bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Enchantresses and Enchanters Through the Personalizing of “Magical Agents”: a historical, ethnographic, sociological and anthropological radiography
Authors: Arapu Valentin , Gradinaru Natalia
Published: September 2023

The personalized interdisciplinary approach to the enchantresses and enchanters as “magical agents” is intended to highlight the imagological aspects of their lives and work. Multiple stereotypes have become entrenched in society towards enchantresses and enchanters, many of them more related to people’s imaginations than to concrete historical realities. In Romania’s past, the number of enchantresses and enchanters in each locality was quite high, a fact explained by the lack of professional doctors. This gap in health care based on scientific medicine was filled by the work of “magical agents” – enchantresses and enchanters – who offered the sick both remedies of magical medicine and folk treatments, especially based on healing plants. The craft to charm was viewed with mixed appreciation, being both criticized for manipulating naive people and accepted by simple country folk for whom it had become an indispensable part of their existentialist tradition. Contrary to general perceptions, the women who were bewitched were not exclusively old women, but also young and middle-aged women. Another relevant aspect is that in the case of the Basarabian village of Cornova, in 1931, the number of charmers was quite significant, being rather an exception in the whole Romanian area.
“Demography as history”: historical and anthropological methodological contexts (I)
Authors: Ganchev Oleksandr , Prigarin Aleksandr
Published: September 2023

The article attempts a theoretical and methodological understanding of historical and demographic reconstructions in the context of “social history”. The parameters of the “demand” for the reconstruction of the past as a set of activities of the masses are shown. Historical experience is perceived in the context of unmotivated behavioral practices that lead to a procedural understanding of demographic trends. The principles and potential of such studies are analyzed; the humanitarian orientation of cognitive procedures is characterized. Examples of successful application of quantitative modeling in descriptions of historical processes are considered. Based on historiographical experience, the tasks of the historical-demographic approach in the study of the past are formulated. Important aspects of theorization are regional and local reconstructions as a potential for generalizations in general. “Demographic characteristics” are proposed to be evaluated both as a result and as a subject of event history. An attempt has been made to fit such studies into various historiographic contexts. The principles and mechanisms of organic/effective combination of “accurate” methods of demography with “conditions” of humanitarian knowledge in history are formulated. Possible ways of “mutual import” of techniques within the framework of the anthropological approach to the study of the past are demonstrated. Questions are raised about the limits of the application of such methods in the knowledge of the human past.
Construction earthenware in Western Ukraine: continuity of ethnographical tradition (based on the examples of bricks)
Authors: Ivashkiv Halyna
Published: September 2023

The article highlights the specificity of the brick as one of major types of construction material in the ХІV–ХХ c. in Western Ukraine. On the territory of the region, namely in Lviv, the brick has been used in construction since the second half of the ХІV c. when city walls and three main cathedrals were built (in particular, we mean the Roman-Catholic, the Armenian and St. George’s Cathedrals). Among the rare findings, there is a brick with a scratched motif of a Greek-type cross that was excavated by archaeologists in the center of Lviv. In the XVI–XVIII c., constructors used a widespread type of brick called “paltsivka”, the name of which originates from the method of its production, i. e., on one of the wider sides of the brick craftsmen made “gutters” with their fingers (Lviv, Zhovkva). This type of bricks was used in building fortifications, monasteries and castles. There are rare samples of bricks with imprints of a child’s or an adult’s foot or a dog’s paw (Lviv, Kopychyntsi). Bricks of the 19th century, which were produced industrially, contained embossed and engraved Cyrillic or Latin initials, sometimes surnames of enterprise owners, the year and place of production. Bricks from Ivan Levynskyi’s factory were used to build Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater, the railway station and later other buildings in the city, namely in the district of Kastelivka. At that time, brickworks functioned in Boikivshchyna, Pokuttia, Western Podillia and Volyn. Using the example of items from museums and private collections, as well as the author’s own expedition notes, the article has traced the evolution of brick shapes and the inscriptions on them.
The experience of studying tea culture by Russian missionaries in Beijing in the 19th century
Authors: Silakova-Makarova Sofiya
Published: September 2023

This article is devoted to the study and perception of tea and the tea culture of China by Russian missionaries and students of the Orthodox Spiritual Mission, who served in Beijing in the 19th century. Even in the large-scale works of Soviet and Russian orientalists’ little attention is paid to the issue of personal perception of the achievements of Chinese culture by missionaries. The author studied materials, including travel records, ethnographic notes and medical works of Russian missionaries of the 19th century: some of the above were published during the lifetime of the researchers, while some settled in the archives of Kazan, St. Petersburg and Moscow. The study found that tea culture at the beginning of the 19th century. has not yet taken root in the Russian Empire, and the question of the benefits of drinking tea as a remedy and as an everyday drink remained controversial both among doctors and orientalist missionaries. This thesis is also confirmed by the personal records of missionaries, doctors and students at the Beijing Spiritual Mission. However, works of a later time include a detailed study of tea culture in different regions of China, and there are also references to the tea trade in Russia and abroad, which confirms the thesis about the initial lack of data on tea and tea culture in China. Russian researchers, as well as the fact that half a century later, tea culture has become stronger not only in China, but also abroad, including in the Russian Empire.
Trialling a nature-based intervention with men who perpetrate domestic and family violence
Authors: Young Amy , Boddy Jennifer , O'Leary Patrick , Mazerolle Paul
Published: September 2023

