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Who's Afraid of the Imperative Mandate?
Authors: Tomba Massimiliano 
Published: August 2019

AbstractThe imperative mandate is a medieval institution that arose in a context in which power was not monopolized by the state, but rather distributed in a plurality of municipalities and assemblies with specific political authority. This system, based on the plurality of the authority of assemblies, is incompatible with the modern state. Indeed, it is explicitly forbidden in many modern Western constitutions. Yet the imperative mandate appears in numerous events throughout modernity that have challenged the principles of the nation-state. It emerges today in populist movements as a response to the crisis of the representative democracy. This essay locates the insurgent legacy of the imperative mandate in the Paris Commune, in the German councils, and in the Zapatistas’ practice of mandar obedeciendo (rule by obeying), in order to consider possible democratic alternatives to representative democracy and the crisis of the nation-state.
Critical Times / The Earth Trembles
Authors: Gago Verónica , Ni Una Menos  , McGlazer Ramsey , Carchedi Verónica , Mason-Deese Liz 
Published: August 2019

Abstract
This text shows how the strike has been appropriated and reinvented by feminist movements to politicize the problem of violence against women and to link it to broader social, economic, and political issues. It underscores how a wide variety of unexpected alliances and coalitions have been enabled by the strike and how they have multiplied its impacts and meanings. This political process has involved efforts to forge a new internationalism, with precarity as a common concern, but one that takes singular forms in concrete conflicts. In this way, feminist struggles are producing new images of counter-power, of a popular sovereignty that challenges faith in the state, of insurgencies that have renewed the dynamics of decision and autonomy, and of self-defense and collective force.
Foreground Maneuvers
Authors: Raqs Media Collective  
Published: August 2019

Abstract
The members of the Raqs Media Collective look back on an artwork they made and a text they wrote to reflect on the empty and silent dockyards in Liverpool in the early 2000s, in order to try to understand how the sense of being made redundant, which seemed like an anomaly then, has moved into the very foreground of consciousness today.
Globally dispersed and networked production spurred by automation has led to the paradoxical intersection of rising productivity and falling life chances. For the first time since the twentieth century, large populations at the very heart of capitalism are beginning to consider themselves to be residual. Taking stock of this reality means facing a wave of resentment that impels the dominant political forces of our time.
Single Cell Receptor Analysis Aided by a Centrifugal Microfluidic Device for Immune Cells Profiling
Authors: Zhu Chen , Espulgar Wilfred Villariza , Yoo Woosik , Koyama Shohei , Dou Xiaoming , Kumanogoh Atsushi , Tamiya Eiichi , Takamatsu Hyota , Saito Masato 
Published: August 2019

Abstract
Single cell analysis has been the main focus of studies among scientists in recent decades for its outstanding contribution to medical treatment. An alternative method has been developed using a centrifugal microfluidic device to trap single cells, conduct immunostaining, and measure the cell surface receptor fluorescence intensity. The ratio of the fluorescence intensity can be used to profile the cell differentiation and the archived images can be useful in further analysis of the obtained data points. This could provide information on the morphological condition and receptor protein distribution on the surfaceome of the cells. To demonstrate the utility of the device, THP-1 and Jurkat Cells were tested and profiled with CD3, CD13, and CD31 markers. The results show that the device has performance similar to Fluorescence-activated cell sorting method (FACS) using relatively small sample volume and low cell suspension concentration. The utility of this device can be proven in identifying new surface markers and insight into basic biology.
Effects of brand placement and player involvement on brand awareness: an empirical study on online game players
Authors: Bogonondo Bonit , Artanti Yessy 
Published: August 2019

This paper examines the effects of brand placement and player involvement on brand awareness. The data in this study were collected from questionnaires distributed to 150 game players of online game with snowball sampling. Data analysis used multiple regression analysis. However, our prediction that there were effect of brand placement and player involvement on brand awareness was not supported. We presents the discussions in this paper.
Adverse reproductive effects of ethanolic root extract of Waltheria indica in male Wistar rats
Authors: Basiru Afisu , Akorede Ganiu Jimoh , Soetan Kehinde , Olayemi Funsho O. 
Published: August 2019

Abstract

Background
Numerous uses of Waltheria indica plant such as antitrypanosomal, antibacterial and antimalarial effects have been reported. It has however been reported that most plants with antibacterial and antiprotozoal effects have adverse effect on male reproduction. Hence, we evaluated the effect of Waltheria indica root on male reproductive parameters.

