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Polarization-controlled bifunctional metasurface for structural color printing and beam deflection
Authors: Huang Yun , Zhu Jia , Jin Shengxiao , Wu Meizhang , Chen Xiaoyu , Wu Wengang 
Published: February 2020

We propose a polarization-controlled bifunctional metasurface composed of arrayed trapezoidal nanoantennas. Under orthogonal-polarized incidence, different types of gap-surface plasmons are generated, regulating the intensity and phase, respectively. Thus, structural color printing and beam deflection functions are achieved on a miniaturized chip. The color printing function works from 400 to 800 nm, exhibiting a subwavelength-scale chromatic image with a broad gamut. The beam deflection function works from 360 to 540 nm, mapping light to the first diffraction order with the anomalous angle from 40.4° to 76.6°. The proposed bifunctional metasurface could serve as a key component in integrated optics systems and will find many other wide-ranging applications in optical and biological areas.
Polarization-maintaining and single-mode large mode area pixelated Bragg fiber
Authors: Vanvincq Olivier , Habert Rémi , Cassez Andy , Baudelle Karen , Labat Damien , Delobel Sylvain , Quiquempois Yves , Bouwmans Géraud , Bigot Laurent 
Published: February 2020

This Letter reports on a large mode area pixelated Bragg fiber in which some high refractive index rods were replaced by boron-doped rods that allows polarization maintaining behavior while keeping single-mode behavior. The realized all-solid fiber has a core diameter of 35 µm. The fundamental mode is circular with a 25 µm mode field diameter around 1 µm wavelength, and the polarization extinction ratio reaches 30 dB. Finally, this fiber is single-mode and bendable up to a 20 cm radius with fundamental mode losses lower than 0.3 dB/m.
Continuously diode-pumped passively $Q$Q-switched eye-safe 1537  nm Er:Yb:Lu2Si2O7 pulse laser
Authors: Chen Yujin , Huang Jianhua , Lin Yanfu , Gong Xinghong , Luo Zundu , Huang Yidong 
Published: February 2020

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‘What’s Wrong with Carpets?’
Authors: Crane Jonathan 
Published: February 2020

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The short story ‘What’s Wrong with Carpets’ continues in the Chekhovian tradition, exploring reality as it is while metonymically signifying the protagonist’s whole life through the glimpse. Moreover, by representing a slice-of-life from modern Britain, with younger generations experiencing job and housing insecurity as a consequence of economic conditions, the story is freighted with subtle sociopolitical implication. The story, therefore, works counter to Charles E. May’s contention that whilst the short story is able to render the mystery and ambiguity of human reality, it has never had a political agenda, and has never succeeded in emphasizing social content. The story is followed by a short essay on its composition.
Book Reviews
Authors: Luscher Robert M. , Skelton Felicity , Whitehead Sarah 
Published: February 2020

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The American Short Story Cycle, Jennifer J. Smith (2018)
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 194 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-47442-393-9, h/bk, £75.00
ISBN 978-1-47445-269-4, p/bk, £19.99

Dead Voices, F. G. Paci (2019)
Toronto: Guernica Editions, 285 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-77183-319-6 (EPUB), ISBN 978-1-77183-318-9, p/bk, $25

Eye, Marianne Micros (2018)
Toronto: Guernica Editions, 142 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-77183-258-8 (EPUB), ISBN 978-1-77183-257-1, p/bk, $20

Katherine Mansfield and Periodical Culture, Chris Mourant (2019)
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 301 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-47443-945-9, h/bk, £80
Fasting, feasting: The resistant strategies of (not) eating in Ananda Devi's Le Voile de Draupadi and Manger l'autre
Authors: Damlé Amaleena 
Published: February 2020

