bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Minerals of the rhönite-kuratite series in paralavas from a new combustion metamorphic complex in the Choir–Nyalga basin (Central Mongolia): composition, mineral assemblages and formation conditions
Authors: Peretyazhko Igor S. , Savina Elena A. , Khromova Elena A.
Published: August 2017

This is the first description of rare minerals found in paralavas from a recently discovered combustion metamorphic complex in the Choir–Nyalga basin, Central Mongolia. The identified minerals contain strongly variable concentrations of Si, Ti, Mg, Fe2+and Fe3+and most commonly have compositions intermediate in a series from kuratite Ca4Fe102+Ti2O4[Si8Al4O36] and rhönite Ca4(Mg, Fe2+)8Fe23+Ti2O4[Si6Al6O36] to low-Ti kuratite and unnamed Ti-free Fe2+-analogue of rhönite Ca4Fe82+Fe43+O4[Si8Al4O36]. The minerals crystallized in residual Si-Al-K and Si-Al-Ca-Fe immiscible melts after spinel, anorthite–bytownite, melilite, Al-clinopyroxene ± Mg-Fe olivine, together with Fe3+-bearing hercynite, Ca-rich fayalite, kirschsteinite, pyrrhotite ± native iron, wüstite, magnetite, celsian, hyalophane, Ba-orthoclase and fresnoite, but before nepheline± kalsilite, and later sulfates, carbonates, an unidentified 'X-mineral' close to Al- and Fe-rich tobermorite and goethite. Micro-Raman spectroscopy of kuratite shows five bands near 133–155 (strong), 399–401, 545–566, 684–693 (strongest) and 828–839 cm–1.

The kuratite-bearing Nyalga paralavas have bulk compositions with MgO/(MgO+FeO+Fe2O3), mol.% ∼0.5 and a CIPW normative ratio of Ne/(Ne+Lc) = 0.23–0.76. Minerals of the rhönite–kuratite series formed during paralava crystallization at ∼1100°C.The diversity of the paralava mineral assemblages might result from local composition variations of Ca-rich silica-undersaturated melts derived from Fe-bearing carbonate-silicate sediments which were affected by nearby coal combustion sources at reducing conditions (IW-WM-QFM buffers) and at a nearly atmospheric pressure.
Seismic inversion of a carbonate buildup: A case study
Authors: Sams Mark , Begg Paul , Manapov Timur
Published: August 2017

The information within seismic data is band limited and angle limited. Together with the particular physics and geology of carbonate rocks, this imposes limitations on how accurately we can predict the presence of hydrocarbons in carbonates, map the top carbonate, and characterize the porosity distribution through seismic amplitude analysis. Using data for a carbonate reef from the Nam Con Son Basin, Vietnam, the expectations based on rock-physics analysis are that the presence of gas can be predicted only when the porosity at the top of the carbonate is extremely high ([Formula: see text]), but that a fluid contact is unlikely to be observed in the background of significant porosity variations. Mapping the top of the carbonate (except when the top carbonate porosities are low) or a fluid contact requires accurate estimates of changes in [Formula: see text]. The seismic data do not independently support such an accurate estimation of sharp changes in [Formula: see text]. The standard approach of introducing low-frequency models and applying rock-physics constraints during a simultaneous inversion does not resolve the problems: The results are heavily biased by the well control and the initial interpretation of the top carbonate and fluid contact. A facies-based inversion in which the elastic properties are restricted to values consistent with the facies predicted to be present removes the well bias, but it does not completely obviate the need for a reasonably accurate initial interpretation in terms of prior facies probability distributions. Prestack inversion improves the quality of the facies predictions compared with a poststack inversion.
“Little girls and the things that they love”: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Audience, Identity, and the Privilege of Contemporary Fan Culture
Authors: Kirkland Ewan
Published: August 2017

The recent generation of My Little Pony has received popular and academic attention due to its visible following of young male enthusiasts. This article explores this so-called Brony phenomenon in terms of gender and age, cult spectator practices, fandom, masculinities, and the kinds of participatory culture with which the new series is associated. Despite the apparent transgression of men enjoying a television show clearly coded as being for young girls, the article argues that Brony practices reproduce many male-centered aspects of fan media consumption in a manner that recuperates the femininity of the brand according to masculine values and cultures. The femininity of the thirty-year-old series is placed in historical and theoretical context, illustrating parallels between current and earlier incarnations of the franchise and its continuities with other women-centered popular media. Particularly significant here is the program's emphasis on female friendship. Yet such “gynocentric” qualities and the series' affinity with young viewers might have been eroded in recent episodes. This is partly through the incorporation of more masculine genres, but also in the increasing address of the show to its online fandom, an audience employing channels of expression from which young people are effectively excluded. These developments function to marginalize the series' core audience—“little girls”—in a process of appropriation and redefinition that ultimately serves the interests of a more visible and powerful demographic.
recount workflow: Accessing over 70,000 human RNA-seq samples with Bioconductor
Authors: Collado-Torres Leonardo , Nellore Abhinav , Jaffe Andrew E.
Published: August 2017

The recount2 resource is composed of over 70,000 uniformly processed human RNA-seq samples spanning TCGA and SRA, including GTEx. The processed data can be accessed via the recount2 website and the recount Bioconductor package. This workflow explains in detail how to use the recount package and how to integrate it with other Bioconductor packages for several analyses that can be carried out with the recount2 resource. In particular, we describe how the coverage count matrices were computed in recount2 as well as different ways of obtaining public metadata, which can facilitate downstream analyses. Step-by-step directions show how to do a gene-level differential expression analysis, visualize base-level genome coverage data, and perform an analyses at multiple feature levels. This workflow thus provides further information to understand the data in recount2 and a compendium of R code to use the data.
Quantile Estimation with Latin Hypercube Sampling
Authors: Dong Hui , Nakayama Marvin K.
Published: August 2017

