bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Bereaved Parents’ Perceptions of the Doll Reenactment After Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths
Authors: Kristensen Pål , Dyregrov Atle , Rognum Torleiv O. , Goldstein Richard D.
Published: December 2024

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

A death scene investigation is required to determine sudden infant death syndrome, and a doll reenactment optimizes the information obtained. The aim of this study was to explore how acutely bereaved parents experience doll reenactments that are conducted after the sudden and unexpected deaths of their infants.

METHODS

A mixed-methods design, including surveys and semi-structured interviews, was used in a cross-sectional, national study to explore the experiences of doll reenactment among 45 bereaved parents.

RESULTS

Forty-four percent of parents reported moderate to high distress during the doll reenactment, with significantly heightened distress in those who discovered their child lifeless and who later reported posttraumatic intrusions. An analysis of parents’ narratives showed that the doll reenactment was challenging, particularly because of the doll’s appearance and the activation of intrusive images in those who found their child lifeless. Parents overall experienced less distress than anticipated during the reenactment, and no lasting difficulties were reported. Some parents identified benefits from the reenactment, such as sharing a coherent narrative of the death. The parents’ reactions to the doll reenactment were multifaceted and complex.

CONCLUSION

These findings illuminate the emotional challenges parents face during a doll reenactment and emphasize the delicate balance between obtaining crucial information and avoiding additional trauma in the aftermath of infant deaths. Because the doll reenactment’s diagnostic utility or benefits to post-loss coping are uncertain, anticipatory guidance about its psychological dimensions may mitigate distress, and incorporating a gateway for professional support may further align it with the needs of acutely bereaved parents.
Pluractionality and diachrony: The case of -nkéd in Old and Middle Hungarian
Authors: Halm Tamás , Bende-Farkas Ágnes
Published: December 2024

This paper contributes to our cross-linguistic understanding of pluractional adverbials through an in-depth, corpus-assisted study of the N(um)-nkéd construction in Late Old and Early Middle Hungarian. We argue that N(um)-nkéd pluractionals are (i) mereological-only, (ii) they can be associated with the agent, theme, time or location of the eventuality, (iii) they can modify states as well as events and (iv) they cannot instantiate pluractional comparisons across substates. These findings call for a more fine-grained cross-linguistic approach to pluractional adverbials, especially in terms of the mereological-scalar dichotomy: in addition to (i) context and (ii) the type of the N(um)-denotation, (iii) the morphosyntactic makeup of the pluractional also has to be taken into account. Adopting a diachronic approach will also enable us to shed light on a somewhat neglected aspect of pluractional adverbials: their functional load, especially in terms of the division of labour vis-à-vis universal quantifiers (‘day-by-day’ vs. ‘every day’) and distributive operators (‘all the boys one-by-one’ vs. ‘each boy’). By observing changes playing out in the Late Old Hungarian to Early Middle Hungarian as evidenced in corpora, we will show that the development and spread of bona fide universal quantifiers and of the partitive-distributive suffix -ik indeed happened in tandem with a sharp reduction of the frequency of the relevant types of pluractional adverbials.
Raman scattering from silicon resonant Mie-voids
Authors:   Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Belozerova Nadezhda M. , Kislov Denis A. ,   Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Medvedev Ilia D. ,   Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Krupatin I.N. ,   Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Zavidovsky Ilya A. ,   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Syuy Alexander Vyacheslavovich ,   Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Shalin Alexander S. ,   Beijing Institute of Technology, Vishnevy A.A. ,   Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Arsenin Aleksey V. ,   XPANCEO, Moscow, Russian Federation, Bolshakov Alexey D. ,   Saint Petersburg State University, Novikov Sergey M. ,   Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Published: December 2024

The influence of Mie resonances on optical scattering processes is one of the key aspects in nanophotonics. This work is devoted to the study of Raman scattering from silicon resonant Mievoids. The enhancement of the Raman scattering signal associated with the presence of multipole resonances in these structures is experimentally shown. The results demonstrate the dependence of the optical characteristics on the geometry of the samples and confirm the potential of using Mievoids in modern nanophotonic devices. The results of numerical simulation performed by the finite element method are in good agreement with the experimental reflectance spectra and help to understand the distribution of electromagnetic fields inside the nanocavities. This study opens up new possibilities for the practical use of these nanostructures in Raman spectroscopy and the development of high-precision optical devices.
On the Exceptional Points effect in All-Dielectric Metasurface
Authors:   Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Medvedev Ilia D.
Published: December 2024

All-dielectric non-Hermitian structures make it possible to obtain unique effect like the appearance of the exceptional points (EP). A system at EP is sensitive to a small perturbation of refractive index, which can be widely used in different ways, such as EP-based sensors, optical amplifiers, laser gyroscopes and other fields. In this study, we investigate an exceptional point in two-rectangle system with varying opening angle which can be defined as a structure with only in-plane symmetry breaking. Furthermore, the effect dependance of geometry parameters has been studied. The main advantage of our geometric approach is the simplified way to experimental control an EP. Consequently, this effect has the potential to significantly simplify the manufacturing process of photonic devices with diverse functionalities.
On the Optical response of all-dielectric metasurface in the exceptional point
Authors:   Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Medvedev Ilia D.
Published: December 2024