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This article explores representations of fasting and feasting in Le Voile de Draupadi (1993) and Manger l'autre (2018) by contemporary Francophone Mauritian author, Ananda Devi, teasing out the resistant strategies of (not) eating to the power dynamics entrenched within her global, postcolonial settings in which the politics of gender, neo-colonialism and advanced capitalist consumer culture compete in the regulatory domination of the individual body. Reading these two novels together offers space for reflection on the different meanings – psychical, familial, religious, cultural, political, historical – that converge on the bodies of her protagonists, and the ways that these meanings may exceed singular or conventional interpretations of both fasting and feasting. Written 25 years apart, and set in different locations, one in Mauritius, the second in an unnamed although recognizably western nation, Devi's novels speak to one another across these spaces, tracing the global flows of attitudes towards the body and practices of consumption. In so doing, Devi's writing illuminates the embedded, crisscrossing power dynamics and layered drives exhibited by these fasting, feasting bodies, and their divergent – but resonant – strategies of resistance in the practices of (not) eating across the contemporary, globalized world.
Repenser sur l'environnement: Une étude écocritique dans Gouverneurs de la rosée de Jacques Roumain, Moi, Tituba sorcière… noire de Salem de Maryse Condé et L'Exil selon Julia de Gisèle Pineau
Authors: Ugwu Evaristus Nkemdilim , Obidiegwu Vincent Nnaemeka 
Published: February 2020

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From the Stockholm conference in Sweden in 1972 to the Chile conference that will take place from 2 to 14 December 2019, the environmental debate provoked by environmental challenges such as climate change continues to be in full swing in all these international meetings. It is obvious that it is an attempt to meet the millennial demands represented by the consequences of climate change such as drought, flood and hurricane among others that ravage not just the West Indian world but humanity in general. It is also true that for some time now, environmental affairs are no longer those of just environmentalists or geographers, writers and literary critics have also stepped up to the scene in protection of the environment. Therefore, this article aims to analyse through ecocritical theory the place of the environment in Jacques Roumain's Gouverneurs de la rosée, Maryse Condé's Moi, Tituba sorciere... noire de Salem and Gisèle Pineau's L'Exil selon Julia. To what extent these writers care for the well-being of the environment? In what way? What are the perspectives of the future advocated by these writers?
Internists' Misconceptions About PPIs: Increasing Knowledge and Implementing Guidelines
Authors: Longstreth George F. 
Published: February 2020

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Misconceptions about proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) adverse effects were common among internists, and many had changed prescribing. Among 4 scenarios representing a risk spectrum for upper gastrointestinal bleeding, 86% of physicians properly chose discontinuing PPI for a minimum-risk patient with previous gastroesophageal reflux disease, but 79% inappropriately chose discontinuing PPI for a high-risk patient with a peptic ulcer history taking low-dose aspirin. Physician self-assessment is often inaccurate. Time barriers to learning and unanswered clinical questions, especially drug issues, are common. Unscientific information can influence both physicians and patients. Strategies for increasing the guideline implementation include making scientific information available more rapidly and systematically monitoring guideline use.
AS PAISAGENS DO MUNICÍPIO DE PINHAIS (PARANÁ/BRASIL): UMA ABORDAGEM SEGUNDO O CONCEITO DE HEMEROBIA
Authors: Liberti Eduardo , Leite Henrique Reisdorfer , Da Silva Maria Consuelo , Nucci João Carlos 
Published: February 2020

Foram identificadas, classificadas e mapeadas as paisagens do município de Pinhais/Paraná de acordo com o conceito de Hemerobia, que pode ser compreendido como a dependência energética e tecnológica que as paisagens possuem para sua manutenção. Foram utilizadas imagens de satélite disponibilizadas pelo Google Earth, ano 2017, para identificar as unidades de paisagem (UP’s) da área de estudo. A classificação da hemerobia das paisagens foi realizada com adaptações no método proposto por Belem e Nucci (2011), sendo identificadas e delimitadas 5 classes de hemerobia. O mapeamento das UP’s, conforme a dependência energética e tecnológica, foi realizado no software ArcGIS 10.3, módulo Arcmap. Dentre os resultados alcançados, evidenciou-se que quase 41% da área de estudo possui hemerobia máxima, sendo esta a pior classe relativa, estando a mesma concentrada nas partes oeste e sudoeste do município de Pinhais, caracterizadas por usos residenciais, comerciais e industriais. As melhores classes de hemerobia (mínima e baixa) representam quase 43% da área do município, sendo a cobertura da terra representada por vegetação natural e/ou plantada, áreas de campo e/ou pasto, rios e parte da represa do Iraí. Os resultados obtidos com o método utilizado apresentam-se como uma importante ferramenta para compreender a dinâmica das paisagens urbanas.
Implikasi Kualitas Pelayanan Program Keluarga Harapan terhadap Kepuasaan Penerima Manfaat di Kelurahan Beji Depok
Authors: Muhtadi Muhtadi , Choirunnisa Indah 
Published: February 2020

