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Andronikos Komnenos, Prinz Belthandros und der Zyklop. Zwei Glossen zu Niketas Choniates' Хϱονιϰὴ διήγησις
Authors: Gaul Niels 
Published: February 2008

Abstract
Der erste Andronikos erwies sich unter jenen Kaisern, welchen auf dem Thron des byzantinischen Reiches nur eine kurze Zeitspanne beschieden war, als besonderer Liebling der Nymphe Echo. Geboren um 1120, tritt dieser kaiserliche Neffe und Ziehbruder eines Kaisers als eine im wahren Wortsinn changierende Gestalt des 12. Jahrhunderts vor unsere Augen. Zeitlebens war er der vornehmste Opponent seines Vetters, des Kaisers Manuel Komnenos (reg. 1143–1180); er verbrachte neun Jahre im Kerker (1154/55–Herbst 1164) und lebte nach abenteuerlicher Flucht für weitere fünfzehn Jahre in Verbannung (1164/65, 1166–1180). Als er spät im Jahr 1183 schließlich zum Basileus der Rhomäer avancierte, schreckte er vor dem Meuchelmord an seinem Neffen, dem jungen Kaiser Alexios, nicht zurück – um seinerseits kaum zwei Jahre später von Hand des konstantinopolitanischen Pöbels das wohl grausamste Ende zu finden, das jemals einem byzantinischen Autokrator zuteil wurde (September 1185): Das prophezeite AIMA der Komnenoi hatte sich erfüllt. Andronikos' kurze Tyrannis ist eingerahmt von den blutigen Ausschreitungen der Konstantinopolitaner wider die Lateiner (April 1182) und deren Nemesis, der normannischen Eroberung und Plünderung Thessalonikes (August 1185). Einige beherzte Maßnahmen seinerseits, groben Mißständen Abhilfe zu leisten, wurden bereits von den Zeitgenossen mit Lob bedacht. Die folgenden Glossen richten den Fokus allerdings vor allem auf jene Jahre, in denen odysseusgleiche Irrfahrten Andronikos bis hinauf in die Lande der Rus' (1164/65) und schließlich von Jerusalem über Damaskus und Bagdad nach Georgien führten (zwischen 1167 und 1180), ehe er in der Herrschaft der Saltuḳ-oġullari im nordöstlichen Winkel Kleinasiens, bei Koloneia (türk. Şebinkarahisar), Zuflucht fand.
AmI-Based Indoor Emergency Detection and Avoidance (AmI-gestützte Notfallerkennung und -prävention im häuslichen Umfeld)
Authors: Nehmer Jürgen , Rombach Dieter 
Published: February 2008

Summary
Humans are getting permanently older. Age-related disabilities and diseases increase dramatically with growing age, and often force the respective persons to continue their life in nursing homes. Can ambient-intelligent technology help to extend a self-conducted life of elderly people in their own homes? This article attempts to provide answers to this question. We present the concept of an AmI-based assistance system which detects actual emergencies and tries to avoid their occurrence.
The Politeness of Achilles: Off-Record Conversation Strategies in Homer and the Meaning ofKertomia
Authors: Lloyd Michael 
Published: February 2008

AbstractThis article examines social interaction in Homer in the light of modern conversation analysis, especially Grice's theory of conversational implicature. Some notoriously problematic utterances are explained in terms of their ‘off-record’ significance. One particular off-record conversation strategy is characterized by Homer askertomia, and this is discussed in detail. The article focusses on social problems at the end of Achilles' meeting with Priam inIliad24, and in particular on the much-discussed word ἐπικερτομέων (24.649).
L'Ébriété Démocratique la Critique Platonicienne de la Démocratie Dans LesLois
Authors: Pradeau Jean-François 
Published: February 2008

AbstractThe aim of this study is to challenge the current scholarly consensus depicting Plato as having renounced the political ideal of hisRepublic, and modified it in favour of a ‘mixed constitution’ in his last work, theLaws. The study shows that Plato's critique of democracy remains as firm in theLawsas it was in theRepublicand theStatesman, refusing to concede any room to any form of popular sovereignty that could threaten the government of knowledge.
Dionysius Chalcusfr. 3 again
Authors: Rufilanchas Daniel Riaño 
Published: February 2008

