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Reconstrucción de imaginarios en la Relación Breve de Fray Francisco de Aguilar
Authors: Puente González Marta 
Published: March 2018

Reconstruction of Imaginaries in the Brief Relation of Fray Francisco de Aguilar Upon the discovery and colonization of the Americas, sixteenth‑century Spaniards had to face the process of interpretation of the new reality. To do this, they drew on a specific kind of writing, the chronicles of the Indies, and used specific social imaginary, a way of conceptualizing which comes from Spanish and, more broadly, European cultural traditions. A Hispanic chronicler wrote about the Indians and about himself. The aim of this paper is to analyze one of those texts, the Relación Breve – written by one of the soldiers of Cortés and a Dominican friar, Francisco de Aguilar – in order to define his cultural tradition and his way of addressing the “Other”, an indigenous world. My study shows that the text by Aguilar is a mixture of medieval and Renaissance discourse; the author exposes his judgment about the native inhabitants of the Americas based on his viewpoint of a soldier or of a friar.
México frente a la expulsión de Cuba de la OEA
Authors: Tello Díaz Carlos 
Published: March 2018

Mexico’s position on the expulsion of Cuba from the OAS
Since the meeting at Punta del Este in 1962, in which Mexico voted against the expulsion of Cuba from OAS, both countries maintained a relationship which was exceptional in a double sense: Mexico did not break with Cuba and Cuba did not intervene in Mexico. The exceptional character of their relationship had an important consequence for both of them: Mexicans never suffered the trauma of guerilla warfare – and its corollary: repressive war – and Cubans were never totally isolated from Latin America. It also had, of course, a significant effect on their relationship with the United States: both countries, through their friendship, reaffirmed their nationalism against the hegemonic power in North America. The article recounts and analyzes the details of the meeting at Punta del Este.
Gazociąg TAPI – niepewna przyszłość ambitnego projektu
Authors: Wojcieszak Łukasz 
Published: March 2018

TAPI gas pipeline – uncertain future of an ambitious project?
The paper presents the history of the project: Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Pipeline. The pipeline is designed to connect four Asian countries: Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, and provide them not only with natural gas but also contribute to the peace and stability in conflict–prone regions. The author describes genesis and details of this investment as well as how important it is for the U.S. Further section shows the role of TAPI competitor – the IPI gas pipeline (Iran–Pakistan–India). The author presents the attitude of each country: Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India towards the project, focusing on factors that could lead to the success as well as to the failure of the investment. Finally it shows the position of Russia, one of the major players in the region, and the prospects of the planned investment.
Nowe państwa członkowskie i „polityczne kryteria kopenhaskie ”
Authors: Prostak Rafał 
Published: March 2018

New member states and „the political Copenhagen criteria”
Besides pointing out economical preconditions for states applying for membership in the European Union, the „Copenhagen criteria” are supposed to test and verify if candidates fulfill „the European standard of a well‑ordered state” that is democratic, respecting the rule‑of‑law, human rights and minority’s rights. The article is an reflection on „European political cohesion” of the states entering the European Union in 2004 and in the following decade. In the face of deficit of, so called, „Copenhagen mechanism”, a serious doubt arises: is it possible to evaluate impartially whether candidates and/or member states implement properly „the European standard of a well‑ordered state”? This doubt is shared by the author of the article.
Nowy Rosjanin w przestrzeni miasta‑metropolii
Authors: Duda Katarzyna 
Published: March 2018