This paper examines the effect of service quality on the satisfaction of receiving benefits in the Conditional Cash Transfers or Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) program in Beji Village Office, Depok. The hypothesis services of the PKH program have a significant influenced on beneficiary satisfaction. The instrument was tested to answer the hypothesis using a survey research method. This survey was conducted on 86 respondents who were members and beneficiaries of the PKH program. The results of the hypothesis test analysis show that service quality with indicators of reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy, and tangible simultaneously have a significant correlation between variables. Meanwhile, the resulting correlation coefficient has an effect on the beneficiary satisfaction variable of 70.3 percent. While the remaining value of 29.7 percent is influenced by other variables outside the regression equation like other variables not included in this study. The results of this study provide positive input for PKH program administrators to further improve the quality of service to aid recipients. Moreover, PKH implemented according to the wishes of the community but still needs support to be able to have broader insights (changing mindsets) to increase the independence of program beneficiaries.Paper ini menguji pengaruh kualitas pelayanan terhadap kepuasaan penerimaan manfaat pada program Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) di Kelurahan Beji Depok. Hipotesis yang berkembang adalah pelayanan program PKH berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kepuasan penerima manfaat. Instrumen yang diujikan untuk menjawab hipotesis menggunakan metode penelitian survei. Survei ini dilakukan kepada 86 responden yang menjadi anggota dan penerima manfaat program PKH. Hasil analisis uji hipotesis menunjukkan bahwa kualitas pelayanan dengan indikator keandalan (realibility), ketanggapan (responsiveness), jaminan (assurance), empati (empathy), dan berwujud (tangible) secara bersamaan memiliki korelasi signifikan antar variabel. Sementara itu, nilai koefisiensi korelasi yang dihasilkan memiliki pengaruh terhadap variabel kepuasan penerima bantuan sebesar 70,3 persen. Sedangkan sisa nilai sebesar 29,7 persen dipengaruhi variabel lain di luar dari persamaan regresi seperti variabel lain yang tidak diikut sertakan dalam penelitian ini. Hasil penelitian ini memberikan masukan positif bagi pengelola program PKH untuk lebih meningkatkan kualitas pelayanan terhadap penerima bantuan. Untuk itu, PKH berjalan sesuai keinginan masyarakat namun masih perlu dukungan agar mampu memiliki wawasan yang lebih luas (merubah pola pikir) untuk meningkatkan kemandirian penerima manfaat program.
Comparing fall migration of three Catharus species using a radio-telemetry network
Authors: Marchand Camille Bégin , Desrochers André , Tremblay Junior A. , Côté Pascal 
Published: February 2020

AbstractMigration routes vary greatly among small passerine species and populations. It is now possible to determine the routes over great distances and long periods of time with emerging monitoring networks. We tracked individual Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus), Bicknell’s Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) and Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) in northeastern Quebec and compared their migration routes and paces across an array of radio-telelemetry stations in North America. Swainson’s Thrush migrated further inland than the other two species. Individuals from all three species slowed their migration pace in the southeastern United States, and Swainson’s Thrush was more likely to stopover than Bicknell’s Thrush. Although individuals were tagged in a small area within or close to their breeding range, the results document the variability of migration routes between species with similar ecological characteristics and provide detailed material to be used for migration studies with broader taxonomic or ecological scope.
Variation in individual autumn migration and winter paths of Great Lakes red-headed woodpeckers (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
Authors: Pagel R. Kyle , West Elena H. , Jones Andrew W. , Streby Henry M. 
Published: February 2020