AbstractDionysius Chalcusfr. 3 West contains an elaborate metaphor for the cottabus game in which the dining room and the symposiasts are compared to a gymnasium in which young pugilists are training. The author suggests that the visual force of the central part of the metaphor lies in the actual way in which σφαῖραι (used as a kind of boxing gloves) were wrapped around the hand and forearm. In the problematic v. 4, ἐκεῖνον is identified as the symposiarch, and the verse is seen to function as another part of this complex metaphor of the symposium asagōn.
A note on interval‐censored lifetime data and the constant‐sum condition of oiler, gómez & calle (2004)
Authors: Lawless Jerald F. 
Published: February 2008

AbstractOiler, Gomez & Calle (2004) give a constant sum condition for processes that generate interval‐censored lifetime data. They show that in models satisfying this condition, it is possible to estimate non‐parametrically the lifetime distribution based on a well‐known simplified likelihood. The author shows that this constant‐sum condition is equivalent to the existence of an observation process that is independent of lifetimes and which gives the same probability distribution for the observed data as the underlying true process.
A robust approach to longitudinal data analysis
Authors: Cantoni Eva 
Published: February 2008

AbstractThe author introduces robust techniques for estimation, inference and variable selection in the analysis of longitudinal data. She first addresses the problem of the robust estimation of the regression and nuisance parameters, for which she derives the asymptotic distribution. She uses weighted estimating equations to build robust quasi‐likelihood functions. These functions are then used to construct a class of test statistics for variable selection. She derives the limiting distribution of these tests and shows its robustness properties in terms of stability of the asymptotic level and power under contamination. An application to a real data set allows her to illustrate the benefits of a robust analysis.
On the effect of misspecifying the error density in a deconvolution problem
Authors: Meister Alexander 
Published: February 2008

AbstractThe author studies the effect of a misspecification of the error density on the mean integrated squared error (MISE) of the deconvolution estimator. He shows that the MISE converges to a certain functional which he defines. He also illustrates the fact that the limit can sometimes be infinite. Finally, he derives some guidelines for selecting the error density in order to ensure robustness properties of the procedure.
On Hilbert’s third problem
Authors: Zeeman E. C. 
Published: February 2008

The year 2000 was the centenary of not only Hubert’s Problems but also Dehn’s solution of the Third Problem, which was the first to be solved. The Third Problem is concerned with the Euclidean theorem that two tetrahedra with equal base and height have equal volume [5, Book XII, Proposition 5].Today one proves this theorem by integration, showing that the volume of a tetrahedron is a third base times height. This 3-dimensional theorem is the analogue of the 2-dimensional theorem that the area of a triangle is a half base times height. But Euclid did not have access to integration, nor the real numbers, nor the product of real numbers, so he did not use the concept of an area being the product of two lengths or a volume being the product of a numerical area and a length. For instance when he wanted to state the triangle theorem he said that two copies of the triangle were ‘equal’ to a rectangle with the same base and height, where by ‘equal’ he meant here that the two triangles could be cut into pieces and reassembled into the rectangle. So Hilbert’s problem was equivalent to asking whether the same could be said about a tetrahedron. Can three copies of the tetrahedron be cut into pieces and reassembled into a rectangular prism with the same base and height? Dehn proved that it was impossible, and later Boltianskii simplified his proof. Dehn’s proof invented a real number invariant of a solid, that was invariant under cutting and reassembling, and he showed that two particular tetrahedra with the same base and height had different values of his invariant.
Big Houses in Kano Emirate
Authors: Hill Polly 
Published: February 2008

Opening ParagraphIn 1971–2 I undertook research in part of the very densely populated farming zone around Kano city (often called the Kano close-settled zone) in order to compare it with a Hausa village, Batagarawa, some 100 miles further north in Katsina Emirate, where I had lived and worked in 1967. At Batagarawa farmland is not scarce and members of the community are free to establish farms on uncultivated (bush) land, some of which is no further than a mile or so from the village. For some 30 to 40 miles or more around Kano city, on the other hand, there is little or no uncultivated bush and farmers with insufficient land are obliged to buy or to ‘borrow’ (aro) farmland from others. My purpose was to compare and contrast the socio-economic organization and economic conditions of farmers in the two localities, with special reference, in so far as this variable could be isolated, to population density.
Organizational Moral Values
Authors: Scott Elizabeth D. 
Published: February 2008

