bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Introduction
Authors: Wain Debra , Saward Melanie
Published: May 2021

The scholars who present their work here in this Special Issue on Writing Through Things: Past and Broken Things were invited to contribute their research in the form of a traditional article or creative work that explores the fission between the arena of the mind and the concrete, tangible things of the world around us; to explore that ‘unexplored world’ of ‘memory, emotion, and untapped creativity’ (Pollack, 2011: 230).

The events of 2020, lockdowns and self-isolating, meant that we were, perhaps more than ever, surrounded by our own things, offering an opportunity to see these things differently and maybe more clearly. Bill Brown explains that

“the work being done… under thing theory is addressing how it is that the inanimate object world helps to form and transform human beings. Part of that is to say: how does our material environment shape us?” (Brown, 2012).

We, as writers and researchers, are concerned with that which forms and transforms us and the world around us. These catalysts of formation and transformation can be people, experiences, landscapes, and sometimes they can be the seemingly everyday objects that surround us. As Brown points out, the things that impact on us do not have to be those of ‘economic value in Marxist terms’; they can be ‘small things’ of ‘symbolic value’ (Brown, 2012).
Feeling good: The casual academic’s guide to purpose, pleasure and the meaning of work in precarious times
Authors: Mees Cleo
Published: May 2021

Feeling good is about the emotional experience of writing as a casual academic in the current Australian context. In a non-linear, hybrid style that combines theory with personal narrative, the author grapples with questions about the meaning and conditions of scholarly work, particularly in the midst of a climate crisis, a global pandemic, and a university system increasingly pervaded by neoliberal ideals. She examines the obligations writers feel (and have) to be happy or unhappy in their work, and seeks guidance in the work of writers like Sara Ahmed, Donna Haraway and Harriet Hawkins as her own convictions about the university shift. What ensues is a contemplation on the politics and daily experience of feeling good (and bad) as a writer in the university, expressed through a series of reflections and scenes from life that enact a mode of thinking that is both taken with theory and available to interventions from the sensory, relational everyday world.
Queerness, form and time: A dialogue through case studies from creative writing practice
Authors: Scott Ronnie , Buck Sholto , Butler J , Cruz Jhoanna Lynn , Haddad George , Lee Ann
Published: May 2021

This creative writing research takes as its basis both the plurality of time and the plurality of queerness and attempts to locate a hybrid form that allows six creative writers to explore the relationship between their individual practices and time: bringing them together into a reflexive space that allows them to be read together while holding them apart. By investigating an area of making and thinking composed of individual strategies, questions, challenges, contradictions, problems, logics, the writers discover in, first, the discrete space of the case study and, second, the critical space of the collaborative essay that queerness and time may meet on the shared ground of form; that form is a site for both creative and political/representational activity; and that a multiplicity of times and spaces, particular to each researcher and articulated specifically here, is not just the medium in which the work is made but fundamental to its content, elaboration, potentiality, and reception.
Transnational encounters
Authors: Fraser Bashabi
Published: May 2021

This paper reflects on the transnational journeys poets make as they cross and re-cross nation-state boundaries. They are sensitively alert to their need for adjustment in their new place of relocation after being displaced from ‘homes that have given … [their] lives roots, stability, and meaning’ (Ghosh 2016: 54). The distance of time and space lends an objectivity to the diasporic observations of transnational writers and their peripheral positioning often leads to an alignment with other marginal lives, enabling a profound understanding and empathy with those faced with displacement and rupture from a familiar habitat and way of life. Transcontinental writers today are acutely aware of ‘a planet-spanning … arena of activity’ (Vertovec 2009: 3) as they confront the environmentalism of the poor, the slow violence (Nixon 2013) inflicted on vast swathes of humanity by ‘capitalism and empire’ (Ghosh 2016: 146). In their poetry, they are writer activists, bearing witness and testimony to the devastating effects of power which have accelerated climate change, widening social disparities. In these transnational encounters, they ‘displace the centre’ from the periphery which ‘return(s) to rewrite the history and fiction of the metropolis’ (Bhabha 1990), as evident in Dominique Hecq’s verse and my poetic responses and reflections.
Interview by Mohini R Gurav with Robert Maddox-Harle
Authors: Gurav Mohini R , Maddox-Harle Robert
Published: May 2021

In this non-peer-reviewed dialogue, Mohini R Gurav interviews Robert Maddox-Harle about his longstanding engagement with Indian poets and poetry, including his work editing anthologies that bring together poems by writers from across the two continents.
The flâneur as a motif of timelessness in auto / biography
Authors: Davies Kerrie
Published: May 2021

Prior to writing A Wife’s Heart (Davies 2017), I did not see myself as a flâneur. I walked in public spaces, but I often hurried rather than strolled. When I did slow, I found myself having spontaneous conversations with strangers. A flâneur seemed too leisurely an observer of the crowd; too detached. An exegetical examination of my work, however, together with a historical understanding of the flâneur, led to the realisation that flánerie was a motif integral to my writing process, and to creating a narrative of timelessness over a century of divorce and single parenting. My moments of flânerie, punctuated with engagement among the crowd, also change the dynamics of the flâneur to a dialogic and empathetic experience. A similar flânerie isevident in the auto / biography Stasiland (Funder 2002), which explores the pervasive presence of East German history after Germany’s reunification. I suggest that the fluid mindset of a flâneur suits the writer on a quest (Marr 2016-2017), augmenting specific interview, archival and site research practices with sensory awareness and a dialogic empathy in such auto / biographical works. I further argue that the slash between the auto and biography is dissolved via the flâneur becoming a motif of timelessness.
The fan-networked capital of self-published web serials: A comparison of Worm and Nunslinger
Authors: Pâquet Lili
Published: May 2021

