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High fashion or high fascism? A Kantian analysis of aesthetics, beauty, genius, power and politics
Authors: Grant Brett G. 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
This article explores the response of the fashion world to an incident involving John Galliano. This incident is used as a case study to examine issues about beauty and fashion, the politics of aesthetics, the philosophy of human affairs and the relationships between morality and good citizenship. It seeks to question some conceptions of beauty that circulate within the world of haute couture and also to problematize the use of the term ‘genius’ when this is divorced from any consideration of moral acceptability. Two philosophical works are used to help with this task: Immanuel Kant’s ([1790] 2000) Critique of the Power of Judgment, and Hannah Arendt’s (1992) Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy. In exploring whether individuals can be expected to exhibit an acceptable moral condition under a ‘good constitution’, the Galliano incident prompts, in complex ways, consideration of three things: ‘What constitutes a bad man?’, ‘What constitutes a good citizen?’ and ‘What constitutes a good state?’ Corollary questions include, ‘are “the beautiful” and “the good” related?’, and ‘should one who fails to show moral behaviour be considered a genius’?
Nohona i Waena i nā Mo’olelo/living between the stories: Contextualizing drama therapy within an indigenous Hawaiian epistemology
Authors: Lee Soon Rachel K. M. 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
This article explores indigenous Hawaiian epistemology in relation to perspectives in drama therapy in order to discover intersections between these two bodies of knowledge. The author presents a review of literature pertaining to the history and impact of colonialism in Hawaii, and indigenous ways of knowing. Three major themes: place, embodiment and relationship, are discussed in relation to various concepts and approaches in drama therapy. This creates space for this narrative in our body of knowledge and contextualizes drama therapy within an indigenous and postcolonial understanding of well-being.
Mathematical model of growth of two purelines of Padjadjaran female quail aged 0 to 6 weeks
Authors: Anang A. , Indrijani H. , Sujana E. 
Published: June 2017

A research was conducted at Quail Breeding Centre of Padjadjaran University. A hundred quails of female black and brown color of each line was observed from hatch to age of six weeks. Four growth models were compared: Gompertz, Logistic, Richards, and MMF. The best fit was measured with Coefficient of determination (R2) and standard error of prediction (se). The results showed that all observed models have high accuracy with R2 ranging from 0.9950 to 0.9988 for black color, and 0.9984 to 0.9992 for brown color respectively. Standard errors of prediction (SE) ranged from 1.99 g to 4.01 g for black, and from 1.92 g to 2.52 g for brown, respectively. Gompertz model was more favorable with R2 and SE of 0.9988 and 1.99 g for black, and 0.9991 and 1.92 g for brown, respectively. Age at inflection, maximum average daily gains and weights at inflection were 4.18 week, 27.87 g and 100.23 g for black line and 3.38 week, 25.05 g and 75.34 g for brown line, respectively.
Transversalité du sens et relations interartistiques : l’héritage greimassien
Authors: Bertrand Denis , Stange Veronica Estay 
Published: June 2017

Résumé
L’article évalue la contribution de la sémiotique post-greimassienne aux recherches sur les rapports entre les arts. Sa démarche est fondée sur l’hypothèse d’une fécondité conceptuelle de la théorie du langage pour construire un modèle généralisable des relations interartistiques. Ce projet théorique s’appuie sur de nombreux exemples, entre les XVIIIe et XXIe siècles, montrant les liens entre musique, poésie et peinture, entre musique et architecture, et entre peinture, roman et cinéma. Il conduit à dégager d’abord les transpositions qui, limitées au seul plan de l’expression, visent une spécularité sensorielle, formant une « mathesis du sensible ». Approfondissant ensuite les homologies entre les deux plans des langages, on examine la manière dont leurs liens peuvent être remotivés, ouvrant alors sur une conception élargie du semi-symbolisme. Puis, en envisageant la relation interartistique sous la domination du contenu, on s’intéresse aux modalités d’emboîtement et de capture d’une œuvre par une autre, à travers un réexamen d’un motif trans-artistique par excellence : l’ekphrasis. Enfin, eu égard aux spécificités des langages, à leur autonomie et à leur relative étanchéité, on interroge leur résistance au transfert, à partir d’exemples qui, entre tensions et conflictualités, narrativisent les rencontres interartistiques.
The Current State of Black Studies in the United States
Authors: Boyd Melba Joyce 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
“The Current State of Black Studies in the United States” presents the advances and the challenges of the discipline. The perspective of the essay is grounded in the tradition, established in 1915, with the founding of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, and considers the changes since its entry into mainstream academia in the late 1960s as a result of black student activism. The discussion considers recent research and theoretical paradigms, as well as institutional and societal impediments.
“Mama’s Baby, Papa’s, Too” – Toward Critical Mixed Race Studies
Authors: Essi Cedric 
Published: June 2017

