bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Heroic and Patriotic Education Employees of the Russian Federation Ats During a Special Military Operation
Authors: Dobrynina Oksana
Published: October 2023

The relevance. Through the prism of topical issues, the author of the article analyzes the content and specifics of the heroic-patriotic education of law enforcement officers.

The problem statement: the ongoing events in Ukraine show that the principles of patriotism should become a modern ideology that is able to preserve the Russian Federation as a multinational state, where every citizen, regardless of ethnicity, feels like a full-fledged free person who is proud of his country.

The purpose of the study: a constructive analysis of the heroic-patriotic education of police officers of the Russian Federation during the period of the special military operation in Ukraine.

The research methods: dialectics, hermeneutics, synergetics, philosophical conceptology.

The results and key conclusions: the organization of educational work with personnel is the most important component of daily management activities, through which it has a direct impact on the effectiveness of solving operational tasks, strengthening the rule of law and service discipline, and improving the moral and psychological state of personnel.
Motivation As a Socio-Cultural Phenomenon in Learning Activities (on the Example of Fifth Grades)
Authors: Pantin I. , Viktoruk Elena
Published: October 2023

The problem of educational motivation, conditions and opportunities for its development is relevant today for a number of reasons, the main of which is the need to improve the quality of education at different educational levels and in the context of expanding forms of education, such as family, remote, distance, home education. The relevance of the topic is due to the change in the content of education, the need to develop in children the methods of self-acquisition of knowledge and the development of an active life position. Psychologists and teachers speak with concern about the decrease in the educational motivation of schoolchildren, realizing these deficits not only as a problem of school education, but more widely - as a problem of pedagogical anthropology, the philosophy of education. In considering the phenomenon of learning motivation, the personal component is traditionally emphasized, depending on the aspirations and capabilities of students, on the choice of means to achieve significant goals. At the same time, in the context of a changing society and a reformed education system, the issues of academic motivation become the subject of interdisciplinary analysis and stimulate the search for appropriate educational and pedagogical practices. The article considers motivation in educational activity as a factor of socio-cultural adaptation and its significance for the development of social intelligence, cognitive (cognitive) abilities and psychological health of fifth-graders. The results of a scientific and educational project carried out in one of the secondary schools in Krasnoyarsk, including theoretical and diagnostic components, as well as the development of a program for the development of educational motivation, substantiating the effectiveness of group work for students of early adolescence, are presented. In the study, general theoretical methods were supplemented by empirical ones (observation, conversation, questioning) and testing of group work methods. An increase in the level of educational motivation among students of the 5th grade was confirmed when using various forms of group tasks.
Motivation of Personnel for Continuing Professional Education as a Factor in the Company's Success
Authors: Logunova N. , Rabadanova R.
Published: October 2023

Continuing professional education is of great relevance in modern realities. In today's world where technology is rapidly advancing, the economy is becoming more globalized and the requirements for workers are constantly changing, it is important toconstantly update your knowledge and skills. The article discusses the main reasons why continuing professional education is relevant.
Susurros de Cuidado.
Authors: Chinchilla Izaskun
Published: October 2023

Vigas en celosía para soportar flores, o paraguas, agrupaciones de barras, muy tupidas, boscosas, para hacer levitar una veladura cambiante al fulgor de su trasdós. El juego es sutil, porque no hay tosquedad en la desvirtuación de lo escalar. Todo es comedido, porque no hace falta talla extragrande para evidenciar la grandeza. Son susurros. Marx era el que ponía en relación lo infra con lo supra, en esto de las estructuras. En él eran económicas, y en Izaskun Chinchilla, también. La subversión proviene de la misma correlación: como se produzcan los bienes impone su marco jurídico, político y ecológico. Las imágenes de proyectos arquitectónicos que cortocircuitan el paso entre artículos –eso que en Astrágalo llamamos un Artículo Visual– poseen la concreción de la forma que no se con-forma: la materia y el preciosismo proyectual, que es lo infra, para poder subvertir las leyes que han configurado lo supra, hasta el momento. Lo jurídico, en la jurisprudencia que da la liberada mirada de un niño, se invoca no con vocación revolucionaria, sino desencadenante de mudanzas. Lo político acaece cuando un monumento lo resuelve por prospectivo, es decir, atado a un pasado que imagina muchos futuros, y no por lo con-memorable. Y, ¿no es lo ecológico lo que resulta a continuación? La tarea de vislumbrar qué son los cuidados es la tarea que Chinchilla arroja y arroga para la arquitectura.
Vivir… así (So… wohnen). Wera Meyer-Waldeck como parte de una red de arquitectas implicadas en la forma de habitar
Authors: Hervás y Heras Josenia
Published: October 2023

