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[Technical Note] Thermal Insulation System Made of Wood and Paper for Use in Residential Construction
Authors: Pásztory Zoltán , Horváth Tibor , Glass Samuel V. , Zelinka Samuel L. 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
This article introduces an insulation system that takes advantage of the low thermal conductivity of still air and is made of wood and paper. The insulation, called the Mirrorpanel, is constructed as a panel of closely spaced layers of coated paper and held together in a frame of wood or fiberboard. Panels have been fabricated and tested at the laboratory scale, whole wall scale, and the building scale. A 1.2-m by 2-m by 0.185-m-thick wall section had an apparent thermal conductance of only 0.204 W m−2 K−1 including the structural wood frame, which is equivalent to a US R-value of 27.9 h ft2 °F Btu−1 (3.8 h ft2 °F Btu−1 in.−1 for the 7.3-in.-thick wall section). The Mirrorpanel could be used as an environmentally friendly alternative to foam insulation in high-performance residential buildings and would fulfill the continuous insulation requirements in the 2012 version of the International Energy Conservation Code.
Mining The Motherload: Mastodon’s #twerkgate and sexual objectification in metal
Authors: Sollee Kristen 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
This article analyses the metal community’s responses to Mastodon’s controversial video for ‘The Motherload’. Fans and music journalists responded critically to its premiere in September of 2014, largely condemning the highly sexualized images of women of colour onscreen, which sparked debate about objectification, racism, and sexism in metal as a whole. Using a sex positive feminist framework, I unpack the various arguments put forth by dancers in the video, the band itself, and the aforementioned critics and fans. I conclude that there is no easy answer to the question of how women should be represented in metal, and that while women and, specifically, women of colour deserve more diverse, humanizing representations, summarily condemning depictions of female sexuality is no antidote to prejudice.
Dimensionen der Überlieferung: die Digitalisierung des Nachlasses von Max Horkheimer in der Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Authors: Jehn Mathias , Knepper Marko 
Published: April 2015

Zusammenfassung
Die Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main befindet sich wie alle wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken in einer Phase der Umstrukturierung und Neuorientierung. Immer selbstverständlicher erwarten Benutzerinnen und Benutzer von der Bibliothek einen schnellen, verlässlichen und unkomplizierten Zugriff auf vorhandene digitale Ressourcen. Im Zuge der Retrodigitalisierung werden seit einigen Jahren in großem Umfang analog vorliegende Monographien und Zeitschriften digitalisiert und über das Internet verfügbar gemacht. Fernziel der Universitätsbibliothek ist eine vollständige Digitalisierung der wertvollen Bestände und Verbreitung in unterschiedlichen nationalen und internationalen Portalen, um ortsunabhängig und benutzerfreundlich alle jemals gedruckten Informationen anzubieten. Ein Großteil der Digitalisierungsprojekte der letzten Jahre befasste sich mit Druckwerken, die üblicherweise im Katalogsystem der Universitätsbibliothek verzeichnet sind. In jüngerer Zeit geraten aber zunehmend auch Handschriften, Nachlässe, Autografen und andere Materialtypen aus den Spezial- und Sondersammlungen in den Fokus der Digitalisierungsprojekte. Diese Sammlungen zeichnen sich gewöhnlich durch eine nichtstandardisierte Metadaten- bzw. Katalogstruktur aus, weil sie in unterschiedlichen Spezialverzeichnissen nachgewiesen sind. Die Digitalisierung und Erschließung dieser Bestände stellt sich deshalb als technisch aufwendiger und komplexer dar.
Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: resolving uncertainty and evolving biology
Authors: Sharma Abhay 
Published: April 2015

AbstractTransgenerational epigenetic inheritance in animals has increasingly been reported in recent years. Controversies, however, surround this unconventional mode of heredity, especially in mammals, for several reasons. First, its existence itself has been questioned due to perceived insufficiency of available evidence. Second, it potentially implies transfer of hereditary information from soma to germline, against the established principle in biology. Third, it inherently requires survival of epigenetic memory across reprogramming, posing another fundamental challenge in biology. Fourth, evolutionary significance of epigenetic inheritance has also been under debate. This article pointwise addresses all these concerns on the basis of recent empirical, theoretical and conceptual advances. 1) Described here in detail are the key experimental findings demonstrating the occurrence of germline epigenetic inheritance in mammals. 2) Newly emerging evidence supporting soma to germline communication in transgenerational inheritance in mammals, and a role of exosome and extracellular microRNA in this transmission, is thoroughly discussed. 3) The plausibility of epigenetic information propagation across reprogramming is highlighted. 4) Analyses supporting evolutionary significance of epigenetic inheritance are briefly mentioned. Finally, an integrative model of ‘evolutionary transgenerational systems biology’ is proposed to provide a framework to guide future advancements in epigenetic inheritance.
Nitrogen Oxides Emission Reduction using Sewage Sludge Gasification Gas Reburning Process / Obniżenie Emisji Tlenków Azotu Przy Użyciu Procesu Reburningu Gazem Ze Zgazowania Osadów Ściekowych
Authors: Werle Sebastian 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
Nitrogen oxides can be formed in various combustion systems. Strategies for the control of NOx emissions in hard coal boilers include the primary (during the combustion) and secondary measures (after combustion). Reburning is the one of the most attractive techniques for reducing NOx emissions. In the last several years, reburning technology has been widely studied but almost only in power engineering big load boilers. Nevertheless, NOx emission is an issue that needs to be considered for small capacity boilers as nitrogen oxides resulting from the combustion of any fossil fuels contribute to the formation of acid rain and photochemical smog, which are significant causes of air pollution. Poland is among the largest coal producing country in Europe. Due to this fact, coal fired boilers are very popular in power engineering and also in the municipal sector. Simultaneously, Poland is characterized by the lack of sewage sludge thermal treatment installation. Gasification is considered as a one of the most perspective method of thermal utilization any carbon-containing material. Syngas, which is the main product of gasification, can be used as a supplemental fuel to reduce the consumption of main fuel in boilers, and it has the potential to reduce NOx emissions. The paper proposes to link those two Polish features so the aim of the work is an experimental investigation of the reburning process of sewage sludge gasification gas in a small capacity domestic coal-fired boiler. The results obtained show how the addition of the reburning fuel influences on NOx reduction efficiency
Condition of South-Eastern Baltic Sea Shores and Methods of Protecting Them
Authors: Ostrowski Rafał , Pruszak Zbigniew , Babakov Alexander 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
The paper describes lithodynamic and morphodynamic processes occurring in the main part of the south-eastern Baltic coastal area, namely on the sea shores from the Vistula mouth in the Gulf of Gdansk to the Lithuanian-Latvian border. The study area is subject to intensive natural coastal changes, as well as shore evolution caused by anthropogenic impacts at several locations. Methods of coastal protection against erosion and shore stabilization systems applied in the past and currently are described. The paper deals with the causes of the dynamics of beach/dune shores and cliffs. It presents the authors’ field observations of 2010-2013, as well as previously gained knowledge and the results of Polish, Russian and joint Polish-Russian field surveys.
Modelling of Flood Wave Propagation with Wet-dry Front by One-dimensional Diffusive Wave Equation
Authors: Gąsiorowski Dariusz 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
A full dynamic model in the form of the shallow water equations (SWE) is often useful for reproducing the unsteady flow in open channels, as well as over a floodplain. However, most of the numerical algorithms applied to the solution of the SWE fail when flood wave propagation over an initially dry area is simulated. The main problems are related to the very small or negative values of water depths occurring in the vicinity of a moving wet-dry front, which lead to instability in numerical solutions. To overcome these difficulties, a simplified model in the form of a non-linear diffusive wave equation (DWE) can be used. The diffusive wave approach requires numerical algorithms that are much simpler, and consequently, the computational process is more effective than in the case of the SWE. In this paper, the numerical solution of the one-dimensional DWE based on the modified finite element method is verified in terms of accuracy. The resulting solutions of the DWE are compared with the corresponding benchmark solution of the one-dimensional SWE obtained by means of the finite volume methods. The results of numerical experiments show that the algorithm applied is capable of reproducing the reference solution with satisfactory accuracy even for a rapidly varied wave over a dry bottom.
