bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OF HEALTH PROTOCOLS IN EFFORTS TO PREVENT AND CONTROL COVID-19 BY SATPOL PP, BANDUNG CITY
Authors: Andhika Handayani Tira , Kurniawan Wawan
Published: December 2023

SARS-CoV-2 or better known as the Corona Virus is the virus that causes the Covid-19 pandemic. In several countries, including Indonesia, the problem of handling the spread of the corona virus pandemic (Covid-19) continues to be carried out. Since August 2020, the Regional Government of Bandung City has effectively implemented Bandung City Regulation Number 37 of 2020 concerning Guidelines for Adaptation of New Habits in the Context of Prevention and Control of Corona Virus Disease 2019. As a leading sector in suppressing the level of spread of the virus, the Bandung City Satpol PP has carried out .

One of the efforts made by the Satpol PP as the implementer of the Bandung City government policy is by making several efforts ranging from socialization, appeals to enforcement. The Satpol PP, assisted by the joint apparatus of the National Police and the National Police, enforces restrictions in several areas that have the potential to accumulate masses at one point, such as areas that are densely populated with street vendors, cafes, parks etc. Law enforcement carried out by the Satpol PP is solely carried out to provide an understanding of the citizens of the importance of maintaining personal health and the environment during the current pandemic. The enactment of the Bandung mayor Regulation, Number 37 of 2020 concerning Guidelines for Adaptation of New Habits in the Context of Prevention and Control of Corona Virus Disease 2019. The number of people exposed to not using a mask is still a lot. The effectiveness of implementing health protocols becomes a question when the level of spread and the level of violations of health protocols is still relatively high.
Juridical review of the comparison of remuneration policies in omnibus law with labor law number 13 of 2003
Authors: Sitompul Roswita , Pakpahan Kartina , Diamond Ferina
Published: December 2023

Demand is growing rapidly, but the economy is still weak, employment is limited, unemployment continues to increase. Effective regulation is needed in the recovery of various sectors of the economy. The government formed the Omnibus Law to face the challenges of the times, reduce unemployment and attract new entrepreneurs. The research method is empirical law. The research characteristic is descriptive analysis with qualitative research. The research shows that the omnibus law was formed because the government felt there was a lack of implementation of policies by Law Number 13 of 2003, especially the provision of severance pay so that there were still widespread differences in interests between workers and employers. As a result, many people do not dare to start a business. The difference in remuneration arrangements in Omnibus Law is arrangements for workers' severance pay and compensation for contract workers. The time limit for contract workers is a maximum of 3 (three) years of work being changed to 5 (five) years and extended to a maximum of 5 (five) years. The advantages of Omnibus Law are mobilization of the investment climate and employment opportunities, providing compensation for workers, increasing overtime wages. Lack of public participation in the formation of laws, and weak legal transparency make rejection of workers who feel disadvantaged by the lack of severance pay, the elimination of district/city minimum wages, and wages during leave. Hope that government will form regulations openly and pay attention to workers' rights without prejudice to common interests.
JURIDIC ANALYSIS OF INDEPENDENT COMPANY ESTABLISHMENT POST GOVERNMENT REGULATION NUMBER 8 YEAR 2021
Authors: Pakpahan Elvira Fitriani , Leonard Tommy , Nasution Syahruddin
Published: December 2023

Abstract An individual company is a business entity that is a legal entity and is independently providing a glimmer of hope for the community in the form of convenience in the establishment, change, revocation of the company, and the legality of an individual company. In article 1 number 1 of Government Regulation Number 8 of 2021 it is stated that individual legal entities meet the criteria for micro and small businesses as stipulated in article 2 paragraph 1 letter b that the establishment of an individual company can be established by 1 (one) person by taking legal action in the form of making an electronic statement of the establishment to the minister, research problems on how to change the company, dissolution of an individual company after Government Regulation Number 8 of 2021, what is the legality and position of a sole proprietorship after Government Regulation Number 8 of 2021.
JUDGMENT FREEDOM MODEL IN JUDGING CORRUPTION CRIMINAL CASES
Authors: Budiman Maman
Published: December 2023

The independence of judges is based on independence, therefore it is guaranteed in law. Judges adjudicating corruption cases must be professional, clean, honest, courageous and free from intra-judicial and extra-judicial influences. The problem in this research is how the model of freedom of judges in judging cases of corrup-tion in the Corruption Court, especially in the Corruption Court at the Kls I A District Court in Bandung. This research was carried out with a normative and empirical juridical approach, namely studying legal materials systematically to discuss problems obtained from literature studies, by analyzing a legal problem through the concept of legal philosophy associated with the freedom of Judgment in adjudicating corruption cases and The data obtained were ob-tained from field research and interviews. The purpose of this research is to examine the model of Judgment freedom in examining, adjudicating and deciding cases of Corruption Crime, while the benefits of this research are expected to produce scientific work that is beneficial for the development of legal science as well as material for scientific work that will be published in the National Journal., as well as teaching material for students of the Faculty of Law in particular who take courses in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Legal Philosophy. From this research, it is found that judges in deciding cases of corruption can apply existential freedom and social freedom to produce a just decision based on the one and only Godhead.
FREEDOM OF CONTRACT IN MORTGAGE LOAN AGREEMENT AT PT. BANK CIMB NIAGA, TBK. IN MEDAN
Authors: Leonard Tommy , Fitriyani Pakpahan Elvira , Alexander Kevin
Published: December 2023

