bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Role of Digitalization Performance on Digital Business Strategy in Indonesia MSEMs
Authors: Sudrajad Ahmad Iman , Tricahyono Dodie , Al-Amin  , Zuwardi  , Yulianti Eka Budi , Irnayenti  , Ahmad  , Rosmawati Wati
Published: June 2023

Purpose:  Aim of this study to get a clearer picture of the benefits of implementing digital business strategy (digitalization capabilities that supported by digital literacy) in MSMEs.
 
Theoretical framework: The existence of MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) is an important part of the Indonesian economy which has an impact to the smallest layer. Every business entity in every industry and every size is affected by digitalization, all companies must confront their strategic orientation and develop a digital strategy that is right for them.
 
Design/methodology/approach:  The data analysis used Partial Least Square and Structural Equation Modelling. We use purposive sampling technique, and the survey data was collected online during October-December 2021 and the respondents was MSME practitioner in 18 provinces in Indonesia.
 
Findings:  The results of the study found variables that had a positive and significant effect: digitalization capability on digitalization performance, digital literacy on digitalization performance, digital literacy on perceived financial performance, digitalization performance on perceived financial performance. The digitalization capability has no positive and significant effect on perceived financial performance. However, through mediating the digitalization performance, digitalization capability has a positive and significant impact on perceived financial performance. The value of R2 is 57% & 63% which shows the influence of the independent variables (digitalization capability & digital literacy) is strong enough on digitalization performance & perceived financial performance in this study.
 
Research, Practical & Social implications:  study show that perceived financial performance in digitalization has not become a top priority for MSME actors because digitalization is still considered an additional cost.
 
Originality/value: The study is the first in the digital business strategy for MSEMs area discuss the role of digitalization performance.
Statistical Approach on Perception of Employees Attainments in the Milieu of Non-Public Organisations
Authors: Kalimuthu Lakshmi Priya , Devaraj Ponmary Pushpa Latha , Aruna Kasinathan , Dhanabalan Mercy Lydia , Selvaraj Annie Priyadharsini , Ramkumar Gowtham , Balasubramaniam Madhumitha
Published: June 2023

Purpose: The aim of this study is to comprehend the various syndromes that influence the performance of individual employees and other factors that have an impact on employee’s performance.
 
Theoretical framework: Employees are encouraged by management to help facilitate the transition to the new market scenario. Only a balance between work life and family will enable an individual to have a peaceful and healthy life. Indeed, the two factors mentioned above are important considerations for living standards.
 
Design/methodology/approach: This paper aims to investigate the factors that influence employee performance in non-public organization’s context. The study involves 145 employees from non-public organizations, 56.55% male and 43.44% female, of ages 27 to 45 years. The participants were selected at random from well-known non-public organizations. This study employed a descriptive-quantitative research design.
 
Findings: The findings show that job-related training, working conditions, family background, workload, and digital knowledge all have a significant impact on employees’ performance.
 
Research, Practical & Social implications: This study considers job-oriented training, working conditions, work load, employee’s family back ground and their digital knowledge to measure employee’s performance. However clear communication,defining roles,trust leadership and and other variables could also be considered by future researchers on this study.
 
Originality/value: Using statistical Modelling in understanding Perceptions on employee’s performance was hardly adopted in these types of studies and other variables could also be considered by future researchers on this study.
Economic Empowerment and Collaboration of Urban Slum Arrangement: Review the Kotaku Program in Kendari City
Authors: Arisandi  , Muthalib Abdul Azis , Gamsir  , Saenong Zaenuddin , Balaka Muhammad Yani
Published: June 2023

Purpose: Evaluating the slum handling program, slum typology, and factors that are challenges (gaps) for socio-economic empowerment in participatory handling of slums.
 
Theoretical framework: Focus on several theories and concepts about slum settlements, criteria for slum houses, typologies, and empowerment. The subject matter is built from the results of research gaps, phenomena, and empiricism so as to give rise to research positions and novelty.
 
Design/methodology/approach: This research uses a qualitative approach. Involved 38 key informants, and 53,066 households observed in determining the typology (non-informants). Data were obtained through in-depth interviews, observation, and FGD. Data credibility with data source triangulation techniques.
 
Findings: Finding a gap between program objectives and the decline in slum settlements, where the implementation program is running well but the area of slum settlements has actually increased. The majority of settlements (typology) are in the category of "heavy slums and light slums". There are five targets for program empowerment, only one namely collaboration is considered good, while others (institutional aspects, human resources, business development, and environmental development) are not good.
 
Research, Practical & Social implications: Reviewing the criteria for poor households, and techniques for determining areas (slums). Next is the Central Government through the relevant ministries to review the database of budget allocations and other processes for determining the amount of funding allocations so as to avoid data manipulation to obtain additional allocations of funds to the regions.
 
Originality/value: Disclosure is factual with a qualitative approach to participation.
Knowledge Management of Students in the Universities in the Digital Economic Context
Authors: Ly Luong Cong
Published: June 2023

Purpose: This article uses a system of knowledge and knowledge management theories to build a knowledge management model for university students in Vietnam in the context of a controlled digital economy. The values ​​related to the reliability of the model are accepted as appropriate to research to raise awareness and promote the role of knowledge management for Vietnamese students.
 
