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Polar solvation molecular dynamics, quantum reactivity (ELF, HOMO–LUMO, NBO) studies, spectroscopy (FT-IR, UV), and the antibiotic potential of carbazide derivative via in-silico molecular docking
Authors: Mujafarkani Nagoor , Adindu Eze A. , Godfrey Obinna C. , Agurokpon Daniel C. , Alawa John A. , Odey Michael O. , Gber Terkumbur E. , Owen Aniekan E. , Jafar Ahamed Abdul Gafoor , Benjamin Innocent , Louis Hitler
Published: February 2024

Recently, the treatment of bacterial infection has been very worrisome as a decline in antibiotic sensitivity is hitting a majority of the world population. Among many bacterial infection’s causing agents, Enterococcus species and Mycoplasma pneumonia are highly threatening because of their resistance to powerful antibiotics such as vancomycin, erythromycin, and azithromycin. Herein, effect of polar (DMSO, EtOH, MeOH, H2O) solvation on the quantum chemical parameters, molecular structure, spectroscopy, and the antimicrobial potential of p-phenylenediamine-thiosemicarbazide-formaldehyde (PTSF) terpolymer is presented within the framework of density functional theory (DFT), solvation molecular dynamics, and molecular docking approach. Herein, ethanol was keenly observed with the most insightful properties across all analyses specifically by its high energy gap (4.6344 eV) which accounted for the stability of compound. The molecular docking revealed the binding affinities for PSTF with respect to the best docking modes are −4.6 kcal/mol with LYS 288 and bond distance of 2.82 Å for 5V2M and −5.1 kcal/mol with ASN 770 at 2.27 Å, GLU 767 at 2.61 Å, ARG 777 at 3.69 Å, GLU 775 at 2.57 Å, and ALA 763 at 2.86 Å for 6rj1. From the result obtained, the studied compound has higher binding affinity at the active site of 6RJ1 than that of 5V2M. This suggests that PSTF has greater efficacy for inhibiting the growth of M. pneumoniae than vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecalis. Hence, further in vitro and in vivo studies should delve into the more exploration of the reported ligand.
Exploring the dynamics of halogen and hydrogen bonds in halogenated coumarins
Authors: Varghese Mebin , Thomas Jisha Mary , Alzahrani Abdullah Y. , Thomas Renjith
Published: February 2024

Halogen bonds find application in supramolecular chemistry, DNA Holliday junction, drug design, organic catalysis and various other fields. Coumarin derivatives are high in demand due to their application in photochemotherapy, drugs and other cancer treatments. Halogenated coumarins are widely known for their biological activities. There exists a competition between the halogen bond and hydrogen bond in singly hydrated halogenated coumarins. The competition between hydrogen and halogen bonding interactions in 3-halogenated 4-hydroxyl coumarin [coumarin derivative; halogen, X = F (A), Cl (B), Br (C), I (D)] with water molecule in the corresponding binding regions C3–X and C2=O4 is studied. This study was conducted using PBE0 D3BJ with augmented correlation consistent basis set in order to include the diffuse functions. Improved findings for non-bonded distances and much more distinct intramolecular effects were obtained using BJ-damping. In the singly-hydrated systems, the water molecule forms a hydrogen bond with C2=O4 in all the halogenated molecules, whereas halogen bonding between the water oxygen and C2–X exists only in the case of X = Br (C) and I (D). The absence of a halogen-bonded structure in singly-hydrated chlorine and fluorine substituted coumarin derivative is therefore attributed to the competing hydrogen-bonding interaction with C2=O4. RDG scatter plot as well QTAIM analysis implied that halogen bond exists between water molecule and the coumarin derivative. Further, the most modern local energy decomposition (LED) analysis of intermolecular interaction was also studied using DLPNO-CCSD(T). Finally, ab initio molecular dynamics was also performed.
The Implementation and Testing of a Reliable and Valid Oral Fat Tolerance Test (OFTT) for Research and Clinical Purposes
Authors: Bodell Nathaniel G. , Navalta James W. , Kawi Jennifer , Bungum Timothy
Published: February 2024

Background: Increased fat intake leads to a greater risk of atherosclerosis due to the increase in circulating triglycerides (TG), which damages the endothelial lining. An oral fat tolerance test (OFTT) is usually employed to evaluate postprandial lipid metabolism. However, there has yet to be a standardized procedure for doing an OFTT. This investigation assists in the determination of a standardized, reliable, and valid OFTT. Methods: All participants (n=20) were free of any known cardiovascular or metabolic disease. Participants were allotted 20 minutes to complete the OFTT. Baseline and subsequent blood analyses postfeeding were collected at 1, 2, 3, and 4 hours. One of the three OFTT loads of varying fat concentrations was administered to each participant in a randomized crossover design, containing fat loads of 150 g, 100 g, and 50 g of fat. A single-measure consistency intraclass correlation coefficient was used to determine significance (r>0.75). Results: The test-retest reliability of the OFTT loads (150 g, 100 g, and 50 g) were all significant (p<0.001), with ICC at 0.745, 0.923, and 0.715, respectively. Face Validity was confirmed upon repeat analysis. Conclusions: The 100 g OFTT load was the most reliable and valid measure for observing TG elevation. It is proposed that the 100 g load would be a reliable tool for further research investigation and eventual use for clinical purposes.
Major Factors Governing Newsprint Strength
Authors:   The Price Co. Ltd., Research & Development Department, Kenogami, P.Q., Canada, Moffatt J. M. , Beath L. R. ,   The Price Co. Ltd., Research & Development Department, Kenogami, P.Q., Canada, Mihelich W. G. ,   The Price Co. Ltd., Research & Development Department, Kenogami, P.Q., Canada
Published: February 2024

