bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Deserción estudiantil durante la pandemia en la Educación Básica General
Authors: Lamus de Rodriguez Tibisay Milene , Moreira Choez Jenniffer Sobeida , Cordova Loor Cintia Elizabeth , Robles García María Griselly
Published: March 2022

La presente investigación tiene como finalidad comprender las causas que generan la deserción estudiantil durante la pandemia en la educación Básica General, dada la ausencia de estudiantes observada en los informes levantados por los directivos de las instituciones, pues cada vez son menos los alumnos que se conectan para las interacciones virtuales, lo que hace suponer que tienen alguna limitación tecnológica, económica o de salud que impiden acceder a sus clases regulares. La investigación se condujo con el paradigma interpretativo y se enmarcó dentro del enfoque de la investigación cualitativa, el método aplicado fue el fenomenológico, las técnicas utilizadas para recolectar la información fueron la entrevista en profundidad, a través de un guion aplicado a cinco de los docentes pertenecientes a la institución, quienes fueron los informantes claves. La información se analizó mediante la triangulación de datos, realizando un cruce entre los discursos que emitieron los sujetos entrevistados, en cuyos hallazgos emergieron las siguientes categorías: Ausencia de estudiantes, desinterés del alumnado, falta de recursos, carencia de oportunidades, componentes socioeconómicos, detrimento de su preparación académica, atención temprana, apoyo al docente institucionalizado, prevención del abandono, modelos innovadores y evaluación del proceso formativo. Finalmente, se concluyó que la llegada inesperada de la pandemia ha afectado a muchas familias que tienen a sus hijos escolarizados, ocasionando deserción escolar originado por el factor económico (desempleo, pobreza extrema), tecnológico (equipos y conectividad), formativo (desconocimiento del uso de los equipos y herramientas) y emocional (depresión, angustia, autoestima).
Desafíos en el acompañamiento a la competencia profesional del docente en tiempos de pandemia
Authors: Vega Angeles Pedro Guillermo
Published: March 2022

En la actualidad el avance científico permite gestionar el conocimiento haciendo uso de la tecnología. El docente es fundamental para guiar y orientar el uso de información; por ello, es necesario acompañar la tarea pedagógica del maestro para fortalecer su desempeño. El motivo del estudio fue determinar el nivel de acompañamiento a la competencia profesional que realizan los directivos de Nuevo Chimbote, en tiempos de pandemia. El método de investigación fue cualitativo-cuantitativo, tipo de estudio transversal descriptivo; para recolectar la información se utilizó la encuesta, con un cuestionario validado por cinco expertos, cuya confiabilidad fue de 0,920853 a través del Alfa de Cronbach, aplicado en 30 participantes. Luego se aplicó en google forms a 300 docentes. Se utilizó el método cuantitativo para procesar los datos, representados en tablas estadísticas y el método cualitativo para interpretar y discutir los resultados, cuyos hallazgos fueron: 90.6% de docentes perciben un nivel de acompañamiento excelente y según las dimensiones el 92.3% indican un nivel excelente en la actitud de saber conocer, el 73.7% un nivel excelente en la actitud de saber hacer y el 93.3% un nivel excelente en la actitud de saber ser, que muestran los directivos. Se concluye que, existe un nivel excelente de acompañamiento a la competencia profesional, evidenciado con un 90.6% de los docentes encuestados. Lo que significa que es importante la gestión de acciones y estrategias para fortalecer las capacidades del docente, enriqueciendo su desempeño en la labor educativa.
Perfil epidemiológico da Hanseníase em uma cidade do semiárido baiano, Guanambi, entre os anos de 2001 a 2021
Authors: Oliveira Marcos Aurélio Silva , Júnior Reginaldo Coelho Guimarães
Published: March 2022

A hanseníase é uma doença infectocontagiosa causada pelo Mycobacterium leprae. É uma doença curável e de notificação compulsória. Caso não tratada, a doença se torna transmissível, atingindo diversos núcleos sociais. Objetivo geral é estratificar o perfil epidemiológico da doença na cidade de Guanambi/BA. Os dados foram coletados do Sistema de Informações de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN). Foram retirados dessa base de dados informações dos casos notificados de Hanseníase na cidade de Guanambi entre os anos de 2001-2021. Nos últimos 20 anos foram notificados 214 casos de Hanseníase na cidade. A maior parte dos doentes são do sexo masculino (117/54,67%), pardos (108/50,47%), acima de 15 anos (207/96,73%), analfabetos (40/18,7%), forma clínica Dimorfa (87/40,65%) e multibacilar (142/66,35%). A partir da análise dos dados coletados foi possível traçar o perfil epidemiológico dos acometidos pela Hanseníase na cidade de Guanambi/BA ao longo das últimas 2 décadas.
Factores asociados al consumo de alcohol en jóvenes universitarios
Authors: Solís Martha Ofelia Valle , Gonzáez Delia Esperanza Sillas , Lizarrága Amparo López , Bernés Salvador Ruíz , García Aurelio Flores , Guerrero Verónica Benítez , Pérez Luis Gerardo Valdivia , Jiménez María Magdalena Sandoval , Ceja María Hilda Villegas
Published: March 2022

