bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Lead and Nitrogen Co-Doped Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Authors: Zarmehri Ehsan , Raudsepp Ragle , Šmits Krišjānis , Käämbre Tanel , Šutka Andris , Yörük Can Rüstü , Zacs Dzintars , Kruusenberg Ivar
Published: October 2023

The electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on lead and nitrogen co-doped multi-walled carbon nanotube (Pb/N/MWCNT) composite catalyst has been investigated in the neutral, acidic and alkaline media. The mixture of lead phthalocyanine (PbPc) and MWCNTs was pyrolysed in nitrogen atmosphere to achieve co-doping of lead and nitrogen. The successful co-doping as well as formation of Pb nanoparticles were confirmed with the use of various physical and surface characterisation methods such as scanning and transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. This work brings forth the electrocatalytic effect of Pb and nitrogen co-doping of carbon by a detailed electrochemical analysis using rotating disk electrode (RDE) method. The Pb and nitrogen co-doped MWCNT material demonstrate a reasonable electrocatalytic ORR activity in acidic, neutral and alkaline media. The results indicate great potential of Pb to be employed in electrocatalyst design as co-doping agent to achieve superior cathode catalysts for microbial, proton and anion exchange membrane fuel cells.
An In-Depth Analysis of Variation in Characteristic Performance of OLED with Respect to Position of Charge Generation Layer
Authors: Yadav Sugandha , Mittal Poornima , Negi Shubham
Published: October 2023

In this paper, a high performance blue organic light emitting diode having a charge generation layer (CGL) is proposed and compared with the other five CGL and non-CGL based devices. The utilized CGL layer in the different structure consists of two materials; HAT-CN (hexaazatriphenylene-hexacarbonitrile) and TAPC (1,1-bis[(di-4-tolyamino)phenyl)]cyclohexane,) for electrons and holes generation, correspondingly. In the proposed novel structure, the CGL layer is incorporated outside of the emissive layer (EML) which significantly enhances the device performance in terms of current and luminescence. The device exhibits luminescence and current values as 3636.3 cd m−2 and 0.44 A, respectively. Furthermore, this paper represents in-depth internal analysis of the six devices (D1-D6). This analysis is provided by drawing horizontal and vertical cutlines inside the devices. The proposed device is analysed and compared with other mentioned devices in terms of several parameters such as Langevin recombination rate, electron concentration, hole concentration, band energy, total current density, electron affinity, hole QFL (quasi-Fermi level), conduction current density, potential distribution and electron/hole mobility. In comparison with D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5, the current of the proposed device (D6) is about 16.9, 2.2, 1.7, 3 and 1.6 times improved, correspondingly. Moreover, structural analysis is also included to understand the performance of the devices more precisely.
Ion Acoustic Solitary Wave Solutions to mKdV-ZK Model in Homogeneous Magnetized Plasma
Authors: Pervin Mst. Razia , Roshid Harun-Or , Dey Pinakee , Shanta Shewli Shamim , Kumar Sachin
Published: October 2023

In this exploration, we reflect on the wave transmission of three-dimensional (3D) nonlinear electron–positron magnetized plasma, counting both hot as well as cold ion. Treated equation acquiesces to nonlinear-modified KdV-Zakharov–Kuznetsov (mKdV-ZK) dynamical 3D form. The model is integrated by the

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-model expansion scheme and invented few families of ion acoustic solitonic propagation results in term of Jacobi elliptic functions. Various shock waves, bullet like bright soliton, dark soliton, singular soliton, as well as periodic signal solutions, are formed from the Jacobi elliptic solution for different parametric constraints. Some of the solutions are illustrated graphically and analyzed width and height due to change of exist parameters in the solutions. Figures are provided to explain the wave natures and effects of nonlinear and fractional parameters are presented in the same two-dimensional (2D) plots.
Zinc Acetate Hydrate Supplementation versus Polaprezinc Supplementation for Improving Hypozincemia in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Authors: Kumagai Etsuko , Furumachi Kazuhiro , Kurihara Akihiro , Hosokawa Ken , Hosohata Keiko , Takai Shinji
Published: October 2023

Zinc supplementation may ameliorate zinc deficiency in maintenance hemodialysis patients; however, no standard protocol has been established. This study aimed to investigate the effects of zinc acetate hydrate (ZAH) and polaprezinc (PPZ) as zinc supplements in hemodialysis patients. We enrolled 75 hemodialysis patients with serum zinc levels <60 μg/dL for this study and randomly assigned Zinc supplementation to these 75 patients: 37 received ZAH (50 mg/day), and 38 received PPZ (34 mg/day). Serum zinc levels of both groups were compared every 4 weeks for 1 year. In both groups, serum zinc levels significantly increased at 4–52 weeks. Serum zinc levels were significantly higher in the ZAH group at 4–12 weeks; however, no significant differences were observed between the groups at 16–52 weeks. Adverse events requiring a reduction in the zinc dose, including copper deficiency, occurred significantly more frequently in the ZAH group. In conclusion, PPZ can safely maintain serum zinc levels for 1 year. ZAH provides rapid zinc supplementation but can cause adverse events.
Analysis of Socioeconomics and Occupational Dimensions of Shrimp Farmers of Tamil Nadu
Authors: Angela S. Agnes Daney , Sharma Arpita
Published: October 2023

