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Habits as Signs: Some Reflections on the Ethical Shape of Christian Community
Authors: Goroncy Jason 
Published: June 2017

AbstractThe Christian faith is concerned not simply with what we might call “ideas” or “beliefs” but is also profoundly attentive to the question “How then shall we live?” This essay suggests ten particular habits and convictions that undergird, make judgements about, and give shape to Christian faith communities committed to pursuing such a question in ways that embody theological integrity.
Variation, contact, and change in language varieties in Yul shul (northern Khams)
Authors: Gelek Konchok 
Published: June 2017

AbstractThis article describes Tibetan dialect standardization due to rural-urban migration and participation in formal schooling in Yul shul Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. As socio-economic development of China’s Tibetan regions accelerates in the twenty-first century, rural people travel and relocate to regional urban centers more frequently, and are thus exposed to a variety of dialects. Meanwhile, participation in formal state-sponsored schooling is also increasing. Both these phenomena create new sociolinguistic environments in which regiolect standardization is occurring. To investigate this situation, I conducted a survey of one middle school class and one associate diploma class at two different educational institutions in Khams, in order to investigate how students’ accents shift to standard regional regiolects, such as Sga ba regiolect in Yul shul.
An “Egyptianising” Underworld Judging an Assyrian Prince? New Perspectives on VAT 10057
Authors: Loktionov Alexandre Alexandrovich 
Published: June 2017

AbstractThis article makes the case for an Egyptian connection in the Neo-Assyrian tablet VAT 10057, commonly known as the Underworld Vision of an Assyrian Prince. It opens with a discussion of past work on this tablet, a synopsis of the text, and a survey of the evidence for Egyptian people and culture in the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It then proceeds to analyse specific lines of the composition which may reveal signs of what is termed “Egyptianising” influence. One description in particular, featuring a god standing atop a crocodile, is highlighted as especially convincing on the basis of a very close match with contemporary Egyptian iconography of the god Horus. In the light of this principal evidence, other possible but less definitive examples are put forward. The article also discusses the nature of the “Egyptianising” elements, assessing the possibilities of both purely descriptive and conceptual connections with Egyptian culture, and what this might indicate about the people behind the text. The “Egyptianising” elements are also located in the broader context of the composition, and their place in a complex Mesopotamian text also incorporating some Elamite elements is considered. Overall, the article aims to demonstrate that some sort of Egyptian connection was present, although it concedes that its scale and nature are perhaps impossible to gauge. It is hoped that this piece will encourage other scholars to pursue connections between Egypt and Assyria with renewed vigour, demonstrating that textual analysis may prove fruitful in this area.
Inflation in a Fully-Euroised Economy: Could Inflation Differentials Threaten Competitiveness?
Authors: Mitrović-Mijatović Marijana , Ivanović Maja 
Published: June 2017