Quantiles are often used to measure risk of stochastic systems. We examine quantile estimators obtained using simulation with Latin hypercube sampling (LHS), a variance-reduction technique that efficiently extends stratified sampling to higher dimensions and produces negatively correlated outputs. We consider single-sample LHS (ssLHS), which minimizes the variance that can be obtained from LHS, and also replicated LHS (rLHS). We develop a consistent estimator of the asymptotic variance of the ssLHS quantile estimator’s central limit theorem, enabling us to provide the first confidence interval (CI) for a quantile when applying ssLHS. For rLHS, we construct CIs using batching and sectioning. On average, our rLHS CIs are shorter than previous rLHS CIs and only slightly wider than the ssLHS CI. We establish the asymptotic validity of the CIs by first proving that the quantile estimators satisfy Bahadur representations, which show that the quantile estimators can be approximated by linear transformations of estimators of the cumulative distribution function. We present numerical results comparing the various CIs.
Biomass Logistics Network Design Under Price-Based Supply and Yield Uncertainty
Authors: Üster Halit , Memişoğlu Gökhan
Published: August 2017

We consider an integrated supply pricing and biomass logistics network design problem in which yield rates are uncertain. The base supply amount is modeled via a farmers’ decision model that estimates the amount of land dedicated to biomass production under a given biomass wholesale price. We develop a two-stage stochastic integer program for integrated design of a network as well as biomass pricing decisions under yield uncertainty. To efficiently solve our model, we suggest a Benders decomposition–based algorithm in which the Benders cuts, one for each scenario, are aggregated by utilizing a scheme that takes into account yield rates as well as the geographical nature of the underlying problem. With further strengthening of the cuts, we present a significantly improved approach for solving relatively large instances and illustrate its performance via a computational study. We further present an extensive case study in Texas using realistic data to test our model’s capabilities and to demonstrate its effectiveness in capturing the relationships between total cost, biomass wholesale price, network structure, and various input parameters. Finally, we examine the relationship between farmers’ decision model parameters, which dictate the risk profile of farmers, and the expected total system cost, as well as the biomass wholesale price.

The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2017.0766 .
Stability of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Thai Cruciferous Vegetables during In Vitro Digestion
Authors: Puangkam Kunyarut , Muanghorm Wipawan , Konsue Nattaya
Published: August 2017

Raphanus sativus (L.) var. caudatus Alef (Thai rat-tailed radish), Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. (leaf mustard) and Brassica juncea (L.) Coss. var. sareptana Sinskaja (mustard green) are cruciferous vegetable commonly consumed in Thailand and Asian countries. The vegetables were extracted with different solvents namely methanol, hexane and water prior to total phenolic content (TPC), phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) content and antioxidant activity by ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay were determined. Effects of gastrointestinal digestion on stability of these characteristics were investigated. It was found that the order of extraction efficiency for high bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity was water> methanol> hexane. Among vegetables, mustard green showed the highest TPC, PEITC, FRAP and DPPH values being 19.78±0.01 g GAE, 9.65 ± 1.08 µmol, 8.18±0.01 µM FeSO4 and 7.75±0.31 µM TE per 100g, respectively. Decreases in DPPH (30.6-53.5%), FRAP (49.0-88.0%) and PEITC (27.2-56.7%) values were slightly higher than TPC (27.9-41.6%) after in vitro digestion. It can be said that Thai cruciferous vegetables contain substantial chemical property and this may promote their health protection but the stability through digestive system should be warranted.
Pembentukan Karakter Peserta Didik Melalui Pembelajaran Matematika
Authors: Suparni Suparni
Published: August 2017

Character building not only as an issue of education development, but also as a process of citizen moral building. Character building as an education focus in all of education level from elementary school  into university spend a high attention. Mathematics education can’t release from mathematics. So, If we want to build the student character, we must be use the philosophies values of mathematics education by expression the characteristic of mathematics as the object is abstract, the symbol is no meaning, agreement reached and deductive axiomatic thinking, and non contradiction. There are many character value in the mathematics instruction that related with the characteristic of mathematics that can be integrated with Al Qur’an that we hope can support national education purposes, as agreement reached, consistent, deduction and whole. The student character can  be build by mathematics instruction as religious, truth, tolerance, discipline, creative, democratic,  sense to know, nationality, and communicative.
Pembelajaran Matematika dengan ICT Sebagai Sarana Pengembangan Kecerdasan Emosional Siswa Menuju Pembangunan Karakter Bangsa
Authors: Ibrahim Ibrahim
Published: August 2017

Nowadays ICT is rising rapidly, although in fact the effort of mathematics teaching quality is still concerning in cognitive aspect while forgetting non-cognitive aspect. The neglect of affective aspect as well emotional quotient in mathematics teaching contributes to social situation that hamper national character development. So, the development of ICT must be preferred as an alternative for mathematics teaching in order to extend emotional quotient towards national character development. It stands to reason that due to the development of ICT has another side that is likely to increase emotional skills in social life.
Rumus Indeks Ketidaknyamanan Suatu Wilayah
Authors: Sugiasih Sugiasih
Published: August 2017

