bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
KONDISI EKSTERNAL (PANJANG DAN BERAT TUBUH) DAN INTERNAL (Usus, POHON RESPIRASI DAN GONAD) TERIPANG GAMAT BATU Stichopus horrens SETELAH EVISERASI DAN PEMOTONGAN
Authors: Langi Edwin Oscar , Saselah Jetti Treslah
Published: October 2021

Mekanisme pertahanan diri organisme adalah salah satu upaya untuk hidup di habitatnya. Pada kelompok hewan berduri Echinodermata: dikenal dengan istilah autotomi, yaitu proses melepaskan organ tubuh secara spontan sebagai respons terhadap suatu rangsangan yang membuat biota tersebut stres. Biota ini mampu melakukan eviserasi, fission dan regenerasi setelah proses pemutusan.  Produk akhirnya adalah organ internal dan individu baru.  Penelitian ini dilakukan di Teluk Tahuna selama 28 hari.  Hasilnya Teripang Gamat Batu Stichopus horrens yang eviserasi dan pemotongan melintang ternyata mengalami penyusutan ukuran yang cukup besar.  Tidak ada spesimen yang bertambah ukurannya.  Jika terjadi eviserasi bagian tubuh yang dibuang adalah isi perut, yaitu kotoran, dan sebagian usus.  Bagian tubuh yang tersisa pada spesimen yang dipotong adalah yang melekat pada bagian anterior, yaitu pangkal tenggorokan, lambung dan sebagian usus. Sedangkan bagian posterior tidak pernah ditemukan gonad, hanya sebagian usus dan pohon respirasi yang berpangkal pada bagian kloaka.  Kondisi organ internal (pencernaan, pohon respirasi dan gonad) setelah eviserasi maupun pemotongan melintang menyusut ukurannya, baik saat tebar awal sampai hari ke-28.  Sehingga memberikan arti bahwa pada 4 minggu pertama individu teripang ini setelah belum melakukan regenerasi organ internal.

 

The organism's self-defense mechanism is an attempt to live in its habitat. In the group of spiny animals Echinoderm: known as autotomy, which is the process of spontaneously releasing organs in response to a stimulus that stresses the biota. This biota is capable of evisceration, fission and regeneration after the transverse fission. The end products are internal organs and new individuals. This research was conducted in Tahuna Bay for 28 days. The result was that the sea cucumber Gama Batu or Stichopus horrens was revised and that the transverse fission actually experienced a significant reduction in size. There is no specimen that increased in size. If there is evisceration, the parts of the body that are removed are the stomach contents, namely feces, and part of the intestines. The body parts remaining in the transeverse fission specimen are those attached to the anterior, namely the larynx, stomach and a portion of the intestines. Parts of the body are missing. While the posterior gonads have never been found, only a part of the intestine and respiration tree originates from the cloaca. The condition of the internal organs (intestines, respiration tree and gonads) which were eviscerated and the transverse fission experienced a reduction in size, both during initial stocking until the 28th day. It means that in the first 4 weeks the individual these sea cucumber had not regenerated the internal organs.
Creative Learning Design in Social Studies to Promote Productive Citizenship of Secondary School Students
Authors: Chanchumni Rattikorn , Mangkhang Charin
Published: October 2021

The purposes of this research are: 1) to study the creative learning in social studies to promote productive citizenship of secondary school students; and 2) to design the guidelines for such learning. This research implements the methodology of action research, consisting of 8 samples: 1) 1 school principal and 2 social studies teachers; and 2) 5 learning management experts. The samples are chosen by the purposive sampling method. Research tools consist of 1) unstructured interview form; and 2) appropriateness assessment form for the guidelines of creative learning in social studies to promote productive citizenship of secondary school students. Methods of data analysis consists of content analysis, and descriptive analysis, in addition to calculation of the means and standard deviation. Study results revealed that:

1. Creative learning in social studies to promote productive citizenship of secondary school students consists of the development of 4 minds, including: 1) critical mind; 2) creative mind; 3) productive mind; and 4) responsible mind. And 2. The guidelines of creative learning in social studies to promote productive citizenship of secondary school students consist of 4 subjects and 8 learning management plans. The effectiveness of the guidelines in terms of the learning management was evaluated as excellent.
Anatomic, Radiologic and Electrocardiographic Considerations for Conduction System Pacing
Authors: Moskal Paweł , Jastrzębski Marek
Published: October 2021

His bundle pacing and left bundle branch pacing are complementary implantation techniques that combine into conduction system pacing, which allows maintaining or recovering physiological activation of the heart. We selected cases from the electrophysiological laboratory of the University Hospital in Krakow to present theoretical and practical aspects of conduction system pacing using fluoroscopy images, ECG and EGM recordings.
Impact of Consumer Environmental Consciousness on Consumer Perceived Value from Sharing Economy
Authors: Gadeikiene Agne , Svarcaite Asta
Published: October 2021

