bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Dampak Elektoral Kasus Dugaan Penistaan Agama Terhadap Preferensi Politik Warga Banten Pada Pilgub 2017
Authors: Sutisna Agus , Akbar Idil
Published: December 2019

Abstrak Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk memperoleh gambaran bagaimana pengaruh sosio-politik kasus penistaan agama terhadap dinamika preferensi politik warga Banten yang dikenal sangat relijius dan mayoritas kaum santri. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif, dengan penerapan secara kombinatif metode pengumpulan data berupa wawancara, telaah fenomenologis terhadap fakta-fakta yang berkembang di arena publik serta kajian terhadap sumber-sumber informasi/pemberitaan di media massa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kasus penistaan agama oleh Ahok sebagai kandidat Gubernur DKI Jakarta telah melahirkan dampak elektoral terhadap Pilgub Banten 2017 berupa terjadinya perubahan preferensi politik warga Banten. Pasangan Rano Karno-Embay Mulya Syarief yang diusung oleh koalisi PDIP, Nasdem dan PPP, yang semula mendapat dukungan luas dari masyarakat karena dianggap merepresentasikan semangat perubahan untuk keluar dari jeratan dinasti politik keluarga Ratu Atut Chosiyah yang korup, secara perlahan mengalami degradasi dukungan seiring dengan pemberitaan negatif seputar kasus dugaan penistaan agama oleh Ahok yang secara terus menerus mengalami perluasan dan penajaman hingga memasuki masa tenang Pilkada.Kata Kunci: dampak elektoral, penistaan agama, pemilihan Gubernur Banten, preferensi politik
Kemunculan Dan Tantangan Partai Politik Baru Pada Pemilu 2019
Authors: Hanafi Ridho Imawan
Published: December 2019

AbstrakArtikel ini membahas mengenai kemunculan dan tantangan partai politik baru pada Pemilu 2019 dengan menelaah ideologi-program, basis dukungan, dan kepemimpinan. Partai baru muncul sebagai alternatif pilihan politik yang berbeda dari partai lama yang sudah ada. Partai politik baru ini bisa mendapatkan simpati dari pemilih yang menginginkan kebaruan dalam kepartaian. Partai-partai baru membawa corak nasionalis dengan kecenderungan program yang tidak jauh berbeda dari partai baru lain. Antara satu partai dan lainnya basis dukungan masih cair dan bisa saling memperebutkan pasar pemilih. Sebagian partai baru mengusung kekuatan milenial sebagai segmentasi pemilihnya. Tantangan partai baru salah satunya adalah kepemimpinan, yakni tidak adanya figur kuat yang populer dan memiliki basis di akar rumput, sehingga harus mengandalkan kekuatan seperti program partai.Kata Kunci: partai politik baru, pemilu serentak, ideologi, program, basis dukungan, kepemimpinan partai.
Netralitas Polri Menjelang Pemilu Serentak 2019
Authors: Siregar Sarah Nuraini
Published: December 2019

AbstrakBeberapa prasyarat utama bagi terciptanya konsolidasi demokrasi adalah otoritas sipil yang semakin kuat disertai pengawasan parlemen yang optimal, dan terciptanya aktor keamanan (militer dan polisi) yang profesional. “Profesional” berarti militer (dan polisi) tidak terlibat atau melibatkan diri dalam bidang politik. Dua hal ini  menjadi indikator utama dalam melihat bagaimana kualitas konsolidasi demokrasi. Apalagi profesionalisme aktor keamanan sejalan dengan sistem pemerintahan demokrasi. Namun dalam konteks Indonesia, salah satu tantangan yang dihadapi di era transisi demokrasi adalah upaya menciptakan profesionalisme aktor-aktor keamanan agar tidak lagi terlibat dalam ranah politik; atau lazim disebut Netralitas TNI/Polri.Tulisan ini akan menganalisa  secara khusus netralitas Polri dalam proses pemilu 2019. Terdapat dua pertimbangan atas ulasan ini. Pertama, karena Polri mengemban fungsi keamanan dan ketertiban umum dalam masyarakat; termasuk dalam hal ini menjaga keamanan pemilu 2019.  Kedua, karena Polri juga memiliki fungsi preventif untuk mencegah terjadinya gangguan keamanan, khususnya menjelang pemilu. Secara umum fungsi ini dijalankan oleh setiap anggota Polri, namun secara khusus fungsi preventif berupa deteksi potensi gangguan keamanan sampai di tingkat desa melekat pada anggota Babinkamtibmas.Kata Kunci: Polri, Netralitas, Politik, Keamanan, Demokrasi
Upaya Mobilisasi Perempuan Melalui Narasi Simbolik ‘Emak-Emak dan Ibu Bangsa’ Pada Pemilu 2019
Authors: Amalia Luky Sandra
Published: December 2019

