bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Character Endorsements and Electoral Competition
Authors: Chakraborty Archishman , Ghosh Parikshit
Published: April 2016

When an elite-controlled media strategically endorses candidates in order to promote its own ideological agenda, office-seeking parties may completely pander to the media, under moderate ideological conflict between voters and the elite. Larger ideological conflict leads to polarization—parties either become media darlings or run populist campaigns. The welfare effects are: (i) delegation by the media owner to a more moderate editor is Pareto improving, (ii) the median voter is never better off delegating voting rights to the informed elite, (iii) a majority of voters may be better off if the informed media did not exist. (JEL D72, D83, L82)
The expanding regulatory universe of p53 in gastrointestinal cancer
Authors: Fesler Andrew , Zhang Ning , Ju Jingfang
Published: April 2016

Tumor suppresser geneTP53is one of the most frequently deleted or mutated genes in gastrointestinal cancers. As a transcription factor, p53 regulates a number of important protein coding genes to control cell cycle, cell death, DNA damage/repair, stemness, differentiation and other key cellular functions. In addition, p53 is also able to activate the expression of a number of small non-coding microRNAs (miRNAs) through direct binding to the promoter region of these miRNAs.  Many miRNAs have been identified to be potential tumor suppressors by regulating key effecter target mRNAs. Our understanding of the regulatory network of p53 has recently expanded to include long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). Like miRNA, lncRNAs have been found to play important roles in cancer biology.  With our increased understanding of the important functions of these non-coding RNAs and their relationship with p53, we are gaining exciting new insights into the biology and function of cells in response to various growth environment changes. In this review we summarize the current understanding of the ever expanding involvement of non-coding RNAs in the p53 regulatory network and its implications for our understanding of gastrointestinal cancer.
Innovation Types and Their Classification
Authors: Столяр  , Stolyar T.
Published: April 2016

The article reviews modern classifications of innovation types. Currently, scientific sources mention a great number of classifications that were developed on the basis of various criteria, some of which duplicate each other. Some innovation types were mistakenly added to this or that classification group. Also, some innovations that do not belong to the “innovation” category are erroneously classified as “innovations”. In this connection, it is necessary to analyze, organize and systematize the existing classifications of innovation types. The author has made a summary classification that includes 33 innovation types. It is presented in a tabular form and as charts. Also, some of the previously developed classifications have been improved and duplications have been eliminated, which allows both to organize proper registration of innovations and to perform researches in the area of their life cycle.
The Basic Principles of Management of the Procurement Function
Authors: Стерликова  , Sterlikova N.
Published: April 2016

The article investigates the existing principles used in the management of the procurement function. Researches of Russian and foreign scientists were considered. The objective of this article was to formulate the most important principles of management (planning, organization, supervision, motivation and coordination) of procurement function. Result of the analysis revealed a number of problems, such as, incompleteness and lack of principlesof the management of the procurement function described in the economic literature. The author has developed and offered its own principles, which are recommended to be used to manage effectively the procurement function.
Particular Models of Options Planning of Promotional Campaigns
Authors: Поляков  , Polyakov V. , Фомичева  , Fomicheva Irina
Published: April 2016

The concept of advertising stream as a kinematic characteristic in media planning

is given. The classification of advertising streams from the standpoint of deciduous

interval. The analysis of stream models of advertising campaign is presented.

Particular qualities of streams depending on the types of structural compositions

of advertising campaigns are showed. Conflicting situations in optimizing the

process of media planning of an advertising campaign is considered.
Temporal Profiles of Instant Utility During Anticipation, Event, and Recall
Authors: Baucells Manel , Bellezza Silvia
Published: April 2016

We propose the anticipation-event-recall (AER) model. Set in a continuous time frame, the AER model formally links the three components of total utility (i.e., utility from anticipation, event utility, and utility from recall). The AER model predicts the temporal profiles of instant utility experienced before, during, and after a given event. Total utility is calculated as the integral of instant utility. The model builds on the psychological elements of conceptual consumption, adaptation, and time distance. By virtue of its rich formulation, the AER model produces a wide set of insights and testable predictions, including the U shape of instant utility during anticipation and the optimal duration of anticipation for a given event. Using both real and hypothetical events, we provide empirical evidence in support of the main implications of the AER model.

Data, as supplemental material, are available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2015.2362 .

This paper was accepted by James Smith, decision analysis.
Intimal Flap Vegetation Following Aortic Root Re-dissection
Authors: Osada Hiroaki , Nakajima Hiroyuki , Meshii Katsuaki , Ohnaka Motoaki
Published: April 2016

A 75-year-old man who had undergone ascending aorta replacement for acute Type A aortic dissection presented with a recurring high fever. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed that a vegetation had formed on the re-dissected intimal flap of the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva. This didactic case suggests that antibiotic prophylactic measures be considered for aortic dissection flaps as for irregular valves susceptible to infective endocarditis.
Anomalous Origin of the Left Vertebral Artery from the Aortic Arch
Authors: Einstein Evan , Song Linda , Villela Natalia , Fasani-Feldberg Gregory , Jacobs Jonathan , Kim Dolly , Nathawat Akshay , Patel Devika , Bender Roger , Peters Daniel
Published: April 2016

Anatomic anomalies of the aortic arch have implications for clinical practice if their significance is understood. Our case study involves a cadaveric finding of the left vertebral artery originating directly from the aortic arch. Although this anatomical variation has been documented, the prevalence of this anomaly may be generally underestimated. After noting this anomaly, we analyzed 27 cases and found that four female cadavers had the left vertebral artery originating from the aortic arch rather than the left subclavian artery. With a prevalence rate of 14.8%, it would seem that this anomaly is more significant than previously thought, which could have implications for surgical practice.
Techniques of Proximal Root Reconstruction and Outcomes Following Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Authors: Gunn Tyler , Stamou Sotiris , Kouchoukos Nicholas , Lobdell Kevin , Khabbaz Kamal , Patzelt Lawrence , Hagberg Robert
Published: April 2016

Background:
The goal of this study was to compare the early and late outcomes of different techniques of proximal root reconstruction during the repair of acute Type A aortic dissection, including aortic valve (AV) resuspension, aortic valve replacement (AVR), and a root replacement procedure.

