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Quality of life in relation to health in hypertensive university teachers attending a cardiology clinic in Lima Norte
Authors: Asencios-Trujillo Lida , La Rosa-Longobardi Carlos , Gallegos-Espinoza Djamila , Piñas-Rivera Livia
Published: March 2024

Quality of life has a considerable influence on a person's well-being, although when an illness occurs, this well-being tends to decrease, and this modifies the person's lifestyle. Therefore, the objective of the study is to determine the quality of life in relation to health in hypertensive university teachers who attend a cardiology clinic in northern Lima. It is a quantitative, descriptive-cross-sectional study, with a total population of 124 hypertensive university teachers. The results show that 13,7 % (n=17) have a very low quality of life in relation to their health, 26,6 % (n=33) have a low quality of life, 9,7 % (n=12) have an average quality of life, 43,5 % (n=54) have a high quality of life and 6,5 % (n=8) have a very high quality of life. In conclusion, health evaluations of the population should be carried out to detect risk factors and hypertension at an early stage.
Leishmaniasis cutánea en una paciente adolescente de la zona rural de la Amazonía ecuatoriana: Reporte de caso
Authors: Arias Cango Nathaly , Quisiguiña Jorge Luis , Remache Paucar Danny Fabricio
Published: March 2024

La leishmaniasis, una enfermedad zoonótica causada por protozoos del género Leishmania, transmitida por la picadura del insecto vector hembra Lutzomyia, conocido en Ecuador como "manta blanca". La enfermedad se presenta principalmente en zonas tropicales y subtropicales, siendo más endémica en áreas rurales. La infección puede manifestarse de varias formas, incluyendo cutánea, mucosa y visceral, siendo la forma cutánea la más común. Se presenta un caso de leishmaniasis cutánea en una adolescente de la Amazonía ecuatoriana. Examinar cómo se manifiesta la leishmaniasis cutánea en una región rural de la Amazonía ecuatoriana, así como métodos de diagnóstico y tratamiento en el primer nivel de atención. Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo, un reporte de caso clínico. Se describe el caso de una paciente de 14 años, residente de una zona rural de la Amazonía ecuatoriana, que consultó por una dermatosis en su hombro izquierdo, inicialmente tratada con antibiótico sin mejoría. Tras un mes, la lesión había evolucionado a una úlcera con bordes irregulares, sin respuesta a tratamientos tópicos y orales. Se realizó un frotis de la lesión, el cual mostró la presencia del parásito. Se inició tratamiento con antimoniato de meglumina, con el cual la paciente respondió favorablemente, sin recurrencia hasta el momento. La Leishmaniasis cutánea es una enfermedad tropical prevalente en Ecuador. Es crucial entender las diversas presentaciones clínicas y realizar un diagnóstico preciso, considerando los principales diagnósticos diferenciales y pruebas de laboratorio. El tratamiento oportuno y efectivo es fundamental para prevenir complicaciones graves.
Efficacy of Acapella versus Power Lung on relieving dyspnea after coronary artery bypass graft
Authors: Abo-zaid Shymaa Yussuf , Helmy Zeinab Mohammed , Khairy Mahmoud , Felaya El-sayed Essam El-sayed
Published: March 2024

Purpose. This study was conducted to compare the efficacy of Acapella versus Power lung on relieving dyspnea after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
Methods. Sixty patients of both sex who underwent CABG surgery with age ranged from 40-50 years old participated in this study, They were randomly assigned into two equal experimental groups (n = 30), group (A) and group (B), (Group (A) received Acapella while Group (B) received Power Lung, each device conducted through a supervised session of three sets each one of 10 repetitions, two times daily from first day postoperative until the seventh day, in addition to routine physiotherapy program, Modified Borg scale was assessed for all patients before the beginning and after the end of this study.
Results. there was a significant decrease in Modified Borg Scale score in both groups (A) and (B) by 44.07 % and 23.09 % respectively. Between-groups analysis showed a significant difference between both groups in favor of group (A) (p < 0.001).
Conclusion. Acapella and Power Lung were most effective devices for improving dyspnea post CABG surgery with superiority for Acapella device.
democracia deliberativa de Habermas como superación intersubjetiva de la aporía entre liberalismo y republicanismo
Authors: Barbieri Durão Aylton
Published: March 2024

La descomposición del ethos de las sociedades convencionales en la Modernidad escindió la moral y la ética, pero la filosofía del sujeto y la separación metafísica entre derecho natural y positivo conllevaron a una concurrencia entre el liberalismo que fundamentó los derechos humanos del individuo, como sujeto en pequeña escala, en la moral racional, mientras que el republicanismo ancló la soberanía popular en un pueblo, como sujeto en gran escala, que reconoce los valores éticos de la comunidad, incluso en el debate entre liberalismo y comunitarismo en Norteamérica. Pero, la teoría de la acción comunicativa supera esta recurrente aporía porque posibilita una comprensión intersubjetiva del derecho como responsable por la integración social entre la racionalidad comunicativa del mundo de la vida y la racionalidad estratégica de los sistemas sociales, la política y la economía, pues permite simultáneamente la autonomía privada y la autonomía pública de manera que los agentes sociales actúen por la facticidad o la validez del derecho a nivel de las normas jurídicas, del sistema de derechos.
mercancía planetaria
Authors: Benet Cuñado Lucas
Published: March 2024

