bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Balancing Research and Service in Academia: Gender, Race, and Laboratory Tasks
Authors: Miller Candace , Roksa Josipa
Published: August 2019

Our study highlights specific ways in which race and gender create inequality in the workplace. Using in-depth interviews with 67 biology PhD students, we show how engagement with research and service varies by both gender and race. By considering the intersection between gender and race, we find not only that women biology graduate students do more service than men, but also that racial and ethnic minority men do more service than white men. White men benefit from a combination of racial and gender privilege, which places them in the most advantaged position with respect to protected research time and opportunities to build collaborations and networks beyond their labs. Racial/ethnic minority women emerge as uniquely disadvantaged in terms of their experiences relative to other groups. These findings illuminate how gendered organizations are also racialized, producing distinct experiences for women and men from different racial groups, and thus contribute to theorizing the intersectional nature of inequality in the workplace.
Local alliances in rural urbanization: Land transfer in contemporary China
Authors: Yep Ray
Published: August 2019

The relocation of peasants to high-rise buildings is the latest strategy deployed to feed the insatiable hunger for land in China. To free up more land for construction, Chinese peasants are encouraged to abandon their traditional homes and move into newly built high-rise modern apartments. A central feature of this distinctive form of rural urbanization is the transferability of land development rights across the rural–urban divide. Like most policy initiatives in Chinese economic reforms, variations and improvisation in implementation are found across local administrations. Such local disparities carry major implications for rural governance. This article compares and evaluates the experience of local governments in Chongqing and Nantong. Local governments in these two localities face both opportunities and constraints in integrated urban–rural development, a situation which has contributed to contrasting relocation patterns, and consequently variations in intergovernmental relationships at local levels. Enjoying the privilege of experimenting with the ‘land bill’ (地票) system, local governments in Chongqing have more leeway to stake their claims and are thus in a better position to maintain their authority. In the Nantong case, however, the more hands-on approach of the prefecture deprives lower administrative levels of flexibility to pursue their interests. This contrast in the policy process leads to different patterns of collaboration between levels of government at the grass roots in the two localities, which may also have a long-term impact on the exercise of authority at the community level.
Network Centrality Measure as an Indicator for Standardized Advertising Strategy in Economically Similar Countries
Authors: Doley Parthajit , Sharma Mithun J.
Published: August 2019

In response to certain discrepancies prevalent in the debate on global advertising, we have identified important gaps in the global advertising literature. The focus of this inquiry is an investigation of the operational aspects of the standard advertising strategy by multinational companies (MNCs). Specifically, the authors attempt to identify the path to strategic implementation of standard advertising strategy through network analysis, with the determinant factors that play an important role in determining the degree of advertising strategy. The findings suggest that the extent to which multinationals can standardize their international advertising strategies will depend on the level of similarity among the countries in the network. The authors highlight that, given the inconsistency that exists in observation, it is evident that a single distinctive strategy for standard advertising may be followed by MNCs which can be the optimal solution of standardized global advertising for sustenance in the presence of steep competition. The authors discuss and highlight the various implications of the findings for business practitioners. The authors conclude the study by showing the scope for future research along with the limitations of the study.
The pornographic mirror: Sexual performances and sexual personas in academia
Authors: Jacobs Katrien
Published: August 2019

This article makes a case for sex-positive research and pedagogy that acknowledges and hence reflects on the researcher’s use of a “pornographic mirror,” a critical and consensual engagement with erotic and pornographic (self-)imagery that opens up bodily sensations and analysis in the public sphere. The article will do so by means of examples of research in which scholars were able to successfully test out such corporeal-driven scholarship and use of porn images. In the first example, the author interviewed an older generation of sex educators in San Francisco, who in the 1960s/1970s pioneered the idea that students could perform and analyze their own sexual behaviors by acting in, and reflecting on, sexually explicit movies, an idea which has also been incorporated into contemporary feminist and queer pornography. This historical moment in radical pedagogy is extended into a contemporary example of sex-positive research about online dating, in which the author comments on her use of sex chat and sexual self-imagery to dissect the online dating site adultfriendfinder.com.
Conceptualizing motherhood in a context of inequality and vulnerability: Experiences of being a mother after a troubled upbringing
Authors: Herland Mari Dalen
Published: August 2019

Applying qualitative data from a 30‐year longitudinal study, this article examines how 15 women coming from vulnerable families reflect on themselves as mothers. Three analytical themes were identified: (a) current and past expectations, (b) having someone to lean on as a mother and (c) experiences with child welfare services. The findings exemplify how these women’s histories are woven together with contemporary discursive understandings about motherhood, and how often conflicting emotions from their own childhoods affect their self-representations as mothers. Attention is paid to the phenomena of motherhood, which is understood as inaccessible solely through language and is thus examined through the lens of psychosocial theories. The findings apply to both theoretical and practical social work, conceptualizing the complexities of motherhood.
Money, Status, Love, and Death: Sexual Relations With Considerably Older Persons in African Societies—A Systematic Review
Authors: Tener Dafna
Published: August 2019