Methods:
All patients who underwent acute Type A aortic dissection repair between January 2000 and October 2010 at four academic institutions were compiled from each institution’s Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database. This included 189 patients who underwent a concomitant aortic valve (AV) procedure; 111, 21, and 57 patients underwent AV resuspension, AVR, and the Bentall procedure, respectively. The median age of patients undergoing a root replacement procedure was significantly younger than the other two groups. Early clinical outcomes and 10-year actuarial survival rates were compared. Trends in outcomes and surgical techniques throughout the duration of the study were also analyzed.

Results:
The operative mortality rates were 17%, 29%, and 18%, for AV resuspension, AVR, and root replacement, respectively. Operative mortality (p = 0.459) was comparable between groups. Hemorrhage related re-exploration did not differ significantly between groups (p = 0.182); however, root replacement procedures tended to have decreased rates of bleeding when compared to AVR (p = 0.067). The 10-year actuarial survival rates for the AV resuspension, Bentall, and AVR groups were 72%, 56%, and 36%, respectively (log-rank p = 0.035).

Conclusions:
The 10-year actuarial survival was significantly lower in those receiving AVR compared to those receiving root replacement procedures or AV resuspension. Operative mortality was comparable between the three groups.
Impact of High-Sensitivity Troponin I Testing with Sex-Specific Cutoffs on the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Authors: Trambas Christina , Pickering John W , Than Martin , Bain Chris , Nie Lucy , Paul Eldho , Dart Anthony , Broughton Arch , Schneider Hans Gerhard
Published: April 2016

BACKGROUND

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) assays show sex-dependent differences in the 99th percentile of healthy populations, with concentrations in women approximately 50% lower. The adoption of sex-specific cutoffs seems appropriate, although it is not yet clear what effect these will have on acute myocardial infarction (AMI) diagnosis and management.

METHODS

We conducted a retrospective pre- and postchangeover analysis of troponin I testing in the 6 months before and after moving from the contemporary Abbott Architect TnI assay (cTnI) to hs-cTnI at 2 tertiary centers in Australia and New Zealand. The cTnI cutoff was 30 ng/L for both sexes, whereas a female-specific cutoff of 16 ng/L was adopted upon changeover to hsTnI.

RESULTS

Changeover from the cTnI assay to the hs-cTnI assay increased the number of female patients with increased troponin I concentrations at both sites (from 29.7% to 34.9% and from 22.4% to 30.8%; P < 0.001). There was no statistically significant change in the number of men with increased concentrations in the same time period (P = 0.09). The increased percentage of women with increased troponin I was not associated with an increase in the number of women with AMI diagnoses at either center. Angiographic data available from 1 center showed no change in the percentage of angiograms performed in women.

CONCLUSIONS

Although increasing the proportion of women with increased troponin I, adopting sex-specific cutoffs with the hs-cTnI assay did not lead to an increase in AMI diagnoses in females, or in the number of women undergoing angiography.
Sistema Marginal del Centro Histórico de Barranquilla: El Espacio Público como Escenario y Refugio de la Exclusión Social
Authors: Acevedo Navas Christian
Published: April 2016

Se presentan los hallazgos relativos al Sistema Marginal del Centro histórico de Barranquilla, desde la perspectiva de la Teoría de Sistemas. Se utilizó la aproximación epistemológica de la Teoría Fundada y su principal mecanismo de análisis, el Método Comparativo Constante, para el abordaje de la realidad en circunstancias naturales. Se desarrollaron instrumentos etnográficos tales como observaciones participantes y no participantes, entrevistas en profundidad y fotografías, teniendo como referente la cultura en que se desenvuelven los fenómenos cotidianos. Se resolvieron los siguientes interrogantes: ¿Por qué el ámbito marginal es un sistema? ¿Cuáles son sus elementos constitutivos? ¿Cómo son las relaciones entre estos elementos? ¿Cómo son las relaciones entre los elementos del Sistema Marginal y los elementos de otros sistemas en el Centro Histórico de Barranquilla? Los resultados confirman que el ámbito Marginal del Centro Histórico de Barranquilla, es en efecto un sistema, de acuerdo con la Teoría de Sistemas.
Un caso de construcción de lugar en la Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta: El Oasis
Authors: Londoño Díaz Wilhelm , Rosenthiel Joe , Ariza Marcos
Published: April 2016