AbstrakPerempuan yang menempati separoh lebih jumlah pemilih merupakan target suara besar yang disasar oleh dua pasangan calon presiden dan wakil presiden yang berkompetisi pada Pemilu Serentak 2019 ini. Upaya mobilisasi suara perempuan dilakukan melalui penyematan label ‘emak-emak’dan ‘ibu bangsa’. Emak-emak adalah sebutan bagi perempuan pendukung paslon penantang sedangkan ibu bangsa merupakan panggilan untuk perempuan yang berada di barisan kubu petahana. Tulisan ini berpendapat bahwa label emak-emak maupun ibu bangsa yang disematkan oleh kedua kubu capres-cawapres kepada pemilih perempuan hanya sebatas narasi simbolis untuk memobilisasi suara perempuan yang mencapai lebih separoh jumlah pemilih. Tidak ada yang lebih konkrit dari yang lain, kedua istilah tersebut sama-sama mendomestikasi peran perempuan. Melalui label emak-emak maupun ibu bangsa, kedua kubu seolah menegaskan bahwa perempuan harus menjadi ibu/emak yang tugasnya hanya di ranah domestik. Kondisi ini tidak dapat dilepaskan dari pengaruh budaya patriarki yang masih berkembang di masyarakat. Selain itu, terbatasnya akses informasi bagi perempuan ditambah dengan platform parpol yang belum sensitif gender menempatkan perempuan sebagai obyek kampanye yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk menarik dukungan suara pemilih perempuan lain dengan memanfaatkan identitas bersama sebagai perempuan. Kata kunci: perempuan, pemilu, emak-emak, ibu bangsa
Menelaah Sisi Politiko-Historis Shalawat Badar : Dimensi Politik dalam Sastra Lisan Pesantren
Authors: Mashad Dhurorudin
Published: December 2019

AbstrakShalawat Badar merupakan satu wujud dari sastra lisan pesantren.  Namun,  berbeda dari berbagai sastra lisan pesantren lain  yang umumnya hanya merupakan ekspresi  seni (estetis dan hiburan) kaum santri,  yang dimanfaatkan sebagai sosialisasi nilai dan ajaran Islam,  Shalawat Badar ternyata memperlihatkan karakateristiknya yang beda, yakni  tampil kental dengan  nuansa politik. Shalawat ini acapkali dijadikan sarana mobilisasi kaum santri dalam  berbagai kontestasi politik.  Realitas ini menjadi bukti bahwa entitas Shalawat Badar kenyataannya merupakan manifestasi dari relasi antara sastra – agama -  politik. Naskah ini dimaksud untuk melakukan rekonstruksi historis tetang konteks politik ketika Shalawat Badar lahir,  menelusuri akar  penyebab shalawat ini menjadi kental dengan nuansa politik,  serta alasan di balik  realitas politik bahwa Shalawat ini akhirnya menjadi dipakai sebagai sarana mobilisasi kaum santri. Kata Kunci: Shalawat Badar, Pesantren, Sastra Lisan, Kontestasi Politik
Robust Pose Estimation and Calibration of Catadioptric Cameras With Spherical Mirrors
Authors: Filin Sagi , Ilizirov Grigory , Elnashef Bashar
Published: December 2019

Catadioptric cameras broaden the field of view and reveal otherwise occluded object parts. They differ geometrically from central-perspective cameras because of light reflection from the mirror surface. To handle these effects, we present new pose-estimation and reconstruction models
for imaging through spherical mirrors. We derive a closed-form equivalent to the collinearity principle via which three methods are established to estimate the system parameters: a resection-based one, a trilateration-based one that introduces novel constraints that enhance accuracy, and a
direct and linear transform-based one. The estimated system parameters exhibit improved accuracy compared to the state of the art, and analysis shows intrinsic robustness to the presence of a high fraction of outliers. We then show that 3D point reconstruction can be performed at accurate
levels. Thus, we provide an in-depth look into the geometrical modeling of spherical catadioptric systems and practical enhancements of accuracies and requirements to reach them.
The Funny Thing Is, Instructor Humor Style Affects Likelihood of Student Engagement
Authors: Nienaber Kristie , Abrams Gwyneth , Segrist Dan
Published: December 2019

Instructors often use humor in teaching their classes. Research suggests that humor can affect how instructors and their teaching are perceived. The current study examined whether the type of humor used by a hypothetical instructor and instructor gender affected the perceived likelihood of engaging with the instructor. College students read a vignette describing the teaching and humor used by a hypothetical instructor. The likelihood that students would engage with the instructor was highest when the instructor’s humor style was good-natured and lowest when it was hostile and sarcastic. Instructor gender had no effect on students’ likelihood of engaging with the instructor.
Relationship between patronage and music a case study for the Ottoman archive documents
Authors: Feyzi Ahmet , Sümbüllü Hasan Tahsin
Published: December 2019

This research focuses on art patronage and artist patronage in Turkish music culture in general and tries to provide an overview of Ottoman archival documents on the subject of patronage applied both to public and non-public musicians throughout the history of Turkish music.

The subject of patronage, which is of great importance in the development of the art of music in Turkish history, has been handled within the scope of the research and archive documents regarding the reflection of the patronage practice in the history of music have been gathered together. Based on these documents; firstly, it has been tried to clarify which practices are made within the scope of patronage in the history of Turkish music. In addition, the musicians people or groups who undertook the benefit of this application, what kind of benefit from this phenomenon of the artist benefiting from the patronage of this phenomenon, the patronage-artist relationship in the name of these practices made on behalf of the patronage of musicians practices in the process of professionalization of the process of professionalization and how it affected socioeconomic aspects of the related musicians thanks to the practices made, how the practices related to the patronage of musicians made during the Ottoman period were transferred to the Republican period, and to what extent the patronage was reflected in the Ottoman written literature.

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Özet

Bu araştırma, genel anlamda Türk müzik kültüründe sanat hamiliği ve sanatçı patronajı üzerine odaklanmakta ve özelde ise Türk müziği tarihi içerisindeki gerek kamusal anlamda gerekse kamusal alan dışından musikişinaslar için uygulanan himaye konusu ile ilgili Osmanlı arşiv evraklarının genel bir değerlendirmesini ortaya koymaya çalışmaktadır.