Velocity Field Characteristics at the Inlet to a Pipe Culvert
Authors: Kolerski Tomasz , Wielgat Paweł 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
A poorly designed culvert inlet structure causes scouring, which can lead to the collapse of the culvert and significant damage to the neighboring land. A set of laboratory tests was evaluated to examine velocity distribution at the culvert inlet. A three-dimensional acoustic Doppler velocimeter was used to measure instantaneous flow velocity upstream of the culvert. The analysis of mean velocities, turbulence strength, and Reynolds stresses was performed to understand the flow structure near the culvert entrance.
Problem of Clogging in Drainage Systems in the Examples of the Żur and Podgaje Dams
Authors: Sterpejkowicz-Wersocki Witold 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
Drainage plays an extremely important role in hydraulic structures, such as earth dams. Observations of drainage in hydraulic structures under various soil conditions indicate that the phenomenon of clogging can lead to a radical reduction in the efficiency of drainage, making it non-functional within a few years after construction. This article describes the problems of drainage clogging by iron oxide in the examples of the Żur and Podgaje dams.
Numerical Simulations and Tracer Studies as a Tool to Support Water Circulation Modeling in Breeding Reservoirs
Authors: Zima Piotr 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
The article presents a proposal of a method for computer-aided design and analysis of breeding reservoirs in zoos and aquariums. The method applied involves the use of computer simulations of water circulation in breeding pools. A mathematical model of a pool was developed, and a tracer study was carried out. A simplified model of two-dimensional flow in the form of a biharmonic equation for the stream function (converted into components of the velocity vector) was adopted to describe the flow field. This equation, supplemented by appropriate boundary conditions, was solved numerically by the finite difference method. Next, a tracer migration equation was solved, which was a two-dimensional advection-dispersion equation describing the unsteady transport of a non-active, permanent solute. In order to obtain a proper solution, a tracer study (with rhodamine WT as a tracer) was conducted in situ. The results of these measurements were compared with numerical solutions obtained. The results of numerical simulations made it possible to reconstruct water circulation in the breading pool and to identify still water zones, where water circulation was impeded.
Detection of specific IgG, IgM, IgE and IgG subclass antibodies for serological diagnosis of human cystic echinococcosis
Authors: Naik M. I. , Tenguria R. Kumar , Haq Ehtishamul 
Published: April 2015

Summary
An enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), based on sheep hydatid cyst fluid antigen was used for the detection of specific antibodies of IgG, IgM, IgE and IgG subclass in the serum samples of 62 clinically and radiologically diagnosed cystic echinococcosis (CE) patients, 8 clinically suspected cases of CE, 25 other parasitic disease controls and 25 healthy controls. The diagnostic sensitivity in the clinically and radiologically suggestive cases (n = 62) for IgG antibody detection was highest (93 %), followed by IgE, IgG4, IgG1, IgG2, IgM and IgG3 with 89 %, 87 %, 85 %, 76 %, 70 % and 55 % respectively. The detection of specific IgE, IgG1 and IgG4 antibody showed the higher diagnostic sensitivity and specificity to the extent that they can be safely used as better substitute to IgG. Even though, the diagnostic sensitivity of IgG was highest (93%) but was less specific (88 %) due to the frequent non-specific reactions in the sera of patients with other parasitic infections and healthy controls. None of the sera samples from healthy controls gave non-specific reaction with IgE, IgG1 and IgG4 and there was a considerably reduced cross-reaction with these antibodies. The most discriminatory and specific antibodies found in this study belonged to IgE, IgG1 and IgG4; therefore, these antibodies may serve as useful diagnostic markers for CE.
Virulence comparisons of high-temperature-adapted Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, Steinernema feltiae and S. carpocapsae
Authors: Susurluk I. A. , Ulu T. C. 