The intensive spread and the growth of the sharing economy challenge the sharing platforms to attract and retain consumers. Thus, a comprehensive understanding of consumers’ perceived value and marketing strategy oriented to value growth is becoming essential both from the scientific and practical point of view. However, in the scientific literature, the construct structure of consumer perceived value from sharing economy and the factors that determine it are not sufficiently explored. To fill this gap, this study aims to investigate consumer perceived value from sharing economy and explore how it is influenced by consumer environmental consciousness and consumer attitude towards sharing platforms. Based on the quantitative research findings, it was found that consumer environmental consciousness has a significant direct effect on attitude towards sharing economy platforms and directly influences consumer perceived social value. The results of this study confirm the mediating effect of the consumer attitude toward sharing platforms in the relationship between consumer environmental consciousness and consumer perceived economic, functional, emotional value from sharing economy.
Zu Geschichte, Theorie und Praxis der Bühnenübersetzung. Am Beispiel von Corneilles Komodie "Le Menteur"
Authors: Kohlmayer Rainer
Published: October 2021

After a brief summary of Herder’s enormous influence on literary translation in Germany (translation restores the specific orality of the original text) the essay points out five fundamental criteria that obtain when translating for the stage: Orality, Individual speech of dramatis personae, Relations between persons (as subtext), Necessity of immediate audience comprehensibility (as opposed to the readers’ situation), Theatricality / Fictionality with its typical „suspension of disbelief ” (Coleridge). These criteria are then applied to Pierre Corneille’s comedy Le menteur, written in Alexandrines, the characteristic verse form of French classicism. The original version of 1643 is compared to the verse translations by Goethe (1767), Bing (1875), Schiebelhuth (1954), Kohlmayer (2005), with a side glance at Ranjit Bolt’s English version of 1989. The ease with which young Goethe renders the classicist form of the original into colloquial German is contrasted by Schiebelhuth’s stilted ‚foreignizing’ of the text. The explanation offered is the (fatal) influence of Schleiermacher’s well-known translation theory of 1813, with its categorical preference of foreignizing, in contrast to domesticating (in Venuti’s terminology).
The COVID-19 crisis as a collective biographical disjuncture: Understanding the pandemic as a learning experience
Authors: Koulaouzides George
Published: October 2021

This paper examines the COVID-19 pandemic as a disorienting social experience and as an opportunity to engage in learning processes that may critically examine the dysfunctional assumptions that have consequentially emerged from it. The first part of the paper based on the theoretical perspectives of Peter Jarvis develops a framework for the definition of a social experience as a collective biographical disjuncture. Based on that definition, the paper exposes the assumptions that have been challenged during the pandemic era in the areas of social interaction, education, and employment. Finally, the paper argues that critical learning may provide to adults with the necessary cognitive "antibodies" to overcome the side-effects of the pandemic in our social life in the postpandemic period.
The "yes, and..." principle: Improvisation as a method of educational work
Authors: Nikolić Tamara
Published: October 2021

This paper presents an improvisation workshop entitled "Yes, and..." intended for promoting this skill and teaching improvisation techniques to educational workers. After a brief introduction intended to explain what improvisation is and what kind of improvisation this paper refers to, we move on to explain the importance of improvisation for education, as well as the importance of teaching improvisation techniques to educational workers. To illustrate the role that improvisation has or may have in the educational process, we highlight the "yes, and..." principle, which is thought to be essentially describing the main features of improvisation, primarily acceptance (of an offer) and building upon it. On these rationales, we derived a thesis regarding the existence of a link among such characteristics, on the one hand, as well as activation and creativity, on the other, as important components that work together in the development of a motivational and developmental educational environment. In the end, we provided an example of teaching improvisation through workshop engagement using a detailed description of a workshop along with instructions for particular exercises and explaining their significance, in the precise way it was conducted with adult participants.
Significance of thiol-disulfide balance in SARS-CoV-2 infection
Authors: Simić Tatjana
Published: October 2021

Studies of the molecular mechanisms regarding interaction of different viruses with receptors on the host cell surface have shown that the viral entry depends on the specific relationship between free thiol (SH) groups and disulfides on the virus surface, as well as the thiol disulfide balance on the host cell surface. The presence of oxidizing compounds or alkylating agents, which disturb the thiol-disulfide balance on the surface of the virus, can also affect its infectious potential. Disturbed thiol-disulfide balance may also influence protein-protein interactions between SARS-CoV-2 protein S and ACE2 receptors of the host cell. This review presents the basic mechanisms of maintaining intracellular and extracellular thiol disulfide balance and previous experimental and clinical evidence in favor of impaired balance in SARS-CoV-2 infection. Besides, the results of the clinical application or experimental analysis of compounds that induce changes in the thiol disulfide balance towards reduction of disulfide bridges in proteins of interest in COVID-19 infection are presented.
Mental health and COVID-19 pandemic: The literature review
Authors: Marić Nađa
Published: October 2021