Index of discomfort can be determined, this value is to accommodate everyone at level how  humans are considered to be comfortable on a place. There are three who wrote formulas i.e., Discomfort Index (DI), temperature Humidity Index (THI) and Comfort Index (CI). In addition to air temperature, air humidity, wind speed there that affect the comfort of a place, such as the density of buildings, distance to the center of the industry, the distance to the center of the trade, the distance to the main street, the coverage of vegetation in the area of the settlements.
Penyelesaian Persamaan Telegraph Dan Simulasinya
Authors: Surur Agus Miftakus , Adi Yudi Ari , Sugiyanto Sugiyanto
Published: August 2017

Equation Telegraph is one of type from wave equation. Solving of the wave equation obtainable by using Green's function with the method of boundary condition problem. This research aim to to show the process obtain;get the mathematical formula from wave equation and also know the form of solution of wave equation by using Green's function. Result of analysis indicate that the process get the mathematical formula from wave equation from applicable Green's function in equation which deal with the wave equation, that is applied in equation Telegraph.  Solution started with searching public form from Green's function, hereinafter look for the solving of wave equation in Green's function. Application from the wave equation used to look for the solving of equation Telegraph.  Result from equation Telegraph which have been obtained will be shown in the form of picture (knowable to simulasi) so that form of the the equation Telegraph.
Aplikasi Transformasi Laplace Pada Rangkaian Listrik
Authors: Arifin Arifin , Musthofa Muhammad Wakhid , Sugiyanto Sugiyanto
Published: August 2017

Menyelesaikan persamaan diferensial sering terkendala oleh masalah syarat awal atau syarat batas. Masalah syarat batas ini sering dijumpai pada penerapan persamaan diferensial, salah satunya adalah rangkaian listrik. Metode yang dapat digunakan untuk menyelesaikan masalah syarat batas pada persamaan diferensial salah satu diantaranya adalah metode transformasi Laplace. Transformasi Laplace yang didefinisikan dengan L{f(t)}= dapat digunakan untuk mencari solusi dari suatu sistem persamaan diferensial koefisien konstan. Metode penyelesaian suatu rangkaian Listrik dengan menggunakan transformasi Laplace adalah dengan mengubah persamaan diferensial dari domain waktu (t) ke dalam domain frekuensi (s), memetakan masalah nilai awal ke dalam persamaan pembantu, menyelesaikan dengan perhitungan aljabar, dan menggunakan invers transformasi Laplace untuk mendapatkan solusi khusus secara langsung dari sistem persamaan diferensial rangkaian listrik tersebut.
Penyelesaian Masalah Nilai Batas Persamaan Diferensial Mathieu–Hill
Authors: Santosa Santosa , Musthofa Muhammad Wakhid , Malahayati Malahayati
Published: August 2017

Berbagai masalah fisis dan geometri yang melibatkan dua fungsi atau lebih peubah bebas sangat berkaitan dengan persamaan diferensial. Salah satu analisis fisis tersebut dapat dinyatakan dalam bentuk persamaan diferensial. Ilmuwan matematika yang bernama George W. Hill dan Mathieu meneliti tentang getaran pada pendulum gantung yang bisa dimodelkan dalam bentuk persamaan diferensial Mathieu-Hill. Persamaan diferensial Mathieu-Hill adalah persamaan diferensial orde dua yang didalam fungsi tersebut terdapat fungsi periodik. Persamaan diferensial Mathieu-Hill dapat diselesaikan dengan menggunakan metode aljabar matriks. Pada tahun 2005 sudah diteliti tentang solusi dari persamaan diferensial Mathieu-Hill. Penelitian ini menjelaskan tentang penyelesaian masalah nilai batas pada persamaan diferensial Mathieu Hill yang akan manghasilkan suatu solusi dalam bentuk persamaan periodik. Untuk lebih memahami penyelesaian masalah nilai batas pada persamaan diferensial Mathieu-Hill diberikan salah satu contoh aplikasinya dalam menghitung getaran pada mesin lokomotif kereta yang dimodelkan dalam bentuk persamaan diferensial Hill-Meissner.
Eksistensi Kesetimbangan Nash Pada Quantum Prisoner’s Dilemma Untuk Dua Pemain Kuantum
Authors: Purwanto Joko , Muhtadi Muhtadi
Published: August 2017

Telah dikaji eksistensi kesetimbangan Nash pada quantum prisoner’s dilemma dengan efek dekoherensi. Kesetimbangan Nash diperoleh pada interval dekoherensi 0,622 <p <=1 dan hilang pada interval dekoherensi 0,622 <p <=1. Interval dekoherensi pada quantum prisoner’s dilemma diperoleh dengan mengevaluasi kesetimbangan Nash pada strategi kuantum Q untuk dua pemain. Hasil tersebut sesuai dengan kasus multiplayer quantum prisoner’s dilemma [15].
Model Matematika Starategi Konservasi Populasi Penyu
Authors: Musthofa Muhammad Wakhid
Published: August 2017

Dalam tulisan ini dibahas kajian model matematika pada kasus penurunan populasi penyu di perairan Canada dan Amerika Utara yang disebabkan oleh perburuan yang terlampau besar dalam rangka memenuhi permintaan perdagangan internasional. Kajian model dimulai dengan mengkaji data penurunan populasi dan membentuk model matematika yang menggambarkan data. Validasi model dilakukan untuk meneliti kesesuaian model dalam menggambarkan keadaan yang sebenarnya. Selanjutnya dirumuskan model matematika dalam rangka menawarkan strategi konservasi populasi penyu
Pengaruh Jalur Penerimaan Mahasiswa Dan Asal Sekolah Terhadap Prestasi Mahasiswa Di Fakultas Sains Dan Teknologi UIN Sunan Kalijaga
Authors: Qudratullah Mohammad Farhan
Published: August 2017

