bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Lifestyle residents in Barcelona: a biographical perspective on linguistic repertoires, identity narrative and transnational mobility
Authors: Codó Eva 
Published: February 2018

AbstractThe popularization of lifestyle migration epitomizes the individualization of contemporary lives, and the centrality of travel and spatial relocation in people’s aspirational or real life projects. This article examines the processes of sociolinguistic relocation of “lifestylers” in the polylingual city of Barcelona through the lens of their embracing or rejection of Catalan, the non-state, local co-official language. It aims to decipher to what extent these individuals see Catalan as relevant to their transnational life experiences, and how this relevance is embedded in their relational-emotional experiences and evolving sense of self. This article, which examines two life stories gathered through ethnographic interviewing, is framed within biographical-experiential approaches to the multilingual repertoire. The analysis shows that by assembling different narrative bits and by examining in detail the small stories informants tell to ground their accounts, a complex picture of language (dis)appropriation emerges. It argues that national identity rhetoric is a discursive strategy deployed by narrators to partly make sense and partly rationalize what is a complex bundle of identity (re)constitution reasons, emotional stances and interpersonal power dynamics. The article concludes by arguing that presences or absences in people’s repertoire are embodied struggles for personal coherence.
An Integrated Intuitionistic Fuzzy AHP and TOPSIS Approach to Evaluation of Outsource Manufacturers
Authors: Kahraman Cengiz , Öztayşi Başar , Çevik Onar Sezi 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
Outsourcing is the action of contracting a specific task, function, or process to an external company instead of using an organisation’s resources. The history of outsourcing goes back to the 1980s when it was used for cost reduction in non-core business operations. Over time, outsourcing has moved to more strategic areas and has become an important factor in business performance. The selection of the best alternative among alternative outsource manufacturers is a multi-criteria decision-making problem. In this study, the fuzzy set theory is used to capture the uncertainty embedded into the decision problem. In this paper, an interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution-based methodology is proposed, and an application is provided for the evaluation of outsource manufacturers.
Transitivizing-detransitivizing typology and language family history
Authors: Grünthal Riho , Nichols Johanna 
Published: February 2018

AbstractThe transitivizing/detransitivizing typology of Nichols et al. 2004 also proves useful to historical linguistics. We focus on language families of northern Eurasia, chiefly the three oldest families (Indo-European, Uralic, Nakh-Daghestanian), some of their daughter branches aged about 2000-3000 years, and one younger family for which we have data on enough daughters to support a family phylogeny (Tungusic). We use the 18-pair wordlist of Nichols et al. 2004, which typologizes each pair of verbs depending on which of the two is derived. We make some improvements in the coding of grammatical properties and the typologization of pairs. NeighborNet trees based on this information reveal family-wide linguistic geography and areal trends. Adding minimal information about the cognacy or non-cognacy of the roots of the wordlist items produces Neighbor- Net trees which approximate well the known phylogeny of the family. Thus very small closed data sets, collected originally for typology, yield rich information about language family history - strikingly, a mere 18 verbs (9 pairs), coded for morphological type and cognacy, yield a very good genealogical tree - while historical methods have also improved the typology.
Finding the best fit for direct and indirect causation: a typological study
Authors: Levshina Natalia 
Published: February 2018

AbstractThe contrast between direct and indirect causation is the most widely discussed semantic distinction in the literature on causative constructions. This distinction has been claimed to correlate with a number of formal parameters, such as formal distance, productivity and length, which are linked to different functional and diachronic explanations based on the principles of iconicity and economy. The present study tests these claims on a typologically representative sample of languages from 46 diverse families, examining four formal variables and their association with (in)directness of causation. According to the data, formal length displays the most pervasive association with the semantic distinction in question, which supports the economy-based explanation. In addition, the relative prominence of the other formal parameters depends on the type of causatives and their stage of grammaticalization.
Selected semitransitive constructions in Algonquian
Authors: Zúñiga Fernando 
Published: February 2018

