bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Benedict Hesse of Cracow’s Question about Dispensation from Religious Vows from His Commentary on Matthew’s Gospel: Study and Critical Edition
Authors: Baran Wojciech
Published: September 2024

Kwestia Benedykta Hessego dotycząca dyspensy od ślubów zakonnych z jego komentarza do Ewangelii wg św. Mateusza. Analiza i edycja krytyczna
Artykuł omawia pochodzącą z lat 1431–1456 kwestię dotyczącą dyspensy od ślubów zakonnych autorstwa Benedykta Hessego z Krakowa, zachowaną w manuskrypcie Kraków, BJ, 1369, ff. 26v–28v. Opierając się na myśli Tomasza z Akwinu, Hesse twierdzi, iż nie ma możliwości dyspensowania mnicha od trzech ślubów zakonnych. Ślub posłuszeństwa może być zmieniony stosownie do okoliczności, ale nie można od niego dyspensować. Uroczyście obiecana czystość musi być zawsze zachowywana przez mnicha, nawet jeśli istnieje możliwość dyspensowania księdza diecezjalnego od jego obowiązku zachowania celibatu. Ubóstwo także należy do istoty życia religijnego, dlatego nie można od niego dyspensować i każdy mnich, nawet opat, jest zobowiązany do przestrzegania tego ślubu.
Struktura i funkcjonowanie kurii diecezji chełmińskiej w Pelplinie za czasów biskupa Anastazego Sedlaga (1834–1856)
Authors: Jodkowski Marek
Published: September 2024

W 1835 r. biskup chełmiński Anastazy Sedlag wydał instrukcję dotyczącą funkcjonowania centralnych urzędów administracji kościelnej. Zgodnie z jej zapisami, przypieczętowano podział kurii diecezjalnej na dwa wydziały: wikariat generalny i konsystorz biskupi. Podział kompetencji urzędników merytorycznych gwarantował efektywne procedowanie spraw urzędowych. W instrukcji położono nacisk na kancelaryjny obieg dokumentów, a zwłaszcza proces wydawania decyzji, w tym dekretów. Znalazły się w niej również wskazania dotyczące tajemnicy służbowej, czy też działań na wypadek pożaru. Zastosowane w niej rozwiązania gwarantowały sprawne zarządzanie diecezją, a także przyczyniły się do rozwoju nowoczesnej registratury.
Homo Dynamicus: A Sketch from Victorine Anthropology
Authors: Libowski Łukasz
Published: September 2024

Homo Dynamicus. Szkic z antropologii wiktoryńskiej
W artykule odpowiadam na pytanie o to, jak postrzegali człowieka wiktoryni, czyli kanonicy regularni, którzy żyli w podparyskim opactwie św. Wiktora założonym przez Wilhelma z Champeaux. Złoty okres rozwoju formacji, jaką tworzyli, przypada na wiek XII. W tekście opieram się na dziełach Hugona ze św. Wiktora, początkodawcy programu wiktoryńskiego, którego idee rozwijali potem wiktoryni kolejnych generacji. Zasadnicza teza przedkładanego opracowania brzmi następująco: człowiek jest dla wiktorynów bytem dynamicznym – stąd tytułowe wyrażenie homo dynamicus. Studium rozpada się na dziewięć części. W każdej z nich omawiam zwięźle jeden z wymiarów dynamizmu, jaki właściwy jest w przekonaniu autorów wiktoryńskich człowiekowi: (1) ad Deum; (2) ad intra; (3) ad renovationem; (4) ad beatitudinem; (5) ad virtutem; (6) ad sapientiam; (7) ad amorem; (8) ad proximum atque societatem; (9) ad unitatem sive harmoniam sive pulchritudinem.
Lektorat jako najstarsza niższa posługa Kościoła - powstanie i wczesny rozwój
Authors: Makowski Dawid
Published: September 2024

Prezentowana praca ma na celu zwrócenie uwagi na powstanie i wczesny rozwój posługi lektoratu. Wskazuje ona na przedział pomiędzy II a IV w., kiedy to posługa lektoratu przynależała do wiernych świeckich i nie była jeszcze sklerykalizowana. W artykule podjęto próbę ustalenia przyczyn oraz datacji powstania pierwszej niższej posługi Kościoła, wskazując jednocześnie na jej wczesny rozwój. Dzięki temu możliwe jest zauważanie, dlaczego stopień ten jest do dzisiaj wspólnym urzędem Kościoła zachodniego oraz Kościołów wschodnich.
Kościół wspólnotą słuchającą w liturgii
Authors: Rostowska Aleksandra
Published: September 2024

Przestrzenią, w której Kościół słyszy słowo i na nie odpowiedzieć, jest liturgia. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest zaprezentowanie spójnej teologii Kościoła jako wspólnoty słuchającej oraz wskazanie kluczowych momentów akcji liturgicznej, w których kwestia ta się urzeczywistnia. W liturgicznym dialogu słowo staje się nośnikiem treści. Muzyka liturgiczna jako przejaw ekspresji człowieczeństwa jest wyrazem świętowania całej wspólnoty Kościoła. Śpiew jest znakiem zjednoczenia w modlitwie Ludu Bożego. Dzwony i dzwonki uwrażliwiają wiernych na najważniejsze momenty celebracji. Obecne w liturgii dźwięki i słowa muszą zostać dopełnione przez momenty milczenia, które kreują przestrzeń oczekiwania na słowo Pana. Kościół, kierując swe modlitwy ku Bogu, staje się wspólnotą w pełni słuchającą.
„Kościół domowy” – rodzina uczestnicząca w życiu wspólnoty parafii. Studium na podstawie badań w archidiecezji katowickiej
Authors: Buchta Roman
Published: September 2024

