bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
As formas de resistência à censura aos livros na atualidade
Authors: Borges da Silveira João Paulo , Silveira Andretta Pedro Ivo
Published: May 2023

Objetivo:  apresentar e refletir sobre os movimentos de censura aos livros nos últimos anos e as ações de resistências, nacionais e internacionais, com vistas a alertar a comunidade bibliotecária não apenas para as ações de censura, mas também de resistência e enfrentamento necessárias, sobretudo nos últimos anos.
Método: Adotou-se um estudo exploratório e de abordagem qualitativa, alicerçado na perspectiva teórico-metodológica de Michel Foucault, observando os enunciados de reportagens com a temática de censura relacionadas aos livros e às bibliotecas. O corpus de análise abrangeu notícias vinculadas na mídia nacional e internacional no período de 2020 a 2022.
Resultado: Com o levantamento, apresentamos os casos de censuras que ocorreram no Kuwait, Estados Unidos e Brasil. Observamos a existência tanto de censura prévia aos livros quanto de ações que envolvem a retirada de obras já disponíveis em bibliotecas, em especial, escolares e públicas, por exigência de parte de suas comunidades. Diante do que compilamos e refletimos, listamos dez formas de resistência à censura aos livros e às demais produções bibliográficas na atualidade.
Conclusões: Apesar de constantes ataques à liberdade de expressão e de pensamento, como ao livro que se deseja ler, diferentes ações de resistência e enfrentamentos podem ser vistas, seja por meio das comunidades locais que se unem para proteger as obras e as bibliotecas, seja de profissionais e organizações ligadas à comunidade bibliotecária que tem sido incansáveis na luta e na preservação de direitos. Ressaltamos a importância da imprensa livre e independente como pilar da democracia e a necessidade de união e fortalecimento dos vínculos entre bibliotecas, suas comunidades e a área da Biblioteconomia para que ações de censura sejam denunciadas e combatidas.
Outros horizontes críticos e decoloniais nos estudos arquivísticos: em construção um mapeamento do domínio editorial internacional
Authors: Alencar Maíra Fernandes , Bolfarini Tognoli Natália , Maria Nogueira Cervantes Brígida
Published: May 2023

Objetivo: Os estudos críticos e decoloniais na área de estudos da informação têm sido temáticas cada vez mais frequentes nas produções acadêmicas e científicas dos campos relacionados aos arquivos, bibliotecas e museus, em especial na literatura internacional. Considerando a escassez de literatura arquivística sobre o tema no contexto brasileiro, este artigo realiza um mapeamento no domínio editorial internacional da Arquivística, buscando por números especiais/temáticos e livros cujo foco e tema recaem na dimensão epistêmica crítica e decolonial.
Método: A metodologia é exploratória e descritiva, com uso da análise de domínio de Hjørland (2002) na lente de estruturação científica e epistêmica. Foram selecionados para análise os periódicos Archival Science e Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies e as editoras Litwin Books e Routledge, com as respectivas séries temáticas Archives, Archivists and Society e Studies in Archives.
Resultado: Os resultados demonstraram um domínio composto por oito editoriais (2 em revistas e 6 em livros) em um período de 2017 a 2022, indicando uma preocupação recente da área em discutir os temas críticos e decoloniais. Outrossim, os 13 editores compõem uma comunidade discursiva ainda em construção, advindos de países com histórico de colonização, com maior predominância na América do Norte, filiados à Universidades, com pesquisas voltadas para os temas que englobam o espectro da dimensão crítica e decolonial (arquivos comunitários, justiça social, história oral, impacto emocional do trabalho arquivístico, arquivos digitais, memória, direitos humanos, entre outros).
Conclusões: Por meio deste mapeamento foi possível chegar à identificação, ainda que inicial, da lógica da estruturação científica e epistêmico-biográfica das temáticas crítica e decolonial na Arquivística internacional
Biblioteconomia, Documentação e Ciência da Informação: Redes coloniais de desencantamento
Authors: De Menezes Vinícios Souza
Published: May 2023

Objetivo: As áreas da Biblioteconomia, Documentação e Ciência da Informação (BDCI) estiveram atravessadas pelas dinâmicas ocidentais da colonialidade histórica da metafísica moderna. Como objetivo, este texto busca situar algumas redes coloniais de objetificação do conhecimento que erigiram e institucionalizaram os domínios materiais da BDCI como lugares de racionalização instrumental da vida e desencantamento do mundo.
Método: Perante a problemática inerente aos contextos de surgimento da BDCI, a questão-problema abordada é: quais elementos estruturais da colonialidade auxiliaram na formação do pensamento biblioteconômico, documentalista e informacional da modernidade ao contemporâneo? A hipótese defendida é que as relações coloniais de desencantamento operadas pelos processos de depuração epistêmica do conhecimento objetivo da ciência legaram aos campos da BDCI os modos de conhecer do Ocidente, deficitários em alteridade. O método está baseado em uma leitura filosófica da BDCI a partir do entrelaçamento da assinatura das coisas em Agamben, da desconstrução narrativa em Derrida e da geofilosofia em Deleuze e Guattari.
Resultado: As colonialidades do ser, do saber e do poder apresentam-se como índices da cartografia dos territórios de conhecimento da BDCI e apontam para os elementos coloniais que tecem as redes de desencantamento do mundo presentes nos respectivos campos.
Conclusões: A desobediência epistêmica de tematizar os campos da BDCI desde um ponto de vista colonial cria as condições de possibilidade para transformarmo-nos enquanto ciência e, por meio desta alteração, nos libertar das ruínas coloniais e seus modos de expressão. A conclusão está na eminência de reencantar o mundo com vista a adiar o seu fim.
Por um reflexão sobre a organização e representação de conceitos decoloniais na américa latina: O pensamento de Aníbal Quijano à luz da Análise de Domínio
Authors: Albuquerque Ana Cristina de
Published: May 2023