AbstractThis paper analyses inflation in Montenegro, a country which uses euro outside the euro area, and investigates the factors which contribute to price differentials in Montenegro relative to the euro area. Furthermore, the paper examines whether changes in the real effective exchange rates, which in Montenegro’s case follow the path of price differentials, may have any influence on country’s competitiveness.
Tensor based approach to the numerical treatment of the
parameter estimation problems in mathematical immunology
Authors: Zheltkova Valeriya V. , Zheltkov Dmitry A. , Grossman Zvi , Bocharov Gennady A. , Tyrtyshnikov Eugene E. 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
The development of efficient computational tools for data assimilation and analysis using multi-parameter models is one of the major issues in systems immunology. The mathematical description of the immune processes across different scales calls for the development of multiscale models characterized by a high dimensionality of the state space and a large number of parameters. In this study we consider a standard parameter estimation problem for two models, formulated as ODEs systems: the model of HIV infection and BrdU-labeled cell division model. The data fitting is formulated as global optimization of variants of least squares objective function. A new computational method based on Tensor Train (TT) decomposition is applied to solve the formulated problem. The idea of proposed method is to extract the tensor structure of the optimized functional and use it for optimization. The method demonstrated a better performance in comparison with some other broadly used global optimization techniques.
A Semantic and Pragmatic Account of the -te-ar Construction in Japanese
Authors: Toratani Kiyoko 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
This study examines the conditions governing the distribution of the nominative-marked argument and the verb in the resultative -te-ar construction (e.g. E ga kake-te-ar-u ‘A picture has been hung (there)’). Much attention has been paid to agency and its associated character to elucidate the nature of this construction (e.g. Matsumoto 1990). The current analysis argues for a need to consider both semantic and pragmatic conditions. On the basis of Van Valin and LaPolla (1997), this study offers a lexical decompositional analysis of the verbs that can enter into the -te-ar construction. It argues that the construction requires the verb to possess an activity and a change-of-state component in its logical structure (LS), corroborating and expanding on Hasegawa (1996). The notion of coercion is drawn upon to explain why a verb that lacks the change-of-state component in its LS can be combined with -te-ar in some contexts. Further, the notion of objectivity (Kuno 1972) is drawn upon to account for infelicities arising when the sentence functions as presentational.
Verb movement in Japanese revisited
Authors: Hatakeyama Yuji , Honda Kensuke , Tanaka Kosuke 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
This paper argues for verb movement in Japanese. In Taro-ga sushi-o mo tabe-ta 'Taro also ate sushi,' for example, we claim that tabe 'eat' actually moves past mo 'also,' as in [Taro-ga sushi-o t tabe mo tabe-ta]. This analysis is supported by the interpretation of the adjunct clitic mo. We further claim that the verb-movement operation, coupled with the so-called Morphological Merger, successfully accounts for various data involving su-support (analogous to do-support in English). As a consequence, the present analysis has an important implication for the language typology on verb movement.
On the nature of the complementizer to
Authors: Saito Mamoru 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
This paper proposes that the Japanese complementizer to is not a comp for propositions as is widely assumed, but is a comp for reports of direct discourse. Plann (1982) argues that que in Spanish is ambiguous between a comp for propositions and a comp for reports. I first motivate the proposal by demonstrating the parallelism between to and que. Then, I show that to, unlike que, is employed specifically for reports of direct discourse. I argue that there is a division of labor between to and another complementizer no: the former is for reports and the latter is for propositions. Finally, I discuss the distribution of to in wider contexts, for example in adjunct CPs, and present further evidence for the proposal.
The verb doubling construction in Japanese
Authors: Hatakeyama Yuji , Honda Kensuke , Tanaka Kosuke 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
Japanese has expressions such as Basu-ga ki-ta ki-ta ‘A bus has finally come,’ where the verb-tense complex (ki-ta ‘came’ in this example) is doubled. This paper concentrates on these kinds of expressions, calling them the verb doubling construction (henceforth the VDC). The aim of this paper is to investigate the syntactic structure of the VDC in Japanese. Providing five pieces of evidence that the repeated verb-tense complex occupies the head of CP, we claim that the VDC constitutes a CP structure. We further point out that the analysis proposed here strongly supports the copy theory of movement (Chomsky, 1993).
Submergence of lexically encoded egocentricity in syntax: The case of subjective emotion predicates in Japanese
Authors: Minagawa Harumi 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
In Japanese, subjective emotion predicates such as kanashii ‘sad’ and tsurai ‘painful’ are exclusively used to describe the inner state of the speaker, reflecting a highly subjective construal. This study investigates systematically how emotion is expressed in formal but confidential narrative texts, in which the egocentric perspective normally conveyed by these predicates would be inappropriate. In the data examined, subjective predicates occurred very infrequently in the form of direct assertions. Instead, a range of syntactic structures is used which reflect a departure from a subjective construal; the emotion is either presented as severed in some way from the experiencer or a separate reporting self emerges, distanced from the experiencing self. These syntactic structures reflect a less egocentric, more objective construal of emotion, suitable for this narrative genre. In this way, syntax is shown to work to obscure the linguistic privilege lexically encoded in subjective emotion predicates in Japanese.
/p/-driven geminate devoicing in Japanese: Corpus and experimental evidence
Authors: Kawahara Shigeto , Sano Shin-ichiro 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
In Japanese loanwords, voiced geminates can be devoiced in the presence of another voiced obstruent (e.g., /doggu/ → /dokku/ ‘dog’). This devoicing pattern has been studied extensively in the recent phonological literature in terms of theoretical modeling as well as from the perspective of experimentation and corpus studies. Less well-known is the observation that /p/ may cause devoicing of geminates as well (e.g., /piramiddo/ → /piramitto/ ‘pyramid’), although to date no objective evidence has been offered to confirm this observation. The current study thus attempts to test this observation objectively by way of a corpus study and two phonological judgment experiments. The results generally support the idea that /p/ can cause devoicing of geminates in Japanese loanwords; in other words, /p/ may trigger Lyman’s Law in causing devoicing of geminates. In addition to this descriptive discovery, throughout the paper we discuss intriguing task effects in phonological experimentation, by comparing the corpus data and the results of the two judgment experiments. Although our aim is primarily descriptive, we offer some analytical possibilities for the /p/-driven devoicing of geminates at the end of the paper.
Linear Irreversible Phenomenological Thermodynamics of Polarization Processes in Rigid Unmagnetic Insulators
Authors: Wieth Patrick , Ellermeier Wolfgang 
Published: June 2017

