badan Lahir Rendah (BBLR) diperkirakan 21% dari seluruh kelahiran. Data Riskesdas tahun 2017, prevalensi bayi dengan BBLR sebesar 10,2%. Sedangkan data dari rekam medik RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang tahun 2018 dari bulan Januari-Desember 2018 jumlah kasus BBLR sebanyak 99 orang (26,0%). Jenis penelitian adalahanalitik dengan desain case control. Populasi adalah seluruh ibu jumlah ibu melahirkan pada bulan Januari-April 2019 sebanyak 382 orang.Sampel terdiri dari sampel kasus sebanyak 99 orang dan kontrol 99 orang dengan perbandingan 1:1 menggunakan teknik sistematik random sampling, sehingga jumlah sampel sebanyak 198 orang. Sampel terdiri dari sampel kasus sebanyak 99 orang dan kontrol 99 orang dengan perbandingan 1:1 menggunakan teknik sistematik random sampling, sehingga jumlah sampel sebanyak 198 orang. Penelitian ini memperlihatkanumur, paritas dan anemia berhubungan dengan kejadian BBLR, maka diharapkan hasil penelitian ini dapat dijadikan sebagai masukan bagi RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang mengenai faktor yang berhubungan dengan kejadian BBLR, sehingga pihak rumah sakit dapat memberikan penyuluhan kepada ibu-ibu yang memiliki faktor risiko melahirkan bayi BBLR dan diupayakan pencegahan terjadinya kejadian BBLR.
PARA UN ABORDAJE TRANSVERSAL DE LA ESI EN EL ESPACIO CURRICULAR DE FORMACIÓN ÉTICA Y CIUDADANA: REFLEXIONES SURGIDAS DESDE EL TRABAJO EN FORMACIÓN DOCENTE
Authors: Mailhou Melina , Sabao Domínguez Virginia
Published: November 2019

Este trabajo quiere pensar las articulaciones entre los Lineamientos Curriculares de la Educación Sexual Integral (ESI) como contenido transversal, y el espacio curricular Formación Ética y Ciudadana (FEyC) en el Ciclo Básico de la Educación Secundaria. Para ello, se propone un recorrido por el Diseño Curricular de Educación Secundaria Orientada de Santa Fe (DCESO) en aspectos referidos a la ESI y a la formación en ciudadanía. El objetivo es rastrear cómo, desde el 2008 hasta el presente, a nivel Nacional y Jurisdiccional, se fueron configurando y reconfigurando las problemáticas; cómo se volvieron hegemónicos los distintos discursos disciplinares al interior de este corpus, y de qué modo, en definitiva, se concretó la multidisciplinariedad, aunque no una perspectiva transdisciplinaria, interdisciplinaria y transversal. Estas reflexiones surgen del trabajo en la Formación Docente en profesorados de nivel superior (universitario y no universitario).
MIRADAS A LAS ALTERNATIVAS EDUCATIVAS AL FRACASO ESCOLAR. POLÍTICAS, EXPERIENCIAS, CONCEPTUALIZACIONES Y ESTUDIO DE CASO A INICIOS DEL SXXI
Authors: Durantini Villarino Cecilia
Published: November 2019

Las últimas décadas del SXX en América Latina están signadas por las secuelas del autoritarismo y la fragmentación neoliberal. La primera  década del SXXI transcurrió con cambios favorables en la vida social. Las políticas para la justicia, igualdad e inclusión educativas representan una tendencia con logros efectivos en la materialización del derecho a la educación. No obstante, sus límites en la superación de las brechas en el acceso y calidad de los aprendizajes. Las alternativas educativas en respuesta al fracaso escolar se diversificaron y si bien se cuenta con estudios en el campo, resta profundizar sobre sus condiciones, funcionamiento cotidiano, resultados e impacto en los distintos niveles de gestión. Aquí se recuperan aportes institucionales para pensar las fronteras que las organizaciones imponen a lo posible y las que estas alternativas movilizan. Luego se exponen los resultados de un estudio de caso sobre una alternativa para la reinserción con foco en las posibilidades y dificultades asociadas a la ubicación en el sistema educativo, la inserción en el barrio y la articulación con la escuela. Las alternativas apuestan al cambio para la democratización educativa. Al hacerlo develan los mecanismos y prácticas productores de exclusión. Lo cual compromete aún más la pregunta por su potencial y el de las instituciones actuales para garantizar el cumplimiento del derecho a una educación de calidad para todos.
Estilos docentes y acción tutorial y orientadora
Authors: Roa Venegas José María , Del Río Bueno José Eloy
Published: November 2019

