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BIG and Technological Unemployment
Authors: Walker Mark
Published: May 2022

The paper rehearses arguments for and against the prediction of massive technological unemployment. The main argument in favor is that robots are entering a large number of industries, making more expensive human labor redundant. The main argument against the prediction is that for two hundred years we have seen a massive increase in productivity with no long term structural unemployment caused by automation. The paper attempts to move past this argumentative impasse by asking what humans contribute to the supply side of the economy. Historically, humans have contributed muscle and brains to production but we are now being outcompeted by machinery, in both areas, in many jobs. It is argued that this supports the conjecture that massive unemployment is a likely result. It is also argued that a basic income guarantee is a minimal remedial measure to mitigate the worst effects of technological unemployment.
Technology, Unemployment & Policy Options
Authors: Marchant Gary E. , Stevens Yvonne A. , Hennessy James M.
Published: May 2022

There is growing concern that emerging technologies such as computers, robotics and artificial intelligence are displacing human jobs, creating an epidemic of “technological unemployment.”  While this projection has yet to be confirmed, if true it will have major economic and social repercussions for our future.  It is therefore appropriate to begin identifying policy options to address this potential problem.  This article offers an economic and social framework for addressing this problem, and then provides an inventory of possible policy options organized into the following six categories:(a) slowing innovation and change; (b) sharing work; (c) making new work; (d) redistribution; (e) education; and (f) fostering a new social contract.
Moral Enhancement and Political Realism
Authors: De Araujo Marcelo
Published: May 2022

The possibility of morally enhancing the behavior of individuals by means of drugs and genetic engineering has been the object of intense philosophical discussion over the last few years. However, although moral enhancement may turn out to be useful to promote cooperation in some areas of human interaction, it will not promote cooperation in the domain of international relations in those areas that are critical to state security. Unlike some moral enhancement theorists, I argue that, because of the structure of the system of states, moral enhancement cannot be used to avert such major threats to humankind as terrorism and nuclear conflict. My analysis of the political implications of moral enhancement is pursued through a critical discussion of two different versions of political realism, namely human nature realism and structural realism. I conclude that, as far as major threats to the survival of humankind are concerned, moral enhancement can at most be used as a means to change the present structure of the system of states.
Introduction: The Struggle for NonHuman Personhood
Authors: Dvorsky George
Published: May 2022

It's been nearly four decades since Peter Singer published Animal Liberation, the book that effectively kickstarted the modern animal rights movement. But as the public's awareness of the plight of animals has spread, and as advocacy groups have emerged in virtually all parts of the world, the reality is that very little has changed in terms of how we treat nonhuman animals and the status we afford to them. We continue to use them in our medical experiments and at increasing rates; new technologies threaten to make the situation worse, with some scientists openly advocating for the creation of genetically engineered monkeys with psychological disorders, such as schizophrenia. Animals continue to work for our pleasure, whether it be at circuses, zoos or marine parks. And the conditions under which they're forced to live in factory farms is beyond deplorable.
Compassionate Coexistence
Authors: Jürgens Uta Maria
Published: May 2022

Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic (1949) was one of the first clarion calls announcing a new era of thinking about Nature, but it is obviously difficult for the human race to turn conceptual insights into action. I propose that the missing link lies in acknowledging non-human personhood. If we allow ourselves to “personize” Leopold’s Land, we enable moral behavior towards the world as a whole. In this paper, I build on Leopold and develop the acknowledgement of non-human personhood as the logical and necessary next step in his Ethical Sequence.
Can a Robot Pursue the Good?
Authors: DeBaets Amy Michelle
Published: May 2022

In this essay I will explore an understanding of the potential moral agency of robots, arguing that the key characteristics of physical embodiment, adaptive learning, empathy in action, and a teleology toward the good are the primary necessary components for a machine to become a moral agent. In this context, other possible options will be rejected as necessary for moral agency, including simplistic notions of intelligence, computational power, and rule-following, complete freedom, a sense of God, and an immaterial soul. I argue that it is likely that such moral machines may be able to be built, and that this does not diminish humanity or human personhood.
Editorial: Seven Years and Counting
Authors: Blackford Russell
Published: May 2022

In January 2008, I was honored to be appointed as editor-in-chief of The Journal of Evolution and Technology. In December of that year, we published an editorial in which I set out some reflections on JET’s illustrious past and my vision for its future. Seven years later, I am still in the editorial chair, and I’m pleased with what we’ve been able to accomplish so far.
The Stoic Sage 3.0
Authors: Sorgner Stefan Lorenz
Published: May 2022

I propose to show that any direct moral bioenhancement procedures that could be realized within a relatively short period of time are not realistic options. This does not have to worry us, however, because alternative options for promoting morality are available. Consequently, moral bioenhancement is not an option for dealing successfully with the increased potential destructiveness of contemporary technologies within a short-term framework, i.e. within this century. In what follows, I will explain why this is the case, and why, contrary to Ingmar Persson and Julian Savulescu, I think this need not worry us too much. In section 1., I will critically analyze moral bioenhancement by means of citalopram, aimed at reducing the tendency to harm others directly. I give this prominence because it could be a practical option for altering human emotions and dispositions – to my mind, it seems the most promising practical option in this field. In later sections, I will consider other means of realizing moral bioenhancement, since the first option does not do the job it is supposed to, and because Persson and Savulescu are concerned with alternative approaches.
The Ethics of Exponential Life Extension through Brain Preservation
Authors: Cerullo Michael A.
Published: May 2022