Methods
Twenty adult male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups (n=5); A–D. Group A served as control group while groups B, C and D were administered with 200, 400 and 800 mg/Kg body weight of crude ethanolic extract of Waltheria indica root. After 28 days of administration, the rats were sacrificed and sperm parameters, sperm morphology, serum reproductive hormones and lipids were determined.

Results
There was a significant reduction in sperm count and motility as well as significant increase in percentage abnormal sperm cell (p<0.001) at the 400 and 800 mg/kg BW. The serum levels of testosterone was also significantly reduced while total cholesterol increased significantly (p<0.05) at the highest dose.

Conclusion

Waltheria indica root has adverse effect on male reproduction through reduction in sperm parameters and male reproductive hormones.
Comparing insults across languages in films: Dubbing as cross-cultural mediation
Authors: Pavesi Maria , Formentelli Maicol 
Published: August 2019

Abstract
Insults are prototypical means to express impoliteness in social interactions. In film they are prime ways of staging conflict or jocular abuse, reflecting everyday communicative practices while contributing to the emotionality of dialogue, characterisation and plot advancement. Both original and dubbed films offer a privileged perspective to investigate the codification of impoliteness within and across linguacultures. In this contribution, we hypothesise that cross-cultural mediation in dubbing arises from hybridisation, a product of the contact between source and target language. Drawing on a parallel and comparable corpus of original and dubbed films, the study focuses on two major categories of insults and explores contrastively their overall frequency, the distinction between genuine and mock impoliteness and the structural complexity of forms. A degree of comparability is observed across Anglophone, Italian and dubbed Italian films, although distinctive trends also emerge from the corpus analysis. If Italian films globally make more frequent use of insults, Anglophone films stand out for their greater reliance on mock impoliteness and greater elaboration of forms. Dubbed films tend to position midway, reproducing source language patterns, while also partaking distinguishing lexico-grammatical traits of the target language. The results substantiate the function dubbing serves in cross-cultural mediation by activating an array of frames of reference that allow the new receiving audiences to experience foreign communication practices from their native language perspective.
Inscribing indigeneity: Ethnolinguistic authority in the linguistic landscape of Amazonian Ecuador
Authors: Wroblewski Michael 
Published: August 2019

AbstractThis article takes a linguistic anthropological approach to analyzing multilingualism in the linguistic landscape of the Amazonian city of Tena, Ecuador, a key locus of indigenous Kichwa language revitalization, identity formation, and politics. Following recent scholarly reconsiderations of multilingual linguistic landscapes as sites of ideological contestation and performative display, I seek to expand on the foundational concept of ethnolinguistic vitality. Building on an analysis of shifting materiality and semiotics of bilingual Kichwa-Spanish hospital signs, I argue for the use of longitudinal and deep ethnographic study of public sign-making in progress to identify oppositional struggles over ethnolinguistic authority, or control of authorship in displays of ethnolinguistic presence. In Tena, Kichwa-language signage represents a new venue for the decolonization of politics, the performance of indigeneity, and the centralization of state power, which are expressed through competing visions by agents with distinct ideological orientations toward language. I submit ethnolinguistic authority as a critical concern for the ethnographic study of public inscriptions of minority languages, which reflect contrasting ideologies of language, notions of group identity, and claims to representational sovereignty.
The relationship between fear generalization and pain modulation: an investigation in healthy participants
Authors: Vandael Kristof , Meulders Michel , Vanden Boer Celine , Meulders Ann 
Published: August 2019

Abstract

Background and aims
Pain-related fear and its subsequent generalization is key to the development and maintenance of chronic pain disability. Research has shown that pain-related fear acquired through classical conditioning generalizes following a gradient, that is, novel movements that are proprioceptively similar to the original pain-associated movement elicit more fear. Studies suggest that classical conditioning can also modulate pain and conditioned fear seems to mediate this effect. However, it remains uninvestigated whether this is also the case for generalized fear.

