bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Human Rights, Revolutionary Humanitarianism, and African Liberation in 1970: Unsettling Discontinuities in Human Rights History
Authors: Terretta Meredith
Published: July 2023

Abstract: This is the story of the Comité International de la Défense d’Ernest Ouandié (CIDEO), established in Paris 1970 to prevent the execution of Ernest Ouandié, commander of the underground liberation army in Cameroon. Comprised of lawyers, intellectuals, and clergy, the committee framed its defense of the African revolutionary in human rights terms, portraying the Cameroonian legal system as non-compliant with its constitutional commitment to human rights, and appealing globally for clemency once he was sentenced to death. CIDEO’s human rights strategy shows the shifting relationship between violence and human rights in the era of decolonization, making visible the historical, political, and geographical contingencies within which human rights were revolutionary. This analysis of the committee’s advocacy reveals that present-day definitional criteria of human rights have too often shaped the way their history is reconstructed.
Altered Expression of Heme Oxygenase 2 in Heme Oxygenase 1–deficient Mouse Embryos
Authors: Rana Meenakshi , Bajaj Divya , Choubey Pooja , Jain Sidhant , Basu-Modak Sharmila
Published: July 2023

Heme oxygenases (Hmoxs) are enzymes that catalyze the first and rate-limiting step in the degradation of heme to carbon monoxide, iron, and biliverdin. The two main isozymes, namely Hmox1 and Hmox2, are encoded by two different genes. Mutation of the Hmox1 gene in mice is known to cause extensive prenatal lethality, and limited information is available about the expression of Hmox proteins in developing mouse embryos. In this study, immunohistochemistry was used to perform a detailed investigation comparing Hmox proteins in Hmox1 wild-type and knockout (KO) mouse embryos collected from wild-type and heterozygous timed-matings. Western analysis for Hmoxs was also done in the organs of late-gestation embryos. The results demonstrated cytoplasmic and nuclear localization of Hmoxs in all the organs examined in wild-type embryos. Interestingly, Hmox2 immunoreactive protein signals were significantly low in most of the organs of mid- and late-gestation Hmox1-KO embryos. Furthermore, relative levels of Hmox2 were revealed to be significantly lower in the lung and kidney of late-gestation Hmox1-KO embryos by western analysis, which complemented the immunohistochemistry findings in these two organs. The current study provides detailed immunoexpression patterns of Hmox proteins in wild-type and Hmox1-KO mouse embryos in mid- and late-gestation:
Further development of the preceding Gaussian-pencil-beam-model used for calculation of the in-water dose caused by clinical electron-beam irradiation
Authors: A Iwasaki , S Terashima , S Kimura , K Sutoh , K Kamimura , Y Hosokawa , M Miyazawa
Published: July 2023

Purposes: We perform further development for our previous Gaussian-pencil-beam-model used for calculating the electron dose in water under clinical electron-beam irradiation. The main purpose is to evaluate accurately the parallel beam depth-doses at deep depths beyond about the extrapolated range (Rp) under an infinite field. Methods: Sets of parallel beam depth-doses under an infinite field were reconstructed for beams of E=6, 12, and 18 MeV in light of the electron Monte Carlo (eMC) datasets reported by Wieslander and Knöös (2006), separating the datasets into the direct electron beam and direct-plus-indirect electron beam groups. The datasets at the deep depths were then reconstructed using each factor of R_scale^OAD. Results and conclusions: The following results were obtained by comparing the calculated datasets of depth dose (DD) and off-axis dose (OAD) with the eMC datasets: (i) The further revised Gaussian pencil beam model is of practical use without using complicated correction factors; and (ii) The DD and OAD datasets are yielded effectively over wide ranges of depths and off-axis distances.
Storytelling Podcast as an Alternative Learning Tool for Early Childhood Education: A TPACK-Based Reflection
Authors: Formen Ali , Waluyo Edi
Published: July 2023

Purpose – This article reports on a project to facilitate teachers’ digital skill improvement. The context of the project itself was the past COVID-19 pandemic, which paralized the education sector, including the closure of early childhood education (ECE) centers. While remote, online learning was highly recommended to face disastrous situation such as pandemic, in practice, especially at the ECE level, online learning faces complex challenges. On the other hand, teachers were not adequately prepared for online and digital learning.
Design/methods/approach – This study combined developmental and conventional descriptive methods. The participants (15 people) were teachers, with various backgrounds of work experience (2 to over 7 years), with good internet access skills. Data and information were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation; followed by descriptive analysis.
Findings – These teachers found that Podcasts could be an alternative and a variation of digital learning media. Making and using podcasts can also be an entry point in strengthening the integration of Technological and Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) in the ECE context.
Research implications/limitations – While storytelling Podcast as ECE learning tool was used limitedly during the COVID-19 period, its uses may last beyond the pandemic time provided systematic integration of digital technology and skills associated with it into ECE sector is met. 
Practical implications – This study implies that storytelling podcasts can be an alternative learning tool in the situation where teacher-student face-to-face interaction is less possible.
Originality/value – The emergency period prevented teacher-student direct contacts. This study contributes to providing an alternative to learning in an emergency situation.
Paper type Research paper
Incomplete filling of spray-dried K2EDTA evacuated blood tubes: impact on measuring routine hematological parameters on Sysmex XN-10
Authors: Lippi Giuseppe , Dima Francesco , Tosi Marco , Carpenè Giovanni , Celegon Giovanni , Favaloro Emmanuel J. , Salvagno Gian Luca
Published: July 2023

Objectives

Because there is little published evidence on the effects of incomplete filling of K2EDTA evacuated blood tubes on routine hematological testing, this original study aimed to provide updated information on this preanalytical aspect.