Evidence for nature-based interventions reducing recidivism among offenders is growing. Nature-based interventions have yet to be trialled with men who have perpetrated domestic violence. This study aimed to develop, pilot, test and refine an innovative program that incorporates an integrated approach and includes community restitution through an environmental project that operated in parallel to a traditional men’s behaviour change program. Data were collected pre and post intervention with men, practitioners, volunteers and (ex)partners. Study results indicate initial positive trends in improving men’s wellbeing and engagement, but further research is needed to determine impacts on behaviour change.
SPECIAL ISSUE: Resolution of Panic Attacks in a Patient with Recurrent Miscarriages Using Biofeedback Therapy: A Case Report
Authors: Jeffrey Sarah , Roth Maya , Lichtenstein Brad
Published: September 2023

Heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback therapy has been proven to be an efficacious treatment for panic disorder. In the case of a pregnant patient with a history of multiple miscarriages, the treatment was able to decrease the frequency of her panic attacks and allow her to avoid pharmaceuticals, which she did not want to take during pregnancy. This article will review treatment considerations for using HRV biofeedback therapy to manage anxiety related to pregnancy loss using a desensitization protocol.
The vanishing threat: Stealthy malfunction of closed suction system
Authors: Das Akshaya , Qureshi Faisal , Kumar Sandeep , Kothari Nikhil
Published: September 2023

This case report presents a rare case of a mechanical ventilation leak that was initially missed by clinicians in a patient with a myxoedema coma. Despite all efforts to investigate the causes of the leak, including a bedside lung ultrasound and chest radiograph, the leak persisted. It was eventually discovered that the rhythmic inflation and deflation of the polythene covering the closed suction system was causing the leak. The closed suction system was replaced with a new one, and the tidal volume was restored, resulting in the resolution of the leak alarm. The volume leak alarm and low volume alarm are important indicators of potential problems during mechanical ventilation, and close suction system malfunction is a potential cause of volume leak that should be considered in mechanically ventilated patients. Regular monitoring and appropriate management of these alarms and potential causes can help prevent complications and optimize patient care. Keywords: Mechanical ventilation, volume leak alarm, closed suction system, and myxoedema coma.
Book Review: EDUCATION POLICIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
Authors:   Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, NADIROVA G.
Published: September 2023

Birol Akgün, Yusuf Alpaydın (eds.). Education Policies in the 21st Century Comparative Perspectives. Singapore, Palgrave Macmillan: Maarif Global Education Series, 2022, pp. 292.
THE EFFECT OF THE TURKISH SERIES ON THE LATIN AMERICAN SOCIETIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CULTURE INDUSTRY
Authors:   Ankara Medipol University, ARSLAN M. , MALLI E. ,   Ankara Medipol University
Published: September 2023

Today, especially with the globalization process, Turkish TV series are becoming widespread on the international market as a product of the culture industry, and gradually increasing their impact. During this period, in which the 2000s constituted an important breaking point, Turkish TV series reached a wide audience in Latin American countries as well as in the Middle East, the Balkans, Eurasia and Southeast Asia. The fact that Turkish TV series are followed with interest and have a large audience in Latin American countries, as in many other countries of the world, shows that Turkish TV series have important effects on the social structures and audiences of Latin American countries. This study aims to examine the main factors and dynamics that make Turkish TV series effective in Latin American societies as a product of the culture industry. Within the scope of the study, the findings obtained as a result of in-depth interviews with 20 people using the qualitative research method were analyzed through descriptive analysis. The research findings revealed that Turkish TV series have positive impacts on the social structure of Latin American societies towards Türkiye, as well as stimulating the learning of eating and drinking habits, clothing preferences, and more importantly, learning Turkish language and culture, which will affect social change.
Christian values as the common good, not the good of Christianity?
Authors: Haugen Hans Morten
Published: September 2023

This article seeks to explain the pro-immigrant attitudes among Church of Norway (CoN) leaders. These are shown in two Norwegian Leadership Surveys (NLS) – 2000 and 2015 – to constitute the Norwegian elite group with the most positive attitudes on immigration. Similar tendencies are also found in other studies. As the term used in NLS is «get access» it is not EEA citizens, but rather immigration of asylum seekers that leaders are asked about. The article applies a hegemony-critical theory and four conceptual frameworks, the latter either developed from Christian tradition or from the context of civil society actors. Rather than being concerned about maintaining hegemony or privileges for CoN, the leaders emphasise an inclusive approach, seeking to promote the common good for all living in Norway. This implies no support by CoN leaders to politicians seeking to utilise terms like «Christian values» for defending a restrictive asylum policy and no concern over the presence and growth of other religions in Norway. The article provides new insight of how a dialogical approach to other religions is also reflected in justifications for a inclusive asylum policy, expressed by a church that used to be a part of the state apparatus that promoted homogenity and actively prevented ethnic diversity.
Specific new mucinous benign pancreatic cysts: A new pathological unit
Authors: Atanas Dimitrov Hilendarov  , Alexandar Asenov Georgiev  , Lyubomir Georgiev Chervenkov  , Nikolay Vladimirov Sirakov
Published: September 2023