A través de la figura de la arquitecta Wera Meyer-Waldeck (1906-1964) como organizadora de la exposición So…wohnen, se analiza una ligera red de mujeres profesionales. En una primera etapa, a finales del siglo XIX, Arminius, Hill, Henrietta Barnett y Addams eran auténticas reformadoras sociales. Ya en la primera mitad del siglo XX la red se extiende desde teóricas y críticas de la arquitectura y el urbanismo, como Bauer y Denby, a gestoras de exposiciones e interlocutoras de una creciente población femenina, que pedía nuevas respuestas al problema de la vivienda. Todas ellas asumen el diseño del espacio habitable como una responsabilidad social, pero MeyerWaldeck exige más, busca un protagonismo femenino en el planeamiento residencial. Hay constancia de un encuentro entre Bauer y Meyer-Waldeck. Por otro lado, Bauer y Alison Smithson actualizan las figuras de Hill y Addams. Existen puntos coincidentes entre el pensamiento de la pareja de arquitectos Alison y Peter Smithson (admiradores de la obra de Lilly Reich) y MeyerWaldeck. Estas intersecciones permiten afirmar que la exposición So…wohnen muestra una nueva visión de la austeridad, donde lo ordinario se hace heroico (como dirían los Smithson y la Bauhaus) en tiempos de posguerra.
On American Suburbia & Pruitt-Igoe: Television and the Politics of Care in American Postwar City.
Authors: Sol Luísa
Published: October 2023

This study aims at addressing the interplay between American Suburbia and Pruitt-Igoe-like projects through the lens of television representations while accessing their repercussions on city development regulations, gender and care. These concomitant urban models are two distinct examples of the American City, built from scratch at the height of Modernity and that concurs with the dissemination and banalization of television. Family values, domestic stereotypes, gender roles and segregation will be considered, while simultaneously, tackling the role of television in the implementation of media rhetoric that underlies the way these massive housing projects were designed, understood, and consequently, inhabited.
¿Mujeres libres o valientes? La Política de Sendero Seguro de la Ciudad de México.
Authors: Montes Ruiz Ana Paula , Galindo Vilchis Luz María
Published: October 2023

La creciente presión sobre la demanda de cuidados en las grandes ciudades es consecuencia de la combinación de varios factores. Por un lado, la disminución de la mortalidad y aumento de la longevidad acompañada del aumento de las enfermedades crónico-degenerativas, deficiencia en la prevención de enfermedades y discapacidades. Por otro, la falta de suficientes y adecuados servicios públicos urbanos y equipamientos para el cuidado. Desde la perspectiva de la igualdad de género, la autonomía, los derechos de las mujeres y los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible se analiza el caso de estudio del Programa Sendero Seguro impulsado por el Gobierno de la Ciudad de México. A través de un enfoque cualitativo basado en diferentes técnicas (revisión de documentos oficiales, estadísticas censales, notas periodísticas y visitas de trabajo de campo) discutimos el sendero seguro del barrio Santa Anita. Concluimos que el Programa Sendero Seguro constituye una acción fragmentada que indica una comprensión limitada del papel que tiene la ciudad para apoyar el trabajo de cuidado. En lugar de ampliar el acceso a derechos fundamentales como la movilidad eficiente y segura, reproduce la segregación espacial por género que sigue poniendo en riesgo a las mujeres y las personas que dependen de ellas
Os bairros das crianças. Laboratório urbano de mulheres para promover-participação infantil no Bairro do Lagarteiro.
Authors: Parnisari Elena
Published: October 2023

O artigo desenvolvido no âmbito da tese de doutoramento em arquitetura de Elena Parnisari pretende apresentar a metodologia aplicada no estudo de caso, evidenciar o trabalho de cooperação desenvolvido entre diferentes atores de distintas áreas disciplinares e a forte componente feminina que o caracteriza, no sentido de promover bairros mais justos e cuidadosos. Com este trabalho pretende-se investigar se é possível formular políticas urbanas mais inclusivas, a partir da exploração da corresponsabilidade em bairros sociais, ao assumir as crianças como indicadores da desigualdade urbana e como determinantes do desenho urbano inclusivo. Entre janeiro e setembro de 2022 foram desenvolvidos dois laboratórios nos bairros de habitação social Lagarteiro e Contumil, Porto, Portugal, através da implementação de oficinas de diagnóstico urbano. Este artigo apresenta o caso específico do bairro do Lagarteiro com nove atividades realizadas, possíveis graças a uma equipa interdisciplinar exclusivamente feminina de académicas, membros de associações e instituições e amigas que aderiram ao projeto, ofereceram o seu trabalho, disponibilidade e cuidado em torná-lo realidade. O projeto visa o envolvimento e a coparticipação das crianças e das suas mães no desenho urbano e das políticas públicas, a fim de criar espaços mais inclusivos para todos os cidadãos, partindo de uma perspectiva cuidadora do espaço público. Os principais resultados do projeto que se querem evidenciar no artigo são a rede que se criou entre instituições locais, solidificada pela solidariedade feminina ao participar num projeto comum, bem como as respostas obtidas das crianças e a sua consequente emancipação em relação ao tema.
Feminización y sexualización como estrategia del marketing urbano. El caso de la ciudad de Medellín.
Authors: Menéndez García Deva
Published: October 2023