Mental health (MH) and illness reflect bio-psycho-social balance/imbalance and extend into multidimensional space. In the current pandemic, the entire area of MH/illness is at increased risk of contamination not only by infection, but also by numerous other aspects of this complex public health crisis. There are at least three mechanisms by which the COVID-19 pandemic can create new-onset mental conditions: 1) Psychological factor - increased degree of emotional suffering after extremely severe traumatic events or long-term life-threatening exposures; 2) Social factor - risks related to interaction with the environment: a) emotional deprivation; b) cognitive disintegration related to infodemia and c) existential, primarily economic fears that destabilize relationships (within the family and beyond); and 3) Biological factor - neuropsychiatric effects of the virus itself. In addition to the new-onset conditions, the pandemic also has an impact on people who already have a history of mental disorders. This review paper will present the most important information from relevant sources related to mental health and the COVID-19 pandemic related to the first year of exposure. Emphasis will be on research that has attracted attention with sample size and representativeness, as well as a reliable methodology, with the aim of not losing sight of the heterogeneity of the pandemic effects on mental health.
Epidemiology of COVID-19: What have we learnt until now?
Authors: Pekmezović Tatjana
Published: October 2021

The first case in the outbreak of atypical pneumonia of unknown etiology, later confirmed as disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, was described in Wuhan (China) on December 8, 2019. The rapid expansion of COVID-19 cases prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a global health emergency, and on March 11, 2020, COVID-19 was officially classified as a pandemic disease by the WHO. It is generally accepted that both genders and all ages in the population are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Data from the real life also show difficulties in reaching the threshold of herd immunity. Thanks to the vaccination, some populations are approaching the theoretical threshold of immunity, but the spread of the virus is still difficult to stop. If we add to that the fact that we still do not know how long immunity lasts after the infection, the conclusion is that vaccination is unlikely to completely stop the spread of the virus, and that we must think about it. Vaccines certainly significantly reduce the hospitalization rate and mortality rate, and the assumption is that the virus will not disappear soon, but the severity of the disease and its fatality will be of marginal importance. The development of the epidemiological situation related to the COVID-19 is constantly changing and it significantly differs in various parts of the world, which is affected by differences in financial resources, health infrastructure and awareness of prevention and control of the COVID-19. Attempts are being made to make dynamically adjusted strategies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, that is, the new normality.
Zdravstvena nega obolelih od karcinoma dojke sa metastatskim promenama na endokranijumu
Authors: Miljanović Gora , Čolaković Vida , Terzić-Marković Dragana , Jovanović Vesna , Smuđa Mirjana , Jakovljević Biljana
Published: October 2021

Introduction: Breast cancer is the transformation of healthy breast cells into malignant cells. The disease is characterized by metastases that can range from limited bone metastases to wide-spread and life-threatening metastases. The main goal of caring for these patients is to successfully control the symptoms of the disease, the side effects of the tumor while preserving the quality of life and surviving as long as possible. Objective was to show the specifics of interventions in the health care of a patient with breast cancer with metastatic changes in the endocranium Methods: We used a descriptive method and a conservative direct method: case study of a patient with breast cancer and metastatic changes in the brain according to the method of the Nursing Care Process (NCP). Discussion: Modern nursing care implies patient care according to a scientifically based method, universal in the nursing practice NCP, according to which care is focused on the patient/family, re-specting their preferences. NCP includes: continuous assessment of the patient's condition and defining problems and care needs, setting goals and selecting optimal care strategies. The most COM-mon collaborative problems for our patient were: pain, fatigue, anemia, insomnia. The problems that the nurses solved through independent interventions were: deficit in self-care, prevention of falls and injuries, lack of knowledge regarding the radiation pro-cedure, risk of infection, and the possibility of excess fluid volume. Conclusion: Patients with advanced breast cancer and their families have complex needs, the failure of which can result in impaired quality of life. An individual approach is needed in as-sessing the patient's condition, identifying needs, and planning interventions based on scientific evidence, available health re-sources, and preferences of patient/family. Patient care according to the NCP method promises a more comprehensive approach, improved patient experience as well as improved medical out-comes.
Etičke dileme u medicinskom tretmanu novorođenčadi sa teškim kongenitalnim malformacijama - zaostavština bebe Doe
Authors: Živanović Dejan , Javorac Jovan , Filipović Branislav , Doronjski Aleksandra , Milenković Ana , Dimoski Zvonko , Smuđa Mirjana
Published: October 2021

Regardless of the differences in the neonatological practice of different countries in the world, ethical decisions of medical professionals in this field of clinical medicine should be based solely on a comprehensive The approach to the treatment of newborns with life-threatening body malformations has historically been the subject of numerous ethical dilemmas among the medical professionals and the general public. "The case of baby Doe" is certainly the most notable example in the recent medical history of the previously mentioned ethical dilemmas and was the first to result in an official juridical epilogue in a form of a series of legal provisions regarding the medical treatment of severely damaged newborns and objective assessment of the health of the newborn, consideration of indications for potential treatment or palliative care, and always guided by the best interests of the newborn. Eythanasia in any form is an unnecessary solution, dangerous for society in general and medical practice, and instead of its legalization in neonatology, the development of palliative care, as a humanistic approach in the health care of the most challenging patients, should be emphasised.
Criterion of control and the right of standing of a juridical person in ICSID arbitration
Authors: Đundić Petar
Published: October 2021