Sexual relations between adolescents or young persons and considerably older persons are considered illegal or deviant in many countries. Yet legal and social definitions and constructions do not capture the complexity of such relations and the various perspectives surrounding them, including that of those involved and other members in the community. In a previous publication, the author examined perspectives on sexual relationships between minors and older persons in Western societies. The current review broadens the perspective on this phenomenon by examining perceptions of sexual relationships between minors, young adults and older persons in African societies, using a similar approach informed by and adapted according to the unique sociocultural context of the articles reviewed. All samples were located in Africa. All studies were published in English. In the current review, the ages of the adolescents or young adults were higher than in the review of Western societies, up to 25, and the age gaps were higher as well. Three main themes emerged from the meta-analysis: adolescents and young adults’ motivations to be involved in sexual relations with an older person, relationship characteristics as perceived by both partners, and the negative consequences of such relationships for the younger partner. The findings are discussed and implications for future studies and practices are suggested, highlighting the important role of sociocultural perceptions and calling for a more nuanced and intellectually modest understanding of the complexity of these relationships.
A review of functional latissimus dorsi transfers for absent elbow flexion and supination
Authors: Martin Serena , McBride Michael , McGarry Kevin , Eames Michael , Lewis Harry
Published: August 2019

Aims

To review patients treated with a functional latissimus dorsi flap for congenital and acquired elbow flexion deficits.

Methods

Retrospective review of functional latissimus dorsi flaps performed in one regional unit. Patient notes were reviewed to determine aetiology, pre-op deficits and function, surgical technique, complications and outcomes.

Results

A total of six functional latissimus dorsi transfers were performed on four patients. Two patients had bilateral latissimus dorsi transfers for congenital defects. The remaining two procedures were for traumatic defects. Post-operatively both children had excellent outcomes with full range of active movement allowing them to perform key activities of daily living.

Surgical Technique

Epimysium of latissimus dorsi folded to form a pseudo-tendon, tunnelled subcutaneously and either attached to a remnant of biceps tendon or secured to the radius. Congenital patients achieved better outcomes; pre-operatively, there was no active elbow flexion in all four elbows but 90–100 of passive flexion.

Complications

One latissimus dorsi dehiscence which required revision surgery. Two donor-site seromas.

Conclusions

Functional latissimus dorsi transfer has been shown to achieve excellent elbow flexion in patients with congenital absence of biceps and brachialis muscles. Outcomes in older patients with traumatic injuries have been less successful in achieving a full range of active flexion.
Full Contact: Sexual Assault, Combat Sports, and the Myth of Self-Defense
Authors: Milford Mike
Published: August 2019

The essay considers the unique rhetorical dimensions of sexual assault in the combat sports setting, centering on three central arguments. The first is that traditional recommendations for self-defense that advocate combat sports as a means of protection are rooted in a Burkean victimage ritual that places the obligation for the assault on the survivor. The second examines the role that hegemonic masculinity and hierarchy play in perpetuating this system, particularly the ways in which these presumptions empower assailants and disenfranchise survivors as well as enable the combat sports orientation to appear helpless in the face of accusations. The third explores how Burkean notions of action and motion are being used as tools for progressive change by those seeking to refashion the orientation and put the responsibility for the assaults on those at the top of the combat sports hierarchy.
Nonclinical Immunotoxicity Testing in the Pharmaceutical World: The Past, Present, and Future
Authors: Baldrick Paul
Published: August 2019

An examination for potential direct or indirect adverse effects on the immune system (immunotoxicity) is an established component of nonclinical testing to support safe use of new drugs. Testing recommendations occur in various regulatory guidance documents, especially ICH S8, and these will be presented. Key evaluation usually occurs in toxicology studies with further investigative work a consideration if a positive signal is seen. Expectations around whether findings may occur are related to the type of compound being developed, including a chemically synthesized small molecule, a small molecule oncology drug, a biopharmaceutical, an oligonucleotide, a gene therapy/stem cell product, a vaccine, or reformulation of drugs in liposomes or depots. Examples of immunotoxicity/immunogenicity findings will be discussed for all of these types of compound. Overall, it can be concluded that our main tool for evaluation of potential immunotoxicity/immunogenicity for a new drug still remains standard toxicology study testing with key assessment for effects on clinical pathology and lymphoid organs/tissues (weights and cellularity). Additional evaluation from studies using a T cell–dependent antibody response (TDAR) and lymphocyte phenotyping is also valuable, if needed. Thus, using the tools from the past, it is the role of toxicologists to work with clinical teams now and in the future, to interpret findings from nonclinical testing to possible adverse findings in humans.
Longitudinal relationships between cognition and functioning over 2 years in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder: a cross-lagged panel model approach with the FACE-BD cohort
Authors: Ehrminger Mickael , Brunet-Gouet Eric , Cannavo Anne-Sophie , Aouizerate Bruno , Cussac Irena , Azorin Jean-Michel , Bellivier Frank , Bougerol Thierry , Courtet Philippe , Dubertret Caroline , Etain Bruno , Kahn Jean-Pierre , Leboyer Marion , Olié Emilie ,   the FondaMental Advanced Centers of Expertise in Bipolar Disorders (FACE-BD) Collaborators, Passerieux Christine , Roux Paul
Published: August 2019

Background

Longitudinal studies of the relationship between cognition and functioning in bipolar disorder are scarce, although cognition is thought to be a key determinant of functioning. The causal structure between cognition and psychosocial functioning in bipolar disorder is unknown.