En el presente trabajo se ha tratado de exponer la relación existente entre diversas teorías curriculares, que llevan aparejada un determinado estilo docente, y un conjunto de factores obtenidos de la valoración que profesores de Secundaria y Bachillerato hacen sobre la acción tutorial y orientadora. Hemos utilizado una metodología cuasi-experimental con la que, además de aspectos descriptivos y relacionales, se han tratado de inferir algunas consecuencias entre la adscripción a las teorías curriculares y los factores resultantes de la valoración de la acción tutorial y orientadora. Para ello, se ha contado con 103 profesores de distintos institutos de educación secundaria (IES) y ciudades. Se han encontrado fuertes relaciones entre las valoraciones de los profesores adscritos al “movimiento progresista” y la acción tutorial y orientadora integral, en la que se manifiestan de forma clara aspectos tanto humanos como técnicos de la acción tutorial y orientadora
Hacia un paradigma analógico de la evaluación docente
Authors: Monzón Laurencio Luis Antonio
Published: November 2019

La evaluación del trabajo docente es importante para la elaboración de políticas educativas. Sin embargo, en muchos países, esta no brinda información suficiente y, en general, se considera que no funciona en su forma actual. Utilizando la Hermenéutica Analógica de Mauricio Beuchot, pensamos que este fracaso se debe a que este tipo de evaluación está inscrita en un paradigma hermenéutico univocista (representado por el conductismo y el positivismo). Pero, para combatir esto no debemos caer en su opuesto, el paradigma equivocista, sino colocarnos en una postura intermedia o paradigma analógico. Con base en ello, presentamos tres propuestas para mejorar la evaluación docente: 1) la evaluación basada en el método cualitativo, 2) la evaluación correlativa del estudiante en tanto que estudiante y 3) la evaluación de la trayectoria docente por encima de la evaluación de periodos. Así, las políticas educativas basadas en la evaluación docente (que no son todas, pero sí algunas importantes), podrán hacerse más flexibles y obtener mejores resultados para lograr la comprensión del fenómeno educativo.
Programas e orientações curriculares nos anos iniciais: estudo de caso dos colégios de aplicação no sul do Brasil
Authors: Souza de Azevedo Edson , Oliveira Pereira Beatriz , Augusto Sá César
Published: November 2019

Neste estudo tivemos como objetivo compreender a percepção dos professores relativamente à organização e sistematização dos conteúdos programáticos da educação física nos anos iniciais, estudo de carácter descritivo interpretativo, numa abordagem qualitativa. Amostra formada por 12 professores de educação física, de três colégios de aplicação da região sul do Brasil, inquiridos no ano letivo de 2007 através de entrevistas semi-estruturadas. No processo de análise e discussão dos resultados, as respostas foram submetidas à análise de conteúdo. Adotamos a categorização por via indutiva. Definimos as seguintes áreas de análise: escolar, social, e científico-pedagógica. As categorias assentam nos aspectos vinculados às orientações e à articulação curricular; planejamento, organização e sistematização dos conteúdos; demarcação pedagógica. Infere-se, pelos resultados obtidos, a preocupação dos professores em redimensionar as suas propostas e práticas pedagógicas, numa perspectiva interdisciplinar. Julgamos existir precária transferibilidade de saberes inerentes à docência da educação física neste nível de ensino. No que diz respeito aos programas e orientações curriculares, o recente ingresso dos alunos aos seis anos de idade no ensino fundamental faz com que os professores concebam os programas ainda em fase de [re]estruturação, procurando atender a esta nova realidade educativa. As escolas estudadas adotam o programa escolar para a educação física em concordância com as suas potencialidades pedagógicas, administrativas e estruturas físicas, atendendo com dificuldades as propostas normativas ministeriais.