This article evaluates two web serials: novels published in serialised instalments through digital mediums. John C McCrae’s Worm (2011-2013) was self-published online in the style of a blog, and Stark Holborn’s Nunslinger (2014) was published by Hodder & Stoughton as serialised e-books. This article refers to debates on the publishing industry (Young 2007; Thompson2012), self-publishing (Young 2014; Tushnet 2017) and digital publishing (Colbjørnsen 2014; Mustafa & Adnan 2017), andapplies these to a comparative study of Worm and Nunslinger in order to demonstrate how web serials can engage online fan networks that refashion the forms of capital accessed by established publishing houses. This article concludes that webserials such as McCrae’s work as ‘slow’ media that gain traction over a period of years using word-of-mouth and crowdsourcing through online fan networks.
delete - ‘Every woman adores a fascist’ - delete : Feminist literary intervention in elegiac writing
Authors: Watts Rachel
Published: May 2021

This article is a fictocritical intervention in the patriarchal form of the elegy and a reflection on the expression of grief, anger and subjectivity by women writers. It uses Adrienne Rich’s writing on women’s self-destruction as a feminist methodological framework to explore two specific ideas. First, how we speak of the dead, which concerns the agency, subjectivity and anger with which we express our remembrance and our grief, and second, literary style and feminist interventions in the elegiac form. Taking a fictocritical approach, the article combines the objective style of the academic mode with a subjective treatment, resulting

in a cut-up text that combines analysis and my own reflections. In this, the article is informed by work by Anna Gibbs (1998; 2005) and Ross Watkins (2014). This multivocal approach aims to answer the question: how does the approach to the elegy form employed by Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath enable a nuanced representation of grief, mourning and agency, and how can other women writers build on this approach to write to and through each other in the context of a patriarchal literary tradition?
Macbeth of Kelantan
Authors: Sun Emily
Published: May 2021

‘Macbeth of Kelantan’ is an accompanying piece to ’How to Read Shakespeare in the

Post-Atomic Age’, a paper that I presented at the 2018 AAWP conference. Both short

stories use Pierre Bourdieu’s cultural capital theory as a point of departure to untangle

the complexities of how individuals assign different values to various reading practices

in situated contexts. Both stories draw on key themes that emerged from a small

qualitative study which examined the cultural capital of reading. While ‘How to Read’

examines the value assigned to reading canonical literature across generations,

‘Macbeth of Kelantan’ explores how the value of reading practices are negotiated

across fields.
Advanced diarology: mortification, materiality and meaning-making
Authors: Taylor Stayci , Munro Kim , Murray Peta
Published: May 2021

Public diary-reading events, arguably originating in the USA in 2002, continue to draw

participants eager to share their teenage angst and juvenilia, yet there is little scholarly

reflection on this peripheral practice of performative writing. Having birthed our own

version in 2017 – within the safe harbour of the academy and using an intuitive,

practice-based methodology – we believe there are some useful questions to pose about

the autoethnographic contributions of this mortification rite. Eighteen months in, we

are further moved to ask, what is happening in the presentational and performative

space as we show our younger selves to one another as we have, and do? This article,

a follow-up to our previous Diarology for beginners (2019), formally reiterates on the

page the associative leaps and communal meaning-making arising from our

explorations so far. Prompted by questions, such as, ’Is the practice of diary keeping

inherently gendered? Is it about becoming visible? Audible? Memorable? What? And

what is the impulse to publicly share the archives?’ (Munro, Murray and Taylor 2019),

we draw on the literature around diary keeping, as well as theories on voice, gender and

creative autoethnography, as a way into understanding diary performing and the public

sharing of juvenile shame.
Anxieties of obsolescence and transformation: digital technology in contemporary Australian literary fiction
Authors: Novitz Julian
Published: May 2021

When addressing the rise of mass media, literary authors of the late twentieth century

often expressed an ‘anxiety of obsolescence’ (Fitzpatrick 2006) in their work: an acute

awareness of being potentially displaced. This often led them to adopt an attitude of

defiance in the face of technological change.

Many contemporary literary authors adopt a similar oppositional attitude towards the

rise and encroachment of networked technology, but retreating to the increasingly

peripheral territory of ‘pure’ print-based literature is no longer easy. Digital technology

presents not only the possibility of displacement but also that of transformation, with

its spread threatening to fundamentally alter the practice of reading and writing.

Possibly in response to the radical upheavals faced by Australian literary culture due to

the rise of electronic publishing since 2012, recent works by three established

Australian authors – Amnesia by Peter Carey (2014), the Wisdom Tree novella

sequence by Nick Earls (2016), and The Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser (2017) –

examine the ways in which networked technologies challenge or complicate the role,

identity and practice of the contemporary print-oriented writer. The telling connection

is that they present the relationship between print-based writers and networked

technology as being transformative rather than simply oppositional, demonstrating the

emergence of complex and nuanced responses to the rise of networked technology in

Australian literature.
‘Much of a muchness’
Authors: Prendergast Julia
Published: May 2021

James is a weirdo – a dirty little weasel. He’s Gene’s grandson, he’s blood, but she

stakes no claim. Without warning, he throws the cat in the spit roast. It’s a horrible

mess. The cat’s torso thwacks against the drum of the spit and her underbelly is singed

bare. Her front paws land in the coals
Determination of Sites of Special Importance for the Conservation of Threatened Orchid Species in Colombia
Authors: Alba-Patiño Daniela , Martínez-Hernández Fabian , Mota Poveda Juan Francisco
Published: May 2021

