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Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1930s
Authors: Fletcher Anne 
Published: July 2019

The Decades of Modern American Drama series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1930s to 2009 in eight volumes. Each volume equips readers with a detailed understanding of the context from which work emerged: an introduction considers life in the decade with a focus on domestic life and conditions, social changes, culture, media, technology, industry and political events; while a chapter on the theatre of the decade offers a wide-ranging and thorough survey of theatres, companies, dramatists, new movements and developments in response to the economic and political conditions of the day. The work of the four most prominent playwrights from the decade receives in-depth analysis and re-evaluation by a team of experts, together with commentary on their subsequent work and legacy. A final section brings together original documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material.
The major playwrights and their works to receive in-depth coverage in this volume include:Clifford Odets: Waiting for Lefty (1935), Awake and Sing! (1935) and Golden Boy (1937);Lillian Hellman: The Children’s Hour (1934), The Little Foxes (1939), and Days to Come (1936);Langston Hughes: Mulatto (1935), Mule Bone (1930, with Zora Neale Hurston) and Little Ham (1936);Gertrude Stein: Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights (1938), Four Saints in Three Acts (written in 1927, published in 1932) and Listen to Me (1936).
Dangerous Mediations
Authors: Mangaoang Áine 
Published: July 2019

In 2007, an unlikely troupe of 1500 Filipino prisoners became Internet celebrities after their YouTube video of Michael Jackson’s ground-breaking hit 'Thriller' went viral. Taking this spectacular dance as a point of departure, Dangerous Mediations explores the disquieting development of prisoners performing punishment to a global, online audience. Combining analysis of this YouTube video with first-hand experiences from fieldwork in the Philippine prison, Áine Mangaoang investigates a wide range of interlocking contexts surrounding this user-generated text to reveal how places of punishment can be transformed into spaces of spectacular entertainment, leisure, and penal tourism.
In the post-YouTube era, Dangerous Mediations sounds the call for close readings of music videos produced outside of the corporate culture industries. By connecting historical discussions on postcolonialism, surveillance and prison philosophy with contemporary scholarship on popular music, participatory culture and new media, Dangerous Mediations is the first book to ask critical questions about the politics of pop music and audiovisual mediation in early 21st-century detention centres.
Jazz in Europe
Authors: Dias José 
Published: July 2019

Should we talk of European jazz or jazz in Europe? What kinds of networks link those who make it happen ‘on the ground’? What challenges do they have to face?
Jazz is a part of the cultural fabric of many of the European countries. Jazz in Europe: Networking and Negotiating Identities presents jazz in Europe as a complex arena, where the very notions of cultural identity, jazz practices and Europe are continually being negotiated against an ever changing social, cultural, political and economic environment. The book gives voice to musicians, promoters, festival directors, educators and researchers regarding the challenges they are faced with in their everyday practices. Jazz identities in Europe result from the negotiation between discourse and practice and in the interstices between the formal and informal networks that support them, as if ‘Jazz’ and ‘Europe’ were blank canvases where diversified notions of what jazz and Europe should or could be are projected.
Effects of horizontal resolution and air–sea flux parameterization on the intensity and structure of simulated Typhoon Haiyan (2013)
Authors: Kueh Mien-Tze , Chen Wen-Mei , Sheng Yang-Fan , Lin Simon C. , Wu Tso-Ren , Yen Eric , Tsai Yu-Lin , Lin Chuan-Yao 
Published: July 2019

Abstract. This study investigates the effects of horizontal
resolution and surface flux formulas on typhoon intensity and structure
simulations through the case study of the Super Typhoon Haiyan (2013). Three
sets of surface flux formulas in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
were tested using grid spacings of 1, 3, and 6 km. Increased resolution and
more reasonable surface flux formulas can both improve typhoon intensity
simulation, but their effects on storm structures differ. A combination of a
decrease in momentum transfer coefficient and an increase in enthalpy
transfer coefficients has greater potential to yield a stronger storm. This
positive effect of more reasonable surface flux formulas can be efficiently
enhanced when the grid spacing is appropriately reduced to yield an intense
and contracted eyewall structure. As the resolution increases, the eyewall
becomes more upright and contracts inward. The size of updraft cores in the
eyewall shrinks, and the region of downdraft increases; both updraft and
downdraft become more intense. As a result, the enhanced convective cores
within the eyewall are driven by more intense updrafts within a rather small
fraction of the spatial area. This contraction of the eyewall is associated
with an upper-level warming process, which may be partly attributed to air
detrained from the intense convective cores. This resolution dependence of
spatial scale of updrafts is related to the model effective resolution as
determined by grid spacing.
INDEPENDENT AND SIMULTANEOUS MODELING OF BIOMASS AND CARBON OF Guinean Elaeis
Authors: Sanquetta Carlos Roberto , Minatti Myrcia , Junior Sergio Costa , Trautenmuller Jonathan William , Corte Ana Paula Dalla 
Published: July 2019