AbstractWe show how classical irreversible thermodynamics is used to derive relaxation equations for dielectric polarization processes in insulators. We calculate susceptibilities for multiple polarization processes and show how coupling arises thermodynamically. Furthermore, we derive evolution equations for electromagnetic fields by combining the dielectric relaxation equations with Maxwell’s equations. Analytical solutions for various frequency regimes will be briefly discussed. A complete analogy exists between the dielectric problem, the Kelvin–Voigt viscoelasticity of solid media, and the non-equilibrium (reactive, vibrational) gasdynamic flow. Also, numerical solutions, using the method of characteristics, are given for a generic signal problem in half-space.
Excessive weight gain in exclusively breast-fed infants
Authors: Saure Carola , Armeno Marisa , Barcala Consuelo , Giudici Vanesa , Mazza Carmen Silvia 
Published: June 2017

AbstractBackground:Breastfeeding is recommended as the best source of nutrition in the first months of life and observational studies have associated exclusive breastfeeding with decreased weight gain and a protective effect against obesity in childhood. The objective of this study was to describe the characteristics of a cohort of exclusively breastfed obese infants to determine factors that may lead to this unusual weight gain.Methods:Infants seen between 2003 and 2015 who were exclusively breastfed and showed excessive weight gain in the first year of life were followed with a focus on features of the mother, the child, feeding patterns and the presence of concomitant factors that influence nutritional status. Additionally, in a subset of the sample, macronutrients of the maternal breast milk were analyzed. A descriptive, prospective cross-sectional study was conducted.Results:Of 73 patients, 63% were girls. At 3 months of life, 64% had a weight-for-height standard deviation score (SDS) >2. At 6 and at 12 months, 100% of the patients had a weight-for-height >2 SDS. The mean age at semisolid-food introduction was 7 months. The mean age at weaning was 15.8 months. The babies were fed on demand and no hunger-satiety pattern was observed. In the breast milk samples analyzed, a significantly lower fat content was found.Conclusions:The results of our study lead to the assumption that inter-individual variations in mother’s milk composition may affect the growth patterns of children.
Pulmo uterinus: a history of ideas on fetal respiration
Authors: Obladen Michael 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
Theories about fetal respiration began in antiquity. Aristotle characterized pneuma as warm air, but also as the enabler of vital functions and instrument of the soul. In Galen’s system of physiology, the vital spirit was carried by the umbilical arteries, the nutrients by the umbilical vein from the placenta to the fetus. In 1569 Aranzio postulated that the maternal and fetal vasculatures are distinct. From 1670 to 1690, a century before the discovery of oxygen, researchers understood that during respiration some form of exchange with the air must occur, naming the substance biolychnium, phlogiston, sal-nitro, or nitro-aerial particles. An analogy of placental and pulmonary gas exchange was described in 1674 by Mayow. In 1779, Lavoisier understood the discovery of oxygen, discarded the phlogiston theory, and based respiration physiology on gas exchange. With the invention of the spectroscope, it became possible to measure hemoglobin oxygenation, and in 1876 Zweifel proved fetal oxygen uptake. Major progress in understanding fetal gas exchange was achieved in the 20th century by the physiologists Barcroft in Cambridge and Dawes in Oxford.
The development of finiteness in the Transeurasian languages
Authors: Robbeets Martine 
Published: June 2017

AbstractNonfinite verb forms can gradually acquire morphological and syntactic properties of finiteness. Across the languages of the world, such developments can follow various pathways with various results. In this article, I first discuss the four major pathways mechanisms for developing finite function on formerly nonfinite forms. Next, I argue that the Transeurasian languages (i. e., Japanese, Korean, Tungusic, Mongolic, and Turkic languages) share a common mechanism. Historical reconstruction indicates that these languages all show the tendency to reanalyze directly a nonfinite verb form as a finite one, without the omission of a specific matrix verb. I refer to this tendency as “indirect insubordination”. I argue that the recurrence of indirect insubordination on formally related suffixes can be taken as an indication of common ancestorship.
The crust structure of the Morasko meteorite – a preliminary hypothesis
Authors: Stankowski Wojciech T.J. 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
A small piece of the Morasko meteorite, weighing 970 g, yields traces of its journey through the Earth’s atmosphere and of its impact into a mineral substrate, such as reflected in the meteorite’s crust. This is seen in the crust structure in the form of sintered as well as fusion and semi-fusion layers for which ablative niches are optimum sites. Subsequent weathering processes have resulted in significant mineralogical changes in the crusts. The meteorite crusts originated during polygenetic processes.
Features of Synchronous Electronically Commutated Motors in Servomotor Operation Modes
Authors: Dirba J. , Lavrinovicha L. , Dobriyan R. 
Published: June 2017

