bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Gas-Phase Mercury Removal by Modified Activated Carbons Treated with Ar-O2 Non-Thermal Plasma under Different O2 Concentrations
Authors: Wu Long , Shang Zhongsheng , Zhu Hailu , Li Zhanyong , Luo Guangqian , Yao Hong 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
During the plasma modification process on activated carbon surface, reactive gas of O2 in the plasma field dominates the formation of oxygen-containing groups on activated carbon surface, which is a key factor that affects the mercury adsorption. Previous studies showed that change the O2 concentration would influence the generation of oxygen-containing groups and thus affect the mercury adsorption. It is important to investigate the effects of O2 concentration in the non-thermal plasma field on the mercury adsorption characteristic of modified activated carbon. This work presents the results of the novel use of non-thermal plasma in Ar-O2 gas to increase surface oxygen functionality on the surface of a commercially available biomass carbon. The volume fraction of O2 in the Ar-O2 mixture was varied from 10 % to 100 %. The surface physical and chemistry properties of modified activated carbon were analyzed by using BET, FT-IR and XPS techniques. Results showed that activated carbon modified by Ar-O2 non-thermal plasma showed significantly better mercury removal performance compared with the original activated carbon. Moreover, increase O2 concentration in the plasma field can further increase the mercury removal efficiency of modified activated carbon. Higher O2 concentration can produce more O radicals during plasma system and facilitated the formation of carbonyl and ester groups on activated carbon surface and thus enhanced the mercury removal. Temperature programmed desorption (TPD) results indicated that mercury reacted with ester groups were prior to carbonyl groups. When O2 concentration increased to 100 %, the ester groups of modified activated carbon dominated the mercury adsorption process.
Cardioautonomic responses to acute ingestion of ice water and its correlation to body mass index
Authors: Arjunwadekar Priya , Siddanagoudra Savitri Parvatgouda 
Published: November 2018

Abstract

Background
A significant relationship has been documented in the literature between the autonomic nervous system imbalance and cardiovascular mortality. In patients with autonomic failure, water ingestion has been shown to increase blood pressure (BP), induce bradycardia, and cause low heart rate variability (HRV). A few studies showed the altered HRV as an acute effect of ice water intake in healthy subjects. None of the studies have shown light on the relationship of BP and HRV to ice water intake in obese and overweight subjects. The present study is aimed to correlate BP and HRV with body mass index (BMI) after ice water ingestion.

Methods
This cross-sectional study included a total of 60 subjects of both sexes aged between 18 and 24 years old. Subjects were assigned into three groups based on their BMI: normal, overweight, and obese. Before and after ice water ingestion, BP and HRV parameters were recorded and compared between the groups. Statistically data were analyzed by Student’s paired t-test and one-way analysis of variance.

Results
Basal HF was significant (p<0.05) in all three groups after ice water ingestion [F(2, 27), 44.1; p-value, 0.02]. After ice water ingestion, all HRV values were significant (p<0.001) in the three groups. The post-hoc Tukey HSD test demonstrated the less mean score for mean RR interval, standard deviation of all NN interval, standard deviation of differences between adjacent, HF and high for HR, LF, and LHR in overweight and obese subjects.