The objective of this study was to perform and evaluate the modeling for individual and aboveground components of biomass and carbon in palm crops by independent and simultaneous estimation in different cultivation ages. The data collection was performed in a commercial pam crop in Taperoá, state of Bahia. Five models were tested and the best one was chosen based on statistical criteria of adjusted R2, Syx (%), AIC and graphical analysis of the residuals for independent adjustments and the best equations for each component were adjusted simultaneously. Biomass and carbon showed good correlation with the stipe height and total height, which was identified by path analysis. The simultaneous estimation demonstrated satisfactory results in the statistical criteria when compared to the independent estimates, being it total or by compartments.
QUEM CANTA SEUS MALES ESPANTA: a apropriação do conhecimento artístico musical mediada pelos familiares
Authors: Magalhães Bissaco Cristiane , Antunes Cleice Flávia , Paié Mislene Aparecida 
Published: July 2019

O presente trabalho intenciona apresentar e discutir como o eixo "Música" na Educação Infantil pode ser apresentado em uma proposta pedagógica que integra no mesmo movimento os eixos "Linguagem Oral e Escrita" e "Artes Visuais" e que também cria condições para envolver os familiares nas produções de crianças de quatro anos de idade. Uma proposta pedagógica que engloba diferentes linguagens e que encontra respaldo nas orientações dadas nos documentos fornecidos pelo Ministério da Educação voltados para a implementação do Projeto Trilhas que englobam atividades com canções e parlendas destinadas à Infância. Os dados apresentados e discutidos neste artigo foram levantados a partir de gravação em áudio/vídeo dos diálogos das crianças com sua professora, bem como do registro fotográfico das produções realizadas.
O gênero do discurso no ensino-aprendizagem: em direção a uma abordagem desestabilizadora e sócio-histórica da linguagem
Authors: Campos Paula Angélica da Silva 
Published: July 2019

Partindo da definição clássica de gêneros do discurso como tipos relativamente estáveis de enunciados em termos de estilo lingüístico, conteúdo temático e estrutura composicional (BAKHTIN, 2011[1953]), o presente artigo propõe problematizar a noção de estabilidade no ensino-aprendizagem por gêneros através de uma reflexão acerca de sua dinamicidade e plasticidade num mundo de redes interconectadas. Para uma educação responsável e responsiva de gêneros no ensino escolar, uma abordagem desestabilizadora de gênero por meio de sua trajetória discursiva pode favorecer a formação crítica dos cidadãos. Essa abordagem, no entanto, exige o reconhecimento das múltiplas dimensões que o conceito de gênero implica no ensino-aprendizagem de línguas. Este artigo teórico articula o conceito de gêneros do discurso à teoria da complexidade (MORIN, 2003; FREEMAN; CAMERON, 2007), entextualização, efeito não-linear do significado (BLOMMAERT, 2005, 2014), dialogismo, heteroglossia do círculo de Bakhtin (FARACO, 2009), hibridismo e letramentos (LEMKE, 2010; ROJO, 2012). Ao partir da teoria bakhtiniana de gêneros, marcadamente ampla em seu escopo teórico, um diálogo é estabelecido com outras para problematizar teoricamente uma abordagem de ensino de gênero que valorize seus princípios arquitetônicos. Com base nessa discussão, uma proposta de abordagem de ensino-aprendizagem de gêneros é apesentada.
A Question-Based Approach to the Design of a Successful “Finance for Non-Financial Managers” Executive Education Program
Authors: Frank Mary Margaret , Haskins Mark E. , Lynch Luann J. 
Published: July 2019

Many successful non-financial managers aspire to contribute at the larger table of management decision making. To do so necessitates broadening their skills to include financial acumen. For non-financial managers, learning new financial constructs can be daunting, and knowing when to use which tool is challenging. We describe a three-questions-based approach underlying the design and delivery of our successful one-week &ldquo;Financial Management for Non-Financial Executives&rdquo; program at the University of Virginia&rsquo;s Darden School of Business. We use a three-questions-based approach to facilitate the learning process in each of the following four financial arenas that comprise the overarching, larger financial acumen agenda.