Introduction: The cystic lesions of the pancreas consists of a range of pathologies which may be broadly divided into neoplastic, non- neo plastic cysts. Recently new non-neoplastic cystic lesions, called mucinous non-neoplastic cysts (MNCs), have been described. Materials and Methods: The imaging methods (ultrasound and CT) were used as well as invasive imaging methods under image control with a view of the histological verification of the diagnosis. Included cases of pancreatic cystic lesions are described, accidentally detected by ultrasound and CT scan and other diagnostic methods were made for different purpose. Results and Discussion: The finding usually was a cyst in the body of the pancreas, apparently communicating with the pancreatic duct. The Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography and laboratory tests of liver function, serum carcino embryonic antigen (CEA)and carbohydrate antigen C19 -9 were within normal limits. After the distal pancreatectomy in three of the patients the histological speciment showed a simple cyst, lined with mucinous epithelium. Conclusion: We recommend that patients diagnosed with 'benign' mucinous neoplasm are closely monitored due to the inability to completely confirm the benign nature of the lesions. Moreover, the existence of the MNC, as a truly unique cystic lesion, remains controversial.
Predição de links em redes de coautoria: uma análise comparativa utilizando duas versões de métricas topológicas
Authors: Coelho Mariana Magalhães de Mattos , Justel Claudia Marcela
Published: September 2023

O problema denominado predição de links consiste em estimar o surgimento de arestas entre nós de um grafo que representa uma rede. Dentre as diversas abordagens do problema propostas na literatura, consideramos apenas a topológica. Utilizamos as métricas topológicas locais em duas versões: tradicional e aos pares (a última versão em duas variantes, ‘ou’ e ‘e’). O objetivo deste trabalho é comparar quatro métricas topológicas locais, em duas versões, realizando experimentos em cinco redes reais de coautoria. Apresentamos os resultados e as conclusões obtidas a partir dos experimentos executados em cinco redes reais do ArXiv.
Transfer learning applied to bivariate forecasting on product warranty data
Authors: Pires Joel Machado , Torelli William , Escobar Luciana
Published: September 2023

The reliability and resource management of products for warranty is important. Furthermore, the number of failures of aproduct over time of use and level of expenditure can assume different distributions. Approaches with parametric modelsbring good results when there is a normal distribution, and the application of Deep Learning (DL) is very promising. Weshow a new methodology for the application of DL models with transfer learning to bivariate forecasts of repair rates inproducts that are under warranty. The solution was applied to data from an American company, recorded from 2015 to2022, of 12 different types of parts from 69 different types of cars. An evaluation of the absolute error of the forecasts wasperformed for each combination of part, car and model year. Tests showed that the model performed well in predictingdata for 70 months in service and 70,000 miles, using data from cars with at least 15 months in service and 1,000 milesas input. It was also concluded that the solution is robust for cases of incomplete data and distributions far from thenormal distribution.
DASTData: a Fog-Cloud model for distributed storage and traceability of IoT data in Smart Cities
Authors: Ferreira Daniel Lopes , Righi Rodrigo da Rosa , Rodrigues Vinicius Facco
Published: September 2023

In this work, a solution for the distributed storage of data in Smart Cities is presented. An Edge-Fog-Cloud architecture that partitions the data through the Sharding technique proposes a hierarchical model that manipulates IoT data generated by Smart Cities. The problem is related to the approaches used to promote an integrated environment. Related works tend to use cloud-focused approaches that generate high latency rates, and those that use Fog Computing only use the layer as middleware, not exploring greater possibilities for use. In this context, this work presents the DASTData model that aims to enable lower latency rates, more data security, fault tolerance, high availability, and concurrent queries to promote a better experience in data management and availability in smart cities. In addition, our contribution to the literature is related to the proposition of an architecture focused on enabling the traceability of users who have mobile behavior in the city, providing the ability to analyze patterns and occurrences through the consolidation of data from one or more individuals. In the results obtained through the tests carried out in this work, we observed that in queries DASTData is up to 73% more efficient.
Property guardians: reigniting the lease/licence battle?
Authors: Taylor Dean
Published: September 2023

This article analyses recent English decisions reviving the need to consider the lease/licence dichotomy and conclusiveness of the parties’ agreement in the new context of property guardianship as an alternative to private renting. It argues that context has proved instructive in interpreting the parties’ agreement elsewhere in the case law and offers a way forward in the hard cases amid the ongoing search for doctrinal clarity and justification. A compound subjective–objective approach appreciates the underlying purpose of the parties’ relationship and justifies why no intention to grant the right of exclusive possession can be present, thereby precluding a tenancy. The article briefly considers reforms to rental accommodation previously suggested by the Law Commission and, in light of the continued need to prove the status of lessee, argues that they should be revisited in order to protect those living in temporary accommodation.
Disability and COVID-19: improving legal and policy responses through grassroots disability ethics
Authors: Antova Ivanka
Published: September 2023

The emergency legal and policy responses to COVID-19 attempt to avoid discrimination against disabled people. But they do not address deeper ableist and disableist narratives and practices embedded in emergency health policy. Adopting a disability ethics approach to the guidelines that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic shows that they rest on dubious ethical grounds. However, emergency legal and policy responses to COVID-19 can be improved by adopting an approach based on disability ethics principles that emerge from grassroots level.
TEMİZ ÜRETİM, YEŞİL MUTABAKAT VE SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR ATIK YÖNETİMİ
Authors: AYDIN Mehmet Emin , ENGİN Güleda
Published: September 2023