Abstract:This article argues that the important organizational values to study are organizational moral values. It identifies five moral values (honest communication, respect for property, respect for life, respect for religion, and justice), which allow parallel constructs at individual and organizational levels of analysis. It also identifies dimensions used in differentiating organizations’ moral values. These are the act, actor, person affected, intention, and expected result. Finally, the article addresses measurement issues associated with organizational moral values, proposing that content analysis is the appropriate measurement technique to be used for an organization-level conception of moral values.
Business Citizenship: From Domestic to Global Level of Analysis
Authors: Logsdon Jeanne M. , Wood Donna J. 
Published: February 2008

Abstract:In this article we first review the development of the concept of global business citizenship and show how the libertarian political philosophy of free-market capitalism must give way to a communitarian view in order for the voluntaristic, local notion of “corporate citizenship” to take root. We then distinguish the concept of global business citizenship from “corporate citizenship” by showing how the former concept requires a transition from communitarian thinking to a position of universal human rights. In addition, we link global business citizenship to global business strategy and to three analytical levels of ethical norms. Finally, we trace a process whereby global businesses can implement fundamental norms and learn to accommodate to legitimate cultural differences.
The Corporation as Actual Agreement
Authors: Sollars Gordon G. 
Published: February 2008

Abstract:In contrast to “social contract” theories of the corporation, a moral justification of the corporation as actual, not hypothetical, agreement is presented. Central to the justification is the idea of personal projects, as developed by Loren Lomasky. The key idea is the role that corporations can play in the construction and advancement of personal, value-creating projects. The concept of the corporation as actual agreement, as a type of “right of association” theory, is defended against influential criticism of such theories by Thomas Donaldson.
Damaged Goods—Or Durable? A Response to Tom McInerney
Authors: Herman Stewart W. 
Published: February 2008

Abstract:Contrary to criticisms by Thomas McInerney, Durable Goods proposes a realistic and empirically testable “covenantal” ethic for moving management and labor beyond tactics of mutual coercion and evasion. Nonetheless, two questions asked by McInerney remain germane. First, should the moral claims of management and labor always receive equal moral consideration, as a matter of justice? To this substantive question Durable Goods admittedly provides a less than satisfactory answer. Second, can the normative theory proposed by Durable Goods, based in part as it is on the Bible, meet the standards of cogency, coherence, and parsimony appropriate to business ethics as a field of rigorous inquiry? This methodological question remains unaddressed.
The Language Ideologies of Courtship Ritual: Maya Pentecostals and Folk Catholics
Authors: Forand Nancy 
Published: February 2008

AbstractThis article examines the traditional Mayan practice of negotiating marital alliances, which is played out in a series of ritualized dialogues between two families. A Pentecostal hybrid ceremony incorporates evangelical symbols and speech forms that index a religious identity and ideology founded on biblical authority. In intergroup marriage negotiation, Mayan Pentecostals and traditionalists employ an accommodated form oj ritual speech that works around irreconcilable differences pertaining to authority and the relationship with the divine.
Projective Inversion in the Ancient Egyptian "Tale of Two Brothers"
Authors: Dundes Alan 
Published: February 2008

AbstractAfter a brief review of the folkloristic scholarship devoted to the ancient Egyptian tale of two brothers, an attempt is made to distinguish between the concepts of projection and projective inversion. The utilization of the second concept seeks to illuminate the possible meaning of the tale including the initial part, which consists of the widespread Potiphar’s Wife motif.
Prophetic Riddling: A Dialogue of Genres in Choctaw Performance
Authors: Mould Tom 
Published: February 2008

AbstractRiddles claim obscurity. Prophecy claims clarity. Despite this initial divide, the two can be so similar they appear to be indistinguishable. The similarities are both inherent and constructed. This study will explore the similarities between the two both when viewed as verbal genres and when brought into dialogue during the act of performance. Prophetic discourse among the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians provides a particularly informative case study. Tribal members have cultivated an oral tradition of prophecy with rigorous aesthetic, structural, and temporal rules. As the prophecies become fulfilled, however, these rules have become virtually impossible to uphold. Many Choctaw narrators have found a creative compromise by exploiting the similarities between prophecy and riddle. An examination of the structural, functional, stylistic, and linguistic parallels between riddle and prophecy at the nexus of performance shows how Choctaw narrators maintain one tradition by borrowing from another.
Lectotypification of the name Lopholejeunea utriculata (Lejeuneaceae, Hepaticae)
Authors: Zhu Rui-Liang , Gradstein S. Robbert 
Published: February 2008