Studies on socioeconomic, communication media usage, occupational, and sociopsychological attributes of farmers are prerequisite for planning, designing, and successful implementation of sustainable management strategies of a sector which is true for Penaeus vannamei shrimp farming also. The state of Andhra Pradesh in India ranks first in shrimp farming. However, Tamil Nadu state has a lot of potential and is slowly catching with third position, so the baseline profile of shrimp farmers of Tamil Nadu was collected through interviews with 316 shrimp farmers in Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Thanjavur, and Thiruvallur districts. Most shrimp farmers were men of middle-age, with experience ranging from 1 to 5 years with secondary school to graduate level education. About 89.36% of shrimp farmers had taken loans for the purpose of shrimp farming whereas 78.16% were depending on income from shrimp farming as a repayment source. The benefit–cost ratio of shrimp farming was 2.2 indicating profitability so 79.37% of them were able to save money. However, for 86.53% this was a major expenditure too indicating its vital role in their life. For acquiring information for shrimp farming, 40% relied on friends and 24% relied on fellow farmers. Shrimp farmers were well-versed with the present-era mass-media and through smartphones they acquired information from apps like YouTube. Innovation proneness, scientific orientation, and economic motivation were found to be high in about 30% of farmers. Proper planning is essential for sustainable shrimp farming and sustaining the socioeconomic benefits. The studied attributes play an important role in formulation, designing, and successful implementation of sustainable shrimp farming.
Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized from Opuntia ficus-indica on Danio rerio and Arabidopsis thaliana and Their Antimicrobial Activity
Authors: Muñoz-Carrillo Mariana Georgina , Garcidueñas-Piña Cristina , Pedroza-Jimenez Melannie Montserrat , Valerio-García Roberto Carlos , Carbajal-Hernández Ana Laura , Andrade Galdino , Morales-Dominguez José Francisco
Published: October 2023

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) usefulness has been widely demonstrated in fields such as agriculture, medicine, food, and pharmaceutical industries, primarily for their antibacterial properties. AgNPs synthesized from biological extracts are as effective as those obtained by chemical methods, with the advantage that in the former fewer toxic compounds are generated for the environment. In a previous work, we synthesized AgNPs from the aqueous extract of Opuntia ficus-indica fruit peel (OfAgNPs) and tested their activity against microorganisms from a wastewater treatment plant. OfAgNPs were proposed for use as tertiary wastewater treatment; however, more needs to be known about their antimicrobial activity and toxicological potential. In the present study, the antimicrobial effect of OfAgNPs was demonstrated against reference bacterial strains of Escherichia coli (DH5α), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 27853), and Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 29213), and against fungi isolated in the laboratory and identified as Aspergillus sp., Colletotrichum sp., and Cladosporium sp. In addition, in this work, we report the effects of OfAgNPs produced by exposure in two model organisms: a fish, Danio rerio, and a plant, Arabidopsis thaliana. OfAgNPs in A. thaliana caused negative effects on growth and photosynthetic pigment content only when the exposure was constant and greater than 6 mg/L. However, in D. rerio, impaired caudal fin development was observed at 0.15 mg/L from 24 hr of exposure. This is evidence of the toxicological potential of OfAgNPs, so their use should be carried out in a controlled manner.
Rosa laevigata Michx. Polysaccharide Ameliorates Diabetic Nephropathy in Mice through Inhibiting Ferroptosis and PI3K/AKT Pathway-Mediated Apoptosis and Modulating Tryptophan Metabolism
Authors: Zhang Tianyu , Sun Wenjuan , Wang Lixin , Zhang Hui , Wang Yuansong , Pan Baochao , Li Hanzhou , Ma Ziang , Xu Kai , Cui Huantian , Lv Shuquan
Published: October 2023

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a metabolic disease wherein chronic hyperglycemia triggers various renal cell dysfunctions, eventually leading to progressive kidney failure. Rosa laevigata Michx. is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine. Many studies have confirmed its antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, and renoprotective effects. However, the effects and mechanisms of Rosa laevigata Michx. polysaccharide (RLP) in DN remain unclear. In this study, a DN mouse model was established to investigate the therapeutic effect of RLP on DN mice. Then, nontargeted metabolomics was used to analyze the potential mechanism of RLP in the treatment of DN. Finally, the effects of RLP on ferroptosis and the PI3K/AKT pathway were investigated. The results demonstrated that RLP effectively alleviated renal injury and reduced inflammation and oxidative stress in the kidney. In addition, nontargeted metabolomic analysis indicated that RLP could modulate riboflavin metabolism and tryptophan metabolism in DN mice. Notably, ferroptosis and PI3K/AKT pathway-mediated apoptosis in the kidney were also ameliorated following RLP treatment. In conclusion, this study confirmed that RLP had a significant therapeutic effect on DN mice. Furthermore, RLP treatment modulated tryptophan metabolism and inhibited ferroptosis and PI3K/AKT pathway-mediated apoptosis in the kidney.
Supplementary Data from Which Small Molecule? Selecting Chemical Probes for Use in Cancer Research and Target Validation
Authors: Mader Mary M. , Rudolph Joachim , Hartung Ingo V. , Uehling David , Workman Paul , Zuercher William
Published: October 2023

