bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Biophotonics. Fluorescence and Reflectance in Living Organisms
Authors: Lagorio María Gabriela , Cordon Gabriela B. , Iriel Analía , Romero Juan Manuel , Faivovich Julián , Taboada Carlos
Published: May 2021

The light that emerges from a biological entity is relevant from many aspects. In the first place, it allows the construction of the organism’s image and consequently it is responsible for visual perception and communication. Secondly, it can become an important tool in obtaining both physiological and chemical information from the observed entity, in a non-destructive way. When an organism is illuminated, the non-absorbed energy emerges as transmitted or reflected light. Additionally, fluorescence, phosphorescence or bioluminescence may be emitted. In our research group, we have studied and modelled the light released as reflectance and fluorescence for different biological systems like flowers, fruits, plant leaves, canopies, bird’s plumage and amphibians. In this review, we present the advances we have made in this area. They range from the development of theoretical approaches to the implementation of optical methodologies for practical applications. The analysis of light interaction with biological material, which is the domain of biophotonics, has recently acquired great importance in view of the increasing use of optical techniques to the study of living tissues. However, the interpretation of the photophysical and spectroscopic properties of these systems is usually complicated by several factors: elevated chromophore’s concentration, optical inhomogeneity, multi-scattering of photons and presence of multi-layered structures in most cases. Because of these, the accurate modelling of the interaction with light helps to avoid artifacts and to better interpret the processes that take place. Physical models used in the analysis of chlorophyll fluorescence in leaves and canopies with application in remote sensing, optical methodologies for food control and quantification of fluorescence in vivo for evaluation of its biological relevance are examples of the use of the emission of light and will be presented in this review.
A Celtic Stater of the Krakow Type from the Opatów Area (Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship)
Authors: Bochnak Tomasz
Published: May 2021

The paper discusses a new find of a Krakow type Celtic stater. The coin was discovered accidentally in the Opatów area (Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship). The specimen represents variant II: C/4 according to Marcin Rudnicki, although the weakly preserved motifs visible on the obverse show some differences compared to the reference variant. The reverse bears traces of die repair. A high content of silver indicates a relatively late chronological position of the Opatów find. The discussed coin is the twentieth known stater of the Krakow type.
CEREREM and IVNONEM. Why the Accusative Case? Two Rare Reverse Legends on Coins of Julia Domna (RIC IV Caracalla 378, 585, 596 and 599)
Authors: Awianowicz Bartosz
Published: May 2021

Among the new coin legends that have appeared on Julia Domna’s bronze and (very rare) silver coins throughout the reign of her son Caracalla (211–217) the most interesting seem to be two rare accusatives: CEREREM (dupondius and As RIC IV Caracalla 596) and IVNONEM (quinarius RIC IV Caracalla 378; sestertius RIC IV Caracalla 585; dupondius and As RIC IV Caracalla 599). This paper aims to place such accusatives in a literary and epigraphical context and argues that the accusatives on the reverses of Julia Domna’s coins should depend on the verb form consecravit or dedicavit being understood, and the legends of the entire coins are to be read as IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG(usta) / CEREREM (or IVNONEM) [consecravit/dedicavit]. In the second part of the article, I discuss iconographic variants of types RIC IV Caracalla 596; BMCRE V Caracalla 220–222 and RIC IV Caracalla 585 and 599; BMCRE V Caracalla 208 and 224.
New Finds of Roman Coins from the Kazimierza Wielka District, Southern Poland
Authors: Bodzek Jarosław , Tunia Krzysztof
Published: May 2021

The article presents and analyzes several hitherto unpublished finds of Roman coins from the area of the Kazimierza Wielka district. The five pieces in question are unofficial “denarii” of the emperors Trajan, Hadrian, and Marcus Aurelius (struck for Lucilla), one antoninianus in the name of Gordian III, and one devalued radiatus of Gallienus, were all found randomly before the year 1995 within the area of the unexcavated settlement site of the Przeworsk culture at Boronice. The denarius of Trajan comes from the research performed at the site of Słonowice by one of the authors. These finds have been described in the context of some other discoveries of Roman coins from the same region.
Regulated Roman Coins and Their Imitations from India: Did Roman Coins Circulate as Money in the Subcontinent?
Authors: Smagur Emilia
Published: May 2021

This paper focuses on a relatively unknown group of published and unpublished Roman gold coins and their imitations from India with a large gold plug placed behind the head of an emperor. This phenomenon was briefly discussed by Peter Berghaus, who rightly noticed that the size of the filling on those coins suggests that the purpose for placing such material into the hole was different than simply the repair of a piercing made previously for a piece of jewellery. He considers the possibility that the holes were made in order to check whether those coins were plated or not and were later refilled with gold so that the coins could return to the money market. I would like to present a different explanation of this phenomenon. I would argue that those coins were perforated and plugged in order to adjust their weight. Such an adjustment let them be used as money in the Subcontinent. Similar phenomena from various parts of the world and time periods constitute the key to understand the purpose of plugging those coins and those analogies are examined in this paper as well.
Review of Agata A. Kluczek, Primordia Romana. Mityczna przeszłość Rzymu i pamięć o niej w rzymskich numizmatach zaklęta, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, Katowice 2019, 564 pages, 166 illustrations, 2 maps, 21 tables, 3 charts; ISBN: 978-83-226-3443-1
Authors: Kopij Kamil
Published: May 2021