AbstractA lectotype is designated for the name Lopholejeunea utriculata Steph. This selection preserves current usage of the name, but two other original specimens of Lopholejeunea utriculata are assigned to L. lepidoscypha.
Paeonia saueri (Paeoniaceae), a new species from the Balkans
Authors: Hong De-Yuan , Wang Xiao-Quan , Zhang Da-Ming 
Published: February 2008

AbstractPaeonia saueri D. Y. Hong, X. Q. Wang et D. M. Zhang is described as a new species from Greece and Albania based on population sampling, statistics, chromosome observation, and SEM observations. It is characterized by tuberous roots, a high number of leaflets/segments, adaxially setulose along the veins on leaves, and a chromosome number of 2n = 20. It is closely related to P. peregrina. However, as shown by cluster analysis (Fig. 3) and principal coordinate analysis (Fig. 4), it differs distinctly from the latter in having mostly entire leaflets/segments that are hispidulous beneath, and red stigmas. From P. officinalis it differs in having the leaves setulose along the veins above and sparsely hispidulous below, and the stems, petioles and sepals always glabrous. Furthermore, it differs from those two species by its relatively short and wide follicles. The somatic chromosome number of the new species, 2n = 20, is reported here for the first time.
Amblysperma should be retained under Trichocline (Asteraceae, Mutisieae)
Authors: Katinas Liliana 
Published: February 2008

AbstractThe monotypic genus Amblysperma has been distinguished from Trichocline by previous authors on the basis of differences in geographic distribution, involucre shape, corolla colour, limb indumentum of the marginal corollas, anther filament surface, type of staminode basal appendages, and achenial shape. However, a critical re­examination of these characters reveals that most of them are shared between both genera. The presence of twin hairs in the corollas of Amblysperma and Trichocline is another character linking both genera. Differences in geographic distribution, i.e., Amblysperma in Australia and Trichocline in South America, and shape of the involucre provided the only distinguishing features which do not appear to justify the recognition of two different genera. Amblysperma is therefore placed in synonymy with Trichocline.
PCR amplification of Michele Tenore's historical specimens and facility to utilize an alternative approach to resolve taxonomic problems
Authors: De Castro Olga , Menale Bruno 
Published: February 2008

AbstractA polymorphic non­coding region of chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from herbarium specimens of Pinus brutia and P. halepensis. The samples belong to the historical collection of Michele Tenore. Several discordances and inconsistencies in taxonomic attribution are present for historical specimens of P. brutia. Moreover, there are inaccuracies as to their geographical distribution. In this work, we demonstrate the potential use of molecular methods of amplifying DNA from historical samples to resolve the identification of herbarium specimens.
Lectotypification of seven taxon names in Eryngium L. (Apiaceae-Saniculoideae)
Authors: Wörz Arno 
Published: February 2008

AbstractSeven names of taxa of the genus Eryngium L. (Eryngium amethystinum var. tenuifolium Boiss. & Heldr., Eryngium argyreum Maire, Eryngium atlanticum Batt. & Pit., Eryngium bourgatii var. atlanticum Ball, Eryngium carthamoides Sm., Eryngium marocanum Pit., Eryngium paniculatum Cav. & Dombey ex F. Delaroche) have been lectotypified in order to stabilize the names, and the holotype of E. falcatum Delaroche was detected. E. carthamoides Sm. in Rees was determined to be a synonym of E. aquifolium Cav. The lectotypification of E. paniculatum Cav. & Dombey ex F. Delaroche should contribute towards a resolution of the name's confusing nomenclature past.
Typifications and a new name in Alstroemeria L. (Alstroemeriaceae)
Authors: de Assis Marta Camargo , de Mello-Silva Renato 
Published: February 2008

AbstractLectotypes for the names Alstroemeria burchelii Baker, A. caryophyllaea Jacq., A. chapadensis Hoehne, A. cunha Vell., A. rubra Morel, A. argentovittata Lem., and A. butantanensis Hoehne are designated here. The typification of A. nemorosa Gardner and A. piauhyensis Gardner is here clarified. An epitype is also chosen in order to avoid misinterpretation of the name A. burchellii Baker. For A. psittacina Lehm. and A. radula Dusén neotypes are designated. Alstroemeria speciosa M. C. Assis is published as an avowed substitute (replacement name) for Alstroemeria insignis Kränzl.
More French "firsts" in Australia ignored: Dumont de Courset's Le Botaniste Cultivateur
Authors: Mabberley David J. 
Published: February 2008