The New Russian in the space of metropolis (examples in modern Russian literature)
The New Russian appeared in the former USSR just after 1991 when the communistic rules collapsed. Firstly, he was considered as a very rich man who obtained his fortune in an illegal way and employed murderers and bodyguards in order to look after his property. Modern Russian writers say that the New Russians have big mentions, the newest models of cars, expensive clothes and cosmetics. They spend their holidays in France, India and Africa and often kill these people who are richer and have more money, that is why their life is not safe, they chase money and take part in the rat race. Now, both in literature and film, the image of the New Russian changed. Authors show him as a well‑educated person who is interested in culture, charity and elegant style of life. New Russians know foreign languages and would like to establish contact with other businessmen. Not only do these people think about their business but they take care of their families as well. They have made great progress as far as their work and behavior are concerned. Unfortunately, they cannot still safe in their own country.
Axillary nerve injury associated with glenohumeral dislocation
Authors: Avis Duncan , Power Dominic 
Published: March 2018

Axillary nerve injury is a well-recognized complication of glenohumeral dislocation. It is often a low-grade injury which progresses to full recovery without intervention. There is, however, a small number of patients who have received a higher-grade injury and are less likely to achieve a functional recovery without surgical exploration and reconstruction. Following a review of the literature and consideration of local practice in a regional peripheral nerve injury unit, an algorithm has been developed to help identification of those patients with more severe nerve injuries. Early identification of patients with high-grade injuries allows rapid referral to peripheral nerve injury centres, allowing specialist observation or intervention at an early stage in their injury, thus aiming to maximize potential for recovery. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2018;3:70-77. DOI:10.1302/2058-5241.3.170003.
Parcerias institucionais para promoção da prática cotidiana da Educação Ambiental em escolas
Authors: Machado Gabriella Eldereti , Brandão Janaína Balk 
Published: March 2018

A prática docente e a Educação Ambiental (EA) no ambiente da escola se dão por relações que demonstram a importância do tema ao ser parte do processo formador dos sujeitos, devendo ser gerador de mudanças de comportamento e olhar sobre o meio ambiente. Visando contribuir neste sentido, esta pesquisa busca obter a percepção dos professores de duas escolas do município de Alegrete/RS ampliando o conhecimento acadêmico e empírico através análise da prática escolar cotidiana, seus desafios e suas diferentes formas de inserção. Para tanto, adota-se uma metodologia qualitativa para análise dos dados obtidos por meio de entrevistas não estruturadas realizadas com cinco
professoras de duas escolas da cidade de Alegrete/RS, no ano de 2016. Como debilidades são mencionados problemas estruturais e financeiros das escolas, a falta de formação continuada de professores com temas voltados ao cotidiano escolar inserindo a EA; necessidade de maior interação entre escola e família. Para além dos pontos relatados pelas entrevistadas, observou-se que o tema em geral não é abordado pelo viés transversal, carecendo da perspectiva interdisciplinar e de ações coordenadas. Neste sentido, obteve-se que a Universidade pode assumir uma função muito significativa no planejamento e concretização das ações de EA, articulando saberes e fomentando a interdisciplinaridade. Outrossim, conclui-se que existe a necessidade de um ‘agente coordenador’, sendo o elo que articula as instituições parceiras e transforma os projetos em algo sistêmico, superando o isolamento das ações.
ANALISIS REGRESI SPASIAL DAN POLA PENYEBARAN PADA KASUS DEMAM BERDARAH DENGUE (DBD) DI PROVINSI JAWA TENGAH
Authors: Fatati Inna Firindra , Wijayanto Hari , Sholeh Agus M. 
Published: March 2018

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is one of the diseases that threaten human health. The cases of dengue fever in the district / city certainly has different characteristics, geographic condition, the potential of the region, health facilities, as well as other matters that lie behind them. Based on local moran index values are visualized through thematic maps, some area adjacent quadrant tends to be in the same group. There are two significant quadrant in describing the pattern of spread of dengue cases namely quadrant high-high and lowlow. This indicates a spatial effect on the number of dengue cases, so that the spatial regression analysis. Based on the value of and AIC, autoregressive spatial models (SAR) is good enough to be used in modeling the number of dengue cases in the province of Central Java. Factors that influence the number of dengue cases Central Java province in 2015 is the number of health centers per 1000 population, the number of polindes per 1000 population, population density (X3), percentage of people with access to drinking water sustainable decent (X6), the percentage of water quality net free of bacteria, fungi and chemicals (X7), and the number of facilities protected springs (X8).
A novel molecular probe for the detection of phosphorylated proteins
Authors: Zeng Yongkang , Wang Yanfang , Yang Na , Liu Yi 
Published: March 2018

