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The role of Language Planning Agencies in higher education in South Africa - comparing two cases
Authors: du Plessis Theodorus 
Published: November 2020

AbstractThe question about the role of Language Planning Agencies (LPAs) in higher education is very relevant within the South African context. A range of policy provisions regarding language in higher education are characterised by the use of language policy and planning (LPP) jargon found in the Framework for Language Planning Goals, pointing to the need for a range of LPAs to be involved in this language domain. Since such involvement has been documented in the case of the institutionalisation of Afrikaans as alternative language of higher education during the period 1910-1961, it provides the basis for a comparison with post-1994 initiatives regarding the elevation of the Sintu languages and the extension of their use in this language domain. Such comparison is undertaken on the basis of a Typology of LPAs that is developed from earlier insights that evolved during the International Research Project on Language Planning Processes at the University of Hawaii in the 1970s, essentially distinguishing between LPAs involved in regulatory, productive and promotional language planning functions. Evidence on the work of LPAs involved during the two periods is collected from secondary sources documenting the cases and analysed in terms of this typology. The results of the study provide insights into the role of LPAs in each case and in their relative effectiveness in aiding the institutionalisation of the designated languages. The article concludes by suggesting the “ideal” LPA mix for the realisation of LPP goals in higher education in South Africa.
Evaluation of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and cortisol/dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate ratio in chronic spontaneous urticaria
Authors: Vurgun Eren , Memet Bachar , Kocaturk Emek , Guntas Gulcan 
Published: November 2020

Abstract

Background
Various studies have reported different results for cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) and these were not sufficient for explaining the underlying reasons.

Objectives
To evaluate the levels of cortisol, DHEA-S and 25(OH)D in patients with CSU and to investigate the relationships between these parameters.

Methods
Fifty patients who had diagnosed with CSU and 30 healthy controls were enrolled into the study. Stress levels of CSU and control groups were determined by perceived stress scale (PSS-14). The activity of urticaria of the patients was also determined by urticaria activity score (UAS7). Serum DHEA-S, cortisol and 25(OH)D levels of the participants were measured and compared.

Results
DHEA-S and 25(OH)D levels of CSU patients were lower than the control group (p<0.001 and p<0.001, respectively) while stress level and cortisol/DHEA-S ratio were higher (p<0.001 and p=0.003, respectively).

Conclusions
Lower 25(OH)D levels and higher cortisol/DHEA-S ratio in CSU patients who have higher stress level indicate that the level of 25(OH)D seems to be associated with steroidogenesis and thus 25(OH)D levels may decrease secondarily in CSU.
Any Evil, a Stalking Ghost, and the Bull-Headed Demon
Authors: Schwemer Daniel 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
Based on first-millennium cuneiform manuscripts from Aššur, Babylon, and Uruk, this article offers an edition of a ritual against an illness conceptualized as the demon ‘Any Evil’. The text sheds light on how the catch-all figure Any Evil corresponds to the idea of a universal cure for any physical ailment, and how the rhetoric of the incantation articulates this relationship and facilitates the active participation of the patient. The ritual instructions of this and a closely related text show that Any Evil is envisaged as a bull-headed, male demon. This points to an adaptation of motifs that are typically associated with ghosts in ancient Mesopotamian thought and raises questions concerning the pictorial representation of Any Evil and its conceptual foundations.
Freud by Numbers? – Hysteria and Transgenerational Haunting in Patrick McGrath’s Constance (2013)
Authors: Vermeulen Jeroen 
Published: November 2020

AbstractThis article investigates the literary technique with which Patrick McGrath opposes two narrators and illustrates how the subtle story of one of them, Constance, deconstructs the apparently dominant discourse of the second narrator, Sidney. This article furthermore refutes the current critical interpretation of Constance as a hysteric and demonstrates that it is Sidney who deliberately constructs this notion of hysteria and who himself – paradoxically – can be linked to Histrionic Personality Disorder. This article finally explores how Constance experiences what Abraham and Torok called transgenerational haunting and how this psychoanalytic theory is reinforced and commented upon by a series of metaphors.
Reading Strategies and Impossible Worlds in Fiction: With Reference to Lincoln in the Bardo
Authors: Farsi Roghayeh 
Published: November 2020