"Her biri benzersiz ama işleyişi ve unsurları ile aynı olan ekosistemlerdeki karmaşık bağlantıları keşfetmek ve anlamak, günümüz bilim insanlarının ortak araştırma konusudur. Özellikle biyoçeşitliliğin gizemlerini çözmek ve karşılaşılan tüm zorluklara yenilikçi, bilim temelli teknoloji odaklı çözümler geliştirmek, bu sayede doğanın sürdürülebilirliğini hedeflemek bilimsel projelerin odağıdır. Bu araştırmalar, bilinçli kararlar alma ve gelecek için etkili stratejiler geliştirme konusunda, ulusal ve uluslararası platformlarda ülkeleri güçlü kılar. Bu bağlamda TÜBA, 1-2 Aralık 2022 tarihinde, Ege Üniversitesi ev sahipliğinde “Biyoçeşitlilik ve Ekosistemler” çalıştayı gerçekleştirmiş, konusunda uzman ve saygın bilim insanları, Türkiye'de sürdürülebilir bir gelecek sağlamak için biyoçeşitlilik odağında görüşlerini paylaşmıştır. TÜBA-Çevre Biyoçeşitlilik ve İklim Değişikliği Çalışma Grubu, Türkiye için, “biyoçeşitlilik ve ekosistemler” odağında ortak çözüm üretmede birlikte başarma misyonunu üstlenmiş; çok geniş katılımcı kitlesi ile bilimsel platformda ortak yol haritası oluşturulmasına katkı sağlamaya çalışmıştır. Oluşturulan bu eserde, biyoçeşitlilik ve ekosistemler başlığında, Türkiye özelinde, ülkemiz ve bilim adına yararlı olacak ve faydalanılması umulan özel çalışmalar derlenmiştir."
"DEPREM ATIKLARININ YÖNETİMİ KAPSAMINDA ÜLKEMİZDEN MEVCUT EN İYİ ÇEVRESEL UYGULAMALAR"
Authors: ŞAHMARAN Mustafa , ÖZÇELİKCİ Emircan
Published: September 2023

"Disasters generate large volumes of debris and waste depending on their nature and magnitude. These wastes considerably exceed the capacities and capabilities of current solid waste management facilities and adversely affect other emergency response and recovery operations. Moreover, wastes can negatively influence the environment, public health, and the entire recovery process, if poorly managed. Proper management of these wastes and ensuring their re-participation in the value chain in the construction sector by optimum recycling/ upcycling have the potential to provide a huge social, environmental and economic gain. To this end, the current paper presents the management of earthquake wastes, their separation with state-of-the-art technologies, and the latest environmental best practices conducted at Hacettepe University. It is believed that the study outcomes and real-time demonstration in the field will help the impact of the practices to last for years and will be used as a suitable tool and advertisement for anyone interested in collaborating/learning more about CO2 capture/ storage, innovative waste recycling, demountable systems for future reuse and the development of composites suitable for 3D additive manufacturing. Through holistic solutions, high-purity recycled building materials/higher traceability/market acceptance and therefore higher levels of circularity will enable the widespread use of recycled earthquake-related waste in the construction industry."
BİYOÇEŞİTLİLİK VE EKOSİSTEMLER
Authors: AYDIN Mehmet Emin , SİVRİ Nüket
Published: September 2023

"Her biri benzersiz ama işleyişi ve unsurları ile aynı olan ekosistemlerdeki karmaşık bağlantıları keşfetmek ve anlamak, günümüz bilim insanlarının ortak araştırma konusudur. Özellikle biyoçeşitliliğin gizemlerini çözmek ve karşılaşılan tüm zorluklara yenilikçi, bilim temelli teknoloji odaklı çözümler geliştirmek, bu sayede doğanın sürdürülebilirliğini hedeflemek bilimsel projelerin odağıdır. Bu araştırmalar, bilinçli kararlar alma ve gelecek için etkili stratejiler geliştirme konusunda, ulusal ve uluslararası platformlarda ülkeleri güçlü kılar. Bu bağlamda TÜBA, 1-2 Aralık 2022 tarihinde, Ege Üniversitesi ev sahipliğinde “Biyoçeşitlilik ve Ekosistemler” çalıştayı gerçekleştirmiş, konusunda uzman ve saygın bilim insanları, Türkiye'de sürdürülebilir bir gelecek sağlamak için biyoçeşitlilik odağında görüşlerini paylaşmıştır. TÜBA-Çevre Biyoçeşitlilik ve İklim Değişikliği Çalışma Grubu, Türkiye için, “biyoçeşitlilik ve ekosistemler” odağında ortak çözüm üretmede birlikte başarma misyonunu üstlenmiş; çok geniş katılımcı kitlesi ile bilimsel platformda ortak yol haritası oluşturulmasına katkı sağlamaya çalışmıştır. Oluşturulan bu eserde, biyoçeşitlilik ve ekosistemler başlığında, Türkiye özelinde, ülkemiz ve bilim adına yararlı olacak ve faydalanılması umulan özel çalışmalar derlenmiştir."
Modul Edukasi Kesehatan & Gender Bagi Perempuan (di Sulawesi Tengah): Menjadi Perempuan Berdaya, Responsif Gender, dan Peduli Kesehatan Reproduksi
Authors:   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Oktaviana Betty , Susanti Dewi ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Lubis Dinar Saurmauli ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Sari Nur Fadhilah ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Nasir Muhammad ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Lagangka Mu'minah ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja
Published: September 2023