Teologia rodziny jako „Kościoła domowego” znalazła pełne rozwinięcie w nauczaniu II Soboru Watykańskiego. Rodzi się jednak wątpliwość, czy w taki sposób postrzegają siebie i są postrzegane we wspólnocie parafii współczesne chrześcijańskie rodziny? Czy są świadome swojej misji i odpowiednio do jej podjęcia przegotowane? Celem opracowania jest prezentacja wyników badań empirycznych przeprowadzonych wśród małżonków oraz kapłanów archidiecezji katowickiej w latach 2020–2021. Analiza wyników badań, zestawiona z przesłankami katechetyczno-duszpasterskimi stała się podstawą dla opracowania dokumentu Duszpasterstwo (rodzin) archidiecezji katowickiej. Plan strategiczny na okres (2021–2025). W wybranych parafiach rozpoczęła się jego pilotażowa aplikacja, mająca na celu ożywienie uczestnictwa rodzin w życiu wspólnot parafialnych.
Ambiente construído e atividade física de adolescentes: uma abordagem com redes neurais artificiais
Authors: Correia Júnior Murilo Gominho Antunes , Prazeres Thaliane Mayara Pessôa dos , Henrique Rafael dos Santos , Alarcon Javiera , Nobre Isabele Goes , Pinto Bruno Cesar Pereira , Arruda Gustavo Aires de , Maia Douglas Eduardo Ferreira , Sá Lucilene Antunes Correia Marques de , Santos Marcos André Moura dos
Published: September 2024

O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a associação do nível de atividade física (AF) e composição corporal em relação à quantidade e distância de ambientes construídos favoráveis à prática da AF em relação ao domicílio de adolescentes da cidade de Lagoa do Carro/Pernambuco, Brasil. Participaram do estudo 289 adolescentes (153 meninos; 10 a 18 anos), devidamente matriculados nas escolas do município. O Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children (PAQ-C) e Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescent (PAQ-A) autoaplicável foram utilizados para avaliar o nível de AF. O Sistema de Informação Geográfico foi utilizado para avaliação dos ambientes construídos. Foram criados Buffers de 100 a 500 metros de raio a partir do centro do ambiente construído. A Rede Neural Artificial no método de Feedforward foi utilizada para analisar a associação e a importância das variáveis do ambiente construído e composição corporal com o nível de AF. Não foram observadas diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre o nível de AF e as distâncias do ambiente construído. Ressalta-se que a quantidade de buffers até 500 metros de distância, foi a variável que apresentou maior importância para o nível de AF, juntamente com os adolescentes que residem em locais com maior exposição em quantidade de ambientes construídos, sendo considerados mais ativos. Os principais determinantes do nível da AF dos adolescentes foram à quantidade de buffers a 500 metros, o sexo e a distância para o ambiente construído. Em contrapartida, as variáveis, zona de moradia, massa corporal e quantidades de buffers a 100 metros foram as que apresentaram um menor poder de influência.
The pincer wasps of the genus Dryinus Latreille in northeastern Brazil: a new host record and distribution for two species (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae)
Authors: MARTINS ANDRE L. , CELANTE GABRIEL L. , DOMAHOVSKI ALEXANDRE C. , JAHYNY BENOIT J. B.
Published: September 2024

Dryinus Latreille, 1804 is one of the most diverse genera of Dryinidae, comprising more than 340 fossil and recent species. Despite this large diversity, few studies focused on the fauna of this family in the Northeast of Brazil. This study aims to expand the distribution records for Dryinus garcetei Olmi 2012 and Dryinus gibbosus (Olmi, 1984), for the states of Bahia and Pernambuco, and additionally, to record for by the first time the host, Bladina sp. (Hemiptera, Nogodinidae), for the genus Dryinus. Furthermore, we provide a revised diagnosis for the species, detailed illustrations, and distribution map to the studied species.
A new genus and species of cicada from Brazil (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Tibicininae: Selymbriini)
Authors: SANBORN ALLEN F.
Published: September 2024

The new cicada genus and species Striduloselymbria cabofrioensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is described. It is determined to be a member of Selymbriini Moulds & Marshall, 2018 and is unique in the presence of a mesonotal stridulatory apparatus.
New species and records of the genus Ataenius Harold, 1867 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Colombia
Authors: CLAVIJO-BUSTOS JULIÁN , GAMA EMANUEL R. R. , BACCA TITO , SKELLEY PAUL E.
Published: September 2024

A new species of Ataenius Harold, 1867 is described from Colombia, Ataenius iavehache Clavijo-Bustos, Gama & Skelley sp. nov.. It belongs to the Ataenius nugator-species group, now composed of 20 species. Additionally, new Colombia country records are presented for Ataenius cribrithorax Bates, 1887, A. glabriventris Schmidt, 1911, A. koelleri Balthasar, 1963, A. petrovitzi Balthasar, 1960, A. purator Harold, 1868, and A. sculptilis Harold, 1868. This brings the total number of Ataenius species known from Colombia to 33.
Anti-Inflammatory Activity and Wound Healing Ability of Coconut Oil Mouthwash on Gingival Fibroblast Cell In Vitro
Authors:   Department of Family and Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Marasri Peerachat , Sookkhee Siriwoot ,   Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Wanachantararak Phenphichar ,   Dental Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Owittayakul Darunee ,   Department of Family and Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Published: September 2024