Objetivo: A interpretação dos aspectos históricos e das estruturas sociais da América Latina, foram a base para o desenvolvimento da proposta epistemológica do sociólogo peruano Aníbal Quijano, a respeito da decolonização das sociedades latinoamericanas. A partir de sua obra, conceitos basilares tomaram forma, para explicar a realidade “parcial e distorcida” de observação deste lugar. Assim, este artigo questiona como se constituem as relações conceituais decoloniais desenvolvidas na obra de Aníbal Quijano? O objetivo é identificar os conceitos desenvolvidos por Quijano à luz da Análise de Domínio, com fins de compreensão de como estes se constituem em uma rede conceitual, que pode ser compreendida como uma interface do conhecimento latino-americano, fazendo parte e sendo representado em Sistemas de Organização do Conhecimento.
Método: A pesquisa é de base bibliográfica, exploratória e tem como abordagem e como método a Análise de Domínio. 
Resultado: Os resultados revelam a coerência dos conceitos utilizados, que podem ser norteadores na análise e aplicação teórico-metodológica, em estudos decoloniais que particularizam e enunciam a ausência de reflexões sobre as diferentes vertentes particulares como indígenas, mulheres, pessoas negras, inseridos, de forma geral, na cultura e nos saberes latino-americanos. A rede conceitual se mostrou maior quando a compreensão destes conceitos foi explorada a partir de suas ligações teóricas e epistêmicas.
Conclusões: Os processos da Organização e Representação do Conhecimento permitem o controle da linguagem utilizada nos espaços de informação, e o conhecimento da perspectiva decolonial desenvolvida por Quijano, demonstra uma coerência e estabilidade teórica que faz frente à perpetuação de processos coloniais e epistemicidas das comunidades latino-americanas, sendo assim importantes para a compreensão e caracterização de documentos, que pontuem estes processos no contexto de domínios do conhecimento relativos à perspectiva decolonial.
Aldi Süd testet neue Billig-Produkte
Authors: Schulz Hans-Jürgen , Lattmann Christian , Sachsenröder Delphine
Published: May 2023

Mit „Einfach gut“ testet Aldi Süd eine neue Dachmarke für Artikel, die günstiger als das klassische Preiseinstiegsprodukt angeboten werden. Auch andere Discounter positionieren sich mit speziellen Billig-Produkten. Die Hersteller passen die Ware entsprechend an.
Getir und Mubadala räumen im Quick Commerce auf
Authors: Klug Denise
Published: May 2023

Die Marktbereinigung im Quick Commerce schreitet voran. Getir soll nun auch Interesse an einer Übernahme von Flink haben – und wächst auch auf dem Papier noch enger mit Gorillas zusammen.
Katjes baut das Kosmetikgeschäft unter Bübchen aus
Authors: Brändlein Philip
Published: May 2023

Bübchen blüht unter dem neuen Eigentümer Katjes International auf. Nun soll das Babypflegeunternehmen das Dach des wachsenden Kosmetikgeschäfts innerhalb der Investmentgesellschaft bilden.
Handel fordert leichtere Lebensmittelspenden
Authors: Deglow Hans-Jürgen
Published: May 2023

In Opposition und Handel mehren sich die Stimmen, die weitere Maßnahmen gegen Lebensmittelverschwendung anmahnen. Das Thema Spenden sei nicht ausgereizt.
Carlsberg zu Millionen-Bußgeld verurteilt
Authors: Bender Hanno
Published: May 2023

Der 6. Kartellsenat des OLG Düsseldorf hat die Carlsberg Deutschland Holding GmbH wegen Teilnahme an dem illegalen Informationsaustausch in der Branche zu einer Geldbuße von 50 Mio. Euro verurteilt. Der Prozess hat sich für den Konzern dennoch gelohnt.
Europäischer Gerichtshof beleuchtet Handelsabkommen
Authors: Falker Gerrit-Milena
Published: May 2023

Darf die EU-Kommission essenzielle europarechtliche Produktanforderungen im Wege von Handelsabkommen „wegverhandeln“? Hierüber muss demnächst der Europäische Gerichtshof urteilen.
„Aus den Puschen kommen“
Authors: Düthmann Christiane
Published: May 2023

Daniela Büchel ist Vorständin für Nachhaltigkeit und Personal bei der Rewe Group. Im Interview beschreibt sie ihre Projekte und erklärt, welche Rolle der Handel beim Klimaschutz spielen kann.
Anspruchsvolle Wachstumsbringer
Authors: Sonntag Axel Stefan
Published: May 2023

Vegane Ernährung ist ein starker Hebel zur Rettung des Klimas, denn die Produktion von Pflanzen stößt deutlich weniger Kohlendioxid aus als die von Fleisch. Auch der Handel ist von Fleischersatzprodukten begeistert, die Wachstum und ordentliche Spannen versprechen. Doch wie funktioniert das im Detail? Und wo liegen die Fallstricke auf der Fläche? Die LZ lässt selbstständige Kaufleute zu Wort kommen. Axel Stefan Sonntag
Versuch und Irrtum
Authors: Liebig-Braunholz Silke
Published: May 2023