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh jalur penerimaan mahasiswa dan asal sekolah terhadap prestasi belajar mahasiswa di Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi UIN Sunan Kalijaga. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah ex post facto dengan desain faktorial 3 x 2. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa : (1) jalur penerimaan berpengaruh terhadap prestasi mahasiswa, dimana prestasi mahasiswa yang diterima melalui jalur eksternal lebih baik dari jalur internal, (2) asal sekolah berpengaruh terhadap prestasi mahasiswa dimana prestasi mahasiswa yang berasal dari SMU/K lebih baik dari MA/P, dan (3) tidak terdapat interaksi antara kedua faktor tersebut dalam mempengaruhi prestasi mahasiswa.
Analisis Portofolio Optimal Model Indeks Tunggal Dengan Pendekatan Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) (Studi Kasus: Saham Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) Periode 01 Januari 2012-30 Juni 2014)
Authors: Prasetyo Fuad
Published: August 2017

Pasar modal merupakan tempat bagi investor untuk berinvestasi, dikarenakan investasi merupakan alternatif yang menjanjikan, namun dalam berinvestasi ada dua hal yang harus dipertimbangkan oleh investor, yaitu return dan risiko. Para investor menyadari bahwa dalam berinvestasi semakin tinggi keuntungan yang ditawarkan maka risiko juga akan semakin tinggi. Dengan demikian dilakukan penyebaran dana tidak hanya pada satu sekuritas, tetapi pada beberapa sekuritas. Dalam menseleksi saham efisien yang akan dibentuk ke dalam portofolio optimal maka digunakan pendekatan Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) dengan menggunakan kendala input (Standar Deviasi, Beta, Debt Earning Ratio, dan Price Earning Ratio) dan output (Return, Earning Per Share, Return On Equity, Return On Asset, Book Value Per Share, Price Book Value Ratio, Net Profit Margin), sedangkan untuk pembentukan portofolio menggunakan model Indeks Tunggal. Data yang digunakan dalam Tugas Akhir ini adalah saham-saham yang terdaftar di Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) periode 01 Januari 2012 – 30 Juni 2014, analisis rasio diperoleh dari laporan keuangan terakhir dan data tingkat Suku Bunga Sertifikat Bank Indonesia (SBI) yang digunakan adalah selama periode penelitian. Hasil uji efisiensi dengan DEA-CCR dan DEA-BCC diperoleh 19 saham yang efisien sebagai kandidat pembentuk portofolio, yaitu: AALI, ADRO, BSDE, EXCL, INCO, INDF, INTP, ITMG, JSMR, KLBF, LPKR, LSIP, MNCN, MPPA, PGAS, SMGR, UNTR, UNVR dan WIKA. Saham-saham yang efisien dengan metode Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), diperoleh 2 saham optimal dengan besar dana yang harus diinvestasikan pada masing masing saham yaitu MPPA (59,31 %) dan WIKA (40,69 %) dengan return ekspektasian portofolio 0,002537 dan risiko portofolio 0,000388.
Strategi WOW (Wide Open Wonder) Untuk Meningkatkan Keaktifan dan Prestasi Matematika Siswa (Penelitian Tindakan Kelas pada Siswa Kelas VII C SMPN 4 Geyer Grobogan pada 2014/2015)
Authors: Rohmad Ali , Kuswidi Iwan
Published: August 2017

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh masih rendahnya partisipasi keaktifan dan prestasi siswa kelas VII C SMP Negeri 4 Geyer Grobogan Jawa Tengah dalam pembelajaran matematika. Hal tersebut berdasarkan studi awal yang menemukan bahwa siswa yang aktif baru 23,57% dari keseluruhan siswa dan rata-rata prestasi matematika hanya 66,07. Dengan menerapkan penelitian tindakan kelas dan dengan menggunakan strategi Wide Open Wonder (WOW) berhasil meningkatkan keaktifan dan prestasi matematika siswa. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada tahun pelajaran 2014/2015 terhadap 28 siswa kelas VII C SMP Negeri 4 Geyer Grobogan Jawa Tengah yang terlaksana sebanyak 2 siklus. Adapun teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan observasi dan tes. Keberhasilan penelitian ini yaitu dapat meningkatkan keaktifan siswa hingga mencapai 58,57% dan meningkatkan rata-rata nilai prestasi matematika mencapai 75,36 serta sebanyak 85,71% siswa telah berhasil melampaui kriteria ketuntasan minimal (KKM).
Pemodelan Matematika Anarkisme Demo Mahasiswa UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta dan Solusinya Dari Tinjauan Matematika
Authors: Abrori Muchammad
Published: August 2017

Demo anarkisme sudah menjadi hal yang umum yang sering dilihat oleh kalangan akademisi di UIN Sunan Kalijaga. Seringkali demo anarkisme ini menjadi tidak terkendali karena emosional mahasiswa yang tinggi dan emosional penjaga keamanan serta adanya ketidakpuasan mahasiswa terhadap peraturan kampus.Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini dengan membuat model penyebab demo anrkisme menggunakan ordinary differential equation dan membuat simulasi dengan MATLAB. Dari pemodelan dicari titik ekuilibrium, eksistensi titik ekuilibrium dan kestabilannya.Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah pemodelan, titik ekuilibrium, kestabilannya dan simulasinya. Pemodelan yang terbentuk adalah  dan  dimana  merupakan demontrasi damai,  merupakan demontrasi anarkisme,  merupakan itikad baik mahasiswa,  merupakan emosional mahasiswa,  merupakan itikad baik kampus,  merupakan emosional petugas keamanan,  merupakan koefisien keletihan demontrasi damai,  merupakan koefisien keletihan demontrasi anarkisme.  Simulasi disajikan dalam dua kasus, yaitu tidak terjadi demonstrasi anarkisme dan terjadi demonstrasi anarkisme. Simulasi yang tidak terjadi anarkisme dipengaruhi oleh itikad baik mahasiswa yang tidak mau demonstrasi anarkisme sebesar 2 dan nilai emosional mahasiswa 3. Sedangkan kasus kedua demonstrasi anarkis dipengaruhi oleh parameter  itikad baik mahasiswa 0 dan nilai parameter emosional mahasiswa 4. Parameter itikad baik mahasiswa sangat menentukan terjadi atau tidak demonstrasi anarkisme mahasiswa.
The Wild Indoors: Room-Spaces of Scientific Inquiry
Authors: Kelly Ann H. , Lezaun Javier
Published: August 2017