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (Centre or ICSID) was established for resolving disputes between foreign investors and host States. This is why jurisdiction ratione personae of the Centre depends crucially on who can be considered as a foreign investor, i.e. which persons have right of standing to initiate arbitration based on the Washington Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of other States (the Convention). When a claimant is a juridical person, one of the issues causing a debate in arbitral practice concerns the significance of control over that entity - to what extant is jurisdiction of an ICSID tribunal affected by the fact that the entity is under direct or indirect control of the host State's nationals. The paper examines the problem with regards two groups of cases that the Convention regulates separately. The first group concerns cases in which the role of a claimant belongs to juridical persons nominally holding the nationality of other Contracting States of the Convention. The other category relates to the cases of claims submitted by local entities controlled by foreign investors against their own State.
BIOPLASTIC MADE OF ORANGE PEELS
Authors: Domínguez Soberanes Julieta , BERGER PIA , HERNANDEZ  LOZANO LINDA CAROLINA , ORTEGA FRAUSTRO DENISE , MACIAS OCHOA MARIA FERNANDA , CACHUTT ALVARADO CRISDALITH
Published: October 2021

This study uses orange peel waste to create a biopolymer that can be used for different purposes. In order to achieve this, we evaluated various technologies for the production of the biopolymer, and tried to design the most environmentally friendly process possible.

One of the reasons why this bioplastic should be manufactured is to participate in the replacement of common environmental hazardous plastic, which has been banned in many places. On the other hand, using orange peel as the main ingredient is an alternative and gives value to an organic waste that has limited use in circular economy solutions.

In this research we present a methodology to create a bioplastic of orange peels. As a result, we obtained a biodegradable, flexible and resistant material to be used in the manufacture of containers, utensils, etc. In addition, it is a material that, given the raw materials used, is considered GRAS (Generally Recognized As Save), implying a non-toxic product that is safe for the consumer.
The effect of biphasic calcium phosphate and demineralized bone matrix on tooth eruption in mongrel dogs
Authors: Lee Si Woo , Kim Ji-Young , Hong Ki Yong , Choi Tae Hyun , Kim Byung Jun , Kim Sukwha
Published: October 2021

Background: Bone grafts can provide an optimal environment for permanent tooth to erupt and enhance the stability of the alveolar maxilla. Although autologous bone is an optimal source for osteogenesis, its inevitable donor site morbidity has led to active research on bone substitutes. This study was designed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of using biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP; Osteon) as a bone substitute in dogs. Methods: Bilateral third and fourth premolars of four 15-week-old mongrel dogs were used. All teeth were extracted except the third premolar of the right mandible, which was used as a control. After extraction of the premolars, each dog was administered BCP (Osteon), demineralized bone matrix (DBM; DBX), and no graft in the hollow sockets of the right fourth premolar, left fourth premolar, and left third premolar, respectively. Radiographs were taken at 2-week intervals to check for tooth eruption. After 8 weeks, each dog was sacrificed, and tooth and bone biopsies were performed to check for the presence of tooth and bone substitute particle remnants. Results: Four weeks after the operation, permanent tooth eruptions had started at all the extraction sites in each dog. Eight weeks after the operation, all teeth had normally erupted, and histological examination revealed BCP particles at the right fourth premolar. Conclusion: In all four dogs, no delay in the eruption of the teeth or shape disfigurement of permanent teeth was observed on gross inspection and radiologic evaluation. On histological examination, most of the BCP and DBM were replaced by new bone. Bone substitutes can be used as graft materials in patients with alveolar clefts.
Potential role of artificial intelligence in craniofacial surgery
Authors: Ryu Jeong Yeop , Chung Ho Yun , Choi Kang Young
Published: October 2021

The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly advancing, and AI models are increasingly applied in the medical field, especially in medical imaging, pathology, natural language processing, and biosignal analysis. On the basis of these advances, telemedicine, which allows people to receive medical services outside of hospitals or clinics, is also developing in many countries. The mechanisms of deep learning used in medical AI include convolutional neural networks, residual neural networks, and generative adversarial networks. Herein, we investigate the possibility of using these AI methods in the field of craniofacial surgery, with potential applications including craniofacial trauma, congenital anomalies, and cosmetic surgery.
PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ZnO NANOPARTICLES BY SOLVENT FREE METHOD
Authors: Janković Savka , Milisavić Dragana , Okolić Tanja , Jelić Dijana
Published: October 2021

ZnO nanoparticles have numerous applications as photo catalysts, gas sensors, UV lasers, as optoelectronic and microelectronic devices or in cosmetic field. ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized by solvent free method using zinc nitrate hexahydrate as precursor and glycerol as dispersant, without solvent present. This method proved to be very simple, economic and ecofriendly. Zinc nitrate and glycerol were mixed in different ratio in order to avoid and overcome a possibility of agglomeration. Characterization of samples was performed by UV/VIS and FTIR spectrophotometry. The strongest absorption appeared at wavelength 206 nm. Using combination of UV/VIS spectrophotometry and hyperbolic band model (HBM) particles size of ZnO particles were evaluated to 2.06 nm. Additionally, using Tauc plot, a band gap energy was determined. Band gap energy of ZnO nanoparticles amounted to 5.00 eV. IR spectrum showed existence of ZnO in interval 600- 400 cm-1.
ASSESSMENT OF CADMIUM CONTENT IN COSMETICS BY EXTRACTION WITH DILUTED HCl AND AQUA REGIA
Authors: Mihajlović Dijana , Antunović Vesna , Okolić Tanja , Jelić Dijana
Published: October 2021