AbstractThis article examines the development of ‘Critical Mixed Race Studies’ (CMRS) as a crucial framework to critically engage with the shift in US racial discourse from long-standing politics of the one-drop rule to a pervasive celebratory multiracialism and its support in the early formation of ‘Mixed Race Studies.’ With a focus on the black-white paradigm, this contribution sketches the preconditions of this academic discourse, discusses a number of its foundational scholarly texts and contrasts them with prominent black critiques. Finally, a call for CMRS as a part of the Black Studies project will be formulated via trend-setting examples.
High-Throughput Characterization of Cascade type I-E CRISPR Guide Efficacy Reveals Unexpected PAM Diversity and Target Sequence Preferences
Authors: Xu Hua Fu Becky , Wainberg Michael , Kundaje Anshul , Fire Andrew Z 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
Interactions between Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR) RNAs and CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins form an RNA-guided adaptive immune system in prokaryotes. The adaptive immune system utilizes segments of the genetic material of invasive foreign elements in the CRISPR locus. The loci are transcribed and processed to produce small CRISPR RNAs (crRNAs), with degradation of invading genetic material directed by a combination of complementarity between RNA and DNA and in some cases recognition of adjacent motifs called PAMs (Protospacer Adjacent Motifs). Here we describe a general, high-throughput procedure to test the efficacy of thousands of targets, applying this to the Escherichia coli type I-E Cascade (CRISPR-associated complex for antiviral defense) system. These studies were followed with reciprocal experiments in which the consequence of CRISPR activity was survival in the presence of a lytic phage. From the combined analysis of the Cascade system, we found that (i) type I-E Cascade PAM recognition is more expansive than previously reported, with at least 22 distinct PAMs, with many of the noncanonical PAMs having CRISPR-interference abilities similar to the canonical PAMs; (ii) PAM positioning appears precise, with no evidence for tolerance to PAM slippage in interference; and (iii) while increased guanine-cytosine (GC) content in the spacer is associated with higher CRISPR-interference efficiency, high GC content (&gt;62.5%) decreases CRISPR-interference efficiency. Our findings provide a comprehensive functional profile of Cascade type I-E interference requirements and a method to assay spacer efficacy that can be applied to other CRISPR-Cas systems.
An Embarrassment of Riches or a Profusion of Confusion An Evaluation of the Continued Existence of the Civil Union Act of 2006 in the Light of Prospective Domestic Partnerships Legislation in South Africa
Authors: Smith Bradley Shaun , Robinson JA Robbie 
Published: June 2017