Chemical brain preservation allows the brain to be preserved for millennia. In the coming decades, the information in a chemically preserved brain may be able to be decoded and emulated in a computer. I first examine the history of brain preservation and recent advances that indicate this may soon be a real possibility. I then argue that chemical brain preservation should be viewed as a life-saving medical procedure. Any technology that significantly extends the human life span faces many potential criticisms. However, standard medical ethics entails that individuals should have the autonomy to choose chemical brain preservation. Only if the harm to society caused by brain preservation and future emulation greatly outweighed any potential benefit would it be ethically acceptable to refuse individuals this medical intervention. Since no such harm exists, it is ethical for individuals to choose chemical brain preservation.
Embodiment in Whole-Brain Emulation and its Implications for Death Anxiety
Authors: Linssen Charl , Lemmens Pieter
Published: May 2022

The awareness of death is a central motivating force behind human activity. Their capacities for abstract and symbolic reasoning give human beings a unique foresight of their finite lifetime and forthcoming demise. Because of the overwhelming nature of this realization, we try to cope with the ensuing anxieties by means of various cognitive and existential strategies. One such strategy is to create a meaningful legacy during one’s lifetime that will outlive the single individual. Whole-brain emulation (WBE) is another approach, but is unusual because of its literal promise to abolish death. Starting from the premise that WBE is feasible and will advance to such a level that we can speak of uploaded minds, we explore the implications of an allegedly immortal existence in a computational substrate: for our embodiment in the first place, and for death anxiety in the second. We argue that uploading would change the nature of, but could ultimately never abolish, embodiment. Instead, the defining characteristic of all brains are their vital links to the bodies that contain them and their interactions with the environment that are mediated by the body. In this light, we discuss the limits of WBE’s potential to mitigate death anxieties: limits related to the (objective) probability of ceasing to exist, but also those that stem from the perception of the body as a proxy for death.
The Transhumanist Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce
Authors: Wilson Aaron B. , Brunson Daniel J.
Published: May 2022

We explain how the work of Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) – the founder of semiotics and of the pragmatist tradition in philosophy – contributes an epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical foundation to some key transhumanist ideas, including the following claims: technological cognitive enhancement is not only possible but a present reality; pursuing more sweeping cognitive enhancements is epistemically rational; and  current humans should try to evolve themselves into posthumans. On Peirce’s view, the fundamental aim of inquiry is truth, understood in terms of a stage of ideal cognition (what he calls the “final opinion”). As current human cognitive abilities are insufficient to achieve this stage, Peirce’s views on cognition support a variety of ways in which they might be enhanced. Finally, we argue that what Peirce describes as our ethical summum bonum seems remarkably similar to what Bostrom (2005) argues to be the core transhumanist value: “the exploration of the posthuman realm.”
Future Political Framework for Moral Enhancement
Authors: Rakić Vojin , Ćirković Milan
Published: May 2022

Various kinds of human bioenhancement represent a major topic of contention in both bioethics and futures studies. Moral enhancement is one of them. It will be argued that voluntary moral bio-enhancement (and other types of moral enhancement) should be based on an opt out moral (bio)enhancement scheme. Such a scheme would avoid the challenges of a voluntary moral (bio)enhancement opt in scheme. The former has a proper place in a minimal state. It will be explained why such a state can be called Utopia. The concept of voluntary opt out moral (bio-)enhancement in Utopia will be highlighted in detail.
Vitality of Intelligence in New Book on Active Transhumanism by London Futurists Chair David Wood Confirmed in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic/Omicron Variant and Alpha Fold
Authors: Solez Kim
Published: May 2022

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Sorgner, S. L. (2021). We Have Always Been Cyborgs. Digital Data, Gene Technologies, and an Ethics of Transhumanism
Authors: Talovic Aleksandar
Published: May 2022

One facet of Stefan Lorenz Sorgner’s scholarship is immediately visible in his diligent academic production: the 21st Century is a leading spatio-temporal unit of his analyses. Although such assessment could be considered a rough generalization, it should not be taken for granted. To be placed in the contextual core of the current epoch is of particular relevance with respect to multiple academic trajectories Sorgner navigates and is almost always an achievement rather than an expected, ready-made content. Namely, more often than not, especially in authorship with transhumanist labels, the temporal and conceptual curves are not subtly controlled and fine-tuned into a well-balanced thinking product that contributes to facing the current and potential issues of the relatively near and projectively feasible futures. Such gross asymmetry has various dangerous consequences Sorgner unequivocally warns about, opting deliberately to be an active chronicler of the ‘history of the present’ instead. This approach entails the dismissal of ‘guaranteed’ futurity vectors, be it Christian linearity or Kurzweilian exponentiality, but no less of petrified presentism or conventional historical layers of any inherited anthropology and the specific ethical account it is built upon.
Putting Values in Context
Authors: Saket Mostafa
Published: May 2022