Tensile test failure lines across 15 mm wide strips of uncalendared newsprint were found to pass largely through areas of below average grammage. The breakline in commercially calendered newsprint passed largely through areas of above average grammage. At intermediate degrees of calendering both higher and lower than average grammages were involved . Tensile tests of 0-5 mm wide calendered newsprint samples also showed an inverse relationship between strength and grammage. The number of sulphite fibres and their angles to the machine-direction of the paper (the straining direction) were also shown to influence tensile strength.
Cultura organizacional y la percepción de satisfacción laboral de catedráticos universitarios en Ecuador
Authors: Iñiguez Magallanes Hugo Fernando
Published: February 2024

El presente artículo es parte de un estudio longitudinal que se realiza a los docentes de las universidades del Ecuador. Se enmarca en el ámbito del Comportamiento Organizacional. Se enfoca en la cultura organizacional de la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana del Ecuador (UPS) y la satisfacción laboral de sus docentes, en un estudio realizado en sus tres sedes (Cuenca, Quito y Guayaquil) durante el periodo abril-septiembre del 2021. El objetivo cumplido fue determinar la medida en que la cultura organizacional de la institución influye en la satisfacción laboral de su cuerpo colegiado. En este sentido, se identificaron dos variables: Como variable dependiente la satisfacción laboral y como variable independiente se enfocó en la cultura organizacional de la institución. La investigación se fundamentó en el hecho de que la cultura organizacional puede ser una fuerte influencia en la generación de satisfacción laboral de los docentes pero, además, se buscó identificar los aspectos fundamentales que determinan las fortalezas de dicha cultura para que ejerza tal influencia a nivel de las tres sedes. La metodología utilizada tuvo un enfoque cuantitativo de tipo aplicada, no experimental, con un diseño correlacional que dio paso a la descripción y tabulación de datos estadísticos. Se utilizó una encuesta para recolectar datos cuantitativos. Un Rho de Spearman = 0, 812 y un p-valor = 0,000 menor a α = 0,05 indican que la cultura organizacional presenta una correlación moderada con la satisfacción laboral docente.
Los servicios digitales foráneos consumidos por personas naturales y el Impuesto General a las Ventas
Authors: Bravo Padilla Jorge Andres
Published: February 2024

Objetivo: Fue determinar si los servicios digitales foráneos consumidos por personas naturales y el Impuesto General a las Ventas (IGV) están relacionados, y establecer si la legislación peruana del mencionado impuesto grava dichos servicios. Métodos:  De tipo correlacional y enfoque cuantitativo-cualitativo; las variables de investigación son: Los servicios digitales foráneos consumidos por personas naturales y el IGV; la hipótesis de investigación es: Existe una relación significativa entre los servicios digitales foráneos consumidos por personas naturales y el IGV. Resultados:  Se resuelve rechazar la hipótesis de investigación; y de la revisión documental a la legislación del IGV se resuelve que dicho impuesto sí grava los mencionados servicios, a pesar de que no los incluye expresamente ni establece un mecanismo para su recaudación. Conclusiones: Los servicios digitales foráneos consumidos por personas naturales y el IGV no están relacionados; y la legislación peruana del IGV debe actualizarse para que las empresas prestadoras de los mencionados servicios se inscriban ante la Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria (SUNAT) para que sean sujetos del impuesto y agentes de retención, caso contrario, los sujetos del impuesto serán los consumidores de dichos servicios y los agentes de retención serán las empresas financieras por medio de las cuales se realiza el pago.
Marketing relacional y propuesta de valor al cliente. Análisis y reflexión teórica
Authors: Choque Lozano Guido Jesús
Published: February 2024

El marketing relacional y la propuesta de valor son componentes esenciales en la gestión de relaciones con los clientes y son fundamentales para establecer vínculos de fidelización a largo plazo. En un mercado cada vez más competitivo, las  empresas buscan maneras de destacar y obtener ventajas competitivas. En este sentido, el presente artículo tuvo como objetivo conocer en base a un análisis y reflexión teórica, si el marketing relacional y una idónea propuesta de valor contribuyen a tener relaciones redituables con los clientes a largo plazo. El estudio se basó en la selección de 26 referencias utilizando la metodología de revisión sistemática PRISMA. Luego de realizar búsquedas en bases de datos como Scopus, WOS y Scielo, se definieron criterios de inclusión y exclusión, lo que condujo a la identificación de 13 estudios más relevantes realizados entre los años 2016 a 2021 para su posterior análisis, interpretación de resultados y discusión. Los hallazgos resaltan la importancia de las estrategias de marketing enfocadas en el cliente y el impacto positivo de una propuesta de valor adecuada en la construcción de relaciones duraderas. Se concluye que una gestión efectiva del marketing relacional y de la propuesta de valor tiene un efecto favorable en la retención y la toma de decisiones de compra por parte del cliente.
Gestión Integral de Riesgos: Acercamiento al sector de la construcción y cementeras peruanas
Authors: Arellano Ramirez Julio Javier
Published: February 2024

