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EKSTRAK DAUN UBI JALAR UNGU SEBAGAI ANTIOKSIDAN UNTUK MEMPERLAMBAT KETENGIKAN (RANCIDITAS) PADA MINYAK KELAPA
Authors: Rejeki Dwi Putri
Published: April 2019

The study of purple sweet potato leaf extract as an antioxidant to slow down rancidity in coconut oil has been conducted. The aim of this study was to prove the addition of purple sweet potato leaf extract to postpone the rancidity of coconut oil. The sample used in this study was coconut oil taken from the village of Tingkeum Lampeuneurut, Aceh Besar District, as much as 300 mL. The sample was divided into two Erlenmeyers with 150 ml in each and heated to 90°C of temperature. After that, the first Erlenmeyer was added by 30 ml of purple sweet potato leaf extract. Then, the second Erlenmeyer was chilled and left in open air for 5 days. The sample that was not added by purple sweet potato leaf extract was set as a control. Several parameters were tested in both samples, namely an iodine number, peroxide number, free fatty acid and saponification number. The results were obtained by the addition of purple sweet potato leaf extract and control oil respectively the iodine number 10.21 and 7.54 g I2/100 g samples, peroxide numbers 4.67 and 9.33 mg O2/g, free fatty acids 8.87 and 8.67%, acid numbers 24.2 and 23.5 mg KOH/g, saponification 230.49 and 234.09 mg KOH/g, esters 206.29 and 210.59 mg KOH/g. The peroxide number of oilwhich was added by the purple sweet potato leaf extract has been fulfilled the SNI for coconut oil while the control oil does not. Meanwhile the iodine numbers, acid numbers, saponification numbers, and free fatty acids in both oils do not fulfill the SNI. Based on this study was obtained that the purple sweet potato leaf extract can postpone the rancidity caused by oxidation by reducing the peroxide number. However, the purple sweet potato leaf extract was not able to inhibit the increasing of acid numbers or free fatty acids caused by hydrolysis reactions.
Jesting in Earnest
Authors: Maus Derek C.
Published: April 2019

A critical analysis of Percival Everett's oeuvre through the lens of Menippean satire Percival Everett, a distinguished professor of English at the University of Southern California, is the author of more than thirty books on a wide variety of subjects and genres. Among his many honors are the American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award, the Huston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction, the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Fiction, and the Dos Passos Prize in Literature. Derek C. Maus proposes that the best way to analyze Everett's varied oeuvre is within the framework of Menippean satire, which focuses its ridicule on faulty modes of thinking, especially the kinds of willful ignorance and bad faith that are used to justify corruption, violence, and bigotry. In Jesting in Earnest, Maus critically examines fourteen of Everett's novels and several of his shorter works through the lens of Menippean satire, focusing on how it supports Everett's broader aim of stimulating thoughtful interpretation that is unfettered by common assumptions and preconceived notions.
Altered In Vivo Lipid Fluxes and Cell Dynamics in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissues Are Associated With the Unfavorable Pattern of Fat Distribution in Obese Adolescent Girls
Authors: Nouws Jessica , Fitch Mark , Mata Mariana , Santoro Nicola , Galuppo Brittany , Kursawe Romy , Narayan Deepak , Vash-Margita Alla , Pierpont Bridget , Shulman Gerald I. , Hellerstein Marc , Caprio Sonia
Published: April 2019

Patterns of abdominal fat distribution (for example, a high vs. low visceral adipose tissue [VAT]/[VAT + subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT)] ratio), independent of obesity, during adolescence carry a high risk for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Longitudinal follow-up of a cohort of obese adolescents has recently revealed that a high ratio (high VAT/[VAT + SAT]) is a major determinant of fatty liver and metabolic impairment over time, with these effects being more pronounced in girls than in boys. To unravel the underlying metabolic alterations associated with the unfavorable VAT/(VAT + SAT) phenotype, we used the 2H2O labeling method to measure the turnover of adipose lipids and cells in the subcutaneous abdominal and gluteal/femoral adipose tissue (SAT) of weight-stable obese adolescent girls with a similar level of obesity but discordant VAT/(VAT + SAT) ratios. Girls with the unfavorable (high VAT/[VAT + SAT]) phenotype exhibited higher in vivo rates of triglyceride (TG) turnover (representing both lipolysis and synthesis at steady state), without significant differences in de novo lipogenesis in both abdominal and gluteal depots, compared with obese girls with the favorable phenotype. Moreover, mature adipocytes had higher turnover, with no difference in stromal vascular cell proliferation in both depots in the metabolically unfavorable phenotype. The higher TG turnover rates were significantly correlated with higher intrahepatic fat stores. These findings are contrary to the hypothesis that impaired capacity to deposit TGs or proliferation of new mature adipocytes are potential mechanisms for ectopic fat distribution in this setting. In summary, these results suggest that increased turnover of TGs (lipolysis) and of mature adipocytes in both abdominal and gluteal SAT may contribute to metabolic impairment and the development of fatty liver, even at this very early stage of disease.
Identification of Insulin-Responsive Transcription Factors That Regulate Glucose Production by Hepatocytes
Authors: Wang Liheng , Liu Qiongming , Kitamoto Takumi , Hou Junjie , Qin Jun , Accili Domenico
Published: April 2019