Abstract
The compound ZKY-1 with a D-π-A structure was designed and synthesized in four steps. It undergoes complexation with a tetravalent zirconium ion and the complex can be used for the detection of phosphorylated proteins. The detection limit is estimated to be 100 nm
in vitro. The successful detection of phosphorylated proteins in placental tissue samples indicates that this probe holds great potential for clinical diagnosis.
“The Romans Will Win!” Q 30:2‒7 in Light of 7th c. Political Eschatology
Authors: Tesei Tommaso 
Published: March 2018

Abstract:
This article addresses a prophecy found in vv. 2‒7 of the thirtieth Qurʾānic sūra, known as al-Rūm (“The Romans”). These verses report on the Romans’ (al-Rūm) involvement in a conflict against an unnamed enemy and predict its eventual outcome. The passage refers to the conflict between the Byzantines and Sasanians that lasted for about thirty years during the first three decades of the 7th c. (602‒628 CE). These verses are usually considered to be the only Qurʾānic allusion to a historical event that can be confirmed by sources external to the Islamic tradition. In this study I will argue that the prophecy on the Rūm has close parallels with other prophecies on the war that were circulating in the Middle East in the first half of the 7th c. The contextualization and comparison with other 7th c. prophecies will provide us with a better understanding of the Qurʾānic passage.
Quand une édition imprimée redevient manuscrit: le Kitāb al-Masālik d’Ibn Ḥawqal (Rabat, Fondation ʿAllāl al-Fāsī, ʿayn 608)
Authors: Ducène Jean-Charles 
Published: March 2018

Summary:
A new discovery of a late manuscript of Ibn Ḥawqal in the library of the ʿAllāl al-Fāsī Foundation, in Rabat, sheds light on the manuscript culture of the late 19th century in Morocco, on the dualism of manuscripts and prints of the same text at the same time. Indeed until now, Ibn Ḥawqal’s geographical treatise is known through eight medieval manuscripts that seem to give four versions of the text, although their relations are not clear. However, an unpublished manuscript is kept in Rabat, but it is a recent copy (early 20th century) of Michael De Goeje’s edition of 1873. Surprisingly this copy bears several charateristics of manuscript writing although the copist had a printed text as model.
Effects of Aging on Cortical Neural Dynamics and Local Sleep Homeostasis in Mice
Authors: McKillop Laura E. , Fisher Simon P. , Cui Nanyi , Peirson Stuart N. , Foster Russell G. , Wafford Keith A. , Vyazovskiy Vladyslav V. 
Published: March 2018