All-dielectric nanophotonics leverages high-refractive-index dielectric materials to manipulate light at the nanoscale with minimal energy loss, offering strong electric and magnetic resonances. These properties make all-dielectric structures ideal for a range of advanced photonic applications, from ultra-thin lenses to sensors. In this study, we explore the multipole response of all-dielectric metasurfaces when operating near an exceptional point (EP), a singularity in non-Hermitian systems where eigenmodes coalesce. Numerical simulations reveal that at the EP, the metasurface’s resonance splits, with significant contributions from magnetic dipole (MD) and electric quadrupole (EQ) modes. These findings enhance our understanding of EPs in metasurface physics and highlight the potential of this geometry for applications in photonic devices.
Study of the influence of temperature on the opticalscheme of a resonator fiber-optic gyroscope
Authors:   Perm Scientific-Industrial Instrument Making Company, Ovchinnikov Konstantin A.
Published: December 2024

The article presents a study of the temperature effect on the optical circuit of a resonator fiberoptic gyroscope (RFOG), as well as a study of the temperature effect on the half-wave voltage of the phase modulator, the effect on the spectra and power of the superluminescent diode, and the output amplitude-frequency characteristic of the fiber-optic ring resonator. The results of the study showed that in the temperature range from -30 to +50 °C has a significant effect on the parameters of the optical circuit of the RFOG. This study is an important stage in the development of the RFOG, indicating which parameters must be especially carefully monitored during further development of the sensor to ensure the temperature stability of the device.
Evaluation of antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of fungi isolated from marine samples collected in Cu Lao Cham sea area, Quang Nam Province
Authors: Nguyen Mai Anh , Le Thi Hong Minh , Vu Thi Quyen , Doan Thi Mai Huong , Pham Van Cuong , Vu Thi Thu Huyen
Published: December 2024

Marine-derived fungi repeatedly showed potential bioactive activity against strains of pathogenic microorganisms. The objectives of this study were to isolate and identify the marine fungi strains from Cu Lao Cham, Quang Nam, and to evaluate the cytotoxic activity of the antimicrobial and cancer cells of their crude extracts. Seven media for culturing fungi were used. Forty-four independent isolates that look like fungi were successfully obtained from 15 marine samples. Each pure fungal isolate was cultivated on a PDA medium at 25oC for about two weeks and then extracted with ethyl acetate. All crude extracts of isolated fungi were tested for antimicrobial activity against seven ATCC pathogenic strains using the broth microdilution method and cytotoxic activity using three cancer cell lines: human liver cancer HepG2, human breast cancer MCF-7, and human lung cancer A549. Of forty-four fungal isolates, 32/44 strains showed antimicrobial activity against at least one ATCC pathogenic strain. Notably, 3/44 extracts (VH7, VH26, VH29) showed remarkable effects of antimicrobial activity against more than four pathogenic strains. The cytotoxicity results showed that 5/44 isolates (VH7, VH15, VH26, VH29, VH30) had potential activity with the percent growth inhibition of cells (% Inhibition ± SD) more than 50%. Three potential strains VH7, VH26, and VH29 were selected for further studies. Molecular identification showed that all three promising candidates belong to Aspergillus versicolor and their 18S rRNA gene sequences were deposited in GenBank under accession numbers PP762309 for VH7, PP767325 for VH26, and PP809383 for VH29. These potent strains are being further investigated for their ability to produce bioactive compounds.
Ergostane steroids from Aspergillus sp. M904 in Vietnam
Authors: Trinh Thi Thanh Van , Nguyen Mai Anh , Vu Van Nam , Nguyen Thuy Linh , Le Thi Hong Minh , Murphy Brian T. , Doan Thi Mai Huong , Pham Van Cuong
Published: December 2024

Seven ergostane steroids were isolated from the cultures of Aspergillus sp. M904, an endophytic fungus isolated from the marine sediment sample collected at a depth of ten meters in Binh Dinh, Vietnam. These compounds include 5α,6α-epoxy-(22E,24R)-ergosta-8(14),22-diene-3β,7α-diol (1), 5α,6α-epoxy-(22E,24R)-ergosta-8(9),22-diene-3β,7α-diol (2), ergosterol (3), ergosterol peroxide (4), 3β,5α,6α-trihydroxy-ergosta-7,22-diene (5), 3β,5α,9α-trihydroxy-ergosta-7,22-diene-6-one (6), 3β-hydroxy-5α,9α-epoxy-ergosta-7,22-dien-6-one (7). Their structures were identified through MS and NMR data analyses. All compounds were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against a panel of clinically significant microorganisms. Compounds 1–7 had inhibitory activity against from one to six tested strains with MIC values from 64–256 µg/mL.
Mathematical Modeling of Temperature Fields in Cultivation Structures
Authors: Biliaieva V. V. , Shcherbyna S. A.
Published: December 2024

