bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Introduction
Authors: King Stephen A. , Gatchet Roger Davis
Published: May 2024

This chapter provides an overview of the book’s scope, goals, and argument. The introduction reviews scholarly literature on public memory and the civil rights movement, African American identity and memory, as well as the history of civil rights tourism in the South. The chapter includes a demographic description of the civil rights tourist and outlines the goals of civil rights tourism. In addition, it describes the authors’ methodological approach, which combines rhetorical criticism, place-based fieldwork, and oral history. The introduction concludes with a succinct overview of each chapter.
Conclusion
Authors: Thomas Paul A.
Published: May 2024

This chapter brings the work to a close. After first describing his memory watching the series’ initial finale, “Come Along with Me,” the author then briefly discusses the impact Adventure Time has had on modern animation.
Black in Biloxi
Authors: Lemco Amy
Published: May 2024

This chapter provides an overview of the Black life in Biloxi. It discusses the evolution of Biloxi as a resort destination before elaborating on the segregation of the city's residential face that was aggravated by economic barriers, social pressure, and the threat of violence. The historical Black neighborhood of Biloxi was colloquially known as the Back-of-Town, which drew Black tourists from cities and offered its fair share of illegal gambling and the sale of alcohol. The chapter correlates Biloxi's reputation to the developed American Riviera, tightened segregation, and restricted beaches. It explains the threats of closures when the segregated portions of the beaches drew Black tourists and the exclusion of the Black community from the employment opportunities associated with the beach's upkeep.
Closing Verse
Authors: Miles Corey J.
Published: May 2024

This chapter engages with the idea that stories don’t just give us information but forces us to engage with what we could never know. It asks us to think about a way forward within uncertainty. It argues that the importance of a moment is not defined by the degree it gives us structured and quantifiable ways of understanding the world but matter because of what it does to our body. It concludes by showing that the author went South to capture something but ended up finding the South through feeling it.
Introduction
Authors: Smith Aaron X.
Published: May 2024

This introductory chapter provides an overview of AfroFuturism and its evolution to Afrocentric Futurism. Afrocentric Futurism is the study and implementation of the early ancient Kemetic technogenesis of pioneering, cutting edge African cosmologies, creativity, and culture from an African/diasporic-centered perspective. Afrocentricity has helped to make much of the empowering, speculative AfroFuturistic thought possible through introducing new perceptual paradigms and literally creating numerous spaces within and outside the academy where new intellectual creative frontiers are forged. The chapter looks at the concept of negative aestheticism and the importance of seeing America's future through the lens of Afrocentric history. It also considers how the public sphere has consistently infused elements of ancient and contemporary African culture.
Spooky Encounters of the Humorously Disgusting Kind
Authors: Diffrient David Scott
Published: May 2024

As disgusting as it is to imagine smelling the horrible things referenced in the previous two chapters, including exposed organs and rotting corpses that attract flies, touching that slick and squishy stuff might be even more unappetizing to viewers. Thankfully, no matter how immersed in a cinematic fiction one may be, including a film that intentionally or unintentionally foregrounds its own artifice as a work reliant on fake excrement, prop vomit, stage blood, and prosthetic makeup effects to depict moments of death, decay, disease, illness, and other pathological states, actual immersion in that liquid unpleasantness is an impossibility that hardly requires further elaboration. Nevertheless, as indicated in this chapter’s case studies (including classic Hollywood productions as well as more recent Hong Kong films featuring reanimated hands and “hopping corpses”), audiences can still be made to feel the surfaces of a diegetic world littered with touchable things that exist in the real world. Indeed, horror disturbs us partly because its textures are so tactile and terribly familiar, and no amount of integumentary protection can shield our skin from the memory of accidentally brushing up against something barbed, lumpy, mushy, scummy, viscid, or otherwise disgusting in real life.
The Hickoids
Authors: Ensminger David A.
Published: May 2024

This chapter focuses on the emergence of the Hickoids, the epitome of Texas roots-punk and cow-punk, who combined hardcore speed, psychedelic frenzy, and raunchy humor into a seminal recipe. It explores how Texas become an emblematic home to outsider music like Roky Erickson, the nature of giving style and genres a name, and the role of being a mishmash of style and influences.
Adapting Black Masculinity in Melvin Van Peebles’s The Story of a Three Day Pass
Authors: Layne Priscilla
Published: May 2024

In the chapter, Priscilla Layne explains that Melvin Van Peebles applied for filmmaker’s rights after establishing himself as a novelist with the publication of La Permission (1967), the basis for his first feature, The Story of a Three Day Pass (1967). The central character, a soldier stationed in France following WWII, is one of thousands of African American men enjoying a breadth of freedom miles away from racist America. Analyzing the texts’ intersecting aesthetics, the chapter reflects on Van Peebles’s decision to explore only in the novella postwar American occupation and a Black male character’s state of mind. Also considering the adaptation in relation to a subsequent Van Peebles’s film, the chapter sees The Story of a Three Day Pass revealing the director’s interest in taking a more political and confrontational stance on racial politics, making this film a precursor to his more radical production, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971).
Poor Gal
Authors: Gutstein Dan
Published: May 2024