Theoretical Framework: Based on the theoretical basis of knowledge management, build a model of knowledge management of students in the context of the digital economy. Research using PLS-SEM techniques with SmartPLS3.3 software to evaluate and test the influence of factors affecting the knowledge management of students. Based on four main factors affecting students' knowledge in universities in the context of the digital economy: knowledge sharing, knowledge collection, knowledge creation, and knowledge application.
 
Method: The author used a quantitative survey method to evaluate the hypotheses: Knowledge sharing; Collecting knowledge; knowledge creation; knowledge application. The author of the study surveyed students of universities in Vietnam through a questionnaire. Survey questions with a Likert scale of five levels (1 being “strongly disagree” to 5 being “strongly”. consent”) applies. A total of 351 students from the universities were randomly selected for data collection. The data was analyzed using SmartPLS33 software, and the structure was modelled program (SEM-PLS).
 
Findings: The test results show that knowledge application is the factor that has the most significant influence on knowledge management students' consciousness. Knowledge applications help students take advantage of opportunities to create new knowledge. Knowledge must go through the process of building, transforming and maintaining in usage and action.
 
Practical & social implications:  In the current context, the application of technology will help expand the reach of knowledge, and the process of sharing knowledge between students will become faster, more efficient, and more fruitful. Therefore, universities must disseminate knowledge to learners about the importance of knowledge management awareness through propaganda and sharing sessions.
 
Originality values: This study helps learners about the importance of knowledge management through propaganda and sharing sessions. Help learners understand the role of knowledge management, thereby forming habits and plans to maximize their knowledge management ability to increase your competitive advantage.
A Study on Lapsation of Insurance Polices of Select Insurance Companies
Authors: Velmurugan R , Kalimuthu M , Karthik S , Madraswale Maksud A , Kumar K Srivignesh , Prakash M
Published: June 2023

Purpose: Lapsation is the discontinuation of payment of premia for reasons other than the death of a policy holder.  A majority of insurance companies notice that half of their policyholders do not pay their insurance premia regularly leading to an increase in lapsation of policies. Increase in lapsation not only affects the policyholders’ welfare but also insurance companies’ business growth. So, the present study was carried out to determine where lapsation rate is high and to offer solutions to reduce the rate of lapsation.
 
Design/Methodology/Approach: The present study is descriptive in nature. A carefully constructed questionnaire was used to gather the study's pertinent data. Data were collected from life insurance company employees in Tamilnadu using the convenience sampling method. The questionnaire includes inquiries about different policy kinds, distribution methods, agent information, and different commission structures.
 
Findings: Result of cross tabulation discloses that high rate of lapsation rate is noticed with term and endowment insurance policies both at LIC and private insurance companies.  High rate of lapsation is noticed under insurance policies distributed by direct sale teams of insurance companies. Further, it is noticed that lapsation rate is high in Private insurance companies, where insurance agents receive low commission. Lapsation rate is low at Public and Private Insurance companies, where insurance agents receive high and moderate level of commission. 
 
Practical Implications: The result of the study will be immensely useful to policyholders in particular and insurance companies in general. Reduction in policy lapsation rate will assist policyholder to reap the benefit of availing insurance policies and aids life insurance companies to expand their business volume to a greater extent.
 
Social Implications: Life insurance companies not only safeguard interest of policyholders but also invests their excess amount of premium in corporate securities, thereby assists not only growth of industries but also Indian economy as well.  Lapsation of insurance policies may affect transfer of excess premium towards industry investment.  Thus, the present study assist to understand the reason for lapsation of policies and to offer suitable suggestions to reduce rate of lapsation and assist not only growth of insurance companies but also economy too.
 
Originality/Value: Questionnaire is employed for collecting first hand data. By contacting the life insurance company employees in person data required for the study has been gathered.
Application Strategy of CBR Test in Highway Engineering
Authors: Liu Yan , Nan Lin , Li Guangjun , Wu Daqing , Chen Shichang , Li Ke
Published: June 2023

California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test is highly professional and requires a high level of skills. In order to improve the accuracy of the test results, the relevant staff will not only need to understand the rules and procedures involved in the test, they would also need to be meticulous in their work to avoid human errors, provide good data support for highway engineering, and improve the overall quality of the project. Therefore, this paper presents an analysis of the application of CBR test in highway engineering, which can provide reference for engineering and promote the development of the highway industry.
Water Supply and Drainage Design for Prefabricated Buildings Under the Green Building Concept
Authors: Sun Jingjing
Published: June 2023

With the continuous development of society and the market economy, people are putting forward higher and higher requirements for the construction, technology, and environmental friendliness of buildings. The prefabricated building not only has high installation efficiency, but is also safe and environmentally friendly, which is in line with the green building concept. The drainage design is a critical part of prefabricated buildings. In order to ensure the quality and construction efficiency of the building project, it is necessary to design the building water supply and drainage properly. Therefore, an in-depth investigation on prefabricated buildings was carried out in this paper, and water supply and drainage design for prefabricated buildings under the green building concept is proposed, in hopes of providing references for future water supply and drainage designs.
Shallow Tunneling Method and Control Measure for Ground Surface Settlement
Authors: Jia Jinxiao , Zhou Xiong
Published: June 2023