Neue Materialien, neue Systeme: Der Handel probiert auf der Fläche viel aus, um Verpackungen zu reduzieren und Wertstoffkreisläufe zu schließen. Nicht alles funktioniert. Silke Liebig-Braunholz
Cyber-Erpresser legen Handelsmarkenhersteller Maxim lahm
Authors: Brändlein Philip
Published: May 2023

Hacker haben Schadsoftware auf die IT-Systeme des Kosmetikherstellers Maxim gespielt. Die Produktion im Werk Pulheim wurde heruntergefahren. Die Folgen halten sich offenbar in Grenzen.
Bünting denkt Lieferkette ganzheitlich
Authors: Rode Jörg
Published: May 2023

Bünting will durch einen umfassenden Blick auf die Lieferkette Kosten drücken und gleichzeitig das Angebot in den Märkten verbessern. Das Modell dahinter ist eine End-to-End-Optimierung der Supply Chain: Ausgehend vom Kauf durch den Kunden über eine verbesserte Instore-Logistik und das eigene Lager bis zu Bestellungen bei den Lieferanten.
Rossmann rollt Self-Checkout-Kassen und ESL aus
Authors: Giuri Maurizio
Published: May 2023

Rossmann-Kunden können in immer mehr Filialen ihren Einkauf selbst scannen. Bis Jahresende will der Händler rund 300 weitere Standorte hierzulande mit SB-Kassen ausrüsten. Parallel laufen Rollouts der neuen Kassensoftware sowie elektronischer Preisetiketten.
Wellpappenindustrie setzt deutlich weniger ab
Authors: Wenzel Horst
Published: May 2023

Im vergangenen Geschäftsjahr mussten Wellpappenhersteller für Rohmaterial und Energie so viel bezahlen wie nie zuvor. Die 2022 eingetrübte Konsumstimmung hat zudem das Mengengeschäft der Branche beeinträchtigt.
Emmi konzentriert sich auf Wachstumssegmente
Authors: Bender Ralf
Published: May 2023

Emmi will rentabler werden und setzt auf mehr Wertschöpfung – auch in Deutschland. Dazu zwingt schon der anhaltende Kostendruck.
Camille Bloch hat den Turnaround geschafft
Authors: Bender Ralf
Published: May 2023

Trotz ungünstiger Rahmenbedingungen durch steigende Rohwarenpreise rechnet Camille Bloch in der Schweiz wie auch im Ausland mit einer positiven Entwicklung.
Düring nimmt neues Werk in Betrieb
Authors: Bender Ralf
Published: May 2023

In der Schweiz wie auch im Ausland ist Düring in den vergangenen Jahren stark gewachsen. Besonders gut entwickelt haben sich Deutschland und Österreich. Jetzt wird ein neues Werk gebraucht.
Industriepflanzen als Alternative
Authors: Schultz Olaf
Published: May 2023

Frankfurt a.M. Auf marginalem Ackerland ist die Produktion von Nahrungs- und Futtermitteln nicht rentabel. Wie es dennoch nachhaltig genutzt werden könnte, untersucht ein EU-Projekt.
Innovationen für die Direktsaat
Authors: Schaal René
Published: May 2023

Triesdorf. „Direktsaat bedeutet das konsequente Wirtschaften in einem Anbausystem ohne Bodenbearbeitung, mit Dauerbegrünung und vielfältigen Fruchtfolgen“, sagte Maik Freitag, Sales and Field Engineer der Novag GmbH Deutschland, im Rahmen eines Presseevents im mittelfränkischen Triesdorf. Für die Direktsaat liefert Novag die passende Saattechnik, die auch mit festen Böden und dichten Mulchschichten zurechtkommt.
Worauf achten Personalabteilungen wirklich?
Authors: Brust Martin
Published: May 2023

Recruiter in Personalabteilungen haben meist den Anspruch, nach objektiven Kriterien auf Basis ihres Anforderungsprofils die besten Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten für eine freie Stelle zu finden. Gelingt das tatsächlich oder sind Entscheidungen manchmal nur subjektives Selektieren? Wie kann Subjektivität eliminiert werden, und ist das überhaupt sinnvoll?
Food-Lab-Update
Authors: Deininger Olaf
Published: May 2023

Frankfurt a.M. Hier der monatliche Überblick der aktuellen Projekte und Aktivitäten der Food Labs und Food Hubs.
Prevalence and associated risk factors of urolithiasis in India, a systematic review
Authors: Sequira Leena , Hebbar Saraswathi , N. Ravishankar
Published: May 2023

Introduction and Aim: In India approximately two million persons are affected by urolithiasis per year and some areas of India have been named as a stone belt. This article reviews information regarding associated risk factors of urolithiasis from Indian perspectives.
 
Methods: The studies were retrieved from eight electronic databases. All the cases of an adult above the age of 18 with urolithiasis were included in this review. The studies conducted in different states of India on human subjects and published between 2010 -2017, which are available in electronic media were included. The quality of studies was assessed by the help of Joanna Briggs Institute Checklist for Systematic Reviews and Research Syntheses. A narrative approach was adopted to analyze the data.
 
Results: The risk factors identified were, less frequency of urination /day, consumption of red meat once a month or more, higher consumption of calcium, sodium, magnesium and phosphorus, high intake of coffee, tea, and sugar, working in high temperatures, lack of physical activity, obesity, and ground water consumption. Habits like smoking and alcohol consumption. Some of the disease conditions like urinary tract infection, renal cyst, horseshoe kidney, atrophic kidney, benign prostatic hyperplasia.  
 