Methods

The study population consisted of 17 ostensibly healthy volunteers. Blood was drawn by venipuncture with a 10 mL syringe and dispensed in varying amounts (0.2, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 mL) into 3.0 mL blood tubes containing spray-dried 5.4 mg K2EDTA. All tubes were gently mixed and used to perform routine hematology tests on the Sysmex XN-10. Clinically significant variations were defined when the limits of desirable specifications of bias derived from biologic variation were exceeded.

Results

The desirable bias was exceeded in 33 % filled tubes (1.0 mL) for hematocrit and MCV (increased values) and for MCHC (decreased values), while it was exceeded in 17 % filled tubes (0.5 mL) for hemoglobin, hematocrit and MCV (increased values), and for MCHC (decreased values). Finally, the variation of values was higher than the desirable bias for RBC, hemoglobin, hematocrit and MCV (increase), and for MCHC and MPV (decrease) in 7 % filled tubes (0.2 mL). No clinically significant variations were observed in tubes filled up to 67 % of their nominal volume (i.e., 2.0 mL).

Conclusions

Consideration should be given to reject spray-dried K2EDTA blood tubes that contain a blood volume <67 % of the nominal fill volume, as biased laboratory data in these samples may interfere with clinical decision making and care management.
Inside the commentator’s booth: a Multimodal (Inter)action and Conversation Analysis on the production of first division football commentary on TV
Authors: Du Bois Inke
Published: July 2023

This paper discusses the linguistic features of the production of football commentary within its macrosocial contexts. It contrasts the communication of the TV production team during a football game with the live football commentary aired on TV. Applying a mixed methods analysis, it reveals how football commentary is prepared and produced in the technical setting of the commentator’s booth in a stadium. This study reveals how a medial reality of the same events concerning a goal are broadcasted in the 11 min highlight video football commentary. The author and her co-principal investigator video recorded a total of 36 h in four work settings. Finally, retrospective interviews with the commentator and head of sports of the TV station place the study in the broader social context of football as a media production. In this paper, I show how live football reporting is prepared and conducted using two different theoretical and methodological frameworks: Conversation Analysis (CA) and Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis (MMIA). Both provide insight into the synthetic verbal, non-verbal and parallel actions for the successful production of the football commentary and they also reveal the sequential structure of naturally occurring talk (CA).
The Use of Steel Slags in Transport Infrastructures: A Critical Review
Authors: Mica Nelson Gomes , Rios Sara , Viana da Fonseca António , Fortunato Eduardo
Published: July 2023

The increasing demand for the development and expansion of transport infrastructures requires alternative solutions that are economically and environmentally viable to provide the necessary raw materials. Transport infrastructures consume a large amount of natural aggregates; however, from a circular economy perspective, industrial by-products can effectively replace these materials. This avoids the environmental impacts associated with the extraction of natural raw materials and simultaneously provides a destination for the industrial by-products. For this purpose, it is important to evaluate if existing standards and technical requirements that were developed for natural aggregates are suitable for industrial by-products. This review study is focused on slags from steelmaking process in electric arc furnaces, which are generally of two types: oxidizing (black colored) and reducing (lighter colored), specifically addressing the requirements of these materials for the granular layers of transport infrastructures. The chemical composition of the slags is analyzed as well as its physical and mechanical characteristics, swelling behavior, and leachate content, discussing testing procedures and technical specifications.
Research on Engineering Performance of Paving Mixes with Multi-component SBS Modifier under Dry Modification
Authors: Xu Ning , Wang Hainian , Zhang Peng , Li Yuanle , Wang Huimin , Jiao Hu , Liu Shenglan
Published: July 2023

Dry modification of modified asphalt mixtures prepared by mixing the modifier with the aggregate and asphalt binder is a simple and environmentally friendly process. It can avoid the segregation of modified asphalt used for paving mixes under wet modification mode. The difficulty of rapid swelling makes it difficult for the styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS) modifier to achieve dry modification. This research attempted to prepare a multi-component SBS-based (SBSM) modifier for dry modification by blending SBS with assisting ingredients through a twin-screw extruder. The conventional properties, rheological properties, and thermal storage stability of SBSM-modified asphalt were evaluated. Additionally, the road performance of SBSM-modified asphalt mixtures prepared by both wet modification and dry modification was characterized. The results show that SBSM-modified asphalt obtains excellent high-temperature and low-temperature properties as well as thermal storage stability. Satisfactory performance in terms of resistance to high-temperature rutting, low-temperature cracking, and water damage is obtained when the SBSM modifier was applied in modified asphalt mixtures under wet modification. Compared with the SBSM-modified asphalt mixture under wet modification, the road performance of the SBSM-modified asphalt mixture under dry modification is slightly inferior, especially the water stability, but satisfies the engineering requirements. The findings demonstrate the feasibility of the dry modification of the SBSM modifier for paving mixtures and promote the development of SBS-based modifiers for dry modification.
Marching bands in Brazil: a historical and pedagogical approach
Authors: de Sousa Aurelio Nogueira , Rosa Pereira Eliton Perpetuo , da Costa Cristiano Aparecido
Published: July 2023