AbstractMigratory movements of facultative migrants are poorly understood due to their irregular and often unpredictable occurrence. However, tracking such movements is important for understanding population dynamics, informing annual cycle conservation plans, and identifying possible cues of facultative migration. We used pinpoint GPS tags to track autumn and winter movements of migratory red-headed woodpeckers (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) to better understand migration frequency, timing, and routes for birds breeding in managed oak savanna systems in the North American Great Lakes region. Proportions of individuals migrating differed between the two sites, with 72% of the Ohio population migrating, while no individuals in the Minnesota population migrated. Of the Ohio birds that migrated, their movements were highly variable in distance and direction but generally occurred south of the breeding site. Wintering sites ranged from 111 – 218 km from the breeding site. Cover types occupied during migration and wintering were almost exclusively small patches of closed-canopy hardwood forest within agricultural matrices. We documented one-time movements in migratory and non-migratory individuals during the year that have not previously been described in facultative migrants. We found no evidence of a harness or marker effect on proportions of individuals migrating, migration return rates, or annual survival regardless of migration.
Meta Logouin Plato’sTheaetetus
Authors: Hennig Boris 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThe account of knowledge in Plato’sTheaetetus, as true beliefmeta logou, seems to lead to a regress, which may be avoided by defining one kind of knowledge as true belief that rests on a different kind of knowledge. I explore a specific version of this move: to define knowledge as true belief that results from a successful and proper exercise of arational capacity(adunamis meta logou).
Study on the impregnation quality of rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensisMüll. Arg.) and English oak (Quercus roburL.) sawn veneers after treatment with 1,3-dimethylol-4,5- dihydroxyethyleneurea (DMDHEU)
Authors: Emmerich Lukas , Militz Holger 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThe efficacy of chemical wood modification is closely related to the permeability of the wood species and the cell wall deposition of the reagent, causing a permanent swelling (“bulking effect”). This study aimed to analyze how rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensisMüll. Arg.) and English oak (Quercus roburL.) may be affected by chemical wood modification, although they are known to show either variations in permeability or being less permeable. Thin clear veneers were treated with 1,3-dimethylol-4,5- dihydroxyethyleneurea (DMDHEU) which resulted in significantly reduced moisture-induced swelling and increased the resistance to static and dynamic indentation loads. The results evidenced significantly lower liquid uptakes in English oak compared to rubberwood, which directly affected the weight percent gains (WPGs) and restricted the range for potential improvements of the material properties. Surprisingly, rubberwood showed a lower cell wall bulking, which, in comparison with English oak, indicated less DMDHEU monomers entering the cell walls and rather being located in the cell lumens. Atypical for treatments with cell wall penetration chemicals, no further decrease in maximum swelling (SM) was detected with increasing bulking in rubberwood specimens. English oak showed higher variations in DMDHEU distribution within treated veneers and between earlywood and latewood areas, effecting a less homogeneous performance.
Hepatoprotective effects of Shilajit on high fat-diet induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in rats
Authors: Ghezelbash Baran , Shahrokhi Nader , Khaksari Mohammad , Ghaderi-Pakdel Firouz , Asadikaram Gholamreza 
Published: February 2020

Abstract

Background
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the main common cause of chronic liver disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of Shilajit, a medicine of Ayurveda, on the liver damage caused by NAFLD.

Materials and methods
Forty male Wistar rats, after being established as fatty liver models by feeding a high-fat diet (HFD, 12 weeks), were divided randomly into five groups as follows: control (standard diet), vehicle (HFD + distilled water), high-dose Shilajit (HFD + 250 mg/kg Shilajit), low-dose Shilajit (HFD + 150 mg/kg Shilajit) and pioglitazone (HFD + 10 mg/kg pioglitazone). The serum levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), glucose and liver glutathione peroxidase (GPx), superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, liver weight, and histopathological manifestation outcomes were measured after the 2-week intervention.