Hepatocyte glucose production is a complex process that integrates cell-autonomous mechanisms with cellular signaling, enzyme activity modulation, and gene transcription. Transcriptional mechanisms controlling glucose production are redundant and involve nuclear hormone receptors and unliganded transcription factors (TFs). Our knowledge of this circuitry is incomplete. Here we used DNA affinity purification followed by mass spectrometry to probe the network of hormone-regulated TFs by using phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (Pck1) and glucose-6-phosphatase (G6pc) in liver and primary hepatocytes as model systems. The repertoire of insulin-regulated TFs is unexpectedly broad and diverse. Whereas in liver the two test promoters are regulated by largely overlapping sets of TFs, in primary hepatocytes Pck1 and G6pc regulation diverges. Insulin treatment preferentially results in increased occupancy by the two promoters, consistent with a model in which the hormone’s primary role is to recruit corepressors rather than to clear activators. Nine insulin-responsive TFs are present in both models, but only FoxK1, FoxA2, ZFP91, and ZHX3 require an intact Pck1p insulin response sequence for binding. Knockdown of FoxK1 in primary hepatocytes decreased both glucose production and insulin’s ability to suppress it. The findings expand the repertoire of insulin-dependent TFs and identify FoxK1 as a contributor to insulin signaling.
Deficiency of ZnT8 Promotes Adiposity and Metabolic Dysfunction by Increasing Peripheral Serotonin Production
Authors: Mao Zhuo , Lin Hui , Su Wen , Li Jinghui , Zhou Minsi , Li Zhuoran , Zhou Beibei , Yang Qing , Zhou Mingyan , Pan Ke , He Jinhan , Zhang Weizhen
Published: April 2019

ZnT8 is a zinc transporter enriched in pancreatic β-cells, and its polymorphism is associated with increased susceptibility to type 2 diabetes. However, the exact role of ZnT8 in systemic energy metabolism remains elusive. In this study, we found that ZnT8 knockout mice displayed increased adiposity without obvious weight gain. We also observed that the intestinal tract morphology, motility, and gut microbiota were changed in ZnT8 knockout mice. Further study demonstrated that ZnT8 was expressed in enteroendocrine cells, especially in 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)–positive enterochromaffin cells. Lack of ZnT8 resulted in an elevated circulating 5-HT level owing to enhanced expression of tryptophan hydroxylase 1. Blocking 5-HT synthesis in ZnT8-deficient mice restored adiposity, high-fat diet–induced obesity, and glucose intolerance. Moreover, overexpression of human ZnT8 diabetes high-risk allele R325W increased 5-HT levels relative to the low-risk allele in RIN14B cells. Our study revealed an unexpected role of ZnT8 in regulating peripheral 5-HT biogenesis and intestinal microenvironment, which might contribute to the increased risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Heterogeneity of the Human Pancreatic Islet
Authors: Dybala Michael P. , Hara Manami
Published: April 2019

Pancreatic β-cells play a pivotal role in maintaining normoglycemia. Recent studies have revealed that the β-cell is not a homogeneous cell population but, rather, is heterogeneous in a number of properties such as electrical activity, gene expression, and cell surface markers. Identification of specific β-cell subpopulations altered in diabetic conditions would open a new avenue to develop targeted therapeutic interventions. As intense studies of β-cell heterogeneity are anticipated in the next decade, it is important that heterogeneity of the islet be recognized. Many studies in the past were undertaken with a small sample of islets, which might overlook important individual variance. In this study, by systematic analyses of the human islet in two and three dimensions, we demonstrate islet heterogeneity in size, number, architecture, cellular composition, and capillary density. There is no stereotypic human islet, and thus, a sufficient number of islets should be examined to ensure study reproducibility.
Diabetes-Associated Myelopoiesis Drives Stem Cell Mobilopathy Through an OSM-p66Shc Signaling Pathway
Authors: Albiero Mattia , Ciciliot Stefano , Tedesco Serena , Menegazzo Lisa , D’Anna Marianna , Scattolini Valentina , Cappellari Roberta , Zuccolotto Gaia , Rosato Antonio , Cignarella Andrea , Giorgio Marco , Avogaro Angelo , Fadini Gian Paolo
Published: April 2019

Diabetes impairs the mobilization of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) from the bone marrow (BM), which can worsen the outcomes of HSPC transplantation and of diabetic complications. In this study, we examined the oncostatin M (OSM)–p66Shc pathway as a mechanistic link between HSPC mobilopathy and excessive myelopoiesis. We found that streptozotocin-induced diabetes in mice skewed hematopoiesis toward the myeloid lineage via hematopoietic-intrinsic p66Shc. The overexpression of Osm resulting from myelopoiesis prevented HSPC mobilization after granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) stimulation. The intimate link between myelopoiesis and impaired HSPC mobilization after G-CSF stimulation was confirmed in human diabetes. Using cross-transplantation experiments, we found that deletion of p66Shc in the hematopoietic or nonhematopoietic system partially rescued defective HSPC mobilization in diabetes. Additionally, p66Shc mediated the diabetes-induced BM microvasculature remodeling. Ubiquitous or hematopoietic restricted Osm deletion phenocopied p66Shc deletion in preventing diabetes-associated myelopoiesis and mobilopathy. Mechanistically, we discovered that OSM couples myelopoiesis to mobilopathy by inducing Cxcl12 in BM stromal cells via nonmitochondrial p66Shc. Altogether, these data indicate that cell-autonomous activation of the OSM-p66Shc pathway leads to diabetes-associated myelopoiesis, whereas its transcellular hematostromal activation links myelopoiesis to mobilopathy. Targeting the OSM-p66Shc pathway is a novel strategy to disconnect mobilopathy from myelopoiesis and restore normal HSPC mobilization.
Uso do sistema de frequência modulada por escolares com perda auditiva
Authors: Carvalho Dayane Silva de , Pedruzzi Cristiane Monteiro
Published: April 2019