Türk tarihi içerisinde müzik sanatının gelişiminde büyük öneme haiz olan patronaj konusu araştırma kapsamında ele alınmış ve patronaj uygulamasının müzik tarihi içerisindeki yansıması ile ilgili arşiv evrakları bir araya toparlanmıştır. Bu evraklar esas alınarak; öncelikli olarak Türk müziği tarihi içerisindeki patronaj kapsamında hangi uygulamaların yapıldığı konusu aydınlatılmaya çalışılmıştır. Ayrıca musikişinas hamiliği üstlenen kişi veya gurupların bu uygulamadan ne türlü bir fayda sağladığı, patronaj olgusundan faydalanan sanatçının bu olgudan hangi yönlü maddi veya manevi kazanım elde ettiği, hamilik adına yapılan bu uygulamalarda hami-sanatçı ilişkisinin ne şekilde yürüdüğü, musikişinas hamiliği kapsamında yapılan uygulamaların meslekleşme sürecini ne şekilde etkilediği, yapılan uygulamalar sayesinde ilgili musikişinasların sosyoekonomik yönden nasıl etkilediği, Osmanlı döneminde yapılan musikişinas patronajına ilişkin uygulamaların Cumhuriyet dönemine ne şekilde aktarıldığı, patronaj konusunun Osmanlı yazılı yayın literatürüne ne derecede yansıdığı konuları hakkında ise genel bir durum değerlendirmesi yapılmıştır.
Formale Methoden für rekonfigurierbare cyber-physische Systeme in der Produktion
Authors: Grochowski Marco , Simon Hendrik , Bohlender Dimitri , Kowalewski Stefan , Löcklin Andreas , Müller Timo , Jazdi Nasser , Zeller Andreas , Weyrich Michael
Published: December 2019

Durch zunehmende Agilität im Entwicklungsprozess, kürzere Lebenszyklen und sich ändernde Kunden- und Gesetzgeberanforderungen müssen Produktionssysteme wandlungsfähig sein. Aber jede Veränderung des Systemverhaltens muss anschließend auch erneut abgesichert werden. Zur Absicherung sicherheitskritischer Funktionen eignen sich formale Verifikationsmethoden. Allerdings ist hierzu ein hoher Modellierungsaufwand notwendig, was den Einsatz formaler Verifikationsmethoden in der Praxis hemmt. Zudem empfiehlt sich eine Überprüfung der zur formalen Verifikation eingesetzten Modelle. Zur Bewältigung der Herausforderungen für die Absicherung, die eine Rekonfiguration während des Betriebs nach sich zieht, werden in diesem Beitrag zwei vielversprechende und sich gegenseitig ergänzende Ansätze für die lebenszyklusübergreifende Absicherung von Produktionssystemen vorgestellt.
Freedom of Speech under Militant Democracy: The History of Struggle against Separatism and Communism in Ukraine
Authors: Barabash Yurii , Berchenko Hryhorii
Published: December 2019

The article is devoted to the experience of the application of a concept of militant democracy in modern Ukraine. This concept is relevant due to the prolonged domination of the communist totalitarian regime until 1991, and also in view of the encroachment on the principle of territorial integrity in 2014. It is argued that Ukraine, formally consolidating separate instruments of militant democracy at the level of the Constitution of Ukraine, almost did not apply such instruments until 2014. The active process of decommunization started in 2014, after the Revolution of Dignity; it was realised, in particular, in the declaration of lustration, as well as the banning of the two communist parties, but the most influential Communist Party remains officially not banned up till now. Also, the two parties, accused of infringement on territorial integrity, were banned in 2014. The issue of differentiation between aggressive words and aggressive actions of parties is analysed. It is argued that representatives of the parties, who during the twenty years of Ukrainian independence openly denied one of the key values of the constitutional order of Ukraine, its territorial integrity, became active participants of the temporary occupation.
Restrictions of Russian Internet Resources in Ukraine: National Security, Censorship or Both?
Authors: Shumilo Olga , Kerikmäe Tanel , Chochia Archil
Published: December 2019

In this paper, the authors analyse the ambiguous political decision to ban the major Russian web resources from access to the Ukrainian market, in spite of heavy criticisms from local and foreign experts. While the supporters of the new internet policy claimed the new strategy to be coherent with cybersecurity priorities of the country, the opponents pointed out a set of legal and political limitations. Drawing on the setting and results of taking a new approach to information policy, we describe the fragility of Euromaidan democratic heritage and drawbacks of the current political regime. The logical method of legal interpretation has been applied to analyse the controversies of the current legislation on Russian internet resources restriction. The article concludes that Ukrainian post-Euromaidan governance model needs to consolidate the efforts in order to prove the commitment to freedom of speech as a core European value and replace spontaneous actions with an evidence-based approach to political decision-making.
The Annexation of Crimea: A Realist Look from the Energy Resources Perspective
Authors: Keypour Javad , Hendla Ivar
Published: December 2019

The article studies the role of energy resources in the annexation of Crimea by the Russian government. Russian justification that this action was taken to protect Russian ethnicity, as declared with the “referendum”, can be challenged in the light of the realist balance of power concept. According to the research, Russia considered Ukraine’s improving relations with the West as a threat and tried to eliminate it with preemptive action, in order to reestablish regional balance of power with the West. The article finds that the energy factor had a significant role in this consideration but in a subtractive approach. More precisely, there were no major incentives for Russia to capture the Black Sea resources intrinsically, but these reserves were recognized as part of the main Ukrainian economic empowerment plan, particularly on the EU’s future energy market. Thus, Russia tried to block Ukraine’s access to them in line with a wedge strategy. Hence, the annexation can be considered as one part of Russian energy policy towards the EU and Russia’s goal to emasculate Ukraine’s natural gas transit role by constructing new pipelines such as Nord Stream and Turkish Stream, as the other part.