En este artículo tenemos el propósito de hacer una descripción etnográfica del proceso de construcción de El Oasis, un asentamiento a orillas de la Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta que se produjo del desplazamiento forzado de la población palafítica de Trojas de Cataca. En este sentido, la descripción etnográfica, propone una forma de considerar el caso que enfatiza la necesidad de analizar los impactos del conflicto en lo local, como también las respuestas locales de esos impactos. Por esta situación, y siguiendo varios autores, proponemos analizar estas situaciones bajo los paradigmas de la des-territorialización, como concepto que describe los fenómenos de la movilidad, en especial en la modernidad, y el concepto de re-territorialización como forma de comprender las espacialidades de lo local.
El Banco Bananero del Magdalena (Colombia) y el Holding gremial: Iniciativa sectorial-regional imperiosa, práctica empresarial fallida, 1958-1977
Authors: Elías Caro Jorge Enrique
Published: April 2016

Éste trabajo muestra cómo fue el desenvolvimiento de unas instituciones financieras que se crearon entre 1950-1980 en el Magdalena (Colombia), para atender ciertas necesidades crediticias y de fomento hacia el sector rural en la región Caribe colombiana; en especial, para renglones económicos de tipo agrícola: bananero, cacaotero y cafetero. Una de ellas fue el Banco Bananero. Se hace análisis desde la teoría institucional, el crecimiento empresarial y estructuras de poder, a partir de la creación de empresas, generación de empleo y funcionamiento de las instituciones. Se explican los factores que permitieron su surgimiento, evolución y desaparición.
LETRAMENTO LITERÁRIO E PRÁTICAS ESTRATÉGICAS DE LEITURA NA PRIMEIRA INFÂNCIA
Authors: Aquino Modesto Silva Kenia Adriana de
Published: April 2016

O presente trabalho pretende discutir sobre leitura, letramento literário e literatura infantil além de sugerir práticas estratégicas de leitura para crianças e bebês. Assim, sua questão central é “como realizar práticas de leitura desde a educação infantil?”. Partimos de uma pesquisa bibliográfica acerca da leitura e da literatura na primeira infância, passando pela compreensão do Programa Nacional Biblioteca da Escola (PNBE). Por último, sugerimos práticas estratégicas de leitura na educação infantil a partir de dois títulos do PNBE / MEC. As práticas leitoras estão alicerçadas nas obras: Pedrinho, cadê você?, de Sônia Junqueira; e Lino, de André Neves. A leitura do artigo permite a reflexão a respeito das possibilidades de se contribuir na formação de crianças leitoras e indica aprofundamento teórico no qual a leitura precisa ser ensinada e não apenas ofertada sem intervenção, mediação e diálogo. http://dx.doi.org/10.14572/nuances.v26i3.3705
FORMAÇÃO DOCENTE E LITERATURA INFANTIL: CONTRIBUIÇÕES PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DE LEITORES NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL
Authors: Anjos Ana Maura Tavares dos , Vieira Hamilton Perninck
Published: April 2016

O presente trabalho objetiva discutir o processo de formação de professores para o trabalho com a literatura infantil visando à formação de leitores na educação infantil. Para tanto, discutimos a formação de professores à luz das ideias de Imbernón (2010) e Nóvoa (1997); e no que concerne ao conceito de literatura infantil nos ancoramos em Colomer (2003); Coelho (2000); Cavalcanti (2002); Amarilha (1997); e Zilberman (2003). O estudo se desenvolveu a partir de uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa, na qual se insere o estudo de caso único, conforme proposto por Yin (2010), tendo como técnica de coleta de dados a entrevista semiestruturada. A investigação revelou que é preciso maior ênfase nos processos formativos voltados a literatura infantil na esteira da reflexividade. Além disso, o “faz de conta” na literatura infantil é um dos elementos importantes para o desenvolvimento integral da criança. http://dx.doi.org/10.14572/nuances.v26i3.3717
PARIWISATA KREATIF BERBASIS INDUSTRI BATIK SEBAGAI UPAYA PENGEMBANGAN EKONOMI LOKAL KOTA PEKALONGAN
Authors: Latifah L , Damayanti Maya
Published: April 2016

Currently, Pekalongan City is known as the city of batik. The recognition is both at national and international levels whereas Pekalongan has been acknowledged as a world creative city based on the art and culture of batik. Batik is an essential commodity in Indonesian creative industries and has been the major commodity of Pekalongan. Batik industry is also capable of creating an inter-business association like the canting making business and fabric dyes business. As a city of batik, Pekalongan is prepared as a tourist destination through the availability of Batik Museum and two centers of batik craftsmen. The attraction has been increasing because tourists do not only see the process but can practice on how to make batik along with the batik craftsmen and interact with the related tools and materials, and this is known as creative tourism. The impact of the creative tourism can become one of the efforts to the local economic development of Pekalongan because it has been able to make linkages between sectors in tourism and batik industry.
ANALISIS PERTUMBUHAN KAWASAN PENGEMBANGAN EKONOMI TERPADU (KAPET) BIAK DI PROVINSI PAPUA
Authors: Siren Johanis M
Published: April 2016

