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Overview of Dementia Elderly Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Literature review study
Authors: Sandy Mutia Nur Maulida , Rasni Hanny , Susanto Tantut , Susumaningrum Latifa Aini , Kurdi Fahruddin
Published: September 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the elderly with dementia face challenges in the form of changes in daily routines and the absence of social services, making the task of care shift completely to the family. Families who are not ready to provide appropriate and effective care will have an impact on cognitive deterioration and the development of their dementia condition. The purpose of this study was to describe the care of elderly dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research design used in this study is a narrative literature review. The selection of articles is carried out through 4 stages of the PRISMA flowchart. Articles are searched through Pubmed, Springer Link, Plos One and Google Scholar. The results of the study are the findings of 10 articles that describe the care of elderly dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic in the form of home-based and clinical trial-based care. Clinical trials treatment in the form of telehealth, Mario robot, Tv-assist Dem, and a stationary bicycle, while home-based care is in the form of basic care that is not much different from pre-pandemic while still adhering to health protocols. The conclusion of this study is the need for the elderly with dementia to continue to receive care during the COVID-19 pandemic to avoid worsening cognitive function and the development of dementia which can ultimately have an impact on their health status and quality of life.
W poszukiwaniu tytusologii
Authors: Lisiecki Marcin ,   Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika
Published: September 2023

Antologia tekstów naukowych poświęconych twórczości komiksowej Henryka Jerzego Chmielewskiego, nazywanego Papciem Chmielem (lub Dziadkiem Chmielem) oraz głównym postaciom serii komiksów „Tytus, Romek i A’Tomek”.
Diseño de una aplicación de monitoreo y evaluación de la vulnerabilidad urbana frente al cambio climático en el hábitat informal wayuu
Authors: Puche Bravo Paola
Published: September 2023

El presente artículo se centra en la formulación de una herramienta tecnológica de medición de la vulnerabilidad urbana frente al cambio climático en el hábitat informal, específicamente aplicada en el asentamiento de la invasión Antiguo Aeropuerto, en Uribia, Guajira. Enfocado en la necesidad de fortalecer el sistema de gobernanza a través de una práctica más eficiente y de contar con una presencia territorial que impulse el desarrollo sostenible de toda la población, el escrito apunta a la inclusión y participación de comunidades indígenas marginadas, que históricamente han sido desplazadas por las afectaciones de fenómenos climáticos, y ufrido condiciones precarias para la vida.

Como resultado surge el diseño de una aplicación inteligente de monitoreo, que analiza las condiciones climáticas, ambientales, urbanas, arquitectónicas y sociales caracterizadas, para conformar y comprender un escenario de riesgo del cual resulten políticas de planificación y adaptación urbana, en beneficio de las comunidades locales y de las autoridades competentes.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE THREE B.ED. CURRICULA: EMPHASIZING ON THE TEACHER EDUCATION IN POST-INDEPENDENCE ERA
Authors: Mandal Rini , Mete Jayanta
Published: September 2023

Introduction: Teacher education or teacher training denotes the formal programs, actions, guidelines, and requirements, planned to prepare teachers by inculcating information, beliefs, manners, methodologies, and abilities in a way that is needed by them for performing their responsibilities proficiently in the classroom, institution and in a larger area.Objectives: To understand and find out the differences between the three B.Ed. curricula.Methodology: The study is based on Documentary Analysis. For data collection, the syllabus of B.Ed. 1-year, 2-year & 4-year Integrated B. A. B. Ed. and B.Sc. B. Ed. Courses have been followed here. Besides journals, articles, educational policies, and recommendations of various commissions regarding the preparation of teachers are reviewed.Findings: In the 4-Year Integrated B. A. B. Ed. and B. Sc. B. Ed. programme student-teachers have to prepare two school subjects, the duration of the school internship will be of 20 weeks, 120 Lesson plans need to be prepared, Final teaching will be assessed only by internal evaluators, too much importance is given to the subject of Education, which can hamper mastery of other subjects.Conclusion: The model will certainly provide the necessary professional touch to the skills of teachers in the upcoming time and will benefit the students by providing them with the opportunity to acquire a dual degree and mastery of multiple skills if the policy is implemented properly.
The Impact of Age Difference on the Life Satisfaction of Wives in Specialized and Nonspecialized Households in Japan / Yaş Farkının Japonya’daki Uzmanlaşmış ve Uzmanlaşmamış Hanehalklarındaki Evli Kadınların Hayat Memnuniyetine Etkisi
Authors: KARAKAŞ AYDINBAKAR Aysenur
Published: September 2023

