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Non-metallic and angular-insensitive metasurface transmissive long-pass filter in the visible and near-infrared regions
Authors: Qian Qinyu , Fan Li , Zhao Liang , Wang Chinhua 
Published: December 2019

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China's ancient past in its contemporary art: On the politics of time and nation branding at the Venice Biennale
Authors: Chao Jenifer 
Published: December 2019

AbstractThis article examines the China Pavilion at the 2017Venice Biennalethrough an exploration of temporality. It argues that the pavilion's deployment of a politics of time – by mobilizing China's dynastic past and its traditional arts to enhance the present – constructs a mode of cultural timelessness that sustains a stultifying visual and discursive regime. Touting the theme of 'Continuum – Generation by Generation', the pavilion paid a lofty tribute to folk-art practices such as embroidery and shadow play, elevating two paintings from the Song Dynasty as the fount of contemporary artistic imagination. This recourse to the past mirrors a predictable and safe representational strategy often mobilized by the country to shape its own public and media image on the global stage. In view of this, the pavilion can be more constructively investigated as an exercise in image and perception management, or nation branding, which reveals the self-narratives that the country embraces. Nation branding serves as a complementary analytical lens that probes the instrumentalization of Chinese traditions, history and past, while crystallizing some parallel visual logics and aims of contemporary art. Aesthetics and nation branding are, therefore, conjoined to question the shared visuality that perpetuates, to borrow a term from Rey Chow, the 'affect of pastness' that obscures a more timely and inventive imaginary of the country.
Beyond the cinematic: Reinventing Chinese martial arts through new media art practices
Authors: Wong Wayne 
Published: December 2019

AbstractThis article argues that the reinvention of Chinese martial arts through new media art practices reveals new aesthetic potentialities not readily available in the conventional cinematic medium. While martial arts cinema has captivated the global audience with visual and visceral excitements, most notably through the new-stylewuxiafilms of the 1960s and the kung fu craze of the 1970s, it focuses on representational strategies characteristic ofimaginative irreversibilityandpassive immersivity. The former refers to the rigid segregation of reality and fantasy that discourages the possibility of reversal, whereas the latter describes the immersive wuxia and kung fu spectacles as a disembodied experience, contrary to the core of martial arts learning and practice. To address the above issues, martial arts-inspired new media artworks, such as susuan pui san lok'sRoCH Fans & Legends(2015) and Jeffery Shaw, Sarah Kenderdine and Hing Chao'sLingnan Hung Kuen Across the Century(2017), look for alternative approaches to represent martial arts imaginations for the goals of preserving an intangible cultural heritage and promoting an intellectual reflexivity. In so doing, not only do the new media artworks help to reposition Chinese martial arts as an everyday art form via conventional art spaces worldwide through the transnational and transregional flow of cinema, but they also establish the subtle connection between traditional martial art and contemporary art in the context of globalization.
The Standardization of administrative processes: a case study using continuous improvement tool
Authors: Espíndola Suzana Carla Nunes Lins , Albuquerque André Philippi Gonzaga de , Xavier Larissa De Arruda , Melo Fagner José Coutinho de , Medeiros Denise Dumke de 
Published: December 2019

Goal: The goal of this research is to propose a system for the implementation of the standardization of processes, and for their continuous improvement and optimization in the administrative area of companies.
Design / Methodology / Approach: A system for the implementation of process standardization was proposed and carried out through stages for structuring each process.
Results: It was noticed that although no ideal model can be deployed in all organizations, there is a real necessity for companies that need tools to be used and adapted to the needs of each company.
Limitations of the investigation: It is worth mentioning the fact that this work was elaborated considering the specificities of the company and that the planning for the implementation of the necessary changes was performed, observing the particularities of the company.
Practical implications: The study demonstrates that with an organizational restructuring of the company, it is possible to structure internal and external processes, thus creating a faster and more accurate flow of information between departments and allowing lean management by eliminating obsolete and unnecessary processes. Another practical implication observed is the creation, control, and monitoring of indicators to achieve the results of the projected processes, as well as checking of the evaluation of these processes that can be maintained or changed according to the company's strategic planning.
Originality / Value: This article contributes to the strengthening of strategic knowledge aimed at the standardization of administrative processes for the continuous improvement of quality in the services of retail companies and can be applied in companies from emerging countries.
The Mediating Role Effect of Internal Integration Between Long Term Relationship with Suppliers and Customers and Business Performance in Turkey ICI 500 Enterprises
Authors: Toker Kerem , Pinar Recep İbrahim 
Published: December 2019