Conclusions
Because of the effective buffering system, healthy subjects showed increased HR and unchanged BP. Overweight and obese subjects showed decreased HR and increased BP.
Between Paris and Geneva: Some Remarks on the Approval of the Gallican Confession (May 1559)
Authors: Braghi Gianmarco 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
This article analyses the approval of the Gallican Confession during the so-called first national synod of the French Reformed churches, held in Paris in May 1559. The established consensus is that Calvin had a starring role in the adoption of the Confession by the pastors assembled in Paris. The latter are believed to have modified and promulgated the Gallican Confession based on a draft that the former had authored and sent to the synod. This paper will test the hypothesis that Calvin never sent any draft to Paris for approval in May 1559 and that a 1557 Parisian document—the letter-confession Au Roy—was used as the basis for the text of the Gallican Confession. We will also show that in May 1559 Calvin was not opposed to the promulgation of a confession of faith, but to its untimely disclosure and/or publication in print. This article offers a different interpretation of the relationship between Geneva and the brethren assembled in Paris at this crucial stage, and suggests that the categories of agreement/disagreement between Calvin and some French pastors, normally applied to this event, might not be appropriate.
Henry VIII: Conciliarist?
Authors: McNicoll Matthew 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
Henry VIII is seldom considered a steerer of religious policy and theories of his political ambition, conservative religiosity and susceptibility to manipulation by his advisors dominate the historiography. Accordingly, the notion that Henry may be characterised as a conciliarist is one that has only ever been rejected outright. However, a preliminary consideration of this heretofore unconsidered matter reveals uncertainty in the verity of our existing historical paradigms. Henryʼs writings (which we maintain are authentic), actions following the Sack of Rome and approach to his annulment proceedings serve as evidence which suggests that Henry was an interested amateur theologian with a sincere appreciation of conciliarism. An understanding of the Kingʼs Great Matter as essentially a dispute over papal power and Henryʼs solution of a royal supremacy are developed as the ecclesiological backdrop against which this appreciation is to be viewed. In the light that other such matters may have been similarly overlooked, indications of the need for further research are outlined throughout.
Galleons from the “Mouth of Hell”: Empire and Religion in Seventeenth Century Acapulco
Authors: Mayfield Alex R. 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
Scholarship on the Spanish galleon trade has tended to ignore both the importance of religion and the significance of the port of Acapulco. This paper will seek to offset each shortcoming by offering a glimpse into the religious life of Acapulco during the seventeenth century. This glimpse will aim to establish the spatial linkages between religion and economy in the port by (1) identifying the sacred places, practices, and missions of the city, and (2) illustrating how they were intimately related to the galleon trade. Though Acapulco occupied a paradoxical space within the broader Spain’s imperial vision, its unique spiritual cartography continued to be dictated by the aims of that vision. The port provides a unique case study by which to understand the complex and often-contradictory relationship between urbanity, trade, and religiosity in the Spanish empire. It illustrates that the economic and religious structures needed to create heavenly spaces in Spanish colonial holdings also produced unintended byproducts, places where religion and economics merged to produce more unexpected outcomes. Acapulco never became the envisioned heavenly city; yet, throughout the seventeenth century, it continued to demonstrate that economics and religion remained integrally connected.
CO-OFDM System with 16-QAM Subcarrier Modulation Using Reconfigurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexer
Authors: Rani Aruna , Bhamrah Manjit Singh , Dewra Sanjeev 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
In this paper, sixteen 50 GHz spaced orthogonal frequency division multiplexing channels at 10 Gbps has been investigated with reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexer based on digital optical switch. The effects of fiber link length and input optical signal power on bit error rate, quality factor, output signal power, optical signal to noise ratio at the receiving side are observed. It is observed that maximal transmission distance of 2,100 km is achieved with an input optical power of −8 dBm.
Word-final lengthening in Early Vedic
Authors: Keydana Götz 
Published: November 2018