Using panel data from the Keio Household Panel Survey (KHPS) between 2005 and 2018, this study examines the impact of age difference on wives' life satisfaction in Japan and how age difference affects wives' life satisfaction over the duration of marriage. Considering the specialization theory, the effect of age gap over time is also tested by dividing the sample by wives' employment status. The results of the pooled OLS estimation show that wives married to younger men are satisfied with their lives, while no significant finding is observed for wives married to older men. On the other hand, the fixed effects estimation findings reveal that life satisfaction of wives married to older men increases with years of marriage, while there is no significant finding for wives married to younger men. The results also show that housewives representing specialized households are more satisfied over time, while there are no significant results for working wives representing nonspecialized households. It is also shown that the life satisfaction of housewives married to older men increases as the length of the marriage increases and is always significant, even when alternative specification is used.
Türkiye’de Sosyal Harcamaların Gelir Eşitsizliği ve Ekonomik Büyüme Üzerindeki Etkisi: Fourier ADL Eşbütünleşme Analizi / The Impact of Social Expenditures on Income Inequality and Economic Growth in Türkiye: Fourier ADL Cointegration Analysis
Authors: ESER Burçin , GENÇ Murat Can
Published: September 2023

Sosyal politikanın önemli araçlarından biri olan sosyal harcamaların gelir dağılımı üzerindeki olumlu etkisi çok fazla tartışma konusu olmazken, bu harcamaların ekonomik büyüme üzerindeki etkisi literatürde geniş bir tartışma alanı oluşturmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı; Türkiye’deki sosyal harcamalar ile gelir dağılımı ve ekonomik büyüme arasındaki ilişkiyi ortaya koymaktır. Sosyal harcamaların ekonomik büyüme ve gelir dağılımı üzerindeki etkisi sırasıyla 1980-2019 ve 1987-2019 dönemleri için Fourier ADL eşbütünleşme testi ile belirlenmiştir. Fourier ADL eşbütünleşme testi sonuçları eşbütünleşme ilişkisini ortaya koymuştur. FMOLS tahminleri, sosyal harcamaların ekonomik büyüme ve gelir dağılımı üzerindeki etkilerinin olumlu olduğunu göstermiştir. Sonuç olarak, çalışma Türkiye’de kamu politika yapıcılarına sosyal harcamaları artırmayı önermektedir.
Hungría. Las experiencias y los balances del cambio de sistema y de la construcción de democracia en perspectiva comparada
Authors: Szilágyi István
Published: September 2023

El principal objetivo del artículo es analizar de la historia política y del proceso de modernización de los ultimos treinta años de Hungría en perspectiva comparada.Por eso examina los antecedentes inmediatos, las cuestiones y las características de la transición política húngara, especialmente los acontecimientos del trascendental año 1989. Aborda el proceso de cambio de sistema,el proceso constitucional, las transformaciones del sistema político y del sistema de partidos húngaro en el espejo de las elecciones generales, elecciones europeas y referendums. Demuestra las tendencias del desarrollo del sistema político húngaro, se ocupa de los efectos y de las consecuencias de la adhesión del país a la Unión Europea y hace balance de la cuarta ola de modernización de Hungría.
Post-Civil War Literary Fiction: A Catalyst for Understanding Sierra Leone's Recent Past, Present, and Future
Authors: Porter Abioseh Michael
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: Until very recently, it seemed that a major difference between the literature of Sierra Leone and the literatures of its other West African neighbors was the absence, especially in prose fiction, of a sustained body of work by Sierra Leonean authors. This situation might seem mystifying to scholars of Sierra Leone's social and intellectual history because, after all, that country had played a major and pioneering role in the development and spreading of Western education in West Africa. This fundamental narrative of the inability of Sierra Leone's creative writers to produce high quality literature, in current times, has been seriously challenged by several new authors. This article analyzes the ways in which Sierra Leonean literature has moved from a space in which its earliest writers failed to understand fiction writing as a major outlet to express the dreams, nightmares, hopes and desires of a people to one in which high quality fiction is flourishing. It highlights how the civil war and its dreadful aftermath changed the literary landscape in Sierra Leone in many positive ways.
"When a Father Speaks, the Child Cannot Answer Back": Patriarchal Anxiety, Gender Equality, and Malian State Authority
Authors: Whitehouse Bruce
Published: September 2023

Abstract: In long intertwined constructions of political and household authority, the figure of the domestic patriarch has served as an analogy for the centralized postcolonial state of Mali, even as it clashes with discourses of natural rights stemming from the European Enlightenment. In early twentyfirst-century Mali, anxieties ran rampant among senior men who feared losing their status and privileges. These anxieties came to a head during efforts by the Malian government and civil-society groups to eliminate gender discrimination from Malian family law in the early 2000s. A broad coalition of patriarchal interests emerged to defend senior males' prerogatives against the perceived threats posed by gender equality. This backlash challenged the legitimacy of Mali's governing elite and exposed its weaknesses in the run-up to Mali's 2012 political collapse.
Pragmatism Turned Inward: Notes on Voparil’s Reconstructing Pragmatism
Authors: Rondel David
Published: September 2023

Abstract: This article raises a series of doubts about Chris Voparil’s reading of Rorty, particularly the claim that what he calls “Rorty’s Pragmatic Maxim” represents what is at the heart of his philosophical vision. Those doubts are tied together with some scattered thoughts about how Voparil describes the affinities between Rorty and William James in chapter 2 of Reconstructing Pragmatism . Voparil is correct to claim that it is James, more than any other figure in the pragmatist tradition, who shares the most with Rorty in “basic philosophical orientation”. Yet I also argue that Voparil fails to correctly puts his finger on what that “basic philosophical orientation” really comes to, due in large part to an excessively political reading of James and Rorty that he relies on.
Where Pragmatism Gets Off: Sexuality and American Philosophy
Authors: Henning Bethany
Published: September 2023