Uno de los problemas de salud pública que mayormente aqueja a los jóvenes en la actualidad es el consumo de alcohol que en muchas ocasiones provoca alcoholismo. Objetivo: Determinar los factores asociados al consumo del alcohol en jóvenes universitarios. Metodología: Estudio descriptivo de tipo transversal. Se trabajó con 50 estudiantes, seleccionados mediante un muestreo no probabilístico. Resultados: Los factores asociados fueron: 64% menciona que baja autoestima, un 48% problemas familiares, el 24% problemas económicos, el 90% aceptación social, el 42% por depresión, el 78% estrés, el 78% carga de trabajo escolar y un 48% problemas por el noviazgo. Conclusiones: Los resultados suelen ser de intéres como personal de enfermería ya que día a día se ha observado un incremento considerable de jóvenes consumidores de alcohol y que en muchas ocasiones modifican su comportamiento el cual los lleva a un riesgo tanto social, personal y hasta sexual.
Literatura y resiliencia un estudio a partir de memorias literárias
Authors: Maqueo Teresita del niño Jesús Reza
Published: March 2022

Se aborda el análisis de veinte memorias autobiográficas de sujetos que vivieron infancias en riesgo de exclusión social, no obstante, se convirtieron en adultos resilientes. De estas veinte personas, diecisiete son escritores, lo que da pie para preguntarse sobre la relación que existe entre la literatura y su efecto resiliente. Estas memorias además de ser obras de arte, proveen fuentes informativas para indagar sobre las identidades, así como en la reconstrucción a través del proceso de escritura. El conocimiento del tema puede contribuir a la sensibilidad y el fortalecimiento de redes sociales, sobre todo en el campo de la educación.
La importancia de la educación financiera en programas universitarios
Authors: Barajas Kassandra Lopez , Ruiz Zulema Córdova , Carrillo Sósima
Published: March 2022

Los estudiantes de nivel licenciatura no cuentan con una educación financiera suficiente que los prepare para tomar decisiones acertadas al incorporarse al mercado laboral, se consideró que parte de este problema es la limitada difusión con la que cuentan los programas de Educación Financiera. Es por ello que se realizó una investigación por medio de una encuesta a 70 estudiantes, la muestra seleccionada fueron universitarios matriculados en la UABC en distintas carreras de Mexicali, esto con el objetivo de conocer el grado de educación financiera de los futuros profesionistas, los programas que conocen y que tan receptivos se encuentran al proponer la difusión de los programas financieros en su universidad al año 2021,  partiendo del hecho de la educación financiera en el sistema educativo, con el fin de proporcionar conocimientos, habilidades, comportamiento, valores y aptitudes. El estudio es descriptivo de corte transversal siendo no experimental. Como parte de la conclusión se proponen estrategias de difusión de los programas existentes.
A Rare Case of Hyphema in Fuchs Heterochromic Iridocyclitis After Peri-bulbar Block for Cataract Surgery
Authors:   Department of Ophthalmology, BPS GMC for women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana, India, Malik Sumit
Published: March 2022

We report a case of 47 year old male patient with Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis and cataract in left eye who developed hyphema after peri-bulbar block for cataract surgery. The patient developed Amsler like Sign. It appeared few minutes after Peri-bulbar block following digital massage before any instrumentation of the globe. Surgery was post-poned to rule out globe perforation or any other pathology for Anterior Chamber bleed. All possible causes were ruled out and patient was eventually taken up for Cataract Surgery which was uneventful without any intra-op or post-op complications.
Determinants of Vietnamese Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Ecommerce Platforms for Fresh Produce Retail: An Integrated TOE-TAM Framework
Authors:   Ph.D., Department of Marketing, Faculty of Marketing, National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam, Linh Vu Hoang
Published: March 2022

The application of e-commerce platforms for retailing agricultural products has been increasingly adopted for several benefits namely market expansion and connection, brand establishment, price improvement as well as the motivation for farmers to actively ameliorate their farming practices, product quality and package. However, this retail method is still lagging far behind in Vietnam - despite the need for digitalization to solve persistent problems, namely the imbalanced supply, demand and accompanied price loss in the traditional distribution channel. Thus, this research aims to investigate the factors that impact the Vietnamese farmers’ intention to adopt e-commerce platforms for fresh produce retail. The paper applies the integrated Technology Acceptance Model and Technology-Organization-Environment framework. Through an online survey, a sample of 344 farmers who produced fruits and vegetables across Vietnam was drawn to confirm the hypotheses of this study. The results showed that there are positive relationships between three factors “Perceived usefulness” (PU), “Perceived Ease of use” (PEOU) and “Intention to Adopt” (INT). Among the variables, technological context (TC) is positively associated with both PU and PEOU, and organizational context (OC) impacts PU positively. Moreover, the environmental context (EC) is shown to positively influence the intention to adopt e-commerce platforms for fresh produce retail. Findings are valuable to the development of e-commerce platforms and policies to promote Vietnamese farmers’ intention of using e-commerce platforms to retail agricultural products.
What effect does the Monetary Policy of Ghana have on the country’s GDP growth? From 1980 to 2015, a retrospective time series analysis
Authors:   dept, K Ansah Dr. Patrick
Published: March 2022