Introdução: a inclusão em conjunto com a acessibilidade e as novas tecnologias são aspectos que se encontram interligados sob a ótica da intervenção voltada a pessoas com deficiência auditiva. Como estratégia de acessibilidade, o sistema de frequência modulada (FM), possibilita a percepção direcionada dos sons. Objetivo: verificar o uso do sistema FM por escolares com perda auditiva. Método: trata-se de um estudo descritivo, quantitativo e transversal. Foi aplicado um questionário específico para cada segmento envolvido com o sistema FM: estudantes, professores e responsáveis legais. Os dados foram armazenados em planilha do programa Excel e foi realizada uma análise descritiva, por meio de quadros e gráficos percentuais. Resultados: o uso do sistema de FM proporcionou a acessibilidade em relação à comunicação entre os alunos com deficiência auditiva, pais e professores. Os estudantes apresentaram melhora no desempenho escolar após o uso do sistema de FM (77,77%). Além disso, eles afirmaram ouvir bem o professor (72,22%). Já os pais, por sua vez, relataram melhora no rendimento escolar do filho (78,94%). Evidenciou-se também o despreparo dos professores em relação à educação inclusiva e à adaptação de metodologias direcionadas à demanda educacional. Os professores relataram que não se sentem preparados para atender a essa demanda (51,51%). Conclusão: o uso do sistema de FM pelos estudantes no ambiente educacional está relacionado à melhora da percepção da fala em ambientes ruidosos, conforme as concepções dos estudantes, pais e professores. As instituições de ensino necessitam realizar ações direcionadas às práticas inclusivas na área da acessibilidade auditiva, bem como promover ações voltadas à capacitação do corpo docente.
Editorial
Authors: Colares Maria Lília Imbiriba Sousa , Mendes Iran Abreu , Valente Wagner Rodrigues
Published: April 2019

Nesta segunda edição de 2019, a Revista Exitus traz as contribuições em seu dossiê temático sobre a educação matemática. Ao se definir este tema, considerou-se a necessidade científica e política de oferecer aos leitores, uma discussaão sobre a temática no contexto nacional e internacional, assim, os oito primeiros artigos deste número compoõem o dossiê temático intitulado “História da Educação Matemática”, coordenado pelos professores Doutores Iran Abreu Mendes e Wagner Rodrigues Valente, da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Federal do Pará e da Universidade Federal de São Paulo, respectivamente.
O ensino de número na escola primária: transformações lidas em manuais didáticos (1888-1965)
Authors: Silva Maria Célia Leme da
Published: April 2019

O propósito do presente artigo é retomar estudos já desenvolvidos no GHEMAT e discutir diretrizes para a continuidade das pesquisas, na intenção de construir objetos teóricos. Toma-se o número, como um saber escolar, presente desde sempre nas escolas primárias brasileiras, seleciona-se quatro manuais escolares (COLLAÇO, 1885; TRAJANO, 1895; BUCHLER, 1943; GROSSNICKLE; BRUECKNER, 1965), de diferentes tempos e vagas pedagógicas, com o intuito de ler as transformações deste saber escolar, a partir da mobilização dos conceitos de saberes a ensinar e saberes para ensinar. Os quase oitenta anos que separam a publicação do primeiro ao quarto manual examinado nos permitem evidenciar as múltiplas e complexas dinâmicas da matemática escolar, nos convidando a repensar representações construídas socialmente de que na escola nada muda, de que “o ensino de número na escola primária é sempre o mesmo, tudo igual”. De outra parte, possibilita ainda abrir a nossa caixa-preta sobre os saberes matemáticos e mobilizar os saberes a ensinar e os saberes para ensinar, como saberes que ao longo do tempo vão se lapidando, se institucionalizando na formação de professores como saberes para ensinar matemática. Palavras-chave: Método Intuitivo. Escola Nova. Saber escolar.
Formação de professores no século XIX e a aritmética de CONDORCET: espectros de vozes em revistas da instrução pública
Authors: Farias Kátia Sebastiana Carvalho dos Santos , Moura Anna Regina Lanner de , Miguel Antonio
Published: April 2019

Este artigo tem como objetivo problematizar o uso privilegiado do Manual de Aritmética de  Condorcet, intitulado Meios de aprender a contar seguramente e com facilidade, divulgado no Brasil, no século XIX, em revistas da instrução pública, discutindo ao mesmo tempo as potencialidades de fontes constituídas por revistas de cunho pedagógico, desse período, que tratam da prática escolar da Aritmética e da formação de professores primários. Essa problematização tem referência na base documental da tese de doutorado de Farias (2014) que analisa os usos de revistas e jornais como práticas mobilizadoras de cultura aritmética, que teriam circulado na Escola Normal da Província do Rio de Janeiro, no período de 1868 a 1889, com o propósito de formar professores para atuarem no ensino da matemática nas chamadas "escolas de primeiras letras”.  Esta investigação assumiu a natureza da pesquisa no campo da História da Educação Matemática no Brasil, tomando como inspiração a terapia filosófica de Wittgenstein e o pensamento de desconstrução de Derrida que defendem a inexistência de conhecimento e de pensamento independentes, respectivamente de jogos de linguagem ou de escritura. Neste artigo, ressaltamos a importância da temática da formação e práticas de professores uma vez que, na segunda metade do século XIX, essa temática era assunto de grandes debates e discussões. Além disso, o destaque que se confere à Escola Normal da Província do Rio de Janeiro, em Niterói, é devido ao fato de esta escola ter sido a primeira Escola Normal criada no Brasil, em 1835, para formar professores primários. Palavras-chave: Aritmética de Condorcet. Formação de professores no século XIX. Ideais iluministas.
O ataque à liberdade docente e a discussão sobre gênero e direitos humanos na educação. O multiculturalismo como proposta de resistência
Authors: Monteiro Marcos Vinicius Pereira , Siqueira Vera Helena Ferraz de
Published: April 2019