This article examines three locations where entomologists engage in the experimental observation of mosquitoes: the insectary, the semifield station, and the outdoors. We approach each of these settings as creating a distinct mode of interiority, a particular room-space. This concept resets the investigative encounter in terms of an aesthetic of attention, and offers a counterpoint to the ideals of control and containment that dominate biosecurity understandings of infectious disease research. An ethnographic foray into the compositional logics of entomological experiments serves to illuminate the dialectics of caring and killing that characterize scientific inquiry into animals that pose a public health risk.
Phase Split in T-Junction Mini Channel – A Numerical Study
Authors: Kumar Rupak , N Mithran , Muniyandi Venkatesan
Published: August 2017

Extracting natural gas and crude oil from deep wells requires a thorough understanding of multi phase flow phenomena. Designing of micro reactors employing different fluids requires similar understanding on a micro scale. Gas-Liquid two-phase flow mixing and separation commonly occur in such oil exploration and recovery on a macro scale and in case of micro fluid reactors in a micro scale. In this paper, two-phase flow mixing and separation is analysed for a horizontal channel with internal diameter 2.50 mm and a length of 202.5 mm. The numerical results obtained during two-phase flow mixing are validated with experimental results by employing image processing techniques. A numerical model is developed to study mixing and separation characteristics of slug flow regime. The separation efficiency of the T-junction partial separator for various superficial velocities, viscosity, surface tension and separation angles is analysed. The analysis will be useful for designing mini/micro reactors.
The Semantics of Lexical Underspecification
Authors: Pustejovsky James
Published: August 2017

In this paper, I examine the mechanisms responsible for enabling underspecified lexical forms to acquire a determinate and unique Interpretation in the composition of the sentence. In particular, I study the behavior of several classes of lexical items exhibiting degrees of systematic or logical polysemy. These words present an interesting challenge to conventional treatments of polysemy and füll specification in natural language semantics. Extending the analysis of these classes presented in Pustejovsky (1994, 1995), I elaborate the formal mechanisms responsible for capturing the syntactic and semantic behavior of nouns such äs
Raoultella ornithinolytica Diagnosed in a Neurointensive Patient. A Rare Case with Recovery without Antibiotics
Authors: Jellinge Marlene Ersgaard
Published: August 2017

Infection with Raoultella ornithinolytica is rare and normally the infection is present in patients with underlying malignancies or chronic diseases. It is normally treated with antibiotics. In this case report, a neuro-intensive patient without malignancies or other severe chronic diseases was colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa but infected with Raoultella ornithinolyca. The patient recovered without treatment with antibiotics.
Domino Effect Analysis, Assessment and Prevention in Process Industries
Authors: Wu Jun , Yang Hui , Cheng Yuan
Published: August 2017

Domino effect is a fairly common phenomenon in process industry accidents, which makes many process industry accidents serious and the consequent losses enhanced. Domino effect of the major accidents in chemical cluster is emphasized. Many researchers have studied domino effect in chemical clusters from different perspectives. In the review, we summarize the research from three aspects: The statistical analysis of domino accidents in chemical process industry, the evaluation of domino accidents and the prevention of domino accidents in chemical clusters by game theory. From the analysis, we can find the characteristic of domino accidents such as the time and the location, the origin and causes of domino accidents. The methods of assessing domino effects such as quantitative risk assessment (QRA), Bayesian networks (BN) and Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) are analyzed. The prevention of domino accidents in chemical clusters using game theory is seldom, and there is still much space for improvement in enterprises’ efforts to prevent risk of domino accidents.
The crystal structure of tetrakis(1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphatricyclo[3.3.1.13,7]decane-κP)silver(I) chloride dihydrate, C24H60AgClN12O6P4
Authors: Oosthuizen Runé , Brink Alice , Venter Gertruida J. S.
Published: August 2017

C24H60AgClN12O6P4, tetragonal, P42/nmc (no. 137), a = 14.1874(3) Å, c = 9.8721(3) Å, V = 1987.08(1) Å3, Z = 2, R
gt(F) = 0.0148, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0417, T = 100 K.
Uncommon indications for cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
Authors: Yee Francis Zheng Yi , Tan Grace Hwei Ching , Chia Claramae Shulyn , Soo Khee Chee , Teo Melissa Ching Ching
Published: August 2017

Background

Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has changed treatment for selected patients with peritoneal metastases (PM) arising from appendiceal, colorectal, epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal and gastric cancers. However, the results of CRS with HIPEC remain unclear in PM from other tumor histologies.

Methods

We report a series of 10 patients who underwent CRS and HIPEC between 2006 and 2015, for PM arising from uncommon tumor origins.