The study exemplifies how Ukraine’s strategic position has been significantly diminished from the energy perspective.
Shades of Gray in the War in Eastern Ukraine: ‘Neither War nor Peace’ Existence Zones, ‘Neither Truth nor Lie’ Silence Zones
Authors: Bulyk Maxim , Gridina Irina
Published: December 2019

The concepts of ‘gray zone conflict’, as one of the new phenomena in the theory of international relations, are given considerable attention in modern strategic researches of analysts, in particular American ones (Hel Brands, Adam Elkus, etc.). The definition of ‘gray zone conflict’ by American political scientists coincides with the definitions of domestic scholars in outlining the hybrid war in general, and Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine in particular. At the same time, qualifying the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and the war in Eastern Ukraine as the sole concept of ‘gray zone’ shall be considered not to be entirely correct, since the scales tend to favor the definition of civil war, which is so advantageous to Vladimir Putin. On the other hand, the war in Eastern Ukraine has many shades of gray, which gives grounds to the use of the concept of ‘gray zone conflict’ on specific examples of the existence of real and imaginary gray zones (realities of existence and zones of silence) and to investigate their quantitative and qualitative characteristics, to determine the degree of the viral use of the gray zone of conflict by the state (as an object of aggression), which complicates its establishment. The possibilities/unacceptability of solving gray zone conflicts by “gray” methods are being outlined as well.
Implementation and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Expression in Ukrainian Civil Law: Modern Problems
Authors: Spasibo-Fateeva Inna
Published: December 2019

The article focuses on the implementation and protection of the freedom of expression in Ukraine and attempts to explore this issue not from the perspective of traditional constitutional law, but rather from that of civil law. For this purpose, constitutional rights and personal immaterial rights are compared and ways of their implementation as well as remedies of their defense are analyzed.

To achieve the mentioned purpose of research, the notion of ‘views’ has been analyzed and compared with the notion of ‘facts’ as a subject of civil rights. This analysis helped the author to determine ways and conditions of free sharing of information, factors hindering the freedom of sharing information and remedies of defense of the right to share information freely. The functional method allowed the author to explore the implementation of the right to freedom of expression as a systemic phenomenon influenced by various aspects, such as the language used in expression, form of expression, informational sources providing public access to the shared information, and peculiarities of access to these sources for different persons. The article emphasizes the difficulties accompanying the implementation of the right to freedom of expression in various social areas, e.g., in science, politics, religious affairs, etc. The author presumes that the freedom to express one’s own opinions is comparable to the freedom of having one’s own thoughts on various issues not violated, and this should be guaranteed by the appropriate infrastructure with a simple access to it for all regardless of their beliefs, political opinions, and other factors.
Public Influence on Legislative Process in the Problem of De-occupation of Donbas
Authors: Gilchenco Olena , Konstantinova Yulia , Pashina Natalia
Published: December 2019

In the context of the Ukrainian crisis, the Law ‘On the specifics of state policy to ensure the state sovereignty of Ukraine in the temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk and Lugansk regions’, which is also called the ‘Law on De-occupation (or Reintegration) of Donbas’, became the key point. After four years of occupation of parts of southeastern Ukraine, the adoption of such a law was necessary, since this particular law formed and legally established the legal and organizational conditions for the resumption of territorial integrity of Ukraine. The importance of this law and the consequences of its adoption caused public involvement on behalf of civic organizations, political analysts, representatives of the academic and economic elite in the process of its discussion. However, due to the small amount of time from the stage of the legislative initiative to the publication of the law, it was not officially discussed by the public. Despite this, the enactment of the law led to an active public debate.

Our study is aimed to investigate the degree of public involvement in the political decision-making process and the extent of public influence on lawmaking in Ukraine on the example of this legislative act.
Determinants of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies: An Application of Protection Motivation Theory in Konta District, South Western Ethiopia
Authors: Regasa Dereje Tesema , Akirso Nega Abera
Published: December 2019

Climate change becomes a widely acknowledged and inevitable global challenge of 21st century. For developing countries like Ethiopia, it intensifies existing challenges of ensuring sustainable development. This study examined factors affecting climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies by taking in Protection Motivation Theory. The study draws on mixed research approach in order to assess the subjective understanding about climate change threats and identify the factors determining responses to climate change. While qualitative data were collected through focus group discussions and interviews, quantitative information was collected using semi structured survey from 296 randomly selected farmers from different agro-ecologies. Qualitative data was dominantly analyzed using content analysis while descriptive and inferential statistics were applied to analyze quantitative data. Almost all respondents (97%) perceived that climate change is occurring and threatening their wellbeing. Dwindling precipitation, increasing temperature and occurrence of human and animal disease were perceived to represent climate change. From nationally initiated strategies, farmers were found to largely practice soil and water conservation and agricultural intensification, which they perceived less costly and compatible to their level of expertise. The result of binary logistic regression revealed that perceived severity of climate change, perceived susceptibility to climate change threat, perceived own ability to respond, response efficacy and cost of practices predicted farmers motivation to practice climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. Thus, building resilient system should go beyond sensitizing climate response mechanisms. Rural development and climate change adaptation policies should focus on human capital development and economic empowerment which would enable farmers pursue context specific adaptation and mitigation strategies thereby maintain sustainable livelihood.
Rare earth element geochemistry of sediments from the southern Okinawa Trough since 3 ka: Implications for river-sea processes and sediment source
Authors: Hu Siyi , Zeng Zhigang , Fang Xue , Zhu Bowen , Li Xiaohui , Chen Zuxing
Published: December 2019