Using data for the annual period series from 1980 to 2015, this article explores the impact of the Bank of Ghana's monetary policy and whether it has a major impact on Ghana's economic growth. The study used the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) retrieval line model, and the retrospective analysis was done using the SPSS statistical software with F-Statistic and T Statistic. GDP was a model-dependent variable in this study, while income, interest rate, and inflation were independent / descriptive variables. The findings showed that at 5% significant level, both interest rates and income were statistically insignificant, whiles inflation was statistically significant at 5% level, in that, a 1% increase in inflation resulted in a 6.9% drop in GDP. The impact of inflation on GDP has been negative. Fisher (1993), Ghosh and Philips (1998), and Neil (1999) are examples of similar verified investigations (2000). The corrected R2 value of 0.365 clearly reveals that the Bank of Ghana's overall banking policy contributed roughly 36.5 percent to economic growth, whereas other unnamed factors accounted for a large difference in GDP of 65.5 percent. As a result, my policy advice is that the Ghanaian central bank employ suitable monetary policy tools to better control inflation and decrease it to a single digit, as well as pay attention to details in other real economic sector indicators to raise the rate of growth. Information on the Bank of Ghana's (BOG) overall financial strategy on policies that contribute to economic stability, Same should be made available to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MOFEP) and industry stakeholders.
Competition between Professional Universities and Traditional Universities -A Case for Japan
Authors:   Dept, Ishii Takaharu
Published: March 2022

This paper provides the theoretical results of the competition between MBA schools and universities. 1) It is thought that admission is decided at a professional university, etc., without observing the research results of the faculty's two types of outputs (education and research). In such a case, the number of schools and researchers at research universities will be too small. Accordingly, an accredited evaluation organization that is an external organization will confirm the research results and disclose the quality and quantity of the research results to admission examiners. Enrollment is done. 2) The number of professional universities will increase to the point where the rate of the teacher ratio will also increase. In the model where the discount rate of education for practitioners and teachers (the length of the period of practical use in the field) fluctuates, as the number of professional universities increases, the expiration date for practical use is short (the discount rate for education is large) Recruitment of practitioner teachers will reduce the return on education at professional universities. 3) A law that sets a guideline for the practitioner teachers' educable period is desirable for economic growth. 4) Subsidies to professional universities with higher educational returns will lead to a decrease in researcher faculty and research universities through a reduction in research expenses at research universities.
Gen Z and TV: An Analysis of Traditional Advertising Medium and Perception
Authors: G. Aldovino Ivan Lancel , Cruz Nika P. , B. Luzaran Trisha Carmina , Etrata, Jr Antonio E.
Published: March 2022

Television as a medium of marketing communication has a decreasing exposure rate among generation Z due to the increasing patronage on Internet-based communication. However, marketers could not fully shift into online platforms because of television’s high market reach attribute especially in the Philippines. Establishing awareness is a crucial work for unknown brands but repetition does not guarantee familiarity. A comparative analysis on the impact of energetic commercials on deactivating audiences was performed while this research aimed to identify the factors affecting Gen Z’s consumer perception towards television as an advertising medium. Data collection was done through survey questionnaires distributed to 385 respondents. Data were treated with statistical tools such as measures of central tendency, measures of variability and partial least square - structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results revealed that Perceived Ease of Use is an insignificant variable to consumer perception. It was discovered that watching TV news, movies, series, and more is not usually preferred by consumers; they would rather stream online. However, Information Gratification is found to significantly influence consumer perception on TV as an advertising medium. Consumers get to know new products and brands when watching TV. The results of this study will mostly benefit advertising agencies because they will further understand the current perception of the generation on television advertising. Thus, more effective strategies concerning television advertising will be implemented. Keywords: TV, advertising, gen Z, consumer perception, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, information gratification
The Effects of Social Media Tools on Online Retail Businesses in the Consumer
Electronics Industry
Authors: Matthew V. Pre Dave , Miguel C. Tolentino Julio , Alexis B. Varquez Karlo , E. Etrata, Jr. Antonio
Published: March 2022