The intensive industrial and technological development results in an appearance of a large amount of pollutants and toxic substances in the biosphere including large quantities of heavy metals. Some heavy metals are biogenic (Cu, Zn, Se etc.) and essential for proper maintaining of the metabolism in the human body. The main dangers to the human health are associated with the exposure to toxic elements such as Pb, Cd, Hg and As. Emission of Cd in the environment has increased during the 20th century mainly due to the recycling of the products containing this element. Cadmium accumulates in the human body with a biological half-life from 10 to 30 years and could cause very serious toxic effects. Cosmetic products are potentially a source of cadmium as well as some other heavy metals mostly due to the frequent and uncontrolled usage of cosmetics of poor аnd/or suspicious quality. The goal of the study is to determine the cadmium content in various cosmetic products (lipsticks, eyeshadows and blushes) present in the markets of the Republic of Srpska. The content of Cd was determined with atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) after the extraction with diluted HCl and aqua regia. The results of the research show that the cadmium concentrations in the investigated products are in accordance with the regulations of the Republic of Srpska (Regulations on safety of consumer goods; „Official Gazette RS“ – No.17/15).
Who Was He? Internment, Exile and Ambiguity in Norbert Gstrein’s Novel Die englischen Jahre (The English Years) (1999)
Authors: Löschnigg Martin
Published: October 2021

Winner of the Alfred Döblin Preis in 1999, the novel Die englischen Jahre by the Austrian novelist Norbert Gstrein deals with internment and exile in Britain dur- ing and after the Second World War. It centres on the (fictitious) character of Gabriel Hirschfelder, a writer and refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria who is detained, with oth- er ‘enemy aliens,’ in a camp on the Isle of Man. There, Nazi sympathisers are interned together with Jewish and political refugees, and the central chapters in the novel depict the conditions and resulting conflicts in the internment camp. Hirschfelder dies in exile at Southend-on-Sea, having confessed shortly before his death that he killed a fellow inmate. This confession as well as reports of a transport of internees sunk off the coast of Scotland in 1940 incite a young Austrian woman to try to solve the mystery surrounding Hirschfelder and his allegedly lost autobiography The English Years. The paper discusses how Gstrein combines different genres like the historical novel/historiographic metafic- tion and the whodunit as well as using multiple narrative perspectives and refractions to pinpoint questions of shifting identities and allegiances, and of belonging and alienation in the wake of internment and exile.
At Peace Finally? Gene Oishi’s Fox Drum Bebop and the Last Memories of Japanese American Internment Camps
Authors: Birns Nicholas
Published: October 2021

Gene Oishi’s autobiographical and episodic novel Fox Drum Bebop (2014) will likely be one of the final novels published by someone who was an internee in the detention camps in which the US government imprisoned Japanese Americans during the Second World War. As such, it presents complicated questions about temporality, rep- resentation, and the processes of trauma. Through focusing on the protagonist Hiroshi Kono (largely, though not restrictively, based on Oishi’s own life experience) and his siblings who have distinct ideological reactions to their ethnic identity and their wartime experience, Oishi explores how internment at once lasted for a determinate period but continues to extend in space and dilate in time for as long as the memories of it endure. The novel uses the musical aesthetics of jazz as a correlate for this discontinuous process- ing of experience. Oishi’s narrative asks if those who suffer oppression and trauma can ever find peace, and how, if at all, having a long life and reflecting upon the past can alter one’s sense of what happened.
Enemy Aliens: Internment and the Homefront War in Australia, 1914–1920
Authors: Fischer Gerhard
Published: October 2021

During the First World War, the German Australian community, the largest non-Anglo-Celtic group, became the target of a relentless campaign of persecution, internment and deportation that resulted in its dismemberment and the destruction of its socio-cultural infrastructure. Under the country’s belligerent Prime Minister, W.M. Hughes, the machinery of government was used to suspend basic civil rights and the rule of law, while Australian civilians were called upon to participate in the “homefront war” against an imagined internal enemy. The government’s aim was to serve the cause of Im- perial Britain and its commercial supremacy, and to secure the future of White Australia as the home of an imaginary, exclusive “British race.”
The He(A)rt of the Witness: Remembering Australian Prisoners of War in Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Authors: Šlapkauskaitė Rūta
Published: October 2021

This paper engages Cathy Caruth’s thinking about trauma, Marianne Hirsch’s notion of postmemory, and Giorgio Agamben’s theorising of bearing witness to examine the affective performance of remembering in Richard Flanagan’s novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Reading the narrative as a postmemorial account of Japan’s internment of Australian POWs in Burma during the Second World War, I focus on the body as a site of both wounding and witnessing to show how the affective relays between pleasure and pain reanimate the epistemological drama of lived experience and highlight the ambivalence of passion as a trope for both suffering and love. Framed by its intertextual homage to Matsuo Bashō’s poetic masterpiece of the same name, the Australian narrative of survival is shown to emerge from the collapse of the referential certainties underlying the binaries of victim/ victimiser, witness/perpetrator, human/inhuman, and remembering/forgetting. In Flanagan’s ethical imagination, bearing witness calls for a visceral rethinking of historical subjectivity that binds the world to consciousness as a source of both brutality and beauty.
Principles of holistic education applied to the Teacher Education Model for the 21st Century in Singapore
Authors:   Masaryk University, Faculty of Education, Poříčí 623/7, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic, Pařízek Michal
Published: October 2021

