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The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (Unscr 1325) and The Challenges of Women Participation in Peace Building and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria: Critical Analysis
Authors: Ekpe Dickson E. 
Published: January 2020

In 31 October, 2000, the United Nations Security Council adopted and signed SC Resolution 1325 on Women Peace and Security. Resolution 1325 recognizes that civilian, particularly women and children are the worst affected by conflict. Resolution 1325 call for women participation in conflict prevention and resolution initiative, the integration of gender perspective in peace building, peace keeping mission and the protection of women in regions of conflict. The resolution reaffirms the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peace-building, peace keeping, humanitarian response and in post-conflict reconstruction; stressing the importance of equal participation in peace and security. In Africa, women participation in policy making, peace building and conflict resolution is still faced with setbacks despite the passing of the SCR 1325 two decades ago. Findings from this study has shown that, women have been subjected to domination by men as a result of persisting cultural stereotypes, abuse of religious and traditional practices, patriarchal societal structures in which economic, political and social power are dominated by men while women played the role of followers of male decision-makers. The study identifies such challenges for a change or reforms them. The paper reviewed many of the extant studies on the role and potentials of women in peace building and conflict resolution. Analyzing those challenges inhibiting the participation of women in peace process. The paper adopted the qualitative approach whereby data collected from secondary sources were reviewed, explained and analyzed within the purview of the study. The paper conclude, the views that bringing women into the peace process, as participation of women makes it sustainable and reduces possibility of inadequate outcome or failure of the entire process, may be an illusion. Unless the women are economically and politically empowered, as one of the outstanding equality of peace-makers or negotiators is the amount of political and economic influence they possessed. Only elite centric gender blind composition of negotiation and peace process team cannot ensure sustainable peace process as there could be no peace with one side so disadvantaged.
Listening and feeling doctoral students’ perceptions of their doctoral supervision. The PhD students’ point of view.
Authors: Coutinho Isabel Ribau 
Published: January 2020

Doctoral education has been subject to research and analysis by researchers in the last fifty years. Nevertheless, doctoral supervision still a private issue among supervisor and PhD student; if the relationship between them goes wrong, a shadow undermines the doctoral research, hindering student support of others, which may result in attrition and dropout. Breaking this situation, transforming the “private place” in a “public matter”, requires a profound reflection about the doctoral education aim, institutions goals, institution policy, but also a supervisor and PhD students’ perspectives (careers, goals, development, financial support). It is necessary to know, where we want to go, to outline a path to achieve the goals.
During the last three years, doctoral supervision has been studied at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL). A qualitative case study method was used. This was the first study (a pilot study) that covered all the nine UNL schools, is intended to identify the supervision practices, but also captures a glimpse of doctoral students’ life in the academy, their difficulties, their thoughts and feelings related to doctoral education. The documentary analysis, concerning the institution rules related to doctoral education, was the study first step (already published). The second was the implementation of a survey with closed and open questions to allowed students to express their opinion regarding doctoral education, especially doctoral supervision. During three months, a survey, centred in doctoral supervision, applied online in all schools. This paper aims to describe what was found and what was unexpected in the context of a young university.
MIGRATION AND THE TRANS-NATIONALISATION OF AFRICAN PENTECOSTALISM IN EUROPE
Authors: Olorunnisola Titus S. 
Published: January 2020

Migration, the movement of people from one geographical location to another is an indispensable component of globalisation which has impacted the latter with visible effects. Neo-Pentecostal Christian movements from different parts of Africa have seized the advantage of both migration and globalization to advance their missionary causes. This has resulted in planting new churches and organization of para-church ministries and outreaches in different parts of Europe and elsewhere.
Using the Critical Integrated Analysis (CIA) method, which seeks to generate data from the existing body of knowledge, the article explored the trajectories of African migration vis-à-vis the penetration of African-led Pentecostal churches in some part of Europe. This process has stemmed encounters between the European and African cultures plus the hurdle of navigating the cultural nuances of the Europeans.
The article discovered that although there are shreds of evidence of growth among African-led migrant churches, more grounds need to be covered. It suggested that migrant churches need to structure their ministries and organisations in ways that propel appropriate cultural engagement with their host communities to enable them to influence and transform their immediate social realities.
The Merchant of Venice: An Allegorical Equation of Art and Commodity
Authors: Pakdamanshahri Fatemeh (Sara) 
Published: January 2020