Tras la entrada de Colombia en los circuitos mundiales del turismo, el ejemplo de la ciudad de Medellín se ha convertido en un caso paradigmático de cambios en la imagen y la idea de ciudad a través del marketing urbano. En este contexto, el presente estudio se ha centrado en la utilización de la imagen femenina como polo de atracción de turistas y exportación del producto urbano. La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo principal abordar el uso sistemático de la imagen femenina como recurso publicitario en la promoción de la ciudad de Medellín. A nivel metodológico, fue utilizado el ángulo cualitativo de las políticas afectivas de la imagen y su influencia en la construcción de imaginarios urbanos. Para ello fue elaborado y examinado un corpus de imágenes, discursos y datos recabados a través del trabajo de campo y la búsqueda virtual en redes sociales, foros, periódicos digitales o páginas web asociadas al turismo. Los resultados obtenidos revelan datos esclarecedores sobre la existencia de dos estrategias básicas en el marketing urbano de Medellín: feminización y sexualización urbana. Ambas han tenido un importante coste social, desencadenando consecuencias preocupantes respecto a la situación de vulnerabilidad y violencia urbana a la que han llevado a las mujeres de la ciudad.
Uwagi o lokalizacji i formie grobu św. Stanisława w średniowieczu
Authors: Pajor Piotr
Published: October 2023

This article summarizes recent findings regarding the location and setting of the tombof St. Stanislaus in Cracow Cathedral prior to the last quarter of the 14th centurywhen the bishop’s relics were placed in a silver reliquary funded by Elizabeth ofPoland. The martyr’s remains were transferred to the cathedral from the Church atSkałka around 1088, and, over time, a cult developed around them. The exact site ofthe original burial is unknown, but sources suggest it was in the form of an earthengrave. During the efforts for Stanislaus’ canonization in the 1240s, Bishop Prandotaretrieved the relics and displayed them in an unspecified location within the cathedral,this time above the floor. After the canonization, in 1254, contrary to the earlierliterature, the relics were likely placed in a chapel added to the southern aisle for thisparticular purpose; they rested there, presumably in a stone sarcophagus. The chapel underwent thorough reconstruction in the late 1340s, during the construction of the new Gothic cathedral. Most probably it acquired a new dedication to St. Peter and St. Paul at that time. Somewhat earlier, perhaps in 1346, the sarcophagus with the relics was moved to the intersection of the main nave and transept, and about three decades later, it was replaced with a silver reliquary. The emptied sarcophagus was returned to the chapel, where it was still kept in the days of Jan Długosz.
Kanonik krakowski Franciszek Szwarcenberg Czerny (1710-1775) i jego wywód przodków
Authors: Brzegowy Joanna
Published: October 2023

The purpose of the article is an attempt to present the figure of Cracow Canon FranciszekSzwarcenberg Czerny and analyze his family tree, which is preserved in theArchives of the Cracow Cathedral Chapter. Thanks to his longstanding friendship withBishop Kajetan Sołtyk and the significant position of the Czerny family, Franciszekquickly became an important figure in the 18th century cathedral chapter. He waselected ecclesiastical judge in the Crown Tribunal and the Crown Treasury’s custodian,yet he remains a marginalized figure. It is through the prism of these achievements thatone should examine Franciszek’s family tree, which contains genealogical inaccuracies,likely resulting from the desire to enrich his family’s history. These discrepancies wereidentified based on extensive research in sources from, among others, the NationalArchives in Cracow, the State Archives in Lublin, and the Central Archives of HistoricalRecords in Warsaw.
Strój i insygnia kanoników kapitulnych archidiecezji krakowskiej
Authors: Rotter Lucyna
Published: October 2023

In contemporary society, the symbolism and significance of clerical attire are not alwaysobvious or socially legible. We may identify a person wearing a cassock as a clergyman,but more often than not it is no longer clear to us whether we see a diocesanpriest or a member of a religious order, what position they hold in the ecclesiasticalhierarchy, or even what their denomination or rite is. The proper interpretation ofattire symbolism is also hindered by a considerable degree of flexibility and carefreeapproach to dress among clergy themselves, particularly in official situations wherethe attire prescribed by ceremonial or protocol is expected. This narrative also appliesto canonical attire. Defined by statutes, privileges, and canonical law, it serves as a signof belonging to a specific canonical community and the function performed withinit. The form, style, and elements of canonical attire have changed over the centuries,retaining, however, their traditional character to this day.
W-drukowane
Authors: Raczek-Karcz Marta Anna
Published: September 2023

IM-PRINTED: THE SPECIFICITY OF POST-MEMORY WORK IN WITOLD ZARĘBA’S GRAPHIC COMPOSITION NON OMNIS MORIAR

The text provides an analysis of Witold Zaręba’s graphic composition Non omnis moriar. This artistic project draws upon photographs spanning the years 1860 to 1918, postcards used during wartime, or preserved fragments of Austro- Hungarian army uniforms. Through these elements, the artist weaves a visual narrative about the world extending between a soldier’s duty and the compassion exhibited by the nursing sisters attending to the wounded on the World War I fronts. The analysis of Zaręba’s project is approached from three perspectives: a particular interpretation of Marianne Hirsch’s concept of postmemory, the notion of “memory acts” as proposed by Constantine de Saint-Laurent, and the idea of counter-monument as expounded by James E. Young. The intended outcome of this analysis is to address the question of how an artist assumes the role of an “heir” while simultaneously becoming a “worker of memory.” Furthermore, the study seeks to identify an alternative approach to commemoration that deviates from the prevalent forms of monumentalized remembrance observed within public space.
Antagonistic, Cosmopolitan and Agonistic Memory Modes in Postmemorial Third-Generation Holocaust Narratives of Lithuanian Diaspora Writers
Authors: Štikelytė Greta
Published: September 2023