The sediment sources in the southern Okinawa trough (SOT) are still controversial and few studies have focused on the effects of transport processes on the elemental composition of initial terrigenous materials. Here we present rare earth element (REE) and trace element data on siliciclastic sediments from 14C age-dated Core S3, which was collected from the SOT, to provide reliable evidence for illustrating the modified effects of marine environments on terrigenous sediments deposited at different stages and exposing changes in sediment source over the past 3 ka. Compared with bulk sediments, the siliciclastic sediments in S3 have more variable REE fractionation parameters and lower middle REE (MREE) contents. Our REE data indicate that during river-sea processes, MREE-enriched fractions such as Fe–Mn oxides and carbonate were added to the original terrigenous sediments before deposition, weakening the degree of REE fractionation in the initial sediments; thus, care should be taken when using REE data from bulk samples to decipher source changes. The temporal changes in sediment source in S3 can be broadly identified based on the REE fractionation parameters of the residual fractions, and the results are largely consistent with the findings obtained by heavy mineral examinations. Units 1 and 3 are dominated by reworked shelf sediments of Changjiang origin,while the proportion of Taiwan-derived sediment is notably higher in Units 2 and 4. The sediment flux of Taiwan origin in the SOT was much smaller than previously thought. Huanghe-derived sediments and volcanic materials did not contribute significantly to the late Holocene sedimentation in the SOT. The large variations in sediment sources in S3 were possibly caused by changes in transport patterns driven by time-dependent changes in oceanic currents.
Succession Planning in Nursing Academia: A Scoping Review
Authors: Phillips Laura Kristine
Published: December 2019

Purpose

The purpose of this scoping review was to examine the range of literature about succession planning in nursing education.

Background

Succession planning establishes leadership continuity and inherent knowledge within an institution and nursing education. Most of the literature on succession in nursing is focused in the healthcare setting with limited information of succession planning in nursing education discovered.

Method

Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) framework was used to guide this review.

Results

Emergent categories in the charted literature representing succession planning in nursing education included discouraging factors to assuming a leadership role, encouraging factors to assuming a leadership role, and strategies for successful succession planning.

Conclusion

There are many factors that discourage and encourage a faculty member when pursuing a leadership position. Developing and implementing a successful succession plan that includes the development of leadership abilities and traits could foster the development of future leaders in nursing education.
Oxidative stress in Vitiligo patients and administration of Munzij and Mushil therapy, a poly herbal Unani formulation – hospital-based study
Authors: Rafeeqi Towseef Amin , Jabeen Farhat , Waheed M A , Husain Gulam Mohammed , Chakraborthy Alokananda
Published: December 2019

Background

Vitiligo, a skin disorder is viewed as a multifactorial process with major role of reactive oxygen species in concert to destroy or incapacitate melanocytes. In Unani system of medicine the treatment of Bars (Vitiligo) starts with removal of harmful materials from the body with Munzij and Mushil (MM), a poly herbal Unani formulation.

Methods

Herein, oxidative stress related parameters as MDA, SOD, GPx and CAT have been estimated in the 21 clinically diagnosed Vitiligo in-patients and subsequently these parameters were evaluated during and after administration of MM therapy and compared with 21 healthy subjects.

Results

There was significant difference in the parameters viz., SOD (p<0.001) and CAT (p<0.005) activity at the baseline with no statistical significant difference in MDA and GPx activity among Vitiligo subjects and controls. After MM therapy there was no statistical significant difference among the values of these parameters in Vitiligo subjects.

Conclusions

The results suggest that there is imbalance in the oxidant-antioxidant status of Vitiligo subjects and the MM therapy is not found to significantly change the levels of oxidative stress related parameters.
On (𝑛 + ½)-Engel groups
Authors: Jabara Enrico , Traustason Gunnar
Published: December 2019

Let n be a positive integer.
We say that a group G is an

(

n
+

1
2

)

{(n+\frac{1}{2})}

-Engel group if it satisfies the law

[
x
,

y

n

,
x
]

=
1

{[x,{}_{n}y,x]=1}

.
The variety of

(

n
+

1
2

)

{(n+\frac{1}{2})}

-Engel groups lies between the varieties of n-Engel groups and

(

n
+
1

)

{(n+1)}

-Engel groups.
In this paper, we study these groups, and in particular, we prove that all

(

4
+

1
2

)

{(4+\frac{1}{2})}

-Engel

{
2
,
3
}

{\{2,3\}}

-groups are locally nilpotent.
We also show that if G is a

(

4
+

1
2

)

{(4+\frac{1}{2})}

-Engel p-group, where

p
≥
5

{p\geq 5}

is a prime, then

G
p

{G^{p}}

is locally nilpotent.
Metaphysical Explanation Separated from Grounding
Authors: Ujvári Márta
Published: December 2019