Review of Agata A. Kluczek's book Primordia Romana. Mityczna przeszłość Rzymu i pamięć o niej w rzymskich numizmatach zaklęta, Katowice 2019.
Review of Frédérique Duyrat, Wealth and Warfare. The Archaeology of Money in Ancient Syria, Numismatic Studies 34, The American Numismatic Society, New York 2016, 619 pages, 73 figures, 37 maps; ISSN 0517–4048, ISBN 978-0-89732-346-1
Authors: Bodzek Jarosław
Published: May 2021

Review of Frédérique Duyrat's book Wealth and Warfare. The Archaeology of Money in Ancient Syria, New York 2016.
الإختلاط في التعليم وانعاكسه السلبي على العملية التربوية
Authors: Admin Admin
Published: May 2021

Islam provides a comprehensive guideline to educate the humankinds, to cultivate a generation, to build a nation and civilization. It also bestows dignity for the whole mankind men and women alike. All Islamic scholars agree that there is no difference between man and woman when it comes to acquiring knowledge as a religious obligation. Muslim women had made tremendous headway in the realm of education and culture under the shadow of Islam throughout the history. However, Islam puts considerable emphasis on the importance of women's modesty and on the prevention of free mixing. The idea has been reinforced by the scholars of Islam such as Imam Al-Qabisi and Ibn Sahnun. They contend that in order to maintain women's dignity and honor and to prevent extramarital affairs, female education should be segregated from male.
Book Reviews
Authors: Admin Admin
Published: May 2021

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Islamic Civilization and the Modern World: Thematic Essays
Editorial
Authors: Admin Admin
Published: May 2021

The present volume of Bangladesh Journal of Islamic Thought (BJIT), as usual, contains articles, book reviews, translation note and conference report. The policy of BIIT is to publish articles in three languages namely, Bengali, English and Arabic to fulfill the demand of readers well versed in three languages. Farhana Chowdhury’s article “The Essays of Francis Bacon: Inspiring Perfection” emphasizes courage and motivation to win over difficulties of life. Her essays inspire its readers to live simply and attain perfection by conveying the need of unity and friendship among all, advocating the importance of knowledge, performing one’s responsibility to others, showing the ways to cheek evil temptation and cultivate the other virtues to face the challenges of life. The author encourages people to study Bacon's essays so that they are inspired to build a peaceful-society. Muhammad Nazmul Huda in “The Role of Social Media in Promoting Ethics, Morals and Values” suggests how social media could be utilized for promoting ethics (dawah) in the society especially by the religious leaders. The article on “Rights of Maintenance of a Muslim Wife under Islamic Law: A Legal Analysis” Jannatul Ferdaus maintains that Muslim laws have emphasized on the proper maintenance of a wife by her husband. She is entitled to maintenance all through her married life and also during iddat, the period after separation of married life.
The Essays of Francis Bacon: Inspiring Perfection
Authors: Farhana Chowdhury
Published: May 2021

To make himself a perfect one and to live a life in utmost contentment is an indispensable desire of every human being. The proper utilization of knowledge and power helps a man enjoy a life of paramount peace and tranquility. But if he goes wrong, it will be a fatal disaster for him that might also make his life nothing but a stockroom of sighs and tears. In order to be a perfect and successful one human definitely needs someone who always helps him see the right path. He is certainly in need of some idols who will never let him be engulfed by confusion. Here comes the name of Francis Bacon, a man from the Renaissance whose essays work tremendously as a source of inspiration and courage and motivate man to respond to the appeal of goodness. He persuades man to deal with the prickles of life with a zeal to win over every difficulty. This paper, with an aim to let people imbibe the spirits of Bacon’s essays into their hearts, is an endeavor to explore how his essays inspire its readers to live simply but gorgeously while striving best to attain perfection and to enjoy its strength and beauty.
মুসলিম ঐতিহ্য ও নজরুল সাহিত্য
Authors: Dr. Rita Ashraf
Published: May 2021