Aims

We sought to examine the direction of causality between cognitive performance and functional outcome over 2 years in a large cohort of euthymic patients with bipolar disorder.

Method

The sample consisted of 272 adults diagnosed with bipolar disorder who were euthymic at baseline, 12 and 24 months. All participants were recruited via the FondaMental Advanced Centers of Expertise in Bipolar Disorders. We used a battery of tests, assessing six domains of cognition at baseline and 24 months. Residual depressive symptoms and psychosocial functioning were measured at baseline and 12 and 24 months. The possible causal structure between cognition and psychosocial functioning was investigated with cross-lagged panel models with residual depressive symptoms as a covariate.

Results

The analyses support a causal model in which cognition moderately predicts and is causally primary to functional outcome 1 year later, whereas psychosocial functioning does not predict later cognitive performance. Subthreshold depressive symptoms concurrently affected functioning at each time of measure.

Conclusions

Our results are compatible with an upward causal effect of cognition on functional outcome in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder. Neuropsychological assessment may help specify individual prognoses. Further studies are warranted to confirm this causal link and evaluate cognitive remediation, before or simultaneously with functional remediation, as an intervention to improve functional outcome.
HDL-Cholesterol, Its Variability, and the Risk of Diabetes: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
Authors: Lee Seung-Hwan , Kim Hun-Sung , Park Yong-Moon , Kwon Hyuk-Sang , Yoon Kun-Ho , Han Kyungdo , Kim Mee Kyoung
Published: August 2019

Context

The bidirectional relationship between low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and glucose intolerance is well established. Recent studies suggested an association of lipid variability with various health outcomes.

Objective

To investigate the combined effect of HDL-C levels and their variability on the risk of diabetes.

Design

A population-based cohort study.

Setting and Participants

In all, 5,114,735 adults without known diabetes in the Korean National Health Insurance System cohort who underwent three or more health examinations from 2009 to 2013 were included. Visit-to-visit HDL-C variability was calculated using variability independent of the mean (VIM) and the coefficient of variation (CV). Low mean and high variability groups were defined as the lowest and highest quartiles of HDL-C mean and variability, respectively.

Main Outcome Measures

Newly developed diabetes.

Results

There were 122,192 cases (2.4%) of incident diabetes during the median follow-up of 5.1 years. Lower mean or higher variability of HDL-C was associated with higher risk of diabetes in a stepwise manner, and an additive effect of the two measures was noted. In the multivariable-adjusted model, the hazard ratios and 95% CIs for incident diabetes were 1.20 (1.18 to 1.22) in the high mean/high VIM group, 1.35 (1.33 to 1.37) in the low mean/low VIM group, and 1.40 (1.38 to 1.42) in the low mean/high VIM group compared with the high mean/low VIM group. Similar results were observed when modeling the variability using CV and in various subgroup analyses.

Conclusions

Low mean and high variability in HDL-C were independent predictors of diabetes with an additive effect. Both elevating and stabilizing HDL-C may be important goals for reducing diabetes risk.
Adapting Coercion: How Three Industrialized Nations Manufacture Vaccination Compliance
Authors: McCoy Charles Allan
Published: August 2019

Context: This research examines the development of vaccination policy in Britain, the United States, and Australia to begin to understand the different forms of coercion that industrialized states utilize to achieve vaccination compliance from the majority of their citizens.

Methods: This research applies a comparative-historical analysis of the three countries listed, using a combination of primary and secondary documents.

Findings: The different degrees of compulsion in the vaccination policies of Britain, the United States, and Australia is explained through an analysis of the path-dependent ways that each nation adapted coercion in response to civil society resistance. Each nation has moved up and down a continuum of coercion searching for a policy that balances overcoming passive noncompliance without engendering active resistance. Arriving at different balancing points between these two objectives, the three nations have now institutionalized policies with different degrees of coercion.

Conclusions: This research shows that vaccination policy is not just created top-down by the state, but through an ongoing interactive process with citizens and civil society. Furthermore, as vaccination is a “wicked problem” that faces ongoing civil society resistance, states will need to perpetually adapt the coerciveness of their policies into the foreseeable future.
Histrionics of the Pulpit
Authors: Larson Scott
Published: August 2019

The eighteenth-century Atlantic world was swept with a radical new form of Christian preaching that aimed to engage the feelings and sensations of mass audiences. In the nineteenth century, this heart-centered preaching became a mainstream form of American Christianity, but in its first hundred years, it was widely regarded as perverse, effeminate, and depraved. Early evangelical Christianity threatened to destabilize social and political orders, to drive the masses “out of their senses,” and to throw gender norms into chaos. This article argues that attention to “trans tonality”—an investigation of trans at the level of tone, expression, and sensation—offers a surprising trans history of early American culture and opens up an archive rich with accounts of gender and sensory variance.
“Artifacts from the Future”
Authors: Green Nicki , Crasnow S. J.
Published: August 2019