Este artigo situa e discute o ataque à liberdade docente, conforme vem se dando nos últimos anos, cerceando o debate sobre gênero no ambiente escolar. Nesse sentido, em um primeiro momento apresentamos uma reflexão acerca das propostas aprovadas ou em discussão em diferentes casas legislativas no Brasil que visam limitar a liberdade docente, e identificamos os movimentos de resistência que se opõem a estes ataques, principalmente juridicamente. A seguir abordamos a relação entre construção identitária, gênero e multiculturalismo como um referencial importante para subsidiar processos de resistência que contribuam para minimizar o impacto da censura prévia no chão de escola. Discutimos o que este cerceamento de liberdade implica para a pedagogia e para a educação, argumentando sobre o papel político do/a professor/a, e sobre a importância da pluralidade de ideias no ambiente escolar, conforme concebida a partir de uma determinada visão de multiculturalismo, essencial para garantir relações mais simétricas na sociedade. Palavras-chave: Gênero e direitos humanos. Interculturalidade. Escola sem partido.
LA CREATION D’UN RESEAU SCIENTIFIQUE POUR DEVELOPPER L’INTERDISCIPLINARITE: L’EXEMPLE DU RESEAU "EVALUATION FORMATION EMPLOI"
Authors: BÉDUWÉ Catherine , CROITY-BELZ Sandrine , SOLDANO Catherine
Published: April 2019

The Creation of a Scientific Network to Develop Interdiciplinarity: the Example of the Network Evaluation Formation Emploi. This contribution is a feedback on the creation of a network of researchers from various disciplines in the social sciences (Economics, Sociology, Social Psychology and Education Sciences). The object of research is that of the relations between training and employment and the evaluation of these relations by public policies. It is common to the disciplines but each apprehends it in a specific way. It has evolved as scientific exchanges and mutual knowledge progressed. This requires researchers to be involved sustainably in a collective and specific work, which is not easy to value. If so, it leads to an interdisciplinary production that brings innovation and knowledge.
DE LA MUSIQUE EN POLITIQUE : L’IMPERATIF DE L’INTERDISCIPLINARITE AU SECOURS D’UN OBJET DELAISSE
Authors: JEANDEMANGE Thibault
Published: April 2019

The introduction of marketing in political party strategies has considerably altered the uses and place of music in the way election campaigns are designed and conducted. This publication attempts to revisit the epistemological and methodological issues of political marketing raised by the use and role of music. Why is the interdisciplinary approach to music a relevant tool to revisit the analysis of political marketing by political science?
« DEUX OU TROIS CHOSES QUE JE SAIS D'ELLE ». REFLEXIONS SUR L'INTERDISCIPLINARITE DANS L'ETUDE DE LA GLOBALISATION EDUCATIVE : L'EXEMPLE DE LA RECEPTION D'UN PALMARES INTERNATIONAL
Authors: PONS Xavier
Published: April 2019

Two or Three Things I Know About Her. Reflections on Interdisciplinarity in the Study of Globalization in Education: the Example of the Reception of an International Ranking. This article provides a reflexion on how interdisciplinarity can help thinking current governance changes in education. On the basis of a particular case – the reception in the French policy debate of an international ranking much commented (the Pisa Survey from the OECD) – and thanks to a research device implemented during nine years through two different research studies, it highlights three major contributions of interdisciplinarity: the struggle against simplifying thoughts, the move of the researcher’s focus and the testing of new hypotheses.
L’EVENEMENT DISCURSIF FONDATEUR DE LA TROISIEME REPULIQUE
Authors: DONTENWILLE-GERBAUD Aude
Published: April 2019

The Founding Discursive Event of the Third Republic. Our searches are an examination and a reevaluation of the founding speeches of the French Third Republic (1870-1882), the oral impact of which is too often neglected. Their aim to show that the interaction between the grassroots audience and the main leaders of the Republic represents a way of solving the conceptual difficulties of that period. Our searches develop the concept of discursive event and questions the traditional concepts of production condition, communication situation and context. In the resolutely interdisciplinary approach from the analyse du discours, the historian enters into dialogue with the sciences of language and the political science.
LES LIMITES DE L’INJONCTION INTERDISCIPLINAIRE
Authors: LE PRESTRE Philippe
Published: April 2019

The Limits to the Interdisciplinarity Injunction. The main purpose of this contribution is to reflect on the interdisciplinarity mantra. To that end, it first identifies the links between the initial motivations and the practice of interdisciplinary research, proceeds with an examination of the challenges that various types of interdisciplinary collaboration present, before concluding with a few remarks on the potential perverse effects of the interdisciplinarity injunction. Indeed, this approach must go beyond problem resolution and encompass a theoretical ambition as well. To that end, it must rest on strong disciplines which the need for an interdisciplinary perspective will nevertheless transform. Being defined less by its results that by a process, interdisciplinarity is only one of various research strategies rather than an end in itself.
APPLYING THE LOYAL OPPOSITION TRADITION TO FOREIGN POLICY: A U.S.-UKRAINE CASE STUDY (PART II)
Authors: WINTERS Isaiah
Published: April 2019