AbstractIn this paper, a prosodic account of word-final vowel lengthening in the Rigveda is given. It is argued that word-final lengthening, lengthening in compounds, and lengthening before pada-suffixes are instantiations of one and the same phonological process. This process targets the right edge of prosodic words if this edge does not align with the edge of a higher prosodic constituent. A functional account and an explicit analysis in an Optimality Theory framework are given and the proposal is strengthened by adducing typological parallels. The rhythmic patterns emerging from lengthening are shown to be epiphenomena. In the last section, the proposal is extended to lengthening in reduplicants and tentatively to word final lengthening inn-stem vocatives.
Stefan Zweig, Hans Rosenkranz und der J. M. Spaeth-Verlag, Berlin
Authors: Litt Stefan 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
Von 1925 bis 1928 wurden im Berliner J. M. Spaeth-Verlag unter der Leitung von Hans Rosenkranz (1905–1956) eine Reihe von Werken seinerzeit eher unbekannter, in der Retrospektive jedoch signifikanter Autoren der Zwischenkriegszeit publiziert. Der Beitrag thematisiert Rosenkranz als jungen Verleger und Bewunderer Stefan Zweigs. Er entwirft auf Grundlage der Archivüberlieferung einen neuen Blick auf die Geschichte des Unternehmens und kommentiert das damit verbundene literarische Programm: Welche wichtigen verlegerischen Projekte wurden in jener kurzen Zeit unternommen? Welche Rolle hatte Stefan Zweig für das Zustandekommen einiger Titel und besonders in den letzten Wochen der Verlagsexistenz? Inwiefern lässt sich Programmgestaltung und ökonomische Entwicklung von J. M. Spaeth als paradigmatisch für jüdische Verlage in der Weimarer Republik verstehen? Dazu wird erstmals das Scheitern des Unternehmens während der „Bücherkrise“ Ende der 1920er Jahre aus den Quellen rekonstruiert.
“Anbeten Will Ich Dich, Unverstandener!”: On the Poet-God Relationship in Hedwig Caspari’s Poetry
Authors: Koplowitz-Breier Anat 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
Hartmut Vollmer (1993) and Barbara Wright (2005) argue that women Expressionist poets have been largely neglected and forgotten. The article seeks to make a modest contribution towards remedying this scholarly lacuna by examining Hedwig Caspari’s poetry, while focusing on the relationship between Poet and God as reflected in her poetry. Caspari (1882–1922) was a German-Jewish poet who lived and worked in Berlin. During her lifetime, she published two books—a play entitled Salomos Abfall (1920) and a volume of poetry entitled Elohim (1919). Like her play, most of her poetry deals with biblical themes. Caspari’s multifaceted relationship with God informs her poetry from the earliest to the latest poems. This article wishes to expose Caspari’s unique fe/male voice, showing her stance as a “prophet,” “lover,” and “Psalmist”, and attempts to explain why as a modernist poet she decided to write spiritual poetry.
The effect of precipitation and deposition layer growth on impedance measurements
Authors: Anseth Ronnie , Skeie Nils-Olav , Waskaas Magne 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
The objective of the study was to examine how precipitation and deposition layer growth in an electrochemical cell impact impedance measurements. A measurement system, based on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), was used to observe the impedance of an electrochemical cell while precipitation was occurring. The measurement system was also used together with measurements of the solution concentration (in parts per million, ppm) to examine what impact deposition layer growth has on an electrochemical cell. Experimental results indicate a measurable change in the impedance magnitude as the ionic concentration is altered through precipitation. A change in both impedance magnitude and the interfacial capacitance was observed when a deposition layer was established within an electrochemical cell. Results show that impedance measurements are susceptible to changes in solution conductivity and to the presence of a deposition layer in an electrochemical cell. Impedance measurements may be used as an indicator for deposition layer growth, but changes in the solution concentration should be considered when creating a model.
Deduction of notional interest on equity according to the draft of the European Commission for a Council Directive on a Common Corporate Tax Base
Authors: Rose Manfred 
Published: November 2018

AbstractDer Beitrag untersucht die von der Europäischen Kommission 2016 im Entwurf für eine neue Richtlinie des Rates über eine gemeinsame Körperschaftsteuer-Bemessungsgrundlage vorgeschlagenen Regeln zum Abzug fiktiver Zinsen auf neu gebildetes Eigenkapital. Geprüft wird, ob hiermit die in den meisten Ländern der EU bestehende steuerliche Diskriminierung der Investitionsfinanzierung mit Eigenkapital beseitigt wird. Nach vereinfachten Investitionsrechnungen werden die Unternehmen dazu veranlasst, mehr eigenfinanzierte Investitionen zu tätigen. Mit einer gegenüber dem Kommissionsvorschlag modifizierten Bestimmung des steuerlich relevanten Eigenkapitals wird es möglich, die für die Harmonisierung der Bemessungsgrundlagen so bedeutsame Neutralität des steuerlichen Bewertungsrechts sowie eine steuerliche Gleichbehandlung unterschiedlicher Zeitverläufe von Investitionserträgen zu gewährleisten.
Zu den rentenpolitischen Plänen im Koalitionsvertrag 2018 von CDU, CSU und SPD: Konsequenzen, Finanzierungsoptionen und Reformbedarf
Authors: Holtemöller Oliver , Schult Christoph , Zeddies Götz 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
In the coalition agreement from February 7, 2018, the new German federal government drafts its public pension policy, which has to be evaluated against the background of demographic dynamics in Germany. In this paper, the consequences of public pensions related policy measures for the German public pension insurance are illustrated using a simulation model. In the long run, the intended extensions of benefits would lead to an increase in the contribution rate to the German public pension insurance of about two and a half percentage points. Referring to pension systems of other countries, we discuss measures in order to limit this increase in the contribution rate.
Europäische Handelspolitik – was kann ihr Beitrag zu nachhaltiger Entwicklung in Afrika sein?
Authors: Schmieg Evita 
Published: November 2018