The purpose of this study was to analyze the regional typology, the leading sectors and the potential of fish resources in Biak Kapet (Integrated Economic Development Zone). The tools of analysis used were Klassen Typology, LQ/SSA/Overlay methods and Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY). Results of this study show that Biak Kapet can be classified as a less developed region on the aspect of economic growth and income per capita. However, with regard to human development index (HDI) and economic growth, it occurs to be fast growing except Waropen Regency (Kabupaten). Waropen and Supiori Regencies have agriculture, industry, construction, and services as the leading sectors while Nabire, Yapen and Biak Numfor Islands have competitive and comparative sectors. Regional development of the Kapet should be based on the local potential of each subregion. So, every regency in the Kapet should develop its local potential supported by the land carrying capacity. The highest level of land carrying capacity for agriculture sector is in Nabire Regency, and the lowest is in Supiori. In addition to resources that have been being utilized by every regency in Biak Kapet, there are also common pool resources (CPRs) not yet developed integratively. It is the sea, which has the potential of fish resources although with fluctuating levels of maximum sustainable yield. Nevertheless, the potential can be relied upon to improve economic growth and income per capita of every subregion in Biak Kapet.
Knowledge licensing in a model of R&D-driven endogenous growth
Authors: Jerbashian Vahagn
Published: April 2016

I model knowledge (patent) licensing and evaluate intellectual property regulation in an endogenous growth framework where the engine of growth is in-house R&D performed by high-tech firms. I show that high-tech firms innovate more and economic growth is higher when there is knowledge licensing, and when intellectual property regulation facilitates excludability of knowledge, than when knowledge is not excludable and there are knowledge spillovers among high-tech firms. However, the number of high-tech firms is lower, and welfare is not necessarily higher when there is knowledge licensing than when there are knowledge spillovers.
On Asymptotic Theory of Beams, Plates and Shells
Authors: Aghalovyan L.A. , Aghalovyan M.L.
Published: April 2016

Bases of asymptotic theory of beams, plates and shells are stated. The comparison with classic theory is conducted. New classes of thin bodies problems, for which hypotheses of classic theory are not applicable, are considered. By the asymptotic method effective solutions of these problems are obtained. The effectiveness of the asymptotic method for finding solutions of as static, as well as dynamic problems of beams, plates and shells is shown.
Influence of locational states of submicron fibers added into matrix on mechanical properties of plain-woven Carbon Fiber Composite
Authors: Kumamoto Soichiro , Okubo Kazuya , Fujii Toru
Published: April 2016

The aim of this study was to show the influence of locational states of submicron fibers added into epoxy matrix on mechanical properties of modified plane-woven carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). To change the locational states of submicron fibers, two kinds of fabrication processes were applied in preparing specimen by hand lay-up method. Submicron fibers were simply added into epoxy resin with ethanol after they were stirred by a dispersion process using homogenizer to be located far from the interface between reinforcement and matrix. In contrast, submicron fibers were attached onto the carbon fibers by injecting from a spray nozzle accompanying with ethanol to be located near the interface, after they were tentatively contained in ethanol. The plain-woven CFRP plates were fabricated by hand lay-up method and cured at 80 degree-C for 1 hour and then at 150 degree-C for 3 hours. After curing, the plain-woven CFRP plates were cut into the dimension of specimen. Tensile shear strength and Mode-II fracture toughness of CFRP were determined by tensile lap-shear test and End-notched flexure(ENF) test, respectively. When submicron fibers were located far from the interface between carbon fibers and epoxy resin, tensile shear strength and Mode-II fracture toughness of CFRP were improved 30% and 18% compared with those of unmodified case. The improvement ratio in modified case was rather low (about few percentages) in the case where submicron fibers were located near the interface. The result suggested that crack propagation should be prevented when submicron fibers were existed far from the interface due to the effective stress state around the crack tip.
Influence of phthalocyanine pigments on the properties of flame-retardant elastomeric composites based on styrene-butadiene or acrylonitrile-butadiene rubbers
Authors: Żaczek Szymon , Pająk Agnieszka , Anyszka Rafał , Janowska Grażyna
Published: April 2016

A study about the influence of the impartment of phthalocyanine pigments into elastomeric composites was conducted. Acrylonitrile-butadiene (NBR) and styrene-butadiene (SBR) rubbers crosslinked by either sulfur or dicumyl peroxide were filled with non-toxic flame retardants (Mg(OH)2 or Al(OH)3) and thermally stable pigments (zinc or chloroaluminum phthalocyanines). Determination of cross-linking degree, mechanical properties, aging coefficient, thermal analysis (TG, DTG, DTA) and flammability tests (oxygen index, combustion in air) were carried out. The addition of the pigments, apart from the impartment of blue or blue-green color to elastomeric composites, in numerous cases improved their mechanical properties, thermal stability, limited flammability and allowed obtaining self-extinguishing materials in atmospheric air.
Using standoff properties for marking-up historical documents in the humanities
Authors: Schmidt Desmond Allan
Published: April 2016

Markup in the form of tags is often embedded into documents to describe formatting structures and other features, as in HTML on the
Web. But in the humanities, the use of embedded markup for the transcription of historical documents leads to problems in the
representation of overlapping features, and subjective variation in the use of different markup tags for the same features compromises
interoperability of the transcriptions. “Standoff” techniques, in which the markup and the text it describes are stored separately, can
help alleviate these problems. “Standoff properties” is a technique for recording textual properties that do not conform to
a context-free grammar, and can freely overlap. This allows a divide-and-conquer approach to markup, whereby sets of markup properties
can record different aspects of a text, which can then be recombined as needed. Despite these advantages, standoff techniques are
usually considered impractical when both the underlying text and its markup are subject to change. To circumvent this problem, this
paper describes a practical algorithm for updating a set of standoff markup properties separately from the text.
Wikidition: Automatic lexiconization and linkification of text corpora
Authors: Mehler Alexander , Gleim Rüdiger , vor der Brück Tim , Hemati Wahed , Uslu Tolga , Eger Steffen
Published: April 2016

