bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Laser trabeculoplasty and subthreshold transscleral cyclophotocoagulation – the new therapeutic options are modifying therapeutic algorithm in glaucoma
Authors: Wasyluk Jaromir , Kaczmarek Ilona , Różycki Radosław
Published: August 2022

Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) and micropulse laser trabeculoplasty (MLT) are well established, non-invasive laser procedures in glaucoma, but their place in the therapeutic algorithm still evolves. Lately published multicenter randomized clinical trials indicate the need to consider laser trabeculoplasty as the first-line treatment before medications in primary open-angle glaucoma an ocular hypertension due to its favorable safety profile, efficacy and cost-effectiveness. Subthreshold transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (present on the market under different brand names: SubCyclo® TS-CPC [Quantel, France] or Cyclo G6® mTS-CPC [Iridex, USA]) is an antiglaucomatous laser procedure, recently arousing more and more interest in ophthalmologists as a new non-invasive method in our therapeutic portfolio. This new device utilizes 810 nm diode laser beam, fractionated into ultra-short pulses, resulting in low energy spots without causing ciliary body coagulation. Subthreshold (or subliminal) energy delivered during the session spares the tissue due to very limited local heat accumulation zone and therefore this procedure may be repeated. Laser energy partially disables aqueous producing ciliary epithelium and opens supraciliary space thus activating the additional outflow facility. Subthreshold TS-CPC in several clinical trials proved to be effective in lowering the intraocular pressure and devoid of significant sight threatening side effects, comparing to the classical thermal diode cyclophotocoagulation method.
Mathematical modelling of enterprise financial risk assessment based on risk conduction model
Authors: Hu Xuesong , Muwafak Bishr Muhamed
Published: August 2022

Risk transmission has three elements: risk source, risk flow and risk carrier. The paper quotes the asymmetric model and the joint asymmetric model to analyse the conduction effects of financial risks. At the same time, the article uses the elasticity coefficient to quantitatively calculate the risk transmission effect of the two supply chain financial financing modes. The research results prove that the risk transmission ability of each financial market has individual differences, and the foreign exchange market does not have significant risk transmission ability to other markets during the rising stage. The joint asymmetric model is more effective in predicting corporate financial risks.
BIM Building HVAC Energy Saving Technology Based on Fractional Differential Equation
Authors: Nie Huijiao , Sedki Ali
Published: August 2022

This article uses BIM technology to simulate HVAC in a commercial building. And use fractional differential equations to verify the set temperature, humidity, and other related parameters. The experiment takes an air-conditioned room model as the research object and uses the thermodynamic characteristics to establish a dynamic mathematical model of differential equations. Research shows that the multiple electric heat pump equipment aggregation groups discussed in this article are a good resource for user-side demand response. The air-side flow rate disturbance of the building HVAC has the greatest impact on the heat transfer of the surface cooler. As the air velocity increases, the rate of increase in heat exchange will decrease.
Implementation of the Game as a Service Research Model: Microperspective
Authors: Kostić Zorana , Tomić Nenad
Published: August 2022

From a negligible market niche in the entertainment industry, video game publishing has become extremely profitable. The emergence of the video game digital distribution platforms has established a permanent connection between the player and the publisher, making it possible to expand the offer. This led to emergance of the game as a service model, based on a continuous flow of revenue from the sale of additional content in an already distributed game. Revenues generated from the sale of virtual goods within the game are called microtransactions. The subject of this paper is the attitudes of video game players in Serbia and Poland towards different types of microtransactions. The paper has two key objectives: first, to determine whether there are differences in attitudes towards different types of microtransactions, and, second, to determine whether there are differences in attitudes of gamers from Serbia and Poland. In order to achieve these objectives, gamers are given a questionnaire to express their views regarding microtransactions. The existence of statistically significant differences in the attitudes of gamers classified in these two samples is determined for all observed forms of microtransactions, using the t-test.
Legal Regulation of Unfair Trade Practices in Food Supply Chain
Authors: Arpášová Michaela , Rajčániová Miroslava
Published: August 2022

Recent changes in concentration in the EU markets affected also the organisation of the food supply chains. These significant changes severely impacted especially small and medium–sized enterprises which are likely to be exposed to unfair trading practices. Imbalances in bargaining power between large and small enterprises lead to competition inequalities and unfair trade practices that need a specific legislation governance. This paper provides an overview of the Slovak and EU legislation regulating unfair trade practices in agro–food sector. The main aim of both the European and Slovak legal acts regulating unfair trading practices is to ensure protection and fair income for businesses and quality and wider choice for consumers. In addition, the article also brings the overview of the EU directive transposition to the legal framework of individual EU member states.
Common Agricultural Policy in the EU and the Ministry of Agriculture in the Czech Republic with a Focus on Environmental and Consumer Protection and Support for Smes
Authors: Jurčík Radek
Published: August 2022

The common agricultural policy and the implementation of this policy represent a relatively high part of the costs in the EU budget. From this point of view, the content of the common agricultural policy is important to meet both the primary objective (production of agricultural products) and the secondary objectives (sustainable development, soil protection, consumer and environmental protection).
Legal Aspects of the Quinoa Imports Into the EU
Authors: Lazíková Jarmila , Takáč Ivan , Rendón Schneir Eric , Rumanovská Ľubica
Published: August 2022