In a credit agreement, the position of the bank as a creditor and the customer as a debtor is never balanced. The position of the bank is stronger than that of potential customers. Whereas freedom of contract can only achieve justice if the parties have a balanced bargaining power. Unbalanced bargaining power occurs when a strong party can impose his will on a weak party, until the weak party only follows the terms of the contract proposed to him. Given that in the credit agreement there has been a contractual relationship and the clauses tend to favor the bank as the creditor, in a credit agreement, mostly for debtors its only a take it of leave it option, so that the opportunity to negotiate as an initial process of obtaining an agreement is small and even neglected. The research is used a empiric juridical legal research method. Data sources from the research were derived from secondary data consisting of legal materials and legal documents that became the basic foundation for answering problems in this study. The results of this study revealed that the completion of defaults in the mortgage loan agreement can be made before it is executable. Settlement of the default can be done by reschedulling, re-requirements and rearrangegement.
THE EFFICACY OF WAQF LAND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT THROUGH NON-LITIGATION MEDIATION
Authors: Islamiyati Islamiyati , Setyowati Rofah , Hendrawati Dewi , Ayu Musyawah Aisyah , Rofiq Ahmad
Published: December 2023

In Indonesia, rapid expansion of waqf land had great impact on the waqf dispute that had to be resolved. Waqf dispute might be settled through consensus and mediation. In fact, it showed that waqf dispute settlement through mediation was ineffective because it was not based on appropriate mediation principle. This study would find out and analyze the problems in waqf dispute settlement through mediation based on the perspective of the efficacy of law theory in Central Java. Sociolegal research with empirical juridical approach was used as the research method, primary and secondary data were the data needed, while the analysis was done qualitatively. The result of the study showed that, based on efficacy of law theory, waqf dispute settlement through mediation outside the court had been ineffective, because it had some problems in; legislation formal juridical, law enforcement institutional, media or facility on law enforcement human resources, society compliance on the law, and legal culture customary law in society. The efficacy of waqf dispute settlement through mediation outside the court was settled through an innovation on the field of regulation, institution, human reources, and legal culture, in order to get fair and thorough settlement on the waqf dispute in society.
Legal Responsibility for The Notary in Creating The Coppie Collationee for Sale and Purchase Deals Before The Officer of Land Asset Concerning Land Registration Land with Notary Office and Government Regulation Number 24 of 1997 Concerning Land Registrati
Authors: Tyas Saputra Denny , Trisnaningsih Moediarti , Yanthy Dewy Nelly
Published: December 2023

Notary or Land Deed Making Official (PPAT) is a public official who has an important role in ensuring legal certainty, order and legal protection through authentic deeds drawn up by and before him. In practice, there is a problem, namely the existence of a dispute over the transfer of land rights, where there are two parties claiming to be the owner of the same land object. Each party claims to be the owner because they have bought from the heirs of the original owner of the land. One party bases ownership because it has proof of the Sale and Purchase Deed that has been made by PPAT, while the other party bases it on the proof of the Coppie Collationnee Sale and Purchase Deed. Based on these problems, it is necessary to conduct research regarding the legal position of the Copie Collationnee made by the Notary on the Sale and Purchase Deed which is used as proof of ownership of land rights and what is the legal responsibility for the Notary who has made the Copie Collationnee on the Sale and Purchase Deed made before PPAT. The method used is descriptive analysis with a normative juridical approach. The research stage uses library research with secondary data and field studies with primary data. This data collection is obtained by means of document study and also interviews obtained by means of field studies. Furthermore, the data were analyzed using the juridical-qualitative method. The Notary Deed in the form of a Coppie Collationnee made on the Land Sale and Purchase Deed made by PPAT is a form of negligence from the Notary in making the deed, because it is not in accordance with Article 15 paragraph 2 letter c UUJN, so the position of the deed in the agreement is limited to a copy and is degraded into an agreement. under hand. As for the legal consequences of a notary's negligence in drawing up a deed, it may be subject to sanctions in accordance with Article 16 of the UUJN, namely in the form of written warning, temporary dismissal, respectful dismissal, or dishonorable discharge.
Agreement Pattern on Entreupreunship-Based Partnership in Forest Management in West Java
Authors: Rachman Noor
Published: December 2023