What follows is a conversation between artist Nicki Green and scholar S. J. Crasnow. In this conversation they consider two of Green's artworks in relationship to historical and contemporary Jewish practice and especially in relationship to queer and trans Jewish communities. Green's pieces, Incantation Crock and Bedikah Quilt Topper, are themselves trans, Jewish ritual objects, and in this conversation Green and Crasnow investigate the underlying themes of queer/trans Jewish futures, history preservation, ritual innovation and challenges to “traditional” Judaism, the queer/trans body as a holy site of transformation, and craft and cultural production to parse and question modes of making and of religious practice.
Monoallelic, antisense and total RNA transcription in an in vitro neural differentiation system based on F1 hybrid mice
Authors: Kondo Shinji , Kato Hidemasa , Suzuki Yutaka , Takada Toyoyuki , Eitoku Masamitsu , Shiroishi Toshihiko , Suganuma Narufumi , Sugano Sumio , Kiyosawa Hidenori
Published: August 2019

We developed an in vitro system to differentiate embryonic stem cells (ESCs) derived from reciprocally crossed F1 hybrid mice into neurons, and used it to investigate poly(A)+ and total RNA transcription at different stages of cell differentiation. By comparing expression profiles of transcripts assembled from 20 RNA sequencing datasets [2 alleles×(2 cell lines×4 time-points+2 mouse brains)], the relative influence of strain, cell and parent specificities to overall expression could be assessed. Divergent expression profiles of ESCs converged tightly at neural progenitor stage. Patterns of temporal variation of monoallelically expressed transcripts and antisense transcripts were quantified. Comparison of sense and antisense transcript pairs within the poly(A)+ sample, within the total RNA sample, and across poly(A)+ and total RNA samples revealed distinct rates of pairs showing anti-correlated expression variation. Unique patterns of sharing of poly(A)+ and poly(A)− transcription were identified in distinct RNA species. Regulation and functionality of monoallelic expression, antisense transcripts and poly(A)− transcription remain elusive. We demonstrated the effectiveness of our approach to capture these transcriptional activities, and provided new resources to elucidate the mammalian developmental transcriptome.
Risk assessment for the implementation of controlled human Schistosoma mansoni infection trials in Uganda
Authors: Koopman Jan Pieter , Egesa Moses , Wajja Anne , Adriko Moses , Nassuuna Jacent , Nkurunungi Gyaviira , Driciru Emmanuella , van Willigen Gijsbert , Cose Stephen , Yazdanbakhsh Maria , Kaleebu Pontiano , Kabatereine Narcis , Tukahebwa Edridah , Roestenberg Meta , Elliott Alison M.
Published: August 2019

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection highly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, and a significant cause of morbidity; it is a priority for vaccine development. A controlled human infection model for Schistosoma mansoni (CHI-S) with potential to accelerate vaccine development has been developed among naïve volunteers in the Netherlands. Because responses both to infections and candidate vaccines are likely to differ between endemic and non-endemic settings, we propose to establish a CHI-S in Uganda where Schistosoma mansoni is endemic. As part of a “road-map” to this goal, we have undertaken a risk assessment. We identified risks related to importing of laboratory vector snails and schistosome strains from the Netherlands to Uganda; exposure to natural infection in endemic settings concurrently with CHI-S studies, and unfamiliarity of the community with the nature, risks and rationale for CHI. Mitigating strategies are proposed. With careful implementation of the latter, we believe that CHI-S can be implemented safely in Uganda. Our reflections are presented here to promote feedback and discussion.
Materials for woodworking industries
Authors: Барташевич Александр , Bartashevich Aleksandr , Игнатович Людмила , Ignatovich Lyudmila
Published: August 2019

The training manual discusses the types, properties and applications of materials for woodworking industries, describes facing, adhesive, polymer and paint materials, gives their characteristics and applications, provides basic information about metals, metal products and accessories, materials for the production of upholstered furniture and for the device sexes.
Designed for students of institutions of higher and secondary vocational education in the specialties in the field of woodworking industry (joiners, carpenters, machine tools for woodworking machines, wood carvers, manufacturers of decorative elements, furniture upholstery), can be used
in the process of training and advanced training of workers in the workplace.
Struktura i finanse gminy ormiańskiej we Lwowie w świetle rękopisu "Dzieje Ormian lwowskich od r. 1649 – aż do r. 1713" (Ossolineum nr 1646/II)
Authors: Kopczyński Jakub
Published: August 2019

The Structure and the Finances of the Armenian Community in Lwów in the Light of the “History of Lwów Armenians from 1649 until 1731” Manuscript (Ossolineum no 1646/II)Armenians from 1649 until 1713”, which is a part of the collections of the Ossolineum library, contains a great deal of information about the Armenian community in Lwów (now: Lviv) in the second half of the 17th century and at the beginning of the 18th century. On the basis of this source the author examines the administrative and social structure of the community as well as the way in which the requirements of this community were financed. Owing to the comprehensive registers featured in the second part of the manuscript, which were drawn up due to the imposition of contributions on Lwów by a foreign army in 1648 and 1704, the author also traces the changing number of the population and the estate-related stratification of the community in the period of about half a century.
Niedotrzymanie kontraktu zaręczynowego u Ormian polskich (na przykładzie procesu sądowego z 1698 roku w Stanisławowie)
Authors: Gliński Andrzej
Published: August 2019