The theoretical study relates the principles of holistic education to the Teacher Education Model for the 21st Century (TE21) in Singapore. Building on the principles of holistic education, TE21 aims to produce highly qualified educators who succeed in nurturing the potential in each child. Holistic education is a humanistic and democratic educational approach that was developed in the USA. Its goal is to help every learner reach their highest innate potential, find their identity and purpose in life, and become socially and environmentally responsible. This study shows how the same principles may lead to slightly different outcomes when adjusted to the needs of Singaporean society. As a direct product of the National Institute of Education and the Ministry of Education, TE21 confirms the importance of a national educational strategy, which is the core of economic growth and political stability, as well as a tool to be used for fighting inequality and dealing with other social issues.
Tip-sample interactions in terahertz scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy and its influences
Authors: Zhang Zhuo-Cheng , Wang Yue-Ying , Zhang Xiao-Qiu-Yan , Zhang Tian-Yu , Xu Xing-Xing , Zhao Tao , Gong Yu-Bin , Wei Yan-Yu , Hu Min ,   Terahertz Science and Technology Research Center, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China,   Key Laboratory of Terahertz Technology, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610054, China
Published: October 2021

Terahertz scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM), as an important means to break through the limits of conventional optical diffraction, can achieve super-resolution imaging on a nanoscale and has a wide range of applications in biological nano-imaging, terahertz nano-spectroscopy, nanomaterials imaging, and the study of polarized excitations. As an important component of the terahertz s-SNOM, the atomic force microscope tip plays a key role in implementing the near-field excitation, detection, and enhancement. However, the tip-sample interaction can greatly affect the results. In this paper, the effects of tip-sample interaction on near-field excitation, near-field detection, and terahertz near-field spectrum in terahertz s-SNOM are revealed through simulations and experiments. First, the wave vector coupling weight of the near field excited by the tip is investigated, and it is found that the wave vector is concentrated mainly on the order of 105 cm–1, which differs from that of the general terahertz excitations by 2 to 3 orders of magnitude, indicating that the terahertz near field is difficult to excite terahertz excitations. Secondly, through theoretical and experimental studies, it is found that the metal tip interferes with the surface near-field of the graphene disk structure, which indicates the limitations of the terahertz s-SNOM in probing the near-field distribution of the structure. Finally, the influence of the tip on the near-field spectrum is studied. It is found that the tip length and cantilever length are important parameters affecting the near-field spectrum, and the influence of the tip on the near-field spectrum can be reduced by increasing the tip length or cantilever length.
In silico identification, characterization expression profile of WUSCHEL-Related Homeobox (WOX) gene family in two species of kiwifruit
Authors: Feng Chen , Zou Shuaiyu , Gao Puxin , Wang Zupeng
Published: October 2021

The WUSCHEL (WUS)-related homeobox (WOX) gene family is a class of plant-specific transcriptional factors and plays a crucial role in forming the shoot apical meristem and embryonic development, stem cell maintenance, and various other developmental processes. However, systematic identification and characterization of the kiwifruit WOX gene family have not been studied. This study identified 17 and 10 WOX genes in A. chinensis (Ac) and A. eriantha (Ae) genomes, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis classified kiwifruit WOX genes from two species into three clades. Analysis of phylogenetics, synteny patterns, and selection pressure inferred that WOX gene families in Ac and Ae had undergone different evolutionary patterns after whole-genome duplication (WGD) events, causing differences in WOX gene number and distribution. Ten conserved motifs were identified in the kiwifruit WOX genes, and motif architectures of WOXs belonging to different clades highly diverged. The cis-element analysis and expression profiles investigation indicated the functional differentiation of WOX genes and identified the potential WOXs in response to stresses. Our results provided insight into general characters, evolutionary patterns, and functional diversity of kiwifruit WOXs.
Diagnostic Validity of Auditory Brainstem Response for the Initial Screening of Vestibular Schwannoma
Authors: Park Marn Joon , Ahn Joong Ho , Park Hong Ju , Chung Jong Woo , Kang Woo Seok
Published: October 2021