Forests as one of the national assets in the field of natural resources need serious attention, because forests play a very important role in the sustainability of the ecosystem in this open world. Forest management is a cross-gender, cross-generational and cross-sectoral responsibility. Given that forests are one of the determinants of ecosystems, their management must be improved in an integrated manner. Forest management is expected to greatly help income and foreign exchange earnings for the state in order to achieve people's prosperity through the entrepreneurship pattern. However, the increased exploitation of forest resources without preserving them will accelerate the destruction and survival of the forest. This means that it is possible to hinder the improvement of the welfare of the surrounding community . So a balance is needed between exploitation and management.
LEGAL PROTECTION FULFILLMENT OF PATIENT RIGHTS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMED CONSENT IN SECTIO CAESARRIAN PATIENT
Authors: Isnainul OK , Sianturi Ronal Hasudungan , Nurhasmi Nurhasmi
Published: December 2023

The issue of patient rights in relation to medical decisions is an important consideration that often does not receive much attention. The law has long recognized the right of individuals to self-determination. The core part of these rights is the right to accept or refuse medical treatment as outlined in the informed consent. The purpose of this study is to analyze: 1) the rights of sectio caesarea patients in Informed Consent, 2) legal responsibility for the absence of informed consent in sectio caesarea patients, 3) legal protection of sectio caesarea patient. This type of research is using normative juridical research and empirical juridical research. Data analysis in this study is inductive. The results of the legal study of this study were obtained: 1) Sectio caesarea patients' rights in informed consent are seen when the patient is given sufficient information about his treatment in terms of diagnosis and medical procedures, the purpose of the medical action taken, other alternative actions and risks, complications that may occur, the prognosis of the action taken, including the benefits. and disadvantages of each alternative therapy and can be expanded with additional information so that the patient participates appropriately in the effort to cure the disease; 2) Legal responsibility for the absence of informed consent in sectio caesarea patients is that doctors who take medical actions can be equated with acts of negligence so that they can be punished according to the applicable laws and regulations; 3) In general, patients are protected by the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number: 29 of 2004 concerning Medical Practice and Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number: 36 of 2009 concerning Health. Normatively, patients must be treated in accordance with these provisions, patients must be treated as subjects who have a major influence on service outcomes and not just objects. Negligence of medical personnel must be normative and not physically or psychologically because it will be difficult to know the real inner state of the sectio caesarea patient.
Legal consequences of execution of fiduciary collateral sold or pledged by the debtor
Authors: Prasetya Jayadi , Faizal Mochammad Nurwenda , Harlina Ana , Mardianti Devi
Published: December 2023

The writing of this scientific work entitled "Legal Consequences of the Execution of Fiduciary Guarantees Sold or Pawned by Debtors" describes the execution of fiduciary guarantees that are not registered and the legal consequences by Law Number 42 of 1999 concerning Fiduciary Guarantees. This writing is motivated by the facts regarding illegal fiduciary agreements and the existence of fiduciary guarantee agreements made privately without registering fiduciary guarantee objects. Based on these facts, it is essential to raise 2 (two) issues regarding the procedures for executing fiduciary guarantees by laws and regulations and settlement of cases in the event of a sale or mortgage on goods subject to fiduciary guarantees while the goods are experiencing bad credit. The purpose of writing this journal is to find out the correct procedure for executing fiduciary guarantees and the legal consequences if the execution of fiduciary guarantees is carried out unilaterally and to find out the resolution of problems that arise regarding bad loans on objects used as fiduciary guarantees. The method used in this research is the descriptive analytical method with a normative juridical approach. The data used in this study is secondary data obtained from literature sources that are relevant to the issues discussed. The results of the study show that the execution of fiduciary guarantees for bad loans can be carried out directly by the leasing company if previously the leasing company has registered a fiduciary guarantee at the Fiduciary Guarantee Registration Office if it is not registered then to be able to execute fiduciary guarantees it must go through filing a civil lawsuit to court. Suppose the debtor sells or pawns the fiduciary collateral object, and lousy credit occurs while the fiduciary guarantee has been registered. In that case, the leasing company has the right over the object to seize and sell the object directly used as collateral.
Translation Trainees’ Self-censorship and its Pedagogical Implications: A Triangulated Investigation in Hong Kong
Authors: Wai-on Law
Published: December 2023

Employing a triangulation method based on interviews, performance exercises, and think-aloud protocols (TAPs), this study probes the thought processes of ten Hong Kong translation trainees of diverse backgrounds to identify possible self-censorship during translation. The two English source texts for the performance exercise contained sensitive language or content with respect to sex and the trainees’ home country. A text containing mild criticism of Christianity was used as a control. It was found that most respondents were aware of the relationship between ideology and translation, and employed a semantically literal translation approach to render the ideological items in full. They took a broad range of factors into consideration, including translation purpose, text type, register, and target readership. Only one respondent self-censored his translation, while three others revealed their concerns about censorship during the TAP. The results show that the trainees share the same social habitus and highlight a need for ethics-awareness training in the translation curriculum. Given the current lack of such training as revealed by other surveys, recommendations for curriculum design are made. The influence of habitus on self-censorship could be further explored by comparing, for example, translation trainees and professional translators. The research methodology could also be replicated in other cultural and linguistic settings for a broader understanding of this topic.
Who Protects Clinical Learners in Canada? Ethical Considerations for Institutional Policy on Patient Bias
Authors: Drews Sun , Barned Claudia
Published: December 2023