Abstract: American philosophy has an uneasy relationship with sex. At least, this is the central claim of Richard Shusterman’s recent article, “Pragmatism and Sex: An Unfulfilled Connection,” in which he provides for us an overview of the failures of Peirce, James, Dewey, and Mead to theorize about erotic life in any particularly “useful” way. This paper will critically examine this claim by advocating for a more careful reading of the appearance of sexuality within classical American thought—particularly as it is cast within Dewey’s aesthetics—while ultimately sympathizing with the felt need for American philosophers to engage intimate experience with more frankness, respect, and focus. Although American philosophy has erred on the side of reserve, Shusterman’s misreading of Dewey’s critique of Freud, and his mistaking the appearance of Darwin’s theories as reductive, are critical blunders that paint the tradition as overly prudish, and egregiously dismissive of this important sphere of experience.
Does Your Company Engage Efficiently on Social Media? Improving Performance Using DEA Model and Visualization
Authors: Agarwal Atul , Singh Neetu , Kartal Hasan B.
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: Despite an implosion in the use of social media, quantifying the efficiency of customer engagement continues to be a major challenge for most companies. In this study, we propose a data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to measure the relative operational efficiency of companies' customer engagement on social media based on non-financial inputs and outputs. We collected data from the Facebook and Twitter pages of 56 fast-food companies over 12 months in 2020, and used DEA, cluster analysis, and visualization techniques to perform a comparative efficiency analysis. Our study identified four distinct clusters of companies and mapped them to the corresponding stages of the social media maturity (SMM) model. By integrating the DEA model with the SMM, we provide a novel mechanism for assessing social media engagement efficiency. Furthermore, based on the results of our analysis, we offer strategic and tactical level recommendations to inefficient companies for improving their social media engagement performance.
Socioeconomic Rights, Competition, and Systemic Neutrality: Approaching the Right(s) Contribution to Emancipatory Social Movements
Authors: Curtis Joshua
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Debate over the emancipatory potential of socioeconomic rights and their relevance to broader social movements is long-standing but is now picking up steam and taking on a life well beyond its traditionally legal disciplinary confines. This article contributes to the widening debate by emphasising the need for socioeconomic rights to be re-thought simultaneously outward (through deeper engagement with extant economic and political systems) and inward (by re-assessing various doctrines ingrained in their own construction). I pursue this 'two-track' methodology by first constructing a novel theory regarding the outward engagement of socioeconomic rights with competition law and policy, focusing on the collective agency of rightsholders pressing for social change through democratic means and the specifically neoliberal conception of competition. Crucially, following William Davies (The Limits of Neoliberalism) , I argue that this specific conception of competition is not just another aspect of neoliberalism but is instead the defining characteristic of the neoliberal system. The finding of incompatibility between socioeconomic rights and this conception of competition therefore implies incompatibility also with the neoliberal system, tout court. However, this systemic rejection provokes inward analysis of the surprisingly under-examined legal doctrine of systemic neutrality, positing that socioeconomic rights can be meaningfully realised in any political or economic system. Ultimately, it is argued that to have any real emancipatory relevance to broader social movements socioeconomic rights advocates, in general, must be far more forthright and logically consistent in what these rights both entail and exclude. The emancipatory promise of these rights is inherently bound to a rejection of their neutrality, legal, systemic, or otherwise, and an active, cooperative theoretical, and political engagement with more broadly emancipatory movements in a range of non-legal fields.
The Simulated Witness: Empathy and Embodiment in VR Experiences of Former Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camps
Authors: Jong Steffi de
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Virtual reality (VR) is being established as a new medium for Holocaust memory. This article argues that VR experiences, which allow users to visit reconstructed campsites or even to temporarily take on the role of a victim, are changing conceptions of witnessing the Holocaust by simulating primary witnessing. It shows that such a simulation ties in with a wish for immediacy in recent Holocaust memory, as well as with the idea of VR as an "empathy machine," with empathy being defined very narrowly as a mirroring of sensations and emotions. The article advocates that future VR experiences should be grounded in a more complex conception of empathy, one that highlights rather than collapses the social, racial and historical differences between individuals.
"Press Escape to Skip Concentration Camp"? Player Reflections on Engagement with the Holocaust through Digital Gaming
Authors: Heede Pieter Van den
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Digital entertainment games about World War II have long omitted references to the Holocaust. This article presents a focus group study on how players discuss their experiences of playing two games that do offer a representation of the Holocaust, Wolfenstein: The New Order and Call of Duty: WWII . It explores questions of digital memory by examining how players reflect on these games as historical representations and, in particular, how they reflect on engaging with the Holocaust through gameplay. To analyze players' reactions to engaging with sensitive and contentious pasts through gaming, I develop the concept "gaming fever."
Bediuzzaman Said Nursī’s Critique of the Concept of Waḥdat al-Wujūd (The Unity of Being)
Authors: Frolov Albert
Published: September 2023