In order to ensure that the tunnel deformation and surface settlement are controlled within the allowable range during the construction process, the design unit has compiled technical measures and monitoring schemes for ground settlement control of this project. Based on the example of a shallow tunneling project on Subway line 8, this paper analyzes and discusses the shallow tunneling method in detail and puts forward corresponding technical measures for ground settlement control.
Study of Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome Diagnosis Following a Close Examination of Daytime Urinary Incontinence
Authors: Morizawa Yosuke , Satoh Hiroyuki , Sato Atsuko , Iwasa Shun , Aoki Yujiro
Published: June 2023

Background: Tethered spinal cord syndrome refers to neurological disorders caused by the lower end of the spinal cord becoming entrapped in the caudal tissue. Dysuria is one of the most common symptoms and often appears at an early stage. In this study, we investigated cases of children with tethered spinal cord syndrome who were presented to the urology department with daytime urinary incontinence. Subjects and methods: Eighteen children with tethered spinal cord syndrome were diagnosed between March 2011 and October 2017 after a visit to the urology department with daytime urinary incontinence as the main complaint. The reasons for the diagnosis of tethered spinal cord syndrome and the changes in clinical symptoms before and after laminectomy were investigated. Results: Nine boys and nine girls were selected as the study subject. The mean age at the first examination was 6.3 years (range 4–9 years). All patients underwent urodynamics and voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) for refractory daytime urinary incontinence. Spinal MRI was performed in all patients to investigate abnormal findings on VCUG and urodynamics. Only four patients had indications of tethered spinal cord syndrome on MRI. Eight patients had lipoma of the filum terminale, four patients had potential tethered spinal cord syndrome, four patients had low-lying conus, one patient with conus lipoma, and one patient had intrasacral meningeal cyst. The mean follow-up after laminectomy was 66.3 (22–116) months, 11 patients were asymptomatic, 4 patients had residual nocturia only, and 3 patients were managed with intermittent voiding. Conclusion: It is necessary to treat patients with daytime urinary incontinence is one of the symptoms of the tethered spinal cord syndrome. Bladder function assessed by urodynamics may provide a diagnostic sign for spinal cord compression.
الروبوتات الذكية (الإنسآلة نموذجًا) ونطاق حمايتها في القانون الجنائي: دراسة تحليلية تأصيلية
Authors: Chawki Mohamed , Al-Minshawy Mohamed , Said Abdelaty Mohamed
Published: June 2023

بسبب تزايد استعمال تطبيقات الذكاء الاصطناعي، خاصة الإنسآلةRobots( (، تزايد تفاعلُ هذه التطبيقات مع الأفراد؛ مما قد يرتب اعتداءًعليها، ويتطلب هذا الاعتداء، تدخل القانون الجنائي لحمايتها من هذهالاعتداءات؛ ولكن لحداثة هذه التطبيقات، وعدم وجود نصوص جنائيةخاصة بها، حاولنا في هذ البحث أن نوظف النصوص الجنائية في قانونالعقوبات، وكذلك النصوص الجنائية الخاصة بالجريمة المعلوماتية،لسد هذا الفراغ التشريعي، لحماية هذه التطبيقات؛ لذا برزت إشكاليةهذا البحث، التي تتمثل في دور القانون الجنائي بقواعده العامة أوالخاصة في حماية الإنسآلة، وانتهينا إلى الأخذ بنظرية المصلحة المحميةجنائيًا، كمعيار لتعريف المجني عليه، وطبقًا لما أقره الاتحاد الأوربي بنقلالمسئولية المترتبة على أفعال الإنسآلة، إلى النائب الإنساني المسؤول، فإنصاحب المصلحة المحمية هو النائب الإنساني المسؤول المتحمل للمسئوليةعن أفعال الإنسآلة، ومن ثمَّ الإنسآلة لا تكون مجنيًا عليها، وأن المجنيعليه هو النائب الإنساني المسؤول؛ وبالنسبة للكيان المادي للإنسآلة:يمكن أن يعتبر من الأشياء، ولأنها تستطيع التحرك، والتصرف، واتخاذقرارات، دون الحاجة إلى مالكها، ومع ذلك لم تحصل - حتى حينه
Con esta magnificencia y magestad. Espectáculo, símbolos y arte en la coronación de los Reyes de Aragón
Authors: Corral Lafuente José Luis
Published: June 2023

Resumen
La corona ha sido el principal símbolo de la realeza. Los reyes de Aragón no se coronaron en los dos primeros siglos de existencia del reino, pero en 1204 la situación sufrió un giro decisivo. Pedro II recibió la corona en Roma, y desde entonces los reyes de Aragón, con la excepción de Jaime I, disfrutaron del privilegio de ser coronados en la ciudad de Zaragoza, y lo hicieron por sí mismos. El ritual de la coronación se convirtió en el acto de manifestación pública más importante y simbólico de la monarquía aragonesa medieval.
Abstract
The Crown is the most notorious symbol of the Monarchy. The Kings of Aragon was not crowned during the two first centuries of your History, but in 1204 the situation is changed. Peter II was crowned in Roma, and in this moment, except James I the Conqueror, they enjoyed the privilege of receive the Crown in Saragossa city for themselves. The coronation’s ritual became in the act of public manifestation more important and symbolic of the medieval Monarchy Aragonese.
Keywords
Crown of Aragon, Coronation of the kings of Aragon, Peter II, James I the Conqueror, La Seo Cathedral, Aljafería Palace, Saragossa.
Aportaciones para el estudio del Corpus Christi en Zaragoza: de la primera procesión documentada en 1324 al protagonismo de los bustos-relicario en el siglo XVII
Authors: Casorrán Berges Ester , Andrés Casabón Jorge
Published: June 2023