This article examines the challenges of coming to terms with Holocaust perpetratorship as depicted in postmemorial third-generation Holocaust literature by Lithuanian diaspora writers Rita Gabis, Julija Šukys, and Silvia Foti. It also outlines the mnemonic strategies used to reconcile contradictory historical narratives from the perspectives of both the victims and the perpetrators. The analysis demonstrates the authors’ approaches to portraying victims and perpetrators, their choices in framing conflicting historical accounts, and their exploration of individual actions within the context of collective national identities. The main variations observed in the structuring of conflict stem from differences in writing styles, levels of personal connection to familial history, and collective experiences of suffering. These variations are also intertwined with the deliberate silence surrounding the individual-historical narrative which the collective voluntarily retreated into.
Derecho regateado. Cuentos de un acueducto comunitario
Authors: Gómez Rey Andrés
Published: September 2023

Este trabajo ofrece una serie de reflexiones en torno al regateo como práctica de disputa legal cotidiana que ocurre por fuera de los márgenes de maniobra del derecho dispuestos por el estado en su esquema normado. El regateo interviene y reconfigura comunitariamente el agua y contrasta el impulso textual de la operación burocrática con las vivencias y experiencias orales de los marcos normativos del agua y desde ahí, resalta cómo producen realidades jurídicas, aunque no estén textualizadas ni obedezcan la racionalidad disciplinar del derecho. Un derecho regateado, como derecho administrativo comunitario por el agua.
Los procesos de coexistencia minera en Colombia. Análisis del caso de los mineros de California, Santander
Authors: Güiza Suárez Leonardo , Kaufmann Christoph Josef , Redondo Vanegas Marbys
Published: September 2023

Este libro plantea la problemática de la minera ilegal desde lo general a lo particular, es decir, desde las experiencias internacionales hasta aterrizar en Colombia y finalizando con el análisis del caso de California, Santander. Presenta, de manera clara y detallada, el proceso de coexistencia de los mineros artesanales de California, Santander con la empresa MINESA. Para lograr esto, los autores hacen un recorrido histórico-territorial de casos de coexistencia a través del tiempo en otros países además de los avances socio-jurídicos que se han tenido en esta materia desde el punto de vista de las legislaciones internas de cada uno de los países que se analizan en esta investigación.
Benefit of Consumer Showrooming for a Physical Retailer: A Distribution Channel Perspective
Authors: Hao Lin , Kumar Subodha
Published: September 2023

Consumer showrooming has become a common phenomenon in the retail industry, but little is known about its influence on the interplay between an upstream supplier and a downstream retailer in a distribution channel. Our study examines such an influence by considering an upstream supplier who sells a product through a downstream physical retailer based on a wholesale contract. At the same time, based on an agency contract, the supplier sells the product on an online retail platform where a nonneglectable amount of consumer returns occurs due to product misfits. We find that, on the one hand, consumer showrooming enables the supplier to take a greater share of the offline channel profit by exploiting the physical retailer’s deterrence of showrooming. On the other hand, consumer showrooming as a mixed-channel shopping method makes the supplier less capable of adjusting the direct online demand according to its marginal cost of handling returns. Such a return-loss-propagation-moderating effect protects the downstream physical retailer from the upstream supplier’s strategic pricing that intends to shift sales from offline to direct online when the supplier finds it cost efficient to handle online product returns. Our study also shows that the retailer can replace the wholesale contract with the store-within-a-store model with a rental fee contract to leverage the upstream supplier’s incentive to mitigate the adverse effect of showrooming. The findings inform the physical retailer that the more critical issue may not be showrooming itself but aligning with the upstream supplier to promote offline sales in the presence of showrooming.

This paper was accepted by Kartik Hosanagar, information systems.

Funding: S. Kumar thanks Temple Center for International Business Education and Research for partially supporting this research.

Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2020.01990 .
Directions of the Post-War Construction of the Sustainable Management National System
Authors:   Institute of Industrial Economics of the NAS of Ukraine, Mykytenko V. , Bondar-Pіdhurska O. ,   HEI of the Ukoopspilka "Poltava University of Economics and Trade"
Published: October 2023