The Failure to Keep the Terms of a Betrothal Contract Among Polish Armenians (on the Basis of a Lawsuit of 1698 in Stanisławów)Cases associated with the failure to keep the terms of nuptial contracts are relevant for the study of various aspects of the functioning of the burgher family in the Old Polish period. In Armenian records of court proceedings from Stanisławów (now: Ivano-Frankivsk) there were about a dozen of cases from which we may infer that there where situations when the terms of a contract were not kept. The position of a woman in a family depended to a great extent on the terms of a nuptial contract.
Paschalis (Arutiun) Jakubowicz i trzy pasy kontuszowe w zbiorach Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Authors: Sławińska Joanna
Published: August 2019

Paschalis Jakubowicz and Three kontusz sashes in the Collections of the Museum of the Jagiellonian UniversityThe Museum of the Jagiellonian University holds three belts associated with the activities of Paschalis Jakubowicz, a producer of kontusz saches in the period of the Great Sejm. One of such belts, which features a paschal lamb between the letters PI, was woven in a persjarnia (a workshop where kontusz belts were made) established by Jakubowicz in Lipków near Warsaw. Another one, which features the letters PI, originates from a weaver’s workshop in Lyon, which produces kontusz belts intended for the Polish market, also commissioned by Jakubowicz. In the case of the last one, which features the letters FS, at this stage of research it is difficult to establish whether it was made in Lyon or whether it should be considered a product of the Kraków workshop, which received an order from Jakubowicz.
Nieznana metryka zaślubionych ormiańskotaloickiej parafii w Kutach z lat 1868–1882
Authors: Wasyl Franciszek
Published: August 2019

An Unknown Nuptial Register in the Armenian Catholic Parish in Kuty from 1868-1882. Source-Related Remarks and an EditionA heretofore unknown nuptial register from the Armenian Catholic Parish in Kuty from 1868-1882 was found in the collections of the Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Lwów (Lviv), the complex of the Greek Catholic Metropolitan Consistory (fond 201). The present article engages the task of the publication of this material along with the elements of source-based criticism. The purpose of this editorial endeavour is to furnish researchers with material to study the “matrimonial market” among Galician Armenians. The curious reader will also find useful information associated with genealogical inquisitions.
Sclavinia – Intermarium? Or About One Missing Roman Province
Authors: Homza Martin
Published: August 2019

If someone had sighed at the beginning of the 19th century that a unified German state would be formed in some time and Italy would able to unite itself, that one would certainly concerned to be a fool. Yet these ideas were realized in full around the year 1870. Few, however, realized that the 19th century by the accomplishing those political goals Europe came to a state that reminds the dearest dreams of the ideologists of the year 1000, who put forward a concept of European political arrangement built as an imaginary Tetrarchy consisting of 4 equal provinces Galia, Germania, Roma and Sclavinia. As it is clear, Sclavinia of these provinces, is still missing. The presented article attempts to give an overview of the implementation of the „Sclavinia project” with the assignment of its other names, such as Intermarium, throughout history. Martin Homza demonstrates this on mutual Slovak‑Polish relations, which considers the basic axis of this possible construction. Methodologically, these relations divids into 4 subcategories according to the strength and weakness of their bearers: Relation: Strong: Strong; Weak: weak; Weak: Strong and Strong: Weak.
The Central European City and Its Identity
Authors: Purchla Jacek
Published: August 2019

The form and shape of the city are, in a way, the sum of the development of its civilisation, and this is why urbanisation is so often cited as a symbol of Europe’s cultural advancement. A particular triumph of urbanisation is the concept known as “creative cities”, that is, cities that contribute creatively to the universal values of our civilisation without losing any of their local flavour or compromising their unique identity. This paper claims that the best evidence of Central Europe’s achievements as a civilisation, and the essence of its identity, are its cities. Indeed, an understanding of the phenomenon of these cities, in particular their changing meanings and stories, and a broader historical perspective on the changing nature of their functions in relation to Europe’s settlement network, are crucial to comprehending the very essence of Central European identity.
Political and Institutional Characteristics of the Entry of the CEE Region into Regional Media Systems During the Bipolar and Post-Bipolar Periods
Authors: Tereshchuk Vitaliy
Published: August 2019

In the newly shaped post‑WWI Europe the CEE region was an integral part of the pan‑European media system. The iron curtain that split Europe into two parts in the bipolar period, inevitably led to the emergence of two separate media systems, i.e. the Western European one and the one driven by the USSR (and existing predominantly in Eastern‑European states). These systems were institutionalized by the establishment of separate broadcasting alliances and corresponding TV programme exchange networks. At the same time, in the context of the Cold War, the CEE region was a key target of Western broadcasting with the aim to counter Soviet propaganda and political influence. This factor reinforced by the willingness of the CEE countries to preserve their European identity caused the socialist media system (as well as other Soviet integration projects) to remain artificial and to be rejected in the region. It was clearly confirmed at the beginning of the post‑bipolar period, when, after the collapse of the socialist camp and the USSR, the Soviet‑driven International Radio and Television Organization ceased to exist, and the CEE countries integrated into the European Broadcasting Union, unleashing their desire to “return to Europe”. At the same time, in the context of a policy aimed at preserving control over the post‑Soviet space, Russia makes efforts which could be regarded as an attempt to restore (preserve) the common media space in the post‑Soviet territories. In the paper the CEE region is regarded in the broadest way, including all states which were in socialist bloc, and appropriate former European Soviet republics.
Generalization of real interval matrices to other fields
Authors: Rubei Elena
Published: August 2019