Abstract: This article reflects on the critical reception within the Islamic world of waḥdat al-wujūd (the unity of being), the famous Sufi notion associated with the works of the Muslim mystic-philosopher Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn ‘Arabī (d. 1240 CE), with a particular focus on the ways in which it was critiqued by the modern Islamic scholar Bediuzzaman Said Nursī (d. 1960). Nursī’s work is significant in that his critique of waḥdat al-wujūd was conversant with pre-modern Islamic intellectual discourse even as it attempted to render it compatible with modern needs and subjectivities. To better understand Said Nursī’s approach to waḥdat al-wujūd , this article situates it within this broader discursive context, specifically drawing on its connections to the critiques offered by Sa‘d al-Dīn al-Taftāzānī (d. 1390 CE) and Aḥmad Sirhindī (d. 1624 CE), both of whom would be influential on Nursī’s work. This article concludes by suggesting that despite Nursī’s criticism of and attempts to replace waḥdat al-wujūd with an alternative spiritual method, his thought is nonetheless deeply reliant on concepts articulated by Ibn ‘Arabī and his followers.
Israel and Sudan: The Origins of Clandestine Relations (1954–1964)
Authors: Podeh Elie , Felsenthal Andrew
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: The years 1954–1964 witnessed two phases of clandestine contacts pursued by Israeli and Sudanese representatives. During the first phase, 1954–1958, Israel developed secret ties with the Sudanese Umma party Israel in an attempt to establish the southern tier of the Periphery Alliance, with Ethiopia and Sudan against Nasser's Egypt but the attempt was sabotaged by the 1958 'Abboud coup. During the second phase, beginning in 1961, the Division for Politico-Economic Planning (DPEP) of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs developed secret ties with certain Sudanese officials with the aim of helping Sudan compete with its primary competitor in the cotton market, Nasser's Egypt, in order to deal a blow to the Egyptian economy and the Arab boycott of Israel. Although at first the DPEP supplied the 'Abboud regime with anonymous information, over time the Sudanese partners recognized and approve the identity of their Israeli benefactor. This article reveals the extent of the secret ties between Israel and Sudan and the ingenious ways in which Israel fought against Egypt and the Arab Boycott.
Breaking the Taboo: Ritual Impurity in Israeli and American Jewish Feminist Art
Authors: Sperber David
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: The article examines works by two Orthodox artists, an American, Mierle Laderman Ukeles (b. 1939) and an Israeli, Hagit Molgan (b. 1972), both concerned with the Jewish laws and rituals of niddah (menstruation) and tevilah (immersion). The analysis of the similarities and differences between works from two major Jewish centers, Israel and the United States, provides insight into how critical responses in works of art point to complex cultural divides. Scholars and curators of Jewish art tend to examine Jewish-Israeli art as distinct from Jewish art created elsewhere. Due to this disconnect, the relationship between Jewish-Israeli art and its patrons around the world has received little attention before now. Consequently, the discussion of art created in different spaces and times contributes to a richer, more contextualized understanding of diasporic art.
Israel and Its Doppelgänger: Reflections on Regime Change
Authors: Chowers Eyal
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: The article examines the implications of the regime change proposed in Israel during the early months of 2023. This unanticipated move by the government to concentrate power in the executive branch, curtail liberal democracy, and politicize the judiciary, though admittedly influenced by political models from Hungary and Poland, was in fact precipitated by Israel's military government in the West Bank. The "regime rationale" of this government in which there is no separation of powers has been normalized and institutionalized in Israel for decades, and the proposal to reshape Israel from within was driven by the same forces that promoted the belligerent occupation over the Palestinians. The similarities between the belligerent occupation and increasingly authoritarian rule in Israel are very striking, particularly in their emphasis on hierarchical governance, the instrumental use of laws, the disregard for ethical concerns, and the relentless pursuit of power as the central objective of the political realm. Thus, I maintain, Israel's encounter with what it has created in the West Bank threatens the democratic integrity of the "home country," and, moreover, this predicament has given rise to crises of identity and a sense of political homelessness.
"That Jewish Belief in the Living God of Israel": Jewish Tradition in the Thought of Ze'ev Jabotinsky
Authors: Nahshon Elad
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: Scholars who have dealt with Jabotinsky's attitude toward Jewish tradition have shared the premise that he was a secular thinker who went through a significant ideological shift in the 1930s, or at least displayed a more favorable approach to religion thereafter for political reasons. However, close examination of his early writings shows that almost all the views he expressed in the 1930s are to be found decades before. Hence, Jabotinsky should be viewed as a thinker who for most of his life held a multifaceted, yet fairly consistent approach to tradition: criticizing Jewish halakha and calling for its reform, while considering religion a great moral force for human progress, describing Jewish tradition as integral to national culture, past and future, and to a certain extent, even romanticizing religious experience. This inclination establishes Jabotinsky as a moderate-secularist easily able to ally himself politically with Religious-Zionists while remaining a non-observant Jew.
Scale Degree Six, Diatonicism, and Chromaticism in the Piano Music of Scott Joplin
Authors: Goldenberg Yosef
Published: September 2023