Quinoa is known in the EU as superfood due to the high level of protein, fibre, micronutrients, and amino acids. It is come from South America; however, quinoa is currently grown in various parts of the world. Nevertheless, the domestic continent, especially countries such as Peru and Bolivia, is one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of quinoa. One third of Peru’s quinoa production is imported to European Union. Despite the conclusion of an agreement with Peru and Bolivia that eliminated quinoa tariffs, there are many legal regulations of the EU that affects import of quinoa into the EU countries including the food safety and quality, food labelling, organic labels and nutrition and health claims, food packaging and shipment. The article deals with the most important EU legal norms of quinoa imports that must be complied with when importing quinoa.
Analysis of Marine Risers Subjected to Shoal/Deep Water in the Installation Process
Authors: Wang Yikun , Luo Songxiang , Yang Mo , Qin Tao , Zhao Jing , Yu Gang
Published: August 2022

The dynamics of the installation process of marine risers subjected to shoal/deep seawater is studied. The riser is assumed to be a cantilevered Euler‒Bernoulli beam. The upper end of the riser is clamped on the vessel or the drilling platform. The lower end of the riser is connected to the Blowout Preventer Stack (BOPs) and Lower Marine Risers Package (LMRP). The lateral fluid forces induced by the sea wave and sea current are introduced into the governing equations of motion. The lateral displacement and stress distributions of the riser are obtained by solving the governing equation of the riser via Galerkin’s discretisation scheme and a fourth-order Runge‒Kutta algorithm. The results indicate that the riser exhibits different behaviours under various depths because of the different distributions of the flow velocity ranging from the sea surface to the seabed. In the case of shoal water, the dynamics of the riser are dominated by the sea wave, while in the case of deep water it is affected mainly by the sea current velocity and sea surface wind velocity.
PENGARUH ISLAMIC-INTEGRATED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY TERHADAP PENINGKATAN KESEJAHTERAAN SUBJEKTIF MAHASISWA PENDERITA GANGGUAN LAMBUNG
Authors: Kusprayogi Yogi , Nashori Fuad , Kumolohadi RA Retno
Published: August 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh Islamic-Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Islamic-CBT) terhadap peningkatan kesejahteraan subjektif mahasiswa penderita lambung atau dispepsia tipe gastritis. Responden dalam penelitian ini berjumlah delapan orang dengan pembagian empat orang di kelompok perlakuan dan empat orang di kelompok kontrol. Alat ukur yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah skala kesejahteraan subjektif yang terdiri atas Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) dan Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). Penelitian ini menggunakan desain quasi eksperimen nonrandomized pretest-postest control group design. Pengukuran dilakukan sebanyak dua kali, yaitu prates dan pascates. Penelitian ini menggunakan analisis kuantitatif nonparametrik MannWhitney design. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pemberian Islamic-Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy berdampak secara signifikan terhadap peningkatan tingkat kesejahteraan subjektif mahasiswa penderita gangguan lambung.
PELATIHAN PARENTING BERBASIS SPIRITUAL UNTUK MENGURANGI STRES PENGASUHAN
Authors: Rizqi Muhammad Arif
Published: August 2022

Keluarga merupakan sebuah lingkungan tempat anak tumbuh dan berkembang. Dengan berbagai macam tantangan yang dihadapi, dibutuhkan sebuah kesiapan mental dan keterampilan dalam pengasuhan. Keluarga yang rapuh dan tidak siap dengan tantangan tersebut akan mengalami guncangan dan disfungsi yang berujung pada stres pengasuhan. Pelatihan parenting berbasis spiritual hadir sebagai sebuah solusi untuk mengurangi stres pengasuhan pada orang tua. Desain penelitian ini menggunakan kuasi eksperimen. Data dianalisa dengan uji Wilcoxon Test. Hasil analisa menunjukkan nilai signifikansi sebesar 0,043 (p 0,05) yang berarti ada perbedaan yang signifikan pada skor stres pengasuhan peserta pelatihan sebelum dan setelah mengikuti pelatihan. Hasil wawancara setelah pelatihan juga menunjukkan hal yang sejalan. Hal tersebut berarti pelatihan parenting berbasis spiritual secara signifikan mampu menurunkan stres pengasuhan pada peserta pelatihan.
PENGARUH RELAKSASI OTOT TERHADAP KECEMASAN BERBICARA DI DEPAN UMUM PADA MAHASISWA
Authors: Mukhran Dea Rizkiana Aprilia , Faradina Syarifah , Sari Kartika , Afriani Afriani , Amna Zaujatul
Published: August 2022

Kecemasan berbicara di depan umum dapat menjadi salah satu hambatan bagi individu dalam menjalankan aktivitas akademis terutama berkaitan dengan pengembangan diri mahasiswa dalam proses pembelajaran. Relaksasi otot merupakan salah satu upaya untuk mengurangi kecemasan berbicara di depan umum. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh relaksasi otot terhadap kecemasan berbicara di depan umum pada mahasiswa Program Studi Psikologi Fakultas Kedokteran Unsyiah. Sebanyak 27 mahasiswa dipilih sebagai sampel penelitian dengan menggunakan teknik systematic random sampling yang dibagi menjadi 2 kelompok, terdiri dari 12 subjek untuk kelompok eksperimen dan 15 subjek untuk kelompok kontrol. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah Quasi Experiment dengan bentuk Non-Equivalent Control Group Design. Alat ukur yang digunakan pada penelitian adalah Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA). Hasil analisis Mann-Whitney menunjukan bahwa tidak terdapat pengaruh pemberian perlakuan relaksasi otot untuk menurunkan kecemasan berbicaran di depan umum. Hal ini dikarenakan relaksasi otot yang dilakukan secara paralel dapat memunculkan distraksi dan juga ketidakfamiliaran teknik relaksasi otot pada subjek penelitian.
LITERASI KESEHATAN MENTAL PADA MAHASISWA DI BANDA ACEH
Authors: Nazira Diyah , Mawarpury Marty , Afriani Afriani , Kumala Intan Dewi
Published: August 2022