Results

Ten patients with PM from uncommon tumor origins underwent CRS and HIPEC. Median age was 46.5 years. Two patients had ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors (SLCT) and two had small bowel adenocarcinomas. The other histologies included: ovarian transitional cell carcinoma, ovarian granulosa cell tumor, endometroid adenocarcinoma, endocervical adenocarcinoma, synovial sarcoma, and ovarian leiomyosarcoma. Median peritoneal cancer index was 9 (2–18) and complete cytoreduction was achieved for all patients. Median follow-up was 14 months (2–100), and median time to recurrence from CRS and HIPEC was 16.0 months by Kaplan–Meier estimate. Four patients remain alive and disease-free, five are alive with disease, and one had died with disease. Median survival was not reached.

Conclusions

Eight of ten patients with peritoneal metastases in the above rare indications survived 10 months or more after CRS and HIPEC. These encouraging results are a rationale for prospective clinical trials in these tumor histologies.
Some reflections on genetic relationship in a group of West African Niger-Congo languages
Authors: Heine Bernd
Published: August 2017

The linguistic history of the Ghana-Togo Mountain (GTM) languages, spoken in southeastern Ghana and the southern half of Togo, has been the subject of detailed research for more than a century. Nevertheless, there are still problems both with the external and the internal classification of the group. The present paper provides a state of the art overview of this research field. It is argued that linguistic reconstructions that can claim to provide credible hypotheses on genetic relationship patterns among languages are best based on the application of the comparative method.
Inklusion. Genealogie und Dispositivanalyse eines Leitbegriffs der Gegenwart
Authors: Peter Tobias , Waldschmidt Anne
Published: August 2017

In der soziologischen Diskussion spielen Begriff und Konzept der Inklusion – verstanden als umfassende Teilhabe aller Gesellschaftsmitglieder – aktuell eine große Rolle. Gleichzeitig gibt es eine entsprechende Konjunktur in den (sozial-)politischen, medialen und pädagogischen Diskursen. Über das Bildungssystem hinaus, wo Inklusion vor allem mit Blick auf die schulische Erziehung behinderter Kinder diskutiert wird, ist der Inklusionsgedanke auch in anderen Lebensbereichen, etwa im Sport oder Arbeitsleben, von Bedeutung. Insgesamt fällt auf, dass die soziologische Theorie und die gesellschaftliche Diskussion zwar lose aufeinander verweisen, bisher jedoch kaum systematisch verbunden sind. Dabei ist von komplexen Wechselwirkungen zwischen den verschiedenen Diskursen auszugehen. In einem ersten Zugriff rekonstruiert der Beitrag den Inklusionsbegriff in genealogischer Perspektive, um dessen Umformungen und Umcodierungen sichtbar zu machen. Im zweiten Teil wird ein dispositivanalytischer Ansatz entwickelt, mit dessen Hilfe die Rationalitäten, Technologien, Institutionen und Subjektivierungen untersucht werden können, die Inklusion als ein hegemoniales Leitkonzept der Gegenwart formieren.
The Song of Innana and Išme-Dagan: An Edition of BM 23820+23831
Authors: Ludwig Marie-Christine , Metcalf Christopher
Published: August 2017

This article offers a first edition of BM 23820+23831, a manuscript of a previously unknown Old Babylonian Sumerian poem on the relationship between the goddess Innana and king Išme-Dagan of Isin. The king is initially depicted as a humiliated supplicant who suffers under Innana’s wrath, until the intervention of his personal god restores Innana’s favour. A mythological catalogue lists other individuals and places who offended the goddess and were destroyed by her in retribution.
Gemeinschaftswährung mit Kaufkraftgarantie auf Kapitalbasis – Das Konzept eines kapitalfundierten Hart-Euro
Authors: Meyer Dirk
Published: August 2017

Aufbauend auf der Idee des kompensierten Golddollars von Irving Fisher (1913) handelt der Beitrag von einer kapitalfundierten Euro-Gemeinschaftswährung mit Kaufkraftgarantie, dem kapitalfundierten Hart-Euro (KHE). Das Konzept beinhaltet zunächst die Funktionsweise und die notwendigen Stabilitätsbedingungen. Um die Transformation von der bestehenden EURO-Währung in eine neue EURO-Währungsordnung möglichst problemlos vorzunehmen, wird der KHE zunächst als Parallelwährung zum EURO eingeführt. Sollte er sich im Währungswettbewerb durchsetzen, so würde ein gradueller Übergang in ein Vollgeld-System ohne Geldschöpfung durch die Geschäftsbanken ermöglicht. Die Gedankenskizze ist nicht als praktische Anleitung einer eins zu eins-Umsetzung gedacht, sondern soll vielmehr eine Anregung zu einer konzeptionell neuartigen Weiterentwicklung des EURO-Systems bieten.
Symbolpolitik in Zeiten der Eurokrise
Authors: Becker Johannes
Published: August 2017

The recently elected French President Emmanuel Macron as well as the European Commission propose to create a common budget for the Eurozone both as a financing device for infrastructure investment and as a macroeconomic stabilization instrument. Such a reform could, in principle, be rationalized if stabilization were achieved via an automatic stabilizer mechanism (such as a common unemployment insurance). This, however, would require far reaching harmonization of labor market institutions which, for now, cannot be quickly attained. Moreover, there are more pressing problems that are currently left alone. The common budget proposal thus may be interpreted as the attempt to achieve a symbolic reform success for the Eurozone intended to prove that its Member States still are able to act unanimously.
Preparation of High-Quality Load-Preserved Fabric Clay Samples for Microstructural Characterizations: A Pragmatic Guide Featuring a 3-D–Printed Oedometer
Authors: Chow J. K. , Wang Y. H.
Published: August 2017

