bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Statistical Modelling of the Number of Infected Fruiting Bodies of Common Mushrooms in Cultivation Integrated with Preparations Containing Beneficial Microorganisms
Authors: Szwedziak Katarzyna , Polańczyk Ewa 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
Due to low effectiveness or high costs of using chemical agents in the protection of common mushrooms, producers are forced to look for alternative methods of protection. One such method is the use of preparations containing beneficial microorganisms. A statistical evaluation of this mushroom protection method and determination of the number of infected fruiting bodies is presented in this paper
Homogenization of a net of periodic critically scaled boundary obstacles related to reverse osmosis “nano-composite” membranes
Authors: Díaz Jesús Ildefonso , Gómez-Castro David , Podolskiy Alexander V. , Shaposhnikova Tatiana A. 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
One of the main goals of this paper is to extend some of the
mathematical techniques of some previous papers by the authors showing
that some very useful phenomenological properties which can be
observed at the nano-scale can be simulated and justified
mathematically by means of some homogenization processes when a
certain critical scale is used in the corresponding framework. Here
the motivating problem in consideration is formulated in the context
of the reverse osmosis. We consider, on a part of the boundary of a
domain

Ω
⊂

ℝ
n

{\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}}

, a set of very small periodically distributed
semipermeable membranes having an ideal infinite permeability
coefficient (which leads to Signorini-type boundary conditions) on a
part

Γ
1

{\Gamma_{1}}

of the boundary. We also assume that a possible chemical
reaction may take place on the membranes. We obtain the rigorous
convergence of the problems to a homogenized problem in which there is
a change in the constitutive nonlinearities. Changes of this type are
the reason for the big success of the nanocomposite materials. Our
proof is carried out for membranes not necessarily of radially
symmetric shape. The definition of the associated critical scale
depends on the dimension of the space (and it is quite peculiar for
the special case of

n
=
2

{n=2}

). Roughly speaking, our result proves that the
consideration of the critical case of the scale leads to a
homogenized formulation which is equivalent to having a global
semipermeable membrane, at the whole part of the boundary

Γ
1

{\Gamma_{1}}

, with a
“finite permeability coefficient of this virtual membrane”, which is
the best we can get, even if the original problem involves a set of membranes of any arbitrary finite
permeability coefficients.
Explaining Earth’s Stability by Uniformity: Origins of the Argument
Authors: Kočandrle Radim 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
Aristotle ascribes to Anaximander a conception according to which the Earth remains in its place due to uniformity. Plato shows that this argument’s validity is based on both the Earth and the universe being spherical. Anaximander, however, believed the Earth to be flat. Since Aetius ascribes the abovementioned reasoning also to Parmenides, in whose work we find hits to spherical shapes, the argument might be based on Parmenides’ thoughts.
Sensing History. On the Uses of Medium-Specific Noise in Eastern European Found Footage Films
Authors: Blos-Jáni Melinda 
Published: October 2018

AbstractThis article examines how sensual aspects of the moving image, such as visual errors, blurring and technical disturbances are employed in found footage films dealing with Eastern European socialist past and the regime changing events. In the selected films Eastern European socialist visual culture is reworked with the cinematic practices of the post-media age in order to shape the spectators’ historical consciousness. By deliberate reframing and intensifying the medium-specific noises of the archival sources, or by an artificially created visual precariousness a new type of spectatorial awareness is created. The article delineates four different strategies through which the mediality of the recycled archival footage is brought to the fore and made operational (engaging the senses of its viewers).
Approaches to Studying Intermediality in Contemporary Cinema
Authors: Pethő Ágnes 
Published: October 2018