We introduce a new text technology, called Wikidition, which automatically generates large
scale editions of corpora of natural language texts. Wikidition combines a wide range of
text mining tools for automatically linking lexical, sentential and textual units. This
includes the extraction of corpus-specific lexica down to the level of syntactic words and
their grammatical categories. To this end, we introduce a novel measure of text reuse and
exemplify Wikidition by means of the capitularies, that is, a corpus of Medieval Latin
texts.
Phytochemical screening, safety evaluation, anti-inflammatory and analgesic studies of the leaf extracts of Sterculia tragacantha
Authors: Mogbojuri Olufunke M. , Adedapo Adeolu A. , Abatan Matthew O.
Published: April 2016

Background: Sterculia tragacantha (Sterculiaceae) is used in the treatment of boils, diarrhea, dyspepsia, fever, gonorrhea, snake bite, syphilis, and tapeworm in some West African nations. This study is to investigate its anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities since the plant is being used to treat fever.

Methods: Fresh leaves of the plant were collected and dried at room temperature and pulverized into powder form and 200 g of this powder was dissolved first in hexane for 72 h and the extract was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated while the substrate was further dissolved in chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol at different times and similar procedure adopted as for the hexane. The organic solvents were used based on order of increasing polarity. Graded concentrations of the solvent extracts were prepared and used for the study. Pilot toxicity test was carried out to determine safety dose using hematology and serum chemistry as indices of toxicity. Thereafter anti-inflammatory and analgesic studies were conducted using standard tests such as carrageenan, histamine-induced-edema, tail flick test and acetic writhing test. Phytochemical screening of the plant was also conducted.

Results: Phytochemical screening of the powdered material showed that alkaloid, flavonoid and reducing sugar were present while tannin, cardiac glycosides, saponins and anthraquinones were absent. Pilot toxicity test using aqueous extract at 100 mg/mL concentration showed that no mortality was recorded although the animals that received 3,000 mg/kg dose exhibited slight dullness after 48 h. No significant changes were also observed for the packed cell volume, hemoglobin, white blood cell counts, platelet counts, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, blood urea nitrogen, albumin, globulin except for the 200 and 3,000 mg/kg doses that caused significant increase in the level of total protein. The n-hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, and methanol extracts of S. tragacantha and indomethacin produced significant (p<0.05) inhibition of paw edema compared with the control using histamine and carrageenan methods of paw edema induction. There was significant (p<0.05) reduction in writhing movements at 100 mg/kg and 200 mg/kg of n-hexane, chloroform, and ethyl acetate leaf extracts of S. tragacantha and indomethacin (10 mg/kg) when compared to the control. This effect using tail flick test was not as effective when compared to the writhing test.

Conclusions: The different leaf extracts of S. tragacantha exhibited anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties and they are also safe for medicinal use.
Investigating the Structure of Religious Concepts
Authors: Ciołkosz Matylda
Published: April 2016

The aim of the paper is to discuss the possible application of the theory of embodied cognition and the
category of image schemata to the study of religious concepts within the Cognitive Science of Religion. Departing
from the notion of counterintuitiveness and Boyer’s description of religious representations as minimally
counterintuitive, the author briefly discusses the critique of this approach. Subsequently, different models of
mind and cognition within the Cognitive Science are summarised, with special attention given to the enactive
approach, as proposed by Varela, Thompson and Rosch. The notion of embodied meaning, situated within
enactivism, is then discussed, together with Johnson’s concept of image schemata as basic semantic units. To
discuss the applicability of image schemata in the study of religious concepts, the author summarises a case
study, related to the interpretation of the categories of sāṃkhya-yoga darśana in Iyengar Yoga.
Myself, Only Moreso
Authors: Hustwit J. R.
Published: April 2016

Transreligious theologians are posed with a number of difficult questions. First, how can I
understand the beliefs and practices of a worldview I do not share? Then, once I begin to construct and
synthesize truth claims, how normative are the source traditions? Finally, how do we transreligious
theologians judge truth claims as better and worse? By offering answers to these questions using a model
of critical interreligious appropriation, we may find a basis for a critical transreligious theology that avoids
naïve syncretisms and pernicious incommensurability.
Spillovers in Attribute Advertising
Authors: Schmeiser Steven
Published: April 2016

When firms advertise a vertically differentiated product attribute, they increase the weight consumers put on that attribute. This creates a spillover effect as one firm’s advertising can increase demand for other firms that also have the attribute. I develop a market share attraction model and find that as spillover increases, firms advertise less. Profit can be increasing or decreasing in spillover depending on the particular industry environment. Spillover lends a “public good” quality to advertising and firms free-ride in equilibrium. An advertising ban has an ambiguous effect on the profits of firms with the attribute, but always increases profits of firms without the attribute.
Ab-Initio Study of Physisorption of Hydrogen Cyanide on 2PANI: a Model for Polyaniline Gas Sensor
Authors: Shokuhi Rad Ali , Esfahanian Mehri , Ganjian Etesam , Tayebi Habib-allah
Published: April 2016