Grounding is typically associated to metaphysical explanation on the basis of the explanatory role’s being characteristic of grounding as well. Some even say that all what metaphysical explanation does is tracking the grounding relation. However, recently Maurin has argued that grounding does not “inherit” its properties from metaphysical explanation and, consequently, we should be “separatists”. In this paper separatism will be defended from the perspective of metaphysical explanation thus giving a turn to the separatist strategy. In particular, the structural difference between grounding and metaphysical explanation will be pointed out as affecting also the explanatory function. It will be shown how dispositions and essentialist claims play different roles in the two theories. Lastly, it will be claimed that the two theories diverge on accounting for law-like and accidental generalizations. Provided these arguments are sound, there will be good reason to tell metaphysical explanation apart from grounding.
On the Riesz structures of a lattice ordered abelian group
Authors: Lenzi Giacomo
Published: December 2019

A Riesz structure on a lattice ordered abelian group G is a real vector space structure where the product of a positive element of G and a positive real is positive. In this paper we show that for every cardinal k there is a totally ordered abelian group with at least k Riesz structures, all of them isomorphic. Moreover two Riesz structures on the same totally ordered group are partially isomorphic in the sense of model theory. Further, as a main result, we build two nonisomorphic Riesz structures on the same l-group with strong unit. This gives a solution to a problem posed by Conrad in 1975. Finally we apply the main result to MV-algebras and Riesz MV-algebras.
On Diophantine equation x4 + y4 = n(u4 + v4)
Authors: Janfada Ali S. , Nabardi Kamran
Published: December 2019

Considering the equation x4 + y4 = n(u4 + v4), we first investigate a necessary condition by which the equation has solution and then, for infinitely many n′s we present the integral solutions.
Pointwise multipliers between weighted copson and cesàro function spaces
Authors: Gogatishvili Amiran , Mustafayev Rza Ch. , Ünver Tugce
Published: December 2019

In this paper the solution of the pointwise multiplier problem between weighted Copson function spaces Copp1,q1(u1, v1) and weighted Cesàro function spaces Cesp2,q2(u2, v2) is presented, where p1, p2, q1, q2 ∈ (0, ∞), p2 ≤ q2 and u1, u2, v1, v2 are weights on (0, ∞).
Some approximation properties of a kind of (p, q)-Phillips operators
Authors: Cheng Wentao , Gui Chunyan , Hu Yongmo
Published: December 2019

In this paper, a kind of new analogue of Phillips operators based on (p,q)-integers is introduced. The moments of the operators are established. Then some local approximation for the above operators is discussed. Also, the rate of convergence and weighted approximation by these operators by means of modulus of continuity are studied. Furthermore, the Voronovskaja type asymptotic formula is investigated.
Best proximity points for a new type of set-valued mappings
Authors: Kostić Aleksandar
Published: December 2019

In this paper, we introduce a new type of set-valued mappings satisfying a contractive condition involving SR-functions. Then we prove a best proximity point theorem concerning the aforementioned mappings. Some new best proximity and fixed point results are obtained as consequences. An example is provided to support the theory.
Characterizations of linear Weingarten space-like hypersurface in a locally symmetric Lorentz space
Authors: Mi Rong
Published: December 2019

Our purpose in this paper is to study complete linear Weingarten space-like hypersurface immersed in locally symmetric Lorentz space obeying some curvature conditions. Our approach is based on the use of a Simons type formula related to an appropriated Cheng-Yau modified operator jointly with some generalized maximum principles, we obtain that such a space-like hypersurface must be either totally umbilical or isometric to an isoparametric hypersurface with two distinct principal curvatures, one of which is simple. This result corresponds to a natural improvement of previous ones due to de Lima, dos Santos, Velásquez [On the umbilicity of complete linear Weingarten spacelike hypersurfaces immersed in a locally symmetric Lorentz space, São Paulo J. Math. Sci. 11 (2017), 456–470] and Alías, de Lima, dos Santos [New characterizations of linear Weingarten spacelike hypersurfaces in de Sitter space, Pacific J. Math. 292 (2018), 1–19].
Uncorrelatedness sets of discrete random variables via Vandermonde-type determinants
Authors: Turan Mehmet , Ostrovska Sofiya , Özban Ahmet Yaşar
Published: December 2019

Given random variables X and Y having finite moments of all orders, their uncorrelatedness set is defined as the set of all pairs (j, k) ∈ ℕ2, for which Xj and Yk are uncorrelated. It is known that, broadly put, any subset of ℕ2 can serve as an uncorrelatedness set. This claim is no longer valid for random variables with prescribed distributions, in which case the need arises so as to identify the possible uncorrelatedness sets. This paper studies the uncorrelatedness sets for positive random variables uniformly distributed on three points. Some general features of these sets are derived. Two related Vandermonde-type determinants are examined and applied to describe uncorrelatedness sets in some special cases.
Genre, Ethnoracial Alterity, and the Genesis of jazz manouche
Authors: Lie Siv B.
Published: December 2019