In Brazil, school marching bands are responsible for training instrumentalists who make up the scene of music teaching institutions, professional groups, and orchestras. In Goiânia, capital of the state of Goiás (Brazil), there are thirty-five school bands, and those residing in civil and military schools have up to two hundred students each band, aged between eleven and seventeen years old. They have a staff of music teachers divided by instrument categories, which are: trumpet, trombone, tuba, horn, euphonium, percussion, and front commission (choreographic body). Collective musical teaching is developed by suits and each teacher is responsible for his instrument. That said, this article, part of a research carried out as part of a doctorate between 2017 and the end of 2021, seeks to reflect on the history of these bands and the applicability of their educational practices in school bands based in full-time or part-time military schools.
Identification of sex from humerus of skeletons using discriminant analysis: a study on contemporary Sri Lankan population
Authors: Selvamalai Thiraviyam , Nawarathna Lakshika S , Nanayakkara Deepthi
Published: July 2023

This pioneering study aims to identify significant differences in measurements between males and females and determine sex using the humerus, the long bone located between the shoulder and elbow joints, in the Sri Lankan population. We analyzed the maximum length, intercondylar breadth, vertical diameter, and transverse diameter of the left and right humeri, measured in millimetres (mm), from a sample of 86 humeri (46males and 40females) in Sri Lankan adults. To identify significant mean differences between male and female humeral dimensions, we employed paired sample t-tests and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. Additionally, we explored linear and quadratic discriminant functions for each dimension and for combinations of dimensions to determine sex. It was found that all four humeral dimensions were significantly larger in males compared to females. The results indicate that the univariate quadratic linear discriminant function outperforms the linear discriminant function in estimating sex with higher accuracy. Both the left and right transverse diameters provide 99% accuracy in sex determination when using univariate quadratic discriminant functions, while the maximum length of the humerus showed the lowest accuracy. The multivariate discriminant process yielded lower accuracy compared to the univariate quadratic discriminant function. Based on these findings, we conclude that a univariate quadratic discriminant function utilizing either the left or right transverse diameter of the humerus is the most effective approach for predicting sex in the contemporary Sri Lankan population. This study is groundbreaking in providing insights into sex determination based on humeral measurements in the Sri Lankan population. The findings contribute to various fields such as forensic investigations, bio-archaeology, and medical research, where the accurate determination of sex is crucial.
Current use of virtual reality in physiotherapy
Authors: Soyuer Ferhan
Published: July 2023

Virtual Reality (VR) can be defined as a real or imaginary environment that is manipulated and created through a computer interface. VR systems offer advantages such as immediate stimulus-based feedback, simple to more complex stimulus adjustment, easy recording of progress in individuals, and a safe learning environment. It also provides feedback that can increase the effectiveness of learning-based education by detecting and correcting motor problems. In physiotherapy, VR is becoming widespread as an alternative treatment method and its evidentiary benefits are shown in different patient groups. In this short review, we tried to explain the current use and contributions of VR in physiotherapy.
Age dynamics of physical preparedness of adult population
Authors: Olga Aftimichuk
Published: July 2023

The article presents the age dynamics of physical fitness of men and women of working age. The importance of physical exercise for health promotion has been proven.
The Cameroonian caregiver towards breast cancer: problem of attitudes and skills for early detection in Douala
Authors: Essome Henri , Kondo Astrid Ndolo , Ilick Ingrid Doriane Ofakem , Olinga Christelle Enama , Moukouri Gertrude , Yaneu Junie Ngaha , Akam Marga Vanina Ngono , Ngouhouo Gervais Mounchikpou , Toutou Grâce Tocki , Ntock Ferdinand Ndom , Nkwele Fulbert Mangala , Roger Ekono Michel , Ndamba Jean Paul Engbang , Njamen THeophille Nana , Nguefack Charlotte Tchente , Foumane Pascal
Published: July 2023

Introduction: Breast cancer in women is a global scourge due to its frequency and high fatality rate. In our developing countries, it remains frequent with a still high mortality due to ignorance, late and non-systematized screening. Research question: do the caregiver profile and the hospital experience guarantee attitudes and aptitudes favorable to the early detection of breast cancer in female caregivers? Objective: Our study aimed to find attitudes and aptitudes favorable or not to the early detection of breast cancer of nursing staff in Douala hospitals, in order to better develop strategies for optimizing mass screening. Methodology: This was a comparative cross-sectional study with analytical purposes for a period of 07 months from January 15 to July 15, 2020 conducted by means of a structured and pre-tested questionnaire after informed consent obtained from the participants approached in the consultation units of these hospitals. The study variables were behavioral and practical. The data collected were entered and analyzed using SPSS 23.0 software (statistical package for social sciences) with a significance level established for a value of p < 0.05. Results: We selected 1000 women fulfilling our inclusion criteria, including 818 users and 182 caregivers, i.e. an average ratio of 4 users for 1 caregiver. In the study population, attitudes as a whole were good but not discriminating for the two matched groups. In contrast to attitudes, the caring nature (and probably its hospitable corollary) appeared favorably protective of bad practices for early detection of cancer breast (OR=0.21 p<0.0001*) Conclusion: At the end of our study, it appeared that the caregiver profile was protective against bad practice in early detection of breast cancer with, however, a persistent problem given the attitudes, which were certainly good, but similar to those of users whose practices used more traditional pharmacopoeia and religious beliefs.
The drama of the personality is the drama of the nation (Traditional and new in Ukrainian classical dramaturgy. Ideas. Genres)
Authors:   Institute of Literature named after T. G. Shevchenko National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Moroz Larysa
Published: July 2023