La industria de la construcción constituye uno de los pilares fundamentales de la economía peruana, destacándose por su aporte al Producto Bruto Interno (PBI) del país, y las empresas cementeras son parte importante del desarrollo del sector construcción. El objetivo de este artículo es brindar una perspectiva de la influencia del sector de la construcción en la economía peruana y cómo se están realizando los acercamientos a la gestión integral de riesgos. Mediante el análisis de bases de datos económicas y revisiones de fuentes literarias se logró concluir que en los últimos 10 años, el PBI del sector construcción ha representado el 6.28%, en promedio, del PBI del país. De igual manera, se observa el interés del Estado para que las organizaciones empresariales logren implementar una Gestión Integral de Riesgos que les ayude a minimizar la materialización de amenazas y contar con un plan de acción ante cualquier incertidumbre respecto al cumplimiento de objetivos.
EL PERÚ ESTÁ INGRESANDO A LA ERA DEL COMERCIO ELECTRÓNICO
Authors: Hidalgo Sánchez Augusto
Published: February 2024

Uno de los mayores cambios que se está ex­perimentando en las personas, en el mundo, es el uso creciente de las Tecnologías de la Informa­ción (fil) con fines comerciales que está empe­zando a desplazar lentamente los mecanismos tradicionales utilizados desde los albores de la Historia. En este artículo explicamos que el ingre­so del Perú a la era del Comercio Electrónico se está produciendo en tres etapas, gracias a Internet y tiene como protagonistas a los jóvenes.
Shadow Minimization Boolean Function Reconstruction
Authors: Aslanyan Levon , Katona Gyula , Sahakyan Hasmik
Published: February 2024

A special class of monotone Boolean functions coming from shadow minimization theory of finite set-systems – KK-MBF functions – is considered. These functions are a descriptive model for systems of compatible groups of constraints, however, the class of all functions is unambiguously complex and it is sensible to study relatively simple subclasses of functions such as KK-MBF. Zeros of KK-MBF functions correspond to initial segments of lexicographic order on hypercube layers. This property is used to simplify the recognition. Lexicographic order applies priorities over constraints which is applicable property of practices. Query-based algorithms for KK-MBF functions are investigated in terms of their complexities.
Kaunas Tatar Community and Organization in 1918–1940: Structure and Work
Authors: Aleksandravičiūtė Ina
Published: February 2024

After World War I Tatars in Lithuania had to reorganize and institutionalize their parishes. Though Kaunas Tatars didn’t accomplish much in spheres of culture and education, they managed to build a new mosque in Kaunas this way leaving their mark. The main goal of Kaunas Tatar community was creating religious central institution. In 1925 in Vilnius polish Tatar community established institution of Mufti. Kaunas Tatars tried to establish similar organizations thorough all interwar period. Sadly, the conflicts between Muslim parishes in Lithuania constantly stopped this process. Kaunas Tatar Association tried to become dominating institution in Lithuanian Muslim community. This initiative was supported by Lithuanian Government but Tatars of Raižiai and Vinkšnupiai parishes wanted to function independently.
Selecting Questionnaire Items for a specific Population Post COVID
Authors: Myers Marie J.
Published: February 2024

This paper describes a study of retired independent women in participative co-living. The objective of the study is to create an inventory questionnaire to be used in the selection of prospective members of a co-living arrangement in Canada. Qualitative research methods were used comprising textual analysis of participants’ journals and related documents like the Charter of the Babayagas House in Paris and documents in the public domain as well as established wellbeing questionnaires found in a literature search. Based on the qualities and characteristics uncovered, several items were generated which were found to align with items in well-established wellbeing questionnaires. Apart from the questionnaire items, related areas of concern are discussed. Overall, interesting aspects that would be valuable to researchers examining similar contexts emerged and comments on the relative importance and relevance of questions for a number of items are included in the findings. Aspects of the participants’ activities which were deemed relevant are also included.
A literary review on Su -al- Qinniya (Anaemia) and its management
Authors: Nasar K Mohammad
Published: February 2024