Conclusion: The urolithiasis among adults is a public health problem and calls for appropriate action against this.
Are lipid ratios better indices for evaluating hyperlipidemia? A prospective observational study from a rural region of North Kerala
Authors: T. K. Simi , Abraham Rebecca , V. Joice Sangeetha
Published: May 2023

Introduction and Aim: Historically lipid profile has been used to evaluate hyperlipidemia. More recently lipid ratios have been used particularly in studies from the west. The aim of this study is to evaluate dyslipidemia using both the conventional lipid profile and lipid ratios and to assess its relationship with fatty liver disease.
 
Materials and Methods: Fasting lipid profile, lipid ratios such as the Castelli Risk Index-I (CR-I TC/HDL), Castelli Risk Index II (CR-II LDL/HDL), atherogenic coefficient (non-HDL/HDL) were assessed in our study population of 150 subjects. Any changes noted in serum lipids were correlated with ultrasonography of the liver.
 
Results: Significant changes in lipid ratios such as CR-II was noted in the age group 50-59 years and was statistically significant (p=0.053).CR-I, CR-II and AC indicated a cardiovascular risk prevalence of 22.6%,36.7% and 50.7% respectively. The two ratios which were significantly altered across the various subtypes of fatty liver were LDL/HDL(p=0.018) and non-HDL/HDL (p=0.00).
 
Conclusion: This study emphasizes the importance of lipid ratios in early screening.
Evaluation of the correlation between glioma and a peritumoral edema zone
Authors: Karimov Zhenishbek , Zhusupbaeva Gulzat , Mamatov Sagynali , Sverdlova Irina , Malikov Nursultan , Vityala Yethindra
Published: May 2023

Introduction and Aim: Peritumoral brain edema (PTBE), which is based on the interplay of vascular and parenchymal components, is the most frequent response that spontaneously arises in brain tumors. The goal of this study was to compare the dynamics of perifocal pathogenesis before and after surgery utilizing medication correction, as well as the relationship between glioma and the peritumoral edema zone.
 
Methods: 500 patients with gliomas had clinical and morphological evaluations before and after surgery; each patient's operation was based on their unique histogenesis, levels of malignancy, size, and placement.
 
Results: In this study, big meningiomas and other benign tumors do not exhibit PTBE, whereas gliomas do. However, there is no correlation between the size of the glioma and the severity of PTBE. Malignant brain tumors and benign tumors have a positive link with tumor histogenesis, but benign tumors have a negative correlation with PTBE severity. At the same time, we discovered a substantial inverse relationship between the density of gliomas and the severity of PTBE.
 
Conclusion: The degree of gliomas and variations in the amount of free and bound water in the red cell mass and density are positively correlated with the severity of the peritumoral edema zone.
ACADEMIC TRAINING OF NURSES AND THEIR IMPACTS ON PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Authors: Silva Meireles Suzano Iracema , Pereira da Silva Flávio
Published: May 2023

Nurses are professionals of great importance to health services, because they are those who work in the management of the nursing team and thus, in the management of the care provided. Academic training, in turn, is the key to a good future performance of these health professionals. Thus, the objective of this study was to analyze the academic training of nurses in a private university in Recife and their impacts on professional performance. To obtain the data, an interview was conducted, based on a semi-structured questionnaire, in order to know the interviewees’ opinion about the questions proposed in the conversation. The instrument for data collection (questionnaire) presented closed and open questions, as well as information from the participants. The interview was conducted with 63 private college students. From the analyses, it was seen that the reality of the academic education of the nursing professional has changed radically in recent decades, because to maintain the rhythm of current clinical practice compared to the traditional, the “new” nursing professionals should have more knowledge about certain areas of work, meeting a social and health demand of the population. Thus, there is a need for an active teaching that has meaning for the student’s life, as well as some changes and greater knowledge about the documents that govern education in general. The analyses presented serve as a subsidy for other studies in education, health and the like.
Tissue Damage, Mutagenic Effect and Alteration in Antioxidant Defense in Danio rerio (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) After Chronic Exposure to Metformin Hydrochloride
Authors: Demarco Natani Ribeiro , Andrade Bárbara Zanardini de , Zazula Matheus Felipe , Sobjak Thaís Maylin , D’Arce Luciana Paula Grégio , Guimarães Ana Tereza Bittencourt
Published: May 2023

Metformin hydrochloride (MET) is an oral medication prescribed for patients with diabetes, with a large part of its metabolites being eliminated in the urine. Basic sanitation systems are not fully effective in removing all the contaminants, promoting contamination to rivers and supply reservoirs. The objective of this study was to test the potential effects of MET on the antioxidant system, mutagenic and tissue damages in D. rerio. The animals were acclimatized and separated into six groups and exposed to different concentrations of MET (0.00, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.25 g.L-1) over a 96 hour period to determine the LC50. In another experiment, five groups of ten animals were separated: four groups for evaluation of the chronic effect of 0.45 g.L-1 of metformin hydrochloride (15, 30, 45 and 60 days) and, a negative control group (NC). The antioxidant system and the tissue damages of the muscle samples, the mutagenicity in the blood samples. The presence of oxidative stress and mutagenicity, together with the activation of the antioxidant system, showed up to 30 days of treatment, with intense tissue damages in 60 days and the emergence of apoptotic cells, which is evidence of the toxic potential of this drug to non-target aquatic populations.
Teoría de los cuidados, aplicada en el cuidado de niños con enfermedades neuropsiquiátricas durante la estimulación cerebral no invasiva
Authors: Peña-Figueredo María de los Ángeles , Aguirre-Raya Dalila , Marín-Hernández Tairí , Elers-Mastrapa Yenny , Gómez Fernández Lázaro
Published: May 2023