Coconut oil-pulling therapy is used for maintaining oral health. The procedure has benefits for the prevention of oral disease, including dental caries, oral malodor, bleeding gums. However, virgin coconut oil (VCO) has unsatisfying oily taste. Therefore, coconut oil mouthwash (CoMW) was recently developed. This in vitro study aimed to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of coconut oil mouthwash consisting of 60% v/v virgin coconut oil (VCO), 30% v/v propylene glycol (PG), and 10% v/v distilled water on human gingival fibroblast (HGF) cells compared with the activity on murine macrophage (Raw 264.7) cells. The cytotoxicity of CoMW, 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHX), VCO, and PG was assessed. IC50 concentration of CoMW, CHX, and PG were 1:8 (v/v), 1:32 (v/v), and 1:16 (v/v), respectively. All tested concentrations of VCO had no impact on cell viability. Their anti-inflammatory effects of each IC50 concentration were further studied. Notably, the IC50 concentration of CHX also significantly inhibited nitric oxide production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- activated Raw 264.7 cells. Moreover, the IC50 concentrations of CoMW, VCO, PG, and CHX could suppress the interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) gene expressions in LPS-activated HGF cells, while also enhancing the cell migration of HGF cells as likely to the effect observed with the IC50 concentration of CHX. Wound healing ability of CoMW was also demonstrated after testing with a scratch assay. These findings indicated promising potential for coconut oil mouthwash as an effective agent in reducing inflammation and facilitating wound healing.
Development, Validation, and Greenness Assessment of HPLC and ATR-FTIR for Mangiferin Quantitative Analysis in Raw Material
Authors:   Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University, Samut Prakan, 10540, Thailand, Yanaso Suthira , Jutiviboonsuk Aranya ,   Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University, Samut Prakan, 10540, Thailand, Thanarangsarit Phurit ,   Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University, Samut Prakan, 10540, Thailand, Sawasdee Kanokporn ,   Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University, Samut Prakan, 10540, Thailand
Published: September 2024

Due to the benefits of mangiferin, including antidiabetic, antibacterial, antiviral, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities, it is a natural raw material used in botanical health and cosmetic products. This research aims to develop and validate analytical methods for the quantification of mangiferin in raw material, isolated from Mangifera indica L. leaves, using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR). The greenness assessment of both analytical methods was performed. The results indicated that both methods were validated in terms of specificity, linearity, range, detection limit, quantitation limit, accuracy, and precision. The ranges of mangiferin used in HPLC and ATR-FTIR were 30 to 360 µg/mL and 5.00 to 27.27% w/w, respectively. The mangiferin content in five batches, analyzed by using the validated HPLC and ATR-FTIR, ranged from 88.35 to 109.4% w/w and 90.7 to 111.8% w/w, respectively. Statistical analysis using a paired t-test revealed no significant difference in the mangiferin quantity between the two techniques at a 95% confidence level. The greenness scores of the HPLC and ATR-FTIR determined according to AGREE metric were 0.49 and 0.81, respectively. Both methods can be applied to quantify mangiferin content and control the quality of mangiferin raw material. Additionally, the validated ATR-FTIR, which proposed excellent environmental friendliness, was suggested as an alternative analytical method for routine assay of mangiferin raw material.
Use of Routine Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry-Based Bone Mineral Density Measurement in Individuals with Self-Reported Falls within 1 Year as a Warning Sign of Sarcopenia Assessment
Authors:   Faculty of Medicine, Burapha University, Chonburi 20131, Thailand, Wongsuttilert Alisara , Kiatkulanusorn Sirirat ,   Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Burapha University, Chonburi 20131, Thailand, Jaidee Wanlop ,   Faculty of Public Health, Burapha University, Chonburi 20131, Thailand, Thamronglaohaphan Pitagorn
Published: September 2024

This study evaluated the association between self-reported falls within 1 year and fragility fracture among patients who underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-based bone mineral density (BMD) measurement. This retrospective cross-sectional analytic study included 1,283 women and men aged 40–90 years who underwent BMD measurement using DXA. The variables assesses were age, sex, body mass index, self-reported falls within 1 year, fragility fractures and bone site, parental hip fracture, current history of daily smoking and daily excess alcohol consumption, long-term steroid use, rheumatoid arthritis, secondary osteoporosis, BMD and BMD T-scores of the lumbar spine and hip, vertebral fracture assessment results, and diagnostic classifications of osteoporosis. The participants were divided into the faller group (those with at least one fall incident within 1 year) and the non-faller group. Overall, 375 (29.2%) patients reported history of falls within 1 year. A previous history of hip fracture (aOR = 7.674, 95% CI: 3.96– 14.86, P = 0.000), previous non-vertebral fracture (aOR = 6.305, 95% CI: 3.41–11.66, P = 0.000), previous vertebral fracture (aOR = 2.466, 95% CI: 1.61–3.78, P = 0.000), and parental hip fracture (aOR = 2.354, 95% CI: 1.46–3.80, P = 0.000) was associated with self-reported falls within 1 year. In conclusion, self-reported falls within 1 year were strongly associated with fragility fracture. The simultaneous testing of DXA- based appendicular skeletal mass and hand grip strength is recommended for diagnosing coincident sarcopenia on routine DXA- based BMD measurement.
The Clinical Practice Integration of Artificial Intelligence (CPI-AI) framework
Authors: Farrow Luke , Meek Dominic , Leontidis Georgios , Campbell Marion , Harrison Ewen , Anderson Lesley
Published: September 2024