Su-al-Qinniya (Anemia) is a condition where there is a decrease in blood volume and alterations in its components, accompanied by a reduction in the number of Kurriyat-e-Hamrah (Red Blood Cells). This condition can arise from various factors, including inadequate dietary intake, low socioeconomic status, persistent illnesses, poor iron absorption, ongoing blood loss, and conditions such as bleeding peptic ulcers, inflammatory bowel disease, hookworm infestation, hemorrhoids, and heavy menstrual bleeding. Specific health situations like pregnancy and rapid growth can also trigger Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA). In Unani literature, anemia has been described by various names such as Faqr al dam, Sū’-al-Qinniya, Qillatuddam, Kamie khoon, and Fasad’ al dam. The abnormal cold temperament of the liver is attributed to dryness and decreased blood, leading to paleness of the body. Anemia may also develop when the liver becomes functionally weak, causing alterations in temperament. This review paper outlines the etiopathogenesis, clinical presentation, various regimens, and herbal formulations used in the management of Su-al-Qinniya (Anemia).
Congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura due to a novel homozygous mutation in the ADAMTS13 gene: a case report
Authors: Yousef Almadani Housam , Abdulbasit Almelibar I Mohammed , I Elhefnawy Mohamed , Alaied Banan , H Albishri Talal , Marouf Samy , Jamil Abdulqadim Ebtihaj , Amaury Lachaud Antoine , Dittmer Rita , Alain Menoud Pierre
Published: February 2024

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a life-threatening form of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) characterized by recurrent episodes of thrombocytopenia and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA), sometimes associated with ischemic damage of the brain and kidneys. Congenital TTP (cTTP), also known as Upshaw–Schulman syndrome, is a rare disease caused by compound heterozygous, or more rarely, homozygous mutations in the gene encoding the von Willebrand factor (VWF) cleaving protease, ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13). The disease course in cTTP is variable and genotype-phenotype correlations are complex. In this report we describe a case of cTTP in a patient from Saudi Arabia caused by a novel homozygous mutation (c.2882delC; p.Cys962Alafs*3) predicted to result in truncation of a third of the C-terminal region of the ADAMTS13 protein, including the distal TSP-1 and CUB domains. The cTTP in our patient was characterized by severe ADAMTS13 deficiency (<2%), early onset (severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia) recurrent episodes of thrombocytopenia and MAHA, requiring prophylactic treatment with fresh frozen plasma infusions. No neurological or renal manifestations were present. This case report provides further evidence that both the distal TSP-1 and CUB domains are essential for the VWF-cleaving activity of ADAMTS13.
A rapid HPTLC fingerprinting technique for identifying the various geo-floral origins of honeys
Authors: Hazra Alok K , Chakraborty Banti , Pandit Srikanta , Sur Tapas K
Published: February 2024

Honey has several nutritional and therapeutic uses due to the presence of different bioactive compounds.These substances are derived from floral nectar. Therefore, it becomes essential to identify the distinct chemical profiles of honey samples. The aim of this research was to provide an accurate, straightforward, and sensitive HPTLC approach for different types of honey verification. Eight mono floral honeys (mustard, eucalyptus, litchi, orange, tea, Indian plum, black plum and pineapple) were collected from different origin of West Bengal (eastern India) and examined. Standard procedures were followed to check the quality of each honey.The flora was identified by microscopically examining the pollen found in honeys. High-performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) was used to analyze lipophilic fractions of each honey. Chromatographic results identified distinct patterns of bands with specific Rf values for each type of mono floral honey. HPTLC is a simple and effective method for routine analysis and verification. It can serve as authentication for different types of honey.
Environmental determinants of health of the population of Ukrainian regions in the context of sustainable development
Authors: Mudrak O. V. , Yermishev O. V. , Mudrak H. V. , Skrypnyk S. V.
Published: February 2024

The World Health Organisation's 2030 Agenda notes that health and well-being, in combination with environmental factors and human work, are the outcomes, determinants and systemic factors that contribute to sustainable societal development. Sustainable Development Goal 3 – "Promote healthy lives and well-being for all at all ages" – is the main one and covers several environmental determinants of health, and in fact, environmental determinants of health are directly or indirectly related to all the Sustainable Development Goals. Health is a prerequisite for the full realisation of human biosocial potential and sustainable development of Ukraine. Accelerating technological progress, growing environmental pollution and a significant increase in the number of stressors in the modern lifestyle increase the risk of developing various diseases. To determine the health of the population, an integrated approach is used, characterised by medical, statistical and demographic indicators: pre-existing conditions, morbidity, disability, and physical development. The article presented here identifies and studies the patterns of changes and trends in demographic processes and morbidity of different categories of population in Vinnytsia, Chernihiv and Lviv regions of Ukraine. We have noted that there is a deep demographic crisis, which is manifested in a sharp decline in the population of different regions of the country. It has been established that the processes of depopulation, increased mortality of younger people from diseases and an increase in the level of demographic old age have several prerequisites for further deepening of these processes. Despite the similar dynamics of demographic processes in the surveyed regions, in terms of sustainable development, the least threatening situation is observed in the Lviv region, and the most alarming in the Chernihiv region, which is primarily due to socio-economic factors.
Cyto/genotoxicity of potassium metabisulfite and antimutagenic effect of piperine
Authors: Hamzagić O. , Mesic A. , Eminović I.
Published: February 2024