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A Novel Presentation of Autoimmune Hepatitis with IgG1 Elevation
Authors: Zhang Yujiao , Niazi Bilal , Auda Auda , Chacko Angel Ann , Jarri Amer , Mohamed Abdifatah , Ali Saad , Zhu Hongfa , Sirajuddin Syed
Published: October 2023

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a common and debilitating pathology that has acute, subacute, and chronic presentation, requiring prompt diagnosis and early intervention. Several serologic markers are found to be associated with the pathogenesis and progression of autoimmune hepatitis, most notably antinuclear antibodies and anti-smooth muscle antibodies [Front Immunol. 2018;9:609]. In addition, AIH is also characterized by the elevation of gamma globulin levels, mainly immunoglobulin G (IgG) [World J Gastroenterol. 2015;21(1):60–83]. Although the literature has well established the presence of increased IgG levels in AIH, few studies have evaluated the subtypes of IgG and their differential levels associated with AIH. Here, we present a rare case of AIH that lacks the common serologic markers but instead reveals an elevation in IgG1 level. Our patient was subsequently placed on corticosteroids, and her symptoms quickly resolved. We intend to introduce this case to the medical community in the hope of aiding in the proper diagnosis and timely intervention of subsequent cases with similar presentations.
Conservation gaps identification through patterns of species richness established from species niche models of mammals in a sector of Chaco Seco ecoregion
Authors: Rivas Federico Fernando , Speciale María Florencia
Published: October 2023

The identification of biodiversity conservation priority sectors that are not formally protected, have an essential part of conservation strategies and goals at global and local scale. Ecological niche modeling is a relevant and important tool for analysis and distribution of species, also is used to determine the biodiversity patterns through the regions. The main objective of this work was to identify the sites with high biodiversity patterns in a sector of Chaco Seco ecoregion that haven’t been protected with environmental legislation. Through biodiversity sampling with foot transects, camera traps and interviews, it was registered the presence of large and medium mammals in Santiago del Estero Province. Biodiversity pattern maps were then developed from potential distribution models (SDMs) of 5 mammalian species selected for being relevant for conservation. To define zones that could be characterized like conservation gaps, pattern maps were contrasted with protected areas layers and legal schemes of land use planning and also, protected forest. For the SDM, 171 records were used, 43 for M. gouazoubira, 40 for P. concolor, 20 for M. trydactila, 43 on P. tajacu and 25 on C. wagneri. Three models were used to make the biodiversity patterns, one of these, Fuzzy union, were used for the subsequent calculation. The total area of high biodiversity increases to 39.486 km², which represents the 29% of provincial area. In consequence the 81% remaining represents the conservation gaps areas for that sector of the ecoregion.
The Yogi Physician: The Conscious Self and the Yoga of Karmic Observation in Early Ayurvedic Medicine
Authors: Robertson Matthew I.
Published: October 2023

This article develops historical links between early Ayurveda and yoga in light of the claim that a physician can enter the inner self (antarātman) of a patient “in the manner of a yogi.” Ayurveda’s idiomatically yoga-based analysis of the inner self is detailed, illustrating a concern with the karma, consciousness, perceptual habits, and mental clarity of patients. Diagnosing these most subtle aspects of a patient is shown to require the development of the penetrative power of “true awareness,” which physicians get by yogic means. It is argued that the ideal physician is a yogi who evidences the existence of a yogic paradigm of karmic observation. Textual parallels indicate that this paradigm was held in common among Ayurvedic and Buddhist social circles especially. Yoga, it is argued, afforded the perceptual “physics” for a karmic cosmos, while its methods of perceptual mastery afforded the expansive vision required to observe it properly.
Religiosity and Spirituality in Linda Mary Montano’s Anorexia Nervosa
Authors: Pyun Kyunghee
Published: October 2023

This paper presents a close-up reading of American artist and ex-member of the Maryknoll Sisters, Linda Mary Montano. Her performance in the video work, Anorexia Nervosa (1981) is analyzed in view of contemporary performance and video art by women artists in the second wave feminism. By positioning the experience of self-starving in the Catholic tradition of holy fasting and asceticism of self-starvation, this paper regards Montano’s video work as a continuation of Catholic women utilizing social agencies. Montano’s own performance in Anorexia Nervosa can be seen as one of many forms of keeping the faith while exercising contemporary art with a mission of disrupting social boundaries and norms. Montano’s understanding of the body as a vehicle of performance art is still resonant with her religiosity of elevating self-starving to a miraculous intervention. Her mundane narrative of the extraordinary supports her view that her life is art; art is life.
Mapping Spirituality in the Art of Sook Jin Jo
Authors: Hyun Soojung
Published: October 2023