Abstract: The hardly explored piano music of Scott Joplin (ragtime pieces, waltzes, and marches) is replete with subtle harmonic details within a square framework. These include specifically interesting usages of two idioms: (1) tonic chords with an added sixth and (2) chromatic voice leading that gives rise to plenty of rare intervals. Among these, there is special use for [inline-graphic 01], a corollary of the augmented-sixth [inline-graphic 02] before a major [inline-graphic 03], and enharmonic equivalent of ♭VI. Each of these idioms serves as a special kind of pivot chord, in Harmony Club Waltz and A Breeze from Alabama respectively. Awareness to Joplin's harmonic details may help to study his historical and cultural position more precisely.
Reencountering Chinese Restaurant Legends During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Li Mu
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Along with the wide spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the world, anti-Asian—especially anti-Chinese—incidents have risen rapidly, particularly in the United States. This article intends to relate current narratives to established oral tradition and argue for the role that traditional knowledge plays in cross-cultural encounters and contexts. The findings suggest that one strategy to achieve social and interracial integrity is to encourage more intercultural interactions between different groups and to challenge stereotyped ethnic boundaries.
Intertwined Histories: Muslim Domesticity and the Harem in the Eyes of a Swedish Nineteenth-Century Protestant Feminist
Authors: Zorgati Ragnhild Johnsrud
Published: September 2023

Abstract: This article delves into the Swedish novelist and feminist Fredrika Bremer’s views on female liberation by exploring her encounter with Muslim women in Jerusalem in the spring of 1859. It argues that Bremer’s program for women’s emancipation evokes similarities between women’s situation in Scandinavia and Palestine. By insisting on such similarities, the author nuances Leila Ahmed’s generalizing claim concerning the differences of interest that existed between European and Middle Eastern women in the nineteenth century, namely that European feminism helped maintain the system of white male dominance. For although Bremer maintains the idea of European superiority, she notices common interests with women in Palestine and upholds her critique of white patriarchy. The structure of the article follows the main themes evoked by Bremer in her conversations with Muslim women, namely religion, freedom of movement, literacy, and marriage. These issues were not innocent topics of conversation, but announced a radical program for female liberation. In order to contextualize Bremer’s account, the article juxtaposes research on women, religion, and family patterns in Scandinavia and the Middle East.
Heart of Stone: Posthumanist Politics in Life & Times of Michael K
Authors: Sheehan Paul
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Certain of J.M. Coetzee's novels have been considered in the light of posthumanist theory, but to date this has mainly meant applying animal studies precepts to them, as a way of exposing the limits of anthropocentric thinking. By contrast, this article considers the institutional manifestations of humanism, demonstrating how Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K (1983) conducts a "post-humanist" critique of them. This is undertaken from three angles: first, by exploring the protagonist's "immanentist" bearing, with its echoes of Kafka's "humanimals"; then, by means of the storytelling dynamics that are part of the novel's discourse and determine its formal strategies; and finally, by highlighting the "stony" identity of Michael K, as a key aspect of his counter-humanist resistance. With these elements in play, the novel indicates how a posthumanist politics takes shape, even via a figure whose precarious existence compels him to withdraw from history and social involvement.
Writing Photographs Ethically: Strategies of Ekphrasis in J.M. Coetzee's Prose
Authors: Gilburt Iona
Published: September 2023

Abstract: In the novels Elizabeth Costello, Slow Man , and Life & Times of Michael K , J.M. Coetzee fashions an ethical mode of "writing photographs" rather than "writing about photographs" via the technique of ekphrasis to recreate in prose several vivid and often unsettling images. Through ekphrasis, the reader becomes what Liliane Louvel terms a "reader/viewer" and is drawn into a palimpsestic encounter in which the image activates collective knowledge and experiences of visual media. The use of ekphrasis comes with unique ethical imperatives. Close analysis enables an exploration into the strategies of writing, such as foregrounding what is unseen, that Coetzee employs to respond to such concerns.
Rerouting Wartime Paranoia in Agatha Christie's N or M?
Authors: Suh Judy
Published: September 2023