Resumen
Como celebración especial de la solemnidad del Corpus Christi, instituida por el papa Urbano IV, la piedad y devoción de las iglesias locales generaron una procesión a la que concurría todo el pueblo cristiano, organizada por el municipio y la iglesia catedral. En la Corona de Aragón, la temprana recepción de la fiesta en torno al año de publicación de las Clementinas permite documentar su celebración en Zaragoza ya en el año 1324. Desde el siglo XV, junto a la procesión general y ordinaria del Corpus, se desarrolló una paraliturgia procesional que se concretó en la representación de entremeses, que en época moderna fue sustituida por el tradicional desfile de cabezas de plata que precedían a la custodia procesional.
Abstract
As a special celebration of the solemnity of Corpus Christi, instituted by Pope Urban IV, the piety and devotion of the local churches gave rise to a procession attended by all the Christian people, organised by the municipality and the cathedral church. In the Crown of Aragon, the early reception of the feast around the year of publication of the Clementines allows us to document its celebration in Saragossa as early as 1324. From the 15th century, along with the general and ordinary Corpus Christi procession, a processional paraliturgy was developed, which took the form of the performance of entremeses, which in modern times was replaced by the traditional parade of silver heads preceding the processional monstrance.
Keywords
Corpus Christi, Procession, Entremeses, Busts-reliquary, Saragossa.
Celebrar las glorias: propaganda política y providencialismo religioso en las fiestas de la Edad Moderna en Zaragoza
Authors: Serrano Martín Eliseo
Published: June 2023

Resumen
Las celebraciones festivas analizadas obedecen a tres motivos muy significativos y repetidos en la Edad Moderna. Las entradas reales, bajo palio, se realizaban en el momento de acceder al trono, con la demostración de fidelidad por parte de la ciudad y el juramento del monarca de observar sus privilegios o, en el caso de Aragón, su régimen foral o pactista. Los festejos por las bodas reales tuvieron un punto álgido en 1585 con la boda de la hija de Felipe II en Zaragoza. Finalmente, las canonizaciones durante el Barroco fueron muy celebradas como corresponde a una sociedad clasista y providencialista.
Abstract
The festive celebrations analyzed obey three very significant and repeated motifs in the Early Modern Age. The royal entries, under a canopy, were made at the time of acceding to the throne, with the demonstration of fidelity by the city and the monarch's oath to observe his privileges or, in the case of Aragon, his foral or pactista regime. The celebrations for royal weddings reached a high point in 1585 with the wedding of the daughter of Felipe II in Zaragoza. Finally, canonizations during the Baroque were very continuous, as befits a class and providentialist society.
Keywords
Royal entrance, Foral oath, Canopy, Triumphal arch, Royal wedding, Tournament, Canonization.
XIX Centenario de la Venida de la Virgen del Pilar a Zaragoza en 1940: jaculatorias de neón para su basílica y exaltación de la Patrona de la Hispanidad en tiempos de posguerra
Authors: Galán Pérez Francisco Javier
Published: June 2023

Resumen
España vive los últimos meses de la Guerra Civil en 1939. El gobierno del ‘generalísimo’ Francisco Franco se encuentra en construcción de un ideario nacional-católico ligado a las corrientes nacional-sindicalista falangista y tradicionalista carlista. Así, para el templo del Pilar de Zaragoza hay previstas una serie de instalaciones ornamentales con motivo de la celebración del XIX Centenario de la Venida de la Virgen del Pilar a la capital aragonesa. Entre ellas, destaca la instalación de unas subestructuras en el tejado del Pilar con la jaculatoria ‘Bendita y alabada’ del Maestro Francisco Agüeras conformada por letras de neón y de cuya existencia se da cuenta en el presente artículo.
Abstract
Spain lives through the last months of the Civil War in 1939. The government of the ‘generalísimo’ Francisco Franco had established a calendar for the construction of a National-Catholic ideology, linked to the Falangist National-Syndicalist and Traditionalist Carlist currents. Thus, for the temple of the Pilar in Zaragoza, a series of ornamental installations are planned for the celebration of the XIX Centenary of the coming of the Virgen del Pilar to the capital of Aragon. Among them, the installation of some sub-structures on the roof of the Pilar stands out with the prayer ‘Blessed and praised’ by Master Francisco Agüeras made up of neon letters, which is reported in this article.
Keywords
Lat Post-war, XIX Centenary of the coming of the Virgen del Pilar, Pilar of Saragossa, Neon, Crystal Rosary.
Julián Seller, un escultor aragonés en la Lleida del siglo XVIII
Authors: Puig Sanchís Isidro
Published: June 2023