Sebuah modul edukasi y sebagai panduan bagi edukator dari Implementing Unit di daerah intervensi (Sulawesi Tengah) dalam menyampaikan edukasi bagi kelompok perempuan. Di dalam modul ini disajikan materi mengenai livelihood, gender, kesehatan reproduksi, dan COVID-19. Diharapkan dengan menerima edukasi terkait hal ini, perempuan menjadi lebih berdaya, responsif gender dan peduli akan kesehatan reproduksi.
Modul Edukasi Kesehatan & Gender Bagi Perempuan (di Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta): Menjadi Perempuan Berdaya, Responsif Gender, dan Peduli Kesehatan Reproduksi
Authors:   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Oktaviana Betty , Susanti Dewi ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Lubis Dinar Saurmauli ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Sari Nur Fadhilah ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Nasir Muhammad ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja
Published: September 2023

Sebuah modul edukasi yang disusun sebagai panduan bagi edukator dari Implementing Unit di daerah intervensi (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta) dalam menyampaikan edukasi bagi kelompok perempuan. Di dalam modul ini disajikan materi mengenai livelihood, gender, kesehatan reproduksi, dan COVID-19. Diharapkan dengan menerima edukasi terkait hal ini, perempuan menjadi lebih berdaya, responsif gender dan peduli akan kesehatan reproduksi.
Modul Edukasi Kesehatan & Gender Bagi Laki-Laki: Laki-Laki Baru Peduli Perempuan dan Kesehatan Reproduksi
Authors:   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Oktaviana Betty , Susanti Dewi ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Sari Nur Fadhilah ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Nasir Muhammad ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Lubis Dinar Saurmauli ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja
Published: September 2023

Dalam rangka penyelenggaraan proyek “Leaving No One Behind”, bekerjasama dengan UNFPA (United Nasions Population Fund) dengan bantuan dana hibah dari Pemerintah Jepang, penulis yang merupakan bagian dari Yayasan Kerti Praja mengembangkan beberapa modul-modul edukasi sebagai panduan bagi edukator dari Implementing Unit di daerah intervensi dalam menyampaikan edukasi bagi kelompok sasaran. Salah satunya yaitu Modul Edukasi Kesehatan dan Gender Bagi Laki-laki ini. Di dalam modul ini disajikan topik edukasi mengenai gender, kesehatan reproduksi, dan COVID-19. Materi pada topik gender dan COVID-19 serupa dengan Modul Edukasi Kesehatan dan Gender Bagi Perempuan. Namun pada topik kesehatan reproduksi, secara khusus materi pengenalan organ reproduksi, cara menjaganya, dan contoh penyakit reproduksi dibedakan sesuai kelompok sasaran (laki-laki), serta ditambahkan beberapa hal spesifik seperti upaya laki-laki untuk menghapus stereotip gender dalam keluarga, dan partisipasi laki-laki dalam keluarga berencana.
Modul Bagi Edukator: Edukasi Kesehatan Penyandang Disabilitas di Masa Pandemi Covid-19
Authors:   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Oktaviana Betty , Susanti Dewi ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Lubis Dinar Saurmauli
Published: September 2023

Pada masa pandemi Covid-19, penyandang disabilitas menjadi kelompok yang rentan terhadap penularan penyakit Covid-19. Kebijakan pencegahan Covid-19 yang ada tidak dapat diimplementasikan secara optimal oleh sebagian penyandang disabilitas, sehingga kondisi ini semakin menambah keterbatasan bagi penyandang disabilitas dan meningkatkan kerentanan. Pemberian informasi kepada penyandang disabilitas terkait Covid-19 sangat diperlukan agar mereka tetap sehat di masa pandemi. Modul Edukasi Kesehatan Penyandang Disabilitas di Masa Pandemi Covid-19 diharapkan dapat membantu fasilitator dalam menyebarkan informasi terkait Covid-19 pada kelompok penyandang disabilitas dan mendorong meningkatnya cakupan vaksinasi. Modul ini berisi pengantar mengenai penyandang disabilitas dan kebutuhannya, etika berinteraksi, panduan pelaksanaan edukasi, serta informasi mengenai Covid-19 dan perkembangannya, vaksinasi Covid-19, dan menjaga kualitas hidup penyandang disabilitas di era normal baru.
Modul Bagi Edukator: Edukasi Kesehatan Lansia di Masa Pandemi Covid-19
Authors:   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Oktaviana Betty , Susanti Dewi ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja, Lubis Dinar Saurmauli ,   Yayasan Kerti Praja
Published: September 2023

Secara alami, lansia akan mengalami penurunan kapasitas fungsi tubuh yang mengakibatkan lansia lebih mudah mengalami sakit dan berisiko menjadi berat hingga mengalami kematian. Pada masa pandemi Covid-19, lansia menjadi kelompok yang paling rentan terkena dampak penyakit Covid-19. Angka kematian pasien Covid-19 didominasi oleh kelompok lansia yang mempunyai penyakit penyerta (komorbid) dan pasien yang belum mendapatkan vaksinasi lengkap. Selain itu, informasi dampak Covid-19 dan pembatasan sosial juga turut menimbulkan dampak psikologis bagi lansia. Pemberian informasi kepada lansia terkait Covid-19 sangat diperlukan agar lansia tetap sehat di masa pandemi. Untuk mendukung upaya tersebut, Yayasan Kerti Praja melalui program kemitraan SIAP SIAGA mengembangkan Modul Edukasi Kesehatan Lansia di Masa Pandemi Covid-19 yang diharapkan dapat membantu fasilitator dan pendamping lansia dalam menyebarkan informasi terkait Covid-19 pada kelompok lansia dan mendorong meningkatnya cakupan vaksinasi.
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) Orthopaedic Spine
Authors:   Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Udayana, SUYASA I KETUT
Published: September 2023