John Cage narrates: “...Somebody said that Brecht wanted everybody to think alike. I want everybody to think alike... Everybody looks alike and acts alike, and we’re getting more and more that way. I think everybody should be a machine. I think everybody should be alike.” The interviewer asks Cage: “Isn’t that like pop art?” And consequently, Cage responds: “Yes, that’s what pop art is, liking things.”1
Shakespeare’s plays have long been put under scrutiny, praised, and devalued through various theoretical lenses. Regardless of the innumerable doctrines against which his tragedies and comedies have been over-analyzed, tending to his art in terms of the essence of his works, the artistry of them seems more than crucial. Morality, ethics and individual and collective philosophical readings of Shakespearean plays have coexisted with and mirrored in words, hence literature. There seems to be no way out but to weigh Shakespearean plays against these impossibly heavy concepts. This paper intends to undergo an ethical reading of The Merchant of Venice, through the ideas of Emmanuel Kant and Jeremy Bentham. Consequent to the ethical reading of The Merchant of Venice, the artistic value(s) of it will be discussed; whether one is blessed with an artistic sense or otherwise is a question to be tended to.
On the asymptotic behavior of the solutions to parabolic variational inequalities
Authors: Colombo Maria , Spolaor Luca , Velichkov Bozhidar 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
We consider various versions of the obstacle and thin-obstacle problems, we interpret them as variational inequalities, with non-smooth constraint, and prove that they satisfy a new constrained Łojasiewicz inequality. The difficulty lies in the fact that, since the constraint is non-analytic, the pioneering method of L. Simon ([22]) does not apply and we have to exploit a better understanding on the constraint itself. We then apply this inequality to two associated problems. First we combine it with an abstract result on parabolic variational inequalities, to prove the convergence at infinity of the strong global solutions to the parabolic obstacle and thin-obstacle problems to a unique stationary solution with a rate.
Secondly, we give an abstract proof, based on a parabolic approach, of the epiperimetric inequality, which we then apply to the singular points of the obstacle and thin-obstacle problems.
On finite sums of periodic functions
Authors: Kharazishvili Alexander 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
It is shown that any function acting from the real line

ℝ

{\mathbb{R}}

into itself can be expressed as a pointwise limit of finite sums of periodic functions. At the same time, the real analytic function

x
→

exp
⁡

(

x
2

)

{x\rightarrow\exp(x^{2})}

cannot be represented as a uniform limit of finite sums of periodic functions and, simultaneously, this function is a locally uniform limit of finite sums of periodic functions. The latter fact needs the techniques of Hamel bases.
W(L

p
,L

q
) boundedness of localization operators associated with the Stockwell transform
Authors: Gürkanlı Ahmet Turan , Sevgen Yaşar Nuri 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
In this paper we study the boundedness of localization operators associated
with the Stockwell transform with symbol in

L
p

{L^{p}}

acting on the Wiener amalgam
space

W
⁢

(

L
p

,

L
q

)

⁢

(
ℝ
)

{W(L^{p},L^{q})(\mathbb{R})}

.
On the lower bounds for the minimum eigenvalue of the Hadamard product of an M-matrix and its inverse
Authors: Özel Mustafa , Varol Dilek 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Recently, some authors have established a number of inequalities involving the minimum eigenvalue for the Hadamard product of M-matrices. In this paper, we improve these results and give some new lower bounds on the minimum eigenvalue for the Hadamard product of an M-matrix A and its inverse