Navigating the social dynamics of clinical spaces can be an added challenge to the complexities of clinical work. Acts of bias and discrimination from patients have been found to affect healthcare workers both physically and psychologically. As more attention is paid to addressing discrimination by patients, we raise attention to the experiences and unique needs of clinical learners. Given that learners play a vital role in the functioning of hospital ecosystems, we advocate for the inclusion of their voices in any revision to policy and practice. In this paper, we critically examine the academic literature on learner’s experiences with mistreatment from patients, and their families. We outline the major gaps in policy, process, training, and institutional culture, noting the urgent need for institutions to address these gaps in ways that are meaningful to learners. Our goal is to highlight the lack of bioethics attention to this matter and propose areas where we can add value and support. With this goal in mind, we present a series of tables with guiding values, ethical considerations and questions for institutions.
Beyond Private? Dementia, Family Caregiving and Public Health
Authors: Lanoix Monique
Published: December 2023

The World Economic Forum has called dementia one of the biggest global health crises of the 21st century. In this paper, I make the case that unpaid caregiving by family or close others of persons living with dementia should be a matter of public health. Shaji and Reddy proposed this in 2012 in the context of dementia care in India. They explicitly acknowledge the influence of Talley and Crews’ 2007 article on caregiving as an emerging public health concern. However, they narrow their proposal to caregiving for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), which I take to be an important first step in building an argument for putting caregiving more firmly on a public health agenda. In order to support my claim, first, I establish that caregiving is a social determinant of health. Second, I counter objections to the addition of caregiving for persons living with ADRD to a public health agenda, as it would lead to public health mission creep. I then argue that a broad understanding of public health can be inclusive of this type caregiving and is preferable as it highlights an issue of health equity, the gendered nature of caregiving. Finally, I make the case that a definition of public health inclusive of the social determinants of health and caregiving is more adequately suited to address the health consequences of the current changing demographic patterns. My argument adds support to writings on migration calling for broadening the scope of public health.
Decision-making at Life’s End: Sharing the Burden of Responsibility
Authors: Quinn Amanda , Palmer Amitabha , Nortjé Nico
Published: December 2023

This case study discusses the challenges of end-of-life decision-making in practice, focusing on the delicate balance between medical paternalism, shared decision-making, and the rights of surrogate decision makers. The family initially struggles to grasp the severity of their loved one’s medical condition but a pivotal moment during the Goals of Care meeting brings sudden clarity. This case explores the appropriateness and implications of the practice of informed non-dissent; and our analysis suggests that it is inappropriate unless there is compelling evidence for decision paralysis. Practical strategies are offered that facilitate compassionate dying care within the constraints of clinical urgency.
Plagued to Death by Ableism: What the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Expansion of Eligibility for MAID Reveal About the Lethal Dangers of Medical and Systemic Ableism in Canada
Authors: Janz Heidi
Published: December 2023

In this paper, I draw on my research and experience as a disability ethics educator and advocate in order to demonstrate that both Canada’s COVID-19 response and its expansion of eligibility for MAID are symptoms of the medical and systemic ableism that afflicts Canadian society. I conclude with a consideration of the enduring danger that eugenic ableism disguised as autonomy poses for people with disabilities in a Canada where COVID-19 may be waning, but where the contagion of ableism turned lethal through MAID continues to spread.
Les restes humains : législation, intérêt scientifique et enjeu éthique des ensembles anthropobiologiques, de Yann Ardagna et Anne Chaillou
Authors: Bousquié Lucile
Published: December 2023

Compte rendu du livre de 2022 par Yann Ardagna et Anne Chaillou, Les restes humains : législation, intérêt scientifique et enjeu éthique des ensembles anthropobiologiques.
Les cartes de la infanta Joana de Perpinyà: nova proposta d’identificació i de datació
Authors: Cingolani Stefano Maria , Vela Aulesa Carles
Published: December 2023

The two letters subject to our study are not unknown. They had been previously attributed to an infanta Joana daughter of King John I and Queen Violant de Bar. Given certain inconsistencies in this previous attribution, new authorship and dating hypotheses are considered here after an in-depth study of all available documentation. A new edition of the letters is also presented; the letters are placed in the context of the uses of letter writing within this Court.
La història de Teòfil d’Adana: edició crítica de la traducció catalana
Authors: Perujo Melgar Joan
Published: December 2023