Colombia is the country with the highest number of orchid species (4270), whose optimal habitat is cold and humid forests. However, the outlook for conservation is alarming, considering that deforestation is causing the loss of millions of hectares of forests. This situation has led to the existence of 206 endangered orchid species. Therefore, this research was conducted to determine Sites of Special Importance for the Conservation of Threatened Orchid Species in Colombia (SSICO), through an analysis of their spatial and altitudinal distribution using various databases, to make a selection of nature reserves on a municipality scale, using Marxan software, and employing relevant parameters (richness, rarity, and IUCN category). Furthermore, the results were later compared with the Protected Areas System, determining their coverage to propose SSICOs. 674 records of the presence of threatened orchids in 277 municipalities were obtained. Urrao, Abrego, and Frontino were the areas with the greatest richness and rarity. Marxan selected 47 municipalities located mostly in the Andes region, and four SSICOs were prioritized, which are located in the Antioquia, Norte de Santander, Nariño and Putumayo provinces. These SSICOs, in addition to being points of great biodiversity, are areas with special socio-economic characteristics that influence the management of natural resources. These areas require timely attention, research, and intervention by environmental authorities because of their importance for conserving orchids and Andes Forests.
Seismic Measurement of Management Accounting Innovations: Using the Scale of Innovation Intensity
Authors:   Syme Business School, Laing Gregory K.
Published: May 2021

The purpose of this paper is to determine the intensity of the contribution of Balanced Scorecard (BSC), Activity Based Costing (ABC), and Lean Accounting (LA) have had in the academic literature. An approach that is derived from Seismic measurement of earthquakes is adopted to produce what has been labelled the Scale of Innovation Intensity model. The three innovations were found to have measures of intensity that fall within the medium level of intensity. The findings support the arguments that the three management accounting innovations have had an influence on the direction of management accounting. This paper also provides a general overview of the application of the scale of innovation intensity and its potential for future research.
Editorial: Only a Three-Legged Stool? A Review of the Concept of Alignment in the Economics of Performance Management
Authors:   University of Adelaide, Sridharan V. G. , Tse Michael S. C. ,   Holmes Institute
Published: May 2021

This editorial revisit the concept of alignment within the agency theoretic view of organisational performance management. Based on an analysis of a real-life case, we examine how far the theoretical reasoning based on the concept of ‘three-legged stool’ is practically relevant. Findings of our case suggests that while there is seemingly misalignment among the three established structures of performance evaluation, decision right allocation and incentive compensation, the ‘misalignment’ is ‘repaired’ with the support of two other governance structures namely, HR and CRM policies. We believe that the design of performance management is not to be confined to the ‘three-legged stool’ but practically extended to other forms of governance structures.
International instruments relating to conservation of plant biodiversity
Authors:   Institute of Genetics, Physiology and Plant Protection, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, Romanciuc Gabriela
Published: May 2021

This paper reviews the international instruments related to the conservation and sustainable use of plant biodiversity, including agreements, governance and programs, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, the FAO Global Plan of Action on Plant Genetic Resources, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
Rare vascular plants in the «Dobrusa» landscape reserve
Authors:   ", Scortesco Florentin ,   Alexandru Ciubotaru",   National Botanical Garden (Institute), Sfecla Victor ,   State Agrarian University of Moldova, Izverscaia Tatiana ,   "Alexandru Ciubotaru" National Botanical Garden (Institute), Ghendov Veaceslav ,   "Alexandru Ciubotaru" National Botanical Garden (Institute)
Published: May 2021

The state of rare species presence in landscape reserve “Dobruşa” was highlighted. There were 35 threatened species of higher vascular plants revealed, being positioned on different categories of rarity, 7 of which are included in the Red Book of the Republic of Moldova (3rd ed.) and 24 protected by the law.
Flora halofilă din Pajiștea „Todirești”
Authors:   ", Titica Ghenadie ,   Alexandru Ciubotaru",   National Botanical Garden (Institute), Pavliuc Alina ,   "Alexandru Ciubotaru" National Botanical Garden (Institute)
Published: May 2021

The results of the research conducted in 2017-2018 are presented in this article. The present paper analyses the vascular flora of the “Todirești” halophile meadow from the Todiresti commune, Ungheni district. The “Todirești” halophile meadow has an area of about 44.52 ha and is found in the eastern part of commune. We have recorded 83 species of vascular plants belonging to 61 genera and 24 families. In the halophile meadow, 37 species of halophiles (44.6 % of the total number of species) have been identified. The flora has been analysed in terms of taxonomy, life forms, geoelements, ecological index and economical importance. Three rare species with different conservation status have been identified.
Some aspects of the study on the species Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth. as honey plant in the Republic of Moldova
Authors:   ", Cirlig Natalia ,   Alexandru Ciubotaru",   National Botanical Garden (Institute)
Published: May 2021

Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth., which is a species with high potential as forage and honey plant, served as the subject of a new study. The species is characterized by short growing season, staggered and long flowering period (about 55 days depending on the climatic conditions and the date when it was sown). Under laboratory conditions, the germination capacity of the seeds is 84-92 %. The climatic conditions of the Republic of Moldova allow P. tanacetifolia plants to complete the whole ontogenetic development cycle – they bloom, bear fruit and produce viable seeds.
The collection of Ipomoea batatas L. in ”Alexandru Ciubotaru” National Botanical Garden (Institute)
Authors:   ", Todirash Natalia ,   Alexandru Ciubotaru",   National Botanical Garden (Institute)
Published: May 2021

The article describes the growth characteristics of the shoots in seven cultivars of Ipomoea batatas L., available in the collection of the Laboratory of Indoor Plants of the “Alexandru Ciubotaru” National Botanical Garden (Institute).
Results of the inventory of the collection Allium L.
Authors:   ", Voineac Ina ,   Alexandru Ciubotaru",   National Botanical Garden (Institute)
Published: May 2021

The paper analyzes the development of the plants of the genus Allium L. that are part of the collection of ornamental bulbous plants of “Alexandru Ciubotaru” National Botanical Garden (Institute). This collection has been inventoried and the most promising species for use in landscaping have been recommended.
基于TPB理论的厦门市纯电动汽车消费行为影响因素研究
Authors: 张 菊香
Published: May 2021