উপমহাদেশে উপনিবেশবাদের এক চরম সংকটময় অবস্থার মাঝে কাজী নজরুলইসলামের আবির্ভাব ঘটে বাংলা সাহিত্যে। কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম বিশ ও ত্রিশের দশকেউপমহাদেশের অবিভক্ত বাংলার সাহিত্যাঙ্গনে এক ব্যতিক্রমধর্মী ব্যক্তিত্ব ছিলেন। সাহিত্য রচনার নানামুখিতায় মুসলমানদের ধর্মীয় ঐতিহ্যও নজরুল রচনার একটি অন্যতম অধ্যায়। মুসলিম ঐতিহ্যেরনানা দিক নিয়ে নজরুল লিখেছেন। নজরুল তাঁর কবিতা, গান ও সাহিত্যের অন্যান্য শাখার ভেতরমুসলমানদের ইতিহাস ও ঐতিহ্য তুলে ধরেছেন। হযরত মুহাম্মদ সা.-এর জীবনী, মুসলমানদেরপবিত্র ধর্মগ্রন্থ কুরআন শরীফসহ ইসলামের নানা ইতিহাস নিয়ে লিখেছেন। প্রায় দুই সহ¯্রাধিক গানরয়েছে নজরুলের। যেখানে স্থান পেয়েছে ইসলাম ধর্মের আরো নানা বিষয়। যেমন- নামাজ, রোজা,ঈদ, হজ্ব, জাকাত, হযরত মুহাম্মদ সা.-এর মাতা, পিতা, স্ত্রীসহ বিভিন্ন নবি, রাসুল এবং মুসলিমজাহানের উল্লেখযোগ্য ব্যক্তিবর্গ। কাব্য আমপারার মধ্যে দিয়ে পবিত্র কুরআন শরীফের বঙ্গানুবাদকরতে চেয়েছিলেন নজরুল। হযরত মুহাম্মদ সা.-এর জীবনী প্রকাশ করতে চেয়েছিলেন মরুভাস্করকাব্যের মধ্যে দিয়ে। “মুসলিম ঐতিহ্য ও নজরুল সাহিত্য” শীর্ষক আলোচ্য প্রবন্ধটিতে এইবিষয়গুলো আলোচনা-পর্যালোচনা করার প্রয়াস রয়েছে।
The Philosophy of the Life of Prophet Muhammad (SAAS) and the Contemporary World
Authors: Md. Abdul Hannan Sarkar
Published: May 2021

In the article ‘the Philosophy of the Life of Prophet Muhammad (SAAS) and the Contemporary World’, it has been tried to analyze to what extext the Prophet (SAAS) became successful with his mission. It has also been tried to analyze the particular areas of the contemporary problems and their possible way out as well. Whether by following him anyone can be turned into a terrorist or whether he (Prophet) shall still be followed in this age has also been tried to analyze in a pratical context. It is only for the Prophet (SAAS) that a nomadic Arabs of the desert could touch the final peack of civilization. He is like a touchstone. Even the non-Muslim scholars confessed that there is none comparable to Prophet Muhammad (SAAS) in the whole world. He is the greatest among the human being. But there were conspiracies, vengeance, and strong opponents of the truth in all times. His ideologies have always been misinterpreted only because of false propaganda. Many are raising questions as to whether the Prophet (SAAS) should be followed in the present context. Despite thousands of false propagandas, the greatness of the ideology of Prophet Muhammad (SAAS) has not faded away. Therefore, it can be said undoubetly that everyone who will follow the Prophet’s ideologies with full confidence will succeed in life. Only following his ideologies, it is possible to make this earth safe and achieve both the desired peace on this earth and redeption in the and hereafter.
Identity Lost and Regained: A Postcolonial Analysis of Don Shirley’s Dilemma in Green Book
Authors: Li Jianmin , Chen Kaiju
Published: May 2021

Images of black men in movies have been depicted negatively as brutal rioters or silly clowns at large for centuries, consolidating the stereotype that black man is inferior and subordinate compared with the white. Green Book, an Oscar-winning movie in 2019, subverts the traditional images of black men and white men, successfully portraying a well-educated black intellectual and a vulgar white driver. The present study aims to decode its success in characterizing positive images of black men, and reveal the psychological activity and identity dilemma of the hero, Don Shirley. Based on Fanon’s psychoanalysis and Bhabha’s hybridity theory, this paper probes into the following questions: Firstly, what kind of psychological trauma did the black hero suffer due to his black identity? Secondly, what leads to the hybrid identity of Don Shirley? The result shows that the black hero experienced the psychological trauma of inferiority complex and delusion of becoming white. He first mistook himself as a white man, then he lost his identity and finally regained a hybrid identity. Hybrid identity is attributed to cultural assimilation and otherness, which is a common phenomenon under the backdrop of colonialism. By an in-depth analysis of Don Shirley’s identity dilemma, this paper hopes to shed light on racial discrimination from the perspective of post-colonialism.
The Effect of a Core Training Program Applied on Football Players on Some Performance Parameters
Authors: Atlı Ahmet
Published: May 2021

In this study, it was aimed to examine the effect of a core training program that was applied on football players on some performance parameters. In total, 40 football players, aged between 18 and 24 years old, who regularly trained in football and were from various amateur football teams participated: 20 athletes in the training group and 20 athletes in the control group. It was taken the pre-test measurements of the athletes’ vertical jump, 30-m speed, agility, and flexibility; after the 6-week core training program, which was applied three days a-week, and it was taken the post-test measurements of the athletes. The training group applied the core training in addition to football training for 6-week, whereas the participants in the control group did not apply any training program other than their ongoing football training. It was used the SPSS 22 statistics program to evaluate the data and Shapiro-Wilk test to determine the normality distribution of the data. Owing to the normal distribution of the data, it was used a paired t-test to compare the pre-test and post-test values within the groups and accepted the confidence interval for statistical processes as p < 0.05. It was found a statistically significant difference in the vertical jump pre-test and post-test values of the training group (p < 0.05). In the control group, there was no statistically significant difference in the vertical jump pre-test and post-test values (p > 0.05). It was found a statistically significant difference in the 30-m speed pre-test and post-test values of the training group (p < 0.05). In the control group, there was no statistically significant difference in the 30-m speed pre-test and post-test values (p > 0.05). It was found a statistically significant difference in the agility pre-test and post-test values of the training group (p < 0.05). In the control group, no statistically significant difference was found in the agility pre-test and post-test values (p > 0.05). Considering the in-group flexibility pre-test and post-test comparisons, a statistically significant difference was found in the flexibility pre-test and post-test values of the training group (p < 0.05). In the control group, there was no statistically significant difference in flexibility pre-test and post-test values (p > 0.05). Based on the results of the present research, the 6-week core training program that was applied to football players improved the performance of vertical jump, 30-m speed, agility, and flexibility.
The Invent Your Own Religion Workbook
Authors: Dudeck Michael
Published: May 2021