This two-part research project analyzes U.S. foreign policy during the Ukraine Crisis from the viewpoint of loyalty to democracy. By applying the standards expected of loyal opposition parties to the U.S., the foreign policy approach taken is shown to have been disloyal to Ukraine’s fragile democracy, as it contributed to an undemocratic transition of power in the form of a coup d'état. Ultimately, the failure of the U.S. to remain loyal to Ukraine’s democratic process (the way a loyal opposition state would have) is explained by the Obama administration’s liberal imperialist approach to foreign policy, whose first loyalty was to U.S. interests, not Ukrainian political sovereignty.
US GEOPOLITICAL INTERESTS AND REGIONAL SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA
Authors: ZHOLBARYSSOVA Assel
Published: April 2019

This article is aimed at developing and analyzing the strategic concerns of the main geopolitical powers in the Central Asian region. The author concludes that the specialty of the Central Asia is a beneficial geopolitical location and great amount of nature resources that makes the region an object of world powers’ geopolitical interests. The main actors in the Central Asia are Russia, China and the USA. They have an influence on political processes inside of the region, realizing their own strategies.
AN ATTEMPT AT DIPLOMACY: HOW THE PURSUIT OF A NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN AFFECTED THE UNITED STATES-ISRAEL RELATIONS
Authors: GHILESCU Anda
Published: April 2019

This article follows the United States’ pursuit of a comprehensive agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, by putting it in the context of U.S. – Israel relations. Firstly, it offers an overview of the highly contextual relations between Israel and Iran, in order to understand the historical evolution of their present-day rivalry. Secondly, it observes the Iranian regime under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the aftermath of George W. Bush’s foreign policy actions, and the increased international focus on Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Finally, the focus shifts from President Bush to President Obama and how his foreign policy priorities in the Middle East, particularly the dialogue with Iran, affected the relations with the Israeli government the closer the negotiators got to achieving a final nuclear agreement. This paper seeks to emphasize the interdependent character of the Iran-Israel-U.S. dynamics through the perspective of one of the most pressing regional and international concerns: Iran’s nuclear program.
DER TRANSFORMATIONSPROZESS RUMÄNIENS UND SEINE HINDERNISSE ZUR DEMOKRATIE
Authors: STOENESCU Roxana
Published: April 2019

The Transformation Process of Romania and Its Obstacles to Democracy. This article discusses the difficulties of Romania's transformation and democratisation process. Despite the "official" change of system, corruption, social inequality, clan structural organisation and nepotism prevail in Romania. Without democratic values having provided the decisive impetus for the transformation of society, the completion of the system change didn´t take place, because there was no basis for a democratic change of values. The main thesis is that if the consciousness of the broad masses, despite the formal democratisation process did not change fundamentally, changing towards a democratic identity remains rather a utopian goal.
BARGAINING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATION PROCESSES
Authors: GUGGENBÜHL Alain
Published: April 2019

At a time of visible oppositions and some tensed relations between Member States of the EU, the article aims to advance the study of bargaining and unilateralism in reiterative consensus building processes such as multilateral negotiations within the EU. It examines how bargaining tendencies influence the three dimensions of any negotiation: the architecture of the negotiation; the deal-making and haggling; and the interpersonal level. Using selected theory and research, it identifies the essential elements of a successful bargaining formula applied to EU negotiations. The article proposes to combine principles and techniques originating from game theory; hostage negotiations and crisis bargaining; and military methodology.
RELATIONS BILATERALES FRANCO-INDONESIENNES : UN RAPPORT GAGNANT – GAGNANT ?
Authors: BAVOUSET Benoit
Published: April 2019

Franco-Indonesian Bilateral Relations: A Win-Win Agreement? France and Indonesia, key countries in their respective regions and eager to occupy an influential place in diplomacy at a global level, had to meet around a common project. French President Hollande’s State visit in 2017, the first one for more than thirty years in Indonesia, helped to speed up relations between the two states. If economy and culture remain at the centre of the bilateral stakes, maritime issues and New Caledonia constitute two singular territories for the development of relationship between the two countries.
Reflexões sobre o humanismo antigo
Authors: Schüler Donaldo
Published: April 2019

We don't possess any clear idea about man', dectared Max Scheler at the beginning of our century. With the investigations made after him, the concepts about man became even mote obscure. The aim of this essay is to invetigate the efforts made to understand man in Ancient Greece, beginning with Heraclitus and ending with Diogenes. For this purpose lyric poetry, tragedy and philosophical texts are analysed.
Atis y Teseo: el viaje en Catulo
Authors: Galan Lia Margarita
Published: April 2019

Las trayectorias de Atis (Carmen 63) y de Teseo (Carmen 64) se presentan en Catulo como el desplazamiento entre dos mundos antagónicos y significan dos respuestas posibles ai conflicto furor-ratio, como alternativas de hombre romano en el particular clima de crisis del fin de la República. El mundo del orden racional se identifica cin la civilización – Atenas –, mientras que lo irracional aparece representado por regiones signadas por lo monstruoso o lo salvage (los opaca nemora y el león de Cibeles, Creta y el Minotauro). El viaje implica dos modos de relación de estas formas antagónicas en las que se delinea el conflicto personal del poeta.
Uma história arrepiante no Satíricon
Authors: Aquati Claudio
Published: April 2019