Purpose. The main purpose of the article is to develop a method for calculating thermal fields in greenhouse soil in the case of its artificial heating. Since the temperature regime in greenhouse soil has a significant impact on plant yields, it is very important, on the one hand, to ensure the required temperature in the soil, and on the other hand, to determine the energy-saving heating regime. Methodology. The method is based on the numerical integration of the heat transfer equation. A two-dimensional heat transfer equation was used to analyze and predict the unsteady process of soil heating in a greenhouse under artificial heating, and two finite-difference schemes were used to solve it. On the basis of the constructed numerical models, a computer program was developed to conduct a computational experiment. Findings. Effective computer models have been created to predict the unsteady formation of thermal zones in the greenhouse soil during its artificial heating. The results of numerical modeling are presented. Originality. Prognostic numerical models have been developed to analyze the dynamics of thermal fields formation in greenhouse soil during its artificial heating. On the basis of the developed numerical models, a set of application programs was created to conduct a computational experiment to determine the unsteady temperature field in greenhouse soil. The constructed numerical models belong to the class of «operational models», i.e., they are designed for the operational analysis of thermal fields in the soil. For the practical use of the developed numerical models, standard input information is required. Practical value. The constructed numerical models are a tool for analyzing the dynamics of soil heating and can be used in the development of energy-saving heating technology. These models can be used to determine the time of optimal soil heating in different zones (root system, soil surface) and to determine the rational location of heating elements, the time when the heating elements should be turned off, and the time when they should be turned on again. These models allow us to develop an energy-saving technology for heating the soil in a greenhouse.
Construction Industry in Ukraine: Transformations and Prospects in the Context of Martial Law and Postwar Reconstruction
Authors: Ivanova H. P. , Olishevska V. Ye. , Hapieiev S. M. , Olishevska S. O.
Published: December 2024

Purpose. Military actions have caused serious changes in the economic sphere in all regions of the country. The construction industry is also experiencing major transformations and challenges. The main purpose of the study is to analyze current trends in the construction market of Ukraine, its features and future in the context of martial law and post-war reconstruction. Methodology. The full-scale invasion led to the near collapse of the construction industry, most Ukrainian enterprises were forced to suspend or limit production, and some reoriented to the needs of the Armed Forces. Many companies in the South and East of the country were in the area of active hostilities or under temporary occupation, as were logistics elements and suppliers of raw materials and components. Damage to the engineering infrastructure also had a negative impact on the production of construction products. Most of the raw materials and construction materials have to be imported, but the volume of imports is also limited, as the port infrastructure is practically non-existent. During the martial law period, the government adopted a number of decrees to facilitate the import of certain goods, but many construction materials are still not on the list. Import substitution and logistics restructuring are also taking place after the abandonment of goods from unfriendly countries that previously dominated such segments as the glass wool, bitumen, and other markets. The experience of other countries in protecting construction facilities from destruction during military operations is considered. Findings. The article analyzes the state of the domestic market and the problems of imports of building materials; staffing of the construction industry; changes in the structure and volume of demand in the construction and real estate sectors; changes in urban planning legislation, as well as the state of transport infrastructure; preparation for post-war reconstruction. Originality. A comprehensive analysis of the state of the construction industry of Ukraine during the armed aggression is carried out. The importance of introducing new safety and civil protection standards in the construction of construction projects, facilitating the issuance of permits, and developing the Unified State Electronic System in the field of construction is considered. Practical value. The article highlights the areas of construction and transport infrastructure that can be developed even during martial law, and considers the main problems of the construction industry in Ukraine.
John of Nikiu and Prokopios of Caesarea on the Wars of Justinian I against the Persians at the South Caucasus: Narrative Structures and Trends of History Writing
Authors:   St Petersburg State University, Mekhamadiev Evgenii A.
Published: December 2024

The present article deals with the peculiarities of narrative tools of two historians related to different language and religion traditions: John of Nikiu, Monophysite Coptic bishop from the city of Nikiu at the Nile Delta (second half of the seventh century), and a prominent Byzantine historian from the Age of Justinian I (527–565), Prokopios of Caesarea. The article’s author compares two historians accounts on the same subject, Justinian’s military campaign of 527–528 in Lazika, the small kingdom on the west of modern Georgia. This comparison allows the one to uncover the special features of the methods used by each Byzantine historian. The main aspects discussed in the article are: how John of Nikiu and Prokopios of Caesarea narrated the war in Lazika; in which consequence they arranged topics and events; and which ideological trend they followed. The main conclusion is that the work of John of Nikiu (The Chronicle) belonged to the genre of church history, and, from the content-perspective point of view, it reflected the values of Christian thinking. Moreover, John of Nikiu got a good knowledge of Prokopios’ works, but he used them selectively, by giving preference to Church history writings. This is well visible on the example of the Lazika war, where John almost totally followed the version narrated not by Prokopios, but by another Christian chronicler, John Malalas, who also lived in the Age of Justinian.
Early Byzantine Fortification Buildings on the Western Side of the Plateau of Eski-Kermen
Authors:   Institute of Archaeology of the Crimea of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Aibabin Aleksandr I.
Published: December 2024