The book includes essays on the history of Ukrainian classical and early modern drama of the 19th and early 20th centuries, united by the author’s vision of drama as an artistic mirror of the era, in which the outlines of the national drama pass through fragments of individual dramas. The articles cover multifaceted genre-creating experiments, the understanding of philosophical and religious ideas, the artistic study of national mentality and the development of spiritual and cultural traditions in the work of Ukrainian playwrights from Skovoroda and I. Kotlyarevskyi to S. Cherkasenko and V. Pachovskyi. This book includes articles related to Ukrainian drama (primarily) of the 19th and early 20th centuries, written in different years over several decades. The author, who literally “squeezed out drop by drop” (following the example of the classics) the rudiments of communist-Soviet thinking, the stereotypes of the ideology, which seemed to be tightly and securely occupying the brain, was driven by the desire to understand the true essence of native literature, all its depth and, in spite of everything terrible circumstances and direct prohibitions, various discoveries – “humanistic” and artistic. The measure of liberation came with a new understanding of many points – in plot constructions, ideological accents, character characteristics. Even in terminology, tricks of literary studies. I once asked a senior colleague – an academician: why do we divide traditions into positive and negative ones. From his answer – quite verbose and rather vague – I understood: everything that reveals our – Ukrainian – national originality / identity should be considered negative. A similar story – with the interpretation of romanticism, “progressive” and “reactionary”. It is clear that the negative and reactionary should not be studied. Therefore, my task is not an easy one, the whole life of more than one person is devoted to it (it is wonderful that all my colleagues are working on such a task). It is still possible to highlight individual fragments. Therefore, readers are offered not a “classic” monograph, but a conceptually coherent collection of articles that reflects not only the formation and evolution of Ukrainian drama, but also the dynamics of the worldview of the author herself.
"Mosquito flotilla" on the energy front: small energy networks based on digital platforms
Authors:   State Institution “Institute for Economics and Forecasting, NAS of Ukraine”, Lypov Volodymyr
Published: July 2023

In the conditions of Russia's military aggression, the role and importance of measures aimed at ensuring the energy security of the state is growing. The introduction of digital technologies has a significant potential for improving management mechanisms, increasing the reliability and efficiency of both individual components and the country's energy system as a whole. A special place in this process is occupied by the deployment and integration of the sector of local networks of renewable energy generation into the country’s energy system, which are created on the basis of digital platforms. The purpose of the proposed work is to define the potential of digital platforms as a means to coordinate the interaction between private generators of renewable energy in local energy markets. The research tools include structural, functional, systemic and institutional analysis. It is shown that the development of microgrids of renewable energy generation based on digital platforms is able to stimulate radical restructuring of the production system and electricity distribution markets. The author reveals various peculiarities of digital platforms as an organizational form of interaction in local energy markets. It is shown that they provide a synergistic effect of uniting small producers of renewable energy into a microgrid and forming a two-sector model of the public energy system. The structure of microgrid digital platforms is presented. They unite the owners of personal rooftop solar photovoltaic systems, wind, bio-, and hydropower units, power generation surplus storage stations, consumers, and energy distribution companies on the basis of the core platform. The article reveals the mechanism of building energy systems based on the principles of "Industry 4.0". Attention is focused on the need to implement a comprehensive policy to support the platformization of the renewable energy sector. The tools for its provision are presented.
Development of micro- and macroeconomic analysis of financial intermediation Article 2. Macroeconomic analysis of the role of financial intermediaries in the works of B. Bernanke and the application of financial intermediation theory in combating financial crises
Authors:   State Institution “Institute for Economics and Forecasting, NAS of Ukraine”, Krychevska Tetiana
Published: July 2023

The second of two articles which reveal the theoretical and practical significance of the researches awarded 2022 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences. The author shows the theoretical and practical influence of B. Bernanke's research on the non-monetary effects of the banking crisis on the course of the Great Depression, which marked the beginning of recognition and measurement of the macroeconomic effects of financial intermediaries as institutions performing important functions under information asymmetry. The peculiarities of the global financial crisis and the latest crisis processes in the banking sector, which are taking place in the conditions of a change in the global monetary environment, are considered in light of the laureates' works. This change – a rapid tightening of monetary policy in developed economies was a reaction not only to global price shocks associated with the full-scale Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but also to the previous delay in anti-inflationary efforts in the conditions of a combination of supply shocks with monetary demand stimulation and monetary authorities' faith in well-anchored inflationary expectations. The article considers the extent to which the crisis processes at Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, First Republic Bank and Credit Suisse are described by the models developed by the 2022 Nobel laureates. Based on that analysis, the author adjusts the answer to the question about the role of banking panics in the market economy. Probable directions for reforming banking regulation in the USA are characterized. It is substantiated that the government faces a complex set of tasks: to minimize social losses from banking panics; to prevent large business losses that would have broad macroeconomic consequences; and to prevent irrational contagion with panic moods and panic as a self-fulfilling prophecy, without eliminating the very possibility of depositors fleeing from a bank with poor management. It is shown that increasing and complicating the public presence in the financial sector has an extremely powerful and difficult to assess influence on the incentives of financial intermediaries, which embody the latter’s nature as special economic entities.
Antimicrobial Activity of Juglans regia Root Bark Extracts
Authors:   Department of Pharmacology, Swift School of Pharmacy, Ghaggar Sarai, Rajpura, Punjab-140401, India, Wani Aadil , Kumar Manish ,   Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab-140401, India
Published: July 2023