Despite the vast quantities of published artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that target trauma and orthopaedic applications, very few progress to inform clinical practice. One key reason for this is the lack of a clear pathway from development to deployment. In order to assist with this process, we have developed the Clinical Practice Integration of Artificial Intelligence (CPI-AI) framework – a five-stage approach to the clinical practice adoption of AI in the setting of trauma and orthopaedics, based on the IDEAL principles (https://www.ideal-collaboration.net/). Adherence to the framework would provide a robust evidence-based mechanism for developing trust in AI applications, where the underlying algorithms are unlikely to be fully understood by clinical teams.

Cite this article: Bone Joint Res 2024;13(9):507–512.
Modos de produzir o fora: o jardim público de Mario Bellatin
Authors: Xavier da Cunha Pedro
Published: September 2024

O presente trabalho investiga o modo pelo qual a máquina literária do escritor Mario Bellatin gira em torno da possibilidade de habitar a própria ficção. Aqui, o problema é proposto a partir da leitura de três cenas construídas por Bellatin nas quais o deslocamento do problema da autoria para um problema comunitário estabelece uma tensão, no seio do universo ficcional bellatiniano, entre a potência imaginativa de construção de outros mundos possíveis e a proliferação de espaços abjetos e totalitários na sua obra. Sugere-se, por fim, que a articulação desses dois pólos em um mesmo gesto parece se constituir em termos de uma estratégia ficcional para a produção do fora no mundo contemporâneo.
Bajo la misma piel. Contra-pedagogías de la crueldad en la narrativa breve de Guadalupe Nettel
Authors: Piña Juliana
Published: September 2024

Tomando como punto de partida la inclinación hacia la marginalidad como rasgo saliente de la obra narrativa de la escritora mexicana Guadalupe Nettel, este trabajo elige enfocarse en el estudio de los textos, temas y problemas desatendidos por la crítica y que ocupan un lugar marginal dentro del corpus de la autora. Mediante una lectura estrábica y con una mirada háptica, me concentro en la narrativa breve y desplazo el dominio de la mirada y el ojo por el del tacto y la piel. Con este cambio de enfoque me propongo leer los relatos «Ptosis», «Hongos» y «La impronta» con el fin de desentrañar los modos en que Nettel desarregla los ordenamientos biopolíticos de los cuerpos y despliega unas contra-pedagogías de la crueldad.
El localismo identitario en la lírica española del siglo XXI: nuevas aproximaciones semióticas al espacio (neo)rural
Authors: Arroita Jorge
Published: September 2024

Este artículo explorará el contexto de surgimiento y características específicas de determinados textos literarios producidos a partir de la segunda década del siglo XXI, inscritos dentro de una vertiente lírica del neorruralismo que se propone denominar localismo identitario. Esta corriente, en contraste con otros tipos de neorruralismo, responde a una estetización trascendental del espacio rural, una defensa de la raigambre identitaria colectiva, el localismo y el desaceleracionismo antiglobalista. Para desglosarla en la práctica, se analizarán los poemarios Autobús de Fermoselle de Maribel Andrés Llamero, Oración en el huerto de Juan Gallego Benot y Cantar qué de Juan de Beatriz, apoyando su estudio en ideas de filósofos realistas contemporáneos.
Narrar el cansancio: cuerpo, trabajo e intimidad en El Evangelio, de Elisa Victoria
Authors: Romero Polo Paula
Published: September 2024

El presente artículo propone leer El Evangelio, de Elisa Victoria, como un ejemplo de la repolitización de la literatura tras el 15-M que proponen David Becerra Mayor y María Ayete Gil. En concreto, la novela elabora una crítica a la valoración moral del trabajo y al imperativo de la felicidad, dos cuestiones fundamentales en el modelo de sujeto neoliberal. El Evangelio articula estas críticas narrativamente a partir de la atención al cuerpo y a la cotidianeidad de la protagonista. Concluimos proponiendo que el concepto de creencia post-irónica (Konstantinou, 2016) sirve para explicar la voluntad de la protagonista de comprometerse con el mundo en el contexto opresivo que habita.
Escritura perra: la autoteoría posfeminista y el estilo camp
Authors: Rams Albuisech Maribel
Published: September 2024

Itziar Ziga en su autoteoría Devenir perra (2009) emplea la narración autorreferencial y la estética camp para desestabilizar tanto la jerarquía del conocimiento como las subjetividades fijas dentro del feminismo y del movimiento gay y lésbico. Este artículo analiza la propuesta transfeminista y posporno de este ensayo estableciendo conexiones con la subjetificación sexual de las mujeres en la cultura mediática posfeminista. Además, examina la apropiación del camp por el lesbianismo y lo queer, y el proyecto estético-político de defensa de la prostitución.
Enfermedad, trauma y memoria en las narcoficciones gallegas
Authors: Fuentes Kraffczyk Felipe Oliver
Published: September 2024