Poor Gal traces the unparalleled formation, evolution, and adoption of the folk song “Little Liza Jane” and its sibling tunes. From likely origins as “one-verse songs” among enslaved people on southern plantations, the “Liza Jane” family spread via the travels of Civil War regiments, roustabouts, post-war minstrel troupes, influential sheet music publications, and decades of cultural sharing. These courtship songs—bouncy, comical, sometimes elegiac—usually feature a precious, yet obstinate love interest (Liza Jane). As the recording era dawned, and the musical paradises of the twentieth century began to beckon, “Liza Jane” songs were embraced by ground-breaking performers in every genre of American popular music, as well as major films, animations, radio shows, and television broadcasts. From Nina Simone to the Fibber McGee and Molly radio program; from Pete Seeger to the early talkie Coquette; from Harry Belafonte’s television special New York 19 to David Bowie making “Liza Jane” his very first single—a family of humble folk songs, literally, reached the stars. Yet the story of “Little Liza Jane” also involves lesser-known figures, such as Civil War correspondent “Dr. Adonis,” who may have penned the first reference to any “Liza Jane” song, as well as citizen-musicologist Harris Barrett, a cashier at the Hampton Institute, whose stunning article on slave songs preceded the WPA Slave Narrative Collection by twenty-five years. In trying to identify the original Liza Jane, Poor Gal concludes with the image of a young enslaved woman in the solitude of the woods after a dance.
“Liza Jane,” You Little Rogue
Authors: Gutstein Dan
Published: May 2024

This chapter begins with Civil War correspondent, “Dr. Adonis,” who may have penned the first date-stamped references to the “Liza Jane” family of songs in 1864. From there, the narrative shifts to at least three regiments that sang “Liza Jane” songs during the North-South conflict. Two such outfits – the 43rd United States Colored Troops Regiment (USCT) from Pennsylvania and the Pee Dee Guards from North Carolina – opposed one another at the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse in May 1864, offering a powerful example of “common threads” despite the units being separated by politics, race, and the colors of their uniforms. The chapter explores how soldiers may have learned the songs, including encounters with African Americans housed in contraband camps. It concludes with a final look at the swashbuckling life led by Dr. Adonis, who rode the funeral train of president Abraham Lincoln, as it returned the slain president to Illinois.
From the New Orleans Levee to the Hampton Institute
Authors: Gutstein Dan
Published: May 2024

This chapter begins in New Orleans, where in 1876 journalist Lafcadio Hearn reported “Liza Jane” lyrics popular among roustabouts, or longshoremen, who worked the Mississippi River and its tributaries. It also explores early “country lyrics” that would eventually become popular with old-time musicians, including the phrase “poor gal” and the notion of the Liza Jane character dying on the train. The scene then shifts to the Hampton Institute, where its founder, General Armstrong, reports the earliest known date-stamped reference to “Little Liza Jane” as part of his 1886 annual report, and presents associated dance game rituals, such as clapping, foot shuffling, and stealing partners. Armstrong’s reference begins a lengthy connection between “Little Liza Jane” and the Hampton Institute, which included musicologist Natalie Curtis Burlin. Armstrong, Curtis Burlin, and other sources indicate that “Little Liza Jane” flourished in folk tradition, outside the minstrel spotlight.
Menschenrechte und Erinnerungspolitik in Indien
Authors: Gottlob Michael
Published: May 2024

Wie lässt sich das ambivalente Verhältnis zwischen Menschenrechtspolitik und Erinnerungskulturen fassen? Ein Beispiel dafür, dass kollektive Erinnerung an vergangene Gewalt ihrerseits Menschenrechte verletzen und neue Gewalt hervorbringen kann, statt sie einzudämmen, ist Indien. Michael Gottlob verdeutlicht die geschichtspolitischen Strategien, die die Konfrontation zwischen der hindunationalistischen Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) und der säkularen Kongresspartei (INC) prägen. Es zeigt sich: Der Streit um den Umgang mit der indischen Geschichte reicht tief in die Selbstverständigungsprozesse der Inder*innen unter dem Kolonialismus zurück.
Desnacionalización, regímenes visuales y resistencia
Authors: Lagunas David
Published: May 2024

The idea that the character of the Roma is external to the flow of the dynamics of historical processes is an alienating organicism in Mexico and Latin America. Visual regimes have reproduced exclusionary cultural and racial stereotypes of the Roma. This text analyzes how the Gitanos of Mexico City resist the racializing impositions of the state and of dominant society, contradicting hegemonic stereotypes and prejudices through the strategic self-management of identity by presenting themselves to the outside. Empirical data are provided on two key areas of this self-management connected to the visibility/invisibility dialectic: commercial activities and flamenco performance. 
RESUMEN

La idea de que el carácter de los roma es exterior al flujo de la dinámica de los procesos históricos es un organicismo alienante en México y América Latina, pues los regímenes visuales han reproducido estereotipos culturales y raciales excluyentes sobre ellos. En este texto se analiza cómo los gitanos de la Ciudad de México resisten a las imposiciones racializadoras del Estado y la sociedad dominante, contradiciendo los estereotipos y prejuicios hegemónicos a través de la autogestión estratégica de la identidad al presentarse al exterior. Se aportan así datos empíricos sobre dos ámbitos clave de esta autogestión conectada con la dialéctica visibilidad-invisibilidad: las actividades comerciales y la performance flamenca.
Colectivos vulnerables privados de libertad en España en el período decimonónico. Su tutela penitenciaria antidiscriminatoria
Authors: Fernández Bermejo Daniel
Published: May 2024