Background: Juglans regia tree is widely found in several parts of India, Europe and Central Asia. Different parts of J. regia are rich sources of alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, saponins, amino acids, and terpenoids. J. regiais has antiasthmatic, anti-atherosclerotic, antihypertensive, antioxidant, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, cardioprotective, hepatoprotective, hypolipidemic, osteoblastic, and wound healing activities. The bark and roots are used against tooth decay and ringworm infection. Purpose: In the present study we evaluated antibacterial and antifungal activities of J. regia root bark. Methods: Extracts of root bark of J. regia were prepared using methanol, water, and petroleum ether. Methanolic and aqueous extracts in concentrations 50, 100 and 200 mg/ml were tested against three Gram negative bacterial strains (S. typhi, P. vulgaris, and E. coli), one Gram positive strain (S. aureus) and fungi (S. cerevisiae, P. chrysogenum, and A. fumigatus). Results: The extracts effectively inhibited growth of cultured microorganisms. Methanolic extracts showed maximum zone of inhibition (ZOI) for all the microorganisms ranging from 12.8 – 17.0 mm. Aqueous extract disclosed maximum effectiveness against S. typhi. Conclusions: Quantification of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) revealed potent antibacterial activities of methanolic extracts (200 mg/ml) of J. regia root bark.
Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma with Sarcomatoid Differentiation
Authors: Lichtbroun Benjamin J. , Shinder Brian , Sara Tina Gowda , Srivastava Arnav , Saraiya Biren , Mayer Tina M. , Cristelli Ryan , Sadimin Evita , Weiss Robert E. , Singer Eric A.
Published: July 2023

Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (chRCC) is one of the less common types of kidney cancer and generally portends a more favorable prognosis. RCC with sarcomatoid differentiation has a more aggressive clinical course with poor outcomes. Four cases of chRCC with varying degrees of sarcomatoid differentiation were retrospectively reviewed at our institution, and clinicopathologic data as well as clinical courses were reported. Patients with higher degrees of sarcomatoid differentiation and larger tumors at presentation generally had and worse overall survival. chRCC with sarcomatoid differentiation portends a poor prognosis with limited data on systemic treatment options for metastatic disease.
Mimicking Behaviors in Separated Domains
Authors: De Giacomo Giuseppe , Fried Dror , Patrizi Fabio , Zhu Shufang
Published: July 2023

Devising a strategy to make a system mimic behaviors from another system is a problem that naturally arises in many areas of Computer Science. In this work, we interpret this problem in the context of intelligent agents, from the perspective of ltlf , a formalism commonly used in AI for expressing finite-trace properties. Our model consists of two separated dynamic domains, DA and DB, and an LTLf specification that formalizes the notion of mimicking by mapping properties on behaviors (traces) of DA into properties on behaviors of DB. The goal is to synthesize a strategy that step-by-step maps every behavior of DA into a behavior of DB so that the specification is met. We consider several forms of mapping specifications, ranging from simple ones to full LTLf , and for each, we study synthesis algorithms and computational properties.
Descriptions of a new Aedes species and subspecies of the subgenus Aedimorphus, from southwest Cameroon and updated key for the species of the “Domesticus group”
Authors: Kowo Cyril , Mayi Marie Paul Audrey , De Almeida Antonio Paulo Gouveia , Foncha David , Elad Mirabel , Andongma Esack , Nota Anong Damian , Djomo Charlene , Fru-Cho Jerome , Sehgal Ravinder , Cornel Anthony John
Published: July 2023

Male specimens of Aedes stenostylus Cornel, Kowo & Mayi sp. nov. and Aedes leptolabis ssp. talangayensis Cornel, Kowo & Mayi sp. nov. are described. They were collected mainly by sweep netting through forest floor vegetation in partially logged areas and in the surrounding pristine forest (Talangaye Forest) in the Nguti Subdivision in the south-west region of Cameroon. An updated key of the Aedimorphus “Domesticus group” species, based on the morphology of the male genitalia is provided.
The Impact of Exports on Firm Employment in Türkiye
Authors: ZENGİN TAŞDEMİR Selin , DALGIÇ Başak , FAZLIOĞLU Burcu
Published: July 2023

This study investigates the employment effects of exports on employment based on Turkish firm-level data over the period 2003-2015. To this aim, we adopt Propensity Score Matching (PSM) and Difference-in-Differences (DID) techniques to construct treatment models. The results show that exporting encourages firms’ employment significantly. Specifically, this effect is more significant for Turkish manufacturing firms in labour-intensive and low/medium-low technology sectors and those paying lower wages.
Relationship between the BIST Food and Beverage Index and the Stock Values of Coca-Cola İçecek Company
Authors: HUSEYNLİ Nigar , HUSEYNLİ Bahman
Published: July 2023

The study aims to examine the relationship between BIST Food and Beverage Index and Coca-Cola İçecek stock values in Turkey. The Granger method was used to measure the variables in the study, including daily data from the 12th of September 2012 to the 12th of September 2022. The results revealed a one-sided relationship between the BIST Food and Beverage Index and the stock values of Coca-Cola İçecek company. In other words, the increase or decrease in the value of the stocks of this company affects the BIST Food and Beverage Index values.
Factors Causing the Indian Information Technology Industry's Human Resource Management to Change to Gig Contracts
Authors: SWAPNA H.r. , MADAAN Geetika , SİNGH Amrinder , SOOD Kıran , GRIMA Simon
Published: July 2023