AbstractIn the first edition of Baron Dumont de Courset's Le Botaniste Cultivateur, names were validly published for the Port Jackson Fig and the "Botany Bay oat" of the Sydney area, that of the fig at least antedating that in current use: it is proposed for rejection elsewhere in this issue (Mabberley & Dixon, 2004), though the identity of the "oat" is still unclear. By contrast, Tanacetum aucherianum (Compositae), apparently threatened by Chrysanthemum tanacetifolium Willd. (1803), is saved by the earlier but unlisted C. tanacetifolium (1802) of Dumont's book. The residue of other unlisted names in that work is disposed of, Dumont's use of Cels' binomials leading to a proposal elsewhere in this issue (Mabberley, 2004) to reject an earlier name for Fraxinus quadrangulata (Oleaceae) and consideration of a number of names in Ribes (Grossulariaceae). There remain unresolved issues in Anacampseros (Portulacaceae) and Bejaria (Ericaceae), while there are unplaced names in Cape Erica (Ericaceae), Gnidia (Thymelaeacea ), and Pelargonium (Geraniaceae). Preliminary bibliographic findings on H. C. Andrews' Geraniums (1805 [­25]) are presented in an appendix.
Patrón funerario arcaico temprano del sitio Acha-3 y su relación con Chinchorro: Cazadores, pescadores y recolectores de la costa norte de Chile
Authors: Standen Vivien G. , Santoro Calogero M. 
Published: February 2008

ResumenSe describe un contexto funerario correspondiente a una población costera del período Arcaico Temprano, cuyos rasgos se presentan como evidencia para proponer que la tradición Chinchorro sería de origen y desarrollo local. Los indicadores provienen del sitio Acha-3, vinculado a una tradición de adaptación marítima (9,000–8,000 a.P.). Estas evidencias validaría las siguientes propuestas: (a) define un patrón funerario, tecnológico y económico con fuertes vínculos Chinchorro; (b) la evidencia bioarqueológica demuestra que estos grupos manejaban una estrategia de subsistencia bien adaptada al ecosistema marítimo; y (c) representa un sitio funerario temprano para las tierras bajas del área centro sur andina, sustentado en dos dataciones de radiocarbono (no calibradas) de 8,120 ± 90 a.P. (Cuerpo 1) y 8,380 ± 60 a. P. (Cuerpo 3). El patrón mortuorio se caracteriza por una inhumación múltiple formada por tres individuos dispuestos en posición extendida, envueltos en pieles de camélido, lobo marino y esteras vegetales pintadas, con escasas ofrendas asociadas. Aunque no hay evidencias de momificación artificial, el claro intento de enfardar los cuerpos, la inhumación múltiple en posición extendida, y el contexto cultural asociado, nos permiten sostener la hipótesis de que la emergencia de las prácticas funerarias Chinchorro sería un desarrollo más bien local que alóctono.
Toward an Assessment ofVerbal Art as Performance: A Cross-Disciplinary Citation Study with Rhetorical Analysis
Authors: Rudy Jill Terry 
Published: February 2008

AbstractAt the 20th anniversary of its publication in book form, Verbal Art as Performance merits reconsideration for its contribution to folklore studies and other scholarly fields. While many contemporary folklorists may clearly remember the intellectual and social milieu surrounding the production and reception of Verbal Art, the passage of time since then invites an examination of the diffusion of the text across scholarly disciplines and allows for the book to be assessed in terms of its impact on folklore studies. This article includes a citation study of journal references to the text and a rhetorical analysis of references in articles published by folklore journals. This study indicates that Verbal Art has played a central role in synthesizing earlier research on performance-centered theories in folklore; the book continues to disseminate these ideas to scholars in a variety of academic fields. The aspects of Verbal Art that threaten to undermine its connections with the field of folklore studies, including the widespread interest in performance concepts and the intentional reach to an interdisciplinary audience, can also serve to invigorate the field and promote its interests to a significant number of scholars in other areas.