Resumen
El presente trabajo aporta nuevas referencias documentales de la labor profesional realizada por el escultor aragonés Julián Seller en ‘les Terres de Lleida’. La única referencia que hasta este momento situaba a Seller como residente en Lleida era la capitulación del retablo mayor de la localidad de Pozán de Vero, de 1758. Queremos ahora dar a conocer sus trabajos escultóricos realizados en la misma capital del Segre, y en concreto en su nueva catedral, así como en localidades cercanas, como Massalcoreig y Borges Blanques, además de constatar que seguramente estuvo trabajando en Albalate de Cinca y en Fraga.
Abstract
The present work provides new documentary references of the professional work carried out by the Aragonese sculptor Julián Seller in ‘les Terres de Lleida’. The only reference that until now placed Seller as a Lleida resident was the capitulation of the main altarpiece of the town of Pozán de Vero, from 1758. We now want to publicize his sculptural works carried out in the Segre capital itself, and specifically in his new Cathedral, as well as in nearby towns, such as Massalcoreig and Borges Blanques, in addition to verifying that he was surely working in Albalate de Cinca and Fraga.
Keywords
Aragón, Lleida, Sculpture, Century XVIII, Julián Seller, New Cathedral, Massalcoreig.
La capilla de San Pedro Mártir en la iglesia de San Esteban de Salamanca. Sobre su titularidad y advocación entre los siglos XIV y principios del XVII
Authors: Rojas Bustamante Juan Pablo
Published: June 2023

Resumen
En este trabajo se amplía la información conocida sobre la titularidad y promoción de la capilla de San Pedro Mártir desde su fundación en el siglo XIV en el antiguo templo medieval hasta los primeros años del siglo XVII, momento en el que finalizan las obras de la nueva iglesia de San Esteban de Salamanca que llega a nuestros días. En este marco temporal, se constata el patronazgo de Inés de Limógenes, seguido del de la familia Bonal Maldonado. Tanto la advocación como la función funeraria se mantuvieron con el paso del tiempo, como dan cuenta las imágenes elegidas para las claves de la bóveda, los escudos familiares y la lápida sepulcral.
Abstract
This paper expands the information known about the ownership and promotion of the chapel of San Pedro Mártir from its foundation in the fourteenth century in the old medieval temple until the early years of the seventeenth century, at which time the works of the new church of San Esteban de Salamanca that reaches our days. In this time frame, the patronage of Inés de Limógenes is verified, followed by that of the Bonal Maldonado family. Both the dedication and the funerary function were maintained over time, as evidenced by the images chosen for the keys to the vault, the family crests, and the tombstone.
Keywords
Funeral chapel, Convent of San Esteban de Salamanca, Inés de Limógenes, Bonal Maldonado, Order of Preachers, Order of Preachers.
John Dos Passos in Spain
Authors: Juncker Clara
Published: June 2023

In 1931, Ernest Hemingway wrote to John Dos Passos from Madrid: “You are the great writer of Spain”. The two friends both knew Spain, but Dos Passos got there first. In his early Spanish book, Rosinante to the Road Again (1922), Telemachus and his companion Lyaeus ramble along Spanish roads searching for “the gesture”, the essence of Spanish life that Dos Passos hoped to emulate in words. Spain remained important to Dos Passos, even after his famous break with Hemingway in 1937. The following year, Dos Passos exorcized Spanish ghosts in a second travel narrative, Journeys Between Wars (1938). Both texts present a multicultural and multiregional Spain, at odds with centralization and unification. In Rosinante, Spain serves as a testing ground for aesthetic experiments, as young Dos Passos searches for techniques that might articulate his resistance to American systems and narratives. The Spanish gesture communicates aesthetic and political choices, and the masculinity Dos Passos associates with opposition and pride. In Journeys, the author of U.S.A. concentrates on Spanish politics, but he relies on modernist aesthetics to intervene politically. Dos Passos satirizes both Nationalists and Republicans, who subscribe to measures and stories he could not decipher but hoped to deconstruct.
Reading the Helicon Collage: Hidden Stories in the Collected Fragments
Authors: Domínguez Romero Elena
Published: June 2023

The present study sets out to show that the pastoral anthology Englands Helicon can be read as a compilation of separate poems or fragments, or of fragments interspersed with sequences of poems that form love stories here and there throughout the anthology. For this to be possible, the Classic models of Virgil’s Eclogues II and VII have been followed so that the reconstruction of the sequence will be based on an analysis of the above mentioned models, taking the sequence as an imitatio cum variatione of the two eclogues. Both possibilities were equally valid for seventeenth century readers who knew the literary tradition of the time. It all depended on how they chose to approach the text. This study also contends that most contemporary readers —unless specialists in Early Modern Literature— would need to be given the appropriate tools in order to be able to organise the fragments into love stories, that is, to read the Helicon poems in sequence.
Transforming the Wilderness into God’d Creation: John James Audubon in a Canadian Space
Authors: Hernáez Lerena María Jesús
Published: June 2023