Healthy aging is associated with marked effects on sleep, including its daily amount and architecture, as well as the specific EEG oscillations. Neither the neurophysiological underpinnings nor the biological significance of these changes are understood, and crucially the question remains whether aging is associated with reduced sleep need or a diminished capacity to generate sufficient sleep. Here we tested the hypothesis that aging may affect local cortical networks, disrupting the capacity to generate and sustain sleep oscillations, and with it the local homeostatic response to sleep loss. We performed chronic recordings of cortical neural activity and local field potentials from the motor cortex in young and older male C57BL/6J mice, during spontaneous waking and sleep, as well as during sleep after sleep deprivation. In older animals, we observed an increase in the incidence of non-rapid eye movement sleep local field potential slow waves and their associated neuronal silent (OFF) periods, whereas the overall pattern of state-dependent cortical neuronal firing was generally similar between ages. Furthermore, we observed that the response to sleep deprivation at the level of local cortical network activity was not affected by aging. Our data thus suggest that the local cortical neural dynamics and local sleep homeostatic mechanisms, at least in the motor cortex, are not impaired during healthy senescence in mice. This indicates that powerful protective or compensatory mechanisms may exist to maintain neuronal function stable across the life span, counteracting global changes in sleep amount and architecture.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTThe biological significance of age-dependent changes in sleep is unknown but may reflect either a diminished sleep need or a reduced capacity to generate deep sleep stages. As aging has been linked to profound disruptions in cortical sleep oscillations and because sleep need is reflected in specific patterns of cortical activity, we performed chronic electrophysiological recordings of cortical neural activity during waking, sleep, and after sleep deprivation from young and older mice. We found that all main hallmarks of cortical activity during spontaneous sleep and recovery sleep after sleep deprivation were largely intact in older mice, suggesting that the well-described age-related changes in global sleep are unlikely to arise from a disruption of local network dynamics within the neocortex.
Percepções e atitudes de crianças que vivenciam a obesidade
Authors: Borges Fernanda , Barreto Mayckel Da Silva , Reis Pamela Dos , Vieira Cláudia Silveira , Marcon Sonia Silva 
Published: March 2018

Objetivo: apreender como crianças obesas percebem e vivenciam a condição de obesidade no cotidiano. Métodos: pesquisa qualitativa, realizada com 14 crianças entre seis e dez anos de idade. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevista nos domicílios e submetidos à análise de conteúdo, modalidade temática. Resultados: emergiram três categorias: Auto percepção corporal de crianças obesas – mostra a insatisfação com a forma física; Reconhecendo os efeitos da obesidade – retrata as dificuldades experienciadas e o quanto o excesso de peso interfere no cotidiano e; Buscando alternativas para redução do peso – descreve as iniciativas (nem sempre corretas) da criança e sua família para redução de peso. Conclusão: as crianças se reconhecem com excesso de peso e esta condição interfere em seus cotidianos, no desenvolvimento de atividades físicas, nas relações sociais e na saúde mental, quando existe bullying na escola ou em casa.
SPA-H atmosferik korozyona dayanıklı çelik saçların direnç nokta kaynağında hasar tiplerinin çekme-sıyırma dayanımına etkisi
Authors: AKKAŞ Nuri 
Published: March 2018

Bu çalışmada raylı sistem araçlarında kullanılan SPA-H atmosferik
korozyona dayanıklı çelik saçların elektrik direnç nokta kaynağı ile
birleştirilmesinde oluşan hasar tiplerinin çekme-sıyırma dayanımına etkisi incelenmiştir.
120 kVA akım ve zaman kontrollü pinomatik bir direnç nokta kaynak makinesi
kullanılarak numuneler hazırlanmıştır. Kaynak zamanı 10, 15, 20, 25 ve 30
periyot (1 periyot = 0,02 s) olarak seçilmiştir. Kaynak akım şiddeti 6 kA ile 11 kA arasında
0,5 kA artırılarak uygulanmıştır. Elektrot kuvveti 4 kN olarak sabit
tutulmuştur. Elde edilen nokta kaynaklı bağlantıların hasar tipleri ile çekme-sıyırma
dayanımı arasındaki ilişki araştırılmış ve sonuç olarak kaynak akım şiddeti ve
zamanının en uygun değerleri tespit edilmeye çalışılmıştır.
Water for sustainable development in the Berg Water Management Area, South Africa
Authors: Cole Megan J. , Bailey Richard M. , Cullis James D.S. , New Mark G. 
Published: March 2018