AbstractPostmodern fiction is marked by impossible worlds, the appreciation of which challenges readers and draws upon different cognitive operations. The present study reacts to the reading strategies proposed by Alber, J. 2016. Unnatural Narrative: Impossible Worlds in Fiction and Drama. Lincoln, NB and London: University of Nebraska Press. It adopts and adapts these strategies in a case study of Saunders’s experimental novel, Lincoln in the Bardo (2017). There is an attempt to investigate the cognitive operations that are activated in the process of communicating with and understanding such texts. The study evinces the pros and cons of Alber’s reading strategies. It proposes the cognitive operation of schematization in both online and offline forms as another reading strategy which helps readers understand impossibilities in texts.
Thallium diphosphates
Authors: Weil Matthias , Stöger Berthold 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
Three thallium(I) diphosphates with compositions Tl4P2O7, Tl2H2P2O7, Tl2H2P2O7(H2O)0.5 and the mixed-valent thallium(I,III) diphosphate Tl2P2O7 (= TlITlIIIP2O7) were obtained from aqueous solutions using an ion-exchange resin (Tl4P2O7), through thermal treatment of TlH2PO4 at 190 °C and subsequent crystallization from aqueous solutions (Tl2H2P2O7, Tl2H2P2O7(H2O)0.5), and from a phosphate flux at 220 °C (Tl2P2O7). The crystal structures of monoclinic Tl4P2O7 (C2/c, Z = 4) and orthorhombic Tl2H2P2O7 (Pbca, Z = 8) are unique, whereas monoclinic Tl2H2P2O7(H2O)0.5 (C2/c, Z = 8) is isotypic with its potassium analogue, and triclinic Tl2P2O7 (P

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, Z = 4) crystallizes in the TlInAs2O7 structure type. The crystal structure of Tl2P2O7 is related to that of In2P2O7 (= InIInIIIP2O7; P21/c, Z = 4) by a translationengleiche group-subgroup relationship (t2). IR spectra of Tl4P2O7, Tl2H2P2O7 and Tl2P2O7 are reported and discussed.
Synthesis and characterization of heterostructured nanoparticle for efficient photocatalytic performance for dye degradation
Authors: Iqbal Munawar , Shar Ghulam A. , Ibrahim Sobhy M. , Iftikhar Shan , Asif Muhammad , Khan Muhammad I. , Kusuma Heri S. , Yaseen Muhammad , Nazir Arif 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
This paper focusses on the synthesis of cobalt vanadate (CoVO4) nanoparticles (NPs) by precipitation method. This was further augmented by assistance from microwave. Nanotechnology has been a wonderful tool with the promising application in different fields of life. The CoVO4 NPs synthesized by microwave assisted precipitation method was characterized by advanced techniques such as X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Ultraviolet visible spectroscopy (UV–vis) techniques. Rhodamine B (RhB) dye was used to evaluate the photo catalytic activity (PCA) of NPs by degradation of dye. The conditions were optimized for maximum degradation of dye. The NPs were in the nano flowers form and the size was ≤100 nm. The results regarding degradation of RhB was through PCA were promising; 83% dye was degraded at pH 10, reaction time 160 min and catalyst dose 1 g. It may conclude that the synthesized NPs could further be employed for possible treatment of industrial effluents particularly textile industry.
First Peoples of the Atomic Age
Authors: Lindee M. Susan 
Published: November 2020

In this article, I explore the history of biological materials that scientists and physicians collected from those who survived the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Originally acquired beginning in 1946 to track the genetic effects of radiation in the offspring of atomic bomb survivors, these materials gradually became relevant to other kinds of biological and biomedical research. Many of the samples still held at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation are from individuals (approximately 65 percent) who are no longer alive. To scientists and others engaged with their management and use, these samples are uniquely valuable, timeless, a legacy for “all mankind.” Like materials taken from isolated populations around the world, the atomic bomb samples are both unique and universalized. They join other forms of Big Data in their seamless transition from dramatic specificity to general relevance. My paper explores what such legacies mean, and what they might teach us about the history of biology, the practices of biobanking, and the post-1945 Pacific world.
This essay is part of a special issue entitled Pacific Biologies: How Humans Become Genetic, edited by Warwick Anderson and M. Susan Lindee.
The impacts of commissioning coal-fired power stations on air quality in South Africa: insights from ambient monitoring stations
Authors: Morosele Itumeleng P. , Langerman Kristy E. 
Published: November 2020