The purpose of the article is to define, form and substantiate the priority areas of the post-war development of the national system of sustainable management in resource constraints. The research used methods of analysis and synthesis, generalization, tabular, graphic, linear correlation, provision of integration platforms for spatial management of natural resource assets, analysis of organizational capabilities of change management, regulation, subject-subject type of management of sustainable management processes, and others. According to the results, for the first time the priority directions of the post-war development of the national system of sustainable management were formed and substantiated, which provide for their implementation according to the concept of a new model of restructuring of the economic system, namely: reformatting of the national natural resource space, formation of a new format of the space of behavior of many business entities, development space for implementation of the action of the national system of sustainable management. A conceptual scheme of the post-war development of the national system of sustainable management in three priority directions is proposed. It was developed on the basis of the implementation of the economic system restructuring project, which provides for the introduction of new models of the system and structure of natural resource management and, in accordance with the reengineering model of the management of economic assets, is ensured by the action of four specific mechanisms: the formation of the financial basis of the national system of sustainable management, state regulation and waste management , state regulation and management of the development of natural resource assets, an organizational mechanism for managing the process of harmonization of a sustainable economy. The complex of local tasks for each of the three priority directions of post-war development in the conditions of an aggressive external and internal environment of the national system of sustainable management has been improved with the detailing and delineation of the specific toolkit of reformatting, and the most effective methods and means necessary for its implementation in practice. This determines the specification of the content of tasks according to priorities in the context of restructuring and revitalization of the national economic space.
Quality and safety interventions in surgery
Authors: Plath William , McCulloch Peter
Published: September 2023

Medical errors resulting in treatment-related harm have been a challenge for many years, with particularly severe consequences in surgery. Efforts to improve safety should focus on system-based changes to response and rescue pathways, and will require further research and adequate engagement by clinical staff.
Beneficial interaction between rice stunt virus and its insect vector Nilaparvata lugens Stal based on life table
Authors: LISTIHANI LISTIHANI , YUNITI I GUSTI AYU DIAH , ARIATI PUTU EKA PASMIDI , PANDAWANI NI PUTU , SELANGGA DEWA GEDE WIRYANGGA , TEMAJA I GEDE RAI MAYA , WIRYA GUSTI NGURAH ALIT SUSANTA , SUDIARTA I PUTU
Published: October 2023

Abstract. Listihani L, Yuniti IGAD, Ariati PEP, Pandawani NP, Selangga DGW, Temaja IGRM, Wirya GNAS, Sudiarta IP. 2023. Beneficial interaction between rice stunt virus and its insect vector Nilaparvata lugens Stal based on life table. Biodiversitas 24: 4690-4698. The brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) causes direct and indirect damage as a stunting virus vector in rice. Insect vectors and viruses are closely related with respect to disease transmission to host plants. Thus, this research aimed to determine the specific relationship between a virus and its insect vector on the biology and demography statistics of viruliferous brown planthopper (BPH). Research method included the propagation of N. lugens and stunt virus inoculum, the observation of cohort, stadia duration and egg survival rates, imago life span, and N. lugens life table. The BPH life table was arranged with the jackknife method for two treatments: plants infected by stunt virus and healthy plants. The research result showed that plants infected by stunt virus can shorten the BPH nymphal development stage from instar 2 to instar 5, life cycle, preoviposition period, and double time. Plants infected by stunt virus did not influence the BPH hatching pattern but influenced the total number of hatching eggs. The next BPH generation of stunt virus inflected plants increased 29.51 times more from the previous generation, while on healthy plants, the next BPH generation only increased 27.51 times. Virus-infected plants generally appeared to be superior quality hosts for vectors compared to uninfected plants, thus enhancing vector life table and virus spread.
Site assessment for a small-scale Javan rusa (Rusa timorensis) captive breeding in East Java, Indonesia
Authors: SUBENO SUBENO , PUDYATMOKO SATYAWAN , IMRON MUHAMMAD ALI , WIDI TRI SATYA MASTUTI
Published: October 2023

Abstract. Subeno, Pudyatmoko S, Imron MA, Widi TSM. 2023. Site assessment for a small-scale Javan rusa (Rusa timorensis) captive breeding in East Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 24: 4568-4576. Javan deer (Rusa timorensis Blainville, 1822) is a protected wild animal with high potential economic value; captive breeding can be done to avoid extinction and sustainably utilize it. Most land ownership by rural communities in Indonesia is less than 5 ha; therefore, it is essential to design small-scale captive breeding, which local people can adopt to meet economic isxadwnterests and species conservation. We assessed a site part of the Perum Perhutani area in East Java dedicated to developing captive breeding models. Assessment is an essential consideration in exploring location feasibility and designing optimal allocation of available space; data collection on bio-physical conditions used nested sampling, circular plots, and profile diagrams. Feed availability is obtained by identifying the grass type and calculating its productivity. The collected data were then analyzed and compared with the needs of the Javan deer. The selected location was then made a captive design for space allocation based on the management and basic needs of the Javan deer. The results showed that the location at RPH (Resort Pemangkuan Hutan=Forest Management Resorts) Malo (Bojonegoro District, East Java, Indonesia) could be declared feasible to be developed as a Javan deer breeding area. The captive site design is mini ranching; this captive design consists of the breeding/management and office blocks.
The anatomical structure of the root, stem, and branch of Gyrinops versteegii trees from different growing sites
Authors: ADIMAHAVIRA ARIEL , LUKMANDARU GANIS , PUJIARTI RINI , PRASTIWI FANANY WURI , NUGROHO WIDYANTO DWI
Published: October 2023