Methods
In a voluntary joystick movement paradigm, one movement (conditioned stimulus; CS+) was followed by pain (pain-US), and another was not (CS−). Generalization to five novel movements (generalization stimuli; GSs) with varying levels of similarity to the CSs was tested when paired with an at-pain-threshold intensity stimulus (threshold-USs). We collected self-reported fear and pain, as well as eyeblink startle responses as an additional index of conditioned fear.

Results
Results showed a fear generalization gradient in the ratings, but not in the startle measures. The data did not support the idea that fear generalization mediates spreading of pain.

Conclusions
Despite the lack of effects in the current study, this is a promising novel approach to investigate pain modulation in the context of chronic pain.

Implications
This study replicates the finding that pain-related fear spreads selectively towards movements that are proprioceptively more similar to the original pain-eliciting movement. Although results did not support the idea that such generalized fear mediates spreading of pain, the study provides a promising approach to investigate pain modulation by pain-associated movements.
Synaptonemal Complex Central Region Proteins Promote Localization of Pro-crossover Factors to Recombination Events DuringCaenorhabditis elegansMeiosis
Authors: Cahoon Cori K , Helm Jacquellyn M , Libuda Diana E 
Published: August 2019

AbstractErrors during meiosis are the leading cause of birth defects and miscarriages in humans. Thus, the coordinated control of meiotic events is critical for the faithful inheritance of the genome with each generation...Crossovers (COs) between homologous chromosomes are critical for meiotic chromosome segregation and form in the context of the synaptonemal complex (SC), a meiosis-specific structure that assembles between aligned homologs. During Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis, central region components of the SC (SYP proteins) are essential to repair double-strand DNA breaks (DSBs) as COs. Here, we investigate the relationships between the SYP proteins and conserved pro-CO factors by examining the immunolocalization of these proteins in meiotic mutants where SYP proteins are absent, reduced, or mislocalized. Although COs do not form in syp null mutants, pro-CO factors COSA-1, MSH-5, and ZHP-3 nevertheless colocalize at DSB-dependent sites during late prophase, reflecting an inherent affinity of these factors for DSB repair sites. In contrast, in mutants where SYP proteins are present but form aggregates or display abnormal synapsis, pro-CO factors consistently track with SYP-1 localization. Further, pro-CO factors usually localize to a single site per SYP-1 structure, even in SYP aggregates or in mutants where the SC forms between sister chromatids, suggesting that CO regulation occurs within these aberrant SC structures. Moreover, we find that the meiotic cohesin REC-8 is required to ensure that SC formation occurs between homologs and not sister chromatids. Taken together, our findings support a model in which SYP proteins promote CO formation by promoting the localization of pro-CO factors to recombination events within an SC compartment, thereby ensuring that pro-CO factors identify a recombination event within an SC structure and that CO maturation occurs only between properly aligned homologous chromosomes.
La incorporación de ejes transversales en la educación superior: el marco institucional y el acompañamiento como condiciones para el éxito
Authors: Charpentier Esquivel Claudia , Jiménez Reyes Lupita , Sánchez Molina Virginia 
Published: August 2019

La Universidad Nacional acordó incluir cinco ejes transversales institucionales en los planes de estudio. Para tener éxito, organizó un proceso que consideró dos componentes fundamentales: el marco institucional y el acompañamiento a docentes y unidades académicas, y así ayudar a reducir las barreras que podrían interferir en la incorporación de género, desarrollo sostenible, ambiente y cultura ambiental, equidad y diversidad cultural.
En este trabajo se presentan el marco institucional y los aspectos que se atendieron en el acompañamiento y las actualizaciones que se brindaron al personal docente y administrativo-académico.
Effect of Light Curing Modes on the Color Stability of a Nanohybrid Composite Immersed in Different Beverages
Authors: Ozan PhD Gunce , Sar Sancakli DDS Hande , Tiryaki PhD Murat , Bayrak PhD Isil 
Published: August 2019