Background and Objectives: To investigate the diagnostic validity of auditory brainstem response (ABR) in the screening of vestibular schwannoma (VS). Subjects and Methods: Forty patients diagnosed with VS using magnetic resonance imaging who had undergone ABR before treatment between 2005 and 2015 were included. ABR results were considered positive when findings met at least one of the following criteria: 1) absent evoked response, 2) desynchronization of waves other than wave I, 3) interpeak latency (IPL) between waves I and III >2.5 ms, 4) IPL between waves I and V >4.4 ms, 5) wave V interaural latency difference >0.2 ms, and 6) interaural difference in IPL between waves I and V >0.2 ms. Results: The overall sensitivity of ABR was 85.0%. For tumors measuring <10 mm, the sensitivity of ABR was 66.7%, whereas it increased to 90.3% for tumors measuring >10 mm. The sensitivity of tumors confined to the internal acoustic canal was 73.3% compared with 100.0% for tumors confined to the cerebellopontine angle. In patients with serviceable hearing, the mean tumor size was 7.8±2.9 mm in patients with a normal ABR and 15.1±9.4 mm in patients with an abnormal ABR, indicating a significant difference (p<0.05). Conclusions: ABR alone is insufficient for the screening of VS, bearing the risk of false-negative outcomes when examining small, intracanalicular tumors. However, ABR can be inexpensively applied for the screening of VS measuring >10 mm in patients with serviceable hearing, supporting the need for further active diagnostic and treatment modalities in clinical practice.
An Overview of Chemistry Teaching Transformation during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Experience from University of Botswana
Authors: S. Singh Girija
Published: October 2021

COVID-19-related disruption in teaching in the University of Botswana led the school to prepare new strategies for running classes and to design innovative way of instruction.  The most notable change was to replace face-to-face lectures with online teaching at least partially (blended teaching and learning). This posed many challenges, especially in the teaching of science and technology subjects. In a laboratory-based discipline such as chemistry the problems encountered were especially daunting.  Moreover, writing mathematical equations, chemical reactions and reaction mechanisms posed their own difficulties.  The present communication provides a brief overview of how chemistry education at the University, the premier national university of Botswana, has been transformed during the last three semesters.  It is based on experience of the author and as judged by the feed-back received from colleagues and the students. Admittedly, the experience is limited and much discussion is still in progress to meet the unresolved challenges. Theory classes at undergraduate levels are now mostly taught online using packages such as Moodle and MS Teams. The tutorial and laboratory sessions have faced the greatest disruptions and the instructors continue to explore ways to conduct these virtually.  Online examinations were found to be limited in their effectiveness, especially in the assessment of drawing chemical structure and reaction mechanisms as well as the students’ ability in scientific writing.
Nursing Skill and Responsibility in Administration of Low Molecular Weight Heparin by Prefilled Syringe
Authors: Tembhare Vaishali , Mujbaile Gaurav , Singh Seema , Sawarkar Achita , Shambharkar Maduri , Sakharwade Prerana
Published: October 2021

Abstract: Low-molecular-weight heparins (LMWHs) have proven to be effective in the prevention and treatment of thrombotic disorders, as well as   substitute for unfractionated heparin (UFH). LMWHs are a diverse collection of medicines with different biochemical and pharmacological characteristics, despite the fact that they all have antithrombotic actions. Medicine is administered into the subcutaneous tissues with these injections. Small amounts of injections are delivered by the subcutaneous approach, which involves inserting a small thin needle beneath the skin and slowly injecting the medicine. Low molecular weight heparins make up dalteparin and enoxaparin, two anticoagulants. The rights of medicine administration must be followed by nurses. For patients on LMWH medication, the most essential blood test is prothrombin time. Following administration, look for any signs of bleeding, such as occult blood in the stool, malena, bleeding gums, and skin discoloration/hematoma. The antidote for low molecular weight heparin is protamine sulphate. It is effective at counteracting the effects of LMWH. 100 units of LMWH are neutralised by 1 mg of protamine sulphate.If it's been more than 8 hours since you've given LMWH, provide 0.5 mg protamin per 100 units of LMWH.
Gravitational Force is a Type of Physical Interaction between Gluon Fields: Molecular Motions of Gases
Authors: Sim C. G.
Published: October 2021

This study presents a Gluon Gravity Model, to explain the mechanism of gravity. With the development of quantum chromodynamics since 1970, Newton's law of universal gravitation and Einstein's theory of general relativity need to be reinterpreted. Like an electric charge causes an electric field, the color charges in quantum chromodynamics were introduced into the gravitational field. The gluons mediating strong force can bring about a new color field around the strong force field owing to their color charges. This new color field of charges becomes a gravitational field in Gluon Gravity Model. This model is supported by the facts that most of the atomic mass is composed of the gluon field energy and the similarity between the two formulas of Coulomb's law and Newton's laws of universal gravitation. Additionally, it is possible to explain the gas molecular motions by applying the Gluon Gravity Model to the gluon fields within a proton.
Development of Donor Profiles to Improve Donor Financing: A Case Study of Sri Lanka
Authors: R. Wijegunasekara J. L. Himali
Published: October 2021

To strengthen the donor funding, the requesting governments should have a clear idea about the donor agencies, their priority fields and the ways to contact them and communicate with them. For this special purpose, countries are compelled to build up concise formats called “donor profiles” and to distribute this information among health organizations in the country to develop project proposals to fulfil the requirements specified in the profile of the preferred donor to ensure approval and allocation of funding for the requested project.
Divinas, insurgentes e pecadoras: a culpa mítica da mulher
Authors: Melo Ailton Dias de , Ribeiro Paula Regina Costa
Published: October 2021