Goal: This paper aims to demonstrate the mediating effect of internal integration in the relationship between long-term connections with customers/suppliers and operating performance. Businesses that want to improve operating performance often try to establish long-term relationships with customers and suppliers. However, at this stage, they neglect the internal integration process.
Design/Methodology/Approach: Exploratory and empirical data were collected from Turkey's largest 500 manufacturing firms. Factor analyses were performed to verify the validity and reliability of the data set and scales. Then, the relationships between the variables were tested with a hierarchical regression model.
Results: The findings show that the internal integration variable has a full mediating effect on the relationship between long-term relationships with customers/suppliers and the operating performance variable.
Limitations of the investigation: This research is based only on large industrial enterprises, and the results can only be interpreted in the context of emerging economies.
Practical implications: When businesses try to establish long-term relationships with customers and suppliers, they often neglect the internal integration process, making the long-term relationship processes ineffective. This research focuses on internal integration and emphasizes its impact on the relationship between variables.
Originality/Value: This study on the integration of supply in the context of Turkey's largest production company is the first and original research. These results for manufacturing enterprises in developing countries with a similar economic structure to Turkey are expected to provide practical benefits.
Proposing a load balancing algorithm with an integrative approach to reduce response time and service process time in data centers
Authors: Sabeti Sanaz Hosseinzadeh , Mollabgher Maryam 
Published: December 2019

Goal: Load balancing policies often map workloads on virtual machines, and are being sought to achieve their goals by creating an almost equal level of workload on any virtual machine. In this research, a hybrid load balancing algorithm is proposed with the aim of reducing response time and processing time.
Design / Methodology / Approach: The proposed algorithm performs load balancing using a table including the status indicators of virtual machines and the task list allocated to each virtual machine. The evaluation results of response time and processing time in data centers from four algorithms, ESCE, Throttled, Round Robin and the proposed algorithm is done.
Results: The overall response time and data processing time in the proposed algorithm data center are shorter than other algorithms and improve the response time and data processing time in the data center. The results of the overall response time for all algorithms show that the response time of the proposed algorithm is 12.28%, compared to the Round Robin algorithm, 9.1% compared to the Throttled algorithm, and 4.86% of the ESCE algorithm.
Limitations of the investigation: Due to time and technical limitations, load balancing has not been achieved with more goals, such as lowering costs and increasing productivity.
Practical implications: The implementation of a hybrid load factor policy can improve the response time and processing time. The use of load balancing will cause the traffic load between virtual machines to be properly distributed and prevent bottlenecks. This will be effective in increasing customer responsiveness. And finally, improving response time increases the satisfaction of cloud users and increases the productivity of computing resources.
Originality/Value: This research can be effective in optimizing the existing algorithms and will take a step towards further research in this regard.
Analysis of lot-sizing methods’ suitability for different manufacturing application scenarios oriented to MRP and JIT/Kanban environments
Authors: Florim Wilson , Dias Paulo , Santos André S. , Varela Leonilde R. , Madureira Ana M. , Putnik Goran D. 
Published: December 2019

Goal: The main goal of this research is to analyse the behaviour of a set of ten lot-sizing methods applied to different application scenarios, within the context of more traditional MRP-based manufacturing environments and on JIT/ Kanbans oriented ones.
Design/Methodology/Approach: After an extended literature review, a quantitative research method is used to provide a comparative analysis on the performance of the lot-sizing methods under different simulated application scenarios, with variations in demand and peaks of seasonality. Moreover, a final summary provides the error deviations for lot-sizing methods regarding increases in demand variations and seasonality indexes.
Results: The study analyses lot-sizing methods and discusses benefits and risks associated to its use in application scenarios marked by a considerable variation in demand or peaks in seasonality.
Limitations of the investigation: As the application scenarios did not explore variations in the ordering and stock holding costs, further analysis including these kinds of variations is encouraged.
Practical implications: The findings of this research enable the enhancement of the conscience of industrial practitioners, regarding the selection of best suited lot-sizing methods for being applied on each kind of manufacturing scenario, regarding MRP or JIT/ Kanban environments.
Originality/Value: Given the diversity of the existing lot-sizing methods, for instance, the heuristic ones, authors can find it quite difficult to select appropriate methods for solving their problems for each kind of application scenario. Therefore, the present study can provide useful knowledge to better support decision making in the lot-sizing domain.
Kajian Daur Hidup (Life Cycle Assessment) dalam Produksi Pupuk Urea: Studi Kasus PT Pupuk Kujang
Authors: Adiansyah Joni Safaat , Ningrum Nailawati Prastiya , Pratiwi Dyan , Hadiyanto Hadiyanto 
Published: December 2019