AbstractThe article attempts a brief overview and evaluation of the main theoretical approaches that have emerged in the study of cinematic intermediality in the last decades since intermediality has become an established research term in media studies. It distinguishes three major paradigms in theorizing intermedia phenomena and outlines some of the directions of change in the intermedial strategies of recent films. It identifies in contemporary cinema a tendency to add new dimensions to the relations of in-betweenness regarding both the connection of cinema to reality and its inter-art entanglements. Finally, the article describes a new type of intermediality, which integrates elements of trans-textuality, creating a format of expanded cinema within cinema. This strategy is presented in the context of Eastern European cinema through a short case study of Cristi Puiu’s film,Sieranevada(2016).
Effect of the Position of Defined Local Defect on the Mechanical Performance of Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Plastics
Authors: Ashir Moniruddoza , Nocke Andreas , Cherif Chokri 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
Considering their energy and resource efficiency, fiber-reinforced plastics (FRPs) have been displacing metals and metal alloys for lightweight constructions. During the semiautomated manufacturing process of FRPs, and in particular during the laying of reinforced fabric layers, foreign bodies are enclosed within them, which in turn reduce the mechanical performance of FRPs. The research project presented in this article investigated if the loss in mechanical properties, such as tensile, flexural, and impact strengths, depends on the position of defined local defects, polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) in this case, in the thickness direction of FRPs. In order to achieve this aim, PTFE was placed in different layers of reinforcing fabric before infusion. Subsequently, the mechanical performance of the fabricated FRPs was tested and evaluated. On the basis of the experiment, it can be concluded that the loss in mechanical properties was maximal if PTFE was laid in the middle position of FRPs in the thickness direction.
The effect of commercial feed supplemented with selected yeast, probiotics and herbal additives on the growth performance of juvenile dusky kob (Argyrosomus japonicus).
Authors: Madibana Molatelo Junior , Mbokane Lucia Matlale , Fouché Chris Henri 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
The main objective of this investigation was to test the effect of a standard commercial feed (Skretting Active ZA) on the growth performance of juvenile dusky kob (Argyrosomus japonicus), compared to the same feed when supplemented with six commercially available additives over a period of 10 weeks. A common additive in trial treatments contained two yeast strains (84% Candida utilis and 16% Saccharomyces cerevisiae) that were incorporated at 33% of the total feed mass. The yeast combined diet was also tested per se as a base experimental diet (BED). In the remaining five trials the BED was respectively mixed with selected herbal extracts or pharmaceutical probiotics to comparatively measure possible superimposed growth enhancement. Herbal extracts were Aquapro® (herbal powder), Liv-Up® (herbal granule), Liv-Up® (liquid) and UNBP-20® (liquid). The pharmaceutical 2-strain probiotic was Probiflora® (Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidus). Experimental diets closely reflected comparative approximate nutrient values with respect to protein (46-48%), carbohydrate (17-18%), fat (14%) and fibre (11-12%) content. Juvenile dusky kob (n=50 per tank) of about 5.77±1.28 g were experimentally grown for 10 weeks in tanks (465 L) of a suitable recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) (24-25°C) with natural lighting. Supplement added diets induced a substantial average body growth of 43.3 g, except for slower (P<0.05) growth measured for the Live-Up®-liquid additive trial. The SGR was of the same magnitude between the BED and its complex with the mentioned additives. Also, the BED (46.5% protein) mediated a faster SGR (P<0.05) than the control diet without yeast (50% protein). The best FCR (0.95) was achieved with the BED added herbal product UN-BP20®. The dietary inclusion of the inactivated yeast types is recommended for dusky kob commercial diets since it showed enhanced growth performance and possible production viability.
Causality and Modelling in the Sciences: Introduction
Authors: Jiménez-Buedo María , Russo Federica 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
The advantage of examining causality from the perspective of modelling is thus that it puts us naturally closer to the practice of the sciences. This means being able to set up an interdisciplinary dialogue that contrasts and compares modelling practices in different fields, say economics and biology, medicine and statistics, climate change and physics. It also means that it helps philosophers looking for questions that go beyond the narrow ‘what-is-causality’ or ‘what-are-relata’ and thus puts causality right at the centre of a complex crossroad: epistemology/methodology, metaphysics, politics/ethics. This special issue collects nine papers that touch upon various scientific fields, from system biology to medicine to quantum mechanics to economics, and different questions, from explanation and prediction to the role of both true and false assumptions in modelling.
Are Model Organisms Theoretical Models?
Authors: Parkkinen Veli-Pekka 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
This article compares the epistemic roles of theoretical models and model organisms in science, and specifically the role of non-human animal models in biomedicine. Much of the previous literature on this topic shares an assumption that animal models and theoretical models have a broadly similar epistemic role—that of indirect representation of a target through the study of a surrogate system. Recently, Levy and Currie (2015) have argued that model organism research and theoretical modelling differ in the justification of model-to-target inferences, such that a unified account based on the widely accepted idea of modelling as indirect representation does not similarly apply to both. I defend a similar conclusion, but argue that the distinction between animal models and theoretical models does not always track a difference in the justification of model-to-target inferences. Case studies of the use of animal models in biomedicine are presented to illustrate this. However, Levy and Currie’s point can be argued for in a different way. I argue for the following distinction. Model organisms (and other concrete models) function as surrogate sources of evidence, from which results are transferred to their targets by empirical extrapolation. By contrast, theoretical modelling does not involve such an inductive step. Rather, theoretical models are used for drawing conclusions from what is already known or assumed about the target system. Codifying assumptions about the causal structure of the target in external representational media (e.g. equations, graphs) allows one to apply explicit inferential rules to reach conclusions that could not be reached with unaided cognition alone (cf. Kuorikoski and Ylikoski 2015).
Toward a Causal Interpretation of the Common Factor Model
Authors: Van Bork Riet , Wijsen Lisa D. , Rhemtulla Mijke 
Published: October 2018