A study and edition of the anonymous Catalan translation of the history of Theophilus of Adana, translated in the fourteenth century from the ninth-century Latin version of Paul the Deacon of Naples, who in turn translated its sixth-century Greek original. The Catalan text has been preserved in the Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El Escorial Library Ms M-II-3, dated in the first third of the fifteenth century, which also includes a life of Saint Mary of Egypt belonging to the same tradition. The work includes the pact with the devil topic (M210-219 of the Thompson’s index and 3566-3572 of Tubach’s), of long-enduring artistic and literary fame, running through the Middle Ages in diverse literary genres and culminating in the myth of Faust as treated by Marlowe and Goethe. This Catalan translation and the Latin tradition from which it derives are analysed. The study includes the critical edition of the Catalan text, previously unpublished, annotated from the Latin text edited by Meersseman (1963) and Ms Thott 128 of the Royal Library of Copenhagen, closer to the underlying model followed by the Catalan translator, representing, in turn, the universal collection of miracles that Gonzalo de Berceo must have used as a source in the Milagros de Nuestra Señora.
Martyrdom, Motherhood, and the Aetiology of Infanticide: The Legend of Saints Quiricus and Julitta in Early Iberian Art and Literature
Authors: Beresford Andrew
Published: December 2023

The legend of Saints Quiricus and Julitta circulated in two different forms. The oldest, the Acta apocrypha, offers an implausible account of martyrdom, depicting the soon-to-be-three-year-old Quiricus as a militantly loquacious evangelizer, and his mother, Julitta, as an avid and enthusiastic disciple. This is the source preferred by early Iberian artworks. Conversely, the accounts descended from a fifth-century epistle composed by Theodore of Mopsuestia depict the saints in an entirely different light. In this version Julitta becomes the centre of narrative interest while Quiricus is reimagined as a figure at a pre-linguistic stage of development. This is the source favoured by medieval Iberian prose accounts. The distinction between the two branches raises questions concerning the relationship between orthodoxy and heterodoxy as well as the specific individual qualities of art and literature. This article argues that critical positions that fail to account for the influence of differing narrative forms will reveal only a small and potentially misleading part of the fuller picture. It becomes important in view of this to adopt a more holistic and nuanced approach towards questions of interpretation, reaching across traditional disciplinary boundaries so as to gain an insight into the richness and complexity of medieval production.
The Feast of the Conception of the Virgin in the Crown of Aragon in Liturgy, Thirteenth to Fifteenth Century (Part I)
Authors: Twomey Lesley
Published: December 2023

This article will review the principal Marian feasts in calendars and offices in use in the Crown of Aragon between the13th and 15th centuries. It will do so after building a corpus of manuscript and incunable liturgies, held in public librariesand Cathedral archives, examined and transcribed over a period of twenty years. Its objective is to trace the developmentof the Conception feast in the Crown of Aragon between the 13th and 15th centuries, placing its relative importance asa major or minor feast in contrast with other Marian feasts. Because the Conception feast was introduced during theMiddle Ages on 8 December, it merits particular attention and will be distinguished from the Expectation or DecemberAnnunciation feast, also called the Conception feast (18 December), with which there is often confusion. In the first partof the article, the Conception feast in its variants celebrated in the dioceses will be examined. In a second part of the article the Conception feast as celebrated by the religious Orders will be examined.
Il viaggio dei monaci galilei al paradiso terrestre nel Pantheon di Goffredo da Viterbo
Authors: Maggioni Giovanni Paolo
Published: December 2023

The Pantheon by Goffredo da Viterbo is one of the most interesting and curious works in medieval Latin literature. Awork of history, but also of poetry, it has been the subject of a troubled composition, rethought and rewritten severaltimes, bringing back numerous tales belonging to rare traditions, whose origin is often unknown. Among these is thedescription of the journey to the earthly paradise of some Galilean monks, who left from the western coasts of Brittanyand reached their destination after crossing the ocean. The story is interesting for at least three reasons. First of all, forthe destination of the journey itself, since it is a successful journey to the earthly paradise. Secondly, since Goffredospeaks of a manuscript, in the distant Breton abbey of Saint Mathieu, where one can read of this journey, anticipating aliterary tradition that goes from Cervantes, to Scott, to Manzoni up to the present day. Finally, the journey of the monksis a journey into another temporal dimension, where time flows differently, a narrative peculiarity not very commonin medieval literature. In any case, the text presents inconsistencies that are not easily resolved. This study proposesan edition of the text based on the author’s autograph, compared with the witnesses of the previous editions, drawingindications on the working method of Goffredo da Viterbo and on the composition of the Pantheon.
TEI encoding of Hartmann von Aue – digital
Authors: Millet Victor , Pérez Ben Lorena
Published: December 2023

Hartmann von Aue was a fundamental and widely recognized German author of the end of the 12th century. Currently we are working on digital editions of Hartmann’s four narrative works, which are being hosted in the heiEditions digital edition infrastructure of the Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. This paper presents the main aspects of the TEI tagging model, developed in conjunction with the German institution and applied homogeneously to the four editions.
Las vidas occitanas de santas tardomedievales: sacra infantia, formación e imitación
Authors: Sancho Fibla Sergi
Published: December 2023