本文基于计划行为理论模型，构建了厦门市纯电动汽车消费行为模型，以行为意向为中介变量，探究消费行为的影响因素。通过问卷调查方式收集了数据，并运用SPSS 23.0软件进行数据分析，验证行为态度、知觉行为控制、了解程度、政府政策对厦门市纯电动汽车消费行为有显著正向影响，行为意愿在其中起着中介变量的作用。基于验证结果，本文提出加强对纯电动汽车产品的宣传、完善纯电动汽车基础设施建设、政府加大出台支持政策的力度的建议，以期提升厦门市纯电动汽车的市场销售量。
粤港澳大湾区金融创新成果研究及展望
Authors: 黄 洁 , 陈 宁 , 戴 海燕 , 孙 诗晴
Published: May 2021

粤港澳大湾区不仅拥有丰富的金融资源，高度聚集的金融产业和金融机构，且各大核心城市在金融领域差异互补，金融合作不断深化。近年来，粤港澳大湾区充分发挥城市群的特色“金融+科技”产业链，在金融创新方面取得一系列成果。未来，粤港澳大湾区还将进一步强化金融创新机制，为泛珠三角地区的经济发展提供助力。
Provision of educational and practical training using a collection of insects
Authors: Asylbekova G.E. , Markaich Zh.E.
Published: May 2021

The essence of environmental education in Kazakhstan lies in its implementation through the use of zoological collections of local insects in educational institutions. A competency-based approach is required to develop environmental values and beliefs. A practice-oriented approach is the basis of scientific literacy. There is a need for practical training based on visual material such as insect collection material. The model for developing core competencies through work with the collection of local insects is described. The paper shows the practice of creating and arranging a general educational entomological collection, involving students in its creation and updating, specifics of laboratory investigation, the algorithm of dealing with insects and directly with the resulting collection. There is a step-by-step algorithm of handling dried and spread out specimens illustrated by a particular example, and conclusions of the effectiveness of this work and its role in the development of environmental education and core competencies of an individual are provided.
THE ANALYSIS OF THE ATMOSPHERIC AIR MONITORING SYSTEM ACTIVE IN THE CITY OF PAVLODAR
Authors: Issayeva A.M. , Chidunchi I.Yu. , Arynova Sh.Zh.
Published: May 2021

The article is dedicated to the analysis of the atmospheric air monitoring system active in the city of Pavlodar. The problem of the atmospheric air pollution from motor transport, one of the sources of contamination, was considered. The data of the information bulletins of republican state enterprise "Kazgidromet" within the city of Pavlodar was studied and analyzed, which allowed to reveal the series of patterns: it was found that carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen monoxide and particulate matter PM-10, PM-2.5 have been to a greater extent the atmospheric air contaminants. The analysis of the influence of motor transport on the environment was conducted, the size composition of exhaust gases of engines of various types of motor transport was described in details by the authors. Moreover, the street traffic congestion was determined, proposals and required recommendations on optimization of the given situation were made.
Introduction of innovative methods in the study of biology in a multilingual class
Authors: Amirzhanova A.B. , Gabdulkhayeva B.B.
Published: May 2021

Introduction of innovative methods used in teaching multilingual biology, development of language and vocabulary of students in the subject. The innovation process is a complex activity for the formation and development of new educational content and methods of organization and training, and the entire educational process is defined as modern, meeting the requirements of society and driving trends in the development of education. At the same time, the transformation of theoretical situations into practical activities. Work directly with students to increase student activity in the classroom, develop conversational skills, be able to Express themselves openly, and demonstrate methods that teach students how to use this correctly in the classroom, ensuring the effectiveness of critical thinking. Implementation of the following methods in the learning process through the advanced use of information technologies and multimedia tools: design, orientation, critical thinking development and modular training.
Applied and complicated tasks on plant morphology with elements of ecology, physiology and evolution
Authors: Tarasovskaya N.E. , Klimenko M.Yu. , Zhumadilov B.Z.
Published: May 2021

rative complicated tasks on plant morphology which require the knowledge on ecology, plant physiology and evolutionary theory. The main purpose of such tasks is demonstration on concrete examples the relationship between structure and function, illustration of plant adaptations to the specific environment, developing of students’ critical mentality, ability to propose and prove work hypothesis. Some tasks are depended upon the practice work with regional natural plant objects – for the revealing of their taxonomic status, morphological peculiarities and adaptations. In many tasks the plants with parts and organs which may be mistook for other organs are figured (for example submarine leaves or transformed sprouts may be mistook upon the roots, stalks – upon leaves, algae – upon higher plants). The part of tasks is devoted to functional diversity and evolutional development of vegetative organs. The performance of such tasks requires the deep knowledge on plant morphology and developed natural scientific mentality.
Persiapan Persalinan dan Kelahiran Di Masa Pandemi COVID-19
Authors: Ahmad Mardiana , Usman Andi Nilawati , Arifuddin Sharvianty , Patmahwati Patmahwati
Published: May 2021