We investigated the adsorption properties of HCN on dianiline (as a model for polyaniline, denoted here as 2PANI) using
density functional theory (DFT) by considering the geometry as well as the electronic property. Contact information of
2PANI with HCN at different configurations was studied and the adsorption energy was calculated in each case. UV-vis
analysis, density of states (DOS) and natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis were used to study the interaction of HCN with
2PANI at different configurations. Our calculations showed that HCN could be adsorbed on 2PANI with adsorption energy of
∼ −4.3 kcal mol
–1 (based on counterpoise corrected energy). Based on our results we suggest
polyaniline as a potential polymeric sensor for HCN detection.
Are Two Better Than One? A New Approach for Multidentate Grafting of Peptides to a Gold Substrate
Authors: Caruso Mario , Gatto Emanuela , Palleschi Antonio , Scarselli Manuela , De Crescenzi Maurizio , Formaggio Fernando , Longo Edoardo , Toniolo Claudio , Wright Karen , Venanzi Mariano
Published: April 2016

Multidentate binding of two helical hexapeptides to a gold surface was obtained by introducing in the peptide chain a non
ribosomial amino acid, i.e. the 4-amino-1,2-dithiolane-4-carboxylic acid (Adt) residue,
a C
α
-tetrasubstituted α-amino acid bearing a heterocyclic side chain characterized by a disulfide
group. The two peptides, mainly formed by strongly helicogenic C
α
-tetrasubstituted α-amino acids, were
both functionalized at the N-terminus by a ferrocenoyl (Fc) group, but differ in the number of Adt residues included in
the peptide chain: the former (Fc6Adt2) contains two Adt residues at positions 1 and 4, while its analog (Fc6Adt1)
contains a single Adt at position 4, since the Adt at position 1 is substituted by an α-amino isobutyric acid
(Aib) residue. This peptide design allowed us to explore the different electrochemical properties and morphologies shown
by the two peptide layers immobilized on a gold surface by two (Fc6Adt2) or a single (Fc6Adt1) bidentate linker,
respectively. The electrochemical activity of the ferrocenoyl probe embedded in the peptide film was characterized by
cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and square wave voltammetry, while the binding and the morphology of the peptide
layers were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and ultra high vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy
(UHV-STM), respectively. Significant differences were observed in the electron transfer (ET) properties of the two
peptides investigated, which emerge from the diverging morphology achieved by the peptide layers on the gold surface. It
was found that while a standing-up configuration of the peptide layer, realized by a single bidentate linkage, maximizes
the ET efficiency, a lying down configuration (two Adt linkages) allows for precise positioning of Fc in the proximity of
a gold surface.
Excitation-Energy Transfer Paths from Tryptophans to Coordinated Copper Ions in Engineered Azurins: a Source of Observables for Monitoring Protein Structural Changes
Authors: Di Rocco Giulia , Bernini Fabrizio , Borsari Marco , Martinelli Ilaria , Bortolotti Carlo Augusto , Battistuzzi Gianantonio , Ranieri Antonio , Caselli Monica , Sola Marco , Ponterini Glauco
Published: April 2016

The intrinsic fluorescence of recombinant proteins offers a powerful tool to detect and characterize structural changes
induced by chemical or biological stimuli. We show that metal-ion binding to a hexahistidine tail can significantly
broaden the range of such structurally sensitive fluorescence observables. Bipositive metal-ions as Cu2+,
Ni2+ and Zn2+ bind 6xHis-tag azurin and its 6xHis-tagged R129W and W48A-R129W mutants with good
efficiency and, thereby, quench their intrinsic fluorescence. Due to a much more favourable spectral overlap, the
6xHis-tag/Cu2+ complex(es) are the most efficient quenchers of both W48 and W129 emissions. Based on simple
Förster-type dependence of energy-transfer efficiency on donor/acceptor distance, we can trace several
excitation-energy transfer paths across the protein structure. Unexpected lifetime components in the azurin
6xHis-tag/Cu2+ complex emission decays reveal underneath complexity in the conformational landscape of these
systems. The new tryptophan emission quenching paths provide additional signals for detecting and identifying protein
structural changes.
Gender, Migration, and the U.S. West
Authors: Fujita-Rony Dorothy
Published: April 2016

This article analyzes Carlos Bulosan’s America Is in the Heart and Ernesto Galarza’s Barrio Boy in tandem with Angeles Monrayo’s Tomorrow’s Memories. While both America Is in the Heart and Barrio Boy are considered foundational texts in ethnic studies, Tomorrow’s Memories (which offers Monrayo’s personal reflections about life as a Filipina in Hawai‘i and California during the 1920s) is less well known. Each of these books highlights a young narrator who is migrating under U.S. empire. Their narratives underscore the protagonists’ constant movement through the U.S. West in the search for labor and education, their growing independence from the core family unit, as well as their evolving political consciousness. A comparison of the books enables us to consider how gender shapes migration, place, and space, especially because Monrayo’s experience illuminates the male privilege of Bulosan’s and Galarza’s protagonists.
The paracaspase MALT1 mediates CARD14‐induced signaling in keratinocytes
Authors: Afonina Inna S , Van Nuffel Elien , Baudelet Griet , Driege Yasmine , Kreike Marja , Staal Jens , Beyaert Rudi
Published: April 2016

Mutations in CARD14 have recently been linked to psoriasis susceptibility. CARD14 is an epidermal regulator of NF‐κB activation. However, the ability of CARD14 to activate other signaling pathways as well as the biochemical mechanisms that mediate and regulate its function remain to be determined. Here, we report that in addition to NF‐κB signaling, CARD14 activates p38 and JNK MAP kinase pathways, all of which are dependent on the paracaspase MALT1. Mechanistically, we demonstrate that CARD14 physically interacts with paracaspase MALT1 and activates MALT1 proteolytic activity and inflammatory gene expression, which are enhanced by psoriasis‐associated CARD14 mutations. Moreover, we show that MALT1 deficiency or pharmacological inhibition of MALT1 catalytic activity inhibits pathogenic mutant CARD14‐induced cytokine and chemokine expression in human primary keratinocytes. Collectively, our findings demonstrate a novel role for MALT1 in CARD14‐induced signaling and indicate MALT1 as a valuable therapeutic target in psoriasis.
Prácticas jurídicas locales desde los actores del conflicto armado en Colombia
Authors: Vladimir Llano Jairo
Published: April 2016