This article focuses on the analysis of four texts that have had little impact on the study of late medieval spirituality and that have never been worked on as a single corpus: the lives written in Occitan about women with the reputation of saints who lived between the 13th and 14th centuries: Doucelina de Dinha (d.1274 ), a Beguine of Robaut; Biatrix d’Ornaciu (d.1303), a Carthusian nun of Permagni; Dalphina de Pugmichel (d.1360), a mulier religiosa close to the Franciscans of Apt; and Flor d’Issendolus (d.1347), a Hospitaller of the Order of St. John. These are the only testimonies of a phenomenon that spread between the 13th and 16th centuries in different European areas and that Gabriella Zarri has called sante vive: women considered as saints by the society of their time even though they had not been canonized. Part of the dissemination of the cult of these women was through the writing of their lives, whose models followed established patterns in terms of structure and literary tropes.
NOVES APORTACIONS ALS ESTUDIS D'HAGIOGRAFIA MEDIEVAL I MODERNA
Authors: Herrero-Herrero María-Ángeles , Llorca-Tonda María Ángeles
Published: December 2023

A presentation and introduction to the monograph “New Contributions to Medieval and Early Modern HagiographicalStudies”.
Multiple NTS neuron populations cumulatively suppress food intake
Authors: Qiu Weiwei , Hutch Chelsea R , Wang Yi , Wloszek Jennifer , Rucker Rachel A , Myers Martin G , Sandoval Darleen
Published: December 2023

Several discrete groups of feeding-regulated neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract (nucleus tractus solitarius; NTS) suppress food intake, including avoidance-promoting neurons that express Cck (NTSCck cells) and distinct Lepr- and Calcr-expressing neurons (NTSLepr and NTSCalcr cells, respectively) that suppress food intake without promoting avoidance. To test potential synergies among these cell groups, we manipulated multiple NTS cell populations simultaneously. We found that activating multiple sets of NTS neurons (e.g. NTSLepr plus NTSCalcr [NTSLC], or NTSLC plus NTSCck [NTSLCK]) suppressed feeding more robustly than activating single populations. While activating groups of cells that include NTSCck neurons promoted conditioned taste avoidance (CTA), NTSLC activation produced no CTA despite abrogating feeding. Thus, the ability to promote CTA formation represents a dominant effect but activating multiple non-aversive populations augments the suppression of food intake without provoking avoidance. Furthermore, silencing multiple NTS neuron groups augmented food intake and body weight to a greater extent than silencing single populations, consistent with the notion that each of these NTS neuron populations plays crucial and cumulative roles in the control of energy balance. We found that silencing NTSLCK neurons failed to blunt the weight-loss response to vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) and that feeding activated many non-NTSLCK neurons, however, suggesting that as-yet undefined NTS cell types must make additional contributions to the restraint of feeding.
Postsynaptic mitochondria are positioned to support functional diversity of dendritic spines
Authors: Thomas Connon I , Ryan Melissa A , Kamasawa Naomi , Scholl Benjamin
Published: December 2023

Postsynaptic mitochondria are critical for the development, plasticity, and maintenance of synaptic inputs. However, their relationship to synaptic structure and functional activity is unknown. We examined a correlative dataset from ferret visual cortex with in vivo two-photon calcium imaging of dendritic spines during visual stimulation and electron microscopy reconstructions of spine ultrastructure, investigating mitochondrial abundance near functionally and structurally characterized spines. Surprisingly, we found no correlation to structural measures of synaptic strength. Instead, we found that mitochondria are positioned near spines with orientation preferences that are dissimilar to the somatic preference. Additionally, we found that mitochondria are positioned near groups of spines with heterogeneous orientation preferences. For a subset of spines with a mitochondrion in the head or neck, synapses were larger and exhibited greater selectivity to visual stimuli than those without a mitochondrion. Our data suggest mitochondria are not necessarily positioned to support the energy needs of strong spines, but rather support the structurally and functionally diverse inputs innervating the basal dendrites of cortical neurons.
Antipsychotic-induced epigenomic reorganization in frontal cortex of individuals with schizophrenia
Authors: Zhu Bohan , Ainsworth Richard I , Wang Zengmiao , Liu Zhengzhi , Sierra Salvador , Deng Chengyu , Callado Luis F , Meana J Javier , Wang Wei , Lu Chang , González-Maeso Javier
Published: December 2023