The South African electricity sector is known for its heavy reliance on coal. The aim of this study is to assess the impacts of increasing SO2 and PM emissions from the three return-to-service power stations (Komati, Camden and Grootvlei), and the newly constructed Medupi power station on ambient air quality measured in the vicinities of these power stations. Trends in ambient pollution concentrations were determined using Theil-Sen analysis. The correlation between the emissions and ambient pollution concentrations at nearby monitoring stations was determined with the Spearman partial rank correlation coefficient. Lastly, compliance of ambient pollution concentrations with the South Africa National Ambient Air Quality Standards was assessed. Few statistically significant trends in ambient SO2 and PM10 concentrations are found, and there is little correlation between increasing power station emissions and ambient pollutant concentrations in the vicinity. It is only at Camden monitoring station where there are increases in PM10 concentrations from the direction of Camden power station, and at Grootvlei monitoring station where increasing SO2 concentrations are from the directions of Grootvlei and Lethabo power stations. A strong, positive correlation between power station emissions and ambient concentrations exists only for SO2 at Grootvlei monitoring station and PM10 at Medupi monitoring station (although it is likely that the correlation at Medupi is related to construction and vehicle activity, and not emissions from Medupi power station stacks). It is concluded that the establishment of monitoring stations in the vicinities of power stations is necessary but not sufficient to monitor their impact on air quality in the surrounds.
Treatment-resistant CIDP in an IgG Tubulin Autoantibody Positive Patient
Authors: Giacobbe Alaina , Patel Mitesh , Heller Scott , Chuquilin Miguel 
Published: November 2020

Objectives: To describe a case of rapidly relapsing chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) in the setting of positive serum IgG tubulin autoantibodies.
Methods: We wrote a case report and performed a literature review of IgG tubulin autoantibodies and the use of rituximab in treatment resistant CIDP.
Results: Our case report describes a 29-year-old woman with CIDP that was resistant to treatment with steroids, intravenous immunoglobulin, and plasma exchange. An extensive workup of her rapidly relapsing CIDP was negative, with the exception of positive serum IgG tubulin autoantibodies. She ultimately stabilized on oral steroids, plasma exchange and rituximab, with a regular recurrence of weakness occurring approximately every month that led to rehospitalization.
Conclusion: Anti-tubulin antibodies could be a marker of a subtype of CIDP that is treatment resistant. We detail her clinical course to serve as an example for other cases of IgG tubulin autoantibody positive CIDP patients that could be described in the future.
„Csepp a tengerben” - Gyerekesély program az Encsi kistérségben/járásban avagy a helyi adottságokra építő fejlesztések lehetőségei
Authors: Keller Judit 
Published: November 2020