An interval matrix is a matrix whose entries are intervals in $\R$. This concept, which has been broadly studied, is generalized to other fields. Precisely, a rational interval matrix is defined to be a matrix whose entries are intervals in $\Q$. It is proved that a (real) interval $p \times q$ matrix with the endpoints of all its entries in $\Q$ contains a rank-one matrix if and only if it contains a rational rank-one matrix, and contains a matrix with rank smaller than $\min\{p,q\}$ if and only if it contains a rational matrix with rank smaller than $\min\{p,q\}$; from these results and from the analogous criterions for (real) inerval matrices, a criterion to see when a rational interval matrix contains a rank-one matrix and a criterion to see when it is full-rank, that is, all the matrices it contains are full-rank, are deduced immediately. Moreover, given a field $K$ and a matrix $\al$ whose entries are subsets of $K$, a criterion to find the maximal rank of a matrix contained in $\al$ is described.
Alive inside, dead outside: Cultural implications of the documentary Alive Inside
Authors: Clements-Cortes Amy , Futerman Liza
Published: August 2019

This article reflects on the cultural discourse of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) that has rooted the disease in numerous metaphors preserving the unknown aspects of AD and supporting its status as a ‘social death’. Through engagement with Michael Rossato-Bennett’s documentary film, Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory, a number of scenes from the film are discussed. Through qualitative discourse analysis, we challenge the cultural discourse of AD highlighted throughout Alive Inside, and outline some cautions on the iPod project for persons with AD, in particular isolation caused by using headphones to engage with the music. While there are numerous benefits in music listening for persons across the lifespan; for an individual with AD it is important for a healthcare professional or caregiver to monitor the listening experience, and to consider sharing the music with them via speakers. This is a responsible and effective way of including music in the overall care plan for an individual with AD. Further, the benefits of music experiences can be more fully realized in many cases when they are implemented by a credentialed music therapist in working with vulnerable populations.
‘All dwarfs are bastards’: Game of Thrones as disability studies pedagogy
Authors: Cook Tanya N.
Published: August 2019

This article explores how Game of Thrones can be used as a pedagogical tool to understand the social model of disability and its essential claim that it is society that disables individuals. Through analysis of main character, Tyrion Lannister, this article works to frame an understanding of disability as socially constructed identity and reveal how the concept of a ‘normal’ body is also a social construction. This article also explores the pedagogical implications of dwarfism as a stigmatized identity in Game of Thrones. Not only can this analysis be used as teaching exemplar to help further understanding of the social model of disability, it can challenge instructors to rethink the ways in which their pedagogy creates a classroom experience that alternately enables or disables.
A move towards curating in the field of contemporary visual and performing arts: The Nagib platform
Authors: Kraner Kaja
Published: August 2019

In the first phase, the article strives to outline the context of the expansion of curation in the field of visual arts in relation to certain specifics of contemporary art in Slovenia since the 1990s. I point out a few similarities within the field of contemporary performing arts, moving onto the concrete case of the fifteen-year-long operation of the Nagib platform, formalised since 2013 as Nagib, Association for the Cultural Production and Affirmation of Artistic Processes. I constantly try to think of the focus shifts and approaches to the functioning of the Nagib platform along the basic lines of wider production changes in the cultural and artistic field in Slovenia that have taken place since this period, while referring to certain specifics of the Maribor cultural and artistic context.
We are not really connected as a generation
Authors: Simoneti Jaka Smerkolj , Žeželj Tery , Potočan Jernej , Mramor Filip , Kodarin Ivana Percan
Published: August 2019

The self-interview questions the creative process of publishing a new issue of Adept (year V, number 2) in which 48 structured interviews aim at presenting the new theatre generation most commonly described as ‘young’. The contribution discusses the process of developing the content and the form of the journal and establishes the key findings that can be discerned from the collection of interviewees. Firstly, it emphasizes the inability to search for a common view on making theatre, which questions whether the term ‘generation’ is even appropriate. We can find at least as many poetics as there are artists. On the level of production, on the other hand, the majority of interviewees list hyperproduction and precarity as the two conditions that have the most influence and slow down the creative development the most.
Young choreographers facing unfavourable conditions: Interview with choreographer and teacher Maja Delak
Authors: Buh Maša Radi
Published: August 2019

The first part of the interview with Maja Delak opens the question of the development and responsiveness of contemporary dance educational programmes in Slovenia, including the problem of pursuing the studies after the secondary level. In the second part, it touches upon the conditions that once shaped the formation of choreographers and dancers in Slovenia and the ones that do so today, while outlining a concept for future development.
Sounding Obsession: A discussion on sounds from a garage film
Authors: Cumming John , Potter Martin
Published: August 2019