AbstractThe present paper surveys a number of selected constructions in Algonquian languages that fall between those expressing transitivity and those expressing intransitivity (Hopper & Thompson 1980; Dryer 2007). Socalled passives are mostly agentless and show different kinds of allomorphy in the particular languages. Antipassives are not fully understood yet but seem to be more idiosyncratic than passives, and are not found everywhere in the family. Lastly, systematic mismatches between morphological and syntactic valency (similar to constructions found in Oceanic and other languages) seem to play an important role in the inventory of constructions used to express less than full transitivity in Algonquian.
Tool for the Synthesis of Mechanisms of New Engines Based on Dasy
Authors: Richtr David 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
The article presents a tool for the synthesis of engine mechanisms based on DASY and the use thereof for designing the parameters of an experimental single-cylinder engine. The tool includes a parametric engine model based on DASY. The model will make it possible to simulate the engine thermodynamics and its mechanisms. It consists of sub-models which deal with the thermodynamics, kinematics and dynamics of the valve timing mechanism, its belt drive, and hydraulic circuit for camshaft adjustment. The methodologies of synthesis of mechanisms were used to determine the values of the calibration parameters. The parameters of the sub-models were subsequently validated by experimental data, and the values thereof are included in DASY. The sub-models were used to assemble the model of an experimental single-cylinder engine which validates the design thereof, makes it possible to optimize its parameters and predict its behavior in different simulated conditions.
Functional Model to Estimate the Inelastic Displacement Ratio
Authors: Ceangu Vlad , Cretu Dan 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
In this paper a functional model to estimate the inelastic displacement ratio as a function of the ductility factor is presented. The coefficients of the functional model are approximated using nonlinear regression. The used data is in the form of computed displacement for an inelastic single degree of freedom system with a fixed ductility factor. The inelastic seismic response spectra of constant ductility factors are used for generating data. A method for selecting ground-motions that have similar frequency content to that of the ones picked for the comparison is presented. The variability of the seismic response of nonlinear single degree of freedom systems with different hysteretic behavior is presented.
Preparation and electrical properties of polyimide/carbon nanotubes composites
Authors: Kareem Aseel A. 
Published: February 2018

AbstractPolyimide/MWCNTs nanocomposites have been fabricated by solution mixing process. In the present study, we have investigated electrical conductivity and dielectric properties of PI/MWCNT nanocomposites in frequency range of 1 kHz to 100 kHz at different MWCNTs concentrations from 0 wt.% to 15 wt.%. It has been observed that the electrical conductivity and dielectric constants are enhanced significantly by several orders of magnitude up to 15 wt.% of MWCNTs content. The electrical conductivity increases as the frequency is increased, which can be attributed to high dislocation density near the interface. The rapid increase in the dielectric constant at a high MWCNTs content can be explained by the formation of a percolative path of the conducting network through the sample for a concentration corresponding to the percolation threshold. The high dielectric constant at a low frequency (1 kHz) is thought to originate from the space charge polarization mechanism. I-V characteristics of these devices indicate a significant increase in current with an increase in multi-walled carbon nanotube concentration in the composites. The SEM images show improved dispersion of MWCNTs in the PI matrix; this is due to the strong interfacial interactions.
Crystal structure of bis(μ3-chlorido)-bis(μ2-chlorido)-tetrakis(μ2-2,6-bis (diphenylmethyl)-4-t-butylphenolato)tetralithium(I)dicobalt(II) toluene solvate, C75.5H70Cl2CoLi2O2
Authors: Bu Donglei , Chen Xiaodan , Meng Miao , Zhu Feifeng , Lei Hao 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
C75.5H70Cl2CoLi2O2, triclinic, P1̅ (no. 2), a = 13.1085(7) Å, b = 13.4704(7) Å, c = 18.8367(10) Å, α = 88.604(5)°, β = 88.255(4)°, γ = 68.282(5)°, V = 3088.3(3) Å3, Z = 1, R
gt(F) = 0.0666, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1743, T = 150 K.
Crystal structure of ethyl 1-(4-fluorobenzyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate, C19H17FN2O2
Authors: Tong Sheng-Yue , You Jin-Zong , Zhang Yi-Ping , Wang Zhen-Zhen , Yu Ke-Ji , Hu Qiong , Pan Hui-Juan , Wu Cheng-Jie , Qi De-Qiang 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
C19H17FN2O2, triclinic, P1̅ (no. 2), a = 7.8593(19) Å, b = 10.3322(18) Å, c = 10.9747(19) Å, α = 108.914(18)°, β = 92.931(3)°, γ = 99.544(3)°, V = 826.1(3) Å3, Z = 2, R
gt(F) = 0.0431, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1170, T = 296.15 K.
From shrieks to “Stupid poo”: emotive language in a developmental perspective
Authors: Gerholm Tove 
Published: February 2018