Modeling the financial effects associated with typical internal operating decision alternatives
Assessing the impact of operating decisions on the financial statements produced for external constituents
Assessing the impact of operating decisions on popular financial performance metrics used to compare and contrast companies
Recognizing and incorporating the basic tax implications applicable to internal operating decision alternatives

For each of these four financial arenas, we outline three key questions tailored for each, using one comprehensive example to illustrate the application of our questions-based approach.
Phytochemical Screening of Root, Stem and Leave Extracts of Terminalia avicennoides
Authors: Emmanuel M. , Dadah A. J. , Orukotan A. A. , Abbah J. , Aigbogun I. E. 
Published: July 2019

The phytochemical screening of Terminalia avicennoids was carried out using qualitative method to determine the bioactive compounds present in the plant root, stem and leave extracts. Cooled Maceration method was used for the extraction. Hundred grams (100 g) of each powder was soaked in 1000 ml of distilled water, allowed to stand for 5 hours. The suspension was agitated after 30 minutes. The filtrate was thereafter separated from residue using No. 1 Whatman filter paper and concentrated using rotary evaporator. The crude extracts were separately kept in a screw capped bottle for further research. The bioactive compound in the plants were detected using AOAC method. The result revealed that alkaloid, flavonoid, tannin, saponins, phenol and glycoside were detected in the plants while steroid was not detected in the plants. Therefore, the presence of these phytocompounds is an indicative that the plant is medicinal and it can be used for the treatment of bacterial and fungal infections.
Iridium‐Catalyzed, Enantioselective, Allylic Alkylations With Carbon Nucleophiles
Authors: Qu Jian‐Ping , Helmchen Günter , Yang Ze‐Peng , Zhang Wei , You Shu‐Li 
Published: July 2019

Abstract
Iridium‐catalyzed, enantioselective allylic alkylation is a powerful method for the construction of a stereogenic center adjacent to a vinyl group. The starting materials are readily available, generally either branched allylic alcohols or esters of linear allylic alcohols. The reaction is compatible with a wide variety of functional groups and generally proceeds with very high enantio‐ and site selectivity. Mechanistic aspects, as well as reaction methods, are presented in detail. The scope of the method is defined primarily by the nucleophilic component. Compounds that are CH‐acidic, such as malonic acid derivatives, β‐keto esters, iminoglycinates, azlactones, aliphatic nitro compounds, and sulfones are employed, often without stoichiometric amounts of base. Diastereomers are formed in the case of prochiral nucleophiles; the control of diastereoselectivity by dual catalysis, using both an iridium and an organocatalyst, is very efficient. Other nucleophilic components include silyl enol ethers, enamines, alkenes, and arenes, in particular, heterocycles. The application of the latter in cyclization reactions, such as polyene cyclizations and dearomatizations, furnishes highly complex structures with excellent stereocontrol. Finally, applications in natural product synthesis and medicinal chemistry are presented, as well as experimental procedures.
Self‐Assembling Peptide Hydrogel Matrices Improve the Neurotrophic Potential of Human Adipose‐Derived Stem Cells
Authors: Faroni Alessandro , Workman Victoria L. , Saiani Alberto , Reid Adam J. 
Published: July 2019

AbstractDespite advances in microsurgical techniques, treatment options to restore prior function following peripheral nerve injury remain unavailable, and autologous nerve grafting remains the therapy of choice. Recent experimental work has focused on the development of artificial constructs incorporating smart biomaterials and stem cells, aspiring to match/improve the outcomes of nerve autografting. Chemically stimulated human adipose‐derived stem cells (dhASC) can improve nerve regeneration outcomes; however, these properties are lost when chemical stimulation is withdrawn, and survival rate upon transplantation is low. It is hypothesized that interactions with synthetic hydrogel matrices could maintain and improve neurotrophic characteristics of dhASC. dhASC are cultured on PeptiGel‐Alpha 1 and PeptiGel‐Alpha 2 self‐assembling peptide hydrogels, showing comparable viability to collagen I control gels. Culturing dhASC on Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 substrates allow the maintenance of neurotrophic features, such as the expression of growth factors and neuroglial markers. Both Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 substrates are suitable for the culture of peripheral sensory neurons, permitting sprouting of neuronal extensions without the need of biological extracellular matrices, and preserving neuronal function. PeptiGel substrates loaded with hdASC are proposed as promising candidates for the development of tissue engineering therapies for the repair of peripheral nerve injuries.
Mechanically‐Guided Structural Designs in Stretchable Inorganic Electronics
Authors: Xue Zhaoguo , Song Honglie , Rogers John A. , Zhang Yihui , Huang Yonggang 
Published: July 2019