High-quality samples are always critical in the meaningful microstructural characterizations of clay. A practical guide, together with a real sample tested as an example, is therefore proposed in this study, aiming to prepare high-quality load-preserved fabric clay samples subjected to 1-D consolidation for the pore size and fabric characterizations. In this guide, several issues often encountered in sample preparations that may induce measurement bias are tackled with feasible solutions proposed. A tailor-made oedometer is also invented and produced using a 3-D printing technique to achieve the goal. First, a homogenous and uniform kaolinite sample is prepared from a slurry state and then positioned in the 3-D–printed oedometer for 1-D consolidation tests. Then, together with the desired load, the whole 3-D–printed oedometer containing the consolidated kaolinite sample is submerged into liquid nitrogen to rapid freeze the sample to preserve the fabric associations not affected by the unloading effects. Afterward, to use the same sample for different tests to facilitate comparisons, the sample is cut in half while frozen. On one hand, this creates an observation plane along the center of the sample with the morphological information preserved for the subsequent scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses. On the other hand, each half of the sample individually undergoes the mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) and nitrogen adsorption (NA) analyses to obtain complementary information on the pore-size distribution. The samples must be dewatered by freeze drying before conducting these tests. During the freeze-drying process, the cut sample is protected by a 3-D–printed container, which has a reference mark to indicate the sample orientation. In each of the SEM images taken, the associated position and orientation are controlled, and the number of the images taken for analyses is maximized to enhance the statistical representation of the analyzed results.
Autohagiobiography
Authors: Storin Bradley K.
Published: August 2017

Over the past fourteen centuries, Gregory of Nazianzus (ca. 330–390 C.E.) has been the subject of more than a dozen biographical narratives and monographs, beginning with the late antique hagiography of Gregory the Presbyter and concluding with the modern biography by John McGuckin. This is likely the result of Gregory's vast autobiographical corpus, which has provided scholars with a chronological narrative and character perspective from which to start their own secondary narratives. By examining this tradition of biography, I argue that two trends remain regularly operative. First, each biographer has consistently endowed his subject with his own values, ideals, and theological commitments. Second, each biography has given pride of place to Gregory's autobiographical voice. To make a precise demonstration of the latter trend, I follow the notorious Maximus affair from its presentation in Gregory's autobiography and in the biographical tradition, showing how Gregory's narrative remains almost entirely intact and unscrutinized. Ultimately I contend that the generic boundaries between autobiography, hagiography, and biography have broken down and suggest that readers subject autobiographical texts, along with their content, structure, style, and narrative, to rhetorical analysis rather than treat them as texts that reveal, with varying degrees of transparency, the authentic personality of their author.
The Date of the Council of Serdica
Authors: DelCogliano Mark
Published: August 2017

The precise date of the Council of Serdica is so important because it is essential for establishing the chronology of numerous events in fourth-century Christianity, and thus for reconstructing its overall history and developments. Unfortunately, this date has been under debate for nearly two centuries. Traditionally, the council was dated to 347 C.E., but discoveries in the 18th and 19th centuries led scholars to favor first 344 and then 343. In the early 20th century, Eduard Schwartz inaugurated a new stage in the debate when he argued for 342. In his wake, most French, Italian, and English-speaking scholars argued for 343, whereas most German-speaking scholars followed Schwartz's authority and endorsed 342. In 1974, Marcel Richard advanced a novel argument in favor in 342 that appeared to cement this date for its advocates. Recently, however, 343 appears to be the preferred date even in German scholarship. After more than a century of debate, it seems, a consensus has been reached. This essay offers the most comprehensive reassessment of this debate to date to see if it really should be considered concluded. It re-examines all the evidence and all the arguments made in support of one date or another, in particular those of Schwartz and Richard, and argues that the case for the Council of Serdica's having been held in the autumn of 343 should be considered conclusive; thus, the lengthy debate can rightly be closed.
Sociološko istraživanje turističke ponude Biograda na moru (2002. godine)
Authors: Leburić Anči , Majica Nina
Published: August 2017

Autorice u okvirima sociološkog pristupa afirmiraju raspravu o društvenim posljedicama masovnog turizma, koji je kao manifestni oblik turističke ponude sveprisutan u hratskom turizmu, posebno na istraživanoj biogradskoj destinaciji. Iako ima i pozitivnih efekata, takav tip turizma uvjetuje razne negativne društvene posljedice, kao što su jednoobraznost turističke ponude, pad kvalitete, gubitak prepoznatljivog identiteta, degradaciju i zagađenje okoliša, infrastrukturne probleme, negativan stav lokalnog stanovništva spram turista i niz drugih. Stoga se kritizira razvojno stihijska koncepcija turizma kao prirodne blagodati "sunca i mora", koja u konačnici ograničava turistički promet i koncentrira ga isključivo u nekoliko ljetnih mjeseci sezone, dok su ostali sadržaji turističke ponude zapravo nedovoljno prezentirani na evropskom i širem turističkom tržištu. U tekstu se prezentira dio rezultata iz empirijskog sociološkog istraživanja realiziranog u ljeto 2002. godine, na slučajnom uzorku od 90 turista koji su boravili u Biogradu na moru. Riječ je o tzv. pilot projektu, dijagnostičkog tipa, čiji se rezultati kompariraju sa postojećim službenim statističkim (državnim i općinskim) podacima. Autorice zaključuju kako je nužno tržišno repozicioniranje i originalnije koncipiranje turističke biogradske ponude. U Hrvatskoj prevladava uniformirana vrsta turizma u vidu ljetnog kupališnog tipa. S obzirom na realne dispozicije, Biograd n/m raspolaže velikim mogućnostima razvijanja alternativnog turizma. Turistički resursi su mu raznoliki, jer osim mora, ima vrlo razvedenu i pristupačnu obalu, velik broj otoka, u blizini nacionalne parkove, uvjete za sportski ribolov, uzgoj zdrave hrane i još štošta. Istovremeno organiziranje budućih istraživanja i analiza turizma kao društvenog fenomena, utjecat će na dimenzije i kvalitetu turističke strategije Hrvatske.
Legal Studies Undergraduate Journal
Authors: Jennings Landon , Spitzig Amanda , Shergill Sukhraaj , Kinghorn Ryan , Khan Tariq , Damiao Raquel
Published: August 2017