Abstract: As alarms about "internal treachery" and a possible Fifth Column were raised in Britain near the beginning of World War II, fear of refugees and migrants became nearly ubiquitous. N or M? (1940), Agatha Christie's most accomplished spy novel, reroutes the rising paranoia and fear of foreign spies to channel it against the xenophobic and misogynist tendencies of wartime. In so doing, Christie turns derisive paranoid attention away from some of those groups who were most vulnerable to it in the nerve-wracking spring of 1940: refugees, Irish migrants, and women.
Coleridge’s Translation of the Song of Deborah
Authors: Naishtat Bornstein Lilach
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Coleridge wrote a translation of the first ten verses of the Song of Deborah in September 1798, while on a boat overseas on the way to Germany, in what was his first-ever voyage outside of England. This article offers a close reading of this manuscript, which has not yet been examined thoroughly by scholars, and suggests what lay behind Coleridge’s choice to translate it at this specific moment in his life and career. The Song of Deborah in fact continued to fascinate the poet throughout his life, especially in relation to the innovative Romantic poetics he developed together with William Wordsworth. Translating the Song of Deborah was Coleridge’s first experience with translating Hebrew. As such, it provides early evidence of his grasp of Hebrew, as well as his understanding of the act of translating, both of which he was to develop further later in life. The text in question thus constituted an experimental exercise for Coleridge during a transitional period in his career, in which it is clear that he was playing with the tonal qualities of the Hebrew words and their multiplicity of meanings, including intra- and interlinguistic ones, as well as aspects of the language’s polyphony and its use of tautological repetition.
#TheTalk for Black Men: Understanding Survival Strategies for Black Masculinity in US Law Enforcement Interactions
Authors: Lacy Nicholas B.
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: Contemporarily and historically, American police have stigmatized, racially profiled, stereotyped, used excessive force, and often brutally killed Black men who were unarmed and not resisting. Beginning as “slave patrols,” policing has long targeted and dehumanized Black bodies. Using the Cress Theory of Color-Confrontation, this study answers (a) what do Black/African American males describe as their (taught) preparation for police interactions, and (b) how, if at all, do Black American males prepare themselves in moments leading up to (potential) law enforcement interactions? The current study revealed two key findings, “Exploring the Talk” and “Appearing Normal, Covering the Survival Checklist,” respectively. Investigating these phenomena provides Black individuals with how to best engage in such preparations for law enforcement and law enforcement personnel with insights into Black perspectives and an attempt to improve policing tactics in Black communities.
“Meet Me at the Altar” Heterosexual Black Men and Marriage: A Content Analysis
Authors: Mizelle Destin L. , Montique Chesmore S. , Jester Jasmine K. , Hargons Candice N.
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: Few empirical studies have explored heterosexual Black men’s perceptions and experiences with marriage. This content analysis systematically reviewed the scholarship on heterosexual Black men and marriage published in five databases from 1996 to 2020 (24 years). We sought to understand (a) what methodologies were used, (b) whether the articles were strength-based, neutral, or deficit-based, (c) which topics were published most, and (d) differences in sample demographics investigated among the Black men. Using human coding and an integrative approach, we found only 15 articles that met the criteria. Sixty percent of studies took a strength-based perspective; however, two authors wrote a large portion of those articles. Forty-six (46.67%) of the articles focused on topics about Black men’s attitudes toward marriage. Qualitative methodology was the most published, and publications overlooked younger Black men’s experience and attitudes toward marriage. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
“Anywhere’s Nowhere”: The Representation of Embodied Spatiality in Charles Dickens’s Bleak House
Authors: Rachmani Jon
Published: September 2023

Abstract: “‘Anywhere’s Nowhere’: The Representation of Embodied Spatiality in Charles Dickens’s Bleak House ” addresses the novel’s representation of space as an open zone of interaction where the circulation of affect among embodied subjects and the places and things in their environment challenges the individualist axis of the typical Victorian plot. In this reading, it is the disabled body of Phil Squod that most fully reveals the novel’s emphasis on spatial liminality and character as continuous with environment.
A Mid-Range Team of Rivals: Women Novelists in the Collective Biographies of Women Database
Authors: Booth Alison , Bielat Isabel
Published: September 2023

Abstract: A collaborative, interdisciplinary study (English, history) of the authors, subjects, contents, and substance of a key early collection of criticism of women novelists, tied to the Queen’s 1897 Jubilee. Famous or obscure women novelists assess the work of deceased peers, censuring most those who are now canonical. Attending to the style and orientation of particular chapters and some research in publishing history, we suggest varied textual and quantitative approaches, drawing on our database of 1,272 collective biographies of women to explore what we can discover from one book carefully contextualized, instead of distant reading in a much larger corpus.
Arctic Ghosts: Whale Hunting and Haunting in Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Captain of the ‘Pole-Star’”
Authors: Alder Emily
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Over-hunting in Arctic seas drove bowhead whales ( Balaena mysticetus ) nearly to extinction by the end of the nineteenth century. Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Captain of the ‘Pole-Star’” (1883), inspired by his youthful 1880 voyage on the Scottish whaling ship Hope to the Greenland Sea, shows a nascent awareness of the implications of this ecological tragedy. The ghostly figure heard and seen in the story is on one level the spirit of the captain’s lost love, and on another a spectral trace of the lost bowheads. Conan Doyle’s Arctic ghost binds the personal grief and longing of the captain to the wider grief and longing of a late-Victorian culture becoming aware of its own environmental responsibilities and reaching belatedly toward wildlife protection.
Normas de graficación para la representación arquitectónica
Authors: Escobar López Tréllez Gerardo Dalmacio
Published: September 2023

En este trabajo se hace un estudio de procesos que culminan en la graficación arquitectónica para realización de planos, a partir de bocetos hasta gráficos de un anteproyecto. En este trabajo de investigación se hace énfasis en antecedentes y en el ordenamiento de las normas de graficación para obtener una guía metódica para elaborar información gráfica en formatos normalizados. En la conclusión de la propuesta se ha logrado determinar un orden básico en el proceso de representación y comunicación del gráfico arquitectónico
Un paradigma de persuasión para el logro de la calidad educativa
Authors: Benítez González Myrian Celeste
Published: September 2023