Businesses nowadays have been adapting to technological advancements since the start of the 21st
century to promote their products. The majority of the global population has been exposed to the digital
world, and businesses have engaged themselves in the online environment. Social media tools have
become a vital component in advertising products and have contributed significantly to creating
countless innovations. Using social media has given online businesses options for managing their
performance towards their brand and interacting with consumers through social media platforms.
These digital improvements have benefited the consumer electronics industry. The goal of the study
was to gain a thorough understanding of how social media platforms and tools impact the performance
of online retail businesses in the consumer electronics industry. The study used the quantitative
approach, and online survey questionnaires were distributed to 185 respondents. Results revealed that
perceived ease of use, social media advertising, and electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) all have a
positive effect on the performance of online retail businesses in the consumer electronics industry. The
implications of this research aim to benefit aspiring online business owners, consumers, and future
researchers, and help them maximize social media to make them stand out from prospective
competitors.
Keywords: customer engagement, digital advertising, online marketing, retail businesses, social media
Some Macromineral and Trace Mineral Levels in Milk of Different Dog Breeds
Authors: SÖĞÜTLÜ İnci , GÜNBATAR Nizamettin , MERT Handan , CELLAT Mustafa , MERT Nihat
Published: March 2022

Objective: In this study, it was planned to examine the mineral levels in the milk of different breed dogs during the lactation period. Calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, copper, zinc, manganese and iron concentrations were analyzed in dog milk throughout the lactation period.

Materials and methods: In this research 6 Labradors, 6 German Shepherds, 6 Pointers, 5 Turkish Tazis, 5 Setters, 7 Malinois, and 5 Golden Retrievers (a total 40 dogs) of 3 to 4 years age were used as research materials, all of which were under same management and feeding conditions. All dogs were on diets appropriate for gestation and lactation periods. Adequate milk volume could be collected 2-3 weeks after parturition, and there were no known medical problems. Each day's samples were kept capped and refrigerated after being collected. The concentrations of calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, copper, zinc, manganese and iron, were analyzed by using Varian Brand 30/40 model AAS device.

Results: The Ca, K, Na, Zn, Mn and Fe levels of milk samples from different dog breeds were found to have no significant difference . The highest Mg level was determined in Pointer breed milk samples, and the lowest was determined in Setter milk samples. The highest Cu levels amongst the inspected races were in Labrador milk samples, whereas the lowest levels were determined in Setter breeds.

Conclusion:This data shows that most of the analyzed milk content of different breeds of dogs did not change significantly during the same lactation period, and any present difference could be taken into account when evaluating breeding studies.
Application of Soft Computing Techniques for Speed Control of Brushless DC Motors
Authors: Samal Mitali , Das Soumya Ranjan , Pattnaik Bikash Chandra
Published: March 2022

Nowadays Brushless DC (BLDC) motors are treated as the most popular motors, which are applied widely due to their higher efficiency and excellent torque characteristics. Moreover they are operated with DC supply and without using brushes. But BLDC motor operate with wide speed range and therefore it is required to regulate the speed of DC motor using different advanced techniques. In this work, the fuzzy sliding mode control (FSMC) is employed for controlling the speed of BLDC motor. The proposed method is compared with the conventional Sliding mode control (SMC) and the results are analyzed using MATLAB/ Simulink tool.
A Cost-Effective Method for Design Installation and Maintenance of Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation System to Meet the Household Energy Requirement
Authors: SAHOO UDAYA KUMAR , PATNAIK BIJAYANANDA , CHINTAGUNTA SRINIVASARAO , KUNDU SHYAM SUNDAR , AGARWAL SHIV PRASAD
Published: March 2022

Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) power generation system is becoming a popular and alternative technology to full fill the requirement of household electric power. The operation and maintenance cost of a typical SPV power generation system is too low at the household level, whereas the initial investment or installation cost of such systems is comparatively too high. Although the SPV power generation system uses free and renewable energy to generate eco-friendly electricity, due to the high initial investment, slow response of service assistance for technical support during the system failure, maintenance, troubleshooting, lack of basic troubleshooting and maintenance knowledge of the end-users are some of the primary reasons for reducing the popularity and faith on SPV power generation technology in the household level. In this paper, an elaborate explanation of design, installation, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting methods have been briefly described to set up an indigenous and cost-effective solar photovoltaic power generation system to meet the electricity demand for basic household requirements with an individual effort.
Investigating the extent to which words or phrases with specific attributes can be retrieved from digital text collections
Authors:   Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, Ball Liezl , Bothma Theo ,   Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa
Published: March 2022

