bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
TO THE DISCUSSION ON TEACHING ECONOMIC THEORY
Authors: Покрытан П.А.
Published: September 2023

Статья вскрывает ряд проблем, ограничивающих понимание условий, формирующих движение современной системы образования в российском обществе. Отмечается, что традиционные оценки недостатков российской системы образования в большинстве случаев основаны на эмпирически обыденных наблюдениях, ухватывающих внешне воспринимаемые события как достаточные, а потому абстрактные, то есть не требующие проверки на теоретическом уровне познания. Показано, что ползучий эмпиризм ограничивает научное понимание происходящих в образовании негативных явлений и не даёт возможности выработки научно обоснованных рекомендаций по их нейтрализации. В этом состоит научная новизна представляемого материала. Цель статьи – представить суждения научной критики выступлений отдельных участников конференции в Финансовом университете и привлечь внимание к наследию отечественной педагогики, использование которой в настоящее время особенно важно.

The article reveals a number of problems that limit the understanding of the conditions that form the movement of the modern education system in Russian society. It is noted that traditional estimates of the shortcomings of the Russian education system in most cases are based on empirically ordinary observations that grasp externally perceived events as sufficient, and therefore abstract, that is, not requiring verification at the theoretical level of knowledge. It has been shown that creeping empiricism limits the scientific understanding of negative phenomena occurring in education and does not make it possible to develop scientifically based recommendations for their neutralization. This is the scientific novelty of the presented material. The purpose of the article is to present the judgments of scientific criticism of the speeches of individual participants of the conference at the Financial University and to draw attention to the legacy of Russian pedagogy, the use of which is currently particularly topical.
CHANGES IN HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND HEMODYNAMICS OF STUDENTS EXPOSED TO URBAN NOISE
Authors: Индейкина О.С. , Елистратов Д.Е.
Published: September 2023

Данная работа посвящена анализу изменений показателей кардиоинтервалографии, показателей временной и частотной области вариабельности сердечного ритма и показателей гемодинамики студентов под влиянием шума города. При этом учитывался уровень чувствительности исследуемых студентов к шуму, оцененный по адаптированной и апробированной нами ранее шкале чувствительности к шуму N.D. Weinstein, уровень эмоциональной реакции исследуемых студентов с использованием гедонической шкалы лиц, возникшей при прослушивании шума города. Запись шума города прослушивалась студентами через наушники в условиях лаборатории. Интенсивность шума города соответствовала СаНПиН и равнялась 60 дБА. Запись RR интервалов и показателей гемодинамики велась в соответствии с рекомендациями, разработанными Европейской Ассоциацией Кардиологии. Показатели фиксировались дважды: до и во время прослушивания шума города. Установлено, что влияние шума города приводит к снижению активности парасимпатического отдела вегетативной нервной системы, о чем свидетельствует достоверное изменение показателей частоты сердечных сокращений, диастолического артериального давления, стандартного отклонения продолжительности NN интервалов (SDNN), отношения числа NN-интервалов, отличающихся от соседних более чем на 50 мс к общему числу NN-интервалов (pNN50), вариационного размаха.

Here we analyze changes in cardiointervalography parameters, indicators of the time and frequency domain of heart rate variability and hemodynamic parameters of students exposed to urban noise. We took into account both: the level of sensitivity of students to noise assessed by the N. D. Weinstein noise sensitivity scale adapted and tested earlier, the level of emotional reaction of the studied students using the hedonic scale of faces that arose when listening to the noise of the city. Students with a high level of sensitivity to noise and a moderately negative emotional reaction to the impact of urban noise took part in the experimental work. The recording of the noise of the city was listened to by students through headphones in a laboratory. The noise intensity of the city corresponded to SanPiN and was equal to 60 dBA. Recording of RR intervals and hemodynamic parameters was carried out in accordance with the recommendations developed by the European Association of Cardiology. The indicators were recorded twice: before and during listening to the noise of the city. It has been established that the influence of city noise leads to a decrease in the activity of the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system, as evidenced by a significant change in heart rate, diastolic blood pressure, standard deviation of the duration of NN intervals (SDNN), the ratio of the number of NN intervals that differ from neighboring ones by more than by 50 ms to the total number of NN-intervals (pNN50), variation range.
SYNURBIZATION DEGREE OF BIRDS AND AVIFAUNA SEASONAL DYNAMICS IN MOSCOW CITY PARKS
Authors: Василевская А.А. , Маловичко Л.В.
Published: September 2023

В данном исследовании по степени синурбизации представлена классификация 107 видов птиц, отмеченных в 2018-2022 гг. в 7 парках города Москвы. Проанализирована сезонная динамика видов различной степени синурбизации. Показано, что во всех парках, независимо от их площади и возраста, наблюдаются сходные тенденции: виды с высокой степенью синурбизации встречаются либо в течение всего года, либо в большую часть сезонов. Виды с низкой степенью синурбизации представлены в авифауне парков, как правило, в негнездовой сезон. Регулярные встречи видов с низкой степенью синурбизации позволяют предположить, что в будущем для них не исключено повышение степени синурбизации за счёт изменений в жизненном цикле.