Neste artigo o objetivo é discutir a relação mulher-culpa a partir de fragmentos de narrativas míticas de quatro culturas diferentes; judaico-cristã, grega, guarani e ioruba. Utilizamos como metodologia um exercício de problematização de inspiração foucaultiana. A releitura de alguns mitos nessa perspectiva nos revelaram mulheres consideradas divinas, insurgentes e pecadoras em culturas e tempos distintos que figuram em uma trama histórica complexa onde perspectivas do feminino foram construídas e perpassaram tempo e espaço até nossos dias, envoltas em culpa. No constante e forte movimento que sustenta no presente que na base de problemas diversos sempre existe uma mulher, que não cuidou como deveria dos filhos, se vestiu de modo provocante, se sobressaiu demais, falou muito, foi muito curiosa, não amamentou, assumiu um papel não lhe cabia entre outras tantas coisas, temos ecos de outros tempos.Paula
Ciborgues de madeira: profanações tecnomíticas das estéticas drag queen na religiosidade popular do Cariri cearense
Authors: Oliveira Junior Ribamar José de , Araújo Walisson Angélico de
Published: October 2021

Formões, buril, cera e tinta na espuma do corpo talhado na madeira. A partir do ensaio “A costela de Adão” da fotógrafa Giovanna Duarte para a quinta edição do Jornal Sertão Transviado, lançado em 2017 através de um projeto experimental de jornalismo, realizamos uma releitura da teoria ciborgue de Donna Haraway em um contexto localizado. Nesse sentido, utilizamos a metodologia de análise documentária da fotografia em sua dimensão expressiva para procuramos os sentidos do corpo drag queen na cultura popular do Cariri cearense. Ao todo são sete fotografias que mostram as drags Phantom e Malina entre as esculturas do Centro Popular de Cultura Mestre Noza na cidade de Juazeiro do Norte, mais conhecida como a terra do Padre Cícero. Distante de uma tecnoutopia, encaramos as políticas afetivas do artivismo entre o ciborgue e a deusa para pensarmos os híbridos entre o gênero e a cultura popular, sobretudo, através da afetação da identidade performativa com a tradição cultural. Da ironia e blasfêmia, encaramos as dissidências e os artefactualismos tecnomíticos na imagética-discursiva do corpo cyberdrag em sua potente fusão com os simulacros capazes de hackear códigos rígidos de leitura das corporalidades na religião popular.
Reflexiones autobiográficas sobre la representación de cuerpos intersex y el activismo cultural
Authors: Murugarren Macarena
Published: October 2021

En este texto hago una reconstrucción de ciertos momentos que marcaron mi vivencia desde un cuerpo intersex. A partir de la reflexión acerca de mi autobiografía erótica, sexual, médica y activista me planteo ciertas preguntas sobre la representación de los cuerpos intersex en las prácticas estéticas y acerca de los distintos modos de hacer activismo dentro del movimiento intersex. Basándome en estas preguntas, reflexiono acerca de la escasa representación que los sujetos intersex tenemos en tanto objetos y sujetos de deseo sexual y erótico en el ámbito cultural y propongo el fin de las mutilaciones genitales a personas intersex sea perseguido desde varios frentes, los cuales incluyan el de las imaginaciones y las representaciones diversas de nuestros cuerpos.
Segredos e ‘verdades’ acerca da condição intersexual em Grey’s Anatomy
Authors: Siqueira Silva Luciana Aparecida , Santos Claudiene , Da Silva Laíne Lopes , Silva Elenita Pinheiro de Queiroz
Published: October 2021

O binômio do sexo é uma obsessão do Ocidente. Esta é uma afirmação de Paul Beatriz Preciado em uma entrevista que concede em 2008. Com ela, analisamos como a condição intersexual e as pessoas intersexo são apresentadas em dois episódios da série Grey’s Anatomy. Perguntamos pelos discursos mobilizados nas narrativas dos episódios e pelo protagonismo ou invisibilidade e apagamento das vozes dos corpos intersexos. Ainda nos interessamos pelos ensinamentos da série sobre estes corpos. Encontramos a reiteração da  heteronormatividade, a exploração das relações afetivas, o discurso médico, o diagnóstico e o segredo que guardam o corpo intersexo. Estes últimos, são usados como mecanismos de funcionamento do binômio do sexo e da produção de identidade de gênero e corpos ‘normais’, via família e medicina, que fazem acordos de silêncio quanto à adequação dos corpos a uma inteligibilidade de gênero alinhada ao sexo. A série transita mais no polo da ordem do que da desordem.
A excepcionalidade da América Latina
Authors: Vieira Amiel , Guimarães Costa Anacely , Gomes Pires Barbara , Cortez Marina
Published: October 2021

Em abril de 2021, o ativista intersex argentino Mauro Cabral nos concedeu uma entrevista em que fala de sua trajetória pessoal e profissional em defesa dos direitos humanos, analisa os desafios do movimento, a conjuntura atual mais favorável na Argentina, além de apontar o que espera para o futuro do ativismo e da governança internacional sobre o tema. A entrevista, transcrição, tradução e edição foram realizadas por Amiel Vieira, Anacely Costa, Barbara Pires e Marina Cortez, organizador/as do dossiê.