El concepto de tutela antidiscriminatoria penitenciaria permite explicar y hallar medidas protectoras que prevengan, eviten, eliminen o reduzcan los niveles de vulnerabilidad de colectivos vulnerables -menores de edad, ancianos, mujeres, personas con discapacidad, personas que padezcan de alguna enfermedad, entre otras-, esto es, personas con riesgo de exclusión social, sometidos a una ejecución penal y penitenciaria. Así, detrás de la unión de los tres términos, “tutela”, “antidiscriminatoria” y “penitenciaria”, se encuentra un conjunto de medidas protectoras – garantistas en favor de colectivos sociales vulnerables a los que afecten resoluciones administrativas o judiciales de carácter penitenciario. El siglo XIX supuso uno de los avances más destacados en materia de tutela penitenciaria antidiscriminatoria, destacando, en esencia, la Ordenanza General de Presidios del Reino de 1834, o la Ley de Prisiones de 1849, que ofrecían, entre otros aspectos, un control disciplinario de colectivos vulnerables como menores o mujeres; o un aumento de la edad inicial de internamiento, respectivamente. Uno de los máximos exponentes en los antecedentes tuteladores antidiscriminadores fue, sin duda, el Coronel Montesinos, que, tras una interpretación de la Ordenanza General de 1834, diseñó y puso en práctica un sistema experimental en el Presidio Correccional de Valencia a partir de 1835, que sería el germen de un sistema progresivo que, a la postre, medio siglo después, se instauraría en la colonia penal de Ceuta y posteriormente en toda la península española. Resulta destacable la labor de Concepción Arenal, Dorado Montero o Saleilles, así como la institución del Reformatorio de Elmira. Estos protagonistas defendieron la aplicación del sistema progresivo, el tratamiento individualizador incipiente y la sentencia indeterminada, lo cual constituyó un hito histórico en los progresos sobre tutela e integración social de colectivos vulnerables y reclusos en general, acercándose estos avances a las medidas penitenciarias de los actuales Estados de Derecho. De otro lado, en la faceta penal, cabe destacar el primer Código Penal español, de 1822, que permitía la manifestación de ciertas prácticas penitenciarias innovadoras que habían llevado a cabo ilustres cargos militares y penitenciarios, exitosamente. En cambio, un retroceso involutivo y una regresión en los aspectos humanitarios penitenciarios supusieron los Códigos Penales de 1848 y 1870, que arrumbaron la existente tónica general humanitaria y de tutela antidiscriminatoria, la cual tendría que esperar tiempos mejores, hasta el final del periodo decimonónico, de la mano de Rafael Salillas y Fernando Cadalso.
Isolation and identification of hyperin and naringenin from guava cultivated in Iraq and evaluation of cytotoxic activity of hyperin
Authors: T. Kareem Ashwaq , J. Kadhim Enas
Published: May 2024

The guava plant, Psidium guajava L., serves as proof of the abundant donations of nature, providing a delicious guava fruit; this plant is rich in groups of medicinal and nutritional benefits. Guava belonging to the Myrtaceae family, many previous studies reported many phytochemical constituents in its leaves that have many pharmacological activities and medicinal properties; this study focuses on the isolation, structural elucidation and calculation concentration of flavonoids, assessment of the cytotoxic activityof hyperin from Psidium guajava leaves newly cultivated in Iraq. The isolation process involved the use of thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and preparative high-performance liquid chromatography (PHPLC) and structural elucidation involved NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy) and FTIR (Fourier transform infrared spectrometer) for detailed structural insights into 2 isolated flavonoids. The isolation techniques proved effective in obtaining pure samples of hyperin and naringenin from the ethyl acetate and n.butanol fractions and structural elucidation techniques gives a good explanation for 2 isolated flavonoids. Evaluate cytotoxic activity of hyperin flavonoid against prostate cancer cell line (PC-3), human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) and normal dermal fibroblast neonatal (HdFn), hyperin flavonoid exhibited a decrease in cell viability (%) with IC50 58.9 ?g /mL against the prostate cancer cell and IC50 90.58 ?g /mL against human breast cancer and noncytotoxic to HDFn, with an IC50 value substantially surpassing concentrations of 100 ?g/mL. These analytical approaches provided a comprehensive understanding of the chemical composition of the isolated flavonoids and interpreted that guava has cytotoxic activity against some cancers, depending on a concentration-dependent mode.
Doctor Tatiana V. Egorova – in memoriam
Authors: Żukowski Waldemar
Published: May 2024