This article deals with the kind of knowledge historically imposed upon the wilderness of the New World, with the threat that nonverbal reality poses for the human mind, and with the taxonomic fever that took over Natural Science in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I will look at these issues through two texts which cover the expedition of John James Audubon to Labrador (Canada) in the summer of 1833: one of them is a biographical document, Audubon and His Journals (1897), the other is a fictional work, the novel Creation (2002) written by Katherine Govier. I will draw from Audubon’s Journals and from Govier’s novel in order to discuss why Labrador was envisaged by both artists as challenging the ingrained human duty to draw lines and to separate one form of life from another. The uncharted territory of Labrador baffles Audubon’s usual power to name and to draw, and takes the reader back to the myth of creation, to Genesis, where it is clearly established that nothing really exists without the confirmation of language.
“Big Empty Negroes” and “Gay, Exciting” Mexicans: Recontextualizing Fellaheen Identities in Jack Kerouac’S On The Road
Authors: Mikelli Eftychia
Published: June 2023

The term ‘Fellaheen’ is used in On the Road to collectively refer to marginalized ethnic groups. My article looks at constructions of Fellaheen identities in the novel, exploring representations of racial and gendered images in mainstream 1950s America. The article argues that the main characters’ perception of the Fellaheen is modelled upon the dissemination and reproduction of racialized and gendered stereotypes through dominant cultural practices in Cold War America. Addressing the biased discourses of his times, Kerouac explores their impact on individual, and by implication, national level, and ultimately questions their validity. Focusing on the novel’s preoccupation with African-American and Native American characters, I examine the textual strategies that problematize and ultimately expose the absurdity of the premises that condition the reproduction of standardized images of the exotic. Particularly focusing on an exploration of gender issues in the novel, I also address the processes of colonization that seem to be in operation, and subsequently explore strategies of narrative resistance in On the Road.
Through the Eye of a Postmodernist Child: Ian McEwan’s "Homemade”
Authors: Sacido Romero Jorge , Lojo Rodríguez Laura Mª
Published: June 2023

From Romanticism onwards, childhood was constructed as an alternative to the alienating world of modern progress. Though this idealised version of childhood consecrated in Romantic literature was questioned by the end of the nineteenth century, the child’s perspective on the adult world has remained throughout a useful way of exploring social deficiencies and of exposing some of its most unpalatable aspects. In the present essay, the authors trace the transformation in the conception of childhood to then focus on Ian McEwan’s “Homemade”, the opening story in First Love, Last Rites (1975), the collection that marks the author’s literary debut. The particularly evil nature of the child protagonist as well as his frustrated passage into adulthood after his pathetic first and single sexual experience (the rape of his own sister) is related to the major historical transformation of the traditional model of paternal authority in the postmodern period which engenders a cynical and perverse type of subjectivity that is nevertheless marked by its paradoxical inability to enjoy.
La función pragmática de los anglicismos: Algunos ejemplos en el habla juvenil de las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Authors: Mª Isabel González Cruz  , Mª Jesús Rodríguez Medina
Published: June 2023

Los anglicismos constituyen un fenómeno complejo derivado del contacto lingüístico y de la creciente globalización cultural. Se ven muy favorecidos por la influencia tecnológica y cultural ejercida por el mundo anglosajón. Poco se ha dicho hasta ahora sobre su uso como factor. Además, existe un tipo de anglicismo de carácter pragmático que permanece casi inexplorado. Se utilizan en algunas situaciones comunicativas con una especie de función expresiva o estética, que algunos autores han denominado lúdica o enfática, ya que tienden a marcar el discurso oral con rasgos humorísticos o irónicos. En este artículo abordaremos el concepto de función pragmática dentro de este campo de los anglicismos. Para ilustrarlo, aportaremos algunos ejemplos extraídos de una investigación realizada previamente en la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (España) con un grupo de jóvenes, sin duda el grupo social más abiertamente expuesto a la influencia de los anglicismos.
The Postmodern Gender Divide in the Bob Dylan Biopic I'm Not Here
Authors: Muldoon David
Published: June 2023

This paper addresses postmodernity, gender and the body of Dylan’s work through the Biopic I’m Not There. The biopic is a historical document that entertains. It is a bridge between fiction and fact, between fan and star, and in the case of this proposed research of biopics on musicians, a bridge between music and narrative. Gender, however, plays no small part in this endeavor to capture the life story of the great music makers of our time. A certain inevitable balance of power between genders has led to a nostalgic and last minute attempt to revive a purely masculine hegemony, and the musician, or musical star, embodies this mass production of masculinity and male role modeling. Male role models have been in their decline ever since the insemination of postmodernity into the artistic, academic and cinematographic worlds in the 1960s. In the 2007 Biopic I’m Not There director Todd Haynes proposes a multiple mosaic of Bob Dylan in an attempt to perform a postmodern interpretation of the musician. This story telling process directly buttresses against many historical developments in gender which have unfolded during Dylan’s lifetime.
Discovering Shakespeare in Exile: Spanish Emigrés in England (1819-1840)
Authors: Pujante Ángel-Luis
Published: June 2023

The first few decades of the 19th century saw a considerable number of highly educated and professionally qualified Spanish liberals in exile in England. For some of them, their painful experience held a certain compensation in the form of a direct contact with English life, culture and literature and, in particular, a more immediate and deeper acquaintance with Shakespeare’s work. However, this contact with Shakespeare and its effects differed; it reconfirmed some in their Neoclassical faith, it led others to ambiguity or to a calculated eclecticism, while in others it wrought a transformation or a literary conversion. Manuel Herrera (who remained basically indifferent to Shakespeare), José Joaquín de Mora (who then began to be won over by Romanticism and its fervor for Shakespeare) and José Blanco White (who devoted himself wholeheartedly to the cause of Shakespeare) could be taken, respectively, as representative examples. The aim of this article is to analyse the way in which exile in England had a decisive effect on the perception of Shakespeare in some outstanding Spanish exiles, noting the differences between the exiles and the consequences of this perception for each of them.
Power and Virtue in Elkanah Settle's Ibrahim
Authors: Rawashdeh Mohammad Ahmed
Published: June 2023