Na Cena Trimalchionis (LXI - LXII) Nicerote é a personagem que, com grande desembaraço, anima o banquete narrando uma “história de lobisomem”, pretensamente verídica. Nicerote, cauteloso em decorrência de um certo receio que tem dos scholastici – gente estudada – presentes na festa, manifesta uma atitude cuidadosa e precisa em sua narração, mas graças à sua habilidade assume um tom entre jocoso e irreverente. Com isso, a narração se dá num clima de ludicidade humorística conscientemente elaborado pelo narrador e reforçado por uma convenção que estabelece com os ouvintes: a história terá um estatuto (“fingido”) de veracidade e seriedade, com o qual todos se divertem. A forma e o tom da narração, a criação do suspense e da malícia, o emprego das comparações, dos dados espaciais e temporais, o aproveitamento dos recursos fônicos, tudo isso o Autor maneja com maestria para oferecer ao leitor uma personagem de vínculos profundos com a cultura popular: o contador de histórias.
Dos epigramas funerarios al perro de Zenón (P. Cairo Zen. 59532) Edición y Estudio
Authors: Buzón Rodolfo P. , Cavallero Pablo A.
Published: April 2019

Dos epigramas funerarios al perro de Zenón (P. Cairo Zen. 59532) Edición y Estudio
Función de los objetos en El Idilio III de Teócrito
Authors: Borghini Maximo F.
Published: April 2019

El Idílio III, que se inscribe dentro de las bucólicas de Teócrito, es a la vez un paraklausíthyron rústico que tiene como protagonistas a un anônimo cabrero y a una invisible pastora llamada Amaryllis. El tema esencial, por consiguiente, gira alrededor del amor.·El presente trabajo ha sido enfocado exclusivamente desde el plano de los objetos, una perspectiva de análisis que, por lo general, es poco habitual. El exámen arroja como resultado que tales objetos son escasos en la pieza, pero que todos ellos, catalogados y analizados uno por uno, están íntimamente relacionados con el tema dominante del poema, y que su estudio nos ayuda a complementar las vicisitudes amorosas del cabrero.
O discurso amoroso de Arquíloco
Authors: Pessanha Nely Maria
Published: April 2019

Arquíloco de Paros é, por antomásia, o poeta do amor. Há, no entanto, fragmentos que elegem como eixo temático os dons de Éros. Manifestam-se sob vários tons: ternura, paixão, sensualidade. Por vezes, o amor, modulando-se pelo diapasão dos impulsos instintivos, converte-se em obscenidade, expressa segundo os acordes da virulência do desprezo; substitui a ternura· pela invectiva e escárnio. O discurso amoroso insere-se, então, nos domínios da poesia do psógos.
Os micênios em Chipre: colonização ou transações comerciais?
Authors: Torralvo Ana Claudia
Published: April 2019

Este artigo mostra a situação de uma antiga discussão entre os estudiosos da ilha de Chipre: a fundação ou não de colônias micênicas na ilha. Além de descrever a posição das linhas de opinião mostra os dados que podem ou não favorecer essas linhas. Tentaremos então esclarecer um pouco uma discussão antiga e que a cada dia, a cada campanha de escavação, vai tomando outros caminhos.
Os mortos no limiar e no além-túmulo em vasos figurados etruscos (séculos IV e III a.C.)
Authors: Fellone Roseli
Published: April 2019

A concepção etrusca acerca da vida após a morte é expressa também nos vasos figurados com cenas funerárias. Dentre esses vasos selecionamos cinco que apresentam o morto em dois momentos distintos: no momento em que ele/a se dirige para o Inferno, o limiar entre o mundo dos vivos e dos mortos,·tratado nos três primeiros vasos; e, por fim, no momento em que o morto/a já se encontra no Inferno. Estes dois eixos de representação apontam não só para a discussão dos referenciais temático e· ideográfico delineadores de suas concepções como, ainda, permitem de imediato visualizar a diferença no instante da passagem para determinados mortos tal qual o destino que os aguarda. Uma afirmação mais conclusiva diz respeito à importância do referencial iconográfico grego na concretização das concepções etruscas relativas à morte e, como contraponto, a particularidade dessas representações iconográficas etruscas.
Os túmulos circulares de Mesara: considerações sobre os aspectos sociais
Authors: Allegrette Álvaro Hashizume
Published: April 2019

Os túmulos circulares minóicos da planície de Mesara foram analisados aqui, visando a identificação de caracteres sociais das populações do Minóico Antigo I-II. Tal investigação mostrou que neste período houve a transição de núcleos agro-pastoris autônomos e relativamente isolados para comunidades de economia diversificada subordinadas a uma liderança única regional. Utilizando as evidências presentes nos padrões de distribuição e construção dos túmulos, bem como na composição do mobiliário funerário, observa-se a alteração de elementos e a incorporação de novas produções resultantes dessa nova ordem social.
Un testimonio de cruce de arte Greco-Romano-Budista de Gandhara
Authors: Vofchuk Rosalía C.
Published: April 2019

El arte de Gandhara, testimonio de cruce de culturas, de coexistencia de elementos de la estética griega, romana e india plantea a sus estudiosos varios interrogantes: el de sus orígenes, el de su cronología y, sobre todo, el de la representación de la imagen de Buda. A las diversas causas del paso del Buda no-icónico al icónico que proponen otros autores, la suscripta agrega la necesaria traslación a la plástica, de princípios de adecuación a las características de sus receptores, propios de la filosofía budista.
Prevalence of electrographic seizure in dogs and cats undergoing electroencephalography and clinical characteristics and outcome for dogs and cats with and without electrographic seizure: 104 cases (2009–2015)
Authors: Granum Liana K. , Bush William W. , Williams D. Colette , Stecker Mark M. , Weaver Christine E. , Werre Stephen R.
Published: April 2019

OBJECTIVE

To determine the prevalence of electrographic seizure (ES) and electrographic status epilepticus (ESE) in dogs and cats that underwent electroencephalography (EEG) because of suspected seizure activity and to characterize the clinical characteristics, risk factors, and in-hospital mortality rates for dogs and cats with ES or ESE.