Here we present a synurbization degree-based classification of 107 bird species recorded in 2018-2022 in seven Moscow city parks. The seasonal dynamics of species of different synurbization degree is analyzed. Regardless of the parks’ area and age, similar tendencies are observed: the species of high synurbization degree are recorded either thoughout the year or almost in all seasons. The species of low synurbization degree are predominantly presented in parks’ bird fauna in non-breeding season. Regular recordings of species of low synurbization degree allow us to presume that in future similar species may increase their synurbization degree by changing their life cycle
Innowacja, kontrola, opór, normalizacja: pracownicze sposoby radzenia sobie z pandemicznym kryzysem w miejscu pracy
Authors: Mrozowicki Adam
Published: September 2023

Celem artykułu jest analiza zbiorowych, pracowniczych sposobów radzenia sobie z kryzysem w miejscu pracy wywołanym przez pandemię Covid-19. Zostały one poddane konceptualizacji z wykorzystaniem pojęć uwrażliwiających (innowacji, kontroli, oporu i normalizacji w miejscu pracy), które wywiedziono z socjologii pracy i socjologii ekonomicznej. Pojęcia te oraz relacje pomiędzy nimi zostały ugruntowane empirycznie w badaniach nad doświadczeniami pracowników i pracownic, których praca okazała się niezbędna dla reprodukcji społecznej w warunkach pandemii w Polsce. Dane empiryczne obejmują zogniskowane wywiady grupowe i wywiady biograficzne z osobami pracującymi w edukacji, ochronie zdrowia, pomocy społecznej i logistyce. Badania prowadzą do wniosku, że wykorzystywanie „oddolnych” pomysłów na organizację pracy („innowacja”), konflikty wokół kontroli nad procesem pracy i jakości pracy („kontrola” i „opór”), a także instytucjonalizacja ukształtowanych w okresie kryzysu norm („normalizacja”) tworzą sekwencje zbiorowych reakcji pracowników i pracownic na pandemiczny kryzys w miejscu pracy. W artykule analizie poddane zostają dwie, najbardziej typowe w materiale empirycznym sekwencje (sekwencje kontestacyjne i sekwencje normalizacyjne) oraz ich wybrane uwarunkowania.
Accounting for the management of goods in the customs warehouse
Authors: Zamula I.V. , Seletska D.O.
Published: September 2023

The article analyzes the basic principles of forming a system of accounting for goods in a customs warehouse. In particular, to ensure control over the placement, movement, storage and release of goods, it is proposed to use markings that will allow identification of objects that require special conditions of storage, transportation or customs clearance. A proposal has been put forward to introduce mandatory storage bookkeeping for customs warehouses, which will detail information on available cargo. In addition, it is stated that an important factor in accounting for the management of goods in a customs warehouse is the development of a work plan for off-balance sheet accounts, if the warehouse keeper, by prior agreement, places the cargo of another business entity in its customs warehouse.
Audit services market: bibliometric analysis
Authors: Vyhivska Iryna Mykolaivna , Loskorikh Gabriella Liudvykivna
Published: September 2023

Modern challenges in doing business and functioning of enterprises, implementation of sustainable development goals require adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to international, in particular European, standards, including the sphere of audit activities. An audit is a reliable way to confirm the reliability and confidence of information about the financial statements and financial condition of an enterprise. The article considers the regulatory framework for the concepts of «audit» and «audit activity». The market of audit services is studied and its components are identified: the provision of audit, non-audit and related services by audit entities. Along with this, the analysis of the audit services market and the problems of providing audit services and, directly, conducting an audit is carried out. In the course of the study, methods of visualization of the main areas of research of scientists, publication activity of authors based on data from the Scopus scientometric database using VOSviewer and Bibliometrix software were used. Bibliometric, structural, cluster, and graphical analyses were used. The applied research methods in the field of audit activity made it possible to identify the leading countries in terms of publication activity of the topic under study. The most cited articles are presented, which are aimed at determining the most relevant areas of research of scientists and further monitoring of problematic issues.
Nursing Hourly Rounds Increase Patient Satisfaction : Literature Review
Authors: Setiawan Cencen Hendra , Mediawati Ati Surya
Published: September 2023

The quality of hospital services depends on the quality of nursing care provided to patients, Nurses are a large fleet in hospitals both in terms of number and hours of service because nurses are 24 hours with patients. Patient satisfaction is an indicator of the quality of care that has been provided to patients, which until now has become the focus of attention for every health service to further enhance the role and function of nurses in improving the quality of care. The aim is to identify the effect of the implementation of Nursing Rounds on patient satisfaction—systematic review using electronic databases identified from Pubmed, EBSCOhost and Google Scholar. Search using keywords, namely nurse, Nursing rounds, hourly rounds and patient satisfaction. The search results contained seven articles that were filtered from 2017-2021 which showed that Nursing rounds could increase patient satisfaction, improve patient safety, and prevent extravasation of infusion fluids. Nursing rounds can also be done together with other professions. Nursing Rounds activities carried out by nurses in a measured and planned manner can increase patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction is greatly influenced by the role of nurses in carrying out nursing rounds for patients.
La palabra y el rito. El poder de la palabra en tres leyendas védicas
Authors: Rubio Orecilla Francisco Javier
Published: September 2023