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to highlight and describe the forms of verbal emotive utterances that appeared in a longitudinal corpus of 11 Swedish children interacting with parents, siblings and friends. The children were in the ages 0;9 to 5;10 and were recorded four to six times during a two-year period. The verbal emotive expressions of the material are divided into the categories Descriptive versus Accompanying utterances. Descriptive utterances are emotive mainly from semantic conventions, whereas Accompanying utterances are emotive due to prosodic and contextual traits. The categories are illustrated and related to conventions, language development and cognitive growth. By classifying and labeling verbal expressions as emotive in different ways, it is argued that we can gain a better understanding of how language is used when intertwined with emotions, but also that we access a way to compare and investigate emotive language in a more thorough manner.
Postweld Heat Treatment Characterization of Mild Steel (E6013) Welded Areas Using Wavelet Transform of Ultrasonic Testing Signals
Authors: Khan Tariq M. R. , Maqsood Amna , Warraich Saad A. , Khalid Saeed 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
Ultrasonic testing (UT) is a widely used nondestructive testing technique. The research presented here aims to relate UT signal features to the hardness of welded mild steel material that has undergone postweld heat treatment. The weld specimens were heat treated at different temperatures to emulate different levels of postweld heat treatments in the study. Using destructive methods, the hardness of all the specimens, a mechanical property, is computed. The change in the attenuation of UT signals is related to the change in the hardness. Possible classification of the UT signals acquired from weld areas in terms of different levels of postweld heat treatment is also explored using the continuous wavelet transform (CWT) technique. The CWT technique has been applied to the raw UT signals to compute the wavelet coefficients. Different candidate wavelets are investigated to decide which wavelet offers the best discriminatory strength between UT signals acquired from the samples with postweld heat treatment of different levels. The resulting empirical relationships between hardness and UT signal features are reported in this research work. These relationships will enable the inspectors to predict the hardness of the weld specimen under test just through in situ UT.
Optimasi Konsentrasi Etil Selulosa dan Lama Pengadukan dalam Preparasi Microspheres Metformin Hidroklorida
Authors: Sukmaningrum Ninda , Sari Lusia Oktora Ruma Kumala , Irawan Eka Deddy 
Published: February 2018

Metformin hidroklorida (MH) merupakan obat pilihan pertama yang digunakan dalam terapi diabetes mellitus tipe 2, namun dapat menimbulkan efek samping pada saluran pencernaan sehingga MH tepat dipreparasi menjadi sediaan microspheres. Banyak faktor yang mempengaruhi hasil preparasi microspheres di antaranya adalah konsentrasi etil selulosa (EC) dan lama pengadukan yang digunakan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui komposisi terbaik konsentrasi EC dan lama pengadukan yang dapat menghasilkan microspheres MH-EC dengan entrapment efficiency (EE) tertinggi menggunakan optimasi desain faktorial. MH digunakan sebagai bahan aktif, EC digunakan sebagai polimer serta non-aqueous solvent evaporation method sebagai teknik yang dipilih dalam preparasi microspheres. Hasilnya microspheres yang menggunakan konsentrasi EC sebanyak 4.500 mg dan lama pengadukan selama 2 jam menghasilkan EE sebesar 84,6 ± 0,557% dengan nilai verifikasi EE sebesar 98,1%, drug loading sebesar 12,7 ± 0,173% dan yield sebesar 95,1 ± 0,612%. Microspheres memiliki bentuk sferis dan morfologi permukaan yang relatif halus dan cerah serta ukuran partikel sebesar 173,8 ± 4,41µm. Hasil analisis FTIR menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada perubahan gugus fungsi spesifik pada MH sebagai bahan aktif. Kata kunci: microspheres, metformin hidroklorida, etil selulosa
Influence of grasslands management on diversity of the diurnal butterflies of Vlkolínec Village (Central Slovakia)
Authors: Babálová M. , Štrbová E. 
Published: February 2018