Throughout the Medieval and Renaissance periods, British literary works concerned with the Orient served to underpin negative opinions about the people, and particularly the rulers, of the region. One might have expected the significant social, political and religious changes that were brought about by the Civil Wars and the Enlightenment to have altered that trend. However, uncomplimentary aspects of Middle Eastern life, as it was understood by Western writers, continued to circulate during the Restoration and eighteenth century. One writer stands out among the playwrights and authors of the period. In contrast to his contemporaries, Elkanah Settle extends the impact of the prevailing positive atmosphere beyond the shores of Britain and projects it into the Orient. In his play Ibrahim, Settle presents an Oriental ruler who shows true merit in his character, rather than the usual despotic and dictatorial traits adhered to in other plays of the genre. The ruler, Solyman, possesses a level of virtue which makes his family members and his subjects alike admire him and even allows them to criticize, and even rebuke him, when he deviates from the path of honor and virtue. Solyman has wisdom enough to seek advice, accept criticism, admit his weakness and try to redress the injuries he has caused to others by his recklessness. These are rare abilities among the rulers portrayed in Oriental plays of the period. The aim of this article is, therefore, to affirm how Settle, as a writer of a particular genre at a particular point in history, differs greatly from his contemporaries, apparently showing a much more positive face to life in the Orient
He Stoops to Conquer: Fielding and English Song
Authors: Trainor Charles
Published: June 2023

Given Fielding’s noteworthy achievement as a songwriter, two puzzling issues arise. First, why are his lyrics so superior to his poetry, and second, why did he become immersed in popular song when he had limited respect for the form? The second question is the more easily answered: the often impecunious Fielding embraced ballad opera after noting the monumental success of The Beggar’s Opera. Its appeal for him, though, was not simply financial as its attack on Italian opera and use of songs to make moral points also attracted him. Once underway, however, his career as a lyricist quickly revealed his talent for word-painting, as he skillfully used music to reinforce his words’ meaning; and he integrated his airs so smoothly into the action that many are written as dialogue, giving them dramatic force. He also proved highly adept at setting new words to old melodies, using the previous lyrics to provide an interpretive framework for his own. Ironically, too, his limited respect for the genre contributed to his success as he abandoned the stilted and elevated style of his poetry and adopted popular music’s easy informality. Indeed, if English song was ‘low’, it was ultimately by stooping that Fielding conquered
IN MEMORIAM: Francisco Javier Sánchez Escribano (1948-2014)
Authors: García Landa Jose Ángel
Published: June 2023

IN MEMORIAM: Francisco Javier Sánchez Escribano (1948-2014)
Traversing the Fantasy in the Twenty-First Century Bildungsroman: The Ontological Quest and Lacanian Psychoanalysis in David Mitchell's number9dream
Authors: Sorian Adina
Published: June 2023

David Mitchell’s number9dream (2001) has been received as a ‘postmodern Bildungsroman’ that redefines the coming-of-age narrative through a postmodern frame. Useful as this definition may be in distinguishing Mitchell’s novel from the traditional coming-of-age tale, most readings building on the notion of his fiction as ‘postmodern’ have tended to misconstrue or underestimate important aspects of his art. In this article I argue this point using the theories of Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Žižek, and Brian McHale. Taking my cue from McHale’s understanding of postmodernist aesthetics hitherto not applied to number9dream, I analyze the novel from the point of view of its ‘ontological’ (as opposed to ‘epistemological’) dominant, defined here as the way in which number9dream prioritizes questions about the ‘being’ of its protagonist’s world over those of how this world can be ‘known’. Crucial in this context is fantasy, which Mitchell understands not as an escapist mode but, akin to Lacan and Žižek, as reality’s ‘support’. Rather than being subordinated to the ‘reality principle’, fantasy acts in number9dream as a driving and transforming agent in the protagonist’s progress toward maturity: a process that entails the realization that the world he inhabits, rather than being ever-present, always emerges through his own ‘fantasmatic’ activities.
The Quotative System in Spanish and English Youth Talk. A Contrastive Corpus-based Study
Authors: Palacios Martínez Ignacio Miguel
Published: June 2023

The speech of teenagers is rich in narratives, with the direct reproduction of speech, thoughts, and non-lexical material often introduced through the use of quotatives. This paper aims to compare such quotative markers in English and Spanish.. Findings indicate that both Spanish and British teenagers make use of a wide range of specific quotatives in their speech. For example, in English go and (be) like prevail clearly over general reporting verbs such as say, think and ask. In Spanish, we also find a system of both general reporting verbs (decir, ‘say’, contar, ‘tell’,  preguntar ‘ask’) and those more typical of teenager speech (y yo…. ‘and I ...’, en plan ‘like’, es como “it's like”, saltar , ‘come up with’, etc). However, in Spanish the latter represent only 25 percent of the total, compared to almost 50 percent in English. Linguistic factors (grammatical person, aspect, tense, content of the quote) seem to constrain differently the choice and function of the quotatives observed in the teen talk of English and Spanish.
Guilt, Shame and Narration in John Boyne’s The Heart’s Invisible Furies
Authors: Muro Alicia
Published: June 2023