Abstract. Adimahavira A, Lukmandaru G, Pujiharti R, Prastiwi FW, Nugroho WD. 2023. The anatomical structure of the root, stem, and branch of Gyrinops versteegii trees from different growing sites. Biodiversitas 24: 4590-4598. Gyrinops versteegii (Gilg) Domke is an agarwood (Gaharu)-producing species with a unique color and very expensive fragrance. Even so, studies on the effects of growing sites on the wood anatomical structure of several parts of G. versteegii have not been thoroughly investigated. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the anatomical structure of G. versteegii on the tree's root, stem, and branch at two different growing sites. Three five-year-old G. versteegii trees from Pacitan and Klaten Districts (Indonesia) were used for the experiment and were harvested from the root, stem, and branch. The wood samples were then put in a glutaraldehyde solution for 24 hours and later in an alcohol solution. The samples were sliced in microtome (15-20 µm) and observed in the transverse, tangential, and radial sections. The results showed that the anatomical characteristics, such as vessel diameter, ray height, ray frequency, interxylary phloem proportion, and frequency differed significantly between growing sites. Furthermore, fiber length, vessel diameter, ray height, ray frequency, and interxylary phloem proportion significantly differed among plant parts. In addition, the branch part has the highest interxylary phloem value, indicating the possibility of a high agarwood resin deposit when agarwood stimulation is applied.
POTENTIAL USE OF COLTAN MINING WASTE ROCK IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION
Authors:   Laboratory Engineering Civil and Mechanics, Doctoral Research Unit for Engineering and Applications, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Ally Alinabiwe Nyamuhanga , Blanche Manjia Marcelline ,   Department of Civil Engineering, National Advanced School of Engineering of Yaoundé, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Grâce Masika Muhiwa ,   Laboratory Engineering Civil and Mechanics, Doctoral Research Unit for Engineering and Applications, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Zang Elodie Rufine ,   Laboratory Engineering Civil and Mechanics, Doctoral Research Unit for Engineering and Applications, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, François Ngapgue ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Fotso Victor University Institute of Technology, University of Dschang, Bandjoun, Cameroon, Pettang Chrispin ,   Department of Civil Engineering, National Advanced School of Engineering of Yaoundé, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Published: October 2023

The mining industry produces vast quantities of mine refuse, including waste rock and tailings, which pose a significant environmental problem. Mining residues, which are generated during ore extraction and mineral processing, are typically deposited near mines. This method of mine waste disposal can lead to environmental problems and land loss. This fact has prompted research into the utilisation of sediments as alternative materials to produce backfill and paving materials. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) possesses approximately 80 % of Africa’s coltan reserves, which is geologically unsustainable considering its many mineral resources. When coltan is extracted, geologically heterogeneous debris spanning from fine particles to boulders is produced. The purpose of this study was to analyse the potential value of mine tailings in road embankments using coltan waste rock from the eastern DRC as a case study, in accordance with the French standard. To accomplish this, it was necessary to evaluate the coltan waste rock’s chemical, mineralogical, and geotechnical properties. The coltan mining waste rock studied (SS1,i, SS2,i, and SS3,i) were found to be naturally clayey in nature, with characteristics for use in road construction. However, stabilised at 60 % by the SS4, classified as sand according to the Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (LCPC) classification, the SS1,i, SS2,i, and SS3,i clayey waste rock possess the necessary characteristics for sub-base course materials.
Conceptualizing Islamophobia in India
Authors: Kattiparambil Sheheen
Published: October 2023

This article focuses on the relationship between nation-making and the emergence of Islamophobia in India. Studies on anti-Muslim violence and Islamophobia in India either tend to dismiss the concept or limit its deployment by identifying it within the actions of Hindu nationalist groups situating their rise as an exception to India’s secular and multicultural trajectory. Premising on the idea that Islamophobia should be understood as the negation of Muslim political subjectivity, this article argues that Hindutva is not an aberration rather it is a continuation of the Indian nation-making project with the Muslim placed as the other of this project. This argument would include factoring in the systemic nature of anti-Muslim violence and social inequality by looking at the Muslim community’s lived socioeconomic experience, and analyzing the commentaries on them.
Towards the privileging of care-experienced children and young people’s educational and other ‘life chances’ within social work practice and education
Authors: Carey Malcolm
Published: September 2023

Care-experienced children and young people frequently face adverse ‘life chances’ when compared to their peers. Their life-course trajectories typically include numerous personal, structural and culturally determined challenges set from a young age. Social workers in the UK now play a minimal role in direct support for young people and are instead encouraged to focus on short-term priorities, safeguarding investigations and monitoring ‘risky’ working-class parents. This article considers some explanations and evidence offered for educational and other inequalities experienced by care-experienced children and young people, and highlights specific issues regarding ongoing neoliberal reforms of social care. Case examples relating to criminal justice, asylum-seeking children and sexuality are then briefly discussed. The conclusion draws from evidence to identify some recommendations that may help improve care-experienced children and young people’s full learning potential. This includes moving away from the current neoliberal-inspired short-term focus placed on managing risk and towards the provision of more contextual and meaningful support.
Optimal design of integrated visible light communication and positioning system with energy harvesting
Authors: Liang Zihuan , Lu Huimin , Chen Danyang , Wang Qingxuan , Kong Huimin , Liu Xinling , Jin Jianli , Chen Hongyao , Wang Jianping
Published: September 2023