The “Invent Your Own Religion Workbook” is a practice-based artistic intervention/provocation that takes the form of a short introductory essay and an accompanying participatory workbook, exploring my own invented religion as art within the larger phenomenon of invented religions that have emerged in the West from the 1960s to the present. Invented religions, a new category emerging within the larger study of new religious movements are distinctive in overtly claiming their fictional status with a propensity for their adherents to transform works of speculative-fiction into scriptures, which in turn generate “religious” beliefs that overtly surpass fandom and enter into the domain of the religious. For this intervention/provocation the author invokes the writings of Dr. Timothy Leary whose “Start Your Own Religion” manual provided a framework for how invented religions can transform works of speculative fiction into functioning belief systems.
Sacred Sites and Secular Sounds
Authors: Manokara Nidya Shanthini , Samosir Nora , Wee Lionel
Published: May 2021

Drawing on travels as performers-researchers to sacred sites including the Magdalena Institute in Magdala, the River Jordan (Israel), Kurukshetra City, and the Ganges (India), Christian-actor Nora Samosir's and Hindu-Bharatanatyam dancer Nidya Shanthini Manokara's devised performance, Wandering Women: From Kurukshetra to Magdala, investigates the influence and interactions these sacred physical environments have on corporeal and aesthetic experiences. Sociohistorical and spiritual presences of spaces translate themselves into performance through the ludic yet volatile intersection between tactile experiences and sound. In particular, the performer-researchers explore how “quiet sounds” from the sacred site-visits, including shuffling of feet against the stones of the marketplace where Jesus walked at the Magdalene Institute and the bubbling water amidst temple bells at the Ganges, become catalysts for shaping performance sensibilities and implicate the social lens.
Drawing Torah from Troubling Texts
Authors: Belser Julia Watts
Published: May 2021

This article argues for the importance of developing queer feminist disability ethics in ways that push beyond the conventional canon, acknowledging the violence present in many traditional texts and their failures to do justice to lived disability experience. Critiquing a famous debate in the Babylonian Talmud, Ketubot 17a, in which Hillel and Shammai debate the permissibility of telling a lie in order to praise the beauty of a disabled bride at her wedding, the author argues for a Jewish disability ethics that engages secular disability arts. Examining the artistry of queer disabled dancer Claire Cunningham, the essay draws out the embodied ethical insights expressed through disability arts and argues that Cunningham's work offers a more compelling answer to the Talmud's question—in her claim that love lodges in the tangible acts of paying attention to another.
Empathy and Ethics in Navigating Religious Pluralism
Authors: Day Katie
Published: May 2021

Multifaith engagement must be motivated by ethics, sustained by ethics, and constructive of ethics. Written from the perspective of Christian ethics, this article locates empathy at the core of the ethics of building meaningful inter-religious relationships and activities. It draws on the life and work of Christian theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer to illustrate the transformative role of empathy in constructing moral courage and action.
Jewish Ethics and Leadership
Authors: Newman Louis E. , Messinger Ruth , Waxman Deborah , Kennebrae Georgette
Published: May 2021

These reflections on the ethics of Jewish communal leadership unite a scholarly examination with three personal narratives from the field. Anchoring the discussion is an argument for leadership grounded in four core virtues: anavah (humility), kavod (respect), yosher (integrity), and spiritual orientation. Three Jewish communal leaders highlight ethical quandaries and imperatives they confront in their work. One calls for the cultivation of moral courage. The others explore the tension between personal identity and public representation and the ethical imperative for the Jewish community to confront gender bias and racism.
Becoming Militants of Reconciling Love: 1 John 3:1–3 and the Task of Ethical Formation
Authors: Rhodes Michael J.
Published: May 2021

The renewed interest in moral formation among theological ethicists has elicited strong critiques from those concerned with an alleged overemphasis on human agency in character development. While such concerns cannot be brushed aside lightly, the solution is to situate human agency within a larger theological frame. As John Webster suggests, theological ethics should begin talking about the self and its agency by offering a “moral ontology” that includes a “moral anthropology” of human agents within the “drama of human nature, origin, and destiny” and the moral “field” or “space” of selfhood and action. Drawing on recent studies of Johannine ethics, I argue that 1 John 3:1–3 provides a programmatic description of just such a moral ontology. I then consider the epistle’s account of imitation in light of this ontology. Drawing on a second-person Thomistic virtue ethic, I argue that, for John, imitation serves as a second-person practice of moral formation whereby believers actively seek to purify themselves as Jesus is pure (1 John 3:3). Such theological interpretation adds support to the recent recovery of Johannine ethics and suggests that such an ethic may make serious contributions to contemporary discussions of moral formation.
Soteira, Savior of Ships: Mediterranean Identity in the Hellenistic Period
Authors: Bedin Eleonora , Gambash Gil
Published: May 2021