The gig economy has become a viable field for alternate job arrangements. Therefore, we aim to explore the gig contracting influencing factors in Information Technology. We propose a conceptual framework using Structured Equation Modelling to ascertain the relationship between Human Resource Management and gig work contracting mediated through a sustainable digital economy. Based on a specifically designed survey, employers’ most significant hurdles were the competitiveness level, the extended hours when one was logged in, and late-night delivery. The incentives were not strong influencing factors for Gig contracting. However, the flexibility reduced much of the workload pressures.
Retention of Public IT Professionals: The Mediating Roles of Perceived Organisational Support and Psychological Empowerment
Authors: METİN Furkan
Published: July 2023

The demand for skilled IT professionals remains strong in a global manner. Therefore, recruiting and retention of IT professionals are vital for many organisations. The research data was collected from 361 IT professionals employed in 31 public institutions with large-scale IT units in Türkiye. The results indicated that 40.7% of public IT professionals are considering leaving their current jobs in Türkiye. It was observed that POS fully mediated the relationship between LMX and the turnover intentions of public IT professionals. Moreover, contrary to the literature, enhancing employee competency increased the intention to leave (β = .27, p < . 05) rather than decreasing it.
The Myth of the Invisible Hand: A Discussion on Incomprehensible and Misused Concept of Economics
Authors: SARI AKSAKAL Betül
Published: July 2023

The invisible hand is one of the most familiar and misunderstood concepts popularised by Adam Smith. Smith is the pioneer of the recognisance of economics as a social science. Thanks to the invisible hand mechanism, Smith argues that all economic activities in markets have no shortage of state intervention thanks to perfect competition. Markets consistently and spontaneously come to equilibrium at the full employment level via that. However, this mechanism is a myth, learned worldwide for years. Since the historical process, the state has always been at the stage in the constitution of a market order in economies. However, the underlined roles of the state have evolved correspondingly with the evolution of economic theories. In this context, the economic theories that have specified the general framework of economics are discussed in this paper. Eventually, it is concluded that the state always remains at the forefront of economies as a mechanism that backs up the formation of the market economy. Further, the process of COVID-19, which is expected to licking a new shape to economic theories, has also been investigated very briefly in this connection.
Are Stock Prices and the Turkish Money Demand Function Related?
Authors: ABDUL-RAHMAN Mutawakil , SEİDU Ayatullahi
Published: July 2023

Using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) and Granger causality test, this study demonstrates that M1 and M2 money demand cointegrates with real income, deposit interest rate, real exchange rates, and real stock prices. Real income, deposit interest, and exchange rates are significant determinants of the Turkish economy’s long-run M1 and M2 money demand. Furthermore, our findings reveal that the wealth effect of real stock prices outweighs the substitution effect within the Turkish economy. The impact of real stock prices on M1 and M2 money demand is positive and statistically significant in the long run. While M2 is more responsive to changes in real stock prices, M1 exhibits greater stability than M2. Therefore, policymakers must recognise the significant role of the stock market in the long-run money demand function within the Turkish economy and its impact on the effective implementation of monetary policy.
The Fisher Hypothesis within the Framework of Long-Run Covariability: The Case of the United Kingdom
Authors: TOKATLIOĞLU Yağmur
Published: July 2023

This paper aims to present the long-run covariability between inflation and the interest rate of the United Kingdom by using a new method developed by Müller and Watson (2018) that eliminates the low-frequency problems. In this study, the validity of the Fisher hypothesis is investigated under structural break periods for the UK's economy. The analysis is carried out with monthly inflation and interest rate for six periods: Full sample (1920:1-2019:12), interwar years (1920:1-1939:8), fixed exchange rate (1952:1-1973:2), Post War II (1952:1-1992:9) and two different inflation targeting periods (1992:10-2008:8 and 1992:10-2019:12). The empirical finding suggests that the Fisher hypothesis holds for the United Kingdom in the long-run.
Dolarizasyonun Türkiye’de Faaliyet Gösteren Kamusal Sermayeli Mevduat Bankalarında Kârlılığa Etkisi
Authors: SARIGÜL Haşmet
Published: July 2023

Bu çalışmada Türkiye’de finansal sistem üzerinde önemli etkileri ve ağırlığı olan kamusal sermayeli mevduat bankalarında dolarizasyon ile kârlılık arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir. Araştırmada Halkbank, Vakıfbank ve Ziraat Bankasının 2005-2021 dönemine ait üçer aylık dönemsel verileri kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada literatürde ilk kez mevduat dolarizasyonu, bilanço içi para birimi uyumsuzluğu ve yabancı para türev ürünler olmak üzere dolarizasyon bağıntılı üç değişken birlikte ele alınmıştır. ARDL sınır testi yaklaşımı ile elde edilen bulgular her üç değişkenin de kamusal sermayeli mevduat bankalarında kârlılık üzerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı etkileri olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Ancak bu etkilerin yönleri bankalar arasında ve kısa-uzun dönem ayırımında farklılık göstermektedir.
Yerel Yönetimler ve Yönetişim: Türkiye’de Kategorileri İtibariyle Belediyelerin Bütçe Giderlerinin TOPSIS Yöntemi ile Analizi (2006-2019)
Authors: AKIN Cem , DOĞAN Esra
Published: July 2023