Potassium metabisulfite is a white crystalline powder used in wine production and food preservation. Piperine is an alkaloid of the piperidine series and it is the main ingredient of black pepper. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the cyto/genotoxic effects of potassium metabisulfite and antimutagenic effect of piperine using the Allium test. To test the cyto/genotoxicity of potassium metabisulfite, three concentrations were used: 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 g/L. To evaluate the antimutagenic effect of piperine, the following concentrations were applied: 3.3, 6.6 and 13.3 µL/mL. Our results demonstrated that all three tested concentrations of potassium metabisulfite significantly reduced root growth. Mitotic index values significantly decreased after the treatment with all three concentrations of potassium metabisulfite. An increased frequency of apoptotic cells was observed for the two highest concentrations of potassium metabisulfite, while a statistically different frequency of necrosis was detected for all three potassium metabisulfite concentrations in comparison with control. The total number of cytotoxic markers differed between all three potassium metabisulfite concentrations and control. A significantly higher frequency of sticky chromosomes for the two highest potassium metabisulfite concentrations, as well as an increased number of chromosomal bridges for median potassium metabisulfite concentration as compared to control group was determined. A significantly higher number of binuclear cells was detected for the highest potassium metabisulfite concentration. A significant difference between the two highest potassium metabisulfite concentrations and control was established for the total number of aberrant cells. As for the results for piperine, a reduction in the roots' growth was observed between the two highest piperine concentrations and negative control. The mitotic index decreased after treatment with all three piperine concentrations in comparison with negative and positive control. A significant difference in the frequency of apoptosis between median piperine concentration and positive control was detected. An increased frequency of necrosis between the two highest piperine concentrations and both controls was determined. The total number of cytotoxicity markers increased between the highest piperine concentration and both controls. A significantly higher frequency of chromosomal bridges between the two highest piperine concentrations and negative control was observed. The total number of aberrant cells differed between two highest piperine concentrations and negative control. This study demonstrated that potassium metabisulfite manifests antiproliferative, cytotoxic and genotoxic effects. Similarly, antiproliferative properties of piperine have been observed, while its antimutagenic potential has not been demonstrated. Further studies are needed to strengthen these observations.
Firearms Designer G.S. Shpagin Memorial House as a Comprehensive Source of Information About His Life and Work
Authors: Marina Pislegina
Published: February 2024

Biographical research has been used since the birth of science, but biographic study became a separate area of scientific knowledge at the end of the 20th century. These studies form the basis for understanding human behavior in certain historical events. At the same time, analyzing an individual’s biography makes it possible to understand, using the example of this person, what the society was like at a certain period. Thus, historical research that illuminates the life path of a person allows us to see the mutual influence of the society and the individual. Most of all, such mutual influence is visible in the life of famous historical figures. Responding to this trend, today museums pay great attention to personal stories, composing a "museum biography" through the personification of the museum space. This is manifested in creation and development of memorial museums where the objects related to the life and work of a certain person are documented. Documents containing direct statements of personal nature, as well as objects and other indirect evidence that fix objective information, become sources for the study of a person's biography. They help to assess the personality and his actions comprehensively, from all sides. The purpose of the research is to demonstrate the capabilities of a memorial museum as a comprehensive source of information about the life and work of a historical figure on the example of the G.S. Shpagin memorial house. The author sets the tasks to consider museum objects in a logical and sensory interpretation and to study the possibilities to reflect the fragments of historical reality through memorial objects. The research presents a new way of communicating the biography of a person through museum work. The scientific novelty of the study lies in comprehensive consideration of the information potential of a memorial museum. General scientific and special scientific research methods were used: historical and cultural one, which made it possible to consider museumization in the general context of preserving history, and content analysis, which was applied to interpret the meaning of museum objects. As a result, the ability of a memorial museum to be a comprehensive source of information about the life and work of a historical person was demonstrated
The Mythologem of Horror in the Structure of Musical Time
Authors: Vladimir Zheleznyak
Published: February 2024

The topic of the article is music and time. But the problem posed is not limited to musical time. Music is associated with the Dionysian principle (as a cultural and historical archetype). Time is understood as the highest existential characteristic of being . The question, therefore, is: how can the fullness of being be expressed and what role can music play in this process, understood in the ultimate mythological-symbolic sense? The material presented in the article is significantly transformed by a side topic – the one of existential horror. The theoretical plot of the work in this case looks like this: horror (fear) is a state that reveals itself to a person facing the fullness of existence in the world, all of time, including the past (what has happened), the future (the possible, the fate of things being ) and the present (reality, disappearing in the rush of moments); Dionysian art is able to tame universal, cosmic horror and transform it into a kind of delight in falling into the abyss of existence; time carries within itself the key to the cognizing power of art and, above all, music – a temporary art that goes beyond visual images and verbal semantics. The structure of time coincides with the temporal scheme of modality (Kant), implemented in music as a procedural phenomenon. Time has colossal negative energy, erasing all certainty and stability. It is precisely this that explains the presence of existential horror in great musical creations. The article also touches on the issues of the antithetics of horror, the nature of the cleansing (cathartic) delight that accompanies the experience of beauty, and the presence of existential boundaries in the temporal dimension of the future (all of this also relates to the phenomenology of horror).
Posthumanist Ecological Thinking in Contemporary Cinema
Authors: Tatiana Kruvko
Published: February 2024