It is increasingly recognized that human values play an essential role in engineering design. Recent literature in the ethics of technology has focused on spelling out the role of values in different fields of engineering. Value Sensitive Design (VSD), as a well-established approach, aims to systematically integrate human values into technologies and engineering products. Although there is significant attention to stakeholders in VSD, how contexts may affect what stakeholders perceive as values deserves more attention. It seems that there is an implicit tendency to universality in the studies of VSD and it is often assumed implicitly that values have the same meaning in different contexts and in different cultures. Therefore, while the concept of cultural relativism and its difference to universalism has been taken into account, we propose paying explicit attention to the contextual sense of values, namely the interpretation, prioritization and perception of values that have their basis in the specific contexts in which they are implemented, for instance, in a specific cultural or religious setting. Building on the proposed categorization of contextual sense of values in which their evolution has shown, we aim to shed light on what these contextual senses entail and how an explicit focus on contextuality could improve VSD. It will be argued that contextually looking at VSD may make it more flexible in dealing with the different contexts/cultures.
Role of Self Help Group and Women Empowerment in Kathua District
Authors: Sharma Priya , Kumari Renu , Khanday Dr Qysar Ayoub
Published: May 2022

Empowering women is not just a duty but a need for bright future. Women make significant contribution to society .Empowerment is a process that helps people gain control over their own live communities and society. It is also a process which enables one to realise his or her own and power in all aspects of life. Self-help group are small voluntary association of women from the same socioeconomic background. With a purpose of solving their common problem through self-help and mutual help. Self-help group promote the welfare of women in rural society. The micro credit is one of the solution to promote the quality of life and socioeconomic development. Empowering women will transform the entire household and not the person alone. Empowerment of women bring equal status to women and economically dependent.
Moringa oleifera leaves: LC-ESI-MS analysis of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activities
Authors: Mezhoudi Maram , Salem Ali , Bouhamda Talel , Khorchani Touhami , Jridi Mourad , Zouari Nacim
Published: May 2022

Research on bioactive compounds derived from medicinal plants is still topical and their applications are of interest to food industry, phytopharmacy and cosmetics. The present study deals with the phenolic compounds profile and antioxidant activities of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves. Therefore, this work is a contribution to study the potential of M. oleifera as a new crop in Tunisia. Composition of phenolic compounds was realized using LC-ESI-MS analysis. Antioxidant activities were assessed using many complementary methods. Extracts from Moringa leaves contained interesting amounts of total phenolics (33–99 mg GAE/g extract) and flavonoids (7–18 mg QE/g extract), with appreciable antioxidant activities in Fe3+ reducing (EC0.5: 0.5–1.1 mg/ml), DPPH• radical-scavenging (IC50: 0.6–1.9 mg/ml), β-carotene/linoleic acid bleaching (IC50: 66–120 µg/ml) and Fe2+ chelating (IC50: 0.5–0.8 mg/ml) assays. Quinic acid, gallic acid, quercetin-3-O-galactoside and quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside were the major compounds measured in the different extracts (5.5–13.5 mg/g extract). M. oleifera grown in oasis of Chenini-Gabes, southeastern Tunisia, can be a source of potent antioxidants for various food, nutraceutical or cosmeceutical applications.
ROSYJSKO-UKRAIŃSKA WOJNA – PRZYCZYNY, PERSPEKTYWY I LEKCJE
Authors: Zaplatynskyi Vasyl
Published: May 2022

Artykuł poświęcony jest przyczynom wybuchu wojny rosyjsko-ukraińskiej. Głównymi powodami wojny są ambicje imperialne, przechwałki oraz chęć pokazania światu, że Rosja może zrobić wszystko bezkarnie. Po wojnach w Czeczenii, Gruzji i Syrii Rosja zdecydowała się na rozpoczęcie wojny na pełną skalę na Ukrainie. Rosja utworzyła specjalny rodzaj faszyzmu, zwany Rusizmem.
Konsekwencje wojny rosyjsko-ukraińskiej nie są jasne. Możliwe są różne scenariusze od pesymistycznych, zakładających użycie broni jądrowej i eskalację wojny rosyjsko-ukraińskiej do wymiaru III wojny światowej, po umiarkowane i optymistyczne np. możliwość wewnętrznego zamachu stanu w Rosji i rozpadu Rosji na odrębne państwa.
Wojna pokazuje nam, że otaczająca nas rzeczywistość nie będzie już taka sama, że nie wrócimy już do stanu sprzed dnia 24 lutego 2022 roku. Zjednoczyliśmy się a naszym głównym zadaniem jest stworzenie świata bez wojny.
Hypothetic Robot Design used by Security Forces
Authors: Havaj Peter
Published: May 2022

This article is analyzing usage of robots in security service departments, for example during conflagration localization, natural disasters and eliminating of terrorist threats.
A Values Perspective on Ethical Education for Grades 7 to 9 in Finland
Authors: Suwalska Arleta
Published: May 2022

The National Core Curriculum for Basic Education 2014 underlined the need to treat each child as unique and valuable, and as a result, students are encouraged to enhance their self-images, self- efficacy, and self-esteem, which contribute to improvement of their learning skills. There is highlighted the emphasis on the joy of learning and promotion of pupil welfare.The main part of the study is thus an analysis of the Finnish National Core Curriculum, based on a review of the literature on secular ethics across grades 7 to 9 and the presentation of values in Finnish basic education
Aristoteles betrachten und besprechen
Authors: Seitter Walter
Published: May 2022

Walter Seitter dokumentiert hier die Lektüre eines sehr berühmten, aber wenig gelesenen Buches: der aristotelischen Metaphysik. Ein »Metabuch« in mehrfachem Sinn: geschrieben nach anderen Büchern, lesbar wohl nur nach anderen Werken mit direkterem Gegenstandsbezug (Physik, Ethik ...), Suche nach einer zusätzlichen Betrachtungsebene (unter Einschluss der Metaebene).