Esta monografía ofrece el análisis de diversos textos mitológicos de los Vedas, junto con la edición bilingüe de los mismos. En ellos, el poder de la palabra sagrada, central en la cultura védica, se manifiesta en el mito: así, el dios Indra libera las vacas de la Aurora mediante un grito ritual. Entre los textos traducidos se encuentran el famoso Himno a Vāc, la palabra sagrada, o la Leyenda de unaḥśepa, uno de los relatos brahmánicos en prosa más conocidos.
Deciphering mechanisms of blaNDM gene transmission between human and animals: a genomics study of bacterial isolates from various sources in China, 2015 to 2017
Authors: Chen Kaichao , Xie Miaomiao , Dong Ning , Chan Edward Wai Chi , Zhang Rong , Chen Sheng
Published: September 2023

Background

In China, the bla
NDM gene has been recovered from human bacterial isolates since 2011. After 2014, detections of this gene in animal and food bacterial isolates have increasingly been reported.

Aim

We aimed to understand how bla
NDM-bearing bacteria could spread between humans, animals, and animal-derived food.

Methods

A total of 288 non-duplicate Escherichia coli strains, including 130 bla
NDM-carrying and 158 bla
NDM-negative strains were collected from clinical (humans), food-producing animals (pigs) and food (retail pork) sources between 2015 and 2017. The strains were whole genome sequenced. Core-genome-multilocus-sequence-typing was conducted. To investigate if sequence types (STs) found in human, animal or food samples could have a prior origin in a clinical, animal or food-borne animal reservoir, discriminant analysis of principal components (DAPC) was used. Plasmids bearing bla
NDM were characterised.

Results

The 130 bla
NDM-carrying E. coli strains comprised a total of 60 STs, with ST167 (10/51), ST77 (6/33) and ST48 (6/46) being most prevalent in clinical, animal and food sources, respectively. Some ST10 and ST167 strains were respectively found among all three sources sampled, suggesting they might enable transfer of bla
NDM between sources. DAPC analysis indicated possible transmissions of ST167 from humans to animals and ST10 from animals to human. In 114 of 130 bla
NDM-carrying isolates, bla
NDM was located on an IncX3 plasmid.

Conclusion

This study in a Chinese context suggests that cross-species transmission of certain STs of E. coli harbouring bla
NDM on mobile elements, may facilitate the spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Stringent monitoring of bla
NDM-bearing E. coli in ecosystems is important.
The re-emergence of influenza following the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria, Australia, 2021 to 2022
Authors: Pendrey Catherine GA , Strachan Janet , Peck Heidi , Aziz Ammar , Moselen Jean , Moss Rob , Rahaman Md Rezanur , Barr Ian G , Subbarao Kanta , Sullivan Sheena G
Published: September 2023

Background

COVID-19 pandemic mitigation measures, including travel restrictions, limited global circulation of influenza viruses. In Australia, travel bans for non-residents and quarantine requirements for returned travellers were eased in November 2021, providing pathways for influenza viruses to be re-introduced.

Aim

We aimed to describe the epidemiological and virological characteristics of the re-emergence of influenza in Victoria, Australia to inform public health interventions.

Methods

From 1 November 2021 to 30 April 2022, we conducted an epidemiological study analysing case notification data from the Victorian Department of Health to describe case demographics, interviewed the first 200 cases to establish probable routes of virus reintroduction and examined phylogenetic and antigenic data to understand virus diversity and susceptibility to current vaccines.

Results

Overall, 1,598 notifications and 1,064 positive specimens were analysed. The majority of cases (61.4%) occurred in the 15–34 years age group. Interviews revealed a higher incidence of international travel exposure during the first month of case detections, and high levels of transmission in university residential colleges were associated with return to campus. Influenza A(H3N2) was the predominant subtype, with a single lineage predominating despite multiple importations.

Conclusion

Enhanced testing for respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic provided a more complete picture of influenza virus transmission compared with previous seasons. Returned international travellers were important drivers of influenza reemergence, as were young adults, a group whose role has previously been under-recognised in the establishment of seasonal influenza epidemics. Targeting interventions, including vaccination, to these groups could reduce future influenza transmission.
A autodeterminação dos alunos do curso de educação a distância de licenciatura em matemática: um estudo de caso no IFMA Campus São João dos Patos
Authors:   , Sousa Aluízio José Gonçalves de
Published: September 2023