The current ecological situation and humans' fear of their own extinction require them to search for more ethical epistemologies in relation to nature and the environment. Posthumanism theories offer ecological thinking with a rejection of anthropocentrism and a transindividual view of subjectivity arising in the act of interaction between human and non-human agents of different nature. The article offers an analysis of posthumanistic ecological thinking in modern cinema on the example of constructing posthuman subjectivity by the artistic means of a film. The relevance of the topic is indicated by the growing number of specialized scientific journals and publications on ecology, where the principles of ecological thinking are studied on the material from various fields of culture. Modern cinema is of particular interest in this context. A sensitive reaction to cultural trends, technological nature and multifaceted imagery represent posthumanistic logic on the screen in a special way. The aim of the research is to explore artistic ways of expressing posthumanistic ecological thought in modern cinema on the example of constructing posthuman subjectivity. The article will consider the concept of posthumanism and its main features, and the characteristic of posthumanistic ecological thinking in the context of the influence of modern ecology is given. The philosophical and methodological framework for the analysis will be developed on the examples of several author's concepts of posthuman subjectivity;a single concept will be formulated on the basis of its general characteristics. Then the principle of material selection and an approach to analysis will be outlined, offering an alternative reading of non-human objects as agents of relations, participants in the formation of posthuman subjectivity. The final stage of the work is a characteristic of the artistic means used, and ways of representing non-human agency and posthumanistic logic in modern cinema. The results of the study fix various planes of constructing posthuman subjectivity in films both within the plot narrative and in the plane of spectator perception, using the dramatic means of the film, distorted and bright colors, the shooting point changes, subjective camera, and plastic makeup.
Green Dialectics of Media Industry: Advancing Eco Trends and Antienvironmental Behavior
Authors: Ilya Kiriya
Published: February 2024

“Green” behavior, respect for the environment , attention to the problem of anthropogenic pollution, human impact on nature, “green products” – such issues have become preferred topics for the entertainment industry which may be called a most important tool to advance “green” agenda and promote a certain fashion for the ecological way of life and reasoning. As a result, this industry became represented as something per itself ecological and oriented toward sustainable development, while the industry refusal to use paper over the last 15 years is apprehended as something particularly socially responsible and ecologically friendly. In this paper we are trying to question the thesis about per default ecological friendliness of cultural industries through examining the chain of mutual influences of these and other industries (notably – telecommunications, IT etc.). It shows the impact of such industries on non-ecological behavior. Within “deep mediatization” these industries are closely integrated with others, such as medicine, transport, education, trade, which drives the “device race” and much more negatively impacts nature than production of paper in the newspaper’s era. Through the analysis of environmental and sustainability reports of big tech and media corporations, the author shows that the so-called “green shift” is just a strategy to attract investments into the trendy industry rather than real care about the collective wellbeing.
Americans for Progressive Israel: Radical Zionism in the United States, 1967–1973
Authors: Elmaliach Tal
Published: February 2024

Americans for Progressive Israel (API) was one of the prominent forces in the larger Radical Zionist movement in the US. The chronicle of its rise, the way it established itself as a social, political, and ideological movement, and the causes of its decline offer valuable insights into how the encounter between Zionism and the New Left played out in North America. My perspective on API is based on two historical theses, both of which challenge major elements of current scholarship on Radical Zionism. First, I argue, the tension between the New Left and Zionism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s had its origin in a dissonance between established ways of thinking in both the New Left and in Zionism, and in newly emergent political and social conditions. Radical Zionism, the ideology on which API was founded, had dropped out of sight at the end of World War II, only to gain new relevance after the Six-Day War. My second claim is that, as an ongoing historical phenomenon, Radical Zionism in the United States was born of the interaction between three theaters of events – the United States, the Jewish world, and the Zionist establishment. As such, it cannot be understood only on the basis of one of those arenas. I will show how the interactions between these three social spaces shaped API between 1967 and 1973.
“Arch”-Enemy: The Polemic against Titus in Benjamin of Tudela’s Book of Travels
Authors: Stein Kokin Daniel
Published: February 2024

A brief passage in Benjamin of Tudela’s Book of Travels places the Emperor Titus’s palace outside of Rome, explaining that the Senate (and, in some manuscripts, also the consul) did not allow him to re-enter the city in punishment for having taken too long to conquer Jerusalem. Though clearly contravening the known historical record, according to which Titus celebrated a triumph upon his return to the Eternal City, this strange claim has been almost entirely overlooked in the substantial literature on this text. “‘Arch’-Enemy” addresses this lacuna on multiple fronts. After first ascribing this passage’s neglect to its erroneous attribution to Sefer Yosippon, this article reveals the tradition of Titus’s punishment as a uniquely RomanJewish polemic against the Arch of Titus. It then proceeds to argue that this monument was intentionally left out of Benjamin’s detailed description of Rome as offensive to Jewish sensibilities, hence the titular “‘arch’-enemy.” In addition, this study explains the emergence of this Titus counter-tradition by recourse to the political turmoil endemic to twelfth-century Rome, in which a resurgent Senate frequently compelled popes to depart from, and/or prohibited their return to, the Eternal City. Finally, ten appendices explore issues directly related to the above matters, including textual variants; other presences and absences in Benjamin’s account of Rome; justifications for arguments from silence (as here in the case of the arch); and the origins and meaning of relevant names, terms, phenomena, and practices.
Criteria for Evaluation the Production Potential of Green Microalgae (Chlorophyta) for Mass Cultivation
Authors: Leontieva T. O. , Krot Yu. G. , Usenko O. M. , Konovets I. M. , Kipnis L. S. , Krasyuk Yu. M.
Published: February 2024