Tingginya prevalensi masalah kesehatan mental di dunia tidak lepas dari masih frendahnya literasi kesehatan mental, misalnya kesenjangan tingkat penggunaan layanan profesional kesehatan mental dengan perilaku mencari bantuan. Kemampuan untuk mengenali permasalahan gangguan mental menjadi salah satu faktor yang menentukan seseorang menerima bantuan profesional. Hal ini berkaitan dengan pengetahuan kesehatan mental pada individu. Mahasiswa cenderung berisiko mengalami gangguan mental emosional seperti stres, kecemasan, depresi, dan gangguan mental lainnya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat literasi kesehatan mental pada mahasiswa di Banda Aceh. Sebanyak 348 mahasiswa dengan rentang usia 17-26 tahun terlibat dalam penelitian ini, yang dipilih dengan teknik disproportionate stratified random sampling. Data dikumpulkan melalui Mental Health Literacy Scale (α=0,772). Hasil menunjukkan 91,4% tingkat literasi tinggi pada mahasiswa di Banda Aceh dengan dimensi paling tinggi adalah knowledge-oriented mental health literacy (85.6%), dibandingkan dengan dua dimensi lainnya yaitu belief-oriented mental health literacy (58,6%), dan resourceoriented mental helath literacy (73,6%). Hasil ini menunjukkan perlu peningkatan pada dimensi belief-oriented mental health literacy.
KONSEP DIRI, JENIS KELAMIN, DAN KEMATANGAN KARIER PADA SISWA SMAN X BANDAR LAMPUNG
Authors: Lestari Yuli Indah , Supriyati Supriyati , Lutfianawati Dewi
Published: August 2022

Kematangan karier perlu dimiliki oleh setiap individu khususnya siswa SMA. Kematangan karier berkaitan dengan kesiapan dalam proses mencapai karier dan cita-cita di masa depan. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui pengaruh konsep diri dan jenis kelamin terhadap kematangan karier pada siswa SMAN X Bandar Lampung. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif yang dilakukan pada 169 siswa kelas X, XI, dan XII dengan teknik accidental sampling. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan Skala Kematangan Karier dan Skala Konsep Diri, serta data demografi. Analisis data menggunakan analisis regresi berganda. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan antara konsep diri dan jenis kelamin terhadap kematangan karier dengan nilai koefisien sebesar 0,341, terdapat pengaruh positif yang signifikan antara konsep diri terhadap kematangan karier dengan nilai koefisien sebesar 0,570, dan tidak terdapat perbedaan antara jenis kelamin dengan kematangan karier dengan nilai koefisien 0,087.
Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens as the Initial Sign of COVID-19 Infection
Authors:   Texas A&M College Of Medicine, Eidt John F
Published: August 2022

A 56-year-old woman with asthma, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity presented with acute ischemic venous thrombosis (phlegmasia cerulean dolens) of the left calf and popliteal veins due to asymptomatic COVID-19 infection. We believe that this is the first case report of this distinct clinical presentation and should alert clinicians that the hypercoagulability associated with COVID-19 infection may occur in the absence of respiratory symptoms.
RISK FACTORS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOSOLOGICAL FORMS OF OBSTETRIC SEPSIS
Authors:   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy, Reutova Irina Evgenievna , Nomanova Rumiya Kamilevna , Kasparova Angelika Eduardovna , Vasilkovskaya Elena Nikolaevna
Published: August 2022

Obstetric sepsis is a systemic response of a woman's body to an infection of the reproductive system, which develops during pregnancy, in the postpartum period or in childbirth. Manifested by a severe general condition, increasing weakness, fever, palpitations, shortness of breath, lowering blood pressure. The prevalence of obstetric sepsis is estimated at 15.4% in the structure of MS causes and 2.6% - of critical obstetric conditions in the Ural Federal District.
A RARE CASE OF OPISTHORCHIASIS CHOLANGITIS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE AFTER CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR PHLEGMANOUS CHOLECYSTITIS
Authors:   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy, Vashkulatov Alexandr Pavlovich ,   Regional Hospital of Khanty-Mansiyskautonomus District-Ugra
Published: August 2022

The article presents a clinical case of opisthorchiasis cholangitis with obstructive jaundice after cholecystectomy for phlegmonous cholecystitis.
ANALYSIS OF POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH PANCREATIC HEAD CANCER COMPLICATED WITH OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE
Authors:   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy, Salieva Ramilya Akhmedovna , Guseynova Leyla Guseynovna , Kislitsin Dmitriy Petrovich ,   Regional Hospital of Khanty-Mansiyskautonomus District-Ugra,   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy
Published: August 2022

The article presents the data that were obtained in the process of studying, processing and analyzing the results of surgical treatment of patients with pancreatic head tumor with mechanical jaundice in the Khanty–Mansiysk District Clinical Hospital of Khanty-Mansiysk for 2019-2021
THE INTAKE OF VITAMINS WITH THE ACTUAL DIET OF STUDENTS
Authors:   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy, Abdalieva Azizakhon Zhalaliddinovna
Published: August 2022