Introducción: el cuidado es la razón de ser de la profesión de enfermería y constituye su objeto de estudio, convertirlo en el centro de interés de la investigación en la enfermería, es una necesidad, lo que permitirá robustecer su cuerpo de conocimientos, con fundamentos y principios científicos, humanistas sustentado en modelos teóricos que orientan la disciplina y la práctica profesional.
 Objetivo: Describir la vinculación de la Teoría de los cuidados al cuidado de niños con enfermedades neuropsiquiátricas durante la estimulación cerebral no invasiva.
Métodos: se realizó una revisión no sistemática de la literatura para desarrollar un análisis crítico reflexivo de diferentes documentos donde se incluyó libros, tesis y artículos científicos. Se utilizaron las bases de datos bibliográficas: PubMed, CUMED, CINAHL, CUIDEN, Lilacs y Google Académico. Se siguieron los principios de análisis de contenido, incluyendo la identificación de significados que se señalaban de forma más repetitiva, la consistencia, explicaciones y relaciones de éstos, a través de todos los estudios incluidos en esta revisión.
Conclusiones: la teoría de los cuidados de Swanson describe las relaciones entre profesionales de enfermería y clientes; contribuye a que el profesional de enfermería asuma decisiones responsables frente al cuidado que aseguren la calidad de los mismos.
Rendimiento en la carga manual de trocitos en El Salto, Durango, México
Authors: Nájera-Luna Juan A. , Méndez-González Jorge , Corral-Rivas Sacramento , Hernández Francisco J.
Published: May 2023

Introducción: En algunas regiones forestales de México es común que la carga de trocería con dimensiones cortas se realice utilizando la fuerza humana; sin embargo, el nivel de rendimiento de esta operación ha sido poco documentado.Objetivo: Evaluar el efecto del tamaño de los trocitos y las distancias en el rendimiento de la carga manual en bosques de la región de El Salto, Durango, México.Materiales y métodos: Se cronometraron 738 ciclos de carga manual de trocitos de 4 ft (1.22 m) mediante el método ‘vuelta a cero’. El volumen de las trozas y las distancias de carga se obtuvieron por medición directa in situ. Los diámetros promedio de las trozas se dividieron en tres categorías y las distancias de carga en cuatro. El rendimiento de la operación se obtuvo relacionando el volumen de las trozas con el tiempo total de carga.Resultados y discusión: El rendimiento de la carga manual se estableció de 3.80 a 16.42 m3 ∙h-1, influenciado por el diámetro de las trozas y las distancias de carga, pues 82 % del volumen cargado corresponde a trozas con diámetros de 10 a 30 cm que se cargan cada 12 s; trozas mayores de 30 cm requieren 27 s. Asimismo, 91 % del volumen de la carga se realiza en los primeros 10 m de distancia del camión en 15 s por troza y, a mayor distancia, en 35 s.Conclusiones: Es posible aumentar el rendimiento de la operación considerando distancias máximas de carga del orden de los 10 m.
CONSUMER PERCEPTION AND PATRONAGE OF MADE IN NIGERIA FABRIC IN AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: Unyime Emmanuel Udonde  , Clement Udowong Eke
Published: May 2023

The researchers critically examined the interplay of consumer perception on consumer patronage of made in Nigeria fabric in Akwa Ibom State. The main objective of the study was to assess the effect of consumer perception on consumer patronage of made in Nigeria fabric in Akwa Ibom State. The researcher adopted survey research design and employed questionnaire as the instrument of inquiry. The study was conducted in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised of customers who patronizes fabrics shops in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The study utilized data collected from three hundred and fifty-four (354) customers. The accidental sampling technique was employed in view of its merits in easing access to test units. Simple linear regression was used to analysed the data from the field. The result revealed a positive significant relationship between the independents variables and the dependent variable. The researcher concluded that perceived risk and perceived quality are the key variables that influence the respondents in the choice of fabrics Akwa Ibom State. The researcher futher recommended that the researcher recommends that fabrics vendors wishing to enhance their customer patronage should pay attention to the dimensions of consumer perception and that vendor should pay attention to the feedbacks from their customers to know their preference in terms of the country of origin of the fabrics.

Keywords: Manufacturing, Production, Consumers, Fabrics, Experience, Nigeria.
IMPACT OF “SOFT” TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON HOTEL’S PERFORMANCE: AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM VIET NAM
Authors: Dam Thi Thuy
Published: May 2023

The aim of this study is to assess the impact of soft TQM practices on the business performance of hotels in Vietnam's current business climate. Data was collected from 190 hotels rated three stars or higher in 2022. Using a SEM model, the author found that soft TQM practices such as customer focus, senior leadership commitment, employee engagement, and employee training positively affect hotel business results. Specifically, hotels should prioritize employee engagement and customer focus, as these factors have the greatest impact on business outcomes.