Aim: Sufficient polymerization remains as crucial for composites to prevent discoloration. Both LEDs and halogen units are used for polymerization and different curing modes are improved to overcome inadequate polymerization. This in vitro study investigated staining susceptibility of a nano-hybrid resin composite light-cured in different modes and immersed in different staining media. Methods: Disc-shaped specimens were prepared from nano-hybrid resin composite (Filtek Z550) and light-cured according to following modes: Halojen (GI), LED standard (GII), LED pulse (GIII) or LED ramp (GIV). Half of the specimens of each group (n=7) were stored in one of the staining media (red wine or coffee) for 10 min/day during experimental period. Measurements were performed using spectrophotometer according to CIEL*a*b system at baseline and on 7, 28 and 56 days. Colour differences (∆E) between groups were submitted to statistical analysis. Results: Regarding 7-day evaluation, colour change values of specimens immersed in coffee revealed no remarkable difference among curing modes (p>0.05); whereas specimens in GIV were significantly less stained compared to specimens in GII and GIII when immersed in red wine. Regarding 56-days of evaluation, specimens of GIV showed statistically significant colour change in red wine compared to other groups. However specimens in GI revealed the least staining after 56-days of coffee immersion, and this result was statistically different from LED groups. Conclusion: This study suggest that light-curing mode influences the staining susceptibility of the tested composite. Composites polymerized with halogen unit showed lower staining than all LED modes. Despite novel light sources, halogen units may still used reliably at clinics.
Barriers to the Effective Regulation of the Building Construction Industry: An Empirical Analysis
Authors: Omollo W. O. 
Published: August 2019

This study investigates key barriers to the effective regulation of the building construction industry in Kenya, a case study of Kisii Town. It was guided by the Public Interest Theory of Regulation, which provided the underpinning elucidating why the building construction industry in Kenya needs regulation. The target population comprised 84 registered building contractors with a sample size of 66 selected using simple random sampling by application of random number table. As regards limitation, the study does not measure the extent of quality assurance within the construction industry, but rather delve on the key factors impeding its effective regulation. The research findings show that ineffective regulation of the construction industry in Kisii Town was prompted by the joint activities of building development contractors and limitations of the National Construction Authority (NCA) (the regulator). Regarding the activities of building contractors, identified barriers included failure to refer to key legislation that regulates the construction industry, failure to obtain statutory approvals of building development, and laxity to invite supervision of ongoing projects by planning authorities. Conversely, factors elucidating why NCA was not successfully regulating the construction industry included inadequate multi-sectoral coordination, inadequate surveillance, and limited sensitization of key stakeholders. Drawing from these findings, the study recommends regular monitoring and enhanced enforcement that would promote compliance and sensitization of contractors with applicable standards and regular inspections of ongoing projects. Also, establishing a coordinating committee to harmonize institutions that deal with development control.
Keywords: Construction Industry, Kenya, Kisii Town, Regulation
Annonces de presse
Authors: Trébuchon Jean-François 
Published: August 2019

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Dynamique de la déforestation dans la Réserve de biosphère de Yangambi (République démocratique du Congo) : variabilité spatiale et temporelle au cours des 30 dernières années
Authors: Kyale Koy Justin , Wardell David Andrew , Mikwa Jean-Fiston , Kabuanga Joël Masimo , Monga Ngonga Alphonse Maindo , Oszwald Johan , Doumenge Charles 
Published: August 2019