The western fortification complex of the town located atop of the plateau of Eski- Kermen consists of the defensive wall, the western entrance to the town, and the fortress granary. In 2024, the author examined the fortifications on the western edge of the plateau heavily overgrown with forest and bushes, and obtained new information about the western section of the urban defences. Behind the protruding cliff X, the clearing of the area of bushes and trees uncovered the defensive wall section, which had been investigated in 1929. This section is 32.7 m long. The outer and inner facing of the wall are laid of well-hewn big rectangular limestone ashlars. The core of the wall is filled with rough stone poured with lime mortar. Big ashlars are 3.02 m long, 0.4 m wide, and 0.82 m high; small ashlars are 1.28 m long, 0.35–0.4 m wide, and 0.82 m high; the core of the wall is 0.85 m wide. In result, the total width of the wall is 1.6–1.65 m. The facing ashlars of the western wall are significantly longer than the ashlars of the eastern wall. The new research provides information allowing the one to revise the reconstructions of the defences on the western side of the plateau suggested by N. I. Repnikov and E. V. Veimarn. The latter’s conclusion that the fortification structures existed on almost all the cliffs projecting off the western side of the plateau has been disproved. The western side of the plateau was protected by high vertical precipices and the defensive wall constructed by the Byzantine military engineers.
Gilt Imitation of Constantine V Kopronymos’ Solidus from the Mountainous Crimea
Authors:   Institute of Archaeology of the Crimea of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Alekseienko Nikolai A.
Published: December 2024

The finds of imitations of Early Byzantine solidi (sixth to eighth century) made of base metals and usually gilt are known in the Crimea for ages. For the most part, these finds imitate the well-known solidi of Constantinople minted by Leo III the Isaurian (717–741). This paper replenishes this group of numismatic finds with an imitation of the solidus of Emperor Constantine V Kopronymos (741–775) recently discovered in the Mountainous Crimea, in the vicinity of present-day Bogatyr’ village, Bakhchisarai district, Republic of the Crimea. This specimen is a rather accurate copy of an early type of authentic solidi of Constantine V minted in Constantinople in 741–751 AD. From the coincidence of the image details and the legend of the new find with identical imitation coin discovered at burial vault no. 110 at the cemetery of Chufut-Kale there are reasons to suggest that these artefacts originated from the same workshop. Taking the lack of data in possession into account, there is not enough reason to support V. Kropotkin’s interpretation of the artefacts under study as the “coins minted by local barbarians,” as well as V. V. Guruleva’s idea that “the imitations were the counterfeits from the period,” possibly made by the Khazar craftsmen. It is more or less evident that the imitated solidi most likely formed a part of the coin circulation in the Taurica.
Late Byzantine Cherson according to Archaeological Data: For the Question whether This City Existed in the Late-thirteenth and Fourteenth Century
Authors:   State Historical and Archaeological Museum Preserve of Tauric Chersonese, Ginkut Nataliia V. ,   nstitute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: December 2024

This article examines the archaeological finds from the last quarter of the thirteenth and fourteenth century, which shed light on the history of mediaeval Chersonese (Cherson). After the catastrophe that Cherson experienced in the third quarter of the thirteenth century, the urban settlement continued existing. The arguments are the living rooms and the graves in former churches and cemeteries that survived in some areas of the ancient city. However, the size of the city and the number of townsfolk drastically decreased, and life did not revive in some areas (the north-eastern, northern, and partially western). In the first half of the fourteenth century, Cherson did active commerce, as it comes from the finds of imported pottery and Golden Horde coins. In the middle and the second half of the fourteenth century, material culture of the local population showed a relatively high material level: the archaeological layers contained the pottery imported from Byzantine, Italian, and Golden Horde centres, and the excavations of the graves uncovered fragments of expansive textiles embroidered with silver and gold. All these circumstances allow the one to interpret the late-thirteenth and fourteenth century Cherson as a small port town included into the Genoese trade system in the Crimea.
At the Origins of Soviet Byzantine Studies: The Correspondence of E. A. Kosminsky to Z. V. Udal’tsova
Authors:   Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kushch Tatiana Viktorovna ,   Ural Federal University
Published: December 2024

This article discusses the history of formation of Soviet Byzantine Studies. The focus is the relations between two researchers, Academician Evgeny A. Kosminsky, the head of the Group for the Byzantine History Studies created in the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1943 (from 1955 it was named the Sector of Byzantine History), and his disciple Zinaida V. Udal’tsova, the would-be head of Soviet Byzantinology. The article includes the publication of letters from Kosminsky to Udal’tsova, now conserved in the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The letters written in 1942–1943 confirm that Kosminsky agreed to become Udal’tsova’s academic advisor as she was working on the dissertation on the Byzantine history. The same letters enlighten the scholars’ academic and pedagogical works undertaken in the evacuation during the Great Patriotic War. In a letter, Kosminsky explained the reasons why he refused to participate in the formation of the Group for the English History Studies in the Institute of History and informed that he decided to head the restored annual of Byzantine studies Vizantiiskii Vremennik. In the fifth published letter the head of the Sector of Byzantine History discussed with Udal’tsova the preparation of articles on the Byzantine Studies for the Soviet Historical Encyclopaedia. The publication of the correspondence of two eminent Soviet scholars sheds light on the role of Kosminsky, specialized on the history of mediaeval England, on the shaping and development of Soviet Byzantology.
A cobertura do Desenvolvimento Sustentável na imprensa escrita portuguesa
Authors: Bessa Vítor , Simão João
Published: December 2024