Korean-born artist Sook Jin Jo has produced a multidisciplinary array of sculptural installations for over three decades. Her primary materials consist of discarded wooden furniture, abandoned industrial materials, and trees from the natural environment. The assemblages, installations, and public art projects from these materials offer a renewed perspective on art. Sook Jin Jo broadens her philosophical interpretation of art by transforming crude objects into significant art. Her materials are taken from various resources not only to create original visual forms, but also to convey profound meaning in our everyday lives. In the context of “Being is born of Non-Being,” the artist’s spiritual and philosophical views are deeply connected to Taoism, which is coherent with Zen Buddhism. Meditation Space (2000) invites people to contemplate nature in a manner that resonates as a sacred space. Jo’s recent distinguished works have comprehensively synthesized the pieces she has done so far. In Art House (Art + Architecture) and Art House Chapel II (Art + Architecture), two nondenominational chapels extend beyond institutional religions. Her work profoundly touches the meaning of spirituality and harmony that embraces the history of the sites she utilizes within the art context. Jo’s site-specific works correspond to the healing of human beings and society rather than being aligned with traditional religious beliefs.
The Politics of Time
Authors: Marinaccio Julia
Published: October 2023

Over the past twenty years, historians and political scientists have explored extensively how structures, institutions, coalitions and recently also information have affected China’s environmental governance. Much less is known about how time consciousness has informed political action. This paper draws on theories of historical times to analyse key party and government documents on forest management published between 1949 and 2021. Two research questions are tackled. How has time been negotiated in programmatic ideas of forest development? How has time-consciousness connected to forest policymaking in different historical periods? The findings demonstrate that environmental policies in China were not only informed by ideological struggles over programmatic ideas and how (i.e., by which governance mode and instruments) to best manage natural resources. The policies were also affected by ideological struggles over temporalities and time horizons. The findings draw attention to an under-researched factor in political processes in China and across societies and political systems.
Bhāviveka and Avalokitavrata on the Two So-Called Non-cause Theories (ahetuvāda) of the Lokāyatikas
Authors: Del Toso Krishna
Published: October 2023

The article discusses Bhāviveka’s Prajñāpradīpavṛtti and Avalokitavrata’s Prajñāpradīpaṭīkā commentaries on the “not without a cause” (nāpy ahetutaḥ) alternative of Nāgārjuna’s Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 1.1ab, from which it emerges that at least two distinct theories of causality can be attributed to the Lokāyata school. The first one is a physicalist theory that confines all causal relations within the sphere of material elements and is assimilated to accidentalism. The second one is a naturalist theory that attributes causal power to inner nature (svabhāva). The paper discusses the theoretical differences between these two approaches, considers Bhāviveka’s and Avalokitavrata’s counter-arguments and concludes that some of the conjectures that modern scholars have put forward on the relation between svabhāvavāda, accidentalism and Lokāyata should be revised.
Two Approaches by Dutch Missionaries to Communicating the Gospel in Seventeenth-Century Taiwan
Authors: Joby Christopher
Published: October 2023

Between 1624 and 1662, the Dutch East India Company operated a trading post in Taiwan. It employed missionaries who attempted to convert indigenous Formosans to Reformed Christianity by compiling texts in the Formosan language, Siraya. This article analyzes texts compiled in this language to establish how the Dutch missionaries used them to communicate the Gospel. This analysis shows that they adopted two distinct approaches to compiling texts in Siraya. Early missionaries, above all Robertus Junius, modified biblical texts such as the Ten Commandments and Lord’s Prayer, changing words and phrases to “speak to” the Formosan culture. His approach constituted a form of accommodation and was subsequently criticized by missionary colleagues in Taiwan. Later missionaries translated the biblical texts more literally. Nevertheless, they used a Formulary as a discursive textual space in which to explain and, to some extent, make the text relevant to the Formosans.
The Gospel as a Life to Live: Tokunboh Adeyemo and the Evangelical Debate on Mission
Authors: van Veelen Wouter Theodoor (W.T.)
Published: October 2023

This article analyzes the theological legacy of Tokunboh Adeyemo, a leading voice in African evangelical circles. In academic literature on African Christianity, African evangelical theologians are often accused of endorsing a biblicist or Westernized form of theology that fails to deeply engage with African realities. This study retraces Adeyemo’s contribution to the evangelical debates on mission after the International Congress on World Evangelization held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1974. It will be argued that, while Adeyemo undoubtedly was influenced by North American dualism, he increasingly distanced himself from Western theological concepts, advocating for a broad, holistic, contextual, and transformational understanding of mission. Thus, this study shows that categories commonly used to describe African evangelicalism, such as “biblicist,” “conservative,” “dogmatic,” and so on, do not do justice to the complexity, heterogeneity, and contextuality of African evangelicalism.
Pneumatic Precognition
Authors: Crace Benjamin D.
Published: October 2023

In speculative and constructivist modes, this study seeks to establish pneumatic precognition as an important theological topos among scholars concerned with the action of the Spirit. It follows an abductive approach that first offers a ‘thick description’ of pneumatic precognition based on the biblical text and personal experience in pentecostal ‘testimony’ mode. Based on the thick description, it then moves beyond the naïve realism of ‘God knows the future; God told me’, by drawing out some of the cosmological implications of precognition, offering potential models and dialogue partners. Lastly, moving back to the biblical text, it unpacks the theological implications of retrocausality through an eschatological reading of Jesus’ restoration of Peter in Jn 21.15-17, suggesting that individual experiences of pneumatic precognition participate in the sacramental cosmic drama.
Lisa M. Bowens, African American Readings of Paul: Reception, Resistance, & Transformation
Authors: Robinson Aaron J.
Published: October 2023