Abstract
European trade policy is under pressure to comply with sustainability demands. Trade policy can actively contribute to sustainable development, but under certain conditions, amongst them respect for the level of development, the point of departure of the respective countries and the inclusion of specific provisions for sustainability. Trade policy reaches its limitations in internal political and economic framework conditions in partner countries as well as other processes of globalization. This is also reflected in the trade relationship between the EU and African countries.
Guerra, Violência e Conquista: a expansão romana nas cunhagens monetárias ibéricas.
Authors: Carlan Cláudio Umpierre , Silva Camila Dos Reis 
Published: November 2018

o artigo tem como objetivo analisar as representações política e de gênero nas cunhagens romanas. Dentre essas transformações monetárias, as imagens de deidades, bustos de imperados, de aspectos militares e sexuais- as dimensões políticas estão intrinsecamente presentes em todas elas. Abstract: the article aims to analyze the political and gender representations in Roman coinage. Among these monetary transformations, the images of deities, busts of emperors, of military and sexual aspects - the political dimensions are intrinsically present in all of them.
Estudo de Pigmento, Pasta e Vestígios Químicos de fragmentos cerâmicos associados aos povos Tupi do sítio Gramado de Brotas (São Paulo - Brasil)
Authors: Sallum Marianne , Appoloni Carlos Roberto , Butrón Agustín Ortiz , Ceccantini Gregório , Afonso Marisa Coutinho 
Published: November 2018

Este trabalho apresenta a análise arqueométrica da cerâmica Tupi do sítio arqueológico Gramado, no município de Brotas (Estado de São Paulo, Brasil), combinando análises elementais e análises de vestígios químicos. O objetivo foi analisar detalhes e processos tecnológicos das vasilhas que não são possíveis de detectar a olho nu ou em observações de microscopia de luz; i.e. composição dos pigmentos e pastas cerâmicas, bem como vestígios químicos que possibilitassem inferir sobre possíveis usos das mesmas. Este é o primeiro trabalho que analisa conjuntamente vestígios químicos do uso e composição de pigmentos e pastas em peças Tupi, oferecendo uma interpretação mais precisa dos usos das peças. As análises apontaram para três dados relevantes: i) pintura foi feita com corante mineral ou pigmento, principalmente óxido de ferro, óxido de manganês e silicato não identificado; ii) a pasta cerâmica era muito homogênea, com algumas variações na composição; iii) a variedade de componentes de vestígios químicos e suas intensidades indicaram diferentes usos para as vasilhas dependendo do tratamento de superfície pintada ou plástica. As análises de vestígios químicos e elementares dos componentes cerâmicos oferecem uma visão complementar para o entendimento da tecnologia e funcionalidade das vasilhas. Abstract: This work presents an archaeometric analysis on “tupi” people ceramics from Gramado archaeological site, at Brotas (São Paulo State, Brazil). comprising both elemental analysis and chemical vestiges analysis. Our goal was to analyze technological processes about the pottery that are not possible to be detected by the naked eye nor light microscopy; i.e. the composition of pigments and ceramic paste, as well chemical vestiges that could suggest possible uses of the pottery. This is the first paper that deepens analysis on Tupi pottery, offering a more precise scenery about the uses of the objects. The analysis showed three relevant results: i) painting was made with mineral stains or pigments, mainly iron oxide, manganese oxide and some unidentified silicate; ii) the ceramic paste was very homogenous, with few variation of its composition; iii) the variety of components of chemical vestiges and their intensities indicated that there were several different uses for the ceramics and they were related to surface treatments such as painting or textures. Both chemical analysis together, EDXRF and chemical vestiges, are capable to build a complementary view about the understanding of pottery technology and functionality.
Aplicação de técnicas de análise síncrotron em arqueologia
Authors: Galante Douglas , Rodrigues Fabio , Maldanis Lara , Gallo Tamires 
Published: November 2018