The criteria for evaluation the production potential of green microalgae and their suitability for mass cultivation has been analysed. The specific growth rate and daily biomass increment of species of the families Scenedesmaceae, Selenastraceae and Chlorellaceae were analysed depending on the cultivation thermal regime. Desmodesmus brasiliensis (34.0°C), Tetradesmus dimorphus (34.0°C), Monoraphidium griffithii (22.0°C), and Chlorella vulgaris (31.0°C) were characterized by the highest specific growth rate, and D. brasiliensis (34.0°C), T. dimorphus (34.0°C), Ch. vulgaris (31.0°C) and Scenedesmus obtusus (31.0°C) by maximal daily biomass increment. Of the examined species, maximal portion of proteins was contained in D. brasiliensis (40.1%), T. dimorphus (39.5%), T. obliquus (44.5%) and Ch. vulgaris (43.2%), maximal portion of lipids in M. griffithii (41.3%) and Ch. vulgaris (30.4%), maximal portion of carbohydrates in Messastrum gracile (27.8%).
Tensile strength retention of glass fibre-reinforced stirrups subjected to aggressive solutions: effect of environmental condition, stirrup shape and stirrup diameter
Authors: Hajmoosa Amirhossein , Mahmoudi Mussa , Ebrahimzadeh Mohsen , Shakiba Milad , Bazli Milad
Published: February 2024

The aim of this study was to examine how the tensile strength of glass fibre reinforced polymer stirrups is affected by different types of solutions, including alkaline, seawater, tap water, and acidic solutions. The study involved the production and testing of 260 stirrups in two different shapes (L and U) with diameters of 6 and 8 mm. The stirrups were immersed in different solutions for a period of 9 months at different temperatures (25, 40, and 60 °C). The findings indicated that the alkaline solution was the most aggressive environment, resulting in a maximum reduction of 92% in tensile strength after 9 months at 60 °C. Seawater and acidic solutions were the second and third most aggressive environments, causing maximum tensile strength reductions of 34 and 22% respectively, after 9 months at 60 °C. On the other hand, tap water was found to be the least aggressive environment, causing a maximum tensile strength reduction of 20% after 9 months at 60 °C. Furthermore, the study observed that the L-shaped stirrups exhibited slightly superior performance compared to the U-shaped stirrups. However, the diameter of the stirrups was found to be a negligible factor.
Sensing Dying Cells in Health and Disease
Authors: Tutunea-Fatan Elena , Arumugarajah Shabitha , Suri Rita S. , Edgar Cassandra R. , Hon Ingrid , Dikeakos Jimmy D. , Gunaratnam Lakshman
Published: February 2024

Kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), also known as T-cell Ig and mucin domain-1 (TIM-1), is a widely recognized biomarker for AKI, but its biological function is less appreciated. KIM-1/TIM-1 belongs to the T-cell Ig and mucin domain family of conserved transmembrane proteins, which bear the characteristic six-cysteine Ig-like variable domain. The latter enables binding of KIM-1/TIM-1 to its natural ligand, phosphatidylserine, expressed on the surface of apoptotic cells and necrotic cells. KIM-1/TIM-1 is expressed in a variety of tissues and plays fundamental roles in regulating sterile inflammation and adaptive immune responses. In the kidney, KIM-1 is upregulated on injured renal proximal tubule cells, which transforms them into phagocytes for clearance of dying cells and helps to dampen sterile inflammation. TIM-1, expressed in T cells, B cells, and natural killer T cells, is essential for cell activation and immune regulatory functions in the host. Functional polymorphisms in the gene for KIM-1/TIM-1, HAVCR1, have been associated with susceptibility to immunoinflammatory conditions and hepatitis A virus–induced liver failure, which is thought to be due to a differential ability of KIM-1/TIM-1 variants to bind phosphatidylserine. This review will summarize the role of KIM-1/TIM-1 in health and disease and its potential clinical applications as a biomarker and therapeutic target in humans.
Hungerkünstler im Goldenen Zeitalter
Authors: Völlnagel Jörg
Published: February 2024