Spine orthopedics is a branch of orthopedics that is currently highly developed, not only in the treatment of spine trauma, but also in the treatment of degenerative spine, spine infection, spine tumor, and spine deformity, as well as pain intervention in the spine. Objective Structured Clinical Examination Orthopaedic spine’s book is comprised of situations that are frequently managed with care in a hospital setting. Case illustrations are presented concisely, with data including history, physical examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, and complications offered in the style of narration and questions with answers. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination Orthopedic Spine is intended to serve as a reference and educational resource for medical students and orthopedic trainees in order to comprehend spine cases that are frequently encountered in clinics.
Abject Body of History
Authors: Elaoun Noura
Published: September 2023

Across the disciplines and ages, the human body has been approached as complex, political, and mysterious. Caught in an intricate socio-cultural fabric, it acquires and projects multiple patterns of symbolism, seized by literature to convey deep realities and perplexing themes. The body has become to be recognised as an eloquent metaphor for postcolonial writers, effectively staging the resistance to colonial practices and discourse. It is from the insides of such a body that the strange voice of a worm emerges and recounts its memories in Nadine Gordimer’s short story, “Tape Measure,” from Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black and Other Stories (2007). Drawing on the insights of trauma studies, this paper focuses on the body as a metaphor to show how its use addresses the problematics of memory reconstruction and its limitations in the South African context. The unnatural voice of the worm articulates South African history as an abject “body” marked by “filthy” crimes, proposing the legacy of racism as an “excremental” practice that stains South African reality. The analogy finds its purchase in Julia Kristeva’s theorisation of the “abject” as “lack of cleanliness” and “monstrous”; history, thus, emerges as dark and deformed, and memories are hard to “expel.”
Determinantes das exportações de países selecionados da América Latina (Brasil, Argentina e México): modelos NARDL
Authors: Cavessana Letícia Vieira , Vieira Flávio Vilela
Published: September 2023

O estudo desenvolve uma investigação empírica sobre os determinantes das exportações de três países selecionados da América Latina – Brasil, Argentina e México – no período entre o 1º trimestre de 1997 ao 4º trimestre de 2018. Foram estimados Modelos não-lineares Autoregressivos com Defasagens Distribuídas (NARDL). A metodologia econométrica permite o diagnóstico da existência de cointegração e do ajustamento no curto prazo através do Modelo de Correção de Erros (ECM). Como principais resultados alcançados por meio da análise empírica das relações de longo prazo dos modelos NARDL é possível afirmar que aumento (redução) da volatilidade cambial está associada a redução (aumento) das exportações. Por outro lado, a melhora dos termos de troca beneficia as exportações dos países Brasil, Argentina e México. Também é possível afirmar que apreciações cambiais impactam negativamente as exportações, principalmente do México e Argentina. Por fim, os resultados do modelo de correção de erros indicam que as exportações do Brasil (52%) apresentam maior velocidade de ajustamento ao equilíbrio de longo prazo diante de choques de curto prazo. A Argentina, por outro lado, apresentou a menor (40%) velocidade de ajustamento.
A dependência espacial da concentração bancária no Brasil
Authors: De Biasi Cibele , Tonin João Ricardo , Vaz Sampaio Armando
Published: September 2023

O presente artigo objetiva avaliar os indicadores de concentração para o setor bancário brasileiro entre os anos de 1994 a 2018, visando capturar como as principais mudanças na economia após o Plano Real afetaram a definição da estratégia de mercado dos bancos. Além disso, busca-se, também, verificar se os principais indicadores bancários apresentam dependência espacial e, em caso afirmativo, entender como essa dependência afeta o nível de concentração do setor na ótica local. Para tal, o trabalho utilizou como estratégia metodológica o cálculo dos índices de Herfindahl-Hirschman e Entropia de Theil normalizados e Razão de Concentração para a avaliação da concentração nacional. Para entendimento da dependência espacial e concentração local realizou-se a Análise Exploratória de Dados Espaciais a partir da estatística I de Moran e Indicador Local de Associação Espacial. Os resultados encontrados indicam que a consolidação do setor financeiro foi acompanhada pela tendência de elevações da concentração entre os principais players de mercado após o Plano Real. Além disso, constatou-se que a atuação dos bancos possui dependência espacial.
Estrutura produtiva e encadeamentos setoriais no Brasil do século XXI: uma análise através de indicadores clássicos de insumo-produto
Authors: Colombo Arthur Osvaldo
Published: September 2023

Este artigo apresenta como objetivo geral investigar através de indicadores sintéticos clássicos, construídos a partir das matrizes brasileiras de insumo-produto dos anos de 2002, 2007, 2012 e 2017, se houve uma alteração significativa de atividades que eram consideradas chaves na estrutura produtiva no Brasil no início do período supramencionado em relação ao período mais atual. Tendo em vista os indicadores utilizados, verificou-se que no período em questão não ocorreram mudanças substanciais e abruptas na estrutura produtiva nacional em termos de encadeamentos. No entanto, não é nenhuma espécie de devaneio concluir que essa estrutura demonstrou alguns sinais de enfraquecimento ao diminuir, por exemplo, o número de setores-chaves entre 2002 e 2017, e mostrar perda de poder de encadeamento em alguns setores nesse período.
“Fui Eu Que Pedi”: A Perspectiva de Crianças e Adolescentes Sobre a Dissolução da Adoção
Authors: Rossato Jussara Glória , Oliveira Eduarda Lima de , Ramires Vera Regina Röhnelt , Falcke Denise
Published: September 2023