Introduction. Digital text collections are increasingly being used. Various tools have been developed to allow researchers to explore such collections. Enhanced retrieval will be possible if texts are encoded with granular metadata. Method. A selection of tools used to explore digital text collections was evaluated to determine to what extent they allow for the retrieval of words or phrases with specific attributes. Analysis. Tools were evaluated according to the metadata that are available in the data, the search options in the tool, how the results are displayed, and the expertise required to use the tool. Results. Many tools with powerful functions have been developed. However, there are limitations. It is not possible to search according to semantics or in-text bibliographic metadata. Analysis of the tools revealed that there are limited options to combine multiple levels of metadata and typically, without some programming expertise or knowledge of the structure and encoding of data, researchers cannot currently retrieve words or phrases with specific attributes from digital text collections. Conclusions. Granular metadata should be identified, and tools that can utilise these metadata to enable the retrieval of words or phrases with specific attributes in an intuitive manner should be developed.
Bibliographic coupling: a main path analysis from 1963 to 2020
Authors:   Library of National Taipei University, Ma Tsu-Jui , Lee Gwo-Guang ,   National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Liu John ,   National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Lae Rae ,   National Taipei University
Published: March 2022

Introduction. This paper applies a unique citation-based method to analyse the development trajectory of bibliographic coupling research from 1963 to 2020. Method. Main path analysis is applied to a citation network created based on bibliographic data retrieved from the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index of the Web of Science. Analysis. The analysis incorporated two major phases of basic bibliometrics (publication and citation trends, highly cited authors and core journals) and main path analysis. Results. A total of 223 papers on bibliographic coupling by 461 authors were identified. The papers were cited 5,575 times across ninety-three journals. The main paths, consisting of twenty-six documents, were further divided into emergence, opening, and consolidation periods on the basis of their publication date. Conclusions. This paper is the first to present the development trajectory of bibliographic coupling research. It not only emphasises how current state-of-the-art bibliographic coupling developed but also highlights critical studies in the field.
Correlation and prediction of high-cost information retrieval evaluation metrics using deep learning
Authors: Muwanei Sinyinda , Ravana Sri Devi ,   University of Malaya, Hoo Wai Lam ,   University of Malaya, Malaysia, Kunda Douglas ,   Mulungushi University, Zambia, Rajagopal Prabha ,   Monash University, Malaysia, Sodhi Prabhpreet Singh ,   Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Published: March 2022

Introduction. To reduce cost of the evaluation of information retrieval systems, this study proposes a method that employs deep learning to predict the precision evaluation metric. It also aims to show why some of existing evaluation metrics correlate with each other while considering the varying distributions of relevance assessments. It aims to ensure reproducibility of all the presented experiments. Method. Using data from several test collections of the Text REetrieval Conference (TREC) we show why some evaluation metrics correlate with each other, through mathematical intuitions. In addition, regression models were used to investigate how the predictions of the evaluation metrics are affected by queries or topics with variations of relevance assessments. Lastly, the proposed prediction method employs deep learning. Analysis. We use coefficient of determination, Kendall's tau, Spearman and Pearson correlations. Results. This study showed that the proposed method performed better predictions than other recently proposed methods in retrieval research. It also showed why the correlation exists between precision and rank biased precision metrics, and why recall and average precision metrics have reduced correlation when the cut-off depth increases. Conclusions. The proposed method and the justifications for the correlations between some pairs of retrieval metrics will be valuable to researchers for the predictions of the evaluation metrics of information retrieval systems.
A Study on Region-Based Image Segmentation Techniques
Authors: Sonar D. N.  , Kawale J. R.
Published: March 2022

This paper addresses the comparison of two popular region-based image segmentation techniques namely the Watershed method and the Mean-shift method. The watershed method is a mathematical morphology based image segmentation approach while Mean-shift method is a data-clustering method that searches for the local maximal density points and then groups all the data to the clusters defined by these maximal density points. Here the efficiency of the both segmentation techniques is presented
History and historiography
Authors: Valente Michaela
Published: March 2022

The topic of witch-hunts has been widely studied across the ages.
Multiple complex interpretations have been offered to explain how
the phenomenon arose, developed, and finally ended, thus tackling
the difficulties inherent in a historical fact that occurred everywhere
and over a significant period of time. This chapter takes up some of
these stages, focussing on the interpretation and critique of Wier’s
thought. Wier was celebrated as the first advocate of witches and
later defined as a forerunner of psychiatry, while others condemned
him as a magician.
Between magic and science
Authors: Valente Michaela
Published: March 2022

In sixteenth-century Europe, research into rational causes of various
events underwent profound cultural and scientific innovation: in medicine,
Paracelsus called Galenism into question, proposing an alternative
explanation for illnesses. Wier sided with the Galenic tradition but
progressively took on board some ideas that came out of Paracelsism,
despite considering Paracelsist physicians to be tricksters who profited
from popular credulity. Wier’s polemic with Jacques Gohory, the first
French Paracelsist, is examined.
Vince te ipsum
Authors: Valente Michaela
Published: March 2022