AbstractOver the past decade, the area of stretchable inorganic electronics has evolved very rapidly, in part because the results have opened up a series of unprecedented applications with broad interest and potential for impact, especially in bio‐integrated systems. Low modulus mechanics and the ability to accommodate extreme mechanical deformations, especially high levels of stretching, represent key defining characteristics. Most existing studies exploit structural material designs to achieve these properties, through the integration of hard inorganic electronic components configured into strategic 2D/3D geometries onto patterned soft substrates. The diverse structural geometries developed for stretchable inorganic electronics are summarized, covering the designs of functional devices and soft substrates, with a focus on fundamental principles, design approaches, and system demonstrations. Strategies that allow spatial integration of 3D stretchable device layouts are also highlighted. Finally, perspectives on the remaining challenges and open opportunities are provided.
ROS‐Responsive Polymeric siRNA Nanomedicine Stabilized by Triple Interactions for the Robust Glioblastoma Combinational RNAi Therapy
Authors: Zheng Meng , Liu Yuanyuan , Wang Yibin , Zhang Dongya , Zou Yan , Ruan Weimin , Yin Jinlong , Tao Wei , Park Jong Bae , Shi Bingyang 
Published: July 2019

AbstractSmall interfering RNA (siRNA) holds inherent advantages and great potential for treating refractory diseases. However, lack of suitable siRNA delivery systems that demonstrate excellent circulation stability and effective at‐site delivery ability is currently impeding siRNA therapeutic performance. Here, a polymeric siRNA nanomedicine (3I‐NM@siRNA) stabilized by triple interactions (electrostatic, hydrogen bond, and hydrophobic) is constructed. Incorporating extra hydrogen and hydrophobic interactions significantly improves the physiological stability compared to an siRNA nanomedicine analog that solely relies on the electrostatic interaction for stability. The developed 3I‐NM@siRNA nanomedicine demonstrates effective at‐site siRNA release resulting from tumoral reactive oxygen species (ROS)‐triggered sequential destabilization. Furthermore, the utility of 3I‐NM@siRNA for treating glioblastoma (GBM) by functionalizing 3I‐NM@siRNA nanomedicine with angiopep‐2 peptide is enhanced. The targeted Ang‐3I‐NM@siRNA exhibits superb blood–brain barrier penetration and potent tumor accumulation. Moreover, by cotargeting polo‐like kinase 1 and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor‐2, Ang‐3I‐NM@siRNA shows effective suppression of tumor growth and significantly improved survival time of nude mice bearing orthotopic GBM brain tumors. New siRNA nanomedicines featuring triple‐interaction stabilization together with inbuilt self‐destruct delivery ability provide a robust and potent platform for targeted GBM siRNA therapy, which may have utility for RNA interference therapy of other tumors or brain diseases.
Supporting Ultrathin ZnIn2S4 Nanosheets on Co/N‐Doped Graphitic Carbon Nanocages for Efficient Photocatalytic H2 Generation
Authors: Wang Sibo , Wang Yan , Zhang Song Lin , Zang Shuang‐Quan , Lou Xiong Wen (David) 
Published: July 2019