A

-
1

{A^{-1}}

. Finally, it is shown by the numerical examples that our bounds are also better than some previous results.
Trigonometric identities inspired by the atomic form factor
Authors: Sen Abhijit , Silagadze Zurab K. 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
We prove some trigonometric identities involving Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind. The identities were inspired by atomic form factor calculations. Generalizations of these identities, if found, will help to
increase the numerical stability of atomic form factor calculations for
highly excited states.
A Description of the Characteristics and Behaviors of Master Teachers in Nursing
Authors: McMillian-Bohler Jacquelyn , Copel Linda , Todd-Magel Catherine 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Master teachers are associated with achieving excellence in teaching; however, there are no research studies that describe master teachers in nursing. Based on an analysis of interview responses from eleven, experienced, full-time, undergraduate nurse educators, this qualitative study offers an empirically based description of characteristics and behaviors of master teachers in nursing. This description of master teachers provides nurse educators with characteristics and behaviors that may be needed to develop a master teacher practice. Increasing the number of master teachers in nursing could have implications for creating teaching criteria to evaluate teaching practice and develop professional development activities.
Indigenous Museum Curatorship in the United States and Canada: Roles and Responsibilities
Authors: Vamanu Iulian 
Published: January 2020

AbstractIndigenous curatorship has become an increasingly visible presence in the public sphere as part of the long process of North American Native people’s efforts to regain control over the representations and uses of their cultures in Western societies. Even though scholars consider this profession fundamental to Native American struggles for sovereignty, many do not have a clear understanding of what it involves. In the context of scarce scholarship on Indigenous curatorship, this qualitative study relies on interview and textual data to articulate Indigenous curators’ understandings of their work of preserving and promoting Indigenous knowledge. It emphasizes the uniqueness of Indigenous curatorship by mapping out this profession’s specific roles and responsibilities within the broader arena of museum curatorship. The study identifies two main directions Indigenous curators take in their work, namely activism and engagement of the public. Activism consists in Indigenous curators’ efforts to critique oppressive knowledge structures, raise awareness of controversial topics of public interest related to Indigeneity, and support Native artists and tribal communities. Engagement of the public refers to Indigenous curators’ strategies of involving source communities in the design of exhibits and diverse audiences in the interpretation of exhibitions.
Carbon nanomaterials: synthesis and applications to development of electrochemical sensors in determination of drugs and compounds of clinical interest
Authors: Porto Laís S. , Silva Daniela N. , de Oliveira Ana Elisa F. , Pereira Arnaldo C. , Borges Keyller B. 
Published: January 2020

AbstractIt is notorious that researches related to electrochemical sensors increased significantly due the promising characteristics that these devices present such as the possibility of obtaining information, with minimum manipulation of the studied system, in real time, and with low environmental impact. This article covers the carbon nanomaterials, presenting important aspects such as main properties, synthesis methods, and the application of these materials in the development of electrochemical sensors for the analysis of drugs and compounds of clinical interest. In this context, drug analysis is extremely important for quality control, to ensure that the medicine fulfills its role effectively without possible complications that could compromise the patient’s health and quality of life. In addition, analytical methods capable of determining compounds of clinical interest in biological fluids are extremely important for the indication of effective diagnoses. Thus, the versatility, selectivity, and portability of the electroanalytical techniques make the electrochemical sensors a favorite tool for the determination of drugs and compounds of clinical interest. It will be possible to follow in the present work that carbon nanomaterials have excellent thermal and electrical conductivity, strong adsorption capacity, high electrocatalytic effect, high biocompatibility, and high surface area. The possibility of formation of different composite materials based on carbonaceous nanomaterials that makes these materials promising for the development of analytical sensors, contributing to rapid, sensitive, and low-cost analyses can also be highlighted.
Characterization of Freeze-Thaw Resistance of New-to-Old Concrete Based on the Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Method
Authors: Zhu Hongguang , Fan Jingchong , Yi Cheng , Ma Hongqiang , Chen Hongyu , Shi Jing , Xu Xiaonan 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
The adhesive interface in new-to-old concrete widely occurs in the concrete structure, and the adhesion assessment for freeze-thaw (F-T) resistance is hardly focused on. To evaluate the F-T resistance of adhesive interfaces in new-to-old concrete with a nondestructive method, this experiment was conducted with ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV). Specimens with the same natural roughness were obtained using three-dimension printing technology. The surface roughness was measured via the sand replacement method. The traditional evaluation that the decrease of relative dynamic elastic modulus under 60 % represents the failure of concrete F-T resistance has a limitation in new-to-old concrete structures. A new characterization method of F-T resistance in adhesive interface for new-to-old concrete was proposed based on the variation trend of UPV in parallel direction (UPV-PD) and vertical direction (UPV-VD). The UPV-VD loss ratio had a three-stage characteristic and a steady phase, which was different from the loss ratio of splitting tensile strength in numerical value. The results showed that the UPV-PD loss ratio grew linearly in the process of F-T cycles. Moisture content was the dominant influence on the numerical difference. This difference can be eliminated based on a correction method. The variation trend of the UPV loss ratio in adhesive interfaces was similar to that of splitting tensile strength, and the obvious turning points appeared after similar F-T cycles. The characterization method of F-T resistance proposed in this article is applicable to evaluate the F-T resistance of adhesive interfaces in new-to-old concrete, which is also proved by splitting tensile test results.
Sound as Hermeneutic, or Helmholtz and the Quest for Objective Perception
Authors: Trippett David 
Published: January 2020