Based on the music of legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt, jazz manouche is a popular genre that emerged during the late twentieth century. This article examines the historical development of jazz manouche in relation to ideologies about ethnoracial identity in France. Jazz manouche is strongly associated with French Manouches, the subgroup of Romanies (“Gypsies”) to which Reinhardt belonged. In the decades following Reinhardt's death in 1953, some Manouches adopted his music as a community practice. Simultaneously, critics, promoters, and activists extolled the putative ethnoracial character of this music, giving rise to the “jazz manouche” label as a cornerstone of both socially conscious and profit-generating strategies. Drawing on analysis of published criticism, archival research, and interviews, I argue that ethnoracial and generic categories can develop symbiotically, each informing and reflecting ideologies about cultural identity and its sonic expressions. Jazz manouche grew out of essentializing notions about Manouche identity, while Manouches have been racialized through reductive narratives about jazz manouche. In this case, an investigation of genre formation can inform understandings of ethnoracial identity and national belonging.
El régimen fiscal de los donativos en las Indias como alternativa a las asambleas estamentarias europeas: una reinterpretación del imperio (siglos XVI y XVII)
Authors: Ciaramitaro Fernando , Nardi Loris De
Published: December 2019

El donativo fue una institución fundamental en la organización imperial de la monarquía hispánica, tanto en el Mediterráneo como en las Indias. La Corona, sin haber creado un sistema directo de representatividad política en América, puso en práctica una metodología de recaudación alternativa a las asambleas representativas y centrada en los donativos voluntarios. Así, inauguró en el Nuevo Mundo un proceso extraordinario para la recaudación de recursos necesarios en la gestión imperial de sus intereses. En la primera mitad del siglo xvii un gobernador de Filipinas y un presidente de la Audiencia guatemalteca pidieron donativos voluntarios a los titulares de oficios sujetos a sus respectivas jurisdicciones, reforzando así el régimen fiscal del donativo en las Américas.

Donation systems were fundamental in the imperial organization of the Spanish monarchy, both in the Mediterranean and the Indies. The Crown, without creating a direct system of political representation in America, implemented fundraising systems emphasizing voluntary donations as an alternative to representative assemblies. Thus commenced an extraordinary process in the New World of fundraising the resources necessary to manage its imperial interests. During the first half of the seventeenth century, a governor in the Philippines and a presiding governor of the Guatemalan Audience each requested voluntary donations from acting officials under their respective jurisdictions. This reinforced the donation-based funding system in the Americas.
Una ruptura en la fundación nacional(ista): triángulos amorosos disgénicos en Margarita de niebla de Jaime Torres Bodet y El réferi cuenta nueve de Diego Cañedo
Authors: Dalton David S.
Published: December 2019

Las novelas Margarita de niebla (1927) de Jaime Torres Bodet y El réferi cuenta nueve (1943) de Diego Cañedo tienen protagonistas varones mestizos/criollos de clase alta. Éstos se encuentran en triángulos amorosos que los fuerzan a escoger entre una mujer mestiza y mexicana, por un lado, y una mujer blanca y alemana, por otro. En ambos casos, los hombres optan por la extranjera, pero se arrepienten poco después cuando ven que no son compatibles. Este ensayo categoriza ambas novelas como ficciones fundacionales fallidas. Doris Sommer acuñó el término “ficciones fundacionales” al analizar literatura que imaginaba una reconciliación nacional a través del romance y matrimonio heterosexual entre personas de sectores distintos de la sociedad. Las novelas que analizamos a continuación hacen lo opuesto, pues interpretan el romance entre hombres mexicanos de la élite y mujeres extranjeras como una afrenta a los intentos del Estado posrevolucionario por construir una nación a través del proyecto oficial de mestizaje. Tanto Torres Bodet como Cañedo pintan a los hombres que evitan el matrimonio interracial como obstáculos a la institucionalización de una comunión nacionalista.

The novels Margarita de niebla (Jaime Torres Bodet 1927) and El réferi cuenta nueve (Diego Cañedo 1943) follow the lives of well-to-do mestizo/criollo Mexican males who find themselves in love triangles that force them to choose between a Mexican mestiza or a white, German woman. In both cases, the men opt for the foreigner, but they soon regret their decisions when they realize that they are incompatible with their mates. For this reason, I view these novels as failed foundational fictions. Doris Sommer coined the term “foundational fictions” while analyzing literature that imagined a national reconciliation through heterosexual romance and marriage between people from different sectors of society. These novels do the opposite because they view romances between Mexican elites and foreign Others as antithetical to the nation-building project of official mestizaje. As such, both Torres Bodet and Cañedo depict those men who eschew interracial marriage as a hindrance to the institutionalization of a nationalist communion.
Aβ43‐producing PS1 FAD mutants cause altered substrate interactions and respond to γ‐secretase modulation
Authors: Trambauer Johannes , Rodríguez Sarmiento Rosa María , Fukumori Akio , Feederle Regina , Baumann Karlheinz , Steiner Harald
Published: December 2019

Abnormal generation of neurotoxic amyloid‐β peptide (Aβ) 42/43 species due to mutations in the catalytic presenilin 1 (PS1) subunit of γ‐secretase is the major cause of familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD). Deeper mechanistic insight on the generation of Aβ43 is still lacking, and it is unclear whether γ‐secretase modulators (GSMs) can reduce the levels of this Aβ species. By comparing several types of Aβ43‐generating FAD mutants, we observe that very high levels of Aβ43 are often produced when presenilin function is severely impaired. Altered interactions of C99, the precursor of Aβ, are found for all mutants and are independent of their particular effect on Aβ production. Furthermore, unlike previously described GSMs, the novel compound RO7019009 can effectively lower Aβ43 production of all mutants. Finally, substrate‐binding competition experiments suggest that RO7019009 acts mechanistically after initial C99 binding. We conclude that altered C99 interactions are a common feature of diverse types of PS1 FAD mutants and that also patients with Aβ43‐generating FAD mutations could in principle be treated by GSMs.
O uso da dramatização na avaliação do processo de ensino-aprendizagem
Authors: Oliveira de Almeida Viviane
Published: December 2019