AbstractPsychological constructs such as personality dimensions or cognitive traits are typically unobserved and are therefore measured by observing so-called indicators of the latent construct (e.g., responses to questionnaire items or observed behavior). The Common Factor Model (CFM) models the relations between the observed indicators and the latent variable. In this article we argue in favor of interpreting the CFM as a causal model rather than merely a statistical model, in which common factors are only descriptions of the indicators. When there is sufficient reason to hypothesize that the underlying causal structure of the data is a common cause structure, a causal interpretation of the CFM has several benefits over a merely statistical interpretation of the model. We argue that (1) a causal interpretation conforms with most research questions in which the goal is toexplainthe correlations between indicators rather than merely summarizing them; (2) a causal interpretation of the factor model legitimizes the focus onshared, rather than unique variance of the indicators; and (3) a causal interpretation of the factor model legitimizes the assumption of local independence.
Group genitive in Swedish – s-genitive as a phrase marker
Authors: Piotrowska Alicja 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
In this paper I discuss the constructions with the group genitive and their use in today’s Swedish. The development of the s-genitive from a diachronic perspective, its degrammaticalization and the status of the s-genitive are discussed. The aim of the paper is to examine and analyse the use of the group genitive in the Swedish nominal phrases in three contexts, i. e. coordinated nominal phrases, nominal phrase with a prepositional phrase and nominal phrase with a relative clause. The group genitive’s domain is above all spoken, colloquial language. The analysed material consists of authentic examples of everyday use of language from the Swedish corpus Språkbanken and a questionnaire conducted among native speakers. The study shows that the group genitive is very productive with various types of nominal phrases in Swedish, even though it is still limited to colloquial and non-formal use of language.
Comics creation as a social experiment: Simon Gärdenfors’ playful performance
Authors: Ernst Nina 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
This paper examines the work of Swedish comics creator Simon Gärdenfors, Simons 120 dagar, as an example of autobiographical comic art in which the concepts of performance and performativity, as developed by Erika Fischer-Lichte, are applied to explore aspects of self-construction. It discusses Gärdenfors’ performative action as a means of extracting experiences with the intention of making artistic work. Self-construction is shaped in relation to the participants in the art project. The work is the product of a social project, but also in relation to elements staged before the advent of the work. By exploring how Gärdenfors’ idea was enunciated and what it achieved, we can examine how he stretches compositional limits and how his graphic memoir becomes a part of a larger artistic event. By working as a performance artist during his production of the book, and by commenting and sometimes interacting with his readers in blog form before, during and after, Gärdenfors’ work attains a performative dimension.
Study on the Evolution of Damage Degradation at Different Temperatures and Strain Rates for Ti-6Al-4V Alloy
Authors: Gao Lin , Zhao Jiang , Quan Guo-zheng , Xiong Wei , An Chao 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
It is a significant issue to deeply understand the nature relationships between damage degradation and deforming parameters, and then identify the changes of initial ductile fracture time with processing parameters and further adjusting the forming processes for obtaining the fracture-free components. For Ti-6Al-4V alloy, the strain-stress data in the temperature range of 1023–1323 K and strain rate range of 0.01–10 s−1 were obtained by compression tests. The finite element model with stress-strain data was constructed to simulate the ductile damage cumulating processes under different conditions and obtained the maximum damage values. Subsequently, the ductile fracture criterion (DFC) of Ti-6Al-4V alloy was established and the effects of temperature and strain rate on DFC were discussed. The results show that the variation range of DFC under different deformation conditions is 0.07–0.15. Subsequently, the deformation conditions with higher fracture risk were identified as 1200∼1275 K & 1∼10 s−1 and verified with the experiment observations.
Englishes and cosmopolitanisms in South Africa
Authors: Rudwick Stephanie 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
Against the background of South Africa’s ‘official’ policy of multilingualism, this study explores some of the socio-cultural dynamics of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in relation to how cosmopolitanism is understood in South Africa. More specifically, it looks at the link between ELF and cosmopolitanism in higher education. In 2016, students at Stellenbosch University (SU) triggered a language policy change that enacted English (as opposed to Afrikaans) as the primary medium of teaching and learning. English has won recognition as the academic lingua franca for at least two socio-political reasons: First, English is considered more ‘neutral’ than Afrikaans (which continues to be strongly associated with Afrikanerdom), and second, English is arguably associated with cosmopolitanism and an international institutional status. Despite English being the academic lingua franca, it continues to be caught in an ambivalent climate with tensions among policy planners, language practitioners, higher education managers, academic staff and students. Ultimately, this paper argues that ambiguity is one of the most defining features of English in South Africa and that a complex range of Cosmopolitan, Afropolitan and glocal African identity trajectories reflect the power dynamics of English in the country.
Maintaining borders: From border guards to diplomats
Authors: Español Alicia , Marsico Giuseppina , Tateo Luca 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
The article aims at integrating the cultural psychology perspective of into the multidisciplinary field of border studies. It analyses the border phenomenon as a co-genetic system. The authors investigate the psychological side of people who relate to the border out of different motives. Then, it expands some of the theoretical concepts current in border studies by introducing psychological dimensions such as intentionality and directionality. Finally, the framework is applied to two case-studies representing the northern and southern European Union frontiers: the case of Estonian officer Eston Kohver in the Setumaa region on the Estonian–Russian border; and the experiences of border guards in the re-bordering process on the Spanish–Moroccan border. It offers an innovative conceptual resource based on a triadic co-genetic epistemological approach, which allows us to overcome the binary oppositions still very present in the contemporary debates in borders studies.
Selected socio-economic factors of health literacy of the poor
Authors: Řimnáčová Zuzana , Kajanová Alena , Břízová Bohdana 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
Our article is focused on selected socio-economic aspects of health literacy of poor persons in the South Bohemian Region. In addition to determining the level of health literacy, we test its relationship to income and education level and examine how difficult it is for the target group to pay for medicines and visit a physician if needed. We also focus on the causes of such difficulties. The research was conducted in 2016 on a sample of 254 persons entitled to state material poverty benefits in the South Bohemian Region. A structured interview was used, including the administration of the short form of the standardized Health Literacy questionnaire, with several additional questions on the respondents’ socio-economic situation. The data were statistically processed using SPSS. The results showed the respondents had an insufficient level of health literacy, and that a high proportion had difficulty paying for medicines and visiting their physician when required. Health literacy is not related to income but to education level.
Numerical Treatment of the Modified Burgers’ Equation via Backward Differentiation Formulas of Orders Two and Three
Authors: Mukundan Vijitha , Awasthi Ashish 
Published: October 2018