Conceptualizado em 1987 e inicialmente veiculado nos meios institucional e académico, o desenvolvimento sustentável é um tema que tem vindo a conquistar espaço na esfera pública e política. Associado à preservação ambiental, justiça social e desenvolvimento económico, a ONU, diversos organismos internacionais e políticos à escala regional, nacional e local têm-no considerado um dos desafios mais significativos para a humanidade. A imprensa escrita, como fórum que espelha vozes e narrativas diferenciadas, pode ser determinante como influenciador e condicionador do discurso e até de políticas futuras no domínio do desenvolvimento sustentável, informando, inspirando e influenciando mudanças positivas na sociedade. Tendo como objetivos categorizar o tipo de artigos em que o DS é mencionado, caracterizar o tom, narrativa e vozes dominantes dos artigos e identificar as alegações morais que subjazem nos artigos, este trabalho procura-se aferir o estado do debate sobre o Desenvolvimento Sustentável nos anos 2019 e 2020 em três dos principais títulos da imprensa escrita portuguesa: Expresso, Jornal de Notícias e Público. Os resultados mostraram um aumento significativo de artigos em 2020, face a 2019, a existência de uma pluralidade de vozes a ocupar o espaço mediático, o tratamento do DS como algo positivo a ser alcançado e uma prevalência esperada do artigo de tipo notícia. Verificaram-se também algumas diferenças assinaláveis entre os três jornais que se podem justificar pelos perfis de público que pretendem atingir.
A study of high school students’ experiences and perceptions of prosocial immersive content
Authors: Rodríguez-Fidalgo María-Isabel , Paíno-Ambrosio Adriana , Ivars Nicolás Begoña
Published: December 2024

Although it is still in its incipient stages, there appears to be an increasing interest in immersive learning content, which offers students innovative educational experiences due to its particular way of telling a story and its unique viewing devices. This study explores this new pedagogical scenario with the aim of analysing students’ experiences and perceptions related to the use of this type of content. The research involved the performance of a pre-test and post-test on a sample of 90 high school students aged from 15 to 17, in an effort to identify attitudinal changes after viewing immersive content (360º video) with VR headsets. The originality of this study lies in the fact that the specific immersive content used for the analysis takes a gender perspective on the scientific, social, cultural and political achievements of a group of women in the early 20th century. The main findings suggest that prosocial immersive learning content constitutes a valuable educational tool that makes acquiring new knowledge more attractive to students; however, no significant findings were observed in relation to the gender issue, as participant responses to the questions asked on this point tended towards the middle of the Likert scale used in the survey.
Transformations in journalists' work and therapeutic management of professional pressure
Authors: Tavares David , Pegado Elsa , Raposo Hélder
Published: December 2024

In this article, we approach an unexplored line of analysis and research about the impact of transformations in journalists’ work on professional pressure and performance- consumption, what we refer to as the process of pharmaceuticalisation of work contexts. We discuss how changes at work lead to increased pressure on journalists and how pressure generates practices and dispositions for using different types of natural and pharmaceutical resources for managing work performance. Our analysis is based on mixed-methods research carried out in Portugal combining integrated qualitative and quantitative approaches.
The results begin by highlighting the impact of work transformations on professional pressure both in terms of working time (workload, pace and working hours) and work demands resulting from professional practices and public scrutiny. The professional pressure that the transformations in journalism have been accentuating has faced journalists with the need to manage new or heavier work demands, which, in turn, can encourage the use of medicines and other therapeutic products to manage personal and professional performance.
Entre a celebração e a crítica: práticas dos fãs do casal sáfico Clarena, da telenovela “Vai na Fé”, no X
Authors: Lima Cecília Almeida Rodrigues , Sigiliano Daiana , Cavalcanti Gêsa Karla Maria
Published: December 2024

Este artigo investiga as práticas críticas dos fãs do casal sáfico Clara e Helena ("Clarena"), da telenovela brasileira Vai na Fé, exibida pela TV Globo em 2023. Apesar da popularidade do casal, na rede social X (antigo Twitter) os fãs criticaram o tratamento desigual dado a casais homoafetivos em comparação aos heterossexuais. O estudo analisou 38.818 tweets de 37 perfis de fãs, identificando 32 contextos conversacionais que evidenciam um consumo analítico da telenovela. Historicamente, a TV Globo tem censurado personagens LGBTQIAPN+ em suas produções, e, em Vai na Fé, relatos indicaram cortes de cenas de beijo entre Clara e Helena. Conclui-se que os fãs acionam um repertório midiático vasto para apontar falhas e denunciar procedimentos de censura de forma ativista, destacando o papel do fã como crítico e as particularidades do consumo de telenovelas.
A construção do conhecimento sobre mudanças climáticas em grupos negacionistas do Telegram no Brasil
Authors: Witzki Colatusso Vanessa de Cassia , Massarani Luisa , Del Vecchio de Lima Myrian Regina , Alves Marcelo , Moreira de Oliveira Thaiane
Published: December 2024