AbstractThe authors consider the features and operation specifics of the synchronous permanent magnet motors and the synchronous reluctance motors with electronic commutation in servomotor operation modes. Calculation results show that mechanical and control characteristics of studied motors are close to a linear shape. The studied motor control is proposed to implement similar to phase control of induction servomotor; it means that angle θ (angle between vectors of the supply voltage and non-load electromotive force) or angle ε (angle between rotor direct axis and armature magnetomotive force axis) is changed. The analysis results show that synchronous electronically commutated motors could be used as servomotors.
Factors influencing the accumulation of Pb in sediments of deep and shallow dam reservoirs
Authors: Czaplicka Anna , Szarek-Gwiazda Ewa , Ślusarczyk Zbigniew 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
The study determines the differences in Pb accumulation in sediments of dam reservoirs with respect to locations of the old river beds and their depth (deep Czorsztyn Reservoir and shallow Goczałkowice Reservoir in southern Poland). Parameters (grain size, organic matter content and reservoir depth) that may influence the spatial distribution of Pb concentrations in the sediments were analyzed. Based on the hierarchical cluster analysis, sediment samples from the reservoirs were ranked with respect to particle size distribution. We found differences in the spatial distribution of grain size and organic matter in the studied reservoirs, caused mostly by the topography of these reservoirs. The spatial distribution of Pb concentrations in the sediments of the Czorsztyn Reservoir (range 4.8-35.8 μg g-1) and the Goczałkowice Reservoir (range 11.3-59.4 μg g-1), regardless of their average depth and their type (dimictic, polymictic), depends on the distribution of silty clay and clay fractions, organic matter and reservoir depth. Therefore, Pb spatial distribution was more regular in the Czorsztyn Reservoir than in the Goczałkowice Reservoir. Locations of the old river beds had a significant impact on the Pb distribution in the sediments of both reservoirs.
Analysis of zooplankton assemblages from man-made ditches in relation to current velocity
Authors: Czerniawski Robert , Sługocki Łukasz 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
Because of the slow current velocity, man-made ditches may create distinct physical and ecological conditions that are suitable for the growth of zooplankton populations. However, the influence of drainage ditches on zooplankton communities has not been studied yet. This study aims to answer the following questions: i) Are man-made ditches a rich source of zooplankton? ii) What current velocity value leads to abundant zooplankton in man-made ditches? iii) Do zooplankton communities differ between man-made ditches and connected natural streams? In man-made drainage ditches with a water current lower than 0.1 m s-1, the abundance of zooplankton was greater than in the majority of streams. Sometimes this level of abundance was equivalent to the densities of zooplankton in lakes or dammed reservoirs. The presence of zooplankton in man-made ditches may be of great importance to the establishment of food webs, particularly during periods of high water levels or heavy rainfall, both of which may accelerate the water current, causing the dispersion of zooplankton along the ditches and into natural streams.
Comparative Study of Machining Technology Selection to Manufacture Large-Size Components of Offshore Constructions
Authors: Deja Mariusz , Siemiątkowski Mieczysław , Sender P. 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
The focus of this paper is on process planning for large parts manufacture in systems of definite process capabilities, involving the use of multi-axis machining centres. The analysis of machining heavy mechanical components used in off-shore constructions has been carried out. Setup concepts applied and operation sequences determined in related process plans underwent studies. The paper presents in particular a reasoning approach to setup sequencing and machine assignment in manufacturing large-size components of offshore constructions. The relevant reasoning mechanism within a decision making scheme on generated process plan is shown based on a case study derived from the offshore sector. Recommendations for manufacture of selected exemplary and typical parts were formulated.
Modelling and Simulation of a New Variable Stiffness Holder for Milling of Flexible Details
Authors: Kaliński Krzysztof J. , Galewski Marek A. , Mazur Michał , Chodnicki Marek 
Published: June 2017

Abstract
Modern industry expectations in terms of milling operations often demand the milling of the flexible details by using slender ball-end tools. This is a difficult task because of possible vibration occurrence. Due to existence of certain conditions (small depths of cutting, regeneration phenomena), cutting process may become unstable and self-excited chatter vibration may appear. Frequency of the chatter vibration is close to dominant natural frequency of the workpiece or the tool. One of the methods of chatter vibration avoidance is matching the spindle speed to the optimum phase shift between subsequent cutting edges passes (i.e. the Liao-Young condition). However, the set of optimum spindle speeds from the point of view of vibration reduction may be not optimum one from other points of view. For example milling efficiency or machine tool capabilities cannot be assured. This article presents the idea of a workpiece holder with adjustable stiffness and discusses a new variant of its realization. In the holder, milling process is performed at constant spindle speed and feed speed. In order to avoid vibration the holder stiffness is modified. Stiffness changes modify natural frequencies of the workpiece and thus it is possible to modify dynamic properties of the workpiece in such a way that arbitrary chosen, constant spindle speed will be optimum, due to the Liao-Young condition performance. Calculation of the optimum stiffness is performed before milling, based on the workpieces modal identification results and the finite element model simulations.