En la última década han proliferado las ficciones sobre el narcotráfico en Galicia. Más allá de lo temático, al analizar críticamente las recientes narcoficciones gallegas, emergen una serie de elementos afines: la presencia de enfermedades degenerativas como una metáfora de lo social, la experiencia del trauma, y la obsesión por la memoria individual y colectiva. Este trabajo analiza dichos elementos a través de tres ficciones: la película Quien a hierro mata (2019), dirigida por Paco Plaza, la novela testimonial o docuficción Operación bucéfalo (2018) de Juan Cal, y la novela Golpes de Luz (2021) de Ledicia Costas.
La debilidad de las imágenes. Vanguardia, supervivencia y repetición: un debate que retorna
Authors: Stedile Verónica
Published: September 2024

Entre 2021 y 2023 se publicaron, en Argentina, una serie de ensayos que tuvieron por objeto repensar la temporalidad de las «vanguardias», desde interrogantes suscitados por el arte y la cultura contemporáneas. Qué será la vanguardia. Utopías y nostalgias en la literatura contemporánea (Premat, 2021); La vanguardia permanente (Kohan, 2021), Lo que sobra (Tabarovsky, 2023) y El surrealismo rosa de hoy (Villanueva, 2021) interrogan los desafíos e insistencias que el término en cuestión no deja de ostentar, y en ese sentido reflexionan acerca de los problemas categoriales e historiográficos que la noción de «vanguardia» suscita aún hoy. Las hipótesis de este breve corpus son el punto de partida para sopesarlas según una perspectiva menos explorada: la que vuelve al problema de las vanguardias ya no como un dilema contrapuesto entre «caducidad» o «supervivencia», sino en términos implicados como los de «autoimpugnación» y «repetición». Según ese desplazamiento, el objetivo aquí propuesto consiste en mantener una inestable pero necesaria distinción entre el tipo de acto que las vanguardias inauguraron —como aquello que puede ser repetido o revelado— y sus efectos. Para ello se retoma la perspectiva de Boris Groys acerca de la «baja visibilidad» de las imágenes de la vanguardia.
Lenition of fricative sibilants in casual conversations in Basque
Authors: Krajewska Dorota
Published: September 2024

This paper analyses lenition of lamino-alveolar and apico-alveolar fricative sibilants in Basque in casual conversations between speakers of the variety of Beasain (Central Basque dialect). To describe the phonetic realisation of sibilants, the following measures were used: the proportion of voiced frames, the centre of gravity and relative intensity. Results show that 13% of sibilants can be classified as ‘voiced’ (i.e. they show uninterrupted voicing during the middle 50% of the duration) and another 25% has at least one voiced frame in the middle interval. Several factors were identified as important predictors of voicing: context, speech rate and the presence of the word boundary. It is also shown that voicing lowers the sibilants’ centre of gravity and relative intensity. Finally, the paper discusses potential lexical effects in lenition phenomena.
Settler Homesteading, Hawaiian Homesteading, and the Failed Mission of Americanization in Early Territorial Hawai'i
Authors: Kushi Makana
Published: September 2024

Abstract: In the early twentieth century, the US federal government created homesteading programs to "Americanize" Hawai'i by encouraging the mass settlement of white families "of good character" to Hawai'i, but to little avail. This essay analyzes a 1912 hearing about the failure of white homesteading in the Territory of Hawai'i, focusing on discourses of race and land use by settler and 'Ōiwi testifiers. Federal leaders and Territory proponents of homesteading mapped the familiar racial formations of vanishing Natives, alien Asians, and white pioneers onto Kānaka 'Ōiwi, Asian plantation workers, and white American homesteaders to further their cause. 'Ōiwi political leaders Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole and Charles Kahiliaulani Notley intervened; although they approached the question of "Americanization" differently from one another, both manipulated and rejected elements of that racial framework according to a shared goal: to get their people back on the land.
No Ka Māhūi Aloha: Unsettling Homo/Hetero-Nationalist Logics of Belonging
Authors: Kahikina Ka'imina'auao
Published: September 2024

Abstract: In this essay, I argue that settler queer modernity attaches itself to logics of US nationalism in ways that naturalize settlement within US-occupied Indigenous territories. In Hawai'i, settler modernity and settler queer modernity seek to settle our ancestral ontologies, ascribing a "queer" framework onto poorly understood modes of Kanaka Maoli being, for example, māhū. The concept of the māhūi seeks to unmoor the idea of māhū from "queer" frameworks that enable the hetero-homo binary through notions of national belonging that figure us as vanishing. Thus, through theoretical and archival conversations about belonging, the māhūi is illuminated to be an epistemological plug-in to a Kanaka Maoli present conceived on our terms and through our thought structures.
Abolition Dreams from a Resurgent Pu'uhonua
Authors: Osorio Jamaica Heolimeleikalani
Published: September 2024