Pupuk urea adalah merupakan salah satu jenis pupuk yang paling banyak digunakan oleh petani di Indonesia. Total penggunaan pupuk urea selama tahun 2018 yang tercatat pada Kementerian Perindustrian Indonesia adalah sejumlah 6,27 Juta ton atau mengalami peningkatan 5% dari tahun sebelumnya. Salah satu pabrik yang menghasilkan pupuk urea adalah PT Pupuk Kujang di Cikampek Jawa Barat. Tujuan dari studi ini adalah untuk mengidentifikasi dampak lingkungan potensial yang dihasilkan dari produksi 50 Kg pupuk urea. Metode yang digunakan dalam kajian dampak daur hidup (Life Cycle Impact Assessment) adalah CML-IA dengan 11(sebelas) parameter yaitu abiotic depletion dan abiotic depletion (fossil fuel), global warming (GWP100), ozone layer depletion, human toxicity, fresh water dan marine aquatic ecotoxicity, terrestrial ecotoxicity, photochemical oxidation, acidification, dan eutrophication, Adapun batasan sistem menggunakancradle to grave yang memperhitungakn bahan dasar, proses produksi, transportasi dan pengelolaan limbah (karung bekas pupuk). Dari hasil analisa didapatkan bahwa proses produksi memberikan kontribusi dampak paling besar dibandingkan dengan pengelolaan limbah sisa karung (landfill). Proses produksi memberikan kontribusi terhadap dampak potensial lingkungan pada kisaran 99,14 – 100 persen dari total dampak yang di hasilkan. Sebagai tambahan bahwa dampak yang ditimbulkan pada proses di pabrik ammonia akan memberikan kontribusi lebih besar pada kisaran 22-37 persen lebih besar dibandingkan dengan proses di pabrik urea.Dari hasil analisa dengan memanfaatkan grafik jaringan (networking graph) pada program SimaPro juga menunjukkan bahwa environmental hotspotsdari daur hidup pupuk urea disebabkan oleh penggunaan gas alam, katalis molybdenum, penggunaan listrik dari Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), penggunaan polypropylene dalam material karung, dan transportasi. Dengan mempertimbangan environmental hotspot maka tindakan perbaikan berkelanjutan perlu dilakukan baik berupa audit energi maupun pengelolaan penggunaan katalis.
Performing Authenticity “In Your Own Sweet Way”
Authors: Klotz Kelsey A.K. 
Published: December 2019

(Opening paragraph): "In a 2001 interview for a PBS documentary titled Rediscovering Dave Brubeck, jazz critic Ira Gitler volunteered that the songs “In Your Own Sweet Way” and “The Duke,” both Dave Brubeck originals, became jazz standards “when Miles Davis played them, that gave them the official stamp of approval.” When interviewer Hedrick Smith asked Gitler why Davis could give the songs a stamp approval that Brubeck himself could not, Gitler responded, “Well because Miles Davis, in giving his stamp of approval to these Brubeck compositions by recording them, here was a black jazz man who was respected in both the black and white circles, and when he did it black people had to say, you know, ‘that’s cool.’” Put simply, Davis’s versions were “cool”—were somehow authentic—while Brubeck’s versions were not, despite being considered by most critics and audiences to be part of the cool jazz genre. In distinguishing between these uses of the term “cool,” Gitler rooted Davis’s authenticity and jazz authority in his blackness, implying that Brubeck’s whiteness kept him from achieving the same status.
Working by the Light of the Moon: The Translation of ‘Moonlighting’ in Multilingual Official Documents. A Review.
Authors: Manzella Pietro 
Published: December 2019

AbstractThis paper examines the notion of ‘moonlighting’, which in industrial relations discourse refers to secondary employment performed in addition to the employee’s main job. As this concept might lend itself to different interpretations in English, the aim of this paper is to consider whether the ambiguous nature of this wording in source texts is also reflected in target texts, exploring how translators deal with it when rendering this concept in other languages. To this end, documents published by international institutions in English and their translations in French, Italian and Spanish were compared and contrasted, investigating the strategies put in place by translators to convey the meaning of “moonlighting” in other languages.
Chinese MA Student Writers’ Identity Construction in Citation Practices1
Authors: Liu Qingrong , Deng Liming 
Published: December 2019

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Based on Burgess and Ivanič’s (2010) framework of the discoursal construction of writer identity, this paper explores the interaction between citation practices and identity construction in Chinese EFL learners’ MA thesis writing. A mixed approach of textual analysis and interviews was adopted to examine the citation features of MA theses and the identities Chinese EFL learners constructed through citation selection. It was found that students’ selection of citations reflects their linguistic identity, academic and disciplinary identity, as well as novice identity. Their citation practices project different discursive selves to readers. By adjusting the number and relevance of references, they intend to construct a knowledgeable and credible self. The use of ineffective citations and references not only projects an unfavorable impression on readers but reflects a lack of authorial identity. This study has significant implications for the teaching of academic English and the supervision of thesis writing.
Können Zwecke als Grundlage für eine Bedeutungstheorie dienen?
Authors: Figueiredo Florian Franken 
Published: December 2019