In 1878, at the height of his fame, Helmholtz asked what was objective in perception, declaring that—in contrast to empirical science—it is the “artist [who] has beheld the real.” His lecture sought to show how sensory perception can be law-like, and how the effects of art are ultimately grounded in such law-likeness. Such a claim for an objective measure of perception was not unprecedented, yet it failed to distinguish cleanly between what is objective and what is real, opening up a discursive space regarding what sound “is,” and what its objective perception may be. Its arguments followed calls for “a science of beauty” based on number, and was motivated, in part, by Helmholtz's attempt to distance himself from the “weaknesses of Romanticism.” This articles argues that Helmholtz's bold claims were only possible on the basis of the writings of German materialists during the 1840s and 50s, and because sound had been figured for decades as an ambiguous object.
On this basis, the article considers the role of sound within epistemological debates over sense perception and concepts of the real during the later nineteenth century. It examines the ways in which sound's abstract character became co-opted within Anglo-German discourse concerning objective perception and the scientifically real, initially through the lens of Helmholtz's 1878 lecture, but later broadening this focus to include the mid-century architects of a philosophical materialism, as well as their detractors. A closing case study, a closely documented wager between a geologist and a philosopher about the “real” of sound ca. 1850, demonstrates the imaginative uses of sound as a metonym for philosophical debate. This raises questions about the relation of sensation and number, the contested affinity between sound and concepts of the absolute, and the underlying desire to possess objects of sensory experience.
ESTUDO COMPARATIVO DA FORÇA DO OSCILADOR E DOS PARÂMETROS ÓPTICOS DE LIGAÇÃO NOS COMPOSTOS Nd(TFMS)3.9H2O, NdCl3.7H2O, NdNTA.3H2O e Nd(NO)3.5H2O EM SOLUÇÃO E NO ESTADO SÓLIDO
Authors: Grilo Jose americo 
Published: January 2020

O presente artigo tem por objetivo fazer uma comparação da força do oscilador e dos parâmetros ópticos de ligação nos compostos Nd(TFMS)3.9H2O, NdCl3.7H2O, NdNTA.3H2O e Nd(NO3)3.5H2O no estado sólido. Para isso, foram estudados a nfluência dos grupos ligantes nos resultados obtidos para os parâmetros ópticos de ligação e força do oscilador. Verificamos a correlação entre o aumento ou a diminuição do envolvimento dos orbitais de fronteira com a polarizabilidade estática. Evidenciamos a importância do índice de refração experimental na avaliação da intensidade da transição. Comparamos os resultados obtidos para estado sólido com aqueles encontrados em sistemas em solução anteriormente estudados. De maneira geral, o trabalho pretende mostrar, que uma modificação do sistema, mais especificamente, no ambiente químico ao redor Ln3+ pode ser expressa a partir de valores de parâmetros ópticos de ligação, força do oscilador e polarizabilidades eletrônicas.
CARACTERIZAÇÃO E ANÁLISE DO POTENCIAL DA ÁGUA PRODUZIDA COMO ALTERNATIVA PARA REÚSO
Authors: BARBOSA ANDREZA MIRANDA DE ANDRADE , NAVONI JULIO ALEJANDRO , Tavares Jean Leite 
Published: January 2020