Tatiana Vladimirovna Egorova (1.12.1930-6.05.2007), doctor of biological sciences n a member of the NBiodiversity: Research and Conservationi Editorial Board n died in St. Petersburg. She was an eminent botanist, a specialist in the systematics of vascular plants, with a special interest in the family Cyperaceae and also Juncaceae and Liliaceae, as well as an outstanding expert in the rules of botanical nomenclature.
Comparison of the habitat conditions of peat-moss phytocoenoses dominated by Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. or Carex rostrata Stokes from mires in Western Poland
Authors: Gąbka Maciej , Owsianny Paweł M. , Sobczyński Tadeusz
Published: May 2024

The presented phytosociological and habitat study concentrates on the moss phytocoenoses dominated by Eriophorum angustifolium or Carex rostrata, from 26 Sphagnum dominated peatlands adjacent to the lakes of the Wielkopolska region in Western Poland. Associations with these species dominate in the vegetation of the analysed mire configurations. 19 chemical parameters of surface water were analysed. Particular attention was paid to the determination of the habitat trophy and its indicators, the concentration of factors connected with the hardness of water, and the content of humic substances. Phytocoenoses with E. angustifolium appeared in habitats where the analysed water parameters took lower values and more narrow amplitudes than those of the phytocoenoses with C. rostrata. The most important factors differentiating these two types of phytocoenoses, turned out to be the following: water colour, conductivity, Mg, Na and dissolved SiO4. In conclusion, the appearance of phytocoenoses with C. rostrata was connected with habitats richer in nutrients and more advanced in the process of mineralisation than those of E. angustifolium.
Fim de vida no fim do império nos romances Último Olhar (2021) de Miguel Sousa Tavares e Misericórdia (2022) de Lídia Jorge
Authors: Nunes Ângela Maria Pereira , Sieber Cornelia
Published: May 2024

Último Olhar e Misericórdia tematizam as circunstâncias do fim de vida dos seus protagonistas durante a pandemia, retratando as injustiças sociais de hoje, refletindo uma imagem de mudança de gerações em curso, em que os mitos do império se vão desvanecendo à medida que se vai impondo um pensamento global veiculado por representantes de gerações mais jovens que remetem para um futuro caracterizado por um pensamento em contraponto com o de gerações anteriores. Contextualizando os romances na obra dos seus autores, a relação crítica para com o império revela-se mais profunda e complexa.
Reeditar e reescrever as trajetórias dos recadeiros da terra: entre o cânone literário e obras contemporâneas
Authors: de Lima Queiroz Mylena
Published: May 2024

As temáticas debatidas nas obras de Nêgo Bispo (2023) e de Davi Kopenawa (2015) perpassam as relações de suas comunidades com a terra. Na obra de Euclides da Cunha, publicada em 1902, lemos descrições ditas canônicas sobre o homem e a terra do interior do país. Isto posto, este artigo pensa as reedições de trajetórias dos recadeiros da terra a partir do contraste entre as relatorias de Nêgo Bispo e de Kopenawa com as descrições de Cunha. Ainda, as artes denúncias da paraibana Yasmin Formiga e da drag queen indígena Uýra Sodoma promovem esse recado da terra, alertando para a crise ecológica.
Topological representation of some lattices
Authors: Taherifar Ali , Zand Mohamad Reza Ahmadi
Published: May 2024

In this paper, we first give a topological representation of some algebraic lattices of ideals of C(X). Next, we apply these results and prove that a space X is normal if and only if the lattice of closed fixed ideals of C(X) is a sublattice of the lattice of ideals of C(X). It is proved that if two rings C(X) and C(Y) are isomorphic, then two lattices Z
∘[X] and Z
∘[Y] are isomorphic. We conclude that two rings C
*(X) and C
*(Y) are isomorphic if and only if two lattices Z[βX] and Z[βY] are isomorphic.
Bounds of some divergence measures on time scales via Abel–Gontscharoff interpolation
Authors: Bilal Muhammad , Khan Khuram Ali , Nosheen Ammara , Pečarić Josip
Published: May 2024

In this paper, bounds of some divergence measures on time scales via Abel–Gontscharoff interpolation are construed. Inequalities involving Shannon entropy, Kullback–Leibler discrimination, triangle distance and Jeffrey distance, are studied as particular instances by using various types of convex functions. Several new bounds of certain divergence measures for some specified time scales are also discussed.
Irreducibility of strong size levels
Authors: Illanes Alejandro , Martínez-de-la-Vega Verónica
Published: May 2024

Given a continuum X, Cn
(X) denotes the hyperspace of nonempty closed subsets of X with at most n components. A strong size level is a subset of the form σ
−1(t), where σ is a strong size map for Cn
(X) and t ∈ (0, 1]. In this paper, answering a question by Capulín-Pérez, Fuentes-Montes de Oca, Lara-Mejía and Orozco-Zitli, we prove that for each n ≥ 2, no strong size level for Cn
(X) is irreducible.
High-efficiency nonlinear frequency conversion enabled by optimizing the ferroelectric domain structure in x-cut LNOI ridge waveguide
Authors: Su Yawen , Zhang Xinyu , Chen Haiwei , Li Shifeng , Ma Jianan , Li Wei , Niu Yunfei , Qin Qi , Yang Shaoguang , Deng Yu , Zhang Yong , Hu Xiaopeng , Zhu Shining
Published: May 2024