Neste artigo, examinamos conteúdos de mensagens negacionistas no Telegram sobre mudanças climáticas, características interdisciplinares – socioambientais e político-econômicas. Pelos diversos interesses que envolvem, a questão é alvo de desinformação constante nas redes sociais digitais. As mensagens coletadas e filtradas, referentes aos anos de 2017 a 2023, foram categorizadas com base na proposta de Mann (2021), para responder à problematização de como o conhecimento negacionista climático é construído em grupos do Telegram, no Brasil, por meio de análise de conteúdo. As teorias de apoio remetem aos argumentos de que as construções dessas narrativas se relacionam a uma perspectiva cultural: a de que os indivíduos interpretam as evidências científicas baseadas em crenças, valores e ideologias e de que os negacionismos climáticos são direcionados por grupos de apoio a interesses econômicos e conservadores. Ao final, é aprovado esse padrão indicado por vários estudiosos da área, em diversos países.
Modelo de gestión enfocado en el usuario del Sistema de Bibliotecas de la Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
Authors: Lago María Soledad
Published: December 2024

En los últimos años, las bibliotecas universitarias han tenido que discernir y definir un nuevo rol que toma en cuenta tanto su función social como su integración en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje. Este reto supone asumir que las bibliotecas deben ser un entorno inspirador para estudiantes, profesores e investigadores, con el fin de mejorar sus experiencias de aprendizaje. El presente trabajo describe el modelo de gestión del Sistema de Bibliotecas de la Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Se desarrollan los cambios introducidos sobre la base de los resultados de la evaluación de las bibliotecas y las metodologías aplicadas para transformar su modelo de gestión en uno centrado en el usuario. Compartir esta experiencia pretende contribuir en la reflexión sobre los nuevos roles y funciones del bibliotecario, los posibles modelos de gestión y a concientizar sobre la importancia del cambio cultural organizacional que debe afrontar la comunidad bibliotecaria.
Antihyperlipidemic Effect of Oyster Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus (Agaricomycetes) Extract in Rats with Postnatal Sucrose Consumption Whose Mothers Also Consumed Sucrose
Authors: Gutiérrez-Hernández Itzel Daysi , Rodríguez-Antolín Jorge , Cervantes-Rodríguez Margarita , Díaz Rubén , Díaz-Godínez Gerardo
Published: December 2024

Male offspring of rats whose mothers consumed sucrose (5% solution) during gestation and lactation were also given the sucrose solution instead of drinking water for 3 months, and subsequently, for 1 month, they were given an aqueous extract obtained from dehydrated fruiting bodies of Pleurotus ostreatus. The offspring that consumed sucrose (experimental group) did not show differences in body weight compared with those that did not consume sucrose (control group), however, total adiposity was higher in the experimental group. In rats that consumed the aqueous extract, a decrease in the amount of cholesterol and triglycerides in blood plasma was observed, total adiposity also decreased and the average size of adipocytes in the visceral area was reduced. Consumption of the aqueous extract of P. ostreatus showed an antihyperlipidemic effect when triglyceride, cholesterol and adipose tissue levels were increased by the consumption of sucrose in rats descended from mothers who also consumed sucrose.
Effects of Lingzhi or Reishi Medicinal Mushroom Ganoderma lucidum (Agaricomycetes) Triterpene on Motor and Spatial Learning Disorders in 5xFAD Mice
Authors: Zhang Chang , Ye Yuanzi , Wang Weiyao , Wang Chunyan , Gao Peigang , Wan Peng
Published: December 2024

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder that gradually destroys cognitive, memory, and thinking skills. Although increasing evidence has demonstrated that Ganoderma lucidum triterpenoids (GLT) can ameliorate the motor and spatial learning disorders of AD, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Hence, in this study, GLT were obtained by using a traditional Chinese medicine processing method, and then the effects of GLT on motor and spatial learning disorders in 5xFAD mice were investigated by using various techniques such as behavioral analysis, micro-dialysis, and neurophysiological recording. Compared with the 5xFAD group, 0.5 g/kg GLT could decrease escape latency, the total number of limb errors, and the duration of errors. This dose could also increase the number of crossing the original platform, the total movement time, and the distance in the central region of the open-field box, as well as the maximum movement speed and continuous movement time on the rotating rod. After GLT treatment, the glutamate (Glu) content and variation coefficient of a simple spike of Purkinje cells decreased compared with the 5xFAD group, thereby improving the spatial learning and memory ability. Overall, this study shows that GLT may be a potential therapeutic method for patients with AD.
2.4 GHZ SLOTTED ANTENNA FOR WIFI APPLICATIONS
Authors: Adebayo Adeola A. , Oluwole Ayodele S. , Akinsanmi Olaitan
Published: December 2024