As it stands, South African family law currently holds that the Marriage Act 25 of 1961 applies exclusively to the solemnisation of heterosexual civil marriages while same-sex couples have no choice but to formalise their relationships in terms of the Civil Union Act 17 of 2006. In addition, the legal position is complicated by the fact that the latter Act not only allows both heterosexual and homosexual couples to conclude a civil union, but also provides that a civil union may take the form of either a marriage or a civil partnership, both of which enjoy the same legal recognition as, and give rise to the same legal consequences, as a civil marriage under the Marriage Act. In January 2008, a draft Domestic Partnerships Bill saw the light of day, the potential enactment of which casts significant doubt as to whether the prevailing framework should be retained. With this potential development in mind, this paper considers the desirability of maintaining the "separate but equal" status quo by: (a) comparing the South African Law Reform Commission's pre-Civil Union Act proposals with the approach eventually adopted by the legislature; (b) comparing and contrasting the post-Civil Union Act position in South Africa with that of an established and well-ordered jurisdiction such as the Netherlands and, in the light hereof, considering the cases for and against repealing the Civil Union Act; and (c) by considering the desirability and practicality of the civil partnership's potential co-existence with the Domestic Partnerships Bill (as modified in accordance with a recent study). A proposal is made that could provide a less complex and better streamlined family law dispensation in South Africa.
The Impact of HIV/AIDS Regarding Informal Social Security: Issues and Perspectives from a South African Context
Authors: Tshoose Clarence Itumeleng 
Published: June 2017

The purpose of the article is to examine the right to social assistance for households living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. In particular, the article focuses on the impact of this pandemic on households' access to social assistance benefits in the wake of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which has wrought untold sorrow and suffering to the overwhelming majority of households in South Africa.

The article analyses the consequences of HIV/AIDS in relation to households' support systems, care and dependency burdens, and the extent to which the household members either acknowledge the illness (enabling them to better engage with treatment options) or alternatively, deny its existence. The article commences by reviewing the literature concerning the effects and social impact of HIV/AIDS on the livelihoods of households and their families. The social reciprocity that underpins households' livelihoods is briefly recapitulated. The article concludes that, while recent policy developments are to be welcomed, the current South African legal system of social security does not provide adequate cover for both people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. More remains to be done in order to provide a more comprehensive social security system for the excluded and marginalised people who are living with HIV/AIDS and their families.
Editorial
Authors: Venter Francois 
Published: June 2017

In this extraordinarily voluminous edition we offer 2 orationes, 8 articles and 3 notes.
Oratio • The first oratio is by Josef GA Krger, QC. Partner in Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Calgary, Canada, who spoke in August 2010 in Potchefstroom, giving an expert exposition of the Canadian law on the restructuring of insolvent corporations in Canada. • The second oratio is by Werner Menski of the School of Law, University of London, speaking in June this year at the University of London in a Religare Conference. Showing his distaste for fuzzy law, he argues that "moderate secularism" is not merely another fuzzy concept, but it is "super-fuzzy", and that lawyers claiming to love certainty "have a tendency to sit in judgment over matters and even pre-judge things they know little about, including legal pluralism" leading to much irritation.
When Certainty and Legality Collide: The Efficacy of Interdictory Relief for the Cessation of Building Works pending Review Proceedings
Authors: Summers Richard 
Published: June 2017

Effective legal redress against unlawful building works or construction activities can be an elusive target. Given the desirability of legal certainty attached to administrative decisions in terms of which building plans are approved, should the practical implications of this principle trump the equally important principle of legality? This article examines the – at times – competing imperatives of certainty and legality in the context of several recent decisions of the Western Cape High Court that related to applications for interdictory relief for the cessation of allegedly unlawful building works. The practical difficulties for an applicant in these circumstances are particularly acute when the relief is sought pending the final determination of an application for judicial review of the impugned administrative decision to grant building plan approval. The article highlights the approach of the Western Cape High Court in three cases to invoking considerations of legality in circumstances where building works had reached an advanced stage and the respondent had effectively achieved what has been described as an "impregnable position". The principal difficulty for an applicant lies in the fact that where interdictory relief is sought against building works that have reached an advanced stage, this potentially renders an eventual successful review application brutum fulmen.
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin : ideología y teoría a través de sus textos = Welby Northmore Pugin : Ideology and theory based in his texts
Authors: Dávila Romano Daniel 
Published: June 2017