Results
Shilajit treatment significantly reduced the values of AST and ALT, TG, TC, LDL, glucose, liver weight, and steatosis, and instead, increased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) compared with the vehicle group (p < 0.05). Further, Shilajit treatment improved the adverse effects of HFD-induced histopathological changes in the liver as compared with the vehicle group (p < 0.001). MDA level and GPx activity increased but SOD activity decreased in the vehicle group compared with the control group (p < 0.05), while treatment with Shilajit restored the antioxidant/oxidant balance toward a significant increase in the antioxidant system in the Shilajit group (p < 0.05).

Conclusions
These findings suggest that Shilajit improved the histopathological NAFLD changes in the liver and indicated the potential applicability of Shilajit as a potent agent for NAFLD treatment.
Performance Evaluation of a Hybrid Buffer-Based Optical Packet Switch Router
Authors: Shukla Vaibhav , Sharma Nikunj , Choubey Dilip Kumar 
Published: February 2020

AbstractRecently, in the present day’s data center systems an explosive growth has been observed in data traffic, which restricts the speed of exiting data communication network. To solve such problem, fiber optical-based optical communication system is preferred choice. In this paper, an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG)-based optical packet switch is presented in which priority among packets is implemented effectively. This switch is a recirculating loop buffer-based switch in which a hybrid buffering (optical + electrical) technique is used for storing packets into the buffer. The power budget analysis of switch is presented in various conditions, when packet passes through the optical or electronic buffers. Comparison of optical and electronic buffering is done in terms of power required for the correct operation of the switch. In this paper, a comparison is performed between our proposed switch with recently published switch designs. The result presented in this paper clearly reveals that the performance of our proposed switch is far better than other previously published switch architecture. The major beauty of our proposed switch is that in this design priority among packets implemented effectively.
Blackburn’s Supervenience Argument Against Moral Realism: Revisited
Authors: Noonan Harold W. 
Published: February 2020

AbstractBlackburn argues against naturalistic moral realism. He argues that there is no conceptual entailment from satisfying a naturalistic predicate to satisfying a moral predicate. But the moral is conceptually supervenient on the natural. However, this conjunction of conceptual supervenience with lack of conceptual entailment is something the non-realist can explain, but the realist cannot. I argue first that Blackburn’s best formulation of his challenge is his first one. Subsequently he reformulates it as a demand for a ‘ban on mixed worlds’. Critics have directed their arguments against this formulation but they are ineffective against Blackburn’s first formulation. My second thesis is, even so formulated the realist can meet the challenge. The bare conceptual supervenience of the moral on the natural can be given a realist explanation by understanding names of moral properties as descriptive names of natural properties.
Recent advances in low-temperature electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide
Authors: Hussin Farihahusnah , Aroua Mohamed Kheireddine 
Published: February 2020

Abstract
Since the onset of the industrial revolution, fossil fuels have been the primary source of energy generation, and the continued exploitation of fossil fuels has led to an increase in the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide. A lot of research currently focuses much on decreasing dependence on fossil fuels by replacing them with green energy. However, this technique poses a number of challenges, such as the need for improved infrastructure and technology and the high market penetration of renewable energy technologies. Capturing and converting carbon dioxide using electrochemical approaches can help to stabilize atmospheric greenhouse gas levels and create a positive future for the transformation of carbon dioxide into a number of value-added products. The conversion of carbon dioxide via electrochemical approach is a major challenge, and consideration must be given to the development and production of low-cost, stable, and highly efficient electrocatalysts. Hence, this review presents an overview of the current developments in the electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide. In addition, this study discusses the current progress of electrocatalysts, in particular, the homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyst, which has a high level of activity and selectivity of low overpotential preferred products. The overview of the mechanisms and kinetics of the carbon dioxide reduction using the computational method are also addressed.