In his later years, Wier’s professional practice as a physician continued
successfully, as attested by the numerous consultations he gave, including,
amongst others, the consultations provided to the poet Philip Sidney, who
was fatally injured by the Spanish. In this period, marked by the invasion
of Spanish troops and the damage they wrought, Wier published the
Observationes medicae, the De ira morbo, a philosophical treatise, and
the De lamiis, an abridged version of the De praestigiis. His adversary in
this debate was the Croatian philosopher Paulus Scalichius.
Scepticism and toleration
Authors: Valente Michaela
Published: March 2022

The influence of Erasmus’s works is examined here both in terms of
philological criticism and of their ethical repercussions on faith in general
and on the issue of the witch-hunts. Wier, who cites widely from some of
Erasmus’s works, derives from him inspiration for his original proposal:
errors must be corrected but cannot be eliminated. By means of the
question of witchcraft, Wier developed a reflection on toleration and
on the possibility of being re-integrated into the Christian community.
Brains in the Pulps
Authors: Vidal Fernando
Published: March 2022

Brain-themed plots, characters, and settings cut across both genres and
media. Particularly strong is the narrative and iconographic kinship
between science fiction “pulp magazines” and B brainfilms. Pulp sci-fi was
popular in the USA between the late nineteenth century and the 1950s.
This chapter focuses on the brain motif in pulp “scientifiction” stories and
visuals of the 1920s to 1930s – years that saw the emergence of the first filmic
brain in a vat, and other brain motifs that would later appear on screen,
such as the mad brain scientist, brain manipulation and transplantation,
brains in jars, or brain-mediated immortality. It also describes the place
of “scientifilm” in pulp fantasy and magazines’ commercial strategies, and
outlines resonances between brainfilms and sci-fi pulp.
Frankenstein’s Brains
Authors: Vidal Fernando
Published: March 2022

This chapter documents how, in the long history of Frankenstein productions,
the original theme of the creation of life was replaced by brain
transplantation, and explores various forms of that radical transformation.
It discusses the origins of the brain subplot and the relation
of motion pictures to Mary Shelley’s novel (1818). It also examines the
entire Frankenstein film industry since 1910, with emphasis on the series
produced by Universal (1931–1948, including James Whale’s foundational
classic) and Hammer (1957–1973). In contrast to the tendency to find
in the Frankenstein motif all sort of societal “anxieties,” this chapter
demonstrates the significance of factors internal to the film industry in
the formation of a narrative and visual tradition.
Memories, Lost and Regained
Authors: Vidal Fernando
Published: March 2022

This chapter examines brain-and-memory movies. While countless films
deal in one way or another with memory, only a few perform it explicitly as
a process that takes place in the brain. In most pictures, having memories of
a “real” past functions as criterion for being one’s authentic self; forgetting,
memory replacement, manipulation, or erasure therefore pose radical
challenges to the self. With regard to memory, the default position of the
cinema embodies John Locke’s theory of personal identity. This manifests
itself in the filmic preference, which this chapter documents, for retrograde
amnesia (i.e., the inability to recall events that preceded the onset of the
disease). Case studies include Dark City (1998) and Eternal Sunshine of
the Spotless Mind (2004).
“Innocent Witch-craft of Lights”: Developing Visual Judgment through Printed Books
Authors: Doherty Meghan C.
Published: March 2022

This chapter examines the precursors to the production of scientific
illustrations by studying books that purported to teach the arts of drawing
and engraving to examine how the eye and the hand of the naturalist
were trained to consume and produce images that were useful to the
production of natural knowledge. My explorations are focused on three
texts: A Book of Drawing (1647); John Evelyn’s Sculptura (1662); and William
Faithorne’s The Art of Graveing and Etching (1662). These books are used
to gain an understanding of how a natural philosopher could accept a
two-dimensional representation, often made by someone else, as a useful
surrogate for an individual’s lived experience of the three-dimensional
world.
“These Rude Collections”: Accumulating Observations and Experiments
Authors: Doherty Meghan C.
Published: March 2022

This chapter consists of a close study of the illustrated articles related
to astronomy and anatomy from the early years of Philosophical Transactions.
Studying these engravings along with their sources reveals
the importance of images to the process of communication within
the early modern scientific community and highlights the important
role of Oldenburg’s network of correspondents in the production of
a corporate record of experiments and observations. Moving across
languages and among correspondents who rarely, if ever, saw one
another’s instruments or workspaces, the visual component of these
articles was not peripheral to their usefulness, but indeed was a central
feature. Studying these articles shows how accuracy was produced
through the accumulation of images that circulated among this pan-
European community.
Introduction
Authors: Grimm Jannis Julien
Published: March 2022

The Arab Spring left a deep imprint on Middle Eastern and North African
societies, but also on social movement scholarship. In particular, three
lines of inquiry provide vantage points for investigating protest in the
region today: critical approaches that avoid the structuralist bias of early
analyses of the Arab Spring and, instead, focus on the imaginative terrain
of social protest; constructivist approaches that retrace how political
subjectivation processes enabled innovative revolutionary alliances; and
relational approaches that investigate the interactions between different
players during the 2011 uprisings. This book is situated at the intersection
of these strands of literature. It is an attempt to map contentious politics
in post-revolutionary Egypt and show how different social arenas, street
politics, and the politics of signification, interrelated, and informed the
country’s transition.
Myths and Martyrs
Authors: Grimm Jannis Julien
Published: March 2022