En este artículo se aborda la rendición de cuentas en educación superior, como un paradigma de persuasión necesario para la mejora del desempeño de las universidades y de la calidad educativa en general. En efecto, la accountability es uno de los requerimientos fundamentales de las sociedades contemporáneas, un derecho imprescindible que abre las puertas al desarrollo integral de las personas, para una ciudadanía activa y para la incorporación responsable dentro del campo empresarial.
Avances, Desafios e Impacto de la Educación Superior Virtual en Paraguay 2015 – 2017
Authors: Albertini González Fernando Aníbal
Published: September 2023

En este trabajo se analiza la educación superior a distancia en Paraguay, su situación actual y sus principales desafíos. Se aborda el problema de la calidad de los cursos ofrecidos, el marco legal regulatorio de esta modalidad de enseñanza, la participación e intervención del Estado, la oferta de cursos en el país, el Centro de Estudios Virtuales de la UNA (CEVUNA), el acceso a bibliotecas virtuales, la capacitación de profesores y la actualización de plataformas tecnológicas; todo lo cual permite conocer el estado en que se encuentra actualmente en el país, esta modalidad de enseñanza-aprendizaje.
Visión de la enfermería como profesión para y de mujeres
Authors: Hermosilla Miguela , Ruffinelli Rosa
Published: September 2023

La enfermería ha sido catalogada a lo largo del tiempo como una profesión eminentemente de mujeres, para el cuidado de las personas (sanas y/o enfermas), lo cual la vincula socialmente al sexo femenino. Haciendo un análisis de la profesión desde la visión del poder, en donde las relaciones entre las personas en un espacio de convivencia donde se desarrollan todos los acontecimientos de la vida humana, donde tienen lugar los discursos y las prácticas cotidianas, esta profesión aun esta relegada.
Corrección del Factor de Potencia de la Planta Alcoholera de PETROPAR situada en la ciudad de Mauricio J. Troche.
Authors: Díaz Víctor , Gonzalez Edgar
Published: September 2023

La siguiente investigación tiene como objetivo determinar el valor de los capacitores a instalarse para la corrección del Factor de Potencia de la Planta Alcoholera de PETROPAR ubicada en la ciudad de Mauricio J. Troche. Para ello se realiza una recolección de datos técnicos de la planta en relación a esta problemática, luego se procede a analizarlos y se plantea la solución final a través de un método de cálculo matemático.
Análisis de los estados contables sobre la situación financiera al 31 de diciembre del 2015 y 2016 de diferentes empresas que cotizan en el Mercado Valores de Asunción
Authors: Orue Sotelo Alfredo
Published: September 2023

La presente investigación se ha realizado como un estudio en el área de Finanzas a Corto Plazo, con la que se pretende investigar la situación financiera de las diferentes empresas que cotizan en el Mercado de Valores de Asunción, Paraguay, al 31 de diciembre de los años 2015 y 2016, respectivamente. Asimismo, se pretende conocer la liquidez, la solvencia y la rentabilidad de estas empresas, a los efectos de determinar la viabilidad para la inversión en las mismas. La metodología de trabajo consistió en un enfoque cualitativo, cuyo diseño es no experimental de corte trasversal y de alcance es descriptivo. Si bien todas las empresas presentan una situación financiera razonable. Las conclusiones más significativas se centran en que todas las empresas investigadas, cuentan con una liquidez recomendable para el tipo de empresa y el rubro al cual se dedica, además, las mismas presentan una estabilidad financiera debido a la solvencia y rentabilidad específicamente en los años 2015, y 2016 respectivamente.
Matriz de costos básico para la fabricación de pelotas artesanales
Authors: Ortiz Acosta Marlyn , Aponte Veloso Sira , Ibarra de Ramírez Raquel
Published: September 2023

La investigación se centra en una producción artesanal muy arraigada en nuestro país en especial en la ciudad de Quiindy la cual tiene una particularidad la comercialización tanto a nivel nacional como internacional de pelotas artesanales. El tipo de investigación es descriptiva, enfoque cualitativo y de diseño no experimental, la población es una fábrica de pelotas con tradición en la producción en cuanto a los años de trayectoria en la misma
The Impact of Trade Deficits and the Burden of Crisis Oriented Economy on the Livelihoods of Nepali People
Authors: Khanal Uttam
Published: September 2023

29,164,578 people are living in Nepal. Out of them, 48.96% are men and 51.04% are women. The growth rate of the population is 0.93% annually. However, 216,957 individuals had been abroad for employment, education or other reasons. It has developed an addiction to imported products using remittances. The government delays spending the money allotted for capital improvements. The debt incurred by loans received from donors exceeds between 20 trillion and 80 billion of Nepal’s entire yearly budget. Based on statistics from Nepal Rastra Bank fiscal years 2021/2022, export and import contributions to overall Nepal’s foreign commerce were 8.40% and 91.60%, respectively. Due to the burden of debt and increasing trade deficit in the Nepalese economy, it has greatly affected the livelihood of the people. The increase in the prices of goods has made the lives of ordinary and low-income citizens very difficult. To reduce it, it is necessary to increase the production of indigenous products and promote their trade. Nepal needs to improve its ability to balance imports and exports. Economic dependency will reduce and the nation’s focus on self-sufficiency will increase if the market is extended by raising the output of locally produced items. There will be an increase in hazards as the state’s ability to function weakens. No nation can be entirely self-sufficient in the open global market of today by producing all the commodities and services it requires. Economic dependency will reduce and the nation’s focus on self-sufficiency will increase if the market is extended by raising the output of locally produced items. There will be an increase in hazards as the state’s ability to function weakens.
Revolutionary applications of trending block chain innovation in accounting and auditing
Authors: Abdullahi Giza Abubakar  , Safiyanu Giza Abubakar
Published: September 2023