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin destacó como un “ideólogo” de la arquitectura. Sin embargo, la ideología arquitectónica de Pugin se desarrolla por medio de conceptos claros y distintos que ofrecen análisis racionales de su arquitectura contemporánea. Son estos conceptos, apuntados en Contrasts (1836) y después desarrollados en The true principles of pointed or Christian architecture (1841), los que se explican en este trabajo mediante la extracción y el comentario de citas del autor y de algunos de sus críticos modernos más destacados. Lo pretendido en este trabajo es un acercamiento textual aunque abreviado a las ideas acerca de cómo creía Pugin que la arquitectura debía ser. Abstract Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin excelled as “ideologist” of architecture. However, Pugin’s architectural theory derives from clear and distinct concepts that offer a rational analysis of the architecture of his time. It is in fact these concepts, which appear in their first traits in Contrasts and then fully developed in The true principles of pointed or Christian architecture: set forth in two lectures delivered at St. Marie's, Oscott (1841), what this paper has focused on, by means of analysing a series of selected quotes. They include also several commentaries from some of his more importan critics of the recent times. As far as posible, this paper-document aims to present what we think Pugin believed that architecture should be.
Islas de generación: el discurso visual en torno a las factorías de energía, 1940-1965
Authors: O Cabrera Manuel Rodrigo de la 
Published: June 2017

El artículo profundiza en los territorios históricamente dedicados a la generación de la energía en España y más concretamente en el paisaje construido por los grandes complejos para la producción de electricidad e hidrocarburos que fueron promovidos por el sector público entre 1940 y 1965. Desarrolla una aproximación discursiva a través del análisis de fotografías y películas documentales disponibles en fondos de archivo de las empresas. Las imágenes estudiadas exponen el conflicto estético y cultural que supuso la llegada de los grandes artefactos de la energía a las áreas rurales y naturales. Ofrecen una alternativa a la percepción ordinaria, lo que obliga a lidiar mentalmente con su intensidad y poder. En consecuencia, permiten abordar el conflicto que introduce el paisaje industrial en general, y el de la energía en particular, en la relación afectiva de los individuos con su entorno circundante.
Arquitectura telefónica clásica: el edificio industrial anuncio
Authors: García Algarra Javier 
Published: June 2017

La telefonía ha sido una de los servicios urbanos que más esfuerzo ha invertido en ocultar la infraestructura necesaria para su funcionamiento. Las centrales, que son contenedores técnicos de equipos, tuvieron que instalarse en el centro de las ciudades por necesidades técnicas. Desde los inicios del negocio se procuró que los edificios se pareciesen lo más posible alos del entorno en el que se emplazaban. Esto ha hecho que recibieran poca atención entre los investigadores de la arquitectura industrial. Externamente no parecen una factoría y el acceso a su interior, donde este carácter se revela de forma descarnada, está muy limitado al personal de las compañías propietarias. En este artículo se describe cómo se elaboraron las ideas que guiaron el desarrollo de la arquitectura telefónica en su periodo clásico, y cómo ese modelo de origen estadounidense se implantó en España a partir de 1924.
Assessment of Physicochemical and Microbiological Quality of Public Swimming Pools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Authors: Yedeme Kokebe , Legese Melese Hailu , Gonfa Almaz , Girma Somson 
Published: June 2017

Background:
From swimming pools, bathers may acquire many potential pathogens or may be affected by the physicochemical characteristics of water used during bathing. Hence, this study aimed at assessing the physicochemical and microbiological quality of public swimming pools located at different hotels and recreation center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Method:
A cross sectional study was carried out from February to May, 2016. Nine hotels and one recreation center which recognized to have public swimming services were included. A total of 60 swimming pool water samples from 10 swimming pools were collected at deeper, shallow and intake point twice on a weekly basis using a 250 ml sterile bottle containing sodium thiosulphate. PH, residual chlorine and temperature of samples were recorded at the time of collection. Sample containing bottles were transported in ice box to microbiological laboratory and analyzed on the same day. Standard cultural and biochemical methods were used for isolation and characterization of the main microbial groups. Total viable count, total coliform count, fecal coliform count and E. coli were determined. Data was analyzed using SPSS Version 20.