In this paper, an optimization scheme that can simultaneously transmit communication information, positioning the information and energy in a visible light communication and positioning (VLCP) system with energy harvesting is proposed. The time switching-power splitting (TS-PS) method is applied, where the power and time allocation factors are defined as optimization variables, so that the system can maximize the harvested energy under the constraints of the information rate and positioning error. The multi-verse optimization (MVO) algorithm is introduced to obtain the optimal power and time allocation. In addition, the performance of the integrated system using the TS-PS method is investigated and compared with that using other conventional methods. The results show that a maximized harvested energy solution using the TS-PS method can harvest the most energy. Moreover, the effects of main external environment conditions, namely, the room height and field of view (FoV) of a photo diode (PD) on the system performance are also analyzed. The increase of the room height and FoV of the PD reduces the harvested energy, but does not change the information rate and positioning accuracy in the optimized system adopted in this paper.
Direct wavefront reconstruction with the cone wavefront sensor using the inverse radon transform
Authors: Clare Richard M. , Weddell Stephen J. , Engler Byron. E.
Published: October 2023

The cone wavefront sensor consists of a cone (or axicon) placed at the focal plane of the imaging system, from which an annular intensity image is formed. Typically, the wavefront phase is estimated using inversion of an interaction matrix relating the intensity image to different aberration modes. In this paper, we show that the intensity image for the cone wavefront sensor is related to the radon transform of the wavefront phase. A reconstruction method using the inverse radon transform (filtered back-projection) is shown to be able to directly approximate the wavefront phase without the need for an interaction matrix for small wavefront aberrations.
Hands-On Photonic Education Kits: empowering the integrated photonics workforce through practical training
Authors: Neim Lilian , Yovanovich Alexander , Bartholomew Jacob , Deenadayalan Venkatesh , Ciminelli Mario , Palone Thomas , van Niekerk Matthew , Song Meiting , Nauriyal Arunima , Notaros Jelena , Serna Otálvaro Samuel , Cardenas Jaime , Brown Thomas , Murthy Agarwal Anuradha , Saini Sajan , Preble Stefan F.
Published: October 2023

The Hands-On Photonic Education (HOPE) Kits, developed with AIM Photonics, address the need for skilled workers in integrated photonics. This paper highlights the role of the HOPE Kits in advancing the training ecosystem and bridging the skills gap. The kits include fully packaged photonic integrated circuits (PICs), enabling instructors to educate and train students on PIC testing and characterization. Covering a wide range of devices and circuits, from waveguides to wavelength division multiplexing for data communication, the kits offer a hands-on experience. Engaging with actual PICs, students gain practical insights, enhancing their understanding of key principles, and preparing them for real-world skill sets in integrated photonics.
Emission cross section redetermination of Nd:LuAG crystals
Authors: Huang Conghui , Li Shanmin , Zhao Chengchun , Hang Yin
Published: October 2023

The emission cross section of Nd:LuAG was evaluated using two different methods: the Füchtbauer–Ladenburg equation and the threshold-slope measurements; similar results were obtained with both methods. All measurements and calculations were compared with those of Nd:YAG to reduce uncertainty. Detailed spectroscopic properties of Nd:LuAG were demonstrated. The results showed that the peak emission cross section of Nd:LuAG is approximately 20 × 10−20 cm2, approximately 2/3 the emission cross section of Nd:YAG, instead of the previously reported 9.67 × 10−20 cm2. Additionally, the corresponding saturation flux is 0.9 J/cm2. Therefore, the energy storage capacity of Nd:LuAG is not significantly improved, and it is not sufficient for large-scale amplifiers.
Complex refractive index measurements of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) over the UV-VIS-NIR region
Authors: Thi Hong Pham , Nguyen Hung Q. , Nghiem H. T. M.
Published: October 2023

Poly(methyl methacrylate), PMMA, is a popular polymer for optical applications due to its superior transmission and reflection. However, its optical properties in the ultraviolet regime still need to be thoroughly studied. Using the reflection-transmission method, we determine its complex refractive index by numerically analyzing the measured data from thin films. The PMMA standalone film is fabricated by peeling off its substrate after spin-coating. Its transmittance and reflectance are then measured in a spectrophotometer using an integrated sphere. The complex refractive index n + ik is extracted theoretically from the measured transmittance T and reflectance R. The uncertainties of measured n and k are discussed in the two limits of strong absorption and weak absorption of the materials to illustrate the advantages and disadvantages of the approach.
Investigation of modified uni-traveling carrier photodiode for cryogenic microwave photonic links
Authors: Moseley Carson , Bolton Summer , Lukens Joseph M. , Pai Yun-Yi , Chilcote Michael , Lawrie Benjamin J. , Sun Shunqiao , Woodson Maddy , Estrella Steven B. , Kim Seongsin M. , Kung Patrick
Published: October 2023