Este trabalho analisou a autodeterminação dos alunos do curso de Licenciatura em
Matemática, na modalidade de Educação a Distância, ofertado pelo Instituto Federal de
Educação do Maranhão, Campus São João dos Patos a luz da teoria da autodeterminação.
Para tanto, precisou-se entender como se constroem os construtos da teoria da
autodeterminação, o constructo da motivação intrínseca, os quatros da motivação
extrínsica, a partir do trabalho de pesquisa analisou-se cada um destes constructos. Neste
sentido, foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa qualitativa que utilizou o estudo de caso como
estratégia. Os dados coletados por meio de questionários semiestruturados foram
analisados mediantes a análise de conteúdo de Bardin (2011). Os resultados da análise para
apontam os aspectos que demonstram motivação ou desmotivação no processo de
autodeterminação no desenvolver do curso de matemática na modalidade a Distância. O
estudo permitiu fazer algumas constatações acerca da motivação na modalidade a
distância, foi possível observar as fragilidades dos discentes em relação a fatores
psicológicos e questões de dificuldades, com esse estudo constatou-se também que é
necessário um olhar direcionado para essa modalidade de ensino, de modo que o
desenvolvimento do processo de ensino aprendizagem seja mais proveitoso e eficaz.
Os sentidos da República no Brasil: considerações históricas
Authors: Prado Maria Emilia
Published: September 2023

O objetivo deste texto é apresentar algumas reflexões sobre o modo como república e democracia tem sido vistas historicamente no Brasil, de modo a possibilitar uma melhor compreensão do crescimento da extrema direita no país em anos recentes.
Comunicação, Fundamentalismo e Política: o uso de Fake News e os eventos de 08 de janeiro de 2023
Authors: Dugnani Patricio , Santos Rafael Fonseca , Macedo Roberto Gondo
Published: September 2023

Pretende-se, nesse artigo, refletir sobre o uso das Fake News e sua relação com as ideias fundamentalistas que tem povoado o imaginário político brasileiro da Modernidade Tardia. Além disso, busca-se refletir se o uso dos meios digitais e o crescimento das Fake News estão vinculados aos eventos que desembocaram na invasão dos prédios dos três poderes no dia 08 de janeiro de 2023. Caracteriza-se por uma pesquisa exploratória e teórica, com levantamento de documentos que possam auxiliar na compreensão do efeito narcotizante que essas notícias fraudulentas tiveram no cenário atual com o uso intenso dos meios digitais, principalmente, as redes sociais.
Deep Venous Thrombosis as the Clinical Expression of POEMS Syndrome
Authors: Beatriz Rosado Peña , Virginia Perez Vazquez , Victoria de Lara Banhadan , Carlos Jarava Luque , Jose Luis Andrey Guerrero , Juan-Bosco Lopez-Saez
Published: September 2023

This case suggests that POEMS syndrome does present with a constellation of signs and symptoms that may lead a clinician to a multitude of other possible diagnoses. Diagnosis is often difficult and delayed. A good history and physical examination as well as a careful review of all workups are paramount in establishing this particular diagnosis. The major criteria of diagnostic for the syndrome are polyradiculoneuropathy, clonal plasma disorder, sclerotic bone lesions, the presence of Castleman disease, and elevated vascular endothelial growth factor. Minor features include organomegaly, extravascular volume overload, endocrinopathy, characteristic skin changes, papilledema, and thrombocytosis. The diagnosis is made with three of the major criteria, two of which must include polyradiculoneuropathy and clonal plasma cell disorder, and at least one of the minor criteria. In this article, we discuss the differential diagnosis and outline the clinical evaluation indicated.
Before and Beyond the New Age: Historical Appropriation of Native American Medicine and Spirituality / Antes Y Más Allá De La Nueva Era: Apropiación Histórica De La Medicina Y La Espiritualidad De Los Nativos Americanos
Authors: Dees Sarah
Published: September 2023

Abstract: The appropriation of spiritual and medical practices has become a significant topic among scholars and practitioners of Native American religions. Scholars often focus on New Age religion as the primary realm in which the commodification and appropriation of Indigenous religious beliefs, practices, and objects has occurred. Since the 1960s, practitioners of New Age religion have drawn on an eclectic array of spiritual practices, including those originating in Native American communities, for inspiration. Yet the commodification and appropriation of Native American practices began well before the dawning of the New Age. This article examines "Indian medicine companies," US-based patent medicine companies that developed and marketed Native American-themed medicinal products to the American public in the late nineteenth century. Examining facets of material culture produced by Indian medicine companies reveals the extent to which these business enterprises, in addition to peddling remedies, sold racialized narratives about Native American religion,
culture, and history. Resumen: La apropiación de prácticas espirituales y médicas se ha convertido en un tema importante entre los estudiosos y practicantes de las religiones indígenas americanas. Los estudiosos suelen centrarse en la religión de la Nueva Era como el principal ámbito en el que se ha producido la mercantilización y apropiación de creencias, prácticas y objetos religiosos indígenas. Desde la década de 1960, los practicantes de la religión de la Nueva Era se han inspirado en una variedad ecléctica de prácticas espirituales, incluidas las originarias de las comunidades indígenas americanas. Sin embargo, la mercantilización y apropiación de las prácticas de los nativos americanos comenzó mucho antes de los albores de la Nueva Era. Este artículo examina las "Indian medicine companies", empresas de patentes médicas con sede en Estados Unidos que desarrollaron y comercializaron productos medicinales de temática indígena para el público estadounidense a finales del siglo XIX. El examen de las facetas de la cultura material producida por las compañías de medicina india revela hasta qué punto estas empresas comerciales, además de vender remedios, vendían narrativas racializadas sobre la religión, la cultura y la historia de los nativos americanos.
Germany in Crisis: Hitler’s Antisemitism as a Function of Existential Anxiety and a Quest for Sustainable Security
Authors: Weber Thomas
Published: September 2023