Die hier vorgestellte Lektüre folgt dem Textduktus, obwohl dieser keineswegs glatt oder folgerichtig verläuft, sondern mehrere Anläufe hintereinander schaltet, auch thematisch divergierende Themenrichtungen verfolgt, welche die Frage aufwerfen, worauf die aristotelische Suchbewegung eigentlich hinausläuft.

Das Lesen selber hat sich auseinandergezogen, da es über mehrere Jahre mehrere Personen beschäftigt hat und da es immer wieder unterbrochen wird durch philosophische Aktivitäten, in denen Walter Seitter seiner eigenen philosophischen Linie nachgeht, die er »Philosophische Physik« nennt – eine vollkommen unabhängige »Wiederholung« der aristotelischen Physik.

Die Betrachtung der ersten sechs Bücher der Metaphysik führt zum Eindruck, dass Aristoteles mit seiner speziellen Erfindung der Ontologie eine Gegenstandsebene instituiert hat, auf der es um die Seinsmodalitäten geht, unter denen das Wesen seinen Primat gegenüber den Akzidenzien zwar behaupten kann – aber nicht seine splendid isolation.
Einander ausgesetzt - Der Andere und das Soziale
Authors: Liebsch Burkhard
Published: May 2022

„Sozial“ leben wir nur dank Anderer, in einer Normalität, die das weitgehend in Ver¬gessenheit geraten lässt, sodass man sich fragt, ob man nicht auch ohne sie auskommen kann ‒ sei es in Formen weltflüchtigen Daseins, sei es in einem Wohlstand, der sich die Andern vom Leib hält. Alle Formen der Distanznahme setzen aber eine vorgängige Veranderung des eigenen Selbst voraus, die es Anderen aussetzt und auf sie angewiesen sein lässt. Dieses Ausgesetzt- und Angewiesensein zwingt dazu, die in ihm liegenden Herausforderungen politisch anzunehmen ‒ auch um den Preis einer Gewaltsamkeit, die menschliche Lebensformen und ihre viel gelobte „Offenheit“ zu ruinieren droht. Das zweibändige Projekt Einander ausgesetzt entwirft in historischer Perspektive eine Theorie des Sozialen, die von einem starken Begriff unaufhebbarer Alterität ausgeht und diesen mit einer komplexen Topografie menschlicher Lebensformen verschränkt und soweit deutlich macht, wie man einander ausgesetzt ist ‒ von Geburt an und in Horizonten der Verletzbarkeit, die bis hin zu neuen Kriegen detailliert bedacht werden. So dient das Projekt der „Erfassung des Wirklichen“ (Hegel), ohne das es ein kritisches „Ergründen des Vernünftigen“ nicht geben kann. Es handelt sich um den Versuch zu zeigen, was Sozialphilosophie heute leisten kann und muss.
Die Erkenntnis der Welt
Authors: Gabriel Markus
Published: May 2022

In seiner Einführung in die Erkenntnistheorie geht es nicht nur um die einführende Darstellung von offensichtlichen Grundbegriffen der Erkenntnistheorie wie 'Erkenntnis', 'Gründe', 'Rechtfertigung', sondern auch um die Frage, wie Erkenntnis bzw. Wissen sich überhaupt in der Welt ereignet. Erkenntnis und Wissensansprüche gehören zu einer sozialen Umwelt, die ihrerseits zur Welt insgesamt gehört. Vor dem Hintergrund dieser Einbettung von Erkenntnis in das Weltganze geht es um das Verhältnis von Erkenntnis und Welt. Denn jede Welterkenntnis ist auch ein Ereignis in der Welt. Entsprechend kann man Erkenntnistheorie auch gar nicht völlig außerhalb des Kontextes anderer philosophischer Fragestellungen betreiben. Themen aus der neuzeitlichen und gegenwärtigen Theorie der Intentionalität und der Ontologie werden dementsprechend ebenfalls zu Rate gezogen, um die Frage, was Erkenntnis ist und wo ihre Grenzen liegen, in einem größeren Zusammenhang zu erörtern. Denn Erkenntnis ist ebenso wenig vom Rest der Welt isoliert wie irgendeine andere Tatsache oder irgendein anderes Ereignis. Erkenntnis steht der Welt nicht gegenüber, sondern findet sich in ihr vor.
Combined Infiltrative Macroscopic Growth Pattern and Infiltrative Microscopic Tumor Border Status Is a Novel Surrogate Marker of Poor Prognosis in Patients With Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor
Authors: Ahn Bokyung , Kim Joo Young , Hong Seung-Mo
Published: May 2022

Context.—

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) are heterogeneous tumors with a wide range of malignant potential. Therefore, identification of prognostic factors is essential.