Was there such a thing as a Mediterranean identity in antiquity? And if so, how are we to define it? This article addresses these questions, focusing on maritime-based religious associations within Mediterranean societies and how these associations developed over time. Through an examination of the maritime, climatic, and geographical aspects of the human experience during the Hellenistic period, it is possible to evaluate the nature of Mediterranean deities and their common features across boundary lines of locality, nationality, ethnicity, and culture. The emerging picture suggests that the cross-cultural dimension of Mediterranean deities allows for the existence of a superordinate identity that may best be described as Mediterranean.
n. 16 - GESTÃO DEMOCRÁTICA NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL: POSSIBILIDADES ATUAIS DE PARTICIPAÇÃO A PARTIR DA EXISTÊNCIA DE ÓRGÃOS COLEGIADOS
Authors: Cruzetta Danieli D' Aguiar , Silva Marcus Quintanilha da
Published: May 2021

Este artigo teve como objetivo propor uma reflexão sobre os processos que favorecem uma gestão democrática e as possibilidades atuais de participação das famílias no cotidiano de seus filhos em creches e pré-escolas a partir da existência de órgãos colegiados. Considerou-se como metodologia de análise uma abordagem quantitativa crítica, compreendendo que as informações de 28.453 instituições educativas públicas municipais que ofertavam exclusivamente a educação infantil, resultado das respostas de seus diretores ao Censo Escolar de 2019 acerca da existência de órgãos colegiados nas unidades na qual são dirigentes, foram auxiliares ao objetivo proposto, mas que este foi nutrido de literatura especializada em torno da luta pelo direito à educação infantil e pressupostos da gestão democrática no ensino público, bem como de retomada da legislação nacional no que se refere ao tema. Os resultados evidenciam a incipiência na existência dos órgãos colegiados como ponto de partida assumido por essa investigação para se pensar em favorecimento da participação da comunidade nos processos decisórios da escola.
Representações, abordagem intercultural e pedagogia translíngue no Ensino Fundamental I
Authors: Amato Laura Janaina Dias
Published: May 2021

O presente trabalho, fruto de um projeto de extensão, busca explorar a função das representações imagéticas no ensino com a língua adicional, a partir de uma perspectiva intercultural, com base em uma pedagogia translíngue. Neste sentido, apresentaremos a comunidade a qual o projeto foi submetido, assim como a metodologia de aplicação da ação, que, através de imagens associou objeto, língua materna e língua adicional. Contando com uma abordagem intercultural (GUILHERME; DIETZ, 2014) e apoiado em práticas translíngues (YIP; GARCÍA, 2018), pretendemos discutir como as representações multimodais auxiliam na sensibilização linguística e intercultural, aproximando sujeito e língua, através de expressões outras, apoiadas ou não pela mediação escrita.
Contando histórias, resgatando memórias: Arte como mediadora para o resgate de trajetórias e memórias de crianças migrantes
Authors: Silva Graziela Lucchesi Rosa da , Gabriel Maria , Aoto Camila Akemi , Lubke Luana , Abreu e Lima Luisa Martins de , Osman Mayssun Omari , Tsiflidis Nathalia , Klepa Victória De Biassio
Published: May 2021

Ante o contexto migratório contemporâneo, é fundamental a elaboração de ações promotoras de desenvolvimento voltadas às especificidades da infância, considerando os impactos do deslocamento forçado nesse período da vida. Sob tal direção, a ação extensionista Pequenos do Mundo, da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), foi elaborada. No presente artigo, apresentamos e discutimos, a partir dos fundamentos da Psicologia Histórico-Cultural, a metodologia desenvolvida, valendo-se da arte em suas diferentes expressões e manifestações para o resgate e a valorização das memórias afetivas das crianças e de suas famílias, sobre cultura de origem, trajetórias e vivências. Em contraposição a um apagamento cultural sofrido em migrações involuntárias, desenvolvemos uma proposta e consequentes ações em que as crianças pudessem ouvir histórias, contar as suas e, nesse processo, se reconhecerem e reconhecerem os outros. As ações possibilitaram a elaboração simbólica e material sobre processos culturais e identitários, e, nesse processo, as crianças tomam posse para si de uma ferramenta que promove o resgate e o compartilhamento de aspectos da sua relação com seus pares e com o meio, apropriando-se e transformando suas histórias.
Postgraduate Certificate in Education Student Teachers’ Perceptions about Communities of Practice at Schools: Work Integrated Learning Reflections
Authors: Msimanga Mothofela Richard , Mabalane Valencia , Ramaila Sam , Ramdhany Virendra
Published: May 2021

Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) student teachers participate in work-integrated learning to develop their professional skills by critically reflecting on their school experience. This study examined how PGCE student teachers perceived Communities of Practice during their work-integrated learning. This study adopted a generic qualitative research design and involved a group of PGCE student teachers at a South African university. Data, which was thematically analysed, was generated by means of reflective group discussions and summaries. The study was underpinned by the Cultural Historical Activity Theory as the underlying theoretical framework. The study revealed that student teachers perceived Communities of Practice as a sustainable and collaborative means through which their professional practices can be enhanced. In addition, Communities of Practice are viewed as an effective catalyst to strengthen school management in its broadest sense. Contextually appropriate recommendations for strengthening initial pre-service teacher training within the broader South African context are provided.
The Effect of Export Promotion Programs on Export Performance with the Mediating Role of Marketing Implementation Capability: An Empirical Study on Exporting Companies in Ethiopia
Authors: Imiru Getie Andualem
Published: May 2021