G. Fekete Éva életének és tudományos munkásságának vezérfonala volt a hátrányos helyzetű térségekben élőket sújtó térbeli és társadalmi egyenlőtlenségek orvoslása. Korát évtizedekkel megelőzve, G. Fekete úgy látta, hogy a térbeli-társadalmi egyenlőtlenségek megszüntetését célzó politikák és programok szükséges eleme a hátrányos helyzetű térségek lakóközösségeinek bevonásával mobilizált helyi tudás felhasználása és az adott közösség valós igényrendszeréből kiinduló fejlesztéspolitikai tervezés. A helyi tudásra és adottságokra építő fejlesztési megközelítés (place-based approach) több mint egy évtizede az Európai Unió (EU) kohéziós politikájának is alapvető módszertani szemléletévé vált. E hosszú távú stratégiára épülő paradigma célja a társadalmi kirekesztés és a térbeli-társadalmi egyenlőtlenségek megszüntetése, egy olyan többszintű kormányzási intézményrendszeren keresztül, amelyben a kihasználatlan helyi kapacitásokat a fejlesztéspolitikai mező magasabb szintjeiről érkező, külső források bevonásával mobilizálják. A szakirodalom szerint ez az intézményrendszer képes biztosítani a társadalom által értéknek tekintett közjavak elosztásának és az elosztás eljárásrendjének méltányosságát, és ezzel megteremteni a térbeli igazságosságot.
Az elmúlt évtized tapasztalatai azonban azt mutatják, hogy a helyi adottságokra érzékeny kohéziós politika nem érte el a célját; a társadalmi, gazdasági egyenlőtlenségek tovább nőttek az EU régiói között. A helyi adottságokból kiinduló fejlesztési paradigma kritikusai szerint az EU tagállamok alkotmányos berendezkedése, közigazgatási és fejlesztéspolitikai intézményrendszere erősen heterogén, s ebből adódóan a helyi adottságokból kiinduló fejlesztési beavatkozások eltérően, különböző eredményességgel működhetnek az egyes országokban. A tanulmány az Európai Szociális Alap által finanszírozott és a helyi tudásra és erőforrásokra alapozott Gyerekesély program Encsi kistérségi megvalósítását vizsgálja G. Fekete Évának a hátrányos helyzetű kistérségek, valamint az aprófalvak fejlesztésével kapcsolatban kidolgozott megállapításai és tézisei alapján. Az elemzés arra a kérdésre próbál válaszolni, hogy milyen lehetőségei és korlátai vannak egy helyi adottságokból kiinduló, és a térbeli igazságosságot – azaz a helyben élő gyermekek méltányos jólétét – célként kitűző programnak, G. Fekete Éva szempontrendszere alapján, több mint másfél évtizeddel az európai uniós csatlakozást követően, a mai magyarországi viszonyok között.
Thoughts Based on the Archeological Culture
Authors: Pei Shidong 
Published: November 2020

<p>Since the founding of New China in the 70s, there have been many earth-shaking, unprecedented changes and progress. Thanks to the "Two Centenary Goals", both scientific and cultural circles that have been achieved fruitful results as the archeology development has also been in its rapid development, among which the archeological victory of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties was the most remarkable. The author has a lot of thoughts about archeological culture: how to evaluate the archaeological culture of the past, the order of "cultural naming" and "civilization", and the expectations of future archeological culture. These issues involve both the cultural positioning and the future direction of Chinese archeology. The author thinks about them and puts them in this text, so as to participate in the review, discussion and reflection on Chinese archeological culture.</p>
Cultivation of Students' Cultural Pragmatic Competence in College English Translation Teaching
Authors: Liu Honglan 
Published: November 2020

<p>The effective way to cultivate college students' cultural pragmatic competence is to put forward detailed operational measures at the micro level of classroom teaching mode. The awareness of cultural pragmatics throughout the whole teaching process can be awaken by adopting cultural contrast teaching method, task-based teaching method and practical teaching method. In addition, it is also necessary to put forward macroscopic requirements on classroom teaching management, so as to strengthen students' English communication ability and consolidate knowledge. This paper analyzes in detail the effective strategies of cultivating students' cultural pragmatic competence in the process of efficient English translation classroom teaching from the following three aspects, namely constructing diversified teaching methods, enriching students' knowledge reserve with the support of knowledge and theory, and rationally selecting and compiling English teaching materials.</p>
Research on the path of integrating innovation and entrepreneurship education into professional education
Authors: Long Zhuoqun 
Published: November 2020

<p>With the deepening reform of higher education, the university education system not only needs to cultivate college students' employability, but also needs to strengthen their understanding of innovation and entrepreneurship, so as to better improve the probability of college students' development and innovation. In the current situation, innovation, entrepreneurship education is often established on the basis of professional knowledge. Therefore, in the process of education, it is necessary to integrate innovation and entrepreneurship education into professional education, so as to better enhance students' understanding of the concept of innovation and entrepreneurship, enhance their competitive advantages in the fierce job market environment, and better integrate with the society. Based on the current teaching situation of innovation and entrepreneurship education in professional education, this paper discusses the optimization strategy in order to promote the reform of education system.</p>
On the Development and Conception of Physical Education Reforms in Colleges and Universities
Authors: Li Dongbiao 
Published: November 2020