Objective.—

To systematically assess the significance of tumor border, a well-known prognostic indicator in other cancers, in PanNETs.

Design.—

We evaluated the macroscopic growth pattern (expansile [Exp] versus infiltrative [Inf]) and the microscopic tumor border (pushing [Pus] versus Inf) of 203 surgically resected PanNETs and compared them with other clinicopathologic factors.

Results.—

Based on macroscopic growth pattern, 83 cases had Exp patterns whereas 84 had Inf patterns. According to microscopic tumor border, 122 PanNETs had Pus borders whereas 81 had Inf borders. Combining macroscopic growth pattern and microscopic tumor border, 65 PanNETs had Exp/Pus, 34 had Inf/Pus, 18 had Exp/Inf, and 50 had Inf/Inf status. PanNETs with Inf/Inf status were associated with higher tumor grade, pT classification, and American Joint Committee on Cancer stage grouping; lymph node metastasis; and lymphovascular and perineural invasions (all P < .001). Patients with PanNET having Inf/Inf status had significantly shorter overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS; all P < .001). Further, using multivariate analysis, Inf/Inf status was identified as an independent poor prognostic factor of OS (P = .02) and RFS (P = .03).

Conclusions.—

In summary, combined Inf/Inf status was observed in approximately 25% of PanNETs and was associated with aggressive biological behavior and short OS and RFS. Therefore, assessing combined macroscopic growth pattern and microscopic tumor border can provide additional information regarding survival and recurrence in PanNET patients.
Using Machine Learning to Model Yacht Performance
Authors: Byrne Cian , Dickson Thomas , Lauber Marin , Cairoli Claudio , Weymouth Gabriel
Published: May 2022

Accurate modelling of the performance of a yacht in varying environmental conditions can significantly improve a yachts performance. However, a racing yacht is a highly complex multi-physics system meaning that real-time performance prediction tools are always semi-empirical, leaving significant room for improvement. In this paper we first use unsupervised machine learning to analyse full-scale yacht performance data. The widely documented ORC VPP (ORC, 2015) and the commercial Windesign VPP are compared to the data across a range of wind conditions. The data is then used to train machine learning models. A number of machine learning regression algorithms are explored including Neural Networks, Random Forests and Support Vector Machines and improvements of 82% are obtained compared to the commercial tools. The use of physics- based learning models (Weymouth and Yue, 2013) is explored in order to reduce the amount of data required to achieve accurate predictions. It is found that machine learning models can outperform empirical models even when predicting performance in environmental conditions that have not been supplied to the model as part of the training dataset.
Capability based- approach: Re-Invent people and materials viable relationships
Authors: Sbordone Maria Antonietta , Sanches Regina Aparecida , De Luca Alessandra , Amato Carmela Ilenia
Published: May 2022

Sustainability as an approach to the contemporary textile and fashion design; not only linked to the environmental vision but concerning the economy, respect for people's work and production. “A new dominant social paradigm (DSP) would focus on creating apparel products that are more efficient in material use, production and consumer utility, as well as better meeting the human needs of the consumer base, inherently more social than material needs. Similarly, clothing education in the dominant new social paradigm would promote the development of skills that would most likely include understanding human needs and ecosystem limitations, working collaboratively with the market rather than trying to dominate it and an understanding of local culture and tradition " (LeHew, 2011).
Diálogo sobre um sistema de moda e têxtil sustentável: uma análise qualitativa dos stakeholders
Authors: Motta Martina
Published: May 2022

Uma das muitas maneiras de definir o sistema de moda italiano, é aquela que define como a ação e a interação das pessoas no processo de fazer seus artefatos, conhecimento, experiência residente à essência e ao motor da indústria da moda. Na contemporaneidade,impulsionados pela mudança em direção à sustentabilidade, os designers estão trabalhando em conjunto com agricultores de matérias-primas, artesãos, fabricantes de roupas, fabricantes, varejistas e quanto mais eles estão envolvidos e familiarizados com eles, mais podem intervir para trazer mudança e inovação para um futuro melhor e sustentável. Os fornecedores são lugares onde a sustentabilidade acontece e, além disso, com seus esforços de décadas, recursos preciosos para aprender. O artigo relata uma investigação qualitativa sobre a cadeia de suprimentos da moda italiana, com o objetivo de detectar os pontos quentes onde uma interação humana entre fabricantes e designers está promovendo práticas, processos e produtos sustentáveis.
Industrial sewing as a creative resource in the clothing Surface Design project
Authors: Abreu Ana Cláudia de , Menezes Marizilda dos Santos
Published: May 2022

The production of clothing has several operational steps, such as industrial sewing, which is used on textile surfaces as a materialization resource, that is, the union of two or more layers of fabrics by sewing points that makes the object tridimensional. In this context, the research seeks to explore the possibilities of industrial sewing to be considered as a creative resource to generate innovative surfaces in clothing, anchored on three pillars: in the design approaches of Surface Design, in the technical aspects of industrial sewing and in characteristics of materials textiles. For this, an exploratory investigation was carried out, with application of experiments using four straight industrial sewing techniques in three grammages of fabrics. The results were categorized through the effects obtained on the surfaces as graphic, structural and graphic structural function, demonstrating to be a creative resource that can be explored at the beginning of the design of clothing products.
Entre Corpo, Dança e Figurino
Authors: Montanheiro Adriana Martinez
Published: May 2022