Keywords: TQM, Soft TQM, Hotel’s Performance, Vietnam.
Facets of Women Leadership in Shakespeare’s Plays: Drawing Parallel and Disconnect in Leadership Styles of Lady Macbeth and Portia
Authors: Bose Chinhita
Published: May 2023

The concept of the leader and the lead is as old as human civilization. Throughout history, the definition of leadership has witnessed paradigm shift in alignment to religious, political, economic and gender power politics. Influx of women in power positions has engaged the minds of the intelligentsia from time to time to question and revisit discourse in leadership. This paper is a literature review-based research, and will deep dive into Shakespeare’s portrayal of powerful women protagonist and their style of leadership with focus on Lady Macbeth from the play Macbeth and Portia from Merchant of Venice. The study will further attempt to explore gender role expectation and gender role disruption to draw parallel and disconnect in their leadership dynamics.
Governance of ‘Mothering’ and Motherhood Politics in a Traditional Society
Authors: Mukherjee Dr. Debatree
Published: May 2023

Becoming a mother is a biological fact whereas ‘mothering’ is largely a sociocultural product. Though some psychoanalytic theorists argue that mothers have an instinctual urge to ‘mother’, sociocultural normative principles largely govern mothering. Cultures around the world have different expectations of what motherhood should be in their culture. Historically too there are images of ‘good mother’ and ‘bad mother’ possessing opposite characteristics. Motherhood being romanticized and over glorified throughout ages, puts pressure on the mother of constantly striving towards being a perfect mother. In the psychoanalytic framework, mothers are seen as the ‘object’ of a baby's desire serving transformative function. Becoming a mother, thus, inescapably impose dissonance and tension between the subjective experiences of mothering and normative ideals of motherhood. As an experiential consequence, a mother may feel emotionally tormented with ambivalent reactions towards motherhood and the concept of mothering. In this context the present paper attempts to inquire, with help of psychoanalytic and sociological theories, how a patriarchal society governs motherhood to establish the motherhood politics and its consequential effects on the mothers.
Nexus of Pseudoscience and Fascism
Authors: Mishra Pooja
Published: May 2023

The partition between methods of research in natural and social sciences was one of the most significant events in the history of philosophy of science. However, the cleavage between science and social sciences has only widened while the subjects are interdigitated in their operations. This cleavage is widened by political ideologies like fascism that use pseudoscience as a tool to control critical thinking abilities of the masses. This helps in maintaining the status quo and helps direct the societal development only to the extent of favoring the personal vendetta of the fascist.
Partition and Train to Pakistan
Authors: Singh Reshma
Published: May 2023

The independence of India and Pakistan paved the way for the biggest migration history of human civilizations. It carried with itself the bloody legacy of partition which made thousands of people homeless and ruined their destinations. The marked the communal violence and thereafter gave way to numbers of riots in India where, in the name of religion people became assassinators of each other. The harmony of fraternity that the country was preserving was kept at a stake and humanity got murdered. Khuswant Singh’s novel “Train to Pakistan” gives the glimpses of the horror keeping the partition scenes at the backdrop. It is a multilayered novel, depicting religious perspectives, violence, communal hatred, corruption and women’s position. It has a sense of post-colonialism anxiety and through the characters Singh has also mapped out the sense of subalternity that the Indian felt. From the feminist approach it deals with the condition of women and how their body became the matter of subjugation under patriarchal domination. It also deals with the psychological perspective of the colonized class as a victim of “false ideology”. Being a realistic piece of work, the issues that Singh dealt with are still in practice. Though the Constitution of India promotes equality, certain still the riots that India faced bears the example of the genocide and legacy of partition. Keeping with all these, Singh has tried to paint the true spirit of religion and love through some of the characters and holds high the concept of brotherhood and humanity as Jugga, helps to pass the train to Pakistan.
Gender Based Violence During COVID-19
Authors: Ghosh Sutanuka
Published: May 2023

During the situation of COVID- 19 there can be different reason and nature of domestic violence such as verbal abuse, ill treatment, physical assault, harassment, Maltreatment, offensive nature of spouse and sexual abuse due to the reason like identity of the female, financial crisis,dominant nature,alcohol and extramarital affairs. Violence against women increased to record levels around the world following. Lockdown to control spread of COVID- 19 virus. The United Nations called the situation "shadow pandemic" in a 2021 report about domestic violence in 13 Nations in Africa, Asia, South America, Eastern Europe and Balkan. According to UNFPA pandemic called the breakdown of social infrastructures and this breakdown of social infrastructures often lead to conflicts. The United Nation's secretary general also emphasized the need for the countries to prioritize support by sitting up emergency warning system for individual facing financial violence. The problem of gender r based violence increased during pandemic because police were unable to tackle the issues of gender based violence. In the time of pandemic the acknowledgement of the issues is the first step to tackle the rising issue of gender based violence which has been ignore during the pandemic in the past. COVID-19 granted greater freedom to the abusers during pandemic.
‘Smaranika’ Tram Museum: The Last Surviving Evidence of Kolkata’s Tram Heritage
Authors: Mandal Rakesh
Published: May 2023

Kolkata Tramway is one of those heritage in India which dated back to British era and still in working condition around the city. From pre independence to post independence people of Kolkata using this convenient transportation service in their everyday life. Although due to the onslaught of modernisation, advancement in transportation systems and time factor of peoples’ everyday decreased the value of tram services with time. ‘Smaranika’ tram museum, is an initiative taken by Government of West Bengal to showcase the rich cultural heritage of Kolkata’s iconic tram service and its history. This paper explores the overall analysis of the current condition of the museum as well as discussion of the museum itself.
Miocene Antarctic ice sheet area responds significantly faster than volume to CO2-induced climate change
Authors: Stap Lennert B. , Berends Constantijn J. , van de Wal Roderik S. W.
Published: May 2023