El presente estudio y su reflexión, mostrarán las distintas prácticas jurídicas que coexisten en el complejo y conflictivo contexto colombiano donde los actores armados realizan regulaciones en las localidades de su influencia, desplazando a las instituciones estatales responsables de dichos procedimientos. Para exponer estas prácticas en lo local, se dividen la descripción y el análisis en el espacio de las ciudades, especialmente en los barrios populares donde los distintos actores, incluidas las fuerzas armadas, se disputan las regulaciones de los conflictos sociales que
surgen entre los pobladores; y en lo rural, donde los actores armados no estatales tienen una mayor participación en la regulación, es el caso de las guerrillas con incidencia notable en el Sur del país y los grupos paramilitares en las regiones del Norte. Estas prácticas jurídicas en lo local, demuestran de forma concreta cómo el pluralismo jurídico se convierte en la posibilidad de comprender el complejo
fenómeno colombiano en los inicios del siglo XXI.
Hacia la paz eterna en la tierra de la sociedad posheroica: de la anarquía de la soberanía del siglo XIX al ius contra bellum de las Naciones Unidas
Authors: Marquardt Bernd
Published: April 2016

El siguiente artículo pretende analizar la historia del derecho internacional público
en cuanto a la transformación de la anarquía de la soberanía del siglo XIX al ius
contra bellum de las Naciones Unidas, según el interés investigativo de explicar
interdisciplinariamente un proceso de pacificación fundamental. En la primera
parte, se caracterizará la gran violentización de las relaciones internacionales en la
era de la anarquía de la soberanía (1772-1945), teniendo en cuenta el mito de un
supuesto sistema de Westfalia, la creación del sistema de San Petersburgo (1772)
y Viena (1815), el panorama empírico de los cambios territoriales violentos y la segunda cara de la anarquía de la soberanía en forma de los genocidios del Estado
nación, para formular subsiguientemente el acercamiento a una explicación, sin
olvidar tematizar el fenómeno de la creciente mundialización del llamado Derecho
de los Estados civilizados y la notable excepción zonal en forma de la paz
interamericana. La segunda parte se dedicará a la gran pacificación global hacia
el Estado posbélico en la comunidad de la paz mundial. Se discutirá el ius contra
bellum de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) según la prohibición
general del uso de la fuerza (1945) y se presentará el resultado llamativo del final
de las guerras de conquista (1967). Además, se analizará el desarrollo de la justicia
de la paz mundial. La contextualización se enfocará en la creación de una nueva
mentalidad posheroica. Igualmente, se tendrá en cuenta la des-imperialización
y las contra-tendencias actuales por el neo-belicismo preventivo y humanitario.
Finalmente, se discutirá la cuestión de una Paz de los Estados comerciales para
terminar con una síntesis integral de lo expuesto.
Tratados de libre comercio Colombia-Asia: Cuestión preliminar y perfiles de negociación
Authors: Palomares García & Calonje Londoño Jorge & Nattaly
Published: April 2016

Colombia, en los últimos gobiernos, se ha caracterizado por ser un país que desea proyectarse internacionalmente, a través de mecanismos como las agendas diplomáticas y los tratados de libre comercio. Sin embargo, en materia de libre comercio, el Estado colombiano debe revisar distintas variables, tales como el perfil comercial de cada uno de los nuevos mercados, sus importaciones y exportaciones potenciales, así como las posibles ventajas que puede representar para el mercado colombiano. Por ello, el presente artículo, resultado de investigación, revisa los perfiles comerciales
de los países asiáticos que, o bien tienen un tratado de libre comercio con Colombia –en negociación o firmado-, o bien se encuentran en etapa de acercamiento.
La subjetivación política más allá de la esfera pública: Michel Foucault, Jacques Rancière y Simone Weil
Authors: Galvis Emilse
Published: April 2016

Se afirma que la subjetivación política no puede pensarse al margen de las manifes-taciones éticas, artísticas y espirituales de la política, en cuanto que despliegan de distintas maneras unos efectos sobre lo que es asumido como común, y reconfiguran nuevas formas de concebir el sujeto político en caminos inusuales de la subjetivación. Se problematiza la subjetivación política a partir de tres lecturas: la crítica, con base en los planteamientos de Michel Foucault; una cierta interpretación de las prácticas artísticas, en Jacques Rancière; y una concepción de la espiritualidad y la política a la luz de los planteamientos de Simone Weil.
El relativismo de Paul Karl Feyerabend
Authors: Gargiulo Teresa
Published: April 2016