Este artigo propõe investigar algumas das relações entre corpo, movimento, dança e figurino, sob a ótica do corpo como invólucro da alma, apresentando algumas reflexões que o cercam na filosofia e no movimento da dança. Será destacada a participação dos figurinos na dança e sua relação com a visualidade, ergonomia, materiais, volumes e espaço, dando ênfase conjuntamente a luz refletida na cena. Encontram-se também relacionados aos elementos pesquisados, algumas representações dos corpos nas danças clássicas, modernas e contemporâneas, caracterizados por seus devidos figurinos.
Iluminação e Pandemia: Perspectivas estéticas da luz no contexto virtual
Authors: Lima Davi Carlos Tamarindo , Sheng Daisy Souza
Published: May 2022

Este artigo, fruto da contribuição do componente curricular de Iluminação e Sonoplastia da Universidade de Sorocaba, analisa o uso da iluminação cênica em um novo espaço de representação condicionado pelo isolamento social. O processo adaptativo dos trabalhos cênicos para o ambiente virtual potencializou a luz como uma ferramenta estética fundamental vinculada às novas experiências. Através de levantamento de campo e estudos de casos, a abordagem teórico-metodológica compreendeu como as companhias de teatro Os Satyros, e Teatro Oficina Uzyna Uzona, estabeleceram um marco na investigação da luz no contexto virtual que se aliaram às práticas teatrais.
Iluminação cênica e teatro site specific: apontamentos acerca da iluminação na Trilogia Bíblica do Teatro da Vertigem
Authors: Turbiani Francisco
Published: May 2022

O artigo busca tecer relações entre o trabalho da iluminação cênica e a natureza site specific de algumas obras teatrais. Partindo do princípio de que a obra teatral se constitui com base na interação de suas partes, busca-se compreender a iluminação como elemento articulador da espacialidade. Tendo em conta um referencial conceitual sobre o termo site specific, o artigo apresenta três espetáculos como exemplos concretos dessas relações: O Paraíso Perdido, O Livro de Jó e Apocalipse 1,11, criações do Teatro da Vertigem com iluminação de Guilherme Bonfanti.
Por uma Pedagogia da Iluminação Cênica: do que estamos falando?
Authors: Bachega Junior Vanderlei Antonio , Concílio Vicente
Published: May 2022

O presente texto tem como temática o ensino da Iluminação Cênica. Para articulá-lo, propõe-se uma reflexão sobre o uso da expressão Pedagogia da Iluminação Cênica, baseada num entrecruzamento com ideias da Pedagogia do Teatro. O objetivo deste texto é convidar profissionais e artistas da área a também produzirem reflexões sobre a discussão levantada. Para isso, é suscitada uma breve análise acerca da presença da Iluminação Cênica no ensino das Artes Cênicas e na Encenação Teatral.
Processo de design aplicado para criação e montagem de desfile de moda
Authors: Silva Viviane de Souza Cruz e
Published: May 2022

O desfile de moda consiste em um tipo de espetáculo associado a uma diversidade de elementos envolvidos, com o intuito de atrair o desejo de consumo do espectador. Representa um desafio que vai muito além da criação das peças de uma coleção, pois revela a cultura da moda por meio de uma forma de exibição de arte. Algumas limitações, como a tipologia do espaço, o prazo reduzido à montagem e à desmontagem, entre outras, são encontradas durante a organização de um desfile de moda, que acabam por promover a necessidade de práticas criativas para contorná-las. O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar o processo de design aplicado desde a criação até a montagem de um desfile de moda experienciado pelo Laboratório Luz e Cena (LALUCE), um laboratório vinculado à Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), que tem como princípio básico trazer uma aproximação com a cenografia de forma prática/aplicada aos alunos de arquitetura, design e direção de arte antes mesmo de eles irem ao mercado de trabalho. O trabalho foi desenvolvido no desfile FAV Fashion 2018, um evento realizado anualmente pelo curso de Design de Moda da Universidade Federal de Goiás, o qual visa mostrar os trabalhos de conclusão de curso dos alunos à comunidade universitária, aos familiares e aos profissionais da área de moda. Durante o processo de construção do desfile, diversas limitações foram sentidas. Assim este artigo procura expor as soluções adotadas diante das dificuldades e das limitações encontradas para garantir a qualidade do desfile proposto.
A revolução da luz Uma reinvenção da função da luz no teatro, no início do século XX, estabelecendo novas relações espaciais entre os elementos visíveis da cena
Authors: Forjaz Cibele
Published: May 2022

Artigo de História e Estética da Iluminação Cênica que descreve e analisa, por meio de estudos de caso, a prática e a teoria de Richard Wagner, Adolphe Appia, Edward Gordon Craig, Georg Fuchs e Max Reinhardt sobre encenação, na perspectiva da Iluminação Cênica e de suas relações espaciais, propondo um ponto de virada na ideia e no uso do espaço cênico com base numa revolução da utilização da luz elétrica e de suas funções no espetáculo, na passagem do século XIX para o XX. De modo que a linguagem da Iluminação Cênica se torna, a partir de então, ferramenta fundamental de articulação entre tempo e espaço, edição e dramaturgia do visível na encenação moderna.
Iluminação Cênica: Empresas, Equipes e Profissionais no Brasil
Authors: Pimenta Rosana Aparecida , Nosella Berilo Luigi Deiró , Rodrigues Thamiris Calegari , Alves Thatiane Christina Soares , Blasques Ana  Júlia Toste
Published: May 2022