This article deals with the psychological affects of guilt and shame in John Boyne’s novel The Heart’s Invisible Furies and with how these influence the way in which the narrator, Cyril Avery, chooses to present his life narrative. Being both the narrator and the main character/focalizer of the events told, the question of his (un)reliability proves extremely relevant for the analysis. The guilt and shame Cyril feels in the first part of the novel —which is also the first part of his life— on account of his being a gay man is forced upon him by the Irish society of the time. Hence, it is only when he leaves his homeland that he can start to find the peace he so much longs for and which, eventually, allows him to tell his story.
Caracterização Morfométrica das Microbacias Hidrográficas do Parque Estadual Nova Baden, MG
Authors: Fonseca Júnior Ariovaldo Machado , Santos Gilsonley Lopes dos , Delgado Rafael Coll , Pereira Marcos Gervasio
Published: June 2023

Unidades de conservação são ambientes de preservação e conservação dos recursos naturais. As unidades são delimitadas muitas das vezes considerando os divisores hidrológicos englobando uma ou mais unidade hidrológica. As menores unidades hidrológicas consideradas no plano de manejo dessas unidades são as microbacias hidrográficas. Assim, o objetivo desse estudo foi a realização da análise morfométrica de duas microbacias hidrográficas (Trilha dos Troncos e Sete Quedas) do Parque Estadual Nova Baden, Lambari-MG. A caracterização da morfometria e dos fatos topográficos das microbacias foi obtida a partir do Modelo Digital de Elevação na resolução espacial de 12,5m obtido pelo sensor Alos Palsar. As microbacias do Parque Estadual Nova Baden em função das características morfométricas apresentadas (fator de forma; densidade de drenagem e índice de circularidade) são pouco susceptíveis a ocorrência de enchentes. Ambas as microbacias possuem um padrão característicos quanto à distribuição dos atributos do relevo (declividade, orientação e radiação global), o qual está associado a topografia de encosta da Serra da Mantiqueira. Apesar da proximidade entre as microbacias existem particularidades entre elas em função das condições morfométricas e do relevo, as quais precisam ser consideradas na definição das estratégias de manejo da unidade de conservação.Palavras-chave: unidade de conservação, Mata Atlântica, relevo, recursos hídricos. Morphometric Characterization of the Watersheds of Nova Baden State Park, MGA B S T R A C TWater infiltration is a key process in groundwater-river recharge. However, it is poorly known in the Brazilian Tropical Savanna (biome with different natural ecosystems, such as savannas, native grasslands, and forests). Thus, we carried out a review on soil water infiltration in different natural ecosystem types within the domains of the Brazilian Tropical Savanna. We collected articles from the Web of Science, Periódicos CAPES, and Scholar Google databases. We found 15 articles (including 22 assays) with studies prevailing in the Midwest region of Brazil. The mean and median infiltration capacity of all studies was 792 and 567 mm h-1, respectively. The majority of the studies (12 articles) did not clearly define which specific type of ecosystem was studied. Furthermore, most of the studies were carried out in Oxisols. Generally, the studies had a low sample size to characterize soil properties. A better description of ecosystem type, as well as a more significant sample size, are needed to understand infiltration in natural ecosystems of the Brazilian Tropical Savanna. Given the limitations of the studies available, our review showed that it is still too early to synthesize and to make an in-depth discussion on such topic in such huge and heterogeneous biome.Keywords: conservation unit; Atlantic forest; relief; water resources
HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION BETWEEN UKRAINE AND CHINA IN THE 1990S - 2010S
Authors:   Russian State University for the Humanities, Prudnikov Anton D.
Published: June 2023

The article identifies priority areas of humanitarian cooperation between Ukraine and China in the period from 1990s to 2010s, considering the major challenges and prospects of relations between the countries in the field. It is concluded that the most promising areas of Ukrainian and Chinese humanitarian cooperation are higher education, art culture, tourism and the film industry. The author states that already in the 1990s, a number of key international agreements were signed, that formed the legal basis for Ukrainian-Chinese humanitarian cooperation. In the 2000s, student exchange programs began to develop actively, exhibitions of Ukrainian artists in China and performances of Chinese creative groups in Ukraine were organized, festivals of Ukrainian and Chinese culture were held. At the beginning of the 21st century, ties in the tourism industry and cinematography are also expanding: Ukrainian films are beginning to enter the Chinese market, and tourists from China visit Ukrainian cities more frequently. However, according to the author, by the end of the 2010s the pace and scale of Ukrainian-Chinese interaction are beginning to lose positive dynamics. Analyzing the reasons for the development and stagnation of the Ukrainian-Chinese humanitarian cooperation, the author comes to the conclusion that the active Ukrainian and Chinese humanitarian cooperation was facilitated by the absence of any serious contradictions in the relations between the two countries and China’s interest in increasing its influence on the Eastern Europe, at the same time, the features of Ukrainian foreign policy remained a deterrent.