Pandemi COVID-19 berdampak di segala aspek, salah satunya adalah aspek Kesehatan yang megakibatkan kegiatan langsung tatap muka dengan tenaga kesehatan dalam pelayanan Antenatal Care (ANC) di batasi. Hal tersebut menimbulkan kecemasan bagi ibu hamil dalam menghadapi persalinan dan kelahiran mereka. Berdasarkan kondisi tersebut, maka pengabdian masyarakat dilaksanakan dengan cara sosialisasi peningkatan dan pengetahuan ibu hamil tentang persiapan persalinan dan kelahiran di masa pandemi COVID-19. Pelaksanaan sosialisasi dilaksanakan dengan 2 pendekatan yaitu survei daring dengan e-form melalui media whatsapp dan menemui secara lagsung ibu-ibu yang sedang hamil dari rumah ke rumah yang tentu saja dilaksanakan sesuai protokol Kesehatan COVID-19. Hasil survey didapatkan pada kelompok yang memakai google form pengetahuan pretest didapatkan nilai rata-rata 49% meningkat setelah posttest menjadi 89%. Sedangkan pada kelompok yang kunjungan rumah pengetahuan pretest didapatkan hasil 47% meningkat setelah posttest menjadi 87%. Pelaksanaan pengabdian ini berjalan lancar karena didukung oleh pemerintah dan masyarakat sekitar. Kedepannya diharapkan sosialisasi seperti ini dapat diterapkan oleh stakeholder dalam menangani dan mengambil kebijakan kesehatan terkait dengan pelayanan Kesehatan kepada ibu hamil di masa pandemi saat ini.
Sosialisasi Pemanfaatan Energi Terbarukan Dan Pelatihan Teknologi Tepat Guna Berbasis Solarcell Untuk Pelajar SMPIT Ibnu Sina Merauke
Authors: Rusdi Muhamad , Hariyanto Hariyanto , Cipto Cipto
Published: May 2021

Konservasi energi merupakan langkah pemerintah untuk melestarikan sumber daya energi. Mengingat kebutuhan energi saat ini sebagian besar masih ditopang oleh energi fosil. Energi fosil adalah sumber daya alam seperti gas alam, batu bara dan minyak bumi yang semakin berkurang jumlahnya. Penggunaan energi fosil juga dapat menimbulkan polusi dan kerusakan alam yang signifikan. Energi terbarukan adalah energi ramah lingkungan yang menjadi topik bahasan belakang ini sebagai pengganti energi fosil. Namun, pemanfaatan energi terbarukan masih belum banyak diketahui masyarakat. Kesadaran dan perilaku hemat energi pada masyarakat juga masih kurang. Perlunya sosialisasi dan penyuluhan sejak dini kepada masyarakat sebagai sarana untuk mendukung langkah pemerintah dalam konservasi energi dan pemanfaatan energi terbarukan. Dengan program pengabdian kepada masyarakat dana hibah lembaga LP2M Universitas Musamus, kami sebagai bagian dari Civitas akademik kampus Universitas Musamus melakukan program Pengabdian Kemitraan Masyarakat (PKM) sebagai sarana dalam membantu permasalahan tersebut. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini dilakukan di SMPIT Ibnu Sina Merauke sebagai mitra dan langkah awal sosialisasi masyarakat sejak dini. Adapun teknis kegiatan ini dilakukan dengan memberikan sosialisasi dan penyuluhan tentang pentingnya konservasi energi dan pemanfaatan energi terbarukan. Selain itu, kegiatan ini juga meliputi pelatihan Teknologi tepat guna berbasis solar cell guna meningkatkan minat dan softskill peserta. Hasil evaluasi yang dilakukan mencapai 53% dari akurasi evaluasi tingkat pemahaman peserta mengenai perilaku hemat energi dan teknologi tepat guna berbasis energi terbarukan.
The Creation of Abelengro: A Cross-Cultural Art Music Composition
Authors: O. Justice , O.A. Emmanuel
Published: May 2021

Ethnomusicology has an important mission of providing a body of musical knowledge that can be drawn on by artist-composers, performers, dancers as well as scholars in the field of music. The paper therefore presents an outcome of a creative ethnomusicological study of abele music among the Yeji people of the Bono-East Region in Ghana. Using Euba’s theory of creative ethnomusicology and Nketia’s concept of syncretism, the study highlights the indigenous elements of abele musical genre and unearths the process where these elements were used to create a musical artefact called Abelengro. Data for the study were collected through observation and adopted definitive analysis to provide the materials for the composition. The study revealed that Abele music contains rich source materials for creating a neoclassicism of African traditional music that could be enjoyed by a wide range of people. It is envisaged that these rich indigenous musical elements and idioms are harnessed by contemporary art musicians to achieve the uniqueness of African identity in art music compositions in Ghana.
Methods Development and Validation of Cefprozil by UV-Vis Spectrophotometry
Authors: D.B Thorat
Published: May 2021

The present work describes which deals to developed and validate a simple, accurate, precise, economically effective US-VIS Spectrophotometric method for the estimation of cefprozil. These methods are developing using 280nm as the λmax of cefprozil respectively. Calibration curves were linear over the concentration ranges of 10-50µg/ml. These result demonstrate that the procedure is accurate, precise and reproducible (relatively standard deviation ≥1%) while being simple cheap and less time consuming and hence can be suitably applied for validation of these drug in laboratory.
Method Development and Validation of Empagliflozin in Bulk and Pharmaceutical Dosage Form using UV Spectroscopy
Authors: Benazir Shaik Bima , Jorige Archana , Mogili Sumakanth
Published: May 2021

A rapid and simple method of spectrophotometric estimation Empagliflozin in UV-region was developed and validated according to International Conference on Harmonization (ICH Q2 R1) guidelines. The standard and sample solutions were prepared using ethanol and water. The maximum absorbance (λmax) was obtained at 223 nm. The calibration curve was linear in the range of 1-30µg/ml. The %RSD for intra and inter-day precision was found to be 0.29 and 0.39 respectively. Recovery studies of Empagliflozin were within 99.20% to 99.49 and assay was found to be 99.87% and LOD and LOQ was found to be 0.10 and 0.33 respectively. The %RSD for robustness was found to be between 0.20 and %RSD for ruggedness was found to be 0.03. The proposed method was found to be rapid, precise, accurate and can be adaptable for routine analysis of Empagliflozin bulk and marketed dosage forms.
Method Development and Validation of Evening Primrose oil and its Pharmaceutical dosage form by Simple UV- Spectrophotometric Method
Authors: Begum Shaheen , B Jahnavi. , Jabeen Nameera , Naaz. T Umema , M Sandhya.
Published: May 2021