Abstract: This essay weaves an 'upena of critical discourse to contribute to a Kanaka Maoli abolitionist theory and praxis. Following the lead of Kumu Haunani-Kay Trask, I explore the intersection of the Black Radical Tradition and Critical Hawaiian Studies at the nexus of carcerality and multiple forms of Native and Black Dispossessions. Specifically, this essay builds upon Tiffany Lethabo King's The Black Shoals and George Terry Kanalu Young's Rethinking the Native Hawaiian Past to imagine and create freedom places beyond incommensurability. With a study of Pu'uhonua (places of refuge) I investigate the pilina (intimacies) between Indigenous resurgence and Black struggles for liberation and abolition. I argue that the comprehensive abolition of carceral systems and the ongoing resurgence of Pu'uhonua are cooperative projects that can be imagined and built upon the shoal and the Papa (reef/foundation) to create new futures for Black and Indigenous comrades in pursuit of collective liberation.
Rabbit Spleen and Medicinal Herbs: Animal Infectious Diseases, Grassroots Communes, and the State in Maoist China
Authors: Yi Jongsik Christian
Published: September 2024

summary: This article explores how Mao-era China responded to major epizootic and zoonotic diseases. It foregrounds a series of patterns in fighting contagious animal diseases—lockdowns, quarantines, disinfection, mass animal vaccination, mass education, and prioritizing the treatment of infected animals over mass culling—which were together called the Comprehensive Prevention and Treatment (CPT). Shedding light on this understudied topic in the fields of the history of medicine and of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the author argues that it was not the central or provincial governments but rather local communes that led the effort to protect livestock from animal infectious diseases. This article critically demonstrates how the story of the CPT highlights the resilience of communal actors as well as the possibilities and limitations of the Maoist ideal of self-reliance.
Paine's Yellow Fever": Opposition Politics and Pandemic Disease in the Early Republic
Authors: Orihel Michelle
Published: September 2024

Abstract: This article examines the disruptive impact of Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak on the Democratic-Republican societies that opposed the Washington administration. It demonstrates how the outbreak abruptly suspended the celebrations of the French Revolution as well as the organizing and publishing activities of the emerging opposition. People's energies were directed towards physical survival rather than political mobilization during the outbreak. Philadelphia's democratic movement lost some key leaders to the fever and it also lost momentum in building a Philadelphia-centered national opposition. After the outbreak, Democratic-Republicans regrouped, but the organizational energy had dissipated and circumstances had shifted. However, Federalists, who already had seen opposition as a diseased faction, mobilized the language of disease to denounce their political foes with a new intensity, as yellow fever became linked to transatlantic radicalism and political subversion amid the ongoing threat of yellow fever outbreaks in the 1790s and beyond.
"Intercourse … of the Most Friendly Nature": The U.S. Navy, State Power, and William Walker's Invasion of Mexico, 1853–1854
Authors: Bailey Roger A.
Published: September 2024

Abstract: This article examines federal officials' attitudes towards illegal filibustering expeditions, using as a case study the U.S. Navy's role in defeating William Walker's 1853–1854 expedition to Baja California and Sonora, Mexico. The officers of the U.S.S. Portsmouth (especially former Democratic newspaper editor Levi Slamm), fraternized with filibusters, evacuated their wounded, and published expansionist sentiments. Yet even expansionist officers generally disapproved of filibustering's lawlessness and tendency to damage America's reputation and diplomatic attempts to buy territory legally. This article uncovers how many apparently sympathetic actions by officers and other frontier officials were actually covert and indirect anti-filibustering tactics that they adopted to compensate for local sympathy for the invaders, lack of support from Washington, and poorly defined (or nonexistent) authority to act more decisively. Although these tactics could subvert individual filibustering expeditions like Walker's, by not openly and directly opposing filibustering, they undermined U.S. diplomatic and political aims in the long term.
In Collaboration with the Author": Some Traces of Self-Translation in Nabokov's Short Stories
Authors: Toker Leona , Emeliyanova Maria
Published: September 2024

Abstract: Vladimir Nabokov's pre-war Russian language short stories were translated into English, whether by his son Dmitri or by others, but, in the novelist's lifetime, always "in collaboration with the author." The extent of this collaboration sometimes amounts to self-translation, that is, not to improving the text but to changing its details, the way a translator has no right to do while the author is entitled to revisions. Most often such changes were made in the awareness of the horizons of the new audience; but they also reflect modified attitudes to the material and suggest which meanings it was important for Nabokov to emphasize and which it was important for him to preclude. We discuss such traces of self-translation in three of Nabokov's short stories. The changes made in the 1973 "Torpid Smoke" (" Tyazhyolyy dym ," 1935) help to set the story in the times of the Weimar republic rather than after the Nazi 1933 takeover of power, thus forestalling interpretations that could compete with the main theme. The changes in the 1976 "Details of a Sunset" (original published as "Katastrofa" in 1924) enhance the valorization of joy, confronting the wide-spread stigma on the sense of happiness as silly. The changes made in the 1947 "Spring in Fialta" (the original published in 1938) are, however, more closely associated with Nabokov's current concerns, in the period of translation, rather than with those in the year of composition.
"The Vane Sisters" and Women's Suffrage
Authors: Naiman Eric
Published: September 2024

Abstract: This article explores the possibility that Nabokov's famous example of trick reading and trick writing may be one of his most political pieces of writing as well. Drawing upon the author's insistence on the story's place of composition—Ithaca, New York—the article places the story within the context of the women's rights movement that was born in nearby Seneca Falls. The early women's movement was closely allied with spiritualism, a central topic in Nabokov's story. Combining close reading with an historicizing focus, the article discusses the poetics of the story while simultaneously exploring the relationship between sexual predation and the acute examination of a text. In the end, the article suggests that for all his vaunted non-politicism, Nabokov may have been a vessel possessed and guided by the demands for female "participation," just as his story's narrator was. On the plane of meta-fiction, the Vane sisters manage to vote.
Vladimir Nabokov and Italian Renaissance Painting
Authors: Shapiro Gavriel
Published: September 2024