The area of export performance has been attracting both academic and managerial attention at an increasing pace. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of Export Promotion Programs on Export Performance mediated by marketing implemenattion capbaility in the case of Exporting Companies in Ethiopia. The target repsondnets of this study were Exporting companies operating in Ethiopia. The total number of exporting companies operating in the country are 938. The number of questionnaires distributed were 280 and 218 (78%) of the collected questionnaires were used for anlaysis. The validity of the data was tested by measuring construct validity and discriminant validity. Data were analyses using partial least squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The study findings showed that the use of export promotion programmes has a positive and significant effect on export Performance. Results of the total model also revealed that market implementation capability mediated the effect of Education, Training and Development-related EPPs, Legal-Related EPPs, Marketing Selection-Related EPPs on export performance positively and significantly. On the other hand, Market Implementation Capability didn’t mediate the effect of Information-Related EPPs, Financial Aid-Related EPPS, Marketing Strategy-Related EPPs and Miscellaneous EPPs on export performance. Marketing implementation capabilities was found to have a partial mediation role between EPPs and Performance. The findings of the study are expected to provide a source of information for policy makers, researchers and exporters and marketing professionals to understand link between Export Promotion Programs, with the immediate role marketing implementation capability in exporting companies operating in Ethiopia.
Exploring the Relationship between Transportation Infrastructure and Regional Economic Growth Using Losch’s Location Theory
Authors: Almeida Cristiano Farias , Silva Francisco Gildemir Ferreira da , Araujo Paulo Henrique Cirino
Published: May 2021

There are some knowledge gaps regarding the relationship between transportation infrastructure and economic development, especially about economic impacts that occur due to implementation of infrastructure in a given region, albeit various studies have addressed the issue. This paper aims to identify variables that affect economic development in order to contribute to the development of a theoretical model that could explain the relationship between transportation infrastructure and economic development. The theoretical model is satisfactory because it begins by analyzing the actions generated by the transportation infrastructure. Moreover, the model is based on the Location Theory considering the economic development and taking into account variables such as transportation costs, gain, product value, consumption, competition between companies and lastly monopoly. Finally, an econometric procedure, Spatial Panel Auto Regressive Vector Model (PVAR), was used to evaluate the relationship between economic development and investments in transportation infrastructure.
NEVANLINNA CONSTANT AND ITS ANALOGUES FOR ENTIRE AND MEROMORPHIC FUNCTIONS OF FINITE NONINTEGRAL ORDER
Authors: CHERN TIEN-YU PETER , SARANGI S. M.
Published: May 2021

In this paper we deal with the Nevanlinua constant and its analogues for functions of finite positive nonintegral order.
ON MATRIX SUMMABILITY OF JACOBI SERIES
Authors: LAL SHYAM
Published: May 2021

In this paper a new theorem on Matrix Summability of Jacobi series is established This theorem is a generalization of several known and unknown results.
Otorhinolaryngological manifestations of COVID-19
Authors: Wysocki Jarosław
Published: May 2021

COVID-19 manifests itself in a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms, both in terms of their variety and severity. It can be asymptomatic or abortive, mild, moderate, severe and lightning, as septic with multiple organ failure and shock Typical leading symptoms of COVID-19 are: high fever poorly responding to drugs, severe loss of strength, chest pain, dyspnoea, pain headaches, bone and joint pain and muscle pain, until the onset of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, many publications mention among the possible symptoms also others, not related to the involvement of the lower respiratory tract. These are gastrointestinal disorders, damage to the central and peripheral nervous system, catarrh of the upper respiratory tract and dysfunctions of the sensory organs. The aim of this literature review was to determine the frequency of various head and neck dysfunctions that are part of COVID-19. Symptoms of conjunctivitis, nasal mucosa, pharynx and larynx are reported by about of patients, but they do not always occur at the same time, as in infections caused, for example, by rhinoviruses. Anosmi / hyposmia or ageusia / hypogeusia occur with a similar frequency. Symptoms of damage to the equilibrium system, such as dizziness, are reported by approx. 1/3, vertigo and hearing loss approx. 5-6%, tinnitus approx. 10% of patients. Reports of coexistence with COVID-19 of peripheral paresis of the facial nerve are so far relatively few and often included in the neurological disorders, the frequency of which is also about 1/3 of COVID-19 cases. Importantly, both catarrhal symptoms and the others listed here may precede, co-occur or follow the appearance of the leading symptoms of COVID-19. They can also be the only symptoms of this disease. This should prompt otorhinolaryngologists to be particularly vigilant in this regard
Preface
Authors: Rennert Hal , Shoaf Judy
Published: May 2021

Business as usual in the face of more than 257,000 fellow Americans dyingfrom the coronavirus?—the business of editing Delos, a scholarly journal ofliterary translations, somewhat removed from the physical manifestationswhere our sisters and brothers, the first responders in the hospitals  nursing homes and schools, are employed. Together, our survival and livelihoods are at risk in the current pandemic.