In the present work, simple and sensitive UV spectroscopic method has been developed for the quantitative estimation of Evening Primrose Oil in efem capsule. Cyclohexane was used as solvent. In the range of 100-500μg/ml, the linearity of Evening Primrose Oil shows a correlation co-efficient of 0.999. The UV detection wavelength was 233nm. The percentage RSD for precision and accuracy of the method was found to be less than 2%(LOQ) of 23μg/ml and (LOD) of 7.5μg/ml. The method was validated as per the ICH guidelines. The method was successfully applied for routine analysis of Evening Primrose Oil and in formulation dosage form.
Scinderin, an Actin Severing and Nucleating Protein: Molecular Structure and Possible Roles in Cell Secretion, Maturation, Differentiation and Cancer
Authors: Trifaró José María
Published: May 2021

Scinderin is a filamentous actin-severing and capping protein. Segmental deletion and point-mutation studies have shown that this scinderin actin-severing activity resides in its NH2 terminal half, precisely in domains 1 and 2. The actin nucleating activity of scinderin is in its domain 5. Scinderin’s F-actin severing activity plays a role in cell secretion. In secretory cells, scinderin is highly concentrated in the cell cortex, showing a distribution similar to that of filamentous actin. Two PIP2-binding sites have been described in scinderin domains 1 and 2. PIP2 inhibits the actin-severing activity of the protein. Several approaches [recombinant scinderin, antisence oligonucleotide, gene promoter activation, vector-mediated expression of scinderin active domains] were used to prove the role of scinderin in secretion. The promoter of SCIN, the scinderin gene, has been characterized and its responsive elements have been described. The activation of the SCIN promoter by two ligands of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor [AhR] transcription factor has been shown. This activation increased scinderin expression with a resulting increase in stimulation-induced cortical actin disassembly and exocytosis. A role for scinderin in the life cycle of megakaryocytes has also been demonstrated. Scinderin seems to be involved in the maturation, differentiation and apoptosis processes of these cells, releasing newly formed platelets. This completes the life cycle of a megakaryocyte. A role for scinderin in cancer is also emerging. The SCIN gene is silenced in megakaryocyte leukemia cells and its re-expression induces cell maturation, differentiation, apoptosis, as well as the release of platelet-like particles and anti-tumor effects. These are always accompanied by changes in cell morphology due to cytoskeleton re-arrangements. Scinderin over-expression is necessary to see anti–proliferation effects, which are always accompanied by maturation and differentiation. If there were methods to differentiate other types of tumor cells, a new area of treatment would be developed by inducing “cell maturation and/or differentiation”.
Block Copolymer Micelles Generated by Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly in Polymer Matrices
Authors: Gutiérrez González Jessica , Schmarsow Ruth N. , Montoya Rojo Úrsula M. , Puig Julieta , Schroeder Walter F. , Zucchi Ileana Alicia
Published: May 2021

In this review, we show how Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly (CDSA), a method originally employed for the self-assembly of block copolymers in solution, was extended to the synthesis of elongated micellar nanostructures in polymer matrices. By highlighting some of the works published by our group in this area, the conditions to synthesize nanostructured polymers by CDSA are discussed. The knowledge of these conditions will allow developing a new generation of nanomaterials with tailored architecture based on a given application.
Nanomaterials as Photothermal Agents for Biomedical Applications
Authors: Cuello Emma Antonia , Bongiovanni Abel Silvestre , Barbero César , Yslas Inés , Molina María
Published: May 2021

Photothermal therapy (PTT) is a potentially curative treatment modality that in recent years has been the object of growing interest and rapid technological advances due to its specific therapeutic efficacy and because it is a non-invasive technique. Nowadays, several nanomaterials have been developed as photothermal agents including metallic and carbon-based nanoparticles, conducting polymers, and different kinds of nanocomposites, among others. In this article, the most relevant applications of these photothermal nano-agents in antibacterial and anticancer therapy are reviewed.
Large Latin American Millimeter Array
Authors: Romero Gustavo Esteban
Published: May 2021

The Large Latin American Millimeter Array (LLAMA) is a multipurpose single-dish 12 m radiotelescope with VLBI capability under construction in the Puna de Atacama desert in the Province of Salta, Argentina. In this paper I review the project, the instrument, the current status, and the scientific goals of this astronomical collaboration beween Argentina and Brazil.
Exploring the Universe from Argentina
Authors: Mirabel Félix , (GUEST EDITOR) Karen Hallberg
Published: May 2021

In this publication the four major international projects in astrophysics and cosmology being developed in Argentina are described: QUBIC and LLAMA in the Puna of the province of Salta, the Pierre Auger Observatory and ANDES in the region of Cuyo.
Illuminating the Inner Retina of Vertebrates: Multiple Opsins and Non-Visual Photoreceptors
Authors: Guido Mario
Published: May 2021