Photonic devices based on ferroelectric domain engineering in thin film lithium niobate are key components for both classical and quantum information processing. Periodic poling of ridge waveguide can avoid the selective etching effect of lithium niobate, however, the fabrication of high-quality ferroelectric domain is still a challenge. In this work, we optimized the applied electric field distribution, and rectangular inverted domain structure was obtained in the ridge waveguide which is beneficial for efficient nonlinear frequency conversions. Second harmonic confocal microscope, piezoresponse force microscopy, and chemical selective etching were used to characterize the inverted domain in the ridge waveguide. In addition, the performance of nonlinear frequency conversion of the periodically poled nano-waveguide was investigated through second harmonic generation, and the normalized conversion efficiency was measured to be 1,720 % W−1 cm−2, which is close to 60 % that of the theoretical value. The fabrication technique described in this work will pave the way for the development of high-efficiency, low-loss lithium niobate nonlinear photonic devices.
Unveiling Disease X: Strategies for Tackling the New Frontier of Infectious Diseases
Authors: Fei Yuda , Huang Jing
Published: May 2024

Disease X stands as a symbol for a subset of emerging infectious diseases rising to prominence as a significant challenge to global health security. This comprehensive review delves into the historical context, precise definition, and illustrative case studies of disease X, including notable examples, such as COVID-19, SARS, and Ebola. The discussion then transitions to an examination of the potential origins of disease X, with a particular focus on zoonotic pathways and the influence of environmental factors. The review concludes with a suite of proposed strategies aimed at the prevention and containment of disease X, emphasizing the critical role of vigilant surveillance, swift response mechanisms, and the necessity of fostering international cooperation.
Striatal Dopamine Contributions to Skilled Motor Learning
Authors: Phillips Chris D. , Hodge Alexander T. , Myers Courtney C. , Leventhal Daniel K. , Burgess Christian R.
Published: May 2024

Coordinated multijoint limb and digit movements—“manual dexterity”—underlie both specialized skills (e.g., playing the piano) and more mundane tasks (e.g., tying shoelaces). Impairments in dexterous skill cause significant disability, as occurs with motor cortical injury, Parkinson's disease, and a range of other pathologies. Clinical observations, as well as basic investigations, suggest that corticostriatal circuits play a critical role in learning and performing dexterous skills. Furthermore, dopaminergic signaling in these regions is implicated in synaptic plasticity and motor learning. Nonetheless, the role of striatal dopamine signaling in skilled motor learning remains poorly understood. Here, we use fiber photometry paired with a genetically encoded dopamine sensor to investigate striatal dopamine release in both male and female mice as they learn and perform a skilled reaching task. Dopamine rapidly increases during a skilled reach and peaks near pellet consumption. In the dorsolateral striatum, dopamine dynamics are faster than in the dorsomedial and ventral striatum. Across training, as reaching performance improves, dopamine signaling shifts from pellet consumption to cues that predict pellet availability, particularly in medial and ventral areas of the striatum. Furthermore, performance prediction errors are present across the striatum, with reduced dopamine release after an unsuccessful reach. These findings show that dopamine dynamics during skilled motor behaviors change with learning and are differentially regulated across striatal subregions.
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ACE INHIBITORY ACTIVITY, ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY, AND PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF POLAR AND NON-POLAR EXTRACTS OF ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA FRUIT: STATISTICAL SCREENING THE MAIN COMPONENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR BIOACTIVITY
Authors: Fındık Bahar , Yıldız Hilal , Birişçi Esma , Yiğitkan Serkan , Köseoğlu Yılmaz Pelin , Ertaş Abdulselam
Published: May 2024

Herein, the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity, antioxidant capacity, total polyphenol contents (TPC), and phytochemical profiles of polar and non-polar extracts of dried Ziziphus jujuba fruits were investigated, along with the statistical determination of the main components responsible for ACE inhibitory activity. The non-polar extract expressed the strongest ACE inhibitory activity (99.81%) among the extracts. The non-polar extract also exhibited the highest DPPH scavenging activity (IC50 of 30.63), linoleic acid/β-carotene bleaching capacity (89.31%), and TPC (59.47 mg GAE/g). The phenolic profiles of the extracts were identified by LC-MS/MS, and the presence of seven triterpenoid species in the extracts was examined using GC-MS techniques. The principal constituents included 19 phenolics, 2 organic acids, and 4 triterpenoids. A Pearson correlation and principal component analysis were conducted to find the correlation between individual phenolic compounds and ACE inhibitory activity.
Spiritual Peace of the Students with Delinquent Behavior at School Through the Approach of Islam Religion
Authors: Kusmawati Ati , Hadi Cholichul , Fardana Nur Ainy , Aiman Wan Khairul
Published: May 2024