This article is a discussion piece that reflects on the authors’ video article ‘Obsession: Redux – Sounds from a Garage-Film’ (Cumming and Potter 2019) and the digitized soundtrack of co-author John Cumming’s film Obsession (1985). The authors explore the processes of, and concepts behind, creating the original multi-layered analogue soundtrack for Obsession, an artefact of creative practice from a specific moment on film culture and of filmmaking within Melbourne ‘post-punk’ culture of the early 1980s. As a personal and self-reflexive work, the Obsession soundtrack is replete with memory, both personal and popular, local and global. It is a collection of oral objects – an audio archive of live recordings and media samples made in Melbourne, Australia, between 1978 and 1985. The discussion piece revisits the Obsession soundtrack, alongside the redux of this film, in the context of contemporary literature and practice in sonic thinking. The representation of the self and relationships in sound is underpinned by Michel Chion’s (1994) understanding of palimpsest and Raul Ruiz’s (1995) ideas on poetic objects and shamanic films. The purpose of this investigation is to link sonic memories and subjective self-representation to specific practices of soundtrack composition and specific sites and moments of cultural history. The synthesis of concepts, methods and works that we examine here contributes to an emerging discourse around embodied and reflexive sound.
Listu-guruinaren enbriogenesia eta seinalizazio-bideak
Authors: Garcia-Gallastegi Patricia , Crende Arruabarrena Olatz
Published: August 2019

Ugaztunen listu-guruina egitura epitelial bat da, oso adarkatuta garatzen dena eta listua ekoizteko eta jariatzeko diseinatuta dagoena. Gizakietan hiru listu-guruin nagusi daude. Hala ere, barailapeko listu-guruina da aztertuena. Berrikuspen honetan, saguaren barailapeko listu-guruinaren enbrioi-garapeneko garaiak azaltzen dira. Aldi berean, garapeneko prozesu honek gidatzen dituen oinarrizko seinalizazio-bideak eta mekanismoak laburbiltzen dira: FGF, Shh, Notch, Wnt, Eda, ECMak eta nerbio-sistema. Garapenean zehar agertzen diren mekanismoak hobeto ulertzea funtsezkoa da kaltetutako guruinaren birsorkuntza-terapia eraginkorrak diseinatzeko.
UBE3Aren substratuak identifikatzen Angelman sindromearen ingurukoak argitzeko
Authors: Ramirez Juanma , Lectez Benoit , Osinalde Nerea , Elu Nagore , Mayor Ugo
Published: August 2019

Angelman sindromea neurogarapenezko gaixotasun bakana da, eta, arrazoiak arrazoi, neuronetan amarengandik jasotako UBE3A genearen kopia adierazten ez duten gizabanakoek pairatzen dute. UBE3Ak E3 ubikuitina ligasa entzima bat kodetzen du, zeina, E1 eta E2 entzimekin elkarlanean, itu-proteinei ubikuitina deritzon molekula txiki bat itsasteaz arduratzen den. Proteina bati ubikuitina gehitzeak berebiziko eragina izan dezake beraren patuan; izan ere, besteak beste, proteinen biziraupena, zelula barruko kokapena edota proteinen arteko elkarrekintzak baldintzatu ditzake. Beraz, ubikuitinazio-prozesuaren garrantzia ikusirik, eta UBE3Aren funtzioa zein den aintzat hartuta, pentsatzekoa da UBE3Aren faltan beraren itu-proteinen ubikuitinazio-maila gutxitua egongo dela, eta horrek eragin zuzena izango duela ez soilik proteinetan, baita zelularen funtzionamenduan ere. Angelman sindromea pairatzen dutenen zelula mailako kalteen jatorria ulertzeko, ezinbestekoa da UBE3Ak kodetzen duen E3 ubikuitina ligasaren itu-proteinak edo substratuak zeintzuk diren jakitea. Hori argitze aldera, UBE3A gainadierazten duten eta gainadierazten ez duten Drosophila eulietan ubikuitinatuta dauden proteinak aztertu eta konparatu ditugu. Ubikuitinatutako proteinak arrantzatzeko, gure laborategian garatutako BioUb estrategia erabili dugu, eta, ondoren, horiek identifikatzeko eta kuantifikatzeko, masa-espektrometria (MS) erabili dugu. Identifikatutako ehunka proteinetatik, 79k betetzen dituzte UBE3Aren substratu izateko irizpideak. Horien artean dago Rnp10, aurretiaz UBE3Aren itu-proteina gisa deskribatu den proteina. Horrez gain, Rngo deituriko proteinak piztu zuen gure arreta, eta, biologia molekularreko teknika osagarriak erabiliz, MS bidezko emaitzak berretsi ditugu. Gainera, giza zelulak erabiliz, Rngo-ren homologoa den DDI1 ere UBE3Aren substratua dela frogatu dugu. Etorkizunean, gure helburu nagusiak hiru dira: (i) MS bidez identifikatutako UBE3Aren substratu-izangai gehiago egiaztatzea, (ii) proteina horiek gizakietan ere UBE3Aren substratuak direnentz frogatzea, eta (iii) UBE3Aren substratuek zelula mailan betetzen dituzten funtzioak aztertzea.
Aurrerapen terapeutikoak Parkinson gaixotasunean
Authors: Duque Maialen , Sagarduy Ainhoa , E. Ortega Jorge , Morera-Herreras Teresa
Published: August 2019