O presente artigo se propõe a apresentar as questões centrais e algumas hipóteses parciais de uma pesquisa em andamento de mapeamento dos profissionais: iluminadores, light designers, operadores de luz e eletricistas que atuam na Iluminação Cênica no Brasil. O objetivo da pesquisa é realizar um reconhecimento minucioso para entender quem são os profissionais da luz para a cena e se obtiveram formação específica na área, buscando-se, assim, contribuir para traçar um panorama da área, aventando pistas sobre o papel dos profissionais da Iluminação Cênica em relação ao mercado de trabalho e suas condições de atuação. Ademais, pretende pautar aspectos dos contextos da formação para o desempenho das funções de Iluminador, técnico ou operador de luz, bem como a compreensão da área e suas reais demandas. Neste contexto, o artigo apresentará a proposta da pesquisa e seu desenvolvimento e resultados parciais até o momento.
Memorial técnico de criação de luz para o espetáculo de dança ENTRE
Authors: Silva Rodrigo Marçal de Souza e
Published: May 2022

Espetáculo de dança estreado em março de 2012 pela MIMULUS Cia de Dança, localizada na cidade de Belo Horizonte no estado de Minas Gerais.  http://mimulus.com.br/espetaculo-entre-mimulus-cia-de-danca/
Reconsideración de la herencia en Ernst Bloch
Authors: Salmerón Infante Miguel
Published: May 2022

Ernst Bloch's work reflects on the revolution and the need to take advantage of cultural legacy content with an emancipatory sense. In Heritage of our times, written during the period of the Weimar Republic, the author places special emphasis on three aspects of cultural heritage to reconsider. Namely: the genuine concept of the Third Reich, the epic theater of Brecht and expressionism.

This article examines the three mentioned aspects of reconsideration of heritage by Bloch.

La obra de Ernst Bloch reflexiona sobre la revolución y la necesidad de aprovechar contenidos del legado cultural emancipadoramente. En Herencia de esta época, texto escrito durante el periodo de la República de Weimar, el autor incide en tres aspectos de la herencia cultural a reconsiderar. A saber: el concepto genuino de Tercer Reich, el teatro épico de Brecht y el expresionismo. Este artículo examina los tres citados focos de reconsideración del concepto de herencia por parte de Bloch.

La obra de Ernst Bloch reflexiona en torno a la revolución y a la necesidad de aprovechar contenidos del legado cultural con un sentido emancipador. En Herencia de esta época, escrito llevado a cabo durante el periodo de la República de Weimar, el autor hace especial hincapié en tres aspectos de la herencia cultural a reconsiderar. A saber: el concepto genuino de Tercer Reich, el teatro épico de Brecht y el expresionismo. 

Este artículo examina los tres citados focos de reconsideración de la herencia por parte de Bloch.
Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of fibrillin (FBN) gene family in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
Authors: Sun Huiru , Ren Min , Zhang Jianing
Published: May 2022

Background

Fibrillin (FBN) proteins are widely distributed in the photosynthetic organs. The members of FBN gene family play important roles in plant growth and development, and response to hormone and stresses. Tomato is a vegetable crop with significantly economic value and model plant commonly used in research. However, the FBN family has not been systematical studied in tomato.

Methods

In this study, 14 FBN genes were identified in tomato genome by Pfam and Hmmer 3.0 software. ExPASy, MEGA 6.0, MEME, GSDS, TBtools, PlantCARE and so on were used for physical and chemical properties analysis, phylogenetic analysis, gene structure and conserved motifs analysis, collinearity analysis and cis-acting element analysis of FBN family genes in tomato. Expression characteristics of SlFBNs in different tissues, fruit shape near isogenic lines (NILs), Pst DC3000 and ABA treatments were analyzed based on transcriptome data and quantitative Real-time qPCR (qRT-PCR) analysis.

Results

The SlFBN family was divided into 11 subgroups. There were 8 FBN homologous gene pairs between tomato and Arabidopsis. All the members of SlFBN family contained PAP conserved domain, but their gene structure and conserved motifs showed apparent differences. The cis-acting elements of light and hormone (especially ethylene, methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and abscisic acid (ABA)) were widely distributed in the SlFBN promoter regions. The expression analysis found that most of SlFBNs were predominantly expressed in leaves of Heinz and S. pimpinellifolium LA1589, and showed higher expressions in mature or senescent leaves than in young leaves. Expression analysis of different tissues and fruit shape NILs indicated SlFBN1, SlFBN2b and SlFBN7a might play important roles during tomato fruit differentiation. All of the SlFBNs responded to Pst DC3000 and ABA treatments. The results of this study contribute to exploring the functions and molecular mechanisms of SlFBNs in leaf development, fruit differentiation, stress and hormone responses.
Molecular Analysis of Oxacillinase Genes and Identification of Drug Resistance Pattern in MDR Strains of Acinetobacter baumannii Isolated from Burn Wound Samples in Kermanshah, Iran
Authors: Afshar Zainab Mohseni , Asadi Somayeh , Miladi Ronak , Danesh Camellia , Farshid Shohreh , Asadi Ebadullah , Mansouri Faizullah , Ahmadi Kamal
Published: May 2022