O relato objetiva descrever a aplicação da dramatização na avaliação do processo ensino-aprendizagem no contexto acadêmico a partir da pedagogia psicodramática. A dramatização utilizada na avaliação acadêmica se mostrou um método que alia aprendizagem, conhecimento adquirido e congrega outros saberes; vivifica e reflete os conteúdos; promove a integração da turma no ambiente acadêmico; instiga o aqui e agora; desenvolve a espontaneidade, criatividade e telessensibilidade; impulsiona o comprometimento e a participação de todos; e dá um clima leve à avaliação.
Research Information Systems
Authors: Juozapavičius A.
Published: December 2019

This survey presents an overview and study of features and capabilities of information systems, which are suitable to support research work in all stages of it: developing of ideas, design, simulation, calculation, searching and exchanging of information, etc. It discusses a wide-spread attempts, purposes (and objectives) to integrate such systems, relying on capabilities of Internet. The role of methods like multimedia, algorithms of spatial data, data compression, telecommunication, in design and developing research information systems, are discussed too. This servey reflects main points in integration of information search and retrieval procedures with other research activities.
Symbolic approximation for computer vision
Authors: Blake Richard E.
Published: December 2019

The need for a definition of discrete convergence in matching problems, which are essential in computer vision, is described and the fundamental properties of Scott lattice theory are outlined. Three data types: relational graphs, graph match_table and constraints, are considered and partial orderings are exhibited for them. A matching iteration consistent with the theory is sketched.
Symbolic computation: systems and applications
Authors: Juozapavičius Algimantas
Published: December 2019

The article presents an overview of symbolic computation systems, their classification-in-history, the most popular CAS, examples of systems and some of their applications. Symbolics versus numeric, enhancement in mathematics, computing nature of CAS, related projects, networks, references are discussed.
Méhen belül felszívódó magzati mellékvesevérzés ultrahang-diagnózisa
Authors: Szabó Gábor , Szarka András , Rudas Gábor , Rigó Jr. János
Published: December 2019

Abstract:

The confirmed incidence of new-onset adrenal gland hemorrhage has increased with the development of ultrasound diagnostics in recent years. Intrauterine developed cases are rarely recognized. Differential diagnosis of cystic lesions of the adrenal gland is often only possible after birth. In our case study, we report the ultrasonographic diagnosis and follow-up of a cystic lesion measuring 4 × 3 cm in the left fetal epigastrium in the 33rd gestational week. During pregnancy, multimodal imaging methods (both ultrasound and magnetic resonance) have confirmed the diagnosis of hemorrhage in the left adrenal gland. In the 37th gestational week, the hematoma completely resolved. At term, a 4150 gram neonate was delivered in good condition by an elective cesarean section. Postnatal endocrinological and follow-up ultrasound examinations did not find any disorder. This study is the first published case report in the literature that proves that fetal adrenal hemorrhage can intrauterin spontaneously absorb within a short period of time. Our case draws attention to the fact that adrenal bleeding may occur in the newborn regardless of birth trauma. It can also be assumed that the incidence of adrenal bleeding during pregnancy is higher than that reported in neonatal cases. Orv Hetil. 2019; 160(52): 2073–2078.
Dignity–freedom–love: the structure of dynamism of human personal life in the perspective of Karol Wojtyła
Authors: Pala Amadeusz
Published: December 2019

The relations between dignity, freedom and love in Karol Wojtyła’s philosophy have a strictly defined order. Dignity is the foundation of freedom in both an axiological and ontological sense. Dignity sets the axiological field for freedom, and also expresses the perfection of human-person existence as a rational and free being. Another relation is that freedom is for love, because thanks to freedom love is possible – and at the same time love protects freedom against willfulness. Finally, love is an affirmation of dignity – because only love can fully respond to the demands made by a person’s dignity. Thus, the order of relations can be summarized as follows: starting from dignity, through freedom and love, we return to dignity.
Eugenika w propozycjach legalizacji prawa do zdrowej reprodukcji
Authors: Biesaga Tadeusz
Published: December 2019

Artykuł demaskuje prowadzone od wielu lat starania ruchów demograficznych, kontroli urodzeń i tzw. wyzwolenia kobiet dotyczące zalegalizowania prawa do tzw. zdrowej reprodukcji. Prawo to, przyznane rodzicom, zmuszałoby lekarzy do śledzenia poprzez diagnostykę prenatalną wszelkich schorzeń w okresie prenatalnym oraz do eugenicznej, aborcyjnej eliminacji instytucjonalnej dotkniętych tymi schorzeniami.Tekst przywołuje również najnowsze projekty poszerzania prenatalnej selekcji eugenicznej. Są one propagowane przez bioetyków utylitarystycznych zalecających przeprowadzanie selekcji prenatalnej, manipulacji genetycznej czy aborcji w okresie prenatalnym w celu rodzenia jedynie zaprojektowanych najlepszych dzieci. Swoich zaleceń – rozpowszechnianych pod hasłem prokreatywnego dobrodziejstwa – nie tylko nie uważają oni za niemoralne, ale wprost przeciwne, propagują je jako moralny obowiązek rodziców. Rodzice ich zdaniem są moralnie zobowiązani do projektowania najlepszych dzieci, i w tym celu powinni mieć prawo do tzw. prokreatywnego dobrodziejstwa, czyli do ­eliminacji dzieci niespełniających ich oczekiwań.