This research aims to observe how the process of inner peace that owned by the students with behavior of misbehavior in school through religious approach. The method used is an intrinsic case study that aims to understand the intrinsic characteristics of a particular case as well. Participants in this research are five students in one of Junior High School in Jakarta. The researcher conduct interview in depth and provide mentoring through religious approach, namely mentoring and coaching to reading and studying the Qur'an (Juz 30) for these students who are guided by teachers who can the ability to teach reading the Qur'an, followed by related meanings contained in the letter of Qur'an that are read (worship, morals, and values of life) and sharing. The result is that students do not have a sense of comfort in learning and performing actions that interfere with the learning atmosphere. Through religious approach (mentoring and guidance), this meeting was held, where each individual sharing from heart to heart, students look more open in expressing personal issues and students with behavior Delinquent need attention and handling is different. Through this religious approach, the student feeling comfortable valued and heard what perceived. They are feeling closer to God and have the awareness to change for the better; the existence of the school's communication with parents intensively to figure out the conditions of the students at school; the availability of school facilities that can make students comfortable in learning and positive activity appropriate talent and their interest.
Innovative Work Behavior of Santri: The Influence of Proactive Personality and Boarding School Climate
Authors: Baidun Akhmad , Murniasih Farhanah , Lubis Rusdi Hamka , Ghina Arisya , Latifa Rena , Irvan Moh.
Published: May 2024

Islamic boarding schools as Islamic education institutions in Indonesia have an important role in developing students holistically. Santri in addition acquire religious knowledge but must also be able to adapt to the times. For this reason, innovation and proactive behavior are the qualities needed by santri. An adequate boarding school environment should support the innovation of students, and the school climate in the boarding school has an important role in this. Islamic boarding schools also have a uniqueness in shaping the behavior of students by emphasizing the religious and moral character of Islam. Fulfillment of a comfortable school climate in Islamic boarding schools is important to achieve this goal. This study aims to examine the effect of proactive behavior and the school climate on santri’s innovative work behavior. The sampling technique uses non-probability sampling with purposive sampling technique. Data collection used three questionnaires consisting of an innovative work behavior scale, a proactive personality scale and an organizational climate scale. Data analysis was performed using multiple regression analysis. A total of 219 santri at Boarding school Gontor participated in this research, as a pesantren known for its characteristics and potential for developing student innovation. The results indicate that there is a significant effect of proactive behavior and the school climate for santri’s innovative work behavior (sig < .05) and the proportion of variance by 14.9%. Suggestion implications, there is a need for the development of proactive behavior programs among santri and the creation of a physical and psychological environment within Boarding school that supports santri innovation.
Physiological adaptations of the Japanese plum tree for agricultural productivity: A promising crop for high altitude tropics
Authors: Gutiérrez-Villamil Diego Alejandro , Álvarez-Herrera Javier Giovanni , Fischer Gerhard , Balaguera-López Helber Enrique
Published: May 2024

The Japanese plum tree is of great importance in the productive development of Colombian fruit growers due to its nutritional contribution to human health, its great adaptability in the tropical highlands, and its good yields. This review presents the current investigative state of physiology of this plant and its management in tropical highlands, including aspects such as its ecophysiology, forced production, gas exchange, flowering, pollination, and fruit development. In Colombia, Japanese plum production systems are adapted between 1,670 and 2,900 m a.s.l., average solar brightness of 1,400 h per year, 12 h photoperiods, temperatures between 14 and 20°C during the day and 6 and 8°C during the night, and rainfall between 700 and 1,600 mm per year. Under these conditions, management can be implemented to produce cyclical crops of the Japanese plum. This management consists of the selection of varieties with low chilling requirement, chemical defoliation, proper fertilization, fruit and green pruning, and the application of chemical substances that promote the breaking of flower buds. Flowering and pollination require a high specificity so that they do not present incompatibility. The growth and development of the fruit requires 1,538 degree days until harvest. This review indicates the great adaptability, management, and production of Japanese plum in the Colombian high tropics.
Combining unsupervised and supervised learning in microscopy enables defect analysis of a full 4H-SiC wafer
Authors: Nguyen Binh Duong , Steiner Johannes , Wellmann Peter , Sandfeld Stefan
Published: May 2024

Detecting and analyzing various defect types in semiconductor materials is an important prerequisite for understanding the underlying mechanisms and tailoring the production processes. Analysis of microscopy images that reveal defects typically requires image analysis tasks such as segmentation and object detection. With the permanently increasing amount of data from experiments, handling these tasks manually becomes more and more impossible. In this work, we combine various image analysis and data mining techniques to create a robust and accurate, automated image analysis pipeline for extracting the type and position of all defects in a microscopy image of a KOH-etched 4H-SiC wafer.

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Contemporary spatial problems of campus spaces and the methods and potential of their activation: based on the case of the Cracow University of technology Czyżyny Campus
Authors: Hodor Katarzyna , Tomasz Jaróg
Published: May 2024

As an academic city, Krakow has twenty-three tertiary education institutions located in different districts. The number of students living in Krakow can reach up to 130,000. Both of these statistics have varied over time, and the attempts to manage them in the past century do not meet current standards and cannot face upcoming challenges. The relationships with the external urban environment and other structures of the city are problematic since the areas between buildings are often neglected. There is an expectation that the universities will take the lead in formulating proposals for adaptation to climate change and at the same time will meet new social demands of the academic community. This paper presents a general overview of problems faced by university campuses on the example of the Czyżyny campus of the Cracow University of Technology. Using analytical methods associated with field research, the problems were identified and the potential of this area was outlined. Possible uses of the area were also proposed, based on the opportunities offered by the local heritage. Natural, social, and cultural aspects were considered. The analysis presented can be seen as a preliminary discussion of the potential of the areas directly adjacent to universities that set trends in proposed transitions, in accordance with, among others, the Green Deal. As well as seeking new solutions that combine strategic objectives, these areas are important from an educational point of view as they raise the environmental awareness of communities and younger generations, such as the students. Grassroots action that brings about real change is becoming increasingly urgent as it opens up the potential to harness the relationships between the city and campus, increasing their relevance as activation areas.
Simulating transient flow in unsaturated porous media using finite-difference modeling
Authors: Chetti Ahmed
Published: May 2024