During 2011–2012, the research of diurnal butterfly communities in ten study sites under different management measures in the vicinity of the village of Vlkolínec was performed. The village of Vlkolínec is located in the northern part of Central Slovakia in the buffer zone of the Veľká Fatra National Park. Abandoned meadows and fallows are prevailing in the study area, thus, traditional management is gradually disappearing, which results in ecosystems changing and decline of biodiversity. Adults were recorded by the modified transect method (Erhardt, 1985) in the following types of habitats: extensive and intensive pasture, old fallow lands of various successional stages and fallow lands exploited by mulching. Shannon-Weaver index of diversity (H) and equitability (e) were used for estimation of the quantitative and qualitative structure of the butterfly assemblages. To study the impact of anthropogenic factor (mulching, pasture and abandonment) on the butterfly diversity multivariable statistical methods (CANOCO 4.5 software) were used. Summarily, 2314 individuals of 63 species were sampled. The most of species were classified into the Nymphalidae family. During two-year research the highest values for number of species and diversity indices were recorded in the grasslands of late successional stages and extensive pastures. The highest number of grassland indicators and protected species, such as Limenitis populi, Melitaea aurelia, M. diamina, Polyommatus bellargus, P. daphnis, P. thersites, Thymelicus acteon and two European important species Phengaris arion and P. rebeli, were recorded in those habitats. Intensification of landscape leads to sterile grasslands, which are the unsuitable habitats for butterflies, and the main reason of negative effect of intensive grazing is a change of vegetation structure, which is the factor most of stenotopic butterflies are negatively correlated with. Extensive management has a positive impact on the assemblages of daily butterflies and landscape biodiversity, as the RDA analysis has shown for some of the localities studied where we found positive correlation of many specialized and indicator species (such as Pyrgus malvae, Polyommatus dorylas, P. thersites, P. bellargus, Melitaea aurelia). The RDA analysis has also indicated positive impact of succession on the butterfly diversity. Our results prove that intensive management, such as long-term mulching and intensive pasture, has negative impact on the abundance and structure of butterfly assemblages. Extensive pastures and old fallow lands represent important habitats of the country, however, their importance is often overlooked.
Peculiarities of manganese and lead distribution in soils of Samara Dniprovska river valley ecosystems
Authors: Tagunova Ye. O. 
Published: February 2018

Microelemental characteristics of the edaphotopes of A. L. Belgard Prysamarsky International Biospheric Station (Dnieper Prisamaria region, Ukraine) by example of forb-fescue-stipa steppe and lime-ash oakery of the central floodplain are presented. The content and patterns of distribution of Manganese and Lead in soil profiles were researched.
Multivariate comparison of trophic networks of grassland ecosystems
Authors: Buzhdygan O. Y. , Rudenko S. S. 
Published: February 2018

This article compares 13 network properties of food webs of 31 Ukrainian grasslands. The properties are: network size N, trophic link number L, trophic classes Cl, system connectance C, link density LD, total system throughflow TST, network cycling FCI, ascendency AS, developmental capacity DC, indirect effects dominance IE, system aggradation AI, system synergism SI, and mutualism MI. Our results show these properties are highly correlated and can be aggregated into the three latent factors. The first factor includes N, TST, AS, DC, SI, L, and LD, where network size N appears to be a central defining variable. The second latent factor includes FCI, AI, and Cl, and is driven by indirect effects dominance IE. The third factor includes mutualism MI and connectance C, the last being the driving variable. Network Synergism SI is negatively correlated with the other network properties, while all others are positively intercorrelated. Network connectance appears to be a scale invariant property, while link density is highly sensitive to network size. Our data also show that network mutualism MI is more tied to the network complexity than simply to system scale or number of feeding links.
Collective monograph dedicated to the results of 65-year long research of natural and artificial biogeocoenoses under the conditions of steppe by collective of the complex expedition of Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University
Authors: Tsaryk Y. V. , Parpan V. I. , Nykyforov V. V. , Tsaryk I. Y. 
Published: February 2018