Introduction: Carbapenem Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii (CRAB) is a dangerous nosocomial pathogen that can cause high mortality in patients. This bacterium has a remarkable ability to acquire various resistance mechanisms due to this it is considered as one of the health priorities. Aim: To investigate the prevalence of the OXA-23, OXA-24, and OXA-58 genes in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates collected from burn wound samples in Kermanshah, Iran. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was done during 11 months period from December 2018 to October 2019, 74 A. baumannii isolates were collected from those admitted to the Burns Unit of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Kermanshah, Iran. The 74 A. baumannii isolates were detected using particular bacteriological methods. Following determination of the antibiotic sensitivity of the specimens using the disk diffusion technique, polymerase chain reaction was performed to determine the frequency of the OXA-23, OXA-24, and OXA-58 genes using their specific primers. Data were analysed using Fisher’s-exact test and Chi-squared test in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: All the 74 A. baumannii isolates were MultidrugResistant (MDR) (41 from males and 33 from females). The highest drug resistance was against cefotaxime (100%) and piperacillin (98.6%), while all the isolates were sensitive to polymyxin B and colistin. Oxacillinase genes with the highest and lowest frequencies were OXA-23 (64.7%) and OXA-58 (3.5%), respectively. The highest frequency of isolates with two genes were related to OXA-23 and OXA-24. A significant relationship was observed among the existence of oxacillinase genes and resistance to some antibiotics. Conclusion: The results of this study indicated the significance of OXA carbapenemase genes in burn patients. Due to the high drug resistance of A. baumannii isolates collected from wound samples, the identification of carbapenemase-producing A. baumannii isolates is paramount in developing prevention and control programs for these drug-resistant isolates.
Demographic and dietary responses of small mammals to high severity fire
Authors: Dickman Christopher R. , Happold David C. D.
Published: May 2022

Populations of many animal species decline after fire, with some individuals killed during the fire and others succumbing to impoverished conditions in the post-fire environment. For individuals that survive a fire, an ability to exploit scarce resources in the burnt landscape is particularly important. In this study, we compared the numbers, survival and diets of three species of small mammal at two sites in tall open-forest in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The first site was subjected to a high severity experimental fire in February 1980, while the second nearby site was unburnt and served as a control. Relative numbers and survival of the Agile Antechinus (Antechinus agilis) and Mainland Dusky Antechinus (A. mimetes) declined post-fire and remained lower than in the control site until spring 1980 when populations at both sites crashed following the post-mating death of males. These patterns reversed for A. mimetes in 1981 and 1982 and for A. agilis in 1982, with numbers and survival then being higher in the burnt than in the control site. Relative numbers of the Bush Rat (Rattus fuscipes) increased in a similar manner in both sites until the end of the study after 29 months, and monthly survival remained high throughout. The diets of the three species were similar between the control and burnt site before the fire. In the four months post-fire the diets of the two Antechinus species in the burnt site contained fewer ground-dwelling invertebrates compared with the control, whereas the dietary diversity of R. fuscipes in the burnt site increased due to increased consumption of food groups such as grasses and ferns that otherwise were seldom eaten. The dietary diversity of all species was similar between the two sites 12–16 months post-fire. The results suggest that the fire had short-term effects on the two species of Antechinus, most likely by depleting populations of their prey, while the demography of R. fuscipes was scarcely affected by fire owing to its ability to switch food groups within its already omnivorous diet. Dietary flexibility may be an important but often overlooked mechanism facilitating species’ persistence in post-fire environments.
Annexin A2 versus Alpha-Fetoprotein in Diagnosing Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Diagnostic Meta-Analysis
Authors: Thokerunga Erick , Ahmed Abdullahi Omar , Rogious Mbasani
Published: May 2022

Background: Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) remains widely used for diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) despite its low sensitivity and specificity. Recently, Annexin A2, a highly expressed protein in HCC and almost undetectable in normal liver cells has been studied as a potential alternative.

Objective: To synthesize evidence for the diagnostic accuracy of annexin A2 as an alternative to AFP in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Methods: PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (chkd-cnki) databases were searched without time constraints up to 2022. Meta-analysis was conducted using Meta-Disc software. 

Results: 6 studies were meta-analyzed. The pooled sensitivity and specificity for Annexin A2 were 84% [95% CI :( 80 – 87)], and 78% [95% CI :( 71 – 84)] respectively, while AFP was 70% [95% CI :( 66 – 74)] and 79% [95% CI :( 72 – 85)] respectively. The pooled diagnostic odds ratio was 20.35 [95% CI :( 9.76 – 42.42)] for Annexin A2, and 9.71 [95% CI :( 5.27 – 17.88)] for AFP. The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.88 for Annexin A2 and 0.82 for AFP.

Conclusions: Annexin A2 is significantly more sensitive than AFP for HCC diagnosis but less specific. A combination of Annexin A2 and AFP could improve accuracy.