DESIGN

Retrospective case series.

ANIMALS

89 dogs and 15 cats.

PROCEDURES

Medical records of dogs and cats that underwent EEG at a veterinary neurology service between May 2009 and April 2015 were reviewed. Electrographic seizure was defined as ictal discharges that evolved in frequency, duration, or morphology and lasted at least 10 seconds, and ESE was defined as ES that lasted ≥ 10 minutes. Patient signalment and history, physical and neurologic examination findings, diagnostic test results, and outcome were compared between patients with and without ES or ESE.

RESULTS

Among the 104 patients, ES and ESE were diagnosed in 21 (20%) and 12 (12%), respectively. Seventeen (81%) patients with ES had no or only subtle signs of seizure activity. The in-hospital mortality rate was 48% and 50% for patients with ES and ESE, respectively, compared with 19% for patients without ES or ESE. Risk factors for ES and ESE included young age, overt seizure activity within 8 hours before EEG, and history of cluster seizures.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL REVELANCE

Results indicated that ES and ESE were fairly common in dogs and cats with suspected seizure activity and affected patients often had only subtle clinical signs. Therefore, EEG is necessary to detect patients with ES and ESE.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in environmental biology: a review
Authors: Nowak Maciej M. , Dziób Katarzyna , Bogawski Paweł
Published: April 2019

Acquiring information about the environment is a key step during each study in the field of environmental biology at different levels, from an individual species to community and biome. However, obtaining information about the environment is frequently difficult because of, for example, the phenological timing, spatial distribution of a species or limited accessibility of a particular area for the field survey. Moreover, remote sensing technology, which enables the observation of the Earth’s surface and is currently very common in environmental research, has many limitations such as insufficient spatial, spectral and temporal resolution and a high cost of data acquisition. Since the 1990s, researchers have been exploring the potential of different types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for monitoring Earth’s surface. The present study reviews recent scientific literature dealing with the use of UAV in environmental biology. Amongst numerous papers, short communications and conference abstracts, we selected 110 original studies of how UAVs can be used in environmental biology and which organisms can be studied in this manner. Most of these studies concerned the use of UAV to measure the vegetation parameters such as crown height, volume, number of individuals (14 studies) and quantification of the spatio-temporal dynamics of vegetation changes (12 studies). UAVs were also frequently applied to count birds and mammals, especially those living in the water. Generally, the analytical part of the present study was divided into following sections: (1) detecting, assessing and predicting threats on vegetation, (2) measuring the biophysical parameters of vegetation, (3) quantifying the dynamics of changes in plants and habitats and (4) population and behaviour studies of animals. At the end, we also synthesised all the information showing, amongst others, the advances in environmental biology because of UAV application. Considering that 33% of studies found and included in this review were published in 2017 and 2018, it is expected that the number and variety of applications of UAVs in environmental biology will increase in the future.
Structure and diversity of fish communities in man-made ponds of the Niger Delta (southern Nigeria)
Authors: Lazarus O.T. , Akani Godfrey C. , Luiselli Luca , Amadi Nioking , Ugbomeh Adaobi P. , Osuamkpe A. , Dendi Daniele , Ebere Nwabueze , Pacini Nic , Wala Chimela , Ajong Stephanie Nwanefulu , Uyi Harrison S.
Published: April 2019

1. A survey of eight local earthen hand-dug ponds located within the freshwater swamps of a Niger Delta area (southern Nigeria) was conducted over a period of 3 months. A total of 4,313 fishes representing 19 species from 12 families were recorded.

2. The most abundant species was Xenomystus nigri (905 individuals), whereas the least common was Protopterus annectens (13). Cichlidae and Clariidae counted three species each, whereas Anabantidae, Hepsetidae, Mochokidae, Protopteridae, Phractolaemidae, Malapteruridae and Gymnarchidae were represented by a single species each.

3. A lotic species, Synodontis sp., was recorded possibly as a result of the episodic flood of 2012.

4. The Engenni swamps harbour a moderately diverse ichthyofauna. Regulations should be put in place to further enhance the fisheries potential of these local ponds.
Efficiency of traps in collecting selected Diptera families according to the used bait: comparison of baits and mixtures in a field experiment
Authors: Manko Peter , Demková Lenka , Kohútová Martina , Oboňa Jozef
Published: April 2019