Present here is the design of a simple 2.4 GHz microstrip antenna for use in WiFi systems. This was carried out on FR-4 substrate which is a common material and readily available. The FR-4 is cheap and popular with antenna designs. The proposed design was simulated and optimized with commercially available Computer Simulation Technology (CST) software for electromagnetic simulation. The design
incorporates a slotted rectangular shape on the ground plane that gave a marginal improvement in the antenna properties. The proposed design achieves a good gain and directivity. The antenna's optimal dimension is 47.99 mm by 39.34 mm, respectively. The highest gain and directivity of the suggested antenna, which operates at 2.4 GHz, are 3.04 dB and 5.55 dB, respectively.
Foucault, der nietzscheanische Kommunist? Bericht zur Tagung "Foucault and Marx. Ambivalences, Legacies, and Future Struggles" (Oktober 2024, Universität Wien)
Authors: Krach Sebastian
Published: December 2024

From 18th to 19th of October 2024 the symposium "Foucault and Marx. Ambivalences, Legacies, and Future Struggles," held at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, traced the ambivalent relationship between the two thinkers, scrutinizing Foucault's both critical and affirmative reference to Marx on a wide range of topics. Drawing on concepts such as discipline, ideology, or biopolitics, some of the talks followed a recent trend of re-reading Foucault with Marx. Other contributions reconstructed more remote connections between Foucault and Marxism, e.g. by tracing Foucault's early confrontation with the Soviet biologist Trofim Lysenko in the 1950s. While the conference succeeded in painting a detailed picture of the relations between Foucault and Marx(ism), greater focus on some of the heterogeneous reorientations in Foucault's work would have been desirable in order to avoid reducing Foucault's oeuvre to its Marxian references.
THE IDIOM “CIVIL WAR” IN THE POLITICAL RHETORIC OF LEV TROTSKY, 1914–1918
Authors:   National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, Reznik A. V.
Published: December 2024

This article examines the ways in which Leon Trotsky conceptualized and employed the concept of “civil war” in the period between 1914 and 1918. The idiomatic features of using this concept are significant for understanding the political context of the period of world wars and revolutions, as well as the role of individual leaders in shaping the authoritative language of political communication. By undertaking a comprehensive and continuous analysis of Trotsky's writings, it is possible to reconstruct the key stages through which the term “civil war” evolved in the context of ideological debates that took place between 1914 and 1916, and in the political conflicts that unfolded between 1917 and 1918. Trotsky consistently upheld the Marxist notion of the “class” nature of “civil wars”. Like Lenin, he employed the term in its conventional sense, referencing internal strife and underscoring its deleterious outcomes. He revised his initial negative stance on the “slogan” of civil war, underscoring the “fact” of the ongoing civil war. During periods of armed conflict, Trotsky significantly contributed to the sacralization of civil war as a “sacred” war. Trotsky's rhetoric regarding the representation of the “civil” war was characterized by imagery rather than conceptual innovation.
“THE REDEMPTIVE SACRIFICES OF LIBERATED HUMANITY”: THE MEMORY OF VLADIMIR VOLODARSKY AND MOISEY URITSKY IN PETROGRAD DURING THE CIVIL WAR (1918–1922)
Authors:   European University at St. Petersburg, Shishkin D. V.
Published: December 2024

The murders of Vladimir Volodarsky and Moisey Uritsky, commissars of the Petrograd Commune, in the summer of 1918, provided a starting point for their glorification after death as leaders and revolutionary martyrs. Memorials honoring these individuals served as a means of legitimizing the power of the Bolsheviks. This article examines the pragmatic aspect of memorial rhetoric and commemorative practices within the context of propaganda campaign of the military struggle against the Soviet government’s opponents. The main sources for the study were official periodicals published in Petrograd, which featured obituaries, funeral resolutions, poems, memoirs, slogans, and other writings related to Volodarsky and Uritsky. For four years following the assassinations, their lives and activities were used by Soviet propaganda as models for revolutionary fighters. The class struggle in the form of the civil war was presented as a “testament” to the murdered leaders on the one hand, and as a consequence of “betrayal” of the Socialist Revolutionaries and Mensheviks, who supported the idea of the Constituent Assembly, on the other. Respect for the murdered leaders and the struggle “bequeathed” by them was strengthened among the proletariat through statements about the equivalence of victims on both the “internal” and “external” fronts of the Civil War. In addition, the figures of the dead leaders acquired a sacred status, becoming the embodiment of the eternal idea of social revolution and class struggle. This sacredness of the figures of the martyred leaders was asserted through the use of religious and mythological metaphors, such as the project to create a “pantheon” of revolutionaries who had died in the struggle, with Volodarsky and Uritsky the given the first places. The terrorist acts against the leaders and attempts to defame their memory were interpreted as actions that unleashed a civil war.
“A TRAVELER IN CAPTIVITY”: PASSENGER IMPRESSIONS IN THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MOZHEVITINOV FAMILY (1926–1940)
Authors:   Kuban State University, Rozhkov A. Yu.
Published: December 2024