D’une superficie de 225 000 ha, la Réserve de biosphère de Yangambi (République démocratique du Congo) est l’une des principales aires protégées menacées par l’anthropisation dans la région. Malgré son appartenance au réseau mondial des réserves de biosphère depuis les années 1970, les connaissances sur les dynamiques d’occupation du sol y sont encore lacunaires. Une démarche fondée sur l’analyse d’images (Landsat TM, ETM+ et OLI) et la réalité du terrain a été mise en œuvre pour étudier la dynamique d’occupation des sols de la réserve entre 1986 et 2016. Le taux annuel de déforestation est passé de 0,18 % au cours de la période 1986-2003 à 0,38 % en 2003-2016. Durant cette dernière période, la forêt primaire a connu un taux de déforestation plus élevé qu’en forêt secondaire (respectivement 4,5 % et 0,4 %). Quatre zones aux dynamiques socio-environnementales spécifiques ont été identifiées, nécessitant des approches de gestion différentes. Il s’agit notamment de la concession de l’INERA, des zones proches d’axes principaux de circulation, des zones situées sur des axes routiers plus ou moins abandonnés et des zones isolées du cœur de la réserve. Les principales causes de déforestation mentionnées par les habitants sont l’agriculture itinérante sur brûlis (54 % des ménages), l’exploitation artisanale des minerais (17 %) et la fabrication des pirogues (8 %). La pression démographique, sans amélioration du niveau de vie des communautés ou des techniques agricoles, et le développement du réseau routier, favorisant les échanges commerciaux, en sont les causes sous-jacentes. Cette dynamique de déforestation dans une forêt rattachée au réseau mondial des réserves de biosphère entame l’objectif fixé par l’État d’étendre le réseau d’aires protégées à 15 % du territoire national.
Dispositifs permanents de nouvelle génération pour le suivi de la dynamique forestière en Afrique centrale : bilan en République du Congo
Authors: Forni Eric , Rossi Vivien , Gillet Jean-François , Bénédet Fabrice , Cornu Guillaume , Freycon Vincent , Zombo Isaac , Alberny Elodie , Mayinga Mercier , Istace Vincent , Gourlet-Fleury Sylvie 
Published: August 2019

Gérer durablement les forêts tropicales de production nécessite de connaître leur diversité, leur dynamique et l’impact de l’exploitation sur ces caractéristiques. Cette connaissance peut s’obtenir avec de grands dispositifs de suivi permanents dont les arbres sont régulièrement mesurés. Un seul dispositif de ce type existe en Afrique centrale, M’Baïki, installé en 1982 en République centrafricaine. Il a fait référence pour établir les règles d’aménagement d’un grand nombre de concessions forestières de la région. Plusieurs projets ont permis l’installation de nouveaux dispositifs, en privilégiant des zones situées sur des substrats géologiques différents. Deux dispositifs ont ainsi été installés dans des concessions forestières aménagées au nord de la République du Congo, sur alluvions de l’ère cénozoïque (Loundoungou) et sur grès de Carnot de l’ère mésozoïque (Mokabi). Chaque dispositif est constitué de deux blocs de 400 ha, contenant chacun un sentier d’environ 4 000 arbres d’une vingtaine d’espèces commerciales et deux parcelles de 9 ha suivies en plein. Tous les arbres supérieurs à 10 cm de diamètre sont mesurés. Un bloc sera exploité après quelques années de suivi, l’autre restera en témoin. L’installation et le premier inventaire d’un dispositif ont nécessité en moyenne 34 mois de travail avec une équipe de huit personnes pour un coût total moyen de 94500 €. Les peuplements des deux dispositifs, Loundoungou et Mokabi respectivement, ont les caractéristiques suivantes : 240 et 230 espèces d’arbres, densité de 346,8 (± 5,8) et 426,8 (± 3,6) arbres par hectare, biomasse de 432,6 (± 13,8) et 457,3 (± 9,3) Mg/ha. Les difficultés rencontrées lors de l’installation des dispositifs (emplacement, localisation des parcelles, constitution des sentiers, application du protocole d’inventaire, logistique...) sont analysées. Plusieurs recommandations sont émises pour améliorer l’installation de tels dispositifs et leur protocole d’inventaire.