Abstract: This article presents the utilitarian functional drive behind Adolf Hitler’s antisemitism. It argues that Hitler’s political and proto-genocidal antisemitism was a function of the existential anxiety he felt about what he perceived to be the greatest polycrisis in centuries and his ensuing quest for sustainable security. Regaining security lay at the centre of his politicization and radicalization as well as of all his actions once in power. As the article contends, three ingredients had to come together to produce Hitler’s genocidal antisemitism: 1) an awareness of, belief in, and anxiety about, the existence of an existential national and international all-encompassing crisis; 2) a linking of Jews to that crisis; and 3) a translation of that link into a programme of total solutions and a quest for sustainable security. The goal of his antisemitism was to overcome a life-or-death mega-crisis to be able to return subsequently to a conventional pursuit of security. It was not to produce permanent security for eternity.
Anglophone Conflict, New Institutions, and Women's Access to Political Power in Cameroon
Authors: Adams Melinda , Fonjong Lotsmart
Published: September 2023

Abstract: In several African states, postconflict contexts provide opportunities for the expansion of women's political representation. Little is known, however, about the opportunities for enhancing women's participation in politics during ongoing conflicts. We examine the relationship between conflict and women's political representation in Cameroon, which has experienced conflict in its anglophone regions since 2017. The government has responded to the challenge by introducing several new institutions. Analysis of women's political representation and responses to an online survey demonstrates that while conflict has disrupted gender relations and contributed to the growth of women's movements, the new institutions have not created significant advances for women. The ongoing conflict has provided few opportunities for women activists to embed gender equity commitments in new institutions.
“As thin as a sheet of light”: Jane Addams on Narrative and End-of-Life Care
Authors: Cunningham Kelly Ann
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Jane Addams’ short book The Long Road of Woman’s Memory , which has largely been ignored by philosophers, identifies two important powers of memory. In addition to consoling the elderly and enabling them to make meanings of their pasts, memories also have the power to calcify into stories that reinforce shared moral values and incite moral progress. These observations serve as the starting point for a conversation on narrative medicine and its potential for improving medical treatment for patients receiving end-of-life care. In addition to filling in one of the many gaps that exists in the literature surrounding Addams’ work, I also aim to contribute to the growing scholarship on person-centered end-of-life care in the field of bioethics.
The Spread and Impact of Fake News on Social Media: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda
Authors: Arayankalam Jithesh , Krishnan Satish
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: In this post-truth era, fake news on social media has emerged as a societal problem, where objective facts have increasingly become less influential. Although there is a recent spike in fake news research, it has progressed without a proper agenda or a theoretical framework and has been fragmented. This systematic literature review (SLR) aims to organize the fragmented literature on fake news, focusing on the psychosocial antecedents of its spread on social media and the impact due to such spread. Accordingly, we systematically analyzed fifty-six empirical studies using standard protocols to delineate the current research profile and future research areas. The research themes emerging from the SLR are (a) the need for a theoretical and methodological grounding for understanding the fake news problem on social media; (b) the person, behavior, and environmental factors for the fake news spread on social media; and (c) social, economic, and psychological impacts due to fake news on social media. This study also argues for expanding the current research horizon by relying on new research methods and focusing on under-investigated psychosocial factors. The study may help policymakers plan and execute human-centric policy measures for combating fake news on social media by focusing on an individual's psychosocial factors.
Gotham Book Mart's Spring 1938 Film File Catalog
Authors: Brennan Nathaniel
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: This essay introduces the Gotham Book Mart Film File , a bibliographic catalog of film literature published in 1938. The Film File is placed in dialogue with contemporaneous efforts at cultural institutions like the Museum of Modern Art to develop film studies as a field of research. The Gotham Book Mart's catalog functions in numerous ways: generally, it reflects the state of film studies as a developing discipline in 1938; it broadens our understanding of how cultural institutions shape fields of knowledge; and it illustrates how these institutions, large and small, converged in New York's film culture. The essay suggests that bookshops and publishing were as important in the history of the city's cultural life—and in the development of new disciplines like film studies—as libraries, museums, and archives.
The Digital Transformation of Tax Systems Progress, Pitfalls, and Protection in a Danish Context
Authors: Fjord Louise Blichfeldt , Schmidt Peter Koerver
Published: September 2023

Abstract: The authors examine possibilities and challenges in using digital tools to obtain tax simplification and to improve tax assessment, collection, and transparency. Hence, the main objectives of the article are, from a legal perspective, to shed additional light on the relations between tax administrations and taxpayers in an increasingly digitalized world and to discuss how this development may influence taxpayers' rights and the overall efficiency of tax systems. In doing so, practical experiences—incurred in Denmark during its journey from a paper-based and manual tax administration process toward a more digitalized one—are analyzed. Against this background, it is concluded that many states around the world, including Denmark, have come a long way in making tax processes smoother and more efficient through the use of digital tools for the benefit of both taxpayers and tax administrations. However, at the same time, global as well as Danish experiences clearly show that states, in their pursuit to digitalize tax administrations further, need to take appropriate measures into consideration in order to ensure the legality and transparency of the digital tax administration processes.
Memory Politics in Bahrain: The Invocation of the Early Modern Past in the Aftermath of the February 14, 2011 Uprising
Authors: Mueller Chelsi
Published: September 2023