Abstract: Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) is widely recognized and highly regarded as a writer of world renown. It is less known that in his childhood and early youth he entertained the idea of becoming a landscape painter. It is still less known that he was also a great connoisseur of art, specifically of Italian Renaissance painting. In this article, I endeavor to showcase Nabokov's enviable familiarity with Italian Renaissance painting through a diverse array of examples taken from his works spanning more than fifty years. In addition, I seek to examine some of the reasons for his employment of these pictorial masterpieces in his literary oeuvre.
Multifunctional plasmonic gates using the effect of voltage on the surface plasmons frequency change
Authors: jafargholikhani fatemeh , Kashaninia Alireza , Sabbaghi-Nadooshan Reza
Published: September 2024

Considering the benefits of plasmonic technology in reducing the scattering limit on bends and low losses, as well as the small size of the element, the development of this technology has accelerated. In this paper, the effect of voltage application on changing the frequency of surface plasmons is investigated. By applying an external voltage to the metal plates and creating a magnetic field, the density of the electrons on the metal surface changes; thus, surface plasmons resonance frequency shifts. To this end, a multifunctional plasmonic gate with a dimension of 95 nm × 95 nm was designed and simulated to evaluate this effect. This structure is suitable for use as AND, NOR, NOT, XOR, and NAND gates. The contrast ratio between the change of state from logic "0" to logic "1" is approximately 29 dB, and the transfer ratio (transmittance ratio) of output in logic "1" is over 85%. The proposed device has low dimensions, a high contrast ratio, and a high transmittance ratio. This device uses four gates: AND, NOR, NOT, XOR, and NAND, which can be achieved in plasmonic integrated circuits with the wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technique.
Projected impact of fast-tracking of anti-retroviral treatment coverage on vertical transmission of HIV in India
Authors: Kumar Pradeep , Das Chinmoyee , Biswas Subrata , Priyam Nidhi , Kharayat Lalit Singh , Sahu Damodar , Rai Sanjay K. , Godbole Sheela V. , Arumugam Elangovan , Lakshmi P. V. M. , Dutta Shanta , Devi H. Sanayaima , Pandey Arvind , Reddy Dandu Chandra Sekhar , Mehendale Sanjay , Rajan Shobini
Published: September 2024

One of the five high-level goals under Phase V of the National AIDS and STD Control Programme (NACP) of the Government of India is the elimination of vertical transmission of HIV. In this paper, we estimate the potential impact of maintaining and enhancing the anti-retroviral treatment under the NACP in terms of averting new infections and vertical transmission rates vis-à-vis no intervention scenario. We used India’s HIV Estimates 2022 models to create treatment coverage scenarios of no interventions, status quo, business as usual, on-track and fast-track scenarios from 2023 to 2030. Our analysis indicates that fast-tracking scale-up of treatment services would avert almost 41000 child infections from 2023 to 2030 leading to a vertical transmission rate of around 7.70% in 2030 vis-a-vis no interventions scenario. Higher and sustained ART coverage would not only take the country closer to the elimination goals but would also prevent thousands of vertical transmissions, thus bringing a lot of benefits to HIV-positive pregnant women and their families. Supported by efforts for the prevention of new infections in the general population, India is on track for the attainment of elimination of vertical transmission of HIV by 2030.
Novel evidence that elk were historically native to the Sierra Nevada, and recent range expansions into the region
Authors: Lanman Richard B. , Batter Thomas J. , Mckee Cody J.
Published: September 2024

Elk (Cervus canadensis) have been considered non-native to the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California and Nevada. However, elk have steadily increased their range southward from the Cascade Range into the northern Sierra Nevada over the last century. Recent reports also reveal Rocky Mountain elk moving northwards into the southern Sierra Nevada. Dispersals of lone bull elk from 2019–2022 have occurred to the central Sierra Nevada south of Lake Tahoe. These recent range expansions of elk herds and long-distance dispersals of individual elk raised questions about the possible historical presence of elk throughout this mountain range. Herein we conducted a broad investigation into historical newspaper accounts and other early explorer and naturalist observer records, museum specimens, Late Holocene zooarchaeological records, and indirect evidence including toponomastic references and Native American ethnographic and ethnolinguistic information. Taken in total, a variety of data sources suggest elk inhabited portions of the Sierra Nevada and the adjacent northwest Great Basin from the Late Holocene through historical times. Positive records were not numerous, suggesting that historically elk were not abundant, and nearly extirpated during the California Fur Rush of the early nineteenth century.
Prevalence and associations of asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction in Lebanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Authors: El Tawil Elsy hany , Saliby Rita , Halabi Ramy , El Khoury Joey , Assaf Serge , Hamdan Mira , Abou Nader Gilbert , Abou Jaoude Elizabeth
Published: September 2024

Background

Diabetes Mellitus is a prevalent disease with a growing impact on individuals worldwide. Evaluating the prevalence of subclinical left ventricular dysfunction and understanding its associations with microvascular complications, uncontrolled glycemia, diabetes duration, and patient age is crucial. Our aim is to determine the utility of screening for this condition.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study involving 159 asymptomatic individuals with type 2 diabetes. Bivariate analysis was employed to assess potential factors and their associations with subclinical left ventricular dysfunction. Patients with a history of cardiac disease or interventions were excluded.