This article actualizes the problem of rational nutrition and the content of water-soluble vitamins of group B, C and fat-soluble (A, D, E) in the daily diet of students of the medical faculty of the Khanty-Mansiysk Medical Academy.
SUPPLY OF VITAMIN D TO WOMEN OF KHANTY-MANSIYSK IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF THE YEAR
Authors:   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy, Astakhova Tatjana Yurievna ,   Regional Hospital of Khanty-Mansiyskautonomus District-Ugra
Published: August 2022

In Khanty-Mansiysk, 96 women between the ages of 19 and 35 were diagnosed with vitamin D levels in the blood serum. The study was carried out in different periods of the year: winter-spring and summer-autumn. Optimal concentrations of vitamin D of blood serum 30-100 ng/ml. The average concentrations of this indicator were less than the lower limit of physiologically optimal values. In order to prevent vitamin D deficiency, it is recommended to take this vitamin and fortified foods. The results of the study indicate the need for systemic preventive, diagnostic and corrective measures, programs that will be aimed at the elimination of hypovitaminosis D and its consequences
THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY AND TYPES OF HEART RATE MODULATION IN STUDENTS OF THE CIRCUMPOLAR MEDICAL ACADEMY
Authors:   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy, Kleparskaia Kristina Iurevna
Published: August 2022

In the period 2020-2021, a transversal study of the level of anxiety and heart rate variability (HRV) was conducted in 65 students of both sexes of the second year of the medical Academy. The level of anxiety was determined using an eight-color Lusher test, the level of anxiety obtained with the second color choice was taken into account. The HRV was recorded using the protocol of short recordings with the Poly Spectrum-8 ex device (Neurosoft, Russia). Anxiety in the sample was characterized by Me=3.0, Q1=1.0, Q3=5.0. Statistically significant differences in the level of anxiety associated with the type of heart rate modulation were not found (p=0.739).
VARIANTS OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE EXTRAHEPATIC BILIARY TRACT OF ADULTS
Authors:   North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Fizikova Aliya Beslanovna , Piunovskaya Margarita Dmitrievna
Published: August 2022

The extrahepatic bile ducts were studied on 12 preparations of the liver of adults using macropreparation and morphometry. Three different lengths of the cystic and common hepatic ducts were identified: short, medium, and long. There is the description of the forms and fusion levels of the cystic and common hepatic ducts into the common bile duct is given: high, medium and low.
FAMILIAR HISTORY AND FIRST SYMPTOMS PERIOD OF FOOD ALLERGY, GIVING THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT NOURISHMENT
Authors:   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy, Kinzhibalova Mariya Yuryevna , Mironets Arina Sergeevna , Girina Asiya Akhmedovna , Petrovskaya Yuliya Amanjolovna
Published: August 2022

The analysis of 63 cases history of children with a confirmed diagnosis of food allergy. It been established that a burdened familial history of allergic diseases had 36 children (57%). It was found that in children with a burdened allergoanamnesis, the first manifestations of food allergies occur significantly earlier than in children without risk factors, at 35 and 61 days, respectively (p<0.05)
AGE-RELATED FEATURES OF THE COURSE OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA IN CHILDREN
Authors:   Surgut state University, Maksutov Shakhmardan Muratovich
Published: August 2022

Bronchial asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases among children. Age is one of the important factors shaping the features of the clinical course, approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of Bronchial asthma. At a younger age, bronchospasm is more important as a component of bronchial obstruction. Computer bronchophonography makes it possible to solve the problem of making a functional diagnosis of bronchial obstruction, since the use of other methods of functional diagnosis in young children is not possible
CLINICAL CASE OF ACUTE SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS AFTER COVID-19
Authors:   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy, Sizova Anastasiya Andreevna , Abakumova Аnastasiya Andreevna , Boyarskikh Natalya Igorevna , Gaponova Alexandra Denisovna , Chkhikvadze Galina Ivanovna
Published: August 2022

Sensorineural hearing loss is a form of hearing loss that affects areas of the sound-perceiving part of the auditory analyzer, one of the etiological causes is the pathology of the circulatory system.With a new coronavirus infection, there is a specific viral damage to the endothelium - SARS-CoV-2-associated endothelial dysfunction and hypercoagulation syndrome. There is evidence of a connection between a part of the observations of post-covid syndrome with prolonged thrombotic microangiopathy and persistent hypercoagulation syndrome. This article discusses a clinical case of the acute sensorineural hearing loss after COVID-19 infection.
STRATIFICATION OF THE RISKS OF BREAST MALIGNANCE FORMATIONS DURING RADIO DIAGNOSIS METHODS USING BI-RADS RANKING SYSTEMS
Authors:   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy, Agaeva Nadzhima Fazil kyzy , Israilova Dilafruz Jalalidinovna , Allaguzhin Timur Rustemovich , Kovaleva Alla Vladimirovna ,   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy,   District clinical hospital
Published: August 2022

The article is devoted to the study of the routine X-ray method in the early detection of breast cancer. The study is based on a retrospective analysis of data obtained during the study of women for 2021 on the basis of the district clinical hospital KhMAO-Yugra
THE EFFECT OF ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Authors:   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy, Dyagileva Svetlana Sergeevna , Semenchenko Sergey Ivanovich ,   Regional Hospital of Khanty-Mansiysk autonomus District-Ugra, Gareeva Karina  Ildarovna ,   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy
Published: August 2022