The purpose of this study concerns the establishment of numerical model of transient flow in a variably saturated porous medium. Groundwater flow can only be studied adequately if one considers the fluxes between the saturated and the unsaturated zones through the free surface. However, this water table undergoes variations in level resulting either from losses of mass by gravity drainage or evaporation or from an excess of mass by infiltration from the surface of the porous medium. This describes the various phenomena that groundwater flow can undergo, such as gravity drainage, infiltration and evaporation. The adopted model is based on the Richards equation, which is a parabolic and strongly non-linear equation. The h-based form of the Richards equation is solved numerically by using the 1D upwind finite difference method. Referring to published experimental work and comparing our numerical results with their results, we have obtained a good fit. The importance of this model lies in its simplicity and its generality in treating the different flow states in a variably saturated porous medium, and therefore its usefulness in practice for a wide range of applications, contributing significantly to the understanding of transient flow phenomena in variably saturated porous media. Its capacity to address the complexities of groundwater movement, including gravity-driven drainage, infiltration, and evaporation, underlines its versatility and its potential to make meaningful contributions to various scientific and engineering fields.
A study of vegetation cover dynamics using landsat images: case of the beni haroun watershed (Algeria)
Authors: Roukia Namous , Abdelaziz Louamri , Boubaker Khallef
Published: May 2024

Conducting a diachronic study of vegetation cover helps to assess its transformations over a period of time, allowing for a comprehensive assessment of the factors influencing these transformations. The purpose of this research is to analyze the vegetation cover spatio-temporal changes within Beni Haroun watershed, located in the northeast region of Algeria. Based on remote sensing data, two satellite images from Landsat 7 ETM+ and Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS were downloaded for the years 2009 and 2020. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index was employed to remotely detect and monitor the changes of the vegetation cover. It was calculated for both chosen dates, and the results were classified into four classes (no vegetation, sparse vegetation, moderate vegetation, dense vegetation), each representing a different vegetation density. The obtained maps showed a regression of the vegetation cover. The NDVI values have decreased from 0.77 in 2009 to 0.58 in 2020. Spatial patterns in the classified NDVI maps illustrated reduced vegetation cover demonstrated by an expansion of the no vegetation class 353479 ha in 2009, 567916 ha in 2020. The final map of the change detection depicted a predominance of the negative change throughout Beni Haroun watershed, in consequence of various controlling factors, including climate and human interventions.
Assessment of the spatial structure of rural areas for hierarchising village consolidation works in the municipality of Trawniki
Authors: Leń Przemysław , Słowik Agnieszka , Maciąg Klaudia , Maciąg Michał
Published: May 2024

Sustainable development of many rural areas in Poland requires actions in the field of comprehensive spatial planning, supported by agricultural management works, in particular by land consolidation and exchange. This process stimulates the development of functions performed by these areas, among others in the social, environmental or economic domains. Changes in the ownership and use structure make it possible to separate functional and spatial areas. Work on improving the agricultural production space cannot be undertaken in all villages at the same time due to, for example, economic, technical or social conditions. Therefore, work to change the flawed spatial structure of land should be carried out in the right order, starting in the villages where the need is greatest. The aim of this study is to assess the spatial structure in the villages of the municipality of Trawniki with regard to the necessity of taking measures to improve the rural spatial structure. The scope of this study covers the municipality of Trawniki, located in the Lubelskie voivodeship, Świdnik county. The municipality consists of 11 cadastral districts with a total area of 84.16 km2, which accounts for 17.95% of the entire county’s area. An analysis and assessment of the spatial structure of the land was carried out for all the precincts, which included: the structure of land ownership, land use and land fragmentation, accessibility of parcels to roads and an index defining the geometry of the registered parcels. In order to illustrate the problem of land fragmentation in detail, a land fragmentation index was calculated for each surveyed village. In addition, the productivity index for arable land and grassland was also determined. The analyses provided a basis for further research into determining the urgency of land consolidation and exchange work.
Selected legal aspects of the 3D cadastre – a comparative study of Poland and Slovakia
Authors: Budkowski Szczepan , Hudecova Lubica , Bujňáková Barbora , Basak Agata
Published: May 2024