Abstract. The strongly varying benthic δ18O levels of the early and mid-Miocene (23 to 14 Myr ago) are primarily caused by a combination of changes in Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) volume and deep ocean temperatures. These factors are coupled since AIS changes affect deep ocean temperatures. It has recently been argued that this is due to changes in ice sheet area rather than volume, because area changes affect the surface albedo. This would be important when the transient AIS grows relatively faster in extent than in thickness, which we test here. We analyse simulations of Miocene AIS variability carried out using the three-dimensional ice-sheet model IMAU-ICE forced by warm (high CO2, no ice) and cold (low CO2, large East-AIS) climate snapshots. These simulations comprise equilibrium and idealised quasi-orbital transient runs with strongly varying CO2 levels (280 to 840 ppm). Our simulations show limited direct effect of East-AIS changes on Miocene orbital timescale benthic δ18O variability, because of the slow build-up of volume. However, we find that AIS area responds significantly faster and more strongly than volume to the applied forcing variability. Consequently, during certain intervals the ice sheet is receding at the margins, while ice is still building up in the interior. That means the AIS does not adapt to a changing equilibrium size at the same rate or with the same sign everywhere. Our results indicate that the Miocene Antarctic ice sheet affects deep ocean temperatures more than its volume suggests.
Influence of anthropogenic emissions on the composition of highly oxygenated organic molecules in Helsinki: a street canyon and urban background station comparison
Authors: Okuljar Magdalena , Garmash Olga , Olin Miska , Kalliokoski Joni , Timonen Hilkka , Niemi Jarkko V. , Paasonen Pauli , Kontkanen Jenni , Zhang Yanjun , Hellén Heidi , Kuuluvainen Heino , Aurela Minna , Manninen Hanna E. , Sipilä Mikko , Rönkkö Topi , Petäjä Tuukka , Kulmala Markku , Dal Maso Miikka , Ehn Mikael
Published: May 2023

Abstract. Condensable vapors, including highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOM), govern secondary organic aerosol formation and thereby impact the amount, composition, and properties (e.g. toxicity) of aerosol particles. These vapors are mainly formed in the atmosphere through the oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Urban environments contain a variety of VOCs from both anthropogenic and biogenic sources, as well as other species, for instance nitrogen oxides (NOx), that can greatly influence the formation pathways of condensable vapors like HOM. During the last decade, our understanding of HOM composition and formation has increased dramatically, with most experiments performed in forests or in heavily polluted urban areas. However, studies on the main sources for condensable vapors and secondary organic aerosols (SOA) in biogenically influenced urban areas, such as suburbs or small cities, has been limited. Here, we studied the HOM composition, measured with two nitrate-based chemical ionization mass spectrometers and analyzed using positive matrix factorization (PMF), during late spring at two locations in Helsinki, Finland. Comparing the measured concentrations at a street canyon site and a nearby urban background station, we found a strong influence of NOx on the HOM formation at both stations, in agreement with previous studies conducted in urban areas. Even though both stations are dominated by anthropogenic VOCs, most of the identified condensable vapors originated from biogenic precursors. This implies that in Helsinki anthropogenic activities mainly influence HOM formation by the effect of NOx on the biogenic VOC oxidation. At the urban background station, we found condensable vapors formed from two biogenic VOC groups (monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes), while at the street canyon, the only identified biogenic HOM precursor was monoterpenes. At the street canyon, we also observed oxidation products of aliphatic VOCs, which were not observed at the urban background station. The only factors that clearly correlate (temporally and composition-wise) between the two stations contained monoterpene-derived dimers. This suggests that HOM composition and formation mechanisms are strongly dependent on localized emissions and the oxidative environment in these biogenically influenced urban areas, and they can change considerably also within distances of one kilometer within the urban environment.
Disentangling environmental drivers of Subarctic dinocyst assemblage compositional change during the Holocene
Authors: Hohmann Sabrina , Kucera Michal , de Vernal Anne
Published: May 2023

Abstract. Analysis of compositional changes in fossil organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst (dinocysts) assemblages is a widely used tool for the quantitative reconstruction of past environmental parameters. This approach assumes that the assemblage composition is significantly and independently related to the reconstructed environmental parameters. Theoretically, dinocyst assemblages can be used to reconstruct multiple environmental variables. However, there is evidence that primary and subordinate drivers for assemblage compositions differ regionally and it remains unclear whether a significant relationship to specific parameters in the present ocean always implies that this relationship is significant in fossil assemblages, questioning if past changes in these multiple parameters can be reconstructed simultaneously from fossil assemblages. Here, we analysed a local subset of the Northern Hemisphere dinocyst calibration dataset (n =1968), including samples from the Baffin Bay area (n = 421), and evaluated the benefits of a local versus a more regional or global calibration for the environmental reconstruction of Baffin Bay oceanography during the Holocene. We determined the dimensionality of the dinocyst ecological response and identified environmental drivers in the Baffin Bay area for the modern dataset. We analysed four existing Holocene records along a North-South transect in the area and evaluated the statistical significance of downcore reconstructions by applying the local and global datasets with different techniques: the modern analogue technique (MAT), the weighted average partial least square (WA-PLS), and maximum likelihood (ML). We evaluate reconstructions tested as significant in the light of the existing state of knowledge about West Greenland’s Holocene paleoceanography. Our analyses imply that present-day and Holocene dinocyst assemblages in the Baffin Bay area are primarily driven by salinity changes; other parameters were less important in driving assemblage compositions and their contribution differed among the studied records. We show that the objectively occurring and temporally coherent shifts in dinocyst assemblages in the Holocene of Baffin Bay can be interpreted robustly only by transfer functions that are calibrated locally. Transfer functions based on the broad North Hemisphere calibration yielded many insignificant environmental reconstructions. At the same time, we show that even in the local calibration, not all parameters that appear to significantly affect dinocyst assemblages in the calibration dataset can be meaningfully reconstructed in the fossil record. A thorough evaluation of the calibration dataset and the significance of downcore applications is necessary to reveal the region-specific information contained in dinocyst assemblage composition.
Above- and Belowground Plant Mercury Dynamics in a Salt Marsh Estuary in Massachusetts, USA
Authors: Wang Ting , Du Buyun , Forbrich Inke , Zhou Jun , Polen Joshua , Sunderland Elsie M. , Balcom Prentiss H. , Chen Celia Y. , Obrist Daniel
Published: May 2023