Published: April 2015

Summary
Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are environmentally safe alternative control agents. Nematodes in the Heterorhabditidae and Steinernematidae families are widely used in biological control frameworks, especially for soil-inhabiting insect pests. In this experiment, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Poinar, 1976), Steinernema feltiae (Filipjev, 1934) and S. carpocapsae (Weiser, 1955) adapted at high temperature were assessed in order to detect differences in virulence between adapted and non-adapted populations. All species were exposed to 38 °C for 2 h. After this treatment, live infective juveniles (IJs) were used to infect to last instar Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758). larvae at the following doses: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 IJs/larva. The LD50 and LD90 were obtained for these species. Non-adapted populations of the nematode species were used as controls for this experiment. The results indicated that differences in S. feltiae and S. carpocapsae virulence between the adapted and non-adapted populations were significant; no significant difference was observed between the adapted and non-adapted H. bacteriophora populations.
Pathological changes by Hapalotrema postorchis Rao 1976 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in a green turtle Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Testudines, Cheloniidae) from Brazil
Authors: Werneck M. R. , Souza G. B. , Berger B. C. , Trazzi A. , Ribeiro R. B. , Silva M. A. , Leandro H. J. , Carvalho E. C. Q. 
Published: April 2015

Summary
This note reports the occurrence of Hapalotrema postorchis Rao 1976 collected from an aortic aneurysm in a green turtle (Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758) found on the coast of Brazil. Besides the vascular lesion, granulomatous reactions with foreign - body giant cells were found surrounding the parasite eggs in the heart, intestines, liver, pancreas, spleen, brain and kidneys. This paper presents the first report of H. postorchis and accompanying lesions in a green sea turtle from the western South Atlantic Ocean.
Perceived competences in everyday activities: Children’s self-report and parents’ and teachers’ report using the first Austrian-German Perceived Efficacy and Goal Setting System (AG-PEGS) version / Einschätzungen kindlicher Kompetenzen in Alltagstätigkeiten durch Kinder, deren Eltern und Pädagogen/-innen, basierend auf der ersten deutschsprachigen PEGS (Perceived Efficacy and Goal Setting System)-Version
Authors: Costa Ursula Margarethe , Lindenthal Michael J. 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
Introduction: A systems-oriented approach in contemporary health-care requires health professionals to include clients’ and their proxies’ perceptions to design specific, efficient, and cost-effective interventions. This influences the choice of appropriate methods and means for assessment and intervention. To learn more about the benefits of a systems-approach in assessment and intervention planning, there is a need to study how children and their proxies describe children’s abilities. Aims: This study aimed to explore, describe, and compare perceived competences in everyday activities as reported by children with difficulties in their occupational performance, their parents and teachers, using the first Austrian-German version of the Perceived Efficacy and Goal Setting System (AG-PEGS). Method: Forty-two children, their parents and teachers completed the AG-PEGS. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, calculation of inter-rater agreement, differences between groups, and correlations between categories. Results: Overall, adults scored children’s competences lower than the children themselves. Statistically significant differences of the perception of children, parents and teachers were found in single items, total scores and life areas (productivity, self-care, leisure), respectively. Differences in perceived competence were also found related to gender and schooling. Agreement in children’s and adults’ scorings varied depending on shared life areas (children and parents showing most agreement in self-care). Conclusion. Agreement and differences in perceived competences support the importance of children’s and proxies’ participation in assessment in order to gain a comprehensive picture and a better understanding of a child’s situation and conditions, address a child’s and his/her proxies’ concerns, and provide individualized and context-relevant intervention. Children - assessment - self-efficacy - perceived competence - parents - teachers - participation
Entropy production and equilibrium conditions in general-covariant continuum physics
Authors: Muschik Wolfgang , von Borzeszkowski Horst-Heino 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
Starting out with an entropy identity, we establish the entropy flux, the entropy production,
and the corresponding Gibbs and Gibbs–Duhem equations of
general-covariant continuum thermodynamics. Non-dissipative materials and
equilibria are investigated. We prove that equilibrium conditions only put
on material properties cannot generate equilibria, rather the
Killing property of the 4-temperature is a necessary condition for space-times
in which equilibria are possible.