Abstract
We present an efficient numerical method for solving the nonlinear modified Burgers’ equation (MBE) using the multi-step method. The nonlinear MBE is first discretized along the spatial direction alone by using the method of lines technique, and this method converts the MBE to a nonlinear system of ordinary differential equations. Multistep methods are employed to solve the nonlinear system of ordinary differential equations. Applicability of the proposed numerical techniques is established through test examples. Discrete root mean square error norm

(

L

2

)

$(L_{2})$

and maximum error norm

(

L

∞

)

$(L_{\infty})$

are computed and presented for demonstrating the accuracy of the present numerical method. Numerical experiments supported by figures shows that the proposed numerical scheme shows excellent agreement with exact solution and is superior to some existing numerical methods.
Von den Lehrenden her denken – zur Konzeption von Fortbildungen am Beispiel eines Qualifizierungsangebots für Deutschlehrkräfte in Japan
Authors: Schart Michael , Ohta Tatsuya 
Published: October 2018

ZusammenfassungVor dem Hintergrund der spezifischen Situation von Deutsch als Fremdsprache in Japan geht der Beitrag der Frage nach, wie Fortbildungen gestaltet sein sollten, um den Bedürfnissen der Lehrenden gerecht zu werden. Im Zentrum steht die Analyse einer Befragung von Teilnehmenden einer zweijährigen Qualifizierungsmaßnahme. Es werden Daten sowohl aus einer Umfrage als auch Interviews analysiert und die Ergebnisse in den Diskussionen zum beruflichen Professionalisierungsprozess von Fremdsprachenlehrenden eingeordnet. Der Beitrag zeigt auf, weshalb es wichtig ist, dass sich Fortbildungen nicht in erster Linie an wissenschaftlichen Konstrukten orientieren, sondern an den beruflichen Selbstbildern der Teilnehmenden und ihren Erfahrungen mit Unterricht in konkreten Kontexten.
Multi-disciplinary evaluation of a 5-month-old with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy related to a functional adrenocortical tumor
Authors: Nally Laura M. , Conner Erin , Paige Sharon , Mooney Kelly L. , Naber Urs , Richards Rebecca , Wright Gail 
Published: October 2018

Abstract

Background
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in childhood is a rare diagnosis, and associations with adrenocortical tumors (ACTs) have been rarely reported in the pediatric literature.

Case presentation
We present a case of a 5-month-old who presented with HCM and during the evaluation for hypertension was found to have elevated glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, androgens and urine metanephrines. During preoperative evaluation, he developed shock followed by cardiogenic collapse requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO); however, he did not survive. Pathology revealed an ACT with hormone production that contributed to his demise.

Conclusions
Adrenocortical tumors associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be life-threatening. We discuss the complex interplay of unrestricted cortical hormone production in the setting of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that may lead to rapid decline and poor clinical outcomes.