Reception history is gaining popularity as an interpretive approach to Scripture. The dearth of extant primary sources in biblical interpretation from the African American community before the Civil Rights Era can present challenges for hearing black voices in reception history. In her remarkable monograph, Lisa Bowens examines sermons, letters, public addresses, and essays from African Americans, as early as the eighteenth century, surveying their engagement and interpretation of Pauline texts and Paul as a biblical figure. Her work elevates the voices of African Americans, while presenting an exceptional model of reception history at work. Her research demonstrates early African Americans using Scripture, particularly the letters and life of Paul, for rebuttal and reform of social injustices.
Against the Anglican ‘Conscience’: The Analytical Tool from Churches and Moral Discernment Applied to the Discussions About Homosexuality at the Lambeth Conferences 1978–2022
Authors: Jensen Alexander S.
Published: October 2023

In the recently published document Churches and Moral Discernment the Faith and Order Commission of the wcc offers an analytical tool for moral discernment processes and introduces the concept of the ‘conscience’ of the Church. Applying this tool to the moral discernment processes in the Anglican Communion leading up to the 1998 Lambeth Conference and its Resolution I.10 ‘Human Sexuality’ indicates that the moral discernment processes did not reflect the Anglican ‘conscience’, i.e. the inherited understanding of moral norms and authority. This led to the Resolution being divisive rather than uniting. The success of the 2022 Lambeth Conference in mending these division needs to be followed up by the commencement of a renewed discernment process. But it is also possible that the Anglican ‘conscience’ has changed in parts of the Communion, which would pose new challenges for the instruments of communion.
Pre-Narrativist Philosophy of History
Authors: Ahlskog Jonas
Published: October 2023

Prior to the narrativist turn in the 1970s, philosophy of history focused on action and agency. Seminal pre-narrativist philosophers of history – from Collingwood and Oakeshott to Dilthey and Gadamer – argued that agent-centred action explanation constitutes an irreducible element of historical research. This paper re-examines the agent-centred perspective as one of the key insights of pre-narrativist philosophy of history. This insight has not only been neglected in philosophy of history after the narrativist turn but also fundamentally misunderstood. The paper advances two connected arguments: (i) that the agent-centred perspective is internal to the very idea of historical knowledge, and (ii) that the agent-centred perspective is epistemically prior to retrospective (re)description, which has been the focus of narrativist philosophy of history. In conclusion, the paper contends that the agent-centred and the retrospective perspective constitute two integral and irreducible modes of thought that belong to history.
Thinking about Past Minds: Cognitive Science as Philosophy of Historiography
Authors: Bricker Adam Michael
Published: October 2023

This paper outlines the case for a future research program that uses the tools of experimental cognitive science to investigate questions that traditionally fall under the remit of the philosophy of historiography. The central idea is this – the epistemic profile of historians’ representations of the past is largely an empirical matter, determined in no small part by the cognitive processes that produce these representations. However, as the philosophy of historiography is not presently equipped to investigate such cognitive questions, legitimate concerns about evidential quality go largely overlooked. The case of mental state representation provides an excellent illustration of this. Representations of past mental states – the thoughts and fears and knowledge and desires of past agents – play much the same evidential role in historiography as in everyday life, serving in the causal explanation of agents’ behaviors and supporting normative evaluation of those behaviors. However, we have good reason to suspect that the theory of mind processes that support these representations may be more susceptible to error when deployed in the context of historiography than under everyday conditions. This raises worries about the quality of evidence that theory of mind can provide historiography, worries which require experimental cognitive science to properly address.
Narratives, Events & Monotremes: The Philosophy of History in Practice
Authors: Currie Adrian
Published: October 2023

Significant work in the philosophy of history has focused on the writing of historiographical narratives, isolated from the rest of what historians do. Taking my cue from the philosophy of science in practice, I suggest that understanding historical narratives as embedded within historical practice more generally is fruitful. I illustrate this by bringing a particular instance of historical practice, Natalie Lawrence’s explanation of the sad fate of Winston the platypus, into dialogue with some of Louis Mink’s arguments in favour of anti-realism about historical events. Attending to how historians seek out and utilize archival resources puts serious pressure on these arguments, motivates realist positions, and re-focuses the philosophy of history towards making sense of historiography as a part of the diversity of historians’ interests.
On Compatibility between Presentism and Anti-Presentism in History of Science
Authors: Pulkkinen Karoliina
Published: October 2023

Presentism – the influence of the present on historians’ work – has been met with resistance among historians of science; many hold that excessive reference to the present can compromise the aim of understanding past practices in their own terms. In response to this concern, a number of authors have argued that not only is such influence inevitable, it can also be legitimate and helpful. In probing into the presentist and anti-presentist positions in histories of science, I argue here that there is a much larger degree of compatibility between the two positions than has been previously acknowledged. Building on recent work on legitimate forms of presentism, I argue that at least three types of presentism – empirical presentism, motivational presentism, critical presentism – display compatibility with anti-presentism, insofar as certain pitfalls of presentism are kept in mind.
Geschichte von ihrem Ende her denken
Authors: Berger Andreas
Published: October 2023