Abstract. Estuaries are dominant conduits of mercury (Hg) to the coastal ocean and the salt marshes within play an important role in coastal Hg cycling. While Hg cycling in upland terrestrial systems has been well studied, processes in salt marsh ecosystems are poorly characterized. We investigated Hg dynamics in vegetation and soils in the Plum Island Sound estuary in Massachusetts, USA and specifically assessed the role of marsh vegetation for Hg deposition and turnover. Monthly quantitative harvesting of aboveground biomass showed strong linear seasonal increases in plant Hg, with a four-fold increase in Hg concentration and an eight-fold increase in standing Hg mass between June (3.9±0.2 µg kg-1 and 0.7±0.4 µg m-2, respectively) and November (16.2±2.0 µg kg-1 and 5.7±2.1 µg m-2, respectively). Hg ceased to increase in aboveground biomass after plant senescence, indicating physiological controls of vegetation Hg uptake in salt marsh plants. Hg concentrations in live roots and live rhizomes were 11 times and two times higher than concentrations in aboveground live biomass, respectively. Furthermore, live belowground biomass Hg pools (roots and rhizomes, 108.1±83.4 μg m-2) is more than ten times larger than peak standing aboveground Hg pools (9.0±3.3 μg m-2). A ternary mixing model suggests Hg sources in marsh aboveground tissues originates from a mix of root uptake (~35 %), precipitation uptake (~33 %), and atmospheric gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) uptake (~32 %). The results suggest a more important role of Hg transport from belowground (i.e., roots) to aboveground tissues in salt marsh vegetation compared to upland vegetation, where GEM uptake is generally the dominant Hg source. GEM deposition via uptake and subsequent senescence (5.9 µg m-2 yr-1) and throughfall (1.0 µg m-2 yr-1) hence is lower in this salt marsh ecosystem compared to upland vegetation and is similar to open field wet and dry deposition (6.2 µg m-2 yr-1). Hg contained in salt marsh aboveground tissues leads to direct Hg export to tidal water and oceans via wrack (tidal flushing of vegetation), which accounts for ~1.6 µg m-2 yr-1. Hg consumption by herbivory ranges between 0.5 and 2.4 µg Hg m-2 yr-1. The similarity in isotopic signatures between roots and soils suggest that belowground plant tissues mostly take up Hg directly from soils. Annual root turnover results in large internal Hg recycling between soils and plants accounting for 58.6 µg m-2 yr-1. An initial mass balance of Hg in this whole estuarine salt marsh ecosystem considering atmospheric inputs (atmospheric GEM and precipitation Hg(II), throughfall, including plants) and losses (wrack export and lateral exchange of dissolved and particulate Hg) shows that the salt marsh presently serves as a small net Hg sink for environmental Hg of 5.2 µg m-2 yr-1.
Towards the mechanistic understanding of plant-source water isotopic offsets
Authors: Barbeta Adrià , Gimeno Teresa , Wingate Lisa , Ogée Jérôme
Published: May 2023

In recent years, the widespread use of laser-based analyzers of the isotopic composition of water (δ18O and δ2H) resulted in an increase in the temporal and spatial resolution of measurements of plant water and their sources. Such datasets revealed previously undetected mismatches between the isotopic composition of subsurface water pools and bulk xylem water usually extracted by cryogenic distillation. To understand the underlying cause of these isotopic mismatches, plant ecophysiologists and ecohydrologists have conducted numerous experiments to address a range of hypotheses. Measurement artifacts produced by water extraction techniques in both bulk xylem water and soil water were claimed to be behind the observed mismatches. However, there is not yet a consensus on a sole mechanism to explain all cases. On the other hand, our research demonstrated the existence of isotopic heterogeneities between the water in different xylem compartments, which also have contrasting degrees of hydraulic connectivity with the transpiration stream. Analogous isotopic patterns were observed in soil water pools and attributed to physicochemical interactions with soil particles. Altogether, it seems that the water pools that are measured matter, and that not all isotopic mismatches can be attributed to methodological artifacts. Given the widespread occurrence of these isotopic mismatches, it is urgent to identify the cause, either natural, artificial, or both. This will allow us to make informed choices of the extraction techniques in each situation and eventually, we could be able to correct potentially biased old datasets. In this regard, we will summarize the most recent findings and suggest research strategies to unravel the underlying mechanisms of isotopic mismatches. In addition, we will outline how such strategies can also provide important insights for closely related disciplines such as plant hydraulics or isotopic analyses of tree-ring archives.