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In this paper, I discuss whether the view that understanding is the ability to relate the use of an expression to a certain purpose leads to a theory of meaning as usage. In particular, I investigate the view that a theory of meaning relies on the assumption that use is related to immanent purposes of language. I inquire whether it is possible to identify those purposes that seem essential for the use of language. Interpreting Wittgenstein, I argue that this idea relies on a misunderstanding between purposes and effects. Single purposes are not to be conceived of as essential for the use of language. However, if we want to speak of an essential purpose of language, I argue, this purpose is to be conceived of as an end in itself. I draw the conclusion that the use of language is an end in itself rather than a means that fulfils essential purposes.
Curcumin-loaded zeolite as anticancer drug carrier: effect of curcumin adsorption on zeolite structure
Authors: Ahali Abadeh Zahra , Saviano Giovanna , Ballirano Paolo , Santonicola M. Gabriella 
Published: December 2019

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In this work we used a combination of different techniques to investigate the adsorption properties of curcumin by zeolite type A for potential use as an anticancer drug carrier. Curcumin is a natural water-insoluble drug that has attracted great attention in recent years due to its potential anticancer effect in suppressing many types of cancers, while showing a synergistic antitumor effect with other anticancer agents. However, curcumin is poorly soluble in aqueous solutions leading to the application of high drug dosage in oral formulations. Zeolites, inorganic crystalline aluminosilicates with porous structure on the nano- and micro-scale and high internal surface area, can be useful as pharmaceutical carrier systems to encapsulate drugs with intrinsic low aqueous solubility and improve their dissolution. Here, we explore the use of zeolite type A for encapsulation of curcumin, and we investigate its surface properties and morphology, before and after loading of the anticancer agent, using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and UV-vis spectroscopy. Results are used to assess the loading efficiency of zeolite type A towards curcumin and its structural stability after loading.
Recent advances in the chemistry of bicyclo- and 1-azabicyclo[1.1.0]butanes
Authors: Fawcett Alexander 
Published: December 2019

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Bicyclo[1.1.0]- and 1-azabicyclo[1.1.0]butanes are structurally unique compounds that exhibit diverse chemistry. Bicyclo[1.1.0]butane is a four-membered carbocycle with a bridging C(1)-C(3) bond and 1-azabicyclo[1.1.0]butane is an analog of bicyclo[1.1.0]butane featuring a nitrogen atom at one bridgehead. These structures are highly strained, allowing them to participate in a range of strain-releasing reactions which typically cleave the central, strained bond to deliver cyclobutanes or azetidines. However, despite these molecules being discovered in the 1950s and 1960s, and possessing a myriad of alluring chemical features, the chemistry and applications of bicyclo[1.1.0]- and 1-azabicyclo[1.1.0]butanes remain underexplored. In the past 5 years, there has been a resurgent interest in their chemistry driven by the pharmaceutical industry’s increasing desire for new methods to access cyclobutanes and azetidines. This short review intends to provide a timely summary of the most recent developments in the chemistry of bicyclo[1.1.0]- and 1-azabicyclo[1.1.0]butane to highlight the diverse chemistry they can access, their value as synthetic precursors to cyclobutanes and azetidines, and to identify areas for future research.
A hexaniobate expanded by six [Hg(cyclam)]2+ complexes via Hg–O bonds yields a positively charged polyoxoniobate cluster
Authors: Müscher-Polzin Philipp , Näther Christian , Bensch Wolfgang 
Published: December 2019

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The room temperature reaction of Hg(NO3)2 · H2O, cyclam (cyclam = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane) and K8{Nb6O19} · 16 H2O in a mixture of H2O and DMSO led to crystallization of the novel compound {[Hg(cyclam)]6Nb6O19}(NO3)4 · 14 H2O, which is the first mercury containing polyoxoniobate. The structure consists of a {Nb6O19}8− cluster core which is expanded by six [Hg(cyclam)]2+ complexes via Hg–μ
2-O–Nb bond formation. The title compound contains a positively charged polyoxoniobate cluster. The crystal water molecules form small aggregates by O–H · · · O hydrogen bonding which are joined into larger aggregates by N–O · · · H–O hydrogen bonding integrating the nitrate anions.
Palaeolithic seafaring in East Asia: testing the bamboo raft hypothesis
Authors: Kaifu Yousuke , Lin Chih-hsing , Goto Akira , Ikeya Nobuyuki , Yamada Masahisa , Chiang Wei-Chuan , Fujita Masaki , Hara Koji , Hawira Toiora , Huang Kuo-en , Huang Chih-huei , Kubota Yoshimi , Liu Chiung-hsi , Miura Kumino , Miyazawa Yasumasa , Monden Osamu , Muramatsu Minoru , Sung Yunkai , Suzuki Katsuaki , Tanaka Nobuyuki , Tsang Cheng-hwa , Uchida Saki , Wen Pi-ling 
Published: December 2019

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