Quantum devices present the potential for unparalleled computing and communications capabilities; however, the cryogenic temperatures required to successfully control and read out many qubit platforms can prove to be very challenging to scale. Recently, there has emerged an interest in using microwave photonics to deliver control signals down to ultracold stages via optical fiber, thereby reducing thermal load and facilitating dense wavelength multiplexing. Photodetectors can then convert this optical energy to electrical signals for qubit control. The fidelity of the quantum operations of interest therefore depend heavily upon the characteristics of the photodiode, yet experimental demonstrations of fiber-coupled photodetection systems at low temperatures are relatively few in number, leaving important open questions regarding how specific detectors may perform in real-world cryogenic settings. In this work, we examine a highly linear modified uni-traveling carrier photodiode (MUTC-PD) under C-band illumination (1530–1565 nm) at three temperature regimes (300 K, 80 K, and ∼4 K) and multiple bias conditions. Our findings of reduced responsivity but preserved bandwidth are consistent with previous studies, while our saturation tests suggest a variety of potential applications for MUTC-PDs in cryogenic microwave photonics with and without electrical bias. Overall, our results should provide a valuable foundation for the continued and expanding use of this detector technology in quantum information processing.
Hybridization of femtosecond-laser written waveguides with liquid crystals
Authors: Lammers Kim , Alberucci Alessandro , Pannian Jisha , Szameit Alexander , Nolte Stefan
Published: September 2023

By incorporating a liquid crystal layer into waveguides created through direct laser writing, a tuneable waveplate in a fused silica waveguide is successfully realized. In the experiment, a voltage is applied to the birefringent liquid crystal layer, inducing changes in the internal molecular arrangement of the nematic liquid crystal (NLC). Owing to the voltage-induced rotation of the NLC molecules, the polarization of the transmitted light becomes dependent on the applied external electric field. This novel approach to polarization manipulation paves the way to a new family of reconfigurable devices and complex photonic circuits based upon femtosecond-written waveguides.
Is there an influence of perceptual or cognitive impairment on complex sentence processing in hearing aid users?
Authors: Wagner Luise , Werle Anna-Leoni A. , Hoffmann Antonia , Rahne Torsten , Fengler Anja
Published: September 2023

Background

Hearing-impaired listeners often have difficulty understanding complex sentences. It is not clear if perceptual or cognitive deficits have more impact on reduced language processing abilities, and how a hearing aid might compensate for that.

Methods

In a prospective study with 5 hearing aid users and 5 normal hearing, age-matched participants, processing of complex sentences was investigated. Audiometric and working memory tests were performed. Subject- and object-initial sentences from the Oldenburg Corpus of Linguistically and audiologically controlled Sentences (OLACS) were presented to the participants during recording of an electroencephalogram (EEG).

Results

The perceptual difference between object and subject leading sentences does not lead to processing changes whereas the ambiguity in object leading sentences with feminine or neuter articles evokes a P600 potential. For hearing aid users, this P600 has a longer latency compared to normal hearing subjects.

Conclusion

The EEG is a suitable method for investigating differences in complex speech processing for hearing aid users. Longer P600 latencies indicate higher cognitive effort for processing complex sentences in hearing aid users.
Changes in rapid plasma reagin titers in patients with syphilis before and after treatment: A retrospective cohort study in an HIV/AIDS referral hospital in Tokyo
Authors: Ikeuchi Kazuhiko , Fukushima Kazuaki , Tanaka Masaru , Yajima Keishiro , Saito Makoto , Imamura Akifumi
Published: September 2023

Introduction

Although the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test is used to determine treatment efficacy for syphilis, animal studies show that it decreases gradually after an initial increase even without treatment. Pre-treatment changes in RPR titer in humans and its relationship with post-treatment changes in RPR titer are not well known.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed the clinical records of syphilitic patients who underwent automated RPR (Mediace) testing twice before treatment (i.e., at diagnosis and treatment initiation) within 1–3 months at an HIV/AIDS referral hospital in Japan between 2006 and 2018. The RPR values were expressed as the ratio to the value at treatment initiation. The mean monthly relative change in the RPR after treatment was calculated on the log2 scale for each patient and analyzed by multivariable linear regression.

Results

Sixty-eight patients were identified. The median age was 45 (interquartile range [IQR], 38–50), 98.5% (67/68) were men, and 97.1% (66/68) had HIV. The median RPR titer ratio at treatment initiation/diagnosis was 0.87 (IQR, 0.48–1.30). The RPR titer decreased more than twofold in 26.5% (18/68) and more than fourfold in 10.3% (7/68) before treatment. In the multivariable analysis, higher age (predicted monthly RPR relative change on the log2 scale 0.23/10 years [95% confidence interval [CI], 0.090–0.37]), history of syphilis (0.36 [95% CI, 0.07–0.65]), and a lower ratio of RPR at treatment initiation/diagnosis (−0.52/every 10-fold increase [95% CI, −0.81 to −0.22]) were associated with a slower RPR decrease after treatment.

Conclusions

In a mostly HIV patient population, RPR titer can show more than four-fold spontaneous increase or decrease within 1–3 months. Pre-treatment spontaneous decrease of RPR titer was associated with a slower decrease in post-treatment RPR titer.