The real estate cadastre, understood as a public register and a legal institution, has since ancient times guaranteed legal certainty in property transactions and the implementation of fiscal objectives related to the collection of taxes. Over time, new tasks have been assigned to the cadastre. Reports published by international organizations such as the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) and the United Nations (UN) have revealed the shortcomings of existing legal systems in the management of land administration rights, restrictions and obligations. In this context, to the paper presents a polemic on the possibility of implementing a multidimensional cadastre in Poland and Slovakia. The most important milestones in the evolution of the land administration system in both countries were reviewed and the possibility of implementing layer ownership was discussed.
The aim of this publication is to conduct a comparative study with a view on research on the applicable legal regulations in the context of the possibility and legitimacy of the implementation of the multidimensional cadastre in both countries. The research method used is a case study. It was supported by an analysis of legislation in the above-mentioned scope and a field interview. The research carried out as part of the comparative study clearly indicates the legitimacy of introducing the registration of layer ownership. The type of legal systems in Poland and Slovakia will have a significant impact on the degree of complexity of the multidimensional cadastre implementation process.
A mathematical approach to calculating slope stability under physical triggering forces. Application to landscape mechanics
Authors: Khaber Larbi , Zighmi Karim , Hadji Riheb
Published: May 2024

In the field of land management, the limit equilibrium calculation method is a mathematical
method that harmonizes the complex interplay of diverse factors determining the slope stability.
Rooted in mechanical and mathematical principles, this method has paramount significance for
guiding the course of safe land management in mountainous regions, especially in the case of
infrastructure development projects. Conventional limit equilibrium techniques, while provid-
ing preliminary stability assessments, often neglect key factors that can trigger slope failure.
These approaches traditionally ignore the spatial variations in soil properties, the temporal dy-
namics of phenomena, the kinetic responses to external loads, the complexities of geological
formations, and the influences of the hydrological and climatic conditions on slope stability. Our
innovative method adopts an enriched mathematical framework that redefines the landscape
of force equilibrium techniques. We meticulously tailor this framework by adapting the founda-
tional relationships derived from the Mohr-Coulomb shear strength criterion to accommodate
the spatially variable geomechanical parameters. This adaptation allows us to capture the nu-
anced shifts in mechanical properties over the extent of the slope. Furthermore, we introduce
supplementary equations that seamlessly integrate the influences of traffic-induced loads and
hydraulic pressures, while also statistically quantifying the contributions of stabilizing struc-
tures. To determine the efficacy of this geomatic and landscape-centric numerical tool, we have
subjected it to rigorous testing on a test slope. The outcomes derived from our mathematical
model reveal the primacy of traffic-related forces as the main destabilizing agents, contrasted
with the strengthening effects of reinforcements in maintaining slope stability.
Tagging Birthplace for Optimal Tax PolicyRedistribution, and Welfare
Authors: Tayibov Khayyam
Published: May 2024

This paper studies the question of how place of birth affects the design of effective tax policies. Using Swedish population-wide register data, I investigate the relationship between regional origin and economic outcomes. Using a numerical simulation approach, I explore the implications of tagging individuals based on their place of birth for optimal tax policy and income redistribution. The numerical simulations show that under optimal tax policy, individuals from more populous regions are consistently assigned higher marginal and average tax rates, implying that the government redistributes from these regions to less populous ones. Moreover, I find that such policies can lead to significant welfare improvements.
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AND THERMODYNAMIC SIMULATION OF CO2 HYDRATE PHASE EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS IN POROUS MEDIA
Authors: Wang Jiaqi , Liu Jiaxing , Wei Haoqi
Published: May 2024

The phase equilibrium of CO2 hydrates on various types of porous media is studied by experiment and model. The experiments are conducted under controlled conditions to measure the hydrate equilibrium conditions. The proposed
model is based on the Chen-Guo theory and incorporates the surface property parameters for each type of porous
media. The predictions of model are validated by comparing them to experimental data, and the predicted temperature
deviation is within 0.25 K. Furthermore, the accuracy of model is compared with other existing models, and the
calculation accuracy of this model in glass beads with weak water absorption is 0.05 K higher than that of the existing
model, and 0.09 K higher in sand with strong water absorption. The study contributes to a better understanding of CO2 hydrate formation on different porous media and provides a reliable model for predicting phase equilibrium conditions in such systems.
Muhasebe İhtiyatlılığı ile Vergiden Kaçınma Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi: Borsa İstanbul Örneği
Authors: Terzi Serkan
Published: May 2024

Bu çalışmanın amacı, muhasebe ihtiyatlılık düzeyi ile vergiden kaçınma düzeyi arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Bunun için Türkiye’de Borsa İstanbul’da 2009-2022 yılları arasında işlem gören 158 şirketin finansal verileri analize dahil edilmiştir. Literatürle uyumlu bir şekilde muhasebe ihtiyatlılığının ölçümünde piyasa değerinin defter değerine oranı, vergiden kaçınma düzeyinin ölçümünde ise cari dönem vergi gideri ile olması beklenen vergi gideri arasındaki fark tutarının toplam aktife oranı kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada, bu ilişkinin tespiti için panel veri analizi ve GLS regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre, muhasebe ihtiyatlılık düzeyi ile vergiden kaçınma düzeyi arasında anlamlı ve pozitif yönlü bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Buna göre vergiden kaçınma düzeyinin artması, muhasebe ihtiyatlılık düzeyini artırmaktadır. Ayrıca, aktif karlılık oranı ile muhasebe ihtiyatlılık düzeyi arasında anlamlı ve pozitif ilişki tespit edilmiştir.