Michel de Certeau's term “a traveler in captivity” captures the essence of passengers who, keep stationary in a train carriage, find themselves stepping out of their daily routine. Surrounded by immobile objects, they enter a realm of rest and sleep, lost in their memories and dreams. This study aims to uncover and present the authentic impressions and experiences of travelers using public transport in the pre-war Soviet Union. The research is conducted within the framework of the micro-level “life story” of a specific family who frequently traveled by public transport. Private letters and diaries serve as unique historical sources to understand the transport experiences of past travelers. The article draws on a thorough examination of archival materials from private correspondence between spouses, encompassing over 400 letters. It places special emphasis on how passengers perceived modern transport modes such as trains and steamboats, the quality of service, comfort of the vehicles, availability of services, ticket purchase conditions, and convenience of station facilities and surrounding areas. Letters quoted in the article are introduced into academic discourse for the first time. The author concludes that Soviet modernity provided considerable opportunities for “homo viatoribus”, despite the priority given to freight transport during the period of rapid industrialization. Moreover, the analysis of the Mozhevitinov couple's correspondence from 1926–1940, along with other studies of everyday life from that era, challenges the prevailing stereotypes of a “totalitarian” Soviet society in the pre-war USSR.
РУССКОЕ ПРАВОСЛАВИЕ В СОЧИНЕНИЯХ ПАВЛА ОДЕРБОРНА
Authors:   National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, Mestkovskii D. D.
Published: December 2024

The article provides a brief analysis of the depiction of Russian Orthodoxy in the Latin works of Paul Oderborn and their translations into German. In his work “De Russorum Religione”, Oderborn creates an image of the Orthodox as akin to pagans by using specific lexicon and commentaries. This tendency to equate the Orthodox with pagans is far less prominent in another Oderborn’s work, “Ioannis Basilidis magni Moscoviae ducis vita”, likely due to its more formal nature. The German translations of Oderborn’s works often omit many derogatory characteristics of the Orthodox, replacing terms that linked them with pagans with more neutral language. Oderborn’s writings significantly influenced subsequent theological works addressing Russian Orthodoxy. The author concludes that Oderborn adopted a humanistic narrative strategy, creating works that intended, among other things, not only to present Protestants in a favourable light, but also to glorify those to whom these works were dedicated. This narrative strategy determined the characteristics of the Russian Orthodoxy in the German pastor’s works. Another conclusion is that Oderborn’s writings on Russian Orthodox and related sections within some other works by him laid the foundation for the development of an “orientalist” discourse regarding Russian Orthodoxy in the 17th century.
RHETORIC STRUCTURE OF SOVIET PROMOTIONAL GENRE: THE CORPUS ANALYSIS OF RESETTLEMENT BROCHURES OF THE 1950s AND 1960s
Authors:   National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, Permyakova T. M. , Smirnova E. A. ,   National Research University “Higher School of Economics”
Published: December 2024

This study presents a rhetorical analysis of a corpus of Soviet promotional brochures published between 1952 and 1966 with the aim of incentivizing resettlement on collective farms in different parts of the country. The corpus comprises 21 documents, which account for approximately 166,000 tokens in total. The texts were processed using the corpus manager AntConc. The rhetorical analysis involved identifying frequent lexical bundles of 4–6 words in length, with a minimum range of 4 and minimum frequency of 10, and their distribution over different rhetoric moves, or discursive units in cohesion with communicative function. The analysis revealed 12 rhetorical moves in the textual structure of the promotional brochure. The moves of Migrants’ testimony and New place description are the largest in word volume, while the moves Benefits to migrants and Application instruction are the most conventional linguistically. According to their rhetorical functions, lexical bundles can be divided into three categories: 1) the ones of reference; 2) those of positioning; and 3) discourse organizers. The relative proportion of lexical bundles in rhetoric structures indicate the persuasiveness of the promotional text. The results show that ad hom argumentation is minimum, whereas ad rem is frequent and aim to shape the reader’s opinion. The tested method of corpus analysis regarding historical documents can be applicable to a broader set of samples, as well as to other types of historical discourses.
The Impact of Credit Policy Environment on Agricultural Output in Nigeria
Authors: Akpan Sunday Brownson , Udoh Edet Jouhua , Nkanta Veronica Sebastin , Patrick Ini-mfon Vincent
Published: December 2024

The growth of the agriculture sector is a key factor in the survival of the Nigerian economy. However, the production and productivity of this sector have been lower than expected recently. The country is now a net importer of some crops that were previously produced in large quantities. Hence, with the aim to identify factors that influence the sector, the study specifically establishes the relationship between the agricultural sector growth proxy by the agricultural production index and the credit policy variables in Nigeria. The research utilized the flexible autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to determine the presence of co-integration. The estimated long-run and short-run models demonstrated the best, most efficient, and unbiasedness qualities. The findings revealed that loans from commercial banks and the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF) have a significant positive impact on the agricultural sector's growth in the long run. Conversely, the long-run agricultural growth exhibited a negative relationship with the domestic credit to the private sector and lending interest rate. This finding underscores the importance of boosting commercial bank loans to the agricultural sector and increasing credit volume from the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund. Furthermore, it highlights the necessity of introducing more financial incentives to attract domestic private investments and lowering the lending interest rate on agricultural credit within the country.