<p>As a medium subject, physical education in colleges and universities not only has high value of physical quality exercise for the students, but also has strong value of humanistic education for ideological education and professional quality education in China, which has been totally ignored in physical education in the past. Nowadays, the requirements for talents and social needs for talents' abilities including professionalism are becoming more and more comprehensive and flexible. Physical education should strengthen its understanding of the educational value of multiple deep-seated educational functions, such as physical culture, ideological and political education and professional qualities. As a bridge, physical education can realize the new educational reform and development of multi-disciplinary joint training with other subjects, thus achieving the development of physical education in the era. The implementation of talent training is the focus and main educational exploration of this paper for the author.</p>
Design of Educational Art Activities for Preschoolers
Authors: Liu Xiaoxi 
Published: November 2020

<p>With the constantly development of social economy, fine art has received more and more attention in people's learning progress. Meanwhile, art, as an important part of fine art education, plays an irreplaceable role. Early childhood is the vital stage for the study of fine arts and promoting toddlers to develop good art capability, which is quite important for preschooler's development. Children's painting should not only be understood correctly and objectively but also need to be given correct guidance. The key to art education for preschoolers is to create a good painting environment for them. Besides, teacher's reasonable and effective teaching method is also a key link in cultivating children's art capability.</p>
Tourism contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross Value Added (GVA)
Authors: Anda Milin Ioana , Ioana Merce Iuliana , Tiberiu Iancu , Elena Pet , Eugenia Tigan 
Published: November 2020

The overall evolution of the economy is usually appreciated by two macroeconomic indicators GDP and GVA, which by their value gives us clear information on the state of the economy. Gross domestic product (GDP), the main macroeconomic aggregate of national accounts, is the final result of the production activity of resident producer units and which corresponds to the value of goods and services produced by these units for final consumption. Gross Value Added (GVA) is the balance of the production account and is measured as the difference between the value of the goods and services produced (valued at basic prices) and the intermediate consumption (valued at the buyer's prices), thus representing the new value created in the production process. GVA is calculated before calculating the consumption of fixed capital. Since 1990, we have been confronted with a major restructuring of the way GDP and GVA are created due to the intensive process of restructuring the economy. In the paper we will analyze the basis of the processing of national statistical data, how the tourism component of the tertiary sector contributes to the formation of the aggregate indicators presented above. In 2016, Romania had a GDP of 169.6 billion euros, below the Czech level (174.4 billion euros), Greece (175.9 billion euros) and Portugal (184.9 billion euros). Data series published by the European Statistical Office show that in the first quarter of this year, Romania's GDP adjusted for seasonal influences was 44.2 billion euros, while the value of GDP- Greece was 43.96 billion euros, the Czech Republic's 44.85 billion euros, and Portugal's 47.37 billion euros. In terms of GVA training, Romania is included in the European Union's Statistical Yearbook 201 6 as the country with the largest contributions to the Gross Value Added in the economy from industry, agriculture and construction, simultaneously with the lowest Public sector contribution (administration, defense, education, health and social welfare, etc.) Although professional, scientific and technical activities have seen the largest increase in the share of Gross Value Added training, they remain below the average of 10.4% Registered on the whole EU. There is an increase in the art, entertainment, recreation and other activities related to tourism - which brought us near the European customs and contributed to the "structural convection" of the Romanian economy. Touristic activity, particularly complex, with upstream and downstream implications, generates a tourism industry, whose components contribute to the formation of GDP and national Gross Value Added We will analyze the share of tourism in Romania's Gross Domestic Product in the period 2008-2014, gross value added in the tourism industry direct gross value added from tourism and gross domestic product of tourism in 2013 and 2014.

Keywords: macroeconomic indicators, tourism industry, Gross Domestic Product, Gross Value Added economy