Throughout evolution, the need to detect light has generated highly specialized photoreceptor cells that in vertebrates are mainly located in the retina. The most studied photodetectors within these cells are the visual photoreceptors “cones and rods” responsible for day and night vision, respectively. These cells contain photosensitive molecules consisting of a protein part called “opsin” that binds a chromophore derived from vitamin A, retinaldehyde, capable of photoisomerizing from 11-cis retinal to all-trans retinal form, and triggering the light responses that lead to vision. However, other cells of the inner retina of vertebrates [retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), horizontal cells (HCs), and Muller’s glial cells] are currently known to express non-visual photopigments such as melanopsin (Opn4), encephalopsin (Opn3) and neuropsin (Opn5), which would be involved in diverse functions not associated with imaging. Melanopsin is the most widely studied of them, it is expressed in intrinsically photosensitive RGCs (ipRGCs) and HCs of the chicken retina and participates in setting the biological clock, the pupillary light reflex, and presumably in other reflex and subconscious functions, in addition to the lateral interaction between visual photoreceptors and HCs. It is noteworthy that these non-visual photopigments (Opn3, Opn4 and Opn5) respond to blue and/or near violet region light. This particular photosensitivity may provide individuals with a broader spectrum of response to light stimulation within the visible beyond the scope of the visual photoreceptors, regulating an important number of functions not yet completely identified. We can conclude that “a constellation of cells and photoreceptor molecules are present in the inner retina of vertebrates, and from very early stages of development, even before any sign of vision may occur.”
নারী নেতৃত্বের স্বরূপ: পরিপ্রেক্ষিত ইসলাম
Authors: মুহাম্মদ আবদুর রহমান আনওয়ারী  , শামীমা নাসরিন
Published: May 2021

ইসলামি জীবনবিধান নারী পুরুষ উভয়ের জন্য। কুরআন সুন্নাহে নারী নেতৃত্ব বৈধ বা অবৈধহওয়া বিষয়ে সরাসরি বা স্পষ্ট নির্দেশ নেই। তবে রাজনৈতিক ও সামাজিক কাজে তারা অংশ নিবে এ বিষয়েস্পষ্ট নির্দেশ রয়েছে। মহানবি সা. কোনো নারীকে কোনো অঞ্চলের শাসনকর্তা নিয়োগ দেননি। তবেপারিবারিক ক্ষেত্রে পুরুষের কর্তৃত্ব সম্পর্কিত একটি আয়াত ও পারস্য সা¤্রাজ্যে এক নারীর সা¤্রাজ্ঞী হওয়ারপ্রেক্ষাপটে মহানবি সা.-এর এক মন্তব্য সম্বলিত একটি বর্ণিত হাদিসের ভিত্তিতে আলিমগণ প্রচুর মতভেদকরেছেন। অধিকাংশ আলিম এ হাদিসের উদ্ধৃতিতে নারী নেতৃত্ব অবৈধ বলেছেন। অনেকে হাদিসটি নিয়েপর্যালোচনা করেছেন। কেউ কেউ হাদিসটির ভাষ্য বর্ণনামূলক, বিধানমূলক নয় বলেছেন। অনেকে নেতৃত্বেরধরনের বিভাজন টেনে রাষ্ট্রপ্রধান ব্যতীত অন্যান্য পদে নারীর নেতৃত্ব বৈধ বলেছেন। কেউ কেউ এর সাথেইসলামি জীবনব্যবস্থা ও মূল্যবোধের আলোকে কিছু শর্তারোপ করে একে বৈধ বলেছেন। সুতরাংমানবসমাজের অংশ হিসেবে নারীরা এ সমাজে কোন ধরনের নেতৃত্ব দিতে পারবে, আবার কোন ধরনেরপারবে না- তা যাচাই বাছাই করে এ বিষয়ে ইসলাম ও মুসলিম আলিমগণের দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি বর্তমান প্রবন্ধেআলোচনা করা হয়েছে।
Conference Reports
Authors: Admin Admin
Published: May 2021

ভারতের ব্যাঙ্গালোরের NIUM- এ ইউনানী মেডিসিন-এর উপরে আন্তর্জাতিক কনফারেন্স
Teaching Method of Prophet (SAAS) to His Followers: An Overview
Authors: Sayed Mohammad Jalal Uddin Al-Azhari
Published: May 2021

The Prophet (SAAS) was the best guide at all times who knew how to address the hearts and make them think, so he has made a permanent change in their behavior through the best educational methods. The aim and objective of the present research is to draw some salient features of Hadrat Muhammad, the Prophet of Allah (SAAS) in imparting education and good manners to his followers as well as presenting of some aspects of his methodology of gesture and posture to help sure and clear understanding, such as pointing fingers, beckoning with one or both hands, alluding with gravel and stick, drawing sign on the ground, displaying figures, hinting with dolls and various other things. Point out certain important methodology of teaching wisdom and training good manners by means of his own behavior, the Prophetic Sunnah. Discourse on educational principles derived from his fragrant lifestyle. Clarifying the educational methods used by the Prophet (SAAS) in his upbringing to his companions, may Allah be pleased with them, through his own lesson and conduct. Presenting a proposed scenario to benefit from the methods of the Prophet (SAAS) in education.
আরবি ব্যাকরণ প্রণয়নের পটভূমি এবং এতে বিদেশি প্রভাবের দাবি: একটি বিশ্লেষণ
Authors: Dr. Abdur Rahim Mukul
Published: May 2021