The Rabaa massacre represented a pivotal event for the contending players
and a turning point for Egypt’s post-coup politics. After Rabaa, the
anti-Mursi camp needed to rationalize the violence deployed against
the protesters. It thereby unwittingly paved the way for an authoritarian
restoration. At the same time, the victimized protesters were unable to
abandon their unsuccessful claims to legitimacy. This precluded broader
popular solidarity with those killed in Rabaa Square. The massacre also
set the conditions for future protests: as the Anti-Coup Alliance defined
itself in antithesis to coup forces, it responded not by adopting violent
resistance, but by diversifying its contentious repertoire. This chapter
thus exemplifies the conditioning effect of battles in the discursive arena
on players’ protest performances and action strategies.
A Tale of Two Islands
Authors: Grimm Jannis Julien
Published: March 2022

The nationalist discourse that accelerated Al-Sisi’s ascension to power,
at the same time, placed him and his supporters in a cage, forged of commitments
to national security. This became visible when the transfer of
two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia revealed the disparities between
official policy and discourse and gave rise to a new contentious player
in the shape of a protest campaign against the island deal. Through this
campaign, nationalist activists held a mirror up to the authorities and
undermined the official legitimization of repression. In doing so, they
reshaped the post-coup protest arena and created new windows for
mobilization. This chapter thus demonstrates how players can harness
the emotional dimensions of established discourse for alliance building
and mobilization under the most repressive conditions.
Conclusion and Implications
Authors: Grimm Jannis Julien
Published: March 2022

This concluding chapter discusses the findings of the previous chapters
critically in light of ongoing theoretical debates on the power of nationalism,
the role of affect and emotions, the imprint of violent events such
as Rabaa on the collective memory of a people, and the resurgence of
autocracy in the Middle East. It highlights the merits of a disaggregated
and culture-sensitive interactionist approach to the study of protest and
repression, reflects on the implications and limitations of this study,
and offers points of contact for further comparative research. Finally,
the concluding chapter assesses the prospects for popular resistance in
contemporary Egypt.
The Intoxication of Destruction in Theory, Culture and Media
Authors: Stapleton Erin K.
Published: March 2022

This book examines the desire for, and intoxication with destruction as it appears in cultural objects and representation, arguing that all cultural and aesthetic value is fundamentally predicated on its own fragility, as well as the living transience of those who make and encounter it. Beginning with a philosophy of expenditure after Georges Bataille, each chapter maps different operations of destruction in media and culture. These operations are expressed and located in representations of human extinction and explosive architecture, in execution and in eroticism, and in media and digital archives, which constitute a further destabilization of the notion of destruction in the dynamic between aspirational immortality and material volatility embedded in the archival systems of digital cultures.
Destruction III: Body
Authors: Stapleton Erin K.
Published: March 2022

In the third destruction, the distance between representation and experience
is collapsed into a co-constitutive relation that reveals the tension between
physical destruction and the continuity of the self, society, and life in general.
Part 1 deals with the mediatized phenomenon of execution in the United
States, as a practice that constitutes the heterogenous subject, before performing
the excision of that subject from the world, while the process of dissecting
their destruction becomes the role of media. In Part 2, this destruction sees
its reversal in a philosophy of eroticism. This theory appears in opposition
to heterosexual and heteronormative sexuality through practices that elude
the reproductive function of the bodies that perform them, and in doing so,
destroys what constitutes common understandings of sexuality.
Destruction IV: Matter
Authors: Stapleton Erin K.
Published: March 2022

In the final destruction, the decaying effects of organic bodies, as well as
the global conditions that sustain life (light and heat), are considered in
relation to the material objects of culture. In Part 1, the question of material
destruction is considered in the context of the ethics of the archive. The
relationship between digital and analog film and photography is addressed
in relation to issues of access and exclusivity, as well as how the choices are
made about what is preserved is an act of destruction itself. The apparent
durability of the digital dematerialization of the film and photographic
archive is then reversed in Part 2, where the non-linear destruction of digital
objects (glitches), accelerating obsolescence and digital accumulations create
digital cultures less permanent and stable than their analog counterparts.
Conclusion: The Destroyers
Authors: Stapleton Erin K.
Published: March 2022

In this brief conclusion, each of the aesthetic and material iterations
that are explored throughout the book are incorporated into a theory of
culture predicated on destruction. The philosophical approach to energetic
expenditure, after Georges Bataille, allows for the conceptualization of
the sovereign possibilities for media and culture and the experiences we
have of them.
Introduction: Destruction and Immortality
Authors: Stapleton Erin K.
Published: March 2022