Türkiye’nin ekonomik yapısında; 2000’lerde mekânsal biçimin ölçeklendirilmesi sürecinde yerel yönetimlerin yeniden yapılanmasıyla idari-mali dönüşümler yaşanmaktadır. Yerel düzeydeki toplumsal aktörler arasındaki ilişkiler ekonomik büyüme içinde önemli mali potansiyele sahip olmaktadır. Burada, yönetişim modeli kapsamında sosyo-mekânsal dinamiklere paralel olarak yerel yönetimler maliyesinin düzeyi, miktarı ve ölçümü ile cari transfer harcamaları analitik olarak ortaya koyulmaktadır. Bu doğrultuda, mekânsal biçimin ölçeklendirilmesine yerel yönetimler maliyesi üzerinden toplumsal değişim sürecindeki ilişkileri anlamak için ampirik yaklaşımla bakılmaktadır. Böylece, 2006-2019 dönemi için TOPSIS yöntemi ile büyükşehir belediyeleri, büyükşehir dışındaki il belediyeleri ile ilçe ve belde belediyeleri gider bütçeleri karşılaştırmalı olarak incelenmiştir. Sonuçta, 2000’li yıllarda yerel yönetimler maliyesinin; belediyelerin bütçe giderleri (cari transferler) özelinde merkezileşen konumuna odaklanarak, sosyo-mekânsal yaklaşıma katkıda bulunulması hedeflenmektedir.
BIST Perakende Ticaret Sektöründe LOPCOW-RSMVC Modeli ile Performans Ölçümü
Authors: ERSOY Nazlı
Published: July 2023

Bu çalışmada, BIST perakende ve ticaret endeksinde işlem gören firmaların 2017-2021 dönemi finansal performansının ÇKKV yöntemleri ile ölçülmesi amaçlanmıştır. İşletmelerin bilançolarından elde edilen yedi kriterin yer aldığı çalışmada, kriterlerin önem dereceleri LOPCOW tekniği ile alternatiflerin performans skorları ise RSMVC yöntemi ile belirlenmiştir. Son aşamada, kullanılan modelin duyarlılık analizi iki aşamada gerçekleştirilmiş, farklı ağırlıkların ve farklı ÇKKV yöntemlerinin sonuçlar üzerinde etkili olduğu saptanırken, sıralamalar arasında pozitif yönlü yüksek bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir. LOPCOW-RSMVC modeli BIST perakende ve ticaret sektöründe finansal performans ölçümü için ilk kez kullanılmıştır. Bu bakımından, çalışmanın literatüre katkı sunacağı düşünülmektedir.
Ne Eğitimde Ne İstihdamda (NEET) Olma ile İlişkili Faktörlerin OECD Bağlantılı Ülkelerde Karşılaştırmalı Analizi: Bulanık Küme Nitel Karşılaştırmalı Analiz (fsQCA)
Authors: ÇİZEL Rabia , AŞKUN Volkan , DURMAZ Şerife , YAĞMUR Ayten , GÜRSOY Sergen
Published: July 2023

Bu çalışmada, OECD ile ilişkili ülkelerin NEET durumları ekonomik ve sosyokültürel değişkenlerin birlikteliğiyle ele alınmış ve bulanık küme nitel karşılaştırmalı analiz (fsQCA) yöntemi ile incelenmiştir. Çalışmada, raporlar, endeksler ve veri bankalarından alınan ikincil veriler kullanılmıştır. Çalışmadaki tüm konfigürasyonlar değerlendirildiğinde, ekonomik gelişmişlik düzeyi düşük/yüksek olmasına rağmen liberal veya muhafazakâr politika güden ülkelerde NEET olma durumu ortaya çıkarken, NEET olmama durumunun daha çok geniş sosyal politika önlemleri içeren ekonomik gelişmişlik düzeyi yüksek ve sosyal demokrat refah devleti politikaları günden ülkelerde ortaya çıktığı görülmüştür. Sosyal politikalar kapsamında korunması gereken bir örneklem olan NEET’lerin ancak devlet eliyle yapılan kapsamlı korumalarla ortadan kaldırılabileceği görülmüştür.
Zafer Yenal ile Söyleşi
Authors: İNCE Şengül , AKARÇAY Erhan
Published: July 2023

Önceleri tarım üzerinden gıdayla ve yemekle ilgilenmeye başladım. Doktoranın ilk yıllarında tarımla ilgili ekonomi politik, tarihsel sosyoloji bağlamında okumalar yapmıştım. Ama işin sadece üretim tarafının değil aynı zamanda tüketim tarafının da benim ilgi alanıma girmesi biraz daha doktora yıllarının sonlarına doğru oldu. Ve o dönemde, yani kabaca 90’ların ikinci yarısı, aslında hakikaten bugünkü kadar çok gelişmiş bir yemek sosyolojisi literatürü yoktu. Sınırlıydı. Doktora tezinde ne çalışsam diye düşünürken Sidney Mintz'in Sweetness and Power kitabı elime geçmişti. Çok etkilendim bu çalışmadan. Şeker üzerinden bütün dünya tarihini birçok farklı aşamasıyla ve dönüşümleriyle birlikte anlatan bir kitaptı. İşte içerisinde sömürgecilik de vardı sanayileşme de, Amerika da vardı Avrupa da. 16. yüzyıldan itibaren şekerin bütün aktörleriyle, adaletsizlikleriyle, ritüelleriyle modern hayatı nasıl şekillendirdiğini anlatıyordu. Yine aynı dönemde Sami Zubaida ve Richard Tapper’in derlediği “Culinary Cultures of the Middle East” kitabı elime geçmişti. Çok zengin bir koleksiyondu. İçerisinde İstanbul da vardı Yemen de, baklava da vardı keşkek de. Çok farklı coğrafyalara dair ve o çok farklı coğrafyaların içerdiği çok ciddi toplumsal, kültürel sorunlara dair çok kafa açıcı bir kitaptı. Böylece yeme-içmenin sadece üretim tarafı değil aynı zamanda kültürel yönleriyle de ilgilenmeye başladım. Böyle daha çok kitaplar üzerinden giden ve büyüyen bir ilgi oldu diyebilirim.
Göç Bağlamında Yemeğin Rolü Nasıl Değerlendirilir?
Authors: ARAL Hande
Published: July 2023