প্রকৃতিগতভাবে আরবি একটি প্রাঞ্জল ও গতিশীল ভাষা। কোনো ধরনের ব্যাকরণঅনুসরণ ছাড়াই এমনকি প্রাক-ইসলামি যুগেও এ ভাষার অধিবাসীরা স্বতঃস্ফূর্তভাবে বিশুদ্ধ আরবিতেকথা বলত। ফলে তখনো ভাষা হিসেবে আরবির মর্যাদা ছিল অনন্য। ইসলাম প্রসারের পূর্ব পর্যন্ত এভাষায় কোনো ত্রæটি পরিলক্ষিত হয়নি। কিন্তু সময়ের সাথে ইসলামের ব্যাপক বিস্তার ও আরব-অনারবসংমিশ্রণে এ ভাষার প্রকৃতিতে লাহন তথা ভাষাগত ত্রæটি দেখা দেয়। বিশেষ করে কুরআনুল কারিমপাঠের ক্ষেত্রে এ ত্রæটি সবার দৃষ্টি আকর্ষণ করে। এ সমস্যা দূর করার ক্ষেত্রে ঐতিহাসিকগণ- উমরইবনুল খাত্তাব রা., ‘আলী ইবন আবী তালিব রা., যিয়াদ ইবন আবীহী রা. ও আবুল আসওয়াদ আদ- দুআলী র. এ এ চারজন প্রখ্যাত ভাষাবিজ্ঞানীর চারটি প্রসিদ্ধ প্রেক্ষাপট উল্লেখ করেন যা আরবিব্যাকরণ রচনার পটভ‚মি তৈরিতে অগ্রণী ভ‚মিকা রাখে। কিন্তু অধিকাংশ ক্ষেত্রে প্রাচ্যবিদ্যাবিশারদগণতাদের গবেষণায় জ্ঞান-বিজ্ঞানের উৎকর্ষ সাধনে আরবদের কৃতিত্বকে স্বীকার করতে কার্পণ্য করেছেন।অনেক ক্ষেত্রে তারা অস্বীকার করারও চেষ্টা করেছেন। আবার কোনো কোনো ক্ষেত্রে ভিন্ন সংস্কৃতিরদ্বারা প্রভাবিত বলে উল্লেখ করেছেন। প্রাচ্যবিদ্যাবিশারদদের জ্ঞান-গবেষণায় প্রভাবিত অনেক আরবগবেষকও তাদের গবেষণায় প্রাচ্যবিদ্যাবিশারদদের সাথে কণ্ঠ মিলিয়েছেন। আবার অনেক আরবশিক্ষাবিদ ও গবেষক তাদের উদ্ভাবিত জ্ঞান-বিজ্ঞানে পাশ্চাত্যের সকল প্রকার প্রভাব-প্রতিপত্তির কথাঅস্বীকার করেছেন। তাই এ গবেষণার মূল উদ্দেশ্য হলো, আরবি ব্যাকরণ প্রণয়নের পটভ‚মিসমূহভাষাবিজ্ঞানীদের যুক্তি ও মতামতের আলোকে বিশ্লেষণ করে প্রাচ্যবিদ্যাবিশারদগণ ও তাদেরঅনুসারীদের অন্যায় ও অন্যায্য দাবিকে খÐন করে প্রভাবমুক্ত আরবি ব্যাকরণের প্রথম রচয়িতাআবিষ্কারের মাধ্যমে এর স্বকীয়তা ও স্বাতন্ত্রতা তুলে ধরা।
The Relationship Between Innovation Skill and Entrepreneurship on Bachelor Students of Sports Education
Authors: Ertekin Alpaslan Baki
Published: May 2021

It is a fact that the concept of innovation, which is a necessity in every field today, is now indispensable in the sports sector. Especially, it is thought that determining the relationship between the innovation skills of the students in sports education institutions and the entrepreneurship of the students who are candidates to work in the sports sector is important in the development of innovation awareness of the students who will work in this field in the future. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between innovation and entrepreneurship skills of individuals who receive sports education according to different variables. The study group was formed by the voluntary participation of 240 people, 161 males (67.1%) 79 females (32.9%), studying at the School of Physical Education and Sports at Istanbul Gelişim University, and selected by the purposeful sampling method. In addition to the personal information form, the Individual Innovativeness Scale (IIS) developed by Hurt et al. (1977) and adapted into Turkish by Sarıoğlu (2014), and the Entrepreneurship Scale (ES) developed by Yılmaz and Sünbül (2009) to measure the entrepreneurship levels of university students were used as data collection tools. After the data showed normal distribution, T-Test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation Test were used in the analyses, and the Tukey test was used to determine the difference between the groups. According to the results, it was determined that the innovation skills and entrepreneurship levels of the individuals’ varied according to different variables. As a result, it was determined that as the innovation skills of students studying at institutions providing sports education increased, their level of entrepreneurship also increased.
Landing Error Scoring System for Screening Risk Scores among Elite-Youth Soccer Players
Authors: Salci Yasar
Published: May 2021

Identifying the risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury is very important for the careers of elite players. When identifying risk factors, effective, easy, valid, reliable methods applicable to a large number of participants should be used. The purpose of this study was to compare the landing pattern of elite-youth soccer players using the landing error scoring system (LESS) which is a valid and reliable qualitative screening method. 95 volunteer elite-youth soccer players (U19, U17, U16 & U15) between the ages of 14 and 18 participated in this study. Jump-landings were recorded by two camcorders from sagittal and frontal planes. These records were replayed and scored by a trained rater on LESS score sheets. There were statistically significant differences in LESS scores among the soccer age groups (p = 0.00). Post-hoc analysis demonstrated significant differences between U19 and U17 (p = 0.00), U17 and U15 (p = 0.00) and U16 and U15 (p = 0.01) soccer players. The best LESS score was found in U17 players and U15 players had the weakest score. The higher LESS score of the U15 players may be related to the neuromuscular control ability however, more evidence is needed to confirm the potential influence of age categories on LESS scores.
Teachers’ Standards in Ghana’s Initial Teacher Education Programme: Some Implementation Issues and Challenges
Authors: Ananga Eric Daniel
Published: May 2021

Ensuring high standards in the preparation of teachers is critical for the effective professional practice of the Ghanaian teacher. This study examines the National Teachers Standards (NTS) for teachers in Ghana with particular focus on the initial teacher education (ITE) programme, and how tutors and student teachers (mentees) apply the NTS. Adopting a mixed methods approach to the collection of data from participants (368 tutors, 3,600 students of whom 408 are mentees), the findings of this study show that not all of the tutors apply the NTS in their practice as expected. The study also found that few of the student teachers (mentees) demonstrate application of the NTS. In terms of policy, there is a need to deepen further training for tutors if they are all expected to implement the NTS as intended.