The primary objective of this study is to provide a rationale for adopting Blockchain technology in the realm of accounting and auditing. The key findings of the study highlight the potential benefits of utilizing Blockchain technology in the recording of financial transactions and the auditing process in the organizations. The incorporation of Blockchain in transaction accounting can result in decreased penalties linked to accounting mistakes and facilitate quicker identification and rectification of errors without extra financial outlay. Furthermore, Blockchain technology has the capability to practically eliminate the loss and misuse of financial data by malicious individuals. The research findings underscore the importance of integrating Blockchain into the structural and technological frameworks of transaction accounting within organizations, as well as in the broader domains of accounting and auditing. The adoption of this technology can optimize accounting procedures, elevate the precision and dependability of financial data, enhance oversight, and lower risks for economic entities. This highlights the potential advantages of using Blockchain as a comprehensive optimization solution in the accounting field. The findings stress that there is need for further exploration and application of Blockchain to enhance the quality of financial accounting, ensure trustworthiness, and alleviate risks within the field.
A study of analgesic effect of medicinal plant Ficus heterophylla in Swiss albino mice
Authors: Majedul Hoque  , Md Mahabur Rahman  , Md Nasir Uddin
Published: September 2023

Ficus heterophyllus are readily available and used in Bangladesh without the required regulation or inspection. Eastern Asia, comprising southern China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia, is the original home of the Ficus heterophylla Linn tree. It grows in tropical and subtropical areas of India and is utilized in traditional medicine for a number of different things. It is a member of the Moraceae family and typically grows as a shrub up to 3 metres tall. It is often being occurred in open places, particularly flood-margins of rivers. To demonstrate the claimed therapeutic effect for this plant we conducted pharmacological studies. By conducting three studies, we found that it has significant analgesic and other therapeutic effects. Analgesic study with hot plate, formalin and Acetic acid induced pain test, Ficus heterophyllus showed very highly significant, no significant and moderate significant analgesic effect in different dose respectively.
Effects of light on growth and biomass of Dendrobium officinale (Kimura et Migo) grown in ThaiNguyen province, Vietnam
Authors: Hong Van- Nguyen  , Ung Quang- Le  , Tho Huu- Nguyen
Published: September 2023

Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo (DO), one of the valuable and scarce medicinal orchids, in nature. Applying technical measures to regulating growth, increasing artificial plant biomass and conserving this herb is necessary. This research was conducted to evaluate the effect of shade treatments (30, 50, 70, and 90%) and light color (white, purple, blue, and red) on growth and biomass of the DO under greenhouse conditions in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam. The results revealed that shading 50% and 70% significantly influenced on growth and biomass. Using red light is the best for growth, biomass, and increasing contents of polysaccharide and alkaloid. These results should be recommented in production technology of the DO.
Analisis Kesulitan Belajar Siswa Tentang Materi Penyusunan Kata pada Tingkat Kelas Rendah
Authors: Raynanda Zahra , Safitri Sakinah , Arhama Fadhila Putri , Hariadi Rida Oktaviani , Ramadhani Ramadhani
Published: September 2023

Penelitian dilakukan di Kelas I Sekolah Dasar Islam Terpadu Darussalam Ardagusema, kecamatan Deli Tua, kabupaten Deli Serdang. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kesulitan belajar siswa pada materi penyusunan kata pelajaran bahasa Indonesia dan mendeskripsikan faktor-faktor penyebab kesulitan belajar pada materi penyusunan kata pelajaran bahasa Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dan semua subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas 1-B Sekolah Dasar Islam Terpadu Darussalam yang berjumlah 29 siswa. Adapun teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah wawancara, observasi, dan tes tertulis. Hasil analisis data penelitian ini, 1) terdapat siswa yang tidak memahami kosa kata bahasa Indonesia pada tes tertulis. 2) Faktor internal yaitu penyajian materi yang tidak menarik bagi siswa, siswa yang belum termotivasi mengikuti pelajaran, rendahnya minat belajar siswa dan ketidakmampuan memahami kelas dengan baik, dll. Namun siswa tersebut tidak mengikuti pelajaran dengan serius karena faktor eksternal faktor kurangnya semangat dan motivasi guru serta orang tua. 3) Upaya siswa, orang tua dan guru dalam mengatasi kesulitan dalam mempelajari penyusunan kata bahasa Indonesia. Tujuan seorang guru adalah untuk memotivasi siswa dan membantu mereka ketika mereka menghadapi kesulitan. Upaya siswa untuk mengikuti berbagai petunjuk terutama di luar sekolah, dan upaya orang tua untuk memotivasi dan mendorong anaknya untuk belajar.