The effectiveness of in vitro fertilization programs in Russia according to the Russian Association for Human Reproduction (RAHR) in 2019 was 38.5% based on embryo transfer [1]. The lack of implantation of good quality embryos may be due to a decrease in the susceptibility of the uterine mucosa. The thickness of the endometrium at the time of embryo transfer is considered as one of the markers of its receptivity. Based on the analysis of medical documentation, the influence of the thickness of the uterine mucosa on the results of assisted reproductive technology (ART) programs was assessed. It has been shown that an endometrial thickness of less than 8 mm on the day of embryo transfer is accompanied by a decrease in the incidence of clinical pregnancy and live birth.
CLINICAL CASE OF MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT WITH SINUS VENOUS THROMBOSIS IN THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD
Authors:   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy, Kapralova Albina Nailevna , Molchanova Janna Ivanovna ,   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy,   KhMAO – Yugra District Clinical Hospital, Chegus Larisa Alekseevna ,   Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy
Published: August 2022

In the clinical case of cerebral vein and sinus. General cerebral symptoms prevailed. The difficulties of diagnosis and treatment are analyzed. This clinical case allows us to spread the experience of managing patients with complex pathology.
Anthropomorphism: In The Web of Culture
Authors: Fawcett Leesa
Published: August 2022

As a conservationist and an environmental educator, I am intrigued by human relationships with animals. The umbrella question for me is in what ways do people relate to animals at this moment in Western history? I have focussed here on one type of relationship that humans have with animals -- the anthropomorphic relationship.
The Nature of Story
Authors: Scheffel Lon
Published: August 2022

As oral and written record reflects, throughout history humankind has vacillated between acknowledging its kinship with the natural world and denying it. A great deal of human culture has consisted of stories concerning animals, though modern literature has relegated animals, as a subject of imaginative writing, to children's fiction. One would be hard pressed to name many great works of the past two centuries which include animals as the focus of the narrative. The old animal stories, however, took place in a time and realm when humans and animals were able to communicate and thesenarratives constituted the mainstay of oral storytelling. This kind of story is an element of the "Golden Age" theme and refers to a time when the world was a harmonious place where people were happy, blessed and "without evil in their hearts." These stories of an ancient and oral character spoke of our place alongside the other animals.
Carrying On and Going Beyond: Some Conditions of Queer/Nature
Authors: O'Donnell with the Editorial Collective of UnderCurrents Shauna M.
Published: August 2022

A brand of 'queer' which addresses concerns within the broad parameters circumscribing a site called 'nature' may be as diverse, open-ended, and perhaps contentious as any examination of either of those two terms. Difficult though it may be, trying to map out a space for Queer/Nature within a politics of the environment demands the charring of courses through a discursive terrain of perils and possibilities. As insisted by the writers and artists in this issue of UnderCurrents, a politics of nature can no longer be an articulation of white, male, heterosexual prescriptive or descriptive privilege. Here, what is most evident is the disruptive power of any examination of the normative categories of nature and the natural from the perspective of queer identity. The breadth of perspectives demonstrated by the works included suggests the necessity for an ongoing project of investigation which takes apart both the categories of queer and nature, and then defines and recombines them in innovative, constructive ways. By no means is this an attempt to represent all the various ways in which this dialogue may occur and significant topics are absent, perhaps most importantly, the nexus of race, political economy or transgenderism and Queer/Nature. Despite these gaps, we hope to open up a discussion between queer and environmental politics, as well as initiate a consideration of the broader question of how, and by whom, nature is spoken of.
Think about crossing the line
Authors: Leibovitz, Apple & Lexus, & Plush Limbaugh Annie
Published: August 2022

Poster.
You don’t have to talk to me
Authors: Tremblay Mark
Published: August 2022

Photo essay.
(untitled photo)
Authors: Morrell Amish
Published: August 2022

Amish Morrell is a student in the Bachelors of Environmental Studies program at York University. He is exploring the use of photography in facilitating awareness of and communication around environmental issues. Amish is from Cape Breton, nova Scotia.
The Better Bathroom: A Spiritual and Political Landscape
Authors: Sattenhwaite Andrew
Published: August 2022

Imagine this scene: luxuriant broadleaf greenery, ferns and verdant mosses. Perhaps a rock or two poking through. A pool, perhaps with clear water, but obviously deep, and a waterfall, flashing and tumbling, soothing to the ear, and lending the air a tangible humidity. Filtered sunlight dapples the waters.
Domination and Preservation: Reflections on Wildlife Cinematography
Authors: La Rocque Margot
Published: August 2022

Contemporary wildlife documentaries, geared for the television market, exhibit a recurrent pattern: their narratives tend to emphasize the predatory pursuit of wild animals. In large part this problem is a consequence of the masculinist and scientistic legacies which wildlife filmmakers have taken over from the natural sciences, in order to seek legitimacy for this genre.1 Other (even contradictory) forces also come into play in the production of wildlife documentaries, namely those arising from commercial demands. The differences between wildlife programming and entertainment specials are at times only ones of modality. Thus, while the contemporary writings of deep ecology and ecofeminism very clearly reflect alternate ideals of human interconnectedness with the nonhuman environment, wildlife documentaries seem compelled to answer to two rather "environmentally unsympathetic" task-masters: objective science and entertainment.
Place
Authors: Krahn Ann Howatt
Published: August 2022