Abstract: On February 14, 2011, protests broke out in Bahrain led by the mostly Shi'i opposition against the Sunni Al Khalifa ruling family. After a failed attempt to appease the protestors, the Al Khalifa government blamed Iran for the unrest and invited Saudi and Emirati troops to enter Bahrain and crush the uprising. This article explores how and why the events of an earlier crisis, which began with a Shi'i uprising in 1922 and widened to include Iranian nationals in 1923, was remembered and communicated by states and social groups in the aftermath of the 2011 protests, both in scholarly articles and in the digital media. These contested narratives of Bahrain's past are located within the politically charged context of the 2011 uprising to shed light on the relationship between memory and politics in Bahrain.
Israeli Democracy and its System of Checks and Balances: The Testimony Derived from Two Supreme Court Opinions by President Asher Grunis
Authors: Ellenson David
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: This essay examines two separate but related cases in which President Asher Grunis of the Israeli High Court of Justice wrote opinions that overturned two decisions made by the Central Elections Committee of the Knesset. The first decision disqualified Balad party MK Haneen Zoabi from running for office while the second censored advertisements by both the Arab Party Balad and the right-wing Jewish Party Otzma l'Yisrael during the 2012 election campaign. The substance of these decisions speaks to the commitment Grunis and the Court had to the principles of liberal democracy. The opinions also testify to the power the Supreme Court possesses to protect the civil rights of candidacy and free speech and assure equal rights for culturally, religiously, and politically marginalized groups. The views expressed in them are particularly relevant at a moment when the system of checks and balances that have historically defined Israel as a liberal democratic nation is endangered by proposed legislation.
"The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back": The 1996 Blood Affair and the Navon Commission
Authors: Chazan Idan
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: This article analyzes the role and functions of Israeli commissions of inquiry (COI) and specifically, the Navon Commission of 1996 which investigated a newly revealed Israeli policy calling for all Ethiopian-Israeli blood donations to be surreptitiously thrown out for fear of contamination from AIDS. The revelation of the affair led to a 10,000-person protest convened by the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews) and an official commission was formed to investigate the scandal (known as the "Blood Affair"), headed by former president of Israel Yitzhak Navon. Engaging with historical and theoretical literature that presents disparate "typologies" of Israeli commissions of inquiry and discusses their functions and socio-political significance, this article probes the reasons both the Ethiopian-Israelis and the state favored the formation of a commission of inquiry to investigate the Blood Affair. The study then asks how and why the Blood Affair narrative in the final report of the Navon Commission differed from the various narratives advanced by Beta Israel. The article contends that the Navon Commission and Beta Israel viewed the Blood Affair from different angles, the former as a public commission and the latter through the experience of Ethiopian-Israelis as immigrants and their process of integration.
Civilization Perilous: Resituating Coetzee's Barbarians and the West
Authors: Ng Lynda
Published: September 2023

Abstract: J.M. Coetzee's novel, Waiting for the Barbarians , has long been regarded as a political fable that takes place in an abstract, delocalized world. Source material in the Coetzee archive has revealed, however, that far from featuring a completely invented place, Barbarians is in fact set in the very real and recognizable terrain of Xinjiang, the Westernmost province of China. Relocating the novel into Xinjiang's multi-ethnic context has considerable implications for the way we are to understand Coetzee's positioning of civilized and barbarian peoples. It enables us to see how racialization is used to stabilize the abstract concepts of civilization and barbarism, moving beyond the black-white binary of South African apartheid. Perhaps most importantly, it draws attention to the racialized assumptions that readers themselves bring to the text and highlights the tenuous basis on which civilization constructs itself.
"That English Paper": Cannibals, Slaves, and Bits of Fun in Ulysses
Authors: Power Tristan
Published: September 2023