Im elften Buch der Metamorphosen (Vers 85–193) erzählt Ovid vom sagenhaften König Midas, der sich in einem kleinen Tauschhandel von Dionysos die Gabe erpresst hatte, mit einer Berührung seines Körpers alles zu Gold werden zu lassen. Bald jedoch bemerkte er, dass er nicht mehr essen und trinken konnte, weil sich auch Wasser und Speisen in das gierig ersehnte Edelmetall verwandelten. Er musste um Gnade bitten, um dem Hungertod zu entgehen. Der Zauber der Verwandlung hatte in Ovids Versepos ein vorschnelles Ende gefunden. Aber Midas’ Traum wird in den Laboren der Welt bis heute weitergeträumt.
Expert Media Content: Creation and Use in Modern Media
Authors: Kaminskaia Tatiana , Erokhina Oksana
Published: February 2024

Expert media content in the face of uncertainty and instability is becoming more and more in demand: we are talking about the mutual interest of journalists and the audience in obtaining better and more professional content, at the same time accessible for understanding and perception without special training. An important factor stimulating active interaction of journalists and experts was a significant decrease in the level of citizens' trust in the media in the face of information overload and rapid spread of fake news. The relevance of this article is due to the widespread practice of the media to attract experts, and its research task is to describe the options for obtaining and using expert media content and, based on the criterion for its use, to propose a typology of modern media projects. We used the following methods: 1. content analysis of media with an audience of more than half a million; 2. expert interviews of professional journalists and editors of mass media. The interviewees were selected based on the principle of having five years of experience and professional education, involvement in the news agenda (7 in total); 3. experiment and self-reflection of expert activity in the media (mainly on a digital platform Pressfeed.ru) the authors of the article. The study found: 1. Expert media content is socially significant content that is in demand by the target audience of the media resource, has an educational focus, received by the media from a specialist in a narrow field of knowledge. 2. The need for socio-political media to receive expert comments in the shortest possible time while maintaining the high quality of content actualizes the use of specialized digital platforms such as Pressfeed.ru. 3. The media are characterized by a difference in the place in them of expert content related to their specifics; Information-centric people use expert commentary as an addition to journalistic content to reflect the current socio-political agenda. Expert-centric build the entire media project on expert content — these are educational projects, resources of useful advice and media professional communities. The scientific discussion concerning the problem of expert knowledge in the media points to the transformation of the roles of the journalist/editor and the audience and the inclusion of artificial intelligence in the media sphere.
Evolutionary Trajectories of the Development of the Scientific Knowledge on Journalism. Germany, America, St. Petersburg
Authors: Korkonosenko Sergey , Khubetcova Zalina
Published: February 2024

In 2022, one hundred years have passed since the opening of the world's first dissertation council for awarding academic degrees in the field of journalism. The remarkable anniversary gives a reason for considering the ways in which the development of academic research in this field has been going on. The authors aim to trace the trajectories of the journalism researches on international and national scales. In methodological terms, the development of research cognition is understood as a continuous process of an evolutionary nature, and it acquires distinct features of national and cultural identity. Taking into account the latter circumstance, the article pays special attention to the experience of Germany, the USA and Russia, in particular the research traditions of St. Petersburg University. Based on the review of the latest literature and information that appeared in library catalogs during the digitalization of the funds, as well as taking into account previously published documentary sources, the history of the formation of the knowledge on journalism in a broad transnational perspective was tracked and the logic of the methodological paradigm shift was revealed in the field of journalism research. The stages of formation and the current state of the St. Petersburg Scientific School of Journalism and Mass Communications — the oldest in Russia — are described. Its evolution and current practice reflect the characteristic features of the national research tradition. Special attention is paid to the experience of project organization of scientific activities at St. Petersburg State University and the results obtained over the past ten years. In order to promote the ideas, views and methodological approaches shared by scholars, the ongoing series of monographs “St. Petersburg School of Journalism and Mass Communications” was established in 2018.
Explication of Elements of Professional Ideology of Journalism in Media Text
Authors: Voskresenskaya Marina
Published: February 2024

The article presents the results of a pilot study aimed at finding new sources and methods for studying the problems of professional ideology of journalism. The author proposed a method for identifying its features and elements in a journalistic work through a detailed analysis of media text. Textological analysis of the products of journalistic creativity is used in this case not to determine the internal properties of the text as a linguistic category, but to study a sociocultural phenomenon, the manifestations of which are somehow recorded in the text. The specificity of a journalistic work as a source of research is that the media text reflects not only the professional-ideological attitudes and principles declared, but already implemented in practical journalistic activities. Some options for explicating the professional ideology of journalism in the media text are shown on specific examples from the publications of the Russian press. Indicators of the professional ideology of journalism are the structural and meaningful components of the media text: the topic of journalistic speech, the hero of the publication, genre, author's style, presentation of material, the nature of the argument, the handling of facts and sources of information, etc. These markers can indicate professional principles, values, roles, attitudes, views of a journalist. In conclusion, the prospects for the development of a research program for studying the problems of professional ideology of journalism based on the material of journalistic works are outlined. It was noted that the results obtained give reason to start formalizing the data. The methodology tested on certain empirical sources can be used to analyze arrays of media texts, which will make it possible to make generalizing observations and conclusions about the leading characteristics of the professional ideology of a certain journalistic community.