Entire issue of Legal Studies Undergraduate Journal, Volume 1, 2016.
High frequency of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with SCCmec type III and spa type t030 in Karaj’s teaching hospitals, Iran
Authors: Bayat Bahareh , Zade Masoumeh Hallaj , Mansouri Samaneh , Kalantar Enayat , Kabir Kourosh , Zahmatkesh Ehsan , Sepehr Mohammad Noori , Naseri Mohammmad Hassan , Darban-Sarokhalil Davood
Published: August 2017

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been one of the most important antibiotic-resistant pathogen in many parts of the world over the past decades. This cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate MRSA isolated between July 2013 and July 2014 in Karaj, Iran. All tested isolates were collected in teaching hospitals from personnel, patients, and surfaces and each MRSA was analyzed by SCCmec and spa typing. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was accomplished by disk diffusion method. Out of 49 MRSA isolates from the Karaj’s teaching hospitals, 82%, 10%, and 6% of the isolates were SCCmec types III, II, and I, respectively. The main spa type in this study was spa t030 with frequency as high as 75.5% from intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospitals and high rate of resistance to rifampicin (53%) was found in MRSA isolates. In conclusion, high frequency of spa t030 with SCCmec type III and MRSA phenotype illustrated circulating of one of the antibiotic-resistant strains in ICU of Karaj’s teaching hospitals and emphasizes the need for ongoing molecular surveillance, antibiotic susceptibility monitoring, and infection control.
Validation of the Hungarian version of the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ-H)
Authors: Boda-Ujlaky Judit , Séra László , Köteles Ferenc , Szabó Attila
Published: August 2017

Background and objectives

Humor style reflects the way in which people use humor in their daily lives. Its investigation is paramount in humor research and it is also important in the context of various psychological investigations and mental health research. Due to the lack of a relevant tool, the aim of the current inquiry was to validate the Hungarian version of the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ; Martin et al., 2003).

Methods

A total of 425 male and female volunteers’ completed the Hungarian version of the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ-H).

Results

The HSQ-H has emerged to be a significantly shorter (22 items vs. 32 items of the original English HSQ), but nevertheless reliable, instrument. The four subscales, affiliative- (6 items), self-enhancing- (6-items), self-defeating- (5 items), and aggressive humor (5 items), all had acceptable internal consistencies, ranging from (Cronbach’s alpha) .72 to .85. The HSQ-H differentiated young adults (18–21 years) from adults and older adults (36 years and over), and those with lower and higher education levels, but did not yield statistically significant gender differences, or differences that could be linked to the living area of the respondents. Intercorrelations of the subscales were similar to those reported in validation research performed in other languages.

Conclusions

It is concluded that the HSQ-H is a short and reliable instrument for assessing humor styles in the Hungarian population, but the further testing of its psychometric properties is warranted.
Air–water interactions in urban drainage systems
Authors: Wright Steven J. , Vasconcelos Jose G. , Lewis James W.
Published: August 2017

Storm water and combined sewer systems are subject to rapid filling during intense rainfall events. These large-sized systems require a significant amount of air to be vented during filling. Several systems have experienced operational problems such as structural damages and geyser release through ventilation shafts. Observations from one storm water conveyance tunnel and laboratory experiments suggest that entrapment of large discrete volumes of air during rapid filling can explain geyser formation as well as large system pressures associated with the compression of trapped air. Only modest system pressures are required to produce geysers. Descriptions of several air–water interactions are presented to advance the hypotheses for the occurrence of the two detrimental phenomena. Requirements for numerical models to analyse rapidly filling conduits are discussed. A review of the existing modelling frameworks is presented. Some limitations to these models are discussed along with a discussion of possible model enhancements.
Safety factors to detect flowslides and slips in unsaturated shallow slopes
Authors: Lizárraga J. J. , Buscarnera G.
Published: August 2017

Unstable movements in slopes can be the outcome of various soil failure processes, each associated with a different degree of post-failure mobility. This note uses plasticity theories for unsaturated soils to derive safety factors for shallow slopes that can be readily used in spatially distributed models of landslide susceptibility. For this purpose, a simple suction-dependent constitutive law has been used to derive initiation conditions for two scenarios: frictional slips and flowslides. Despite its simplicity, the model enables the consideration of properties usually not included in landslide hazard studies (e.g. suction-hardening, liquefaction potential and retention curve). The results of the analyses show that these properties affect the mobilised friction angle at failure, up to a level at which the triggering of wetting-induced flowslides can anticipate the onset of frictional slips. The theory has been tested against data from flume tests on volcanic soils from Campania (Italy), thus validating it against physical systems with a failure kinematics similar to that of infinite slopes. The analyses show that the safety factors capture satisfactorily the dependence of the failure mechanism on suction and porosity. In addition, they have been used to derive charts quantifying the sensitivity of each failure mode to the slope angle, thus offering a tool to calibrate soil parameters against landslide inventories.