The monograph consists of 13 original articles, considering history of the complex expedition, fundamental data of soil micromorphology, content of heavy metals in it, physical and chemical properties of the soils under the steppe conditions. It is ascertained the role of light structure in the formation of artificial forest plantations; the results of grass community research are given as well. Floral and coenotic structures of wetland ecosystems of the Samara river basin and the water regime of forest and steppe biogeocoenoses of Prysamarya are described. The role of mammals, amphibians, reptiles and butterflies in the structure of steppe biogeocoenoses of Ukraine is characterized. The bases for biogeocoenological ways of forest restoration of devastated lands as well as information about the diversity of Oribatida mites in West Donbas are presented. The collective monograph in memoriam for Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Prof., Corresponding member of NAS Ukraine A. P. Travleyev, which has passed away in September 2016, is necessary for the scientific staff, lecturers, postgraduate students, biology students, ecologists, and forest, water and agriculture personnel.
ESTADOS UNIDOS EN LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE LA PAZ EN COLOMBIA
Authors: Rojas Diana Marcela 
Published: February 2018

El presente trabajo plantea que la participación de Estados Unidos en el actual proceso de construcción de paz, le da continuidad a la política de intervención de Washington en el conflicto armado colombiano desarrollada desde finales de los años noventa. En virtud de ello, la potencia del norte sigue teniendo una influencia directa en asuntos que conciernen tanto al establecimiento de las condiciones necesarias, como a la orientación del proceso mismo de posconflicto en el país.
MEDIOAMBIENTE Y DIVERSIDAD EN EL ACTIVISMO LEGAL TRANSNACIONAL. AGENDAS Y REDES DE PRESIÓN EN EL SISTEMA INTERAMERICANO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS
Authors: Hincapié Sandra , López Jairo Antonio 
Published: February 2018

Este artículo analiza el activismo legal transnacional de redes de acción colectiva regionales ante el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos. A partir de la construcción de una base de información empírica sobre el activismo de las organizaciones no gubernamentales que participan en el Sistema Interamericano, identificamos las trayectorias, actores relevantes, estrategias de movilización y repertorios que impulsan las redes transnacionales. Demostramos cómo las redes de organizaciones en defensa de derechos relacionados con el medioambiente y la diversidad sexual han conseguido establecer vínculos sólidos y coordinados regionalmente, promoviendo novedosas agendas con incidencia continental, buscando generar la inclusión de nuevos temas de derechos humanos en las prioridades internacionales.
Aislamiento e identificación de levaduras degradadoras de hidrocarburos aromáticos, presentes en tanques de gasolina de vehículos urbanos
Authors: Delgadillo-Ordoñez Nathalia Catalina , Posada-Suárez Leonardo Ruiz , Marcelo Elkin , Cepeda-Hernández Matha Lucia , Sánchez-Nieves Jimena 
Published: February 2018

Se obtuvieron aislamientos de levaduras a partir de muestreos en tanques de combustible de vehículos urbanos, con el objeto de evaluar su potencial actividad de degradación de hidrocarburos aromáticos derivados del petróleo. Se realizaron ensayos de crecimiento en medio mínimo mineral sólido utilizando distintos hidrocarburos (benceno, tolueno, naftaleno, fenantreno, y pireno). Los aislamientos que presentaron crecimiento notorio en alguno de los hidrocarburos aromáticos policíclicos fueron identificados mediante secuenciación Sanger de los marcadores moleculares ITS1 e ITS2 del ARNr. Se obtuvieron 16 aislados de levaduras, de las cuales tres presentaron crecimiento conspicuo con hidrocarburos aromáticos como única fuente de carbono. Las cepas identificadas pertenecen al género Rhodotorula y corresponden a las especies Rhodotorula calyptogenae (99,8% de identidad) y Rhodotorula dairenensis (99,8% de identidad). Dichas cepas presentaron crecimiento en benceno, tolueno, naftaleno, fenantreno. En este estudio se reporta por primera vez la presencia de levaduras del género Rhodotorula que habitan los ductos y tanques de gasolina de vehículos urbanos, así como su capacidad para utilizar distintos hidrocarburos aromáticos que son contaminantes para el medio ambiente. Estos resultados sugieren que dichas levaduras constituyen potenciales candidatos para la degradación de éstos compuestos, como parte de estrategias de biorremediación.