In Pamphilus Gengenbach’s famous carnival play Der Nollhart (1517), ten characters discuss their future with four prophets: Nollhart, Methodius, Birgitta, and Sibylla. The play, its protagonists, and especially its prognostic and apocalyptic motifs have been the subject of scholarly interest for decades, but the Jew who enters the stage at the end of the play has been largely absent from research. This article focuses on this gap and argues that Gengenbach not only used the Jew to reproduce anti-Jewish sentiments and stereotypes, but also introduced him as a fifth prophet in the play. If Christians failed to recognize the signs of the end of days and act accordingly, the Jewish past and present – as depicted by Gengenbach’s Jew – would become a Christian future filled with captivity, death, loss, and abandonment. Accordingly, Der Nollhart is a remarkable example of how Gengenbach established the present and future through a Jewish past.
Aus der Hand Gott(es) lesen
Authors: Fischer Conrad
Published: October 2023

Andreas Gryphius is known as a poet and scholar, but less as a chiromancer. His biographers, however, identify him as such. This article wants to show, on the basis of wide-ranging textual evidence, that Gryphius has a differentiated relationship to chiromancy and knows how to combine appreciation and criticism in the ironic play of his epigrams, in accordance with the early modern scholarly dispute about chiromancy.
Schauplätze des Künftigen
Authors: Drews Luisa , Hohlweck Patrick , Willer Stefan
Published: October 2023

The subject of this article are spatiotemporal manifestations of the future as they are formed in various genres of German-language Baroque literature. Using three examples – pastoral (Martin Opitz), religious poetry and hymns (Anna Ovena Hoyers), as well as Trauerspiel (Andreas Gryphius) – the authors examine how imminent, expected, planned, anticipated, or feared states are explored in 17th-century works, i.e., how they are composed processually and medially, and which spaces and places they occupy in each genre.
Zukunftsermittlung im Barockdrama
Authors: Worms Katharina
Published: October 2023

This article deals with knowledge of the future in German drama of the 17th century. Within eight case studies the author focusses on scenes of predictions from Jacob Bidermanns Cenodoxus (1602, dt. 1635) to Christian Weises Marschall von Biron (1687). Open models of the future exist side by side with a deterministic understanding of time. However, also contemporary events play a role in the dramas, but they are not emphasized as present.
Bola de Nieve
Authors: García Yero Cary Aileen
Published: October 2023

This article explores the antiracist strategies of Bola de Nieve, one of Cuba’s most renowned yet understudied Afrodescendant musicians of the 1930s Afrocubanista movement, to better understand the power and limitations of music as a platform to subvert racist structures. The article reinterprets the possibilities Afrocubanismo enabled for Afrodescendant artists, arguing that it allowed for greater antiracist oppositionality than previously thought. Moreover, the work challenges previous assumptions of Bola de Nieve as an Uncle Tom. It unveils the ways in which Bola de Nieve’s music was constitutive of Cuban society’s racial dynamics. His performances worked as key sites where meanings of music, race, and national imaginaries articulated in powerful ways, expanding the roles and spaces of Afrodescendant performance. Through music, the artist resisted society’s efforts to reduce him into confined social categories of race and nation.
The Roles of Religious Organizations in the Decline of the Anti-mining Movement in Banyuwangi, East Java
Authors: Alkatiri Farid Abud , Kiwang Amir Syarifudin
Published: October 2023

Although the Banyuwangi anti-mining movement clearly has the capacity to grow, this article argues that the movement’s manoeuvres against PT. BSI seem to have become weaker since 2017. The article seeks to explain how the interests of the internal groups within this local social movement have weakened its position and how religious-nationalist organizations, that is, the NU and its affiliates, have manoeuvred to defend the state and the corporation indirectly. The data have been qualitatively collected through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions (FGD s), and relevant documentary sources. By using the Gramscian concept of hegemony, this article shows that the decline of the anti-mining movement is related to the agenda-setting of individuals and subgroups in the movement, as well as the ability of religious-nationalist pro-mining groups, such as the NU and its affiliates, to use their influence, legitimacy, and ideological rhetoric to this end, combined with some social and political characteristics of East Javanese society.
Human Rights and Corruption in Settling the Accounts of the Past
Authors: Suh Jiwon
Published: October 2023

Human rights abuses and corruption during authoritarian rule are rooted in the arbitrary and coercive use of power. This study examines how two post-authoritarian accountability issues intersected in the Philippines, South Korea, and Indonesia. In the Philippines and South Korea, human rights abuses and corruption were viewed as overlapping or related legacies of authoritarian rule. The activities to eliminate corruption worked as catalysts for milestones of transitional justice, and violations of socio-economic rights were acknowledged. In Indonesia, by contrast, corruption and human rights abuses were treated as special crimes that occur continually across time. Specialized agencies helped Indonesia deal with human rights abuses and corruption during the authoritarian era. This study shows that anti-corruption activities can work as a catalyst for the progress of transitional justice for human rights abuses. It also highlights that post-authoritarian practices to deal with economic violence existed in Asia before transitional justice took shape as a field.
Human Dignity and Renunciation of Force in Islamic and Indian Education: A Perspective of the Intercultural Human Rights Education
Authors: Sukopp Thomas
Published: October 2023