AbstractUltrathin ZnIn2S4 nanosheets (NSs) are grown on Co/N‐doped graphitic carbon (NGC) nanocages, composed of Co nanoparticles surrounded by few‐layered NGC, to obtain hierarchical Co/NGC@ZnIn2S4 hollow heterostructures for photocatalytic H2 generation with visible light. The photoredox functions of discrete Co, conductive NGC, and ZnIn2S4 NSs are precisely combined into hierarchical composite cages possessing strongly hybridized shell and ultrathin layered substructures. Such structural and compositional virtues can expedite charge separation and mobility, offer large surface area and abundant reactive sites for water photosplitting. The Co/NGC@ZnIn2S4 photocatalyst exhibits outstanding H2 evolution activity (e.g., 11270 µmol h−1 g−1) and high stability without engaging any cocatalyst.
Reversible Modulation of 2D Photonic Crystals with a Responsive Shape‐Memory DNA Hydrogel Film
Authors: Wang Chunyan , Li Fengyun , Bi Yanhui , Guo Weiwei 
Published: July 2019

AbstractResponsive DNA hydrogels are smart soft materials that have attracted significant attention in the past decade in various research fields, especially in biosensing. However, several limitations of DNA hydrogels, such as non‐recyclability, slow response, and high manufacturing cost, severely hamper their biosensing applications. In this work, shape‐memory DNA hydrogel film with thickness at micrometer scale is developed, serving as both target recognition unit and actuating unit for the regulation of 2D photonic crystals (2D PCs) embedded on the surface of the hydrogel film. External stimuli can drive the reversible shape changes of the DNA hydrogel films and therefore modulate the lattice spacing of 2D PC array, which can be directly observed by the diameter changes of the Debye diffraction ring. Compared with the bulk hydrogels, these DNA hydrogel films possess the advantages of lower cost and faster stimuli response; more importantly, diameter of the diffraction ring as signal output avoids the requirement of sophisticated instruments. pH‐responsive or Ag+/cysteine (Cys) responsive DNA hydrogel films are successfully developed as model systems to demonstrate the successful reversible modulation of the lattice spacing of 2D PCs. These smart DNA hydrogel film systems may have great potential in the development of future portable and visual biosensing devices.
Broadband Generation of Airy Beams with Hyperbolic Metamaterials
Authors: Li Huihui , Hao Weiming , Yin Xiang , Chen Shuqi , Chen Lin 
Published: July 2019

AbstractThe Airy beam has attracted considerable research interest owing to the intriguing diffraction‐free, self‐accelerating, and self‐healing properties, and hence has found numerous applications in photonics. Metasurfaces provide a compact method to generate Airy beams, but the available Airy beam generators suffer from the issue of narrow bandwidth since they typically rely on resonance principles. Here, hyperbolic metamaterials (HMMs) are proposed to address this issue by taking advantage of the broadband high birefringence. By changing the orientation angle of the HMM unit, the local amplitude and phase distributions of the transmitted electromagnetic waves passing through such HMM unit can be well adjusted to follow the Airy function within a wide spectral range. The resultant microwave Airy beam generator promises an operation bandwidth from 7.2 to 9.6 GHz, while the near‐infrared Airy beam generator has a working bandwidth from 1.25 to 2.40 µm over 10% transmission efficiency. The proposed Airy beam overcomes the limitation of the customary Airy beams with the issue of narrow bandwidth and can stimulate the design of complicated optical devices with the requirement of maintaining the amplitude and phase distributions over a wide spectral band.
Laser‐Like Emission from a Sandwiched MoTe2 Heterostructure on a Silicon Single‐Mode Resonator
Authors: Fang Hanlin , Liu Jin , Lin Qiaoling , Su Rongbin , Wei Yuming , Krauss Thomas F. , Li Juntao , Wang Yue , Wang Xuehua 
Published: July 2019

AbstractMolybdenum ditelluride (MoTe2) has recently shown promise as a gain material for silicon photonics. Reliable single‐mode operation and material stability remain two of the major issues that need to be addressed to advance this exciting technology, however. Here, laser‐like emission from a sandwiched MoTe2 heterostructure on a silicon single‐mode resonator is reported. The heterostructure consists of a layer of MoTe2 sandwiched between thin films of hexagonal boron nitride. It is known that tellurium compounds are sensitive to oxygen exposure, which leads to rapid degradation of the exposed layers in air. By encapsulating the MoTe2 gain material, much improved environmental stability is observed. Using a recently introduced single‐mode resonator design, better control over the mode spectrum of the cavity is exercised and single‐mode operation with a wide free spectral range is demonstrated. At room temperature, a Q‐factor of 4500 and a threshold of 4.2 kW cm−2 at 1319 nm wavelength are achieved. These results lend further support to the paradigm of 2D material‐based integrated light sources on the silicon platform.