Traps made from PET bottles were used to assess the efficiency of four baits in terms of the number of individuals for selected Diptera families collecting in Eastern Slovak gardens in summer and autumn. Bait used in traps significantly affected the taxonomical composition of the samples obtained. Moreover, significant differences in bait efficiencies and temporal shift in bait efficiencies were confirmed for the Diptera order and for selected dipteran families. The most effective bait for baited-trap Diptera sampling was beer, followed by wine, meat, and syrup from the summer sampling season. In the autumn sampling season, the wine was most effective, followed by beer, syrup, and meat. For the family Scatopsidae wine, and for the family Platystomatidae, meat were the most effective baits. Drosophilidae were most attracted to beer in summer and to wine bait in autumn.
Analysis of thin-walled beams with variable monosymmetric cross section by means of Legendre polynomials
Authors: Szybiński Józef , Ruta Piotr
Published: April 2019

This article deals with the vibrations of a nonprismatic thin-walled beam with an open cross section and any geometrical parameters. The thin-walled beam model presented in this article was described using the membrane shell theory, whilst the equations were derived based on the Vlasov theory assumptions. The model is a generalisation of the model presented by Wilde (1968) in ‘The torsion of thin-walled bars with variable cross-section’, Archives of Mechanics, 4, 20, pp. 431–443. The Hamilton principle was used to derive equations describing the vibrations of the beam. The equations were derived relative to an arbitrary rectilinear reference axis, taking into account the curving of the beam axis and the axis formed by the shear centres of the beam cross sections. In most works known to the present authors, the equations describing the nonprismatic thin-walled beam vibration problem do not take into account the effects stemming from the curving (the inclination of the walls of the thin-walledcross section towards to the beam axis) of the analysed systems. The recurrence algorithm described in Lewanowicz’s work (1976) ‘Construction of a recurrence relation of the lowest order for coefficients of the Gegenbauer series’, Applicationes Mathematicae, XV(3), pp. 345–396, was used to solve the derived equations with variable coefficients. The obtained solutions of the equations have the form of series relative to Legendre polynomials. A numerical example dealing with the free vibrations of the beam was solved to verify the model and the effectiveness of the presented solution method. The results were compared with the results yielded by finite elements method (FEM).
Радиологическая служба ДНР в 2018 году
Authors: Семикоз Н. Г. , Личман Н. А. , Возняк О. И.
Published: April 2019

Проанализированы данные об онкозаболеваемости и состоянии радиологической службы в ДНР за 2018 г. Обозначены результаты работы, основные проблемы и рекомендации по их решению.
Entering secondary physical education student- teachers’ expectations of their program of initial teacher education
Authors: Kinchin Gary D
Published: April 2019

The views and beliefs held by entering student teachers can be shaped by their expectations of teaching and initial teacher education. Whilst interest has investigated student teachers’ expectations little exists in physical education. This qualitative paper examines the entering expectations held by 24 PGCE secondary physical education student teachers. Informed by the published literature on student teacher expectations and the specific purposes of this study, data were collected from participants on the first day of their initial teacher education course in the form of an open-ended survey that included eleven items. Participants discussed a range of expectations related to course content, pedagogy, course structure and staffing responsibilities and contributions. Student teachers should be encouraged to explore their expectations and consider which specific elements align with initial preconceptions concerning their teacher education.
Effect of Awris Traditional Dances on Health-Related Physical Fitness Traits among High School Students in Ethiopia
Authors: Gebretensay Mulay , Mondal Soumitra , D Mathivanan , Abdulkader Mahmud , Mohamedhusien Kedir
Published: April 2019

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of Awris traditional dance Tigray regional state on health related physical fitness traits among high school students. To achieve the purpose of this study, 40 high school students were selected randomly. And their age ranged between 15 and 17 years. The selected participants were categorized into experimental and control group with twenty (n=20) subjects in each. The experimental group performed traditional dances for a period of 16 weeks three days per week whereas participants in the control group were informed to follow their usual daily activity. All participants were tested on selected criterion measures on muscular strength, flexibility, cardiovascular endurance and body composition prior to and after the 16 weeks of the training period. The data pertaining to the variables in this study were statistically examined by using SPSS statistical software version 25. Descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation were found in order to get the basic idea of the data distribution. Independent t- test was employed for finding whether there was any statistically significant pre-test to post-test mean differences in their respective variables of each group. Level of significant was set at 0.05. Following the 16-weeks traditional dance training, significant change was observed on muscular strength and cardiovascular endurance, but there was no significant improvement in flexibility and body composition as compare the experimental groups with the control group. Therefore it can be concluded that Awris traditional dance training program can notably improve muscular strength and cardiovascular endurance of high school students.
The Relationship between body mass index (BMI) and sedentary behavior is mediated by negative peer interaction in boys.
Authors: Barkley Jacob E , Farnell Gregory S
Published: April 2019

To determine if self-reported negative social interaction mediates the relationship between sedentary behavior and body mass index (BMI) percentile in boys. Twelve overweight/obese (<85th BMI percentile) and 14 non-overweight (<85th BMI percentile) boys (10.5 ± 1.5 years old) completed surveys assessing overt peer victimization and relational victimization. Children were individually given access to a gymnasium with physical activity equipment and sedentary alternatives for 30 minutes. Children could play with the equipment in any pattern they wished and the amount of time allocated to sedentary activities (sitting time) was recorded. Overt and relational victimization were moderately and positively associated with BMI percentile (r ≥ 0.40, p ≤ 0.04) and sitting time (r ≥ 0.40, p ≤ 0.05) and sitting time was positively associated with BMI percentile (r = 0.4, p = 0.05). After controlling for overt and relational victimization the correlation between sitting time and BMI percentile was non-significant (r ≤ 0.28, p ≥ 0.18). The positive relationship between BMI percentile and sedentary behavior was mediated by measures of negative social interaction.