Parkinson gaixotasuna (PG) adinarekin erlazionatutako gaixotasun neurodegeneratiboa da. PGren prebalentzia gorantz doa, eta hurrengo 40 urteetan kasuak bikoiztuko direla uste da. Gaur egun, farmako erabilgarrien artean, L-dopak tratamendurik eraginkorrena izaten jarraitzen du, baina ez du endekapena geldiarazten edo moteltzen. Horrez gain, denbora pasatu ahala, haren eraginkortasuna murriztu egiten da, eta ondorio kaltegarriak eragiten ditu: esate baterako, diskinesiak. Berrikuspen honek PG tratatzeko aurrerapen terapeutiko berriak laburbiltzen ditu; besteak beste, farmako serotonergikoak eta glutamatergikoak, farmakozinetika hobetzeko forma farmazeutikoak edo garezurrean zeharreko estimulazio magnetikoa.
Global aphasia and the language of thought
Authors: Adams Fred
Published: August 2019

Jerry Fodor's arguments for a language of thought (LOT) are largely theoretical. Is there any empirical evidence that supports the existence of LOT? There is. Research on Global Aphasia supports the existence of LOT. In this paper, I discuss this evidence and why it supports Fodor's theory that there is a language of thought.
Perception as a propositional attitude
Authors: Kalpokas Daniel
Published: August 2019

It is widely held that the content of perceptual experience is propositional in nature. However, in a well-known article, "Is Perception a Propositional Attitude?" (2009), Crane has argued against this thesis. He therein assumes that experience has intentional content and indirectly argues that experience has non-propositional content by showing that from what he considers to be the main reasons in favour of "the propositional-attitude thesis", it does not really follow that experience has propositional content. In this paper I shall discuss Crane's arguments against the propositional-attitude thesis and will try to show, in contrast, that they are unconvincing. My conclusion will be that, despite all that Crane claims, perceptual content could after all be propositional in nature.
Cooperação internacional e políticas públicas no GT-ITAIPU/saúde
Authors: Lisboa Marcelino Teixeira , Peron Vanessa Demarchi
Published: August 2019

O artigo analisa a gênese e a atuação do GT Itaipu Saúde, considerando as questões de cooperação internacional e políticas públicas. O GT é uma iniciativa que provê formas para a resolução de problemas de saúde pública na região da Tríplice Fronteira (Argentina-Brasil-Paraguai). Foram utilizados documentos e atas de reuniões além de entrevistas e observação das discussões das reuniões do grupo. Como resultados, foi possível verificar o histórico do grupo e entender o funcionamento do GT. Concluiu-se que o GT iniciou como uma tentativa de cooperação internacional, que se tornou um tipo de ator que viabiliza políticas públicas de saúde na região da Tríplice Fronteira.
¿Reacción institucional o avanzada dictatorial? Las tensiones entre el Congreso y el Ejecutivo a comienzos del siglo XX
Authors: Castro Martín Omar
Published: August 2019

La clausura de las sesiones del Congreso argentino dispuesta por José Figueroa Alcorta en 1908 dejó expuestas la fragilidad de los alineamientos políticos y las dificultades del gobierno para consolidar una coalición parlamentaria estable. Este artículo explora el rol del Congreso en el ordenamiento político argentino a partir del análisis del debate sobre la legitimidad del llamado «golpe de Estado». Se analiza el carácter disruptivo de la medida introducida por el gobierno de Figueroa Alcorta y se procura avanzar en la comprensión de las relaciones entre el Poder Ejecutivo Nacional y el Congreso durante el orden conservador» a la luz de la comparación del conflicto de 1908 con las tensiones experimentadas en la década de 1890 relativas a la solidez de los ejecutivos, la legitimidad de los representantes y el alcance de la división de poderes.
Effect of Acetyl-L-Carnitine on Leukemia L1210 Resistant to Mitoxantrone
Authors: Niang Mohamed , Mělka Milan
Published: August 2019

Supportive care in tumour chemotherapy is a subject of intensive research. The complications of cytostatic therapy are a cause of extensive research of their pharmacological interactions and side effects. The immunologic and biochemical changes accompanying tumours are the factor that is most responsible for the worsening of the physiology of the host. Regimens containing carnitine and it’s acetyl-derivative are used in many cases, among others even for preventing hepatotoxicity. Our hypothesis was to verify the supporting metabolic effects of acetyl-L-carnitine hydrochloride (ALC) in combined therapy with mitoxantrone (MX) and hepatotoxic cytostatic drugs including alkylating agents. This present report describes the effect of ALC in combination with MX on DBA/2 male mice bearing a transplantable L1210 leukemia resistant to MX. The criterion for evaluation of effect was the length of survival time of experimental animals. The proportional- hazards model quadratic in the drug dose (7) was used for survival time evaluation and optimal dose calculation. The hazard functions and the index of relative hazard were determined using Weibull distribution after logarithmic transformation of the entered data in each particular group. The dose-response curve was represented by a second-degree polynomial without absolute term. The combination therapy revealed that the optimal dose of ALC was 186 mg/kg s.c. This relation is shown in Fig.1. A significant effect of ALC (s.c.) in combined therapy with MX (6 mg/kg i.v.) given to animals bearing an experimental form of leukemia L1210/MX resistant to MX was proven at a level of probability p≤ 0.001. The effect of ALC in monotherapy was not demonstrable.