Genome-wide association studies have revealed >270 loci associated with schizophrenia risk, yet these genetic factors do not seem to be sufficient to fully explain the molecular determinants behind this psychiatric condition. Epigenetic marks such as post-translational histone modifications remain largely plastic during development and adulthood, allowing a dynamic impact of environmental factors, including antipsychotic medications, on access to genes and regulatory elements. However, few studies so far have profiled cell-specific genome-wide histone modifications in postmortem brain samples from schizophrenia subjects, or the effect of antipsychotic treatment on such epigenetic marks. Here, we conducted ChIP-seq analyses focusing on histone marks indicative of active enhancers (H3K27ac) and active promoters (H3K4me3), alongside RNA-seq, using frontal cortex samples from antipsychotic-free (AF) and antipsychotic-treated (AT) individuals with schizophrenia, as well as individually matched controls (n=58). Schizophrenia subjects exhibited thousands of neuronal and non-neuronal epigenetic differences at regions that included several susceptibility genetic loci, such as NRG1, DISC1, and DRD3. By analyzing the AF and AT cohorts separately, we identified schizophrenia-associated alterations in specific transcription factors, their regulatees, and epigenomic and transcriptomic features that were reversed by antipsychotic treatment; as well as those that represented a consequence of antipsychotic medication rather than a hallmark of schizophrenia in postmortem human brain samples. Notably, we also found that the effect of age on epigenomic landscapes was more pronounced in frontal cortex of AT-schizophrenics, as compared to AF-schizophrenics and controls. Together, these data provide important evidence of epigenetic alterations in the frontal cortex of individuals with schizophrenia, and remark for the first time on the impact of age and antipsychotic treatment on chromatin organization.
A latent clinical-anatomical dimension relating metabolic syndrome to brain structure and cognition
Authors: Petersen Marvin , Hoffstaedter Felix , Nägele Felix L , Mayer Carola , Schell Maximilian , Rimmele D Leander , Zyriax Birgit-Christiane , Zeller Tanja , Kühn Simone , Gallinat Jürgen , Fiehler Jens , Twerenbold Raphael , Omidvarnia Amir , Patil Kaustubh R , Eickhoff Simon B , Thomalla Goetz , Cheng Bastian
Published: December 2023

The link between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and neurodegenerative as well as cerebrovascular conditions holds substantial implications for brain health in at-risk populations. This study elucidates the complex relationship between MetS and brain health by conducting a comprehensive examination of cardiometabolic risk factors, brain morphology, and cognitive function in 40,087 individuals. Multivariate, data-driven statistics identified a latent dimension linking more severe MetS to widespread brain morphological abnormalities, accounting for up to 71% of shared variance in the data. This dimension was replicable across sub-samples. In a mediation analysis, we could demonstrate that MetS-related brain morphological abnormalities mediated the link between MetS severity and cognitive performance in multiple domains. Employing imaging transcriptomics and connectomics, our results also suggest that MetS-related morphological abnormalities are linked to the regional cellular composition and macroscopic brain network organization. By leveraging extensive, multi-domain data combined with a dimensional stratification approach, our analysis provides profound insights into the association of MetS and brain health. These findings can inform effective therapeutic and risk mitigation strategies aimed at maintaining brain integrity.
DeepFND: an ensemble-based deep learning approach for the optimization and improvement of fake news detection in digital platform
Authors: K Venkatachalam , Al-onazi Badriyya B. , Simic Vladimir , Tirkolaee Erfan Babaee , Jana Chiranjibe
Published: December 2023

Early identification of false news is now essential to save lives from the dangers posed by its spread. People keep sharing false information even after it has been debunked. Those responsible for spreading misleading information in the first place should face the consequences, not the victims of their actions. Understanding how misinformation travels and how to stop it is an absolute need for society and government. Consequently, the necessity to identify false news from genuine stories has emerged with the rise of these social media platforms. One of the tough issues of conventional methodologies is identifying false news. In recent years, neural network models’ performance has surpassed that of classic machine learning approaches because of their superior feature extraction. This research presents Deep learning-based Fake News Detection (DeepFND). This technique has Visual Geometry Group 19 (VGG-19) and Bidirectional Long Short Term Memory (Bi-LSTM) ensemble models for identifying misinformation spread through social media. This system uses an ensemble deep learning (DL) strategy to extract characteristics from the article’s text and photos. The joint feature extractor and the attention modules are used with an ensemble approach, including pre-training and fine-tuning phases. In this article, we utilized a unique customized loss function. In this research, we look at methods for detecting bogus news on the internet without human intervention. We used the Weibo, liar, PHEME, fake and real news, and Buzzfeed datasets to analyze fake and real news. Multiple methods for identifying fake news are compared and contrasted. Precision procedures have been used to calculate the proposed model’s output. The model’s 99.88% accuracy is better than expected.
Weather Based Prediction Models for Disease and Pest Using Machine Learning: A Review
Authors: David Dayana
Published: December 2023

Critical review of weather based prediction models of disease and pest attack on crops using machine learning (ML) algorithms are performed in the study. Since suitable weather conditions are the accelerators for the growth and spreading of disease or pest, the prediction models based on weather condition achieves high degree of accuracy. Due to the advancement of technology ML algorithms remarks successful application in prediction of diseases and pest on crops. The scope of the review work lies in the fact that the accurate forewarning system helps for the timely application of pest and disease management techniques which have greater significance in controlling and solving the damages due to diseases or pest infestation in plants. Stages in prediction models are analysed and the applied techniques are compared in detail in this review. Consequently, importance of weather parameters in perdition and, performance metrics used for evaluating the prediction models are compared and presented. The review presents the detailed discussion on machine learning algorithms used in the prediction models. The review reveals that new models with high degree of accuracy need to be developed for the prediction of diseases or pest outbreak of various crops.
Indigenous Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants Used in Nigeria: A Review
Authors: Idaguko Chika Anna , Adeniyi Mayowa Jeremiah
Published: December 2023