Results

The average age of our sample was 61.5 years. Almost half of the patients exhibited an HbA1c exceeding 7% (50.3%), and approximately half had an ejection fraction (EF) of less than 55% (50.9%). In the bivariate analysis, a notable difference in microvascular diabetic complications was observed among different EF groups. Specifically, nephropathy (62%), neuropathy (57.5%), and retinopathy (74.4%) were significantly more prevalent among patients with an EF < 55%. We also identified a significant age difference between groups, with a higher mean diabetes duration (14.1 ± 7.7 years) in the lower EF group. Notably, 63.7% of patients with an HbA1c exceeding 7% exhibited an EF < 55%. Older patients were associated with a lower EF, with an adjusted odds ratio (aOR) of 0.94. An HbA1c of 7% or less was linked to a higher likelihood of an EF > 55%.

Conclusion

We established a correlation between subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction and microvascular complications. However, further extensive prospective research is necessary to deepen our understanding of these associations and their clinical implications.
Laccase-mediated chemoselective C-4 arylation of 5-aminopyrazoles
Authors: Shahedi Mansour , Shahani Rojina , Omidi Niloofar , Habibi Zohreh , Yousefi Maryam , Mohammadi Mehdi
Published: September 2024

Chemoselective arylation of 5-aminopyrazoles was performed through oxidative formation of orthoquinones from catechols catalyzed by Myceliophthora thermophila laccase (Novozym 51003), and subsequently nucleophilic attack of 5-aminopyrazole to the catechol intermediates. The C-4 arylated products were obtained under extremely mild conditions without the need for amine protection or halogenation of the substrates. From this method, 10 derivatives with moderate to good efficiency (42–94%) were prepared.
Tactile sensitivity alters textile touch perception
Authors: Mehta Sunidhi , Holásková Ida , Walker Matthew
Published: September 2024

Tactility plays a crucial role in our interactions with the physical world including our ability to differentiate textile textures and their associated comfort. There is an increasing focus on digitally interactive haptic experiences enabling consumers to feel virtual objects realistically. This could revolutionize how we experience textiles in e-commerce platform, virtual and augmented reality, and shape the future of textiles in the metaverse. In this study, we examined the impact of tactile sensitivity on touch perception of a large nonhomogeneous sample of 22 textile swatches. The tactile sensitivity was studied using four factors: assessors’ “subject-matter expertise”, “frequency of performing handiwork”, “frequency of working with textiles”, and “familiarity of textile textures”. The participants noted their tactile assessment of eight touch attributes of textile swatches on a 5-point Likert scale. Through predictive modeling, we analyzed the effect of tactile sensitivity on participants’ tactile assessment scores. Our key findings revealed that participants’ tactile sensitivity significantly influenced their perception of the textile textures. Notably, the “frequency of working with textiles” had the most substantial impact on participants’ tactile ratings followed by their familiarity with textile textures. Interestingly, the perceptual differences of isotropy attribute were significant in all the cases. Overall, there was no significant difference in the tactile ratings between textile experts and non-experts, except for nine occurrences, four of which were related to perceptual differences in roughness of the woven fabrics. Conversely, the two groups had no statistically significant differences at all in their perceptions of hairiness, scratchiness, and uniformity.
Piloerection persists throughout repeated exposure to emotional stimuli
Authors: McPhetres Jonathon , Gao Hui H. , Kemp Nicole , Khati Bhakti
Published: September 2024

It is often suggested that piloerection, or goosebumps, is primarily triggered by emotional experience—theoretical perspectives place a heavy emphasis on experiencing novelty and surprise. However, the two studies described here challenge this perspective, demonstrating that the incidence of piloerection is not contingent upon exposure to novel stimuli and is disconnected from self-reported emotions. Study 1 (N = 80) shows that piloerection was not more likely to occur among individuals exposed to unfamiliar stimuli compared to those with prior exposure. Additionally, self-reported emotions were not correlated with observed piloerection. Study 2 (N = 27) found that piloerection persists throughout multiple exposures to identical stimuli. Importantly, the trajectories of observed piloerection and self-reported emotions diverged greatly. These findings challenge the common view that piloerection—unlike self-reported goosebumps and chills—is driven by emotional experience, suggesting that it may not be as closely connected to emotional experiences as previously theorised.
Gastrointestinal image stitching based on improved unsupervised algorithm
Authors: Yan Rui , Jiang Yu , Zhang Chenhao , Tang Rui , Liu Ran , Wu Jinghua , Su Houcheng
Published: September 2024

Image stitching is a traditional but challenging computer vision task. The goal is to stitch together multiple images with overlapping areas into a single, natural-looking, high-resolution image without ghosts or seams. This article aims to increase the field of view of gastroenteroscopy and reduce the missed detection rate. To this end, an improved depth framework based on unsupervised panoramic image stitching of the gastrointestinal tract is proposed. In addition, preprocessing for aberration correction of monocular endoscope images is introduced, and a C2f module is added to the image reconstruction network to improve the network’s ability to extract features. A comprehensive real image data set, GASE-Dataset, is proposed to establish an evaluation benchmark and training learning framework for unsupervised deep gastrointestinal image splicing. Experimental results show that the MSE, RMSE, PSNR, SSIM and RMSE_SW indicators are improved, while the splicing time remains within an acceptable range. Compared with traditional image stitching methods, the performance of this method is enhanced. In addition, improvements are proposed to address the problems of lack of annotated data, insufficient generalization ability and insufficient comprehensive performance in image stitching schemes based on supervised learning. These improvements provide valuable aids in gastrointestinal examination.