Yiyecekler ve yemek kültürüne dair söylemler, performanslar ve “gündelik” seçimler aracılığıyla kimlik, topluluk ve ulus canlandırılır; sınıf ve statü sembolik olarak pekiştirilir; ayrımcı/ırkçı/saldırgan ya da dayanışma/birlik/sevinç gibi duygular harekete geçirilir. Bu perspektiften bakıldığında yiyecekler son derece iletişimsel kabul edilir. Göç bağlamında ise yemek ve yemek ritüelleri kültür ve kimliği aktarmanın, dayanışmanın ve ekonomik özerkliği sağlamanın bir yoludur. Öte yandan göçle beraber dolaşımı hızlanan yiyecekler küresel kentlerin tüketim trendlerinin bir parçası olur, etnik metalaşmaya uğrar ve ayrışma/dışlamanın somutlaştığı kanallar haline gelebilir. Bu çalışmada, göç bağlamında yiyeceklerin ve yemek kültürünün rolünü farklı veçhelerden değerlendiren tartışmalara yer verilmiştir. İlgili alanyazında göç bağlamında yiyeceklerin rolü iki ana perspektif etrafında hareket ediyor görünse de yiyeceklere ilişkin sosyal potansiyellerin çok boyutlu olduğu ve atfedilen anlamların sürekli dönüştüğü söylenebilir. Bu nedenle göç ve yemek odaklı çalışmalarda çok katmanlı bir bakış açısını benimseyen ve göçmenleri mağdur değil etkin özneler olarak görmeyi öneren araştırmalar daha çok açılım sağlayabilecektir.
Constructing Migrant Foodscapes and Social Networks: The Case of Syrian Migrants in Fatih, Istanbul
Authors: YILMAZ HAVA Zeynep
Published: July 2023

This research explores the link between food, culture, and migration by examining the Syrian food premises in Istanbul’s Fatih district -one of the most popular settlement areas for Syrian refugees in Turkey- by conducting semi-structured deep interviews (82 people) and participant observation. Rather than focusing on the refugee households, I concentrate on the public café-restaurants, food markets, delis, herbalists etc. as places of contestation and negotiation for Syrian people to construct new social/economic ties and to claim a right to the city. Social networks for Syrian migrants are of utmost importance because they struggle to build new lives in the metropolitan cities almost completely relying on their own social networks and financial capital. The food premises (mainly café-restaurants) in Fatih emerge as distinct places where we can trace the ways Syrian migrants build/maintain or transform social bonds, shared identities, cultural traditions, socio-economic ties, daily-life habits, consumption-production patterns and so on. However, these networks might also counteract as mechanisms of exclusion for Syrian migrants both hindering social cohesion with the receiving society and continuing the fellowship- kinship ties. My study offers field-driven discussion points to gain more insight into these intricate relationships among migrant foodways, socio-cultural integration and social networks.
Transit: Tanıklık ve Bellek Meselesi Olarak Mültecilik
Authors: YÜKSEL Sinem Evren
Published: July 2023

Bu çalışma Christian Petzold’un Transit (2018) filmini, mülteci figürü çerçevesinde ve göç, kimlik, yersizlik-yurtsuzluk gibi temalar etrafında çözümlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Anna Seghers’in Transit romanından uyarlanan film, II. Dünya Savaşı sırasında Avrupa’da sıkışıp kalmış bir grup mülteciye odaklanan romandan farklı olarak, günümüzdeki mülteci kriziyle bağ kurmaya olanak sağlamaktadır. Dolayısıyla film Avrupa’nın geçmişiyle ilişki kurma ve yüzleşme girişimi olduğu kadar günümüz Avrupa’sıyla da yakından ilişkilidir. Çalışma Zygmunt Bauman, Hannah Arendt, Giorgio Agamben gibi düşünürlerden ve Lacancı psikanalizden hareketle, filmin kolektif belleğe seslenerek geçmişten günümüze mülteci olma durumunu hangi kavram ve tartışmalarla ilişkilendirdiğini araştırmaktadır. Çalışmanın sonucunda, mültecilerin anlatıda toplumsal düzenin hayali bütünlüğünü tehdit eden, sınırların dışına atılması gereken ötekiler/yabancılar olarak tanımlandığı, bürokratik kurumların ise toplumsal simgesel düzende Yasa’nın uygulayıcıları işlevini üstlendikleri görülmektedir. Bu noktada film yaşamla ölüm arasındaki sınır çizgisinde, geçicilik ve belirsizlik temelinde hayatlarını sürdüren mültecilerin görünmez olma, kimliği yitime endişesini ve yersiz-yurtsuzluğa bağlı huzursuzluğunu açığa çıkarmaktadır. Filmin estetik tercihleri ise mültecilerin bir kurban anlatısı içinde sunulmasının önüne geçmektedir.