There are many historical and literary precedents for what we are goingthrough today, beginning with Boccaccio in the fourteenth century and culminating with Albert Camus’s novel The Plague (La Peste, 1947), which he effectively employed as a symbol of Nazi ideology and occupation of France, and as a warning against mass hysteria for future generations, not merely for students of the political process and future epidemiologists, but for ordinary citizens like us.
Poetry Translation from a Tonal Language (Vietnamese) to a Non-Tonal Language (English)
Authors: Pham Andrea
Published: May 2021

In this essay, as a bilingual speaker as well as a poet and linguist, I will share some issues involved in the translation of a bilingual collection of poems by Andrea Hoa Pham and Lola Haskins, published by Danang Publishing House. The collection includes twenty Vietnamese poems originally written in Vietnamese by Pham, and twenty written in English by Haskins; each original poem is accompanied by a translated version. In the process, I translated Haskins’s poems into Vietnamese. For my original Vietnamese poems, I translated them into English, and Haskins adapted the English versions as an American poet and native speaker of English. Over several meetings, we discussed the deep meanings behind the text, line by line, written by the other, although without discussing the sound of the languages or reading them aloud to each other.
The Unknown One
Authors: Obstfelder Sigbjørn , Barger Edward
Published: May 2021

A short story set in Paris by the late nineteenth-century Norwegian author Sigbjørn Obstfelder. Translated from Norwegian by Edward Jordan Barger.
Trauerbilder und Totenporträts
Authors: Munforte Patrizia
Published: May 2021

"Keeping freshly alive the memories," was how the American daguerreotypist Marcus Aurelius Root summed up the guiding principle of the still young portrait photography in 1864. Until the middle of the 19th century, this principle was often associated with miniature painting in North America. This served as a crucial material aesthetic and iconographic reference for memory and grief photography. However, photography was able to assert itself through painting with a higher sharpness and the impression of a direct presence of the portrayed. At the center of the book are discourses on the materiality and mediality of the memory images in the context of local mourning and memorial traditions. Patrizia Munforte examines the interrelations between portrait photography and painting in North American visual culture after 1800.
Soil and Agronomic Management for Cucumber Production in Nigeria
Authors: Ndubuisi Okafor Bernard , J. Yaduma Japhet
Published: May 2021

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus. L) is an important crop; widely cultivated in different agroecologies of Nigeria. Its production continues to gain attention in Nigerian communities because of their nutritional and economic values. Average yield per/ha is below world average. Factors responsible for the low yield include inappropriate farming systems, climate change, pests and diseases infestation, poor access to credit facilities, inappropriate method of cultivation, distance to market and low availability of land. Important but often neglected is the quality/fertility status of cucumber producing soils of Nigeria. Fertiliser use is inadequate and application is often based on blanket recommendation. Low soil quality and poor agronomic management have contributed to >40% decrease in yield. With good agricultural practices and soil management, optimum yield can be attained.
Growth Promoting and Stabilizing of Cucumber Plants Cultivated in Soilless Cultivation Systems Using Biostimulators
Authors: Henry Böhme Michael
Published: May 2021

Cultivation of cucumber in greenhouses is predominantly carried out in soilless cultivation systems mainly in substrate culture. The use of organic and completely compostable substrates is of rising interest in such systems, unclean sheep wool was formed as substrate slabs, peat slabs and coconut fiber slabs were compared with mineral substrates rockwool and perlite. In general can be stated, intensively in greenhouses cultivated crops such as cucumbers, suffer often from inadequate abiotic or biotic growth conditions in particular in the rhizosphere. Many studies were done to find growth promoters or biostimulators to stabilize the growing condition in the rhizosphere, in case of stress situation as fluctuating salt concentration EC and pH value, but also in case of temperature stress. K-Humate, Lactate and Bacillus subtilis were investigated as biostimulators in such situations. Different concentration and combination of these biostimulators were investigated but also the methods of application on leaves and roots respectively. Very successful was used for the stabilization of the EC value for cucumber plants growing in substrate the application of K-Humate and B. subtilis (FZB24®) as single component and combined. Following the results, it can be assumed, the application of the combined biostimulators with all substances if applied over the roots was a stimulating effect visible, whereas if applied over the leaves an inhibiting effect for cucumber plant growth. Application of the biostimulators solution with all three components BS-FZB24® (0.2%), K-Humate (0.01%), and LACTOFOL “O” (0.1%) were tested regarding their effects in case of strong but short time pH and temperature stress the growth of cucumber plants. There are a strong correlation between green biomass of treated cucumber plants and their root mass. It can be assumed that one of the effects of stress prevention through the biostimulators is primarily based on increasing root growth.
Inequality: The Dangers of Meat Haves and Have-Nots in a Nicotinamide-Adenine-Dinucleotide World
Authors: C. Williams Adrian , J. Hill Lisa
Published: May 2021