Conspiracy Theory as Therapy in Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America”?
Authors: Różycki Michał 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
By focusing on a passage in Philip Roth’s book, this paper strives to outline how conspiratorial beliefs can have a therapeutic function for the community which has experienced a traumatic event. Fictitious groups depicted in such texts serve as the ultimate causes of humanity’s misgivings: from natural disasters and diseases that plague it to the inherent flaws of political and social systems. Such beliefs, however, are likely to become as dangerous as the cure, a threat Roth hints at in his work. The second part of the paper will look at the viability of conspiracism as a means to address traumatizing issues, in the context of the postmodern condition and the diffusion of motifs until recently present only in the radical texts of popular culture
Translation as Adaptation for Language Pedagogy
Authors: Laviosa Sara 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
This paper explores, within an ecological perspective on language learning (cf. van Lier 2004), the valuable role that translation as adaptation can play in mediating and making sense of cross-cultural experiences in the multilingual language classroom. The aim is to develop a multilingual pedagogy that includes translation as adaptation as an integral part of the language curriculum in order to foster translingual and transcultural competence, this being the goal of foreign language education in the 21st century (cf. MLA 2007:2). The first part of the paper introduces the theoretical framework that conceptualises translation as being closely related to adaptation. It then analyses salient scenes from Gianni Amelio’s bilingual drama La stella che non c'è/The Missing Star/L'Étoile Imaginaire (2006) filmed in Italy and China and screened in competition as part of the 2006 Venice Film Festival. Moving on from research to pedagogic practice, the final part of the paper outlines a teaching unit that is based on the film and is aimed at undergraduate L1 Chinese learners of Italian and L1 Italian learners of Chinese. The objective of the pedagogic unit is to raise awareness of the transformative power enshrined in linguistic and cultural exchanges mediated by audio-visual translation as an eminent example of adaptation.
Psychology and Adaptation: the Work of Jerome Bruner
Authors: Raw Laurence 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
This article offers a view as to why Jerome Bruner should become an important figure in future constructions of adaptation theory. It will be divided into three sections. In the first, I discuss in more detail his notions of transformation, paying particular attention to the ways in which we redefine ourselves to cope with different situations (as I did while visiting two specific museums in Vienna and Samos). The second will examine Bruner’s belief in the power of narrative or storytelling as ways to impose order on the uncertainties of life (as well as one’s expectations from it) that renders everyone authors of their own adaptations. In the final section I suggest that the capacity for “making stories” (Bruner’s term) assumes equal importance in psychological terms as it does for the screenwriter or adapter: all of us construct narratives through a process of individual distillation of experiences and information, and subsequently refine them through group interaction. Through this process we understand more about ourselves and our relationship to the world around us. I elaborate this notion through a brief case-study of Charlie Kaufman’s screenplay for the film Adaptation (2002).
From Adaptation to Appropriation: Framing the World Through News Translation
Authors: Valdeón Roberto A. 
Published: April 2015

Abstract
Terminological issues are problematic in the analysis of translation processes in news production. In the 1980s, Stetting coined the term “transediting”, which has been widely used in the translation studies literature, but “translation” itself becomes contentious in communication studies, a discipline closely related to news translation research. Only a few communication scholars have specifically dealt with the linguistic and cultural transformations of source texts, but they tend to regard translation as word-for-word transfer, unusual news production. More productive for the study of news translation seems to be the application of the concept of framing, widely used in communication studies. Framing considers the linguistic and paralinguistic elements of news texts in the promotion of certain organizing ideas that the target audience can identify with. In news translation, this entails the adaptation of a text for the target readership, a process can lead to appropriation of source material. Two examples are mentioned to illustrate this point: the appropriation of the US Department of State cables by the Wikileak organisation, and the pro-Romanian slogans produced by the Gandul newspaper as a response to Britain’s anti-immigration campaigns. The final section relates news adaptation to adaptation of other text types, such as literary and historical works.