Ainda que não exista previsão legal, crianças e adolescentes vivenciam o processo de dissolução da adoção. Na literatura, a vivência subjetiva de crianças e adolescentes frente ao fenômeno tem sido pouco abordada. O presente estudo objetivou conhecer as vivências de crianças e adolescentes que retornaram ao acolhimento após a adoção, além de compreender sua percepção sobre família e as expectativas sobre o futuro. Realizou-se uma pesquisa qualitativa exploratória com três crianças e uma adolescente em uma instituição de acolhimento da região metropolitana de Porto Alegre/RS. Os dados obtidos em entrevistas semiestruturadas e hora do jogo foram examinados por meio de análise temática. Os resultados foram agrupados em quatro temáticas: 1) concepções de família; 2) experiência de adoção; 3) experiências de retorno ao acolhimento; 4) perspectivas de futuro. Identificou-se que as crianças idealizam a família nuclear, amorosa, e avaliam que a decisão de retorno para o acolhimento foi delas, embora suas perspectivas de futuro sejam centradas na expectativa de uma nova adoção. Constatou-se que a experiência de adoção e retorno para o acolhimento é permeada de sofrimento, o que demanda a criação de políticas públicas de atenção a crianças e adolescentes nesse contexto.
Síndrome de vena cava superior desde una perspectiva de la imagen tomográfica. Presentación de caso
Authors: Manrique Salas Juan Pablo , Gutiérrez González Hugo Cesar , Vélez Tangarife Jaime Hernando
Published: September 2023

El síndrome de la vena cava superior es un conjunto de signos y síntomas que resultan de la compresión u oclusión de la vena cava superior, más comúnmente secundario a procesos neoplásicos. Las imágenes juegan un papel importante en el diagnóstico e identificación de este síndrome. Se presentan el caso y las imágenes de un paciente con síndrome de vena cava superior secundario a adenopatía mediastinal, relacionado con posible metástasis de carcinoma uroepitelial de vejiga.
Optimal Rotation of Teak (Tectona grandis) production: Tools for Economic Analysis
Authors: Billah A. H. M.
Published: September 2023

Bangladesh has a long history of century for Teak plantation like other tropical countries. Management is one of the most important problems, besides budgetary constraints. Teak is moderately hard and heavy, extremely durable, resistant to insect and fungi, easy to work with good finish and has a good appearance of golden brown. It is one of the most important timber in the world trade, used chiefly for shipbuilding and heady constructions. Teak plantation is set for 60 years rotation for all sites in Bangladesh, which is not compatible with economics of forestry. Based on assessment of economic and silvicultural considerations Teak rotation practice is going to be reduced everywhere to achieve viable balance between financial returns and production of market quality timber. Considering the economic importance and long-term nature of investment, the crucial policy issue becomes important to determine the rotation of Teak plantation. The study made an attempt how to determine the optimal rotation of Teak plantation in order to make management efficient and long-term investment financially remunerative and attractive. The study under current management practices and based on certain assumptions found that ideal rotation for Teak plantations would be 20-21 years. In the study, it is recommended for further research to arrive more realistic and accurate estimate of rotation for appropriate management and felling policy prescriptions.
O espetáculo mágico da fé: Legitimação da autoridade religiosa na contemporaneidade
Authors: Dantas Bruna Suruagy do Amaral , Reis Fernando Da Silva
Published: September 2023

No presente manuscrito, analisou-se a utilização do espetáculo e da magia em uma igreja evangélica brasileira como estratégia para resgatar e consolidar a autoridade da instituição e do líder religioso. A metodologia adotada para a coleta de dados consistiu na realização de visitas periódicas aos cultos, na observação participante dos rituais e práticas institucionais, na adoção de um roteiro predefinido para obtenção das informações, na produção posterior de diários de campo e na sistematização do material coletado. A análise possibilitou identificar cenas, símbolos e atos padronizados, que se repetem de modo performático e caricato em todos os espetáculos religiosos. Foram observadas a incorporação cênica das características do pentecostalismo, a utilização de cenários e figurinos preestabelecidos e a apropriação de simbologias judaicas e do panteão das religiões afro-brasileiras. Conclui-se que o uso sincrético de produtos mágicos, lançados no mercado competitivo da fé, favorece a espetacularização da magia e a exacerbação do êxtase religioso, legitimando, assim, a autoridade da igreja em sua mediação espiritual e moral.
Los hombres, ¿un nuevo elemento en el “manglar de los cuidados”? Una mirada desde la pandemia
Authors: Silva Sá Norma Elisabete
Published: September 2023