Abstract: The study of the "Circe" episode of Ulysses has been underserved with regard to one of its most significant sources, the sadomasochistic magazine Bits of Fun , which has never been fully examined. This source is followed more closely by Joyce in the novel's Bella/ Bello scene than has been realized, as well as in the "Ithaca" episode and Finnegans Wake . The exact issues that Joyce used have not yet been correctly identified, and the "Circe" notesheets have consequently been misdated. Joyce drew on Bits of Fun not only for his theme of forced feminization in this episode, but also for more extreme details of bondage and torture, including even cannibalism and slavery. Based on this source, the text of Joyce's early draft material in both his "Circe" notesheets and Ulysses notebooks should be emended in several places.
Deconfining Translation in Samuel Beckett's Le Dépeupleur and The Lost Ones
Authors: Roberts Trask
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Le Dépeupleur (1970), Samuel Beckett's short work of prose translated by the author himself as The Lost Ones (1972), crafts a scenario in which 200 bodies are confined to a squat cylinder with scant more than a square meter each and only the rumor of an exit. The confinement Beckett imposes on these dehumanized bodies goes beyond the spatial, and also manifests itself on temporal, linguistic, and narrative planes. Beckett's two versions of the text (English and French) engage each other in ways that both reinforce the confined nature of this fictional universe as well as generate possibilities for liberation.
Practicing Aşk : Sound and Affect in Late Sabbateanism and Its Ottoman Sphere
Authors: Feldman Samet Hadar
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Emotional states and their representations are gaining increasing attention in the historical study of mysticism. Building on the notion that mystical texts can be utilized to form a relation with the divine, in the current article I explore the intersection of emotional expressions, auditory elements, and devotional traditions as central praxes in Ottoman society. While focusing on a late offshoot of the Sabbatean movement, the Ma'aminim of Salonica, a contextualized analysis of previously unexplored sources demonstrates that during the first half of the nineteenth century the Sabbateans reshaped their communal practices according to contemporary cultural conventions in the Ottoman sphere. This study suggests that viewing mystical texts as generators of affect and sensorial ritual draws the focus from the spiritual world of a mystic-author to the experiences of community members, and it proves that neighboring soundscapes and appropriation of popular culture may serve as fundamental components in the historicization of religious phenomena.
Resurrecting Maghreb Pluriel ?: Jews and Postauthoritarian Tunisia
Authors: Rohde Achim
Published: September 2023

Abstract: The Tunisian revolution of 2011 marked a partial reconfiguration of the political elite and the beginning of a protracted democratization process whose long-term success is far from secured. In this article, I discuss societal/political/cultural transformations toward democracy in Tunisia since 2011 through the prism of its tiny Jewish minority. The perceived homogeneity of Tunisian society has come under increasing scrutiny since the revolution, and this includes a heightened visibility of the country's Jewish community and a degree of public debate on related topics. I focus on three cases: the preservation of Jewish cultural heritage, the demise of an NGO designed to fight racism and antisemitism in Tunisia, and the commemoration of the German occupation of Tunisia during World War II. Addressing contemporary Tunisian history "from the margins" enables a more nuanced understanding of political struggles that accompany processes of de-/re-territorializing Tunisian collective identities.
RITUALIZING AND DOMESTICATING SPACE: "KAÑELENG" WOMEN COPING WITH CHILDLESSNESS IN THE GAMBIA
Authors: Saho Bala
Published: September 2023