Our evolution and recent history can be seen as a “World Hunt” for meat as part of an omnivorous diet. Meat contains key micronutrients namely Nicotinamide (vitamin B3) and methyl-donors with deficits causing pellagra, an archetypal disease of poverty. Inequality is a leading ultimate risk factor invoked in the aetiology of common diseases let alone threats from climate change and pandemic triggered catastrophes. We hypothesize that the origin of inequality was our evolutionary and nutritional move from equal to unequal sharing of the meat supply some 10–20 thousand years ago. High meat intake may have bioengineered powerful ruling classes and lower intake the proletariat with higher fertility, but inferior (brain) health. A fairer quantity of a safer meat intake in future should moderate global variances of fertility, height, health, and prosperity. Death rates of acute infections including emergent zoonoses (such as COVID-19) and chronic infections (such as TB) should fall as might the incidence of some diseases of affluence. Meat justice by improving human capital could make redundant superficial markers, such as skin colour, used to discriminate against peoples and heal a divided world.
Influence of Indigenous Processing Methods on Aflatoxin Occurrence in Africa
Authors: Rashid Hudu Abdul , Gustav Komla Mahunu , Opoku Nelson
Published: May 2021

Aflatoxin is a major mycotoxin naturally produced in plants. Various postharvest treatments such as drying, storage materials and storage conditions have shown to influence the accumulation of this toxin in food crops. Beside indigenous processing methods including fermentation, roasting, and cooking have contributed to the reduction in aflatoxin expression. Although these methods are not used in exclusion, each stage has an inherent impact on the levels of aflatoxin in the final products. This chapter reviewed studies on the use of indigenous processing methods in African against aflatoxin occurrences in traditional foods and beverages.
COVID-19: A Catalyst for Novel Psychiatric Paradigms - Part 1
Authors: Sfera Adonis , Osorio Carolina , E. Campo Maldonado Jose , Jafri Afzaal , D. Chokka Aaron , Manuel Zapata Martín del Campo Carlos , Kozlakidis Zisis
Published: May 2021

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in the late 2019 and spread rapidly throughout the world, becoming a pandemic in March 2020. It became obvious early that the prognosis of this illness is highly variable, ranging from few mild symptoms to severe complications and death, indicating that aside from the pathogen virulence, host factors contribute significantly to the overall outcome. Like SARS-CoV and Human Coronavirus NL63 (HCoV-NL63-NL63), SARS-CoV-2 enters host cells via several receptors among which angiotensin converting enzyme-2 (ACE-2) are the most studied. As this protein is widely expressed in the lungs, blood vessels, brain, kidney, testes and ovaries, the effects of this virus are widespread, affecting many body tissues and organs. Viral attachment to ACE-2 downregulates this protein, disrupting angiotensin II (ANG II) hydrolysis that in return contributes to the unchecked accumulation of this peptide. ANG II toxicity is the result of excessive activation of ANG II type 1 receptors (AT-1Rs) and N-methyl-D-aspartate NMDA receptors (NMDARs). Overstimulation of these proteins, along with the loss of angiotensin (1–7) (ANG 1–7), upregulates reactive oxygen species (ROS), inflicting end-organ damage (hit 1). However, a preexistent redox impairment may be necessary for the development of SARS-CoV-2 critical illness (hit 2). Here we propose a two-hit paradigm in which COVID-19 critical illness develops primarily in individuals with preexistent antioxidant dysfunction. Several observational studies are in line with the two hit model as they have associated poor COVID-19 prognosis with the hereditary antioxidant defects. Moreover, the SARS-CoV-2 interactome reveals that viral antigen NSP5 directly inhibits the synthesis of glutathione peroxidase (GPX), an antioxidant enzyme that along with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) protect the body from oxidative damage. Indeed, individuals with G6PD deficiency have less favorable COVID-19 outcomes compared to the general population.
Recent Developments in the Crystallization of PLLA-Based Blends, Block Copolymers, and Nanocomposites
Authors: Kumar Pandey Amit , Sakurai Shinichi
Published: May 2021

Despite the extensive studies of poly(L-lactic acid)(PLLA), the crystallization of PLLA-based materials is still not completely understood. This chapter presents recent developments of crystallization of PLLA-based blends, block copolymers and nanocomposites. The first section of the chapter discusses the acceleration of PLLA crystallization by the inclusion of biobased (solid and liquid state) additives. It was found that the solid state additives work as a nucleating agent while the liquid-state additive works as a plasticizer. Both type of the additives can significantly enhance the crystallization of PLLA, as indicated by crystallization half-time (t0.5) values. Such composites are of great interest as they are 100% based on renewable resources. The second section talks about the enhanced formation of stereocomplex (SC) crystals in the PLLA/PDLA (50/50) blends by adding 1% SFN. It was found that the loading of SFN enhances the formation of SC crystals and it suppresses the formation of HC (homocrystal). The third section deals with confined crystallization of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) in a PLLA/PEG blend. The PLLA/PEG (50/50) blend specimen was heated up to 180.0°C and kept at this temperature for 5 min. Then, a two-step temperature-jump was conducted as 180.0°C → 127.0°C → 45.0°C. For this particular condition, it was found that PEG can crystallize only in the preformed spherulites of PLLA, as no crystallization of PEG was found in the matrix of the mixed PLLA/PEG amorphous phase. The last section describes the confined crystallization of PCL in the diblock and triblock copolymers of PLA-PCL. Furthermore, enantiomeric blends of PLLA-PCL and PDLA-PCL or PLLA-PCL-PLLA and PDLA-PCL-PDLA have been examined for the purpose of the improvement of the poor mechanical property of PLLA to which the SC formation of PLLA with PDLA components are relevant.