Este artigo apresenta uma revisão sobre os principais métodos analíticos atualmente empregados no estudo de bens culturais e arqueológicos, com especial foco em técnicas baseadas em sincrotron, explorando suas vantagens e limitações dentro das demandas desse campo. As técnicas abordadas são a tomografia de raios X para análises de imagem do interior de objetos, a fluorescência de raios X para o mapeamento químico da superfície dos objetos de interesse, e a absorção de raios X para a especiação química de determinados elementos. Tais técnicas encontram-se disponíveis na fonte de luz sincrotron brasileira do Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron, o qual atualmente constrói Sirius, uma fonte de 4a geração que irá levar o Brasil a novas fronteiras tecnológicas para estudos de materiais, tal qual na área arqueometria. Abstract: This article presents a review about the main analytical methods currently applied in the study of cultural heritage and archeology, with a special focus on synchrotron-based techniques, exploring the advantages and limitations within the requirements of the field. The techniques presented are X-ray tomography for imaging the interior of objects, X- ray fluorescence for chemical mapping of the surface of objects of interest and X-ray absorption for chemical speciation of elements. These techniques are available in the Brazilian synchrotron light source of the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, which currently builds Sirius, a 4th generation source that will take Brazil to new technological frontiers for the study of materials, as in the field of archeometry.
Efektivitas Biaya Program Pengelolaan Penyakit Kronis (Prolanis) di Puskesmas
Authors: Wardani Ayu Pramudita , Witcahyo Eri , Utami Sri 
Published: November 2018

Abstrak
Biaya yang dihabiskan untuk penyakit katastropik hingga semester I tahun 2017 telah mencapai Rp 12,7 trilliun atau 24,81% dari total biaya rumah sakit. Jumlah peserta Prolanis Puskesmas Karangduren sebanyak 46 peserta dengan RPPRB sebesar 92,60% dan Patrang sebanyak 45 orang dengan RPPRB sebesar 42,96%. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisis efektivitas biaya Prolanis pada Puskesmas Karangduren dan Patrang. Jenis penelitian ini adalah deskriptif. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan September 2017 sampai dengan Oktober 2017. Data diperoleh dengan studi dokumentasi dan wawancara pada penanggung jawab Prolanis, bagian keuangan JKN dan tata usaha. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan input Prolanis pada Puskesmas Karangduren dan Patrang yakni ketersediaan SDM dan dana untuk Prolanis yang tidak keluar, serta kegiatan home visit belum terlaksana karena tidak adanya dana untuk transport petugas dan kurangnya SDM home visit. Hanya peserta Prolanis Puskesmas Patrang dengan riwayat hipertensi telah mencapai indikator 75%. Simpulan penelitian ini adalah efektivitas biaya Prolanis Puskesmas Karangduren lebih efektif dibandingkan Puskesmas Patrang.

Abstract
The cost was spent for catastrophic disease until first semester of 2017 have reached Rp 12.7 trillion or 24.81% of the total cost hospital. The amount participants of Prolanis Karangduren primary health care was 46 participants with RPPRB of 92.60% and Patrang was 45 participants with RPPRB of 42.96%. The purpose of this study was to analyze the cost effectiveness of Prolanis at Karangduren and Patrang primary health care. The study was a descriptive design. This study was conducted from September until October 2017. Data was collected by documentation and interview of Prolanis officer, finance JKN and administration staff. The results showed Prolanis input on Karangduren and Patrang primary health care were the availability of human resources and the fund that do come out,, and home visit activity had not been done yet. Only Prolanis participants of Patrang primary health care with the history of hypertension has reached 75% indicator every month. The cost effectiveness Prolanis Karangduren primary health care more effective was compared to Patrang primary health care.