Vivir en tiempos de pandemia de Covid-19 visibilizó globalmente el tema de los cuidados y la percepción de los trabajos esenciales que sostienen la vida. Cuidar de los demás siempre ha sido considerado como un acto femenino o feminizado que, a través de las manos de las mujeres, establece una red de cuidados. Esa red, a la que me referiré en este artículo como el “manglar de los cuidados”, se vio alterada, se movieron los dominios público-privado. El nuevo escenario presenta una danza inesperada de agencias de lo humano y lo no humano, mezclado a la materialidad y, para analizar la presencia/ausencia de los varones, empleo la metáfora del manglar utilizada por Andrew Pickering (1995) como modelo teórico e interpretativo de la “danza de agencias” de nuevos elementos, una especie de desplazamiento posthumanista de los marcos interpretativos tradicionales. Mirando desde una perspectiva feminista, que no pretende construir una nueva verdad absoluta sobre el fenómeno, sino contextualizarla, busco una comprensión performática y relacional de los cuidados. Propongo un diálogo que considera el cuidado como un conjunto de prácticas sin género, una necesidad existencial, ontológica, inherente a la existencia y también interdependiente y vulnerable. Se espera que la participación de los hombres en la división de las tareas de cuidado tenga el potencial de liberarnos de las limitaciones de un modelo binario de género y permita nuevas configuraciones en el manglar.
Prólogo, número 23
Authors: Andrades Tobar Mariela
Published: September 2023

Invitamos a nuestros lectores (as) a conocer el volumen 12, número 23 de la Revista Liminales: Escritos sobre Psicología y Sociedad. Estos 12 años de trabajo ininterrumpido, nos han permitido dialogar, desde distintos ámbitos de la psicología, abordando diversas temáticas de interés y contingentes. En este número invitamos a sus lectores (as) a conocer ocho artículos originales, teóricos y empíricos, de autores (as) nacionales e internacionales. Cada uno de ellos, a través de una revisión actualizada de la literatura, da cuenta de problemáticas contemporáneas relevantes y emergentes, destacadas para el desarrollo humano, otorgando una oportunidad de reflexión y análisis, dando cuenta de la labor comprometida con la construcción de saberes, constituyendo aportes a nuestra sociedad en compromiso con la comunidad.
Technium and Posthuman Becoming: A Critical Posthumanist Reading of Dan Brown’s Origin
Authors: Inbaraj M.
Published: September 2023

As human beings have entered the twenty-first century, they have evolved to become a constantly evolving, super-intelligent, and posthuman species in this techno-driven era. Contemporary human beings are not the same Homo sapiens, the early modern humans, who are believed to have evolved 2, 00,000 years ago in East Africa. Over the course of time, Homo sapiens have undergone several significant biological, lingual, and ontological adaptations to survive, populate, and control the world. So, as contemporary critical posthumanists claim, human beings have become post-human beings and are always in the process of ‘becoming’ or evolving. Also, critical posthumanists uphold that the becoming of the posthuman happens only in the interconnectedness or symbiosis of humans with non-humans. Dan Brown’s Origin deals with one such imaginable possibility of humans evolving further into posthuman beings because of their symbiotic relationship with technium. The novel prophecies or predicts the realistic as well as the imaginable possibility of the human species mixing or merging with technology into a complex, interconnected, interdependent species becoming posthuman beings in the near future. The objective of this research paper is to use critical posthumanism theory to read, analyze, and interpret Dan Brown’s Origin. The researcher highlights and analyses the fictional possibility of humans in their symbiosis, intra-action, and trans-corporeality with technium, i.e. engagement and fusion with the modern technologies that alter humans’ subjectivity and identity evolving to become posthuman beings through critical posthumanist reading of Dan Brown’s Origin.
Changes in Teaching Activities of General English and Evaluation Criteria Proposals at Sai Gon University
Authors: Thi Kim Tuyen Tran
Published: September 2023

To explore the positive changes in teaching activities for General or non-specialist English and proposals for evaluation criteria at Sai Gon University, a methodological approach involving listing, describing, and synthesizing was employed. This approach aimed to identify the changes in non-specialist English teaching activities in the context of modern technology and the proposals for evaluation criteria that enhance the capabilities of both lecturers and students at Sai Gon University.The purpose of the article is to clarify the effects of changing the results of non-specialist English learning and teaching at Sai Gon University and evaluation criteria in lecturers’ teaching capacity  and students’ language learning ability at Sai Gon University.The modifications in teaching tasks and assessment standards, as well as the results of the research through tables of changes in English skills outcomes in non-English majors at Sai Gon University and changes in the lecturer’s teaching activities as well as student learning activities in non-specialized English teaching activities at Sai Gon University.The article serves as a valuable reference for researchers investigating changes in educational activities and evaluation criteria within the field of language teaching.
Representing Females from A Different Perspective: Justin Kurzel’s Film Appropriation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
Authors: Awajan Nasaybah W.
Published: September 2023

The study explores the differences in the representation of females, specifically Lady Macbeth and the witches, in both Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth (1623) and in Justin Kurzel’s film appropriation, Macbeth (2015). The paper attempts to prove that Kurzel’s film appropriation of Shakespeare’s play represents the female characters, specifically Lady Macbeth and the witches, from a different perspective than Shakespeare’s original paly. The paper shows how Kurzel changes the old ideas about how the witches and Lady Macbeth are the motivation and inspiration behind Macbeth’s downfall, defeat, and death. Instead, the study shows that Kurzel’s film appropriation posits that Macbeth’s greed and lust for power and authority make Macbeth himself the impetus behind his downfall, defeat, and death. As a result, Macbeth’s evil is natural rather than nurtured by the play’s main female characters as shown in Shakespeare’s original text. For this reason, Kurzel’s witches and Lady Macbeth are analyzed in relation to how they are portrayed in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Very few studies tackle Kurzel’s film appropriation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which mainly focus on the lighting and visual effects of the movie. The contribution of the study is to fill the shortage of literature conducted on the current appropriation by Kurzel.