Water is fundamental to human well-being and economic growth. Measuring how water contributes to sustainable development is an important aspect of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, ‘Water and sanitation for all’. This importance is especially significant for water-scarce developing countries such as South Africa. Appropriate indicators can support decision-making and highlight key issues on inequality, unemployment and sustainability. In this paper, additional indicators for SDG 6.4 on water-use efficiency are proposed that focus on how individuals and households benefit, both directly and indirectly, from the allocations and use of water resources. The Berg Water Management Area (WMA) in the southwest corner of South Africa is used as a case study to illustrate the results. Residential per capita water use and municipal water losses were determined for all towns in the area. Figures for jobs and income per unit of water use were calculated for the heavily water-dependent industries, namely, agriculture, agriprocessing, freshwater aquaculture, mining and steel processing. This approach to measuring the socio-economic benefits of water use are relevant for other countries seeking to measure the role that water plays in achieving inclusive sustainable development, and could be included in the final SDG 6 indicator suite.
Significance:

New measures of water-use efficiency based on jobs and income are proposed.
New indicators are proposed for SDG 6.
Water use, jobs and annual income are estimated for all heavily water-dependent sectors in the Berg WMA.
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum disease prediction: A review and potential applications in South Africa
Authors: Rothmann Lisa A. , McLaren Neal W. 
Published: March 2018

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a predominant plant pathogen, with host crops of agricultural and economic importance internationally. South African host crops of importance include canola, soybean and sunflower, which contribute significantly to the South African economy. This significance emphasises the importance of effective disease management strategies, including rotation with non-host crops, planting cultivars with a degree of tolerance, and using relevant cultural and chemical practices. The sporadic nature of disease outbreaks caused by Sclerotinia spp. can complicate fungicide application timing as a result of the pathogen’s interaction with the host and environment. The use of prediction modelling for diseases caused by Sclerotinia spp. can contribute to increased fungicide application efficacy and a reduction in the number of unnecessary sprays. Predictive modelling is based upon the collection and statistical analysis of multi-locality and multi-seasonal, pathogen, disease and weather data. Incorporating the complexity of disease initiation and development into such models is dependent on selecting the correct statistical tools to interpret appropriate data, which can be used to develop a model that is accurate, precise and reliable. Internationally, forecasting models for diseases caused by Sclerotinia spp. exist and are applied commercially for multiple Sclerotinia spp. on important agricultural crops. The application of these models in a South African context has been limited but provides promise for effective disease intervention technologies. This review provides a platform to raise awareness of the potential applications of plant disease epidemiology and the use of statistics and mathematical modelling in agricultural systems. Plant disease forecasts are an important part of the future for sustainable and economically viable agronomic decisions.
Significance:

Optimisation of plant disease management through ensuring that fungicide applications coincide with disease-favourable conditions, thus targeting the disease more strategically.
The use of mathematical and statistical models to quantify the interactions among the host, pathogen and environment and predict future outbreaks of the disease.
The study of temporal and spatial interactions among the host, pathogen and environment on plant disease behaviour.
approach for the determination and correlation of diversity and efficiency of software development teams
Authors: Altiner Seher , Ayhan Mustafa B. 
Published: March 2018

We examined the impact of diversity on team efficiency. To do so, a model was developed to measure both the efficiency and diversity of the teams. Based on these measures, the correlation between efficiency and diversity was also analysed. In addition, to demonstrate the applicability of the model, it was applied to a real-life problem involving five teams dealing with different software development projects. Firstly, diversity indices were calculated based on age, experience, education and gender information on each member for each team by using Simpson’s Diversity Index. Then, four key performance indicators (KPIs) were defined to measure the success rate of the teams. Depending on these KPIs, efficiencies of the teams were measured through data envelopment analysis (DEA). The correlation between team efficiency and each diversity factor was analysed and all four factors had positive correlation with efficiency. That is, in order to increase efficiency, teams should be composed of members with diverse characteristics. Education was the diversity factor that had the most positive correlation with team efficiency. This result highlights the importance of different educational backgrounds on team efficiency.
Significance:

This study represents the first attempt to measure team diversity using Simpson’s Diversity Index.
A new technique is proposed to measure team efficiency through DEA.
Team efficiency is positively correlated with diversity, specifically educational level, which is important for many software development teams to consider.