Migration and diversity are important factors in education of teachers around the globe. From an intercultural perspective, we shall analyse how metaphysical and religious assumptions overlap and enable teachers to motivate pupils from different religious-cultural backgrounds to understand in greater detail the facets of (minimal) universalism, relativism and other concepts that obtain in more or less open societies. We argue for a concept of Intercultural Human Rights Education that uses different texts in philosophy classes, includes controversial positions from different cultures, and is methodologically versatile. According to this concept, we think that a) human dignity (as a typically Western concept) and human rights and b) one tradition of interpreting the Qur’an (renunciation of force and the Indian concept of ahimsā (nonviolence)), can motivate teachers to discuss the efforts and also the limits of an overlapping consensus about the intercultural perspective. Finally, we provide the outlines of a teaching unit plan in accordance with our theoretical insights.
Le théâtre de Jean-Luc Lagarce : Le triomphe littéraire de la communication « en faillite »
Authors: Kornienko Alina
Published: October 2023

Le théâtre contemporain voit se détacher progressivement la représentation théâtrale du texte dramatique et se tourner vers les multiples incarnations d’un « théâtre du langage ». Jean-Luc Lagarce est un des meilleurs représentants de ce genre de théâtre en France à la fin du XXème siècle. Le dialogue théâtral – l’ensemble des répliques qu’échangent les personnages – tend à être de plus en plus brouillé, rompu, allant jusqu’à franchir les frontières qui séparent traditionnellement d’autres formes discursives, comme le monologue ou la didascalie. Le dialogue présent au sein de la dramaturgie de Lagarce est habité par son négatif, par une sorte de démon qui provoque la perte de l’évidence du langage et fait naître une étrangeté forte dans les mots simples de tous les jours. Il questionne ainsi la capacité communicative du langage comme un outil humain inné et met en évidence l’échec des échanges langagiers entre les hommes mettant ainsi au jour l’inconnu du langage et l’inconnu de la société. Nous proposons ainsi que l’échec communicatif est un concept constructif de la dramaturgie française contemporaine et surtout de la création dramatique de Jean-Luc Lagarce qui englobe et fait naître l’intrigue, qui dirige l’action décentralisée vers l’acte de parole et qui crée véritablement les personnages dont un habitat naturel est la parole « en faillite », en question.
Gramsci’s “Modern Prince” and the Contingencies of Political Struggle
Authors: Roio Marcos Del , Neres Geraldo Magella
Published: October 2023

The Gramscian proposition of the “modern Prince”, like most of the concepts elaborated by Gramsci in the Prison Notebooks, has always been open to interpretative controversy. These exegetical controversies stem from two main factors: the fragmentary nature of the prison writings and the method of work employed by Gramsci. The aim of this article is to apply the methodological perspective of “social contextualism” to the understanding of the Gramscian concept of the modern Prince. There is a threefold advantage in applying this methodology to the reading of Gramsci’s political theory: 1) it allows one to grasp the unitarity between theory and practice in Gramscian political elaboration, linking the militant Gramsci with the theoretical Gramsci (the pre-prison and prison writings); 2) it allows one to identify how the theory of the party present in the “Lyon Theses” was maintained and further developed in the Prison Notebooks; and, consequently, iii) it further allows one to identify the proposition of the modern Prince as the most advanced development of a theory of the party that had already been conceived by Gramsci in the period before his imprisonment.
The Neoliberal Organic Crisis: Constitutional Transitions and the Collapse of the Keynesian Social Pact
Authors: Losurdo Federico
Published: October 2023

This article deals with the concept of organic crisis from a legal and a constitutional point of view and compares the different forms of constitutional transitions that have taken place in Europe and in Latin America from authoritarian regime to democracy. The reappearance of forms of neo-fascism is the result of the collapse of the Keynesian social pact, due to the ascension of neoliberal rationality, which is based on the dogmas of financial stability and hyper-competitiveness. The concrete result has been that inequality in the global distribution of wealth has reached astronomical levels. The question must be asked whether the ineptitude of the ruling classes in addressing the dramatic health and socio-economic effects of the covid-19 pandemic signify a neoliberal organic crisis.
Grassroots Pedagogy: Practicing Justice in Collaborative Classrooms
Authors: Canella Gino
Published: October 2023

Most universities champion “community engagement” and “inclusion” as core values of their institutions. But what does it mean to meaningfully engage with communities, or to foster more inclusive learning environments? I address this question by reviewing my experiences co-teaching with communities and detailing the challenges I have encountered – building relationships, managing time constraints, and negotiating participants’ divergent expectations. I develop the concept of grassroots pedagogy, which argues that teaching grounded in radical honesty and social justice upends traditional notions of expertise, strengthens higher education’s commitment to service, and promotes a culture of democracy. Highlighting the voices of people who have historically been excluded from higher education may create more engaged and inclusive institutions, in turn helping universities live up to the values they profess.
The Performative (Bio)Politics of Bare Life: between Putinism and Shamanism
Authors: Makarychev Andrey
Published: October 2023