Creative writing.
End Times and Beginnings: A Retrospective and Relaunch
Authors: Di Battista Amanda , Classens Michael
Published: August 2022

In the Beginning...In 1988, a group of intrepid graduate students in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, at York University in Toronto, Canada, conceived and launched UnderCurrents. The founders’ main objective was to provide a space for alternative, critical, and creative explorations of environmental issues, thinking, action, and scholarship. Although many of the theoretical and conceptual tools to enable such a project were only in embryonic form, the founding editors sought to destabilize the ontological and epistemological moorings of some stubbornly persistent signifiers, including “nature,” “wilderness,” and “environment.” Direct action environmentalism of previous decades, though visceral, corporeal, and essential, had proven insufficient in the heady days of Reagan’s culture wars. The founding editors understood this implicitly, and launched UnderCurrents as both a material and discursive salvo. This wasn’t their parents’ environmentalism.....
Masthead
Authors: Editorial Collective UnderCurrents
Published: August 2022

UnderCurrents is a collectively and student-run journal based out of the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University. UnderCurrents explores the relations among environment, culture, and society, and publishes one thematic issue per year. All back issues are available, free of charge, on the UnderCurrents website. We are committed to publishing a variety of scholarly, creative, and activist work that critically engages with conceptions of the environment.orders & correspondenceUnderCurrentsc/o Faculty of Environmental Studies277 Health Nursing and Environmental Studies Building4700 Keele Street, York UniversityToronto, ON M3J 1P3currents@yorku.cahttp://www.yorku.ca/currentsreviewersMichael Classens, Amanda Di Battista, Natali Downer, Oded Haas, Tania Hernández Cervantes, Aedan Hoar, Sonja Killoran-McKibbin, Dana Kandalaft, Sarah Lindsay, Andrew Mark, Michaela McMahon, Elana Santana, Madison Van Westlayout and designMichael Classens, Amanda Di Battista, Oded Haas, Tania Hernández Cervantes, Jonathan Kitchen, Madison Van WestdistributionMichael Classens, Madison Van Westgraduate assistantsAedan Hoar, Crystal Lamont, Madison Van WestprinterIncredible Printing30 St Regis Crescent NorthNorth York, ON M3J 1Z2T: 416-630-5200funding support Faculty of Environmental Studies & PhD Environmental Studies Student Associationspecial thanks toFrances Chan, Dana Craig, Ling He, Jonathan Kitchen, Dr. Catriona Sandilands, and Dr. Peter Timmermansingle hard copies$10back issues availablesee http://www.yorku.ca/currents for digital archive of all volumesUnderCurrents © 2014. All rights reserved. The copyright in and to the individual texts and artwork in UnderCurrents is owned by the contributors as credited.Back cover image (above) by Kayla Flinn.
“The Poem is the World”: Re-Thinking Environmental Crisis Through William Carlos Williams’ Paterson; Return; & Leaving
Authors: Nolan Sarah , Santana Elana
Published: August 2022

In his 2002 book Greening the Lyre: Environmental Poetics and Ethics, David Gilcrest argues that our attitudes toward the natural environment will only change as a result of  “environmental crisis” (22). Although this prediction is apt, as evidenced by the rise of resistance to environmentalism over the past two decades, it implies that such environmental crisis must physically devastate the Earth before action will be taken.1 Such a model of apocalyptic environmental activism, however, has proven to be ineffective. Many contemporary readers are turned off by this brand of environmentalism because it predicts disaster without the hope of preventing it. As such, I would like to think about how Gilcrest’s claim can be examined through the poetry of William Carlos Williams, one of the best-known American poets of the twentieth century. In this paper I will argue that ecopoetics in William Carlos Williams’ long poem Paterson allows crisis to occur in a text, creating both a material and potentially allegorical poetic experience for the historically situated contemporary reader. I will consider how language becomes material in the text and argue that the physicality of the words, which appear to be formally and structurally impacted by the natural disasters described in the text, may function as allegory for present-day environmental concerns. I will argue that Paterson’s power as both a material and allegorical text may resonate in ecopolitically meaningful ways.....Leaving. Elana Santana.
The Treaty 8 First Nations and BC Hydro's Site C Dam
Authors: Kucic-Riker Jan
Published: August 2022

The Site C Clean Energy Project is a proposed dam and hydroelectric generating station on the Peace River in northeast British Columbia, seven kilometers southwest of the city of Fort St. John. The proposed site―within the Peace River Valley―is home to BC’s Treaty 8 First Nations with an approximate Aboriginal population of 2500-3000 people (T8TA, "Treaty 8 Communities"). The project's proponent, BC Hydro, received environmental approval for Site C from the federal and provincial governments on October 14, 2014 (BCEAO Conditional Environmental Assessment Certificate Granted: Site C Clean Energy Project; CEAA "Government of Canada's Decision on the Environmental Assessment of the Site C Clean Energy Project"); however, the project still requires an investment decision from the Province and regulatory permits and authorization before it can proceed to construction (BC Hydro, "Multi-Stage Evaluation"). The Treaty 8 First Nations are opposing Site C, having filed a lawsuit on grounds that the project would have a devastating impact on their traditional land and thus violate their treaty rights (Keller)...Find full text in .pdf below.
Shimmers Below the Surface: Emergent Strategy and Movement Building through 2-QTPOC Media
Authors: Khoo Anabel
Published: August 2022