Abstract: The ways in which kañeleng women localize and organize their rituals produce a sense of cultural empowerment by giving them a chance to reconstruct their identities and lives. The rites confirm not only the pragmatic utility of the rituals in transforming the aspirant from a childless woman to a fertile woman but also elevate the status of the specific landscape on which 'the rite of passage' is conducted to attain sacred status or confirm the sacrality of the place. This study examines how kañeleng women appropriate, domesticate, and own particular spaces through rituals in order to cope with the challenges of childlessness.
State of the Planet: Homi Bhabha and Namwali Serpell in Conversation
Authors: Nyangulu Deborah
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: After explaining the rationale for bringing the author of The Old Drift , Namwali Serpell, and critical theorist Homi Bhabha into conversation, this interview with both of them explores some of the key themes of Serpell’s novel in relation to its wider geopolitical and historical context. Beginning with how we can understand the state of the planet in the present historical moment, the discussion expands to explore the broad context of more themes in the novel, which includes the place of gender and sexual politics, a global pandemic in a time of national and financial closures, cosmopolitanism, the space race and reverberations of the Cold War in the present, and the continued relevance, if any, of postcolonial theory, technology, revolution, and futurity.
The Dead End of Representation: Suzanne Césaire Discusses Roger Caillois
Authors: Salas Hugo
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: On account of her particular reading of surrealism, this essay contends that Suzanne Césaire’s intellectual production is best understood not as heralding later strains of thought (such as Glissant’s or ecocriticism), but as part of the diverse practices of critical theory contemporary to her. To support this thesis, this article studies the coincidences and differences between her ideas on the notion of mimicry and those of Roger Callois, leading to a more complex understanding of her cardinal notion of camouflage.
“You Can Put a Price Tag on Complexion”: Understanding Colorism Among African-Born and African American Black Men in America
Authors: Jam Alma , Hearn Gesine K.
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: This study explores how young Black men talk about colorism and identity. Few studies have investigated how men of color make meaning of colorism. Providing an open-arena for dialogue about colorism, we conducted two focus groups to examine the perceptions of colorism among young African American and African-born Black males. One focus group consisted of African-born Black men, the other consisted of African American Black men. Participants were recruited from a public four-year research university in the northwestern region of the US and ranged in age from 18 to 25. Findings indicate that to this day, young African American and African-born Black males are significantly impacted by their skin tone in their pursuit of access and opportunity in society, and just like women of color, skin tone influences their relationships, identity, and social mobility.
Greeks, Jews, and Music Sociality in Late Ottoman Istanbul
Authors: Poulos Panagiotis C.
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: This article examines the different registers of music interaction between Greek Orthodox and Jewish communities of Istanbul in the late Ottoman period. Intercommunal interaction is approached within the broader framework of modernization of music and in relation to the degree in which this interaction was implicated in the modernization process. New forms of music sociality related to music print and entertainment in which musicians and other agents from the two communities participated are analyzed in terms of their spatial dimension and as knots in a network of important locales within the city. This spatial approach challenges the centralized narratives concerning the modernization of Ottoman music and highlights the important role of local intermediaries and new economic patterns in shaping Ottoman musical modernity.
Women, the Homeland, and the Sectarian Frontier: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Suwaydī's Narrative Accounts of Persian Campaigns in Ottoman Iraq
Authors: Lawandow Atoor
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: In this article I analyze the texts of the Ottoman-Iraqi author ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Suwaydī (1721–1785) to investigate whether models of participation in national processes available to women in Ottoman Iraq emerged as a result of the Ottoman Empire's adaptation of European nationalism or whether these models existed in some form prior to and helped accelerate the acceptance of European nationalism by the Ottomans. A close reading of al-Suwaydī's accounts of historical events shows that the relationship between women and the state was one in which women were cast as objects of protection. In al-Suwaydī's narratives of encounters with the Shiʿi-Persian Other, women are signifiers of ethnic and sectarian difference and objects of men's protection. Prior to the emergence of Europe as "Other" and as a threat to Ottoman hegemony, men's honor was tied to cloistering women to protect them from falling into captivity or corruption at the hands of Shiʿi Persians, who were cast as Other.
Making of a mid-nineteenth century Ottoman gazetteer and mapping and examining late Ottoman population geography
Authors: Kabadayı M. Erdem , Sefer Akın , Boykov Grigor , Gerrits Piet
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: This article highlights the absence of historical gazetteers for territories once part of the Ottoman Empire, which hinders modern scholarship. The mid-nineteenth-century population registers ( nüfus defterleri ) offer a useful foundation for developing a gazetteer of the entire Ottoman Empire, but their use is limited due to the challenging task of geolocating the included populated places. To overcome this issue, two research projects collaborated to map mid-nineteenth-century population data using around 850 Ottoman population registers from the 1840s. The authors utilized historical maps and population registers to geolocate 16,782 populated places, creating the first version of their regional mid-nineteenth-century gazetteer. The article outlines the team's methodology used to build the gazetteer and addresses the notable limitations of the sources. Moreover, it contributes to the study of Ottoman population geography by demonstrating the extensive possibilities of historical GIS methodologies in enriching population density maps by considering environmental variables in the analysis.
The Secular Messianism of Robert Elsmere : Race, Jewishness, and the “New Reformation”
Authors: Newman Beth
Published: September 2023

Abstract: This essay explores Robert Elsmere (1888) by Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs. Humphry Ward) in the context of twenty-first-century challenges to the secularization thesis. It claims that Ward’s vision of a messianic “New Reformation,” and her conception of a modern, progressive form of faith, are entangled with regressive nineteenth-century ideas about race. It argues that in its articulation of Protestant liberal theology, which is grounded in the German Higher Criticism, the novel not only endorses a racialized, anti-Judaic supersessionism that is enacted in both plot and character-structure, but also embraces a Teutonic supremacy that anticipates aspects of contemporary Christian nationalism.
La utilización de las Aplicaciones de la Inteligencia Artificial en el sector empresarial de tipo comercial y de servicios de América Latina
Authors: Riego Esteche Andrea Paola
Published: September 2023

La investigación se centraliza en la utilización de las aplicaciones de la inteligencia artificial en el sector empresarial de tipo comercial y de servicios. El objetivo programado en la investigación plantea explorar la utilización de las aplicaciones de la inteligencia artificial en los procesos de las empresas de tipo comercial y de servicios América Latina. El enfoque correspondió a cuantitativo porque se utilizaron los resultados de cuestionarios de empresas de tipo comercial y de servicios que utilizan aplicaciones de inteligencia artificial en sus procesos
El techo de cristal en las universidades
Authors: Contrera González Mirian Beatriz
Published: September 2023

Este artículo pretende abordar los conceptos fundamentales relacionados con las barreras que la mujer encuentra para ascender en la escala jerárquica de las organizaciones. Se expone, a partir de la literatura existente, las causas de la escasa presencia femenina en los órganos de dirección de las empresas. Se realiza una revisión de los estudios existentes sobre el fenómeno del Techo de Cristal en las universidades de diferentes países teniendo en cuenta que la presencia de la mujer en los espacios de poder se considera clave para en el desarrollo de la democracia en las instituciones educativas y de la sociedad. Sabiendo que las universidades son consideradas un espacio de formación del espíritu crítico, un lugar de reflexión y creadora de ideas es importante conocer la situación para impulsar una participación igualitaria en los órganos de poder como una acción para llegar a una sociedad más equitativa. En la actualidad continúa siendo insuficiente la representación de las mujeres en los espacios de poder, entiéndase por este último los puestos de las organizaciones donde se lleva a cabo la toma de decisiones dentro de cualquier organización ya sea pública o privada.