Results:
Average PH and temperature of swimming pool water samples were 7.1 and 29oC respectively. Of all analyzed water samples, 58.4% (n=35/60) of them had PH range of 7.2-7.8, 58.3% (n=35/60) of samples had temperature in the range of 21oC-32oC and 25% (n=15/60) of water samples had residual chlorine in the range of 2-3mg/l. 73.3% (n=44/60) of the samples had a total viable count below 200 MPN/ml and 70% (n-42/60) of the samples had Total Coliform Count values less than 2 MPN/100 ml. Moreover, 66.7% (n=40/60) of the samples had fecal coliform counts falling below 1 MPN /100 ml. E. coli was absent in 70% (n=42/60) of the samples while it was present in 30% (n=18/60) of the samples.

Conclusion:
PH, residual chlorine and temperature value of majority of the swimming pools’ water samples were within the acceptable limit. Regarding microbial quality, most swimming pools’ water samples complied to the WHO standard. Swimming pools that did not comply to the standard both in physicochemical levels and microbial quality need improvement due to their significant health implication.
A Crossing-Line Between Transportation Evaluation and Natural Capital Assessment: Perspectives on Ecological Economics and Project Evaluation
Authors: Lee Hye Kyung , Kim Hwan Yong 
Published: June 2017

Introduction:
Ranging from everyday choices to political arrangements, making the most efficient and effective outcome of the given circumstances is a critical part of decision-making process. Accordingly, achieving a balanced and sophisticated perspective in decision-making process is a hard task. However, there are possible ways to direct this issue, at least to some conceptual extent, and this article identifies possible considerations for more sustainable infrastructure planning decisions.

Methods:
This study presents a thorough review on project evaluation and transport externalities, especially in terms of ecological valuations. After that, a case study on a high-speed rail in the state of Texas, USA is examined to elaborate suggested solutions in sustainable transportation decision-making.

Results:
To appropriately reflect the changes in ecological features induced by a transportation project, location specific or project-based measurements are critical parts. There are certain ways to capture the monetary values of ecological features. Using the suggested methods, two high-speed rail alternatives are compared, and the one with more ecological preservation is considered could save the difference identified in construction in less than 15 years with the savings in monetary values of ecological features.

Conclusion:
Because environmental impact is often regarded in a separate study measuring the degree, not the economic values associated with it, precise meaning of ecological externalities is hard to understand. However, many scholars in both transportation and ecology disciplines emphasize the need for more inclusive considerations on opportunity costs of natural environments, and recently technological advances made this issue become more plausible. Based on Texas case, calculating monetary values of ecology could provide a different future about transportation investments, and for that reason, we should think more thoroughly on externalities.
Learning Skills Workshops Supporting First-Year Courses
Authors: Grills Sheilagh 
Published: June 2017

Student Services support, including learning skills assistance, can be integral in empowering learners. First-year students are expected to be self-directed in their learning, yet may have neither been challenged nor experienced negative consequences for a lack of perseverance. Academic skills professionals can be partners with teaching faculty in student success by helping to build transferable learning skills, especially for high-fail introductory courses. In this paper, I report on supplementary workshops developed to target fundamental skills with course-specific examples. This partnership included incentivizing academic support with both carrots and sticks; instructors in introductory biology strongly urged students receiving D grades or below on the first test to approach Student Services for support, while sociology faculty incorporated workshop attendance into the introductory course with participation grades. Following such incentivizing of learning skills, workshop attendance increased by 45%. In both courses, first test scores and high school averages for students attending workshops did not differ from students not attending workshops. However, students who attended learning skills workshops had significantly higher course grades, persistence, sessional grade point averages (GPAs), and cumulative GPAs than students not attending workshops. Controlling for high school average, each learning skills workshop attended was associated with a 0.11 to 0.27 increase in sessional GPA on a 4.3 point scale.