Two-Spirit, Queer and Trans People of Colour (2-QTPOC) media offer paradigms for visions and practices of collective liberation and decolonization. Because 2-QTPOC media can reveal the metaphysical and affective among political imaginings and realities, this work attempts to track the haunting attachments, the emergent political, and the queerness inherent to the worlding that media making enacts, as a form of movement building and transformative healing. This work highlights the cultural work of Mangos with Chili, a two-spirit, queer and trans people of colour (2-QTPOC) multi-genre media performance collective, currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, to explore the complexities among materiality, representation and embodiment by asking: How can attending to 2-QTPOC media reveal potentialities of the political? What shimmers at the boundaries of intelligibility and memory?
'The Picture in my Head is my Reward'* The Mental Mapping of a Queer Urban Perspective
Authors: De Caluwé Goedele , Wasserbauer Marion
Published: August 2022

Urban space is a productive force reflecting and affecting human interaction both with other humans and with their environment (Lefebvre). Traditionally the urban scheme is envisioned to control and order ‘nature’ and social interaction, and to sustain the power of a dominant group (Foucault). Yet due to the complexity of the post-capitalist city, this urban realm is not a smooth surface. Sometimes temporary cracks form, where space is opened up for creating alternative orderings (Hetherington 40). Because of their ambivalence, these spaces do not clearly belong to anyone, and can easily be claimed. It is this type of place that queers and other minority groups have often repurposed and appropriated to their needs. With our photographs we hope to visualize these fragments in the urban environment, where the imposed order suddenly stops, and where organic (over-) growth takes over. Here nature reclaims temporarily unused urban space and thus disrupts the idea of a human-constructed and human-controlled landscape and the idea of ‘city’ in a dualistic relation with ‘nature.’ In this sense, our photographs represent a queer version of urban typologies like ‘park’ or ‘garden’.
Animals Off Display
Authors: Szczygielska Marianna
Published: August 2022

This series of photographs is an attempt to explore the impossible spaces of the contemporary zoological garden from a queer ecological perspective. I intentionally focus on the artificiality and finitude of the zoo landscape rather than on nonhuman animal bodies that are already overrepresented in the zoological reimagination of natural habitats. The zoo with its taxidermic taxonomy captures nonhuman animals within the species boundaries, turning them into things on display. Wary of the limits of representation I focus on what usually remains in the background, or functions as an obstacle for “wildlife photography,” on the very edges of the voyeuristic imagemaking practice so present in the zoo nowadays. In this sense I see the zoo as a paradigmatic example of a Foucauldian heterotopia—a real place that stands outside of its space, and creates an illusion of a world in miniature captured in a timeless void.1 There is no fire in a two-dimensional forest; there is no key to the door in the painted jungle. The photographs were taken in various zoological gardens around the world (Hungary, Poland, Singapore, Malaysia, Canada) as part of a large project, “Queer(ing) Naturecultures: The Study of Zoo Animals.
Book Review: The Once and Future World: Nature as it Was, as it Is, as it Could Be
Authors: Lindsay Sarah May
Published: August 2022

Review of The Once and Future World: Nature as it Was, as it Is, as it Could Beby J.B. MacKinnon (2013, Random House Canada).
Excerpts from "City Disappearing"
Authors: Brown Kathleen
Published: August 2022

The flood came while they were in bed,rain drops on the windows refracted the city lights on their covers.Their bodies were turned away from one another,the storm chucked torrents but the fight they hadthe night before was heavier water in the room... ......Find full piece in .pdf below.
Cyborg Salmon
Authors: Umana K. Carmen
Published: August 2022

This figurative sculpture invites the viewer to reconsider the boundaries that presumably exist between organic life and artificial technology; nature and culture. By bending wires, tubes, thread, and netting into the body of an Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), this work attempts to convey the species' biological dependence on the technical and social ingenuity that facilitate its existence in Lake Ontario and adjoining tributaries...Find full piece in .pdf below.
"Languages of the Unheard: Why Militant Protest is Good for Democracy" by Stephen D'Arcy
Authors: Hennebury Erika
Published: August 2022

Review of Languages of the Unheard: Why Militant Protest is Good for Democracy by Stephen D'Arcy (2013, Between the Lines).Find full text in .pdf below.
Movilización social y espacio vivido. Una etnografía de ritmos y performances de la protesta urbana en Santiago de Chile
Authors: Orellana Nicolás , Imilan Walter
Published: August 2022

El creciente interés en los estudios de movilización social en Chile ha profundizado numerosas dimensiones de la contestación, no obstante, se observan pocos estudios que articulen la práctica contestataria con la apropiación del espacio urbano. Este artículo explora esa articulación, examinando cómo el espacio urbano vivido es transformado por las dinámicas de protesta. La etnografía permite ampliar las estrategias metodológicas habitualmente empleadas en los estudios de movilización social, sostenidas en técnicas de análisis discursivos. A partir de la observación participante etnográfica analizamos la marcha del Primero de Mayo Clasista y Combativo para demostrar que la ocupación de la calle –marcha–, y el enfrentamiento radical –barricada, acción encapuchada–, se caracterizan por ritmos y performances contingentes que transforman la experiencia urbana y cuyas significaciones producen un espacio vivido. Estos hallazgos sugieren que, la ciudad y el espacio urbano, más que ser depositarios pasivos de prácticas, actúan de modo dinámico y simbólico, posibilitando registros alternativos a la experiencia dominante de ciudad.