Em regiões semiáridas, a escassez hídrica é uma problemática que põem em risco a sustentabilidade do desenvolvimento socioeconômico regional. Diante disso, o presente trabalho teve como intuito avaliar a qualidade da água produzida proveniente da indústria petrolífera no nordeste brasileiro no município de Mossoró-RN e seu potencial uso na irrigação. Amostras de água produzida foram avaliadas para caracterização físico-químicas (pH, condutividade, sólidos totais dissolvidos, salinidade, alcalinidade, carbonato, bicarbonato, cálcio, magnésio, dureza, cloreto, sódio, potássio, nitrato, sulfato, ferro) e toxicológicas (metais pesados: cádmio, cobre, chumbo, cromo, manganês, níquel, zinco e alumínio além do TOG). No que diz respeito às análises físico-químicas, os valores de NaHCO3, Ca2+, Mg2+, K+ e Cl- estiveram fora dos limiares considerados pelo manual de irrigação da EMBRAPA. Para as análises toxicológicas, todos os metais ficaram conformes e apenas o TOG extrapolou o limite permitido pela CONAMA nº 430/2011, que trata sobre a gestão do lançamento de efluentes, indicando a necessidade de incorporação de processos para eliminar e/ou minimizar a ocorrência destes compostos, uma vez que a água utilizada neste estudo era um efluente, sem qualquer tipo de tratamento, garantindo a segurança sanitária deste recurso em práticas de irrigação. Sendo assim, a água produzida pode ser considerada um recurso hídrico alternativo para irrigação após tratamento adequado
Avrupa Birliği Ülkelerinin İhracatındaki Yurtiçi Katma Değerin Belirleyicileri
Authors: ALKIN Huriye 
Published: January 2020

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Dünya Girdi Çıktı Veri Tabanı (WIOD) kullanılarak 2000-2014 yıllarını kapsayan dönemde 28 ülkeden oluşan Avrupa Birliği bölgesinin küresel değer zincirine katılımının araştırılmasıdır. Küresel değer zinciri ölçüm yöntemi olarak Koopman, Wang and Wei (2014) tarafından geliştirilen ayrıştırma metodu kullanılmıştır. Günümüzde üretimin farklı aşamalarını farklı ülkelerin gerçekleştirmesi ve ara girdilerin uluslararası sınırlardan çok kez geçmesi sebebi ile geleneksel dış ticaret istatistikleri farklı ülkeler tarafından elde edilen katma değeri içermektedir. Dolayısıyla dış ticaret istatistikleri çift sayım problemi ile karşı karşıyadır. Geliştirilen ayrıştırma metodu ile brüt ihracat, katma değer ve çift sayım bileşenlerinden oluşan birçok bileşene ayrılarak bu sorunun önüne geçilmektedir. Ülkelerin ihracatındaki yurtiçi katma değer ve yabancı katma değerin hesaplandığı analizin ilk kısmında 2000-2014 yılları arasında ülkelerin ihracatındaki yurtiçi katma değerin azaldığı ve yabancı katma değerin arttığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Analizin ikinci kısmında verimlilik, araştırma ve geliştirme yatırımları, sermaye birikimi, yabancı katma değer, bilgi-işlem donanım yatırımları ve iletişim yatırımlarının ihracattaki yurt içi katma değer üzerindeki etkisi analiz edilmektedir. Ülke bazlı olarak yapılan çalışmanın ampirik sonuçları araştırma ve geliştirme yatırımları, sermaye stoku ve yabancı katma değerin yurtiçi katma değeri pozitif etkilediğini göstermektedir.