Diabetes mellitus is among the most prevalent endocrine disease that causes morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. Traditional medical system has been used for the both prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus since ages. This paper reviewed the use of 35 Nigerian plants with putative anti-diabetic properties with the help of published literature. As per the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), status of these  species  include Sterculia tragacantha, Newbouldia laevis, Solanum anomalum, Ficus exasperate, Raffia palm (Raphia hookeri)  Azadirachta indica, Syzygium cumini, Terminalia catapp, Solanum macrocarpon, Petersianthus macrocarpus, Xylopia aethiopica, Costus aferker-gawl, Spondias mombin, Eucalyptus globulus Parkia biglobosa, Persea americana, Anacardium occidentale,  Vernonia amygdalina  as  least concern.  While the status of Hunteria umbellate and Vitex doniana are reported as threatened and Dacryodes edulis and Dennettia tripetala as vulnerable species. However, the status of Annona muricata, Chrysophyllum albidum, Citrus paradisi Macfad, Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis) are not evaluated. The following species like Phyllanthus amarus, Phyllanthus niruri and Telfairia occidentalis are data deficient. Most of the species belonging to common families like Solanaceae, Anacardiaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Annonaceae and Rutaceae. This review offers relevant information and recent scientific findings on the plants used to treat and manage diabetes in Nigeria. The cellular mechanisms through which these natural agents exert their protective and therapeutic effects on diabetes mellitus may include antioxidative stress, restricting the breakdown of glycogen, pancreatic β-cell regeneration, gluconeogenesis, anti-inflammatory and intracellular signals transduction pathways. This study concludes that indigenous medicinal herbs utilized in Nigeria have the potential to treat diabetes mellitus in Nigeria. Further studies are needed to discover  potential drugs from these indigenous plants.
Rootstocks: Importance in Fruit Crop Improvement
Authors: Dhurve Lalit , Mathew Deepu , Ajith Kumar K.  , Joseph Annjoe V. , Mehara Halkebhaiya
Published: December 2023

India is the second largest producer of fruits in the world with different fruit growing zones viz., temperate, arid and semi-arid, subtropical, and tropical zones. In this present era of climate change, fruit growers are facing environment-related problems such as sudden changes in temperature, irregular and heavy rainfall, and soil-related problems like compaction, salinity, alkalinity, and acidity. In addition to this, pest and disease incidence also play a major role in limiting fruit production. Objectives of rootstock breeding includes resistance or tolerance to biotic stress, adaptability to soil and environmental conditions, dwarfism, precocity in bearing, high yield and good fruit quality. The purpose of rootstock breeding varies with crops and geographical locations. Developing rootstocks resistant or tolerant to biotic stresses in apple (fire blight and woolly apple aphid), citrus (root rot, nematodes and viral diseases), grape (Phylloxera spp. and nematode) and mango (mango fruit fly and stone weevil) for specific tree characters (dwarfing, canopy management) and horticultural traits (yield and quality) are the important aspects in rootstock breeding. The reported rootstocks which are impactful in fruit cultivation like apple (MM-111), grape (Dogridge, 99-R, 110-R and 1103-P), and mango (Turpentine, Deorakhio and Olour). The use of rootstocks which are tolerant or adaptable to adverse climatic situations and biotic stress can be an alternative option for scientists and fruit growers to face the challenges encountered by the fruit industry.
Hume Village and Castle
Authors: Hill Ian , Gamble Michelle , Hall Derek , Haggarty George , Murdoch K Robin , Hunter Fraser , Robertson Calum , Savage Carl E , Thoms Jennifer , Pringle Iain , Lucas Leilani
Published: December 2023

A three-year community archaeology project was completed on behalf of the Hume Castle Preservation Trust at the village of Hume in the Scottish Borders. The project engaged with over 300 members of the public, providing training and volunteering opportunities in a suite of archaeological skills. The project work focused on Hume Village and its surrounding landscape; in particular Hume Castle and the remains of the former medieval village immediately surrounding it, and the associated kirkyard which housed the former Hume Parish Church. Extensive survey work was completed in the kirkyard and adjacent Glebe, in the grounds of Hume Castle, and at the castle itself. Excavations were completed in the castle grounds, the Glebe, and in the garden of West End Cottage in Hume Village. The results of the survey and excavation works portray the changing settlement pattern and use of land in the village area, particularly highlighting occupation and use of the former buildings surrounding the castle up to 200 years after its destruction. A similar pattern was found in the kirkyard, with continual use of the cemetery over 300 years after the abandonment, and probable destruction, of the former kirk. The results indicate that despite the destruction of its castle and kirk, the village of Hume has persevered, maintaining an important sense of place and memory in the landscape.