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The growing interest in studies of social mobilization in Chile has deepened several dimensions of contestation, however, few studies have observed the articulation between the practice of contestation with place-making. This article explores this articulation to examine how lived urban space is transformed by protest dynamics. Ethnography allows the exploration of this relationship, expanding the methodological strategies usually employed in studies of social mobilization sustained in discursive analysis techniques. By an ethnographic participant observation, we focused on the “May Day Classist and Combative march” to demonstrate that the occupation of the street –march–, and the radical confrontation –barricade and hooded action–, are characterized by contingent rhythms and performances, that transform the urban experience, and whose meanings produce a lived space. These findings suggest that the city and the urban space, rather than a scenario of practices, act in a dynamic and symbolic way, making possible alternative registers to the dominant experience of the city.
Automatic Maintenance Alert System for Heavy Duty Haulage Machines
Authors: Addo Prince Asiamah , Dwomoh Lambert , Ofori Charles
Published: August 2022

The timely maintenance of haulage machines is important to prevent machine breakdown and reduce productivity down time. An unintended breakdown or machine stop due to inadequate maintenance causes huge financial loss to the company due to delivery delays. Excessive maintenance also increases production cost due to down time and workshop maintenance. Most haulage companies like Mantrac Ghana Limited have a maintenance schedule for their customers. However, most of these customers do not maintain these machines on time, largely due to forgetfulness or sheer disregard for the maintenance schedule. It is thus important to implement an automatic alert system to notify operators of this machinery when it is time for maintenance. This paper seeks to design an automatic alert system using ATmega328 microcontroller, SIM900 GSM module and alarm unit. A sensor connected to the engine of the haulage machine is used to monitor the condition and operational hours of the machine. The microcontroller is programmed using proteus software to receive instructions from the sensor and issue commands to activate both the GSM module and the buzzer simultaneously. The type and time of maintenance to be done is displayed on the LED display. A corresponding message is sent via the GSM module to both Mantrac Ghana Limited and the customer to undertake the type of maintenance. It can be concluded that an automatic alert system would improve strict adherence to maintenance schedule and help reduce machine.
PELATIHAN MEMULAI INVESTASI SEJAK DINI
Authors: Thomas Rahmadianti , Suparyati Agustina , Anggiani Sarfilianty
Published: August 2022

Kondisi pasar modal Indonesia saat ini sudah berbeda dengan sebelumnya. Pasar modal telah menjadi salah satu pilihan investasi terbaik bagi kalangan berusia. Untuk itu, sudah seharusnya pertumbuhan investor dapat diimbangi dengan edukasi dan literasi yang baik tentang pasar modal. Selain itu, investor juga harus menentukan batas investasi, memahami tujuan dari investasi, serta terus mengasah keterampilan berinvestasi dengan memanfaatkan analisis dari profesional dan terus meng-update pemberitaan terkini terkait dengan pasar modal dan bagaimana secara psikologis menghadapi era investasi di masa yang akan datang. Metode Pelatihan dilakukan dengan metode penyuluhan peserta dan diskusi serta tanya jawab dengan tujuan agar kegiatan mempermudah upaya pemahaman materi yang disampaikan. Masyarakat Desa Mangun Jaya RW 12 Tambun, Bekasi lebih mengetahui instrument apa saja yang ada pada pasar modal beserta risiko dan bagaimana cara memulai investasinya. Sehingga hal tersebut dapat membangun rasa ingin berinvestasi dan edukasi yang diberikan dapat menghindari masyakarat atas investasi bodong
PELATIHAN PERAKITAN PANEL SURYA SEBAGAI ENERGI BARU TERBARUKAN SKALA RUMAH TANGGA BAGI WARGA KELURAHAN LAGOAN, JAKARTA UTARA
Authors: Rahmawan Sigit , Pramadika Havidh , Samsol  , Korra Herdyanti Mixsindo , Fakhriyatul Ummah Hayafa
Published: August 2022

Pasokan energi menjadi salah satu landasan ketahan suatu negara untuk dapat melangsungkan kedaulatan negara. Kebutuhan energi di Indonesia masih didominasi oleh sumber energi yang berasal dari bahan dasar fosil, baik itu minyak bumi, gas bumi, maupun batu bara. Konsumsi energi di Indonesia semakin meningkat seiring dengan bertambahnya waktu, peningkatan kebutuhan terhadap pasokan energi baik pada sektor usaha maupun sektor rumah tangga sekalipun. Perbandingan konsumsi terhadap pasokan energi yang di dominasi oleh sumber energi fosil masih mengalamai defisit, dimana konsumsi energi masih lebih besar dibandingkan dengan pasokan energi dalam negeri sehingga perlu dilakukan impor sumber daya fosil dari negara lain. Mengantisipasi hal tersebut perlu dilakukan upaya dalam menghadapi devisit yang ada, dengan mendorong masyarakat untuk sadar dan mandiri dalam menciptakan sumber energi dengan menggunakan sumber daya alam yang ada di sekitar masyarakat dan mengubahnya menjadi energi baru terbarukan. Pelatihan perakitan panel surya sebagai energi baru dan terbarukan yang dilakukan pada daerah RT 016 RW 003 Lagoan menadapatkan respon positif dari warga. Antusiasme warga dalam mengetahui kebutuhan energi dan kemendarian energi sangatlah besar dan bagus hingga kebanyakan warga meminta untuk dapat melanjutkan pelatihan lainnya untuk membuat energi baru terbarukan.