Los críticos que han interpretado el pensamiento de Feyerabend como un relativismo radical no hacen justicia a su intencionalidad, y se muestran incapaces de comprender la unidad de su obra, en particular, su abandono posterior de los ideales relativis-tas. Se busca distinguir las diversas posiciones de Feyerabend frente al relativismo y exponer su reducción al absurdo de las nociones de la ciencia propias del positivis-mo lógico y del racionalismo crítico. Así mismo, se plantea cómo Feyerabend, ante la ausencia de un criterio para discernir la tarea científica, postula un relativismo, pero, al final de su vida, busca elaborar una metafísica de la abundancia que supere las coordenadas de aquel.
Enunciados necesarios a posteriori, necesidad débil y racionalismo
Authors: Miranda Rojas Rafael
Published: April 2016

Se afirma que los enunciados necesarios a posteriori, propuestos por S. Kripke, exigen una comprensión débil de la necesidad; esto quiere decir: a) existencia contingen-te del designatum(no existencia en toda situación contrafáctica) y b) dependencia racionalista en principios lógicos a priori, particularmente los de diferencia y de identidad. La principal consecuencia es que los enunciados necesarios a posteriori corresponden a instancias de dichos principios lógicos. Contrario al racionalismo, esto no exige que dichos enunciados sean a priori, pues su justificación requiere in-formación empírica. Finalmente, se defiende que la distinción entre denotación y designación permite sostener que la necesidad débil se aplica a las instanciasde la clase, y no a esta, con lo que se evita el indeterminismo referencial.
De dualismos y domesticaciones: Davidson, Mcdowell y Hegel
Authors: Guzmán Luis
Published: April 2016

El renacimiento del interés por Hegel en el mundo filosófico se apoya en varios puntos: la superación del dualismo entre el esquema conceptual y el contenido (Davidson, McDowell), la disipación del mito de lo dado (Sellars, Quine) y el inferencialismo (Brandom). En relación con el primer punto, John McDowell intenta superar aquel dualismo, echando mano de un Hegel cuya retórica requiere de una domesticación. Se intenta iluminar el alcance y algunas limitaciones de esta propuesta, en su intento por desmontar la filosofía del permanente movimiento entre el mito de lo dado o la inmediatez, por un lado, y el coherentismo, por el otro.
La tolerancia arbitral y la descripción de los conflictos políticos
Authors: Fuentes Caro Eduardo
Published: April 2016

Se defiende la posibilidad de que el Estado sea tolerante cuando actúa como árbitro en los conflictos de tolerancia. Se consideran dos objeciones que dependen de cómo describimos los conflictos políticos y, en particular, los de tolerancia. Se presenta una teoría de descripciones políticas y cómo con ella podemos responder, de una ma-nera políticamente satisfactoria, a las dos objeciones que se plantean en el artículo. Con ello, se discute la relación entre la justificación de las acciones políticas en un contexto normativo ideal y su justificación en los contextos más locales y no ideales donde ocurre la acción política.
Racionalismo crítico e interpretación
Authors: Galván Salgado Maricruz
Published: April 2016

La noción de interpretación desarrollada en el racionalismo crítico de Karl R. Popper muestra atributos específicos que la distinguen de modo sustancial de la interpretación constitutiva de la experiencia que tanto N. R. Hanson como Th. Kuhn defienden en sus respectivas propuestas. Se muestra que la interpretación del modelo popperia-no queda atrapada en una epistemología de corte empirista que la separa de modo radical de toda hermenéutica filosófica.
La crítica postmoderna de A. MacIntyre a la Universidad liberal: tres ficciones rivales de la Universidad
Authors: Serrano del Pozo Ignacio
Published: April 2016

Según Alasdair MacIntyre, la Universidad liberal descansa en ficciones que encubren sus propósitos y le proporcionan una legitimidad engañosa. Esta crítica no siempre se ha entendido en su profundidad, y se suele ver en ella una actitud reaccionaria de retorno nostálgico a la Universidad medieval. Se analizan esas ficciones: la sobre-especialización como sinónimo de profundidad investigativa, la neutralidad y la objetividad como posibilitadoras de racionalidad, y la excelencia en la gestión como forma de asegurar el logro de sus objetivos. Se muestra cómo, a través de esta denun-cia, aparece una postura revolucionaria, influida por Marx y Nietzsche, que busca desenmascarar las contradicciones internas de la Universidad liberal.
La problemática posición de Adam Smith acerca de la suerte moral
Authors: Novoa Artigas Nicolás
Published: April 2016

Se busca aclarar el tratamiento de Adam Smith al llamado problema de la “suerte moral”. Como la posición no es evidente ni simple, se muestra que la tesis afirma la existencia de la suerte moral consecuencial con base en el recurso al espectador imparcial. Para ello, se pone de relieve el sentido metódico de su proceder, y se ana-lizan ciertas cuestiones claves, como el carácter de la apelación a la naturaleza y de las justificaciones teleológicas. Se distinguen cuatro momentos estructurales (cons-tatación de la paradoja, explicación, justificación social y decisión de la cuestión a partir del espectador imparcial) y se alega que solo en el último se decide su posición.
Bégout, Bruce. Le ParK.Trad. Rubén Martín Giráldez.
Authors: Arias Sanabria Carlos Arturo
Published: April 2016

Bégout, Bruce. Le ParK.Trad. Rubén Martín Giráldez. Barcelona: Siberia, 2014. 137 pp.
Perkins, Patricio Agustín.“La relación filosófica entre Husserl y Avenarius en Problemas fundamentales de la fenomenología.”
Authors: Bogotá Juan Diego
Published: April 2016

Perkins, Patricio Agustín.“La rela-ción filosófica entre Husserl y Avenarius en Problemas fundamentales de la fenomenología.” Diánoia 59.72 (2014): 25-48.