This article has two focal points and two protagonists. First, it aims to look at the case of the self-proclaimed rebellious Siberian shaman Alexandr Gabyshev who became known in Russia since 2019 as a public figure and an anti-Putin crusader. Secondly, Gabyshev’s political crusade made the Russian president himself – even if indirectly – part of the ensuing public narrative that popped up around the shaman. The key research question I wish to address in this article is how the inner and public meanings of Gabyshev’s actionist protest might be interpreted through the lens of political theories, and what does a combination of theoretical perspectives bring for academically unpacking the case?
Ectoparasitic mites, ticks (Acari: Trombidiformes, Mesostigmata, Ixodida) and insects (Insecta: Psocodea, Siphonaptera) of ground-dwelling small mammals in the Baltic States. An annotated checklist
Authors: KITRYTĖ NERINGA , BALTRŪNAITĖ LAIMA
Published: October 2023

This paper presents an annotated checklist of 77 species of ectoparasitic mites, ticks (Acari: Trombidiformes, Mesostigmata, Ixodida) and insects (Insecta: Psocodea, Siphonaptera) found on ground-dwelling small mammals in the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). Eight species of five genera of chigger mites (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae), 26 species of eight genera of laelapid mites (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), six species of two genera of ixodid ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae), 11 species of three genera of blood-sucking lice (Psocodea: Hoplopleuridae, Pediculidae, Polyplacidae) and 26 species of 15 genera of fleas (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae, Ctenophthalmidae, Hystrichopsyllidae, Pulicidae) were recorded on ground-dwelling small mammals in the Baltic States. Neotrombicula japonica (Tanaka, Kaiwa, Teramura & Kagaya), Neotrombicula vulgaris (Schluger), Miyatrombicula muris (Oudemans), Hoplopleura edentula Fahrenholz and Polyplax hannswrangeli Eichler are recorded for the first time in the Baltic States.
Tree-dwelling wolves: a new arboreal Hogna species (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Taiwan
Authors: LO YING-YUAN , WEI CHI , CHENG REN-CHUNG
Published: October 2023

Hogna Simon, 1885 is one of the most diverse genera of wolf spiders, with species that are almost exclusively ground-dwellers. A recent discovery of a tree-hole-living species in Taiwan was therefore surprising. Here, we describe Hogna arborea sp. nov. using a combination of morphological and molecular taxonomic evidence. We also discuss the arboreal lifestyle of this new species and emphasize the need for more detailed ecological research to assess its conservation status.
Arthrostoma supriatnai sp. nov. (Nematoda: Ancylostomatidae) parasitic in Mydaus javanensis (Carnivora: Mephitidae) from Mount Ciremai, Java, Indonesia
Authors: DEWI KARTIKA , PURWANINGSIH ENDANG , HASEGAWA HIDEO
Published: October 2023

Arthrostoma supriatnai sp. nov. was described from Mydaus javanensis obtained from Mount Ciremai, Java, Indonesia. It is characterized by having a buccal capsule with ten articulated plates including a pair of additional lateral plates. To date, the genus Arthrostoma consists of eleven species that are native to Asia. Of them, only A. miyazankiense and A. tunkanati have ten articulated plates including the lateral plates. However, the present species has a much stouter body, being readily distinguishable from these two species. Moreover, its male has much shorter spicules than A. miyazakiense, and an arrow-shaped gubernaculum, differing from A. tunkanati, in which gubernaculum is distally bifid. In the female, the present species is readily distinguished from these two species in the shape and number of vulval swellings.
Becoming a union leader in an unfavorable industrial relations system
Authors: Gutiérrez Crocco Francisca , Jordana Claudia
Published: October 2023

Union leaders dedicate a significant amount of their time to unions, and in some cases, their entire life. Scholarly literature has made great progress in identifying the individual and mesolevel variables that explain how this type of union participation begins and continues. Yet it has paid little attention to the role played by the national industrial relations system in these processes. Drawing on the concept of “union career,” this article shows that the national regulations and the union power shape the characteristics and development of union leaders’ participation. Based on an in-depth interview program, a survey and a review of the press in Chile, it examines how neoliberal reforms implemented since 1979 changed the resources and opportunities available to workers to assume, manage, and maintain union positions.
Is Social Tourism a Vector for Destination Resilience to External Shocks? Evidence From Spain
Authors: Fernández-Morales Antonio , McCabe Scott , Cisneros-Martínez José David
Published: October 2023

Unpredictable external shocks exacerbate the negative effects usually attributed to cyclical seasonality. Two such recent shocks, the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, shifted debates from crisis management toward concerns for greater resilience in visitor economies. Social tourism is an effective stimulus to destination economies and ameliorates some negative effects of seasonality, but there is little evidence on its contributions to greater destination resilience. Furthermore, resilience, a relatively new concept, is poorly defined. We establish a conceptual link between seasonality and resilience through a holistic multivariate analysis of supply, demand and employment patterns. An empirical study examines resilience longitudinally using municipal-level data, applying multivariate analysis and innovative visualization techniques, and assesses how, where and to what degree the Imserso social tourism program has contributed to the greater resilience of Spanish destinations, demonstrating its effectiveness in contributing to resilience in those which are more vulnerable due to high seasonal imbalances.