This introduction provides an overview of the book’s approach to the
creation, reproduction and destruction in and of theory, culture and
media. Beginning with the prehistorical establishment of sedentary
communities and tracing some relevant cultural undercurrents, it provides
a meta-analytical genealogy of the concept of expenditure after Georges
Bataille. The destruction of energy in excess of need is shown to be an
underlying principle that ensures the paradoxical tension between the
desire for immortality and destruction as it is expressed in human culture.
The chapter also provides the contextual and theoretical basis for the
book, as the intoxication of destruction, and describes the destructive
tension-relation at the heart of each subsequent chapter.
Hybrid Museum Experiences
Authors: Løvlie Anders Sundnes , Waern Annika , Eklund Lina , Spence Jocelyn , Rajkowska Paulina , Benford Steve
Published: March 2022

The concept of ‘Hybrid museum experiences’ is inspired by New Museology,
and looks at how museum experiences can be made more meaningful by
giving visitors agency in their museum experience. The chapter emphasises
how museum experiences are inherently social, and looks at how hybrid
museum experiences can be made meaningful through tapping into social
practices and the visitors’ social context.
The Gift App – Gifting Museum Experiences
Authors: Spence Jocelyn
Published: March 2022

This chapter presents the experience of designing, deploying, and playing
an artistically designed web app that invites museum visitors to turn
their visit into a ‘gift’ – a hybrid experience made of photos and audio
recordings that they send to someone they love; as if they were making
a mixtape, only with objects from a museum. We discuss this from the
perspectives of the designers, museum professionals, and visitors, to
explore how a fundamental social activity such as gifting can create new
layers of meaning for museum experiences.
Never let me go – Social and Introspective Play
Authors: Ryding Karin
Published: March 2022

This chapter presents a case study of a hybrid experience designed for
art museums called Never let me go. It allowed art museum visitors to
playfully guide a companion – using two interconnected mobile web apps
and headphones. The purpose was to find a way to foster both social play
as well as moments of introspection. The chapter gives insight into the
design process and provides brief guidelines on how to design for play in
general. The results from a trial that took place at the National Gallery
of Denmark in Spring 2019 are described and discussed, particularly in
relation to empathy and serendipity.
Sensitizing Design Teams to Theory
Authors: Waern Annika , Rajkowska Paulina
Published: March 2022

This chapter is the first of the practical methods and tools chapters, and
addresses a well-known problem in design research: How can relevant
insights from academic theory help to inform practical design processes?
The chapter details two possible ways in which this can be done: through
the explicit incorporation of theorists into the design team, and through
sensitising exercises such as role-played scenarios. The chapter shares
insights into how these methods work, and present concrete suggestions
for how to implement them in practice.
Ideation Tools for Experience Design
Authors: Olesen Anne Rørbæk , Mortensen Christian Hviid , Løvlie Anders Sundnes
Published: March 2022

This chapter argues for the importance of ideation in design processes.
We present three paper-based tools for ideation to be used at a meeting
or a workshop tailored specifically to the museum sector and developed
in collaboration with museum professionals. Each tool targets a different
phase of the design process. There is a tool for generating ideas, strengthening
ideas and testing ideas. The chapter accounts for the what, when, how
and why of these ideation tools. Finally, we discuss how the tools can be
used in combination and how they can encourage reflection.
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthy Lifestyles in Rural Families
Authors: England Keisha , Forseth Bethany , Bangash Maheen , Bhagat Rohit , Murray Megan , Bakula Dana , Davis Ann
Published: March 2022

Purpose: To understand how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the health behaviors of rural families participating in a healthy lifestyles intervention. Methods: Caregivers of rural children participating in a healthy lifestyles intervention were invited to participate in a structured interview regarding how the COVID-19 pandemic affected their family and family health behaviors. Interviews were transcribed and the research team conducted a rigorous inductive thematic analysis. Findings: Structured qualitative interviews with caregivers (n=30) resulted in 5 saturated themes: (1) caregivers reported new or exacerbated mental health concerns and stress among family members, largely due to social isolation and external stressors, (2) caregivers reported feeling out of control of positive health behaviors for themselves and their children, (3) families reported variability in how they handled reductions in schedule demands, ranging from filling time with positive activities to negative behaviors such as snacking, (4) families continuously re-adjusted their approach to parenting, routines, and health behaviors due to internal and external factors, (5) families ate foods that were accessible and convenient, which impacted the health of the family diet. Conclusions: Despite being asked primarily about lifestyle behavior changes, families reported concerns around mental health. Specifically, families reported the COVID-19 pandemic increased mental health symptoms, such as caregivers and child stress and child behavioral problems. Regarding health behaviors, families reported variability in family meals, increases in unstructured time and increases in family centered activities such as cooking or exercising together. Families also reported challenges unique to their rural status, such as accessibility to fresh groceries.