La propuesta del presente trabajo es la de alargar un poco más la experiencia de mundo y nuestra relación sana con él antes de que el planeta Tierra evolucione a una climatología adversa y letal para cualquier ser vivo racional con nociones como las de «mundo» y «convivencia». Una propuesta de serenidad frente a los estímulos que consiste en lo que uno encuentre en su medio como imprescindible para su uso y no necesitar más porque ¾al menos visto desde una perspectiva ecológica¾ lo suficiente basta. La civilización ya nos ha traído lo suficiente como para vivir, dar y tomar del planeta. Sin meditar en la técnica de todos los días, del mundo a mano, es imposible pensar la deriva en la que está cayendo el pensar de lo planetario. Pero no como marco de imágenes de mundo en un aspecto religioso o artístico en consecución de una imagen religiosa concreta, sino como modelos de mundo. Esto es, de esquemas, bocetos, diagramas de flujo, bases de datos, programas y cómputos con los que calcular escenarios planetarios o mundiales en base a la estadística y al pensamiento matemático.
Contra la impotencia del nihilismo
Authors: Campillos Morón Luis Ángel
Published: March 2024

A partir de la ontología de fuerzas de Nietzsche, en el presente escrito buscaremos convergencias entre dos conceptos clave de dos pensadores fundamentales del siglo XX. Por un lado, el pensamiento en Gilles Deleuze; por otro, la nada en Heidegger. Nuestro objetivo es imbricarlos y enarbolarlos para luchar contra el nihilismo. Por tanto, en primer momento presentaremos la ontología de fuerzas de Nietzsche; después, en torno al sentido de las fuerzas, estudiaremos la voluntad de poder y el nihilismo, reformulando los dos sentidos clásicos nietzscheanos. A continuación, siempre en el marco de la ontología de fuerzas, daremos paso al estudio de la nada en Heidegger y del pensamiento deleuziano. Finalmente, antes de las conclusiones, uniremos pensamiento y nada usando los animales heráldicos de Nietzsche, esto es: la serpiente y el águila, respectivamente.
Pembrolizumab-associated anti-MDA5 dermatomyositis in a patient with lung cancer: a first case report
Authors: Pilia Antonino Marcello , Salvati Lorenzo , Guidolin Alessia , Mazzoni Francesca , Antonuzzo Lorenzo , Parronchi Paola , Liotta Francesco
Published: March 2024

We report the first case of anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5)-positive dermatomyositis as a systemic immune-related adverse event in a 64-year-old man receiving pembrolizumab to treat advanced lung cancer. The patient experienced hypothyroidism, myalgia, skin involvement, dyspnoea and diarrhoea. Laboratory tests revealed raised inflammatory markers, hypercreatinekinasemia and anti-MDA5 autoantibodies. Electroneuromyography and pathognomonic signs on physical examination confirmed the diagnosis of pauci-myopathic dermatomyositis. Pembrolizumab was discontinued and immunosuppressive therapy led to rapid and progressive improvement, with complete remission of dermatomyositis. This case report widens the spectrum of systemic immune-related adverse events associated with pembrolizumab.
Gespaltene Gesellschaft, polarisierte Politik?
Authors: Decker Frank
Published: March 2024

Die Stabilität der Demokratie hängt davon ab, dass politische Konflikte friedlich, geregelt und lösungsorientiert ausgetragen werden. Auch in Deutschland wird sie heute durch illiberale und autoritäre Tendenzen zunehmend bedroht. Die nachfrageseitigen Ursachen dafür liegen in längerfristigen Veränderungen von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft sowie kurzfristig verdichteten Krisenereignissen, die die Bevölkerung verunsichern. Gleichzeitig verbessern sich die Wettbewerbsbedingungen populistischer Herausfordererparteien auf der Anbieterseite, nicht zuletzt durch die sozialen Medien. Ob die Verschärfung von wertebezogenen und Verteilungskonflikten als Spaltung der Gesellschaft angemessen beschrieben werden kann, ist fraglich. Treffender erscheint es, von einer Fragmentierung zu sprechen, die mit einer Radikalisierung der politischen Ränder einhergeht. Um das populistische Wählerpotenzial zu reduzieren, gilt es beidem entgegenzuwirken.
The Nazi Religion and the Rise of the French Christian Resistance
Authors: Burton Kathleen
Published: March 2024

If asked to define “Nazism,” most people think of fascism, racism, antisemitism, and the use of propaganda. Few people know that Nazism also included a strong religious component. Yet it did.

The Nazi religion was termed Positive Christianity, and it is directly cited in Hitler’s Nazi Party Platform of 1920. But what was Positive Christianity? In this book, Kathleen Burton details when and where this religion was embraced; how it was received and critiqued by the prominent theologians of the 1930s; and how a combined effort of rogue Catholic priests and Protestant pastors in France, aware of the religious threat, worked together to fight Nazism during World War II. This contributed to the survival of seventy-five percent of France’s Jewish population. Burton concludes by describing what work still needs to be done to fully understand, clarify, and debunk Nazism’s Positive Christianity. Today’s world is fascinated by the tragic events of World War II, yet Hitler’s propaganda coup against traditional Christianity is not well-known or understood. This book closes that gap.
Education for Political Life
Authors: Reynolds Iaan
Published: March 2024

Through a detailed reading of Karl Mannheim’s early explorations in the sociology of knowledge, this book argues for Mannheim's relevance for contemporary social and political theory. As a philosophical project of self-reflection, the early sociology of knowledge is distinctive for its blend of Marxist social theory and phenomenological investigation, making it a valuable resource for current philosophical attempts to relate thought to its social conditions. Furthermore, the struggle documented in the early days of this project – against social critique’s tendency to obscure its own perspective – provides the best standard by which to assess its own limitations.
Engaging China
Authors: Gurtov Mel
Published: March 2024

In Engaging China, Gurtov identifies and details the many facets of China that worry critics. But he also argues for a strategy of coexistence that allows for economic and technological competition while managing frictions over issues so diverse as human rights and access to the South China Sea. This book is wide-ranging but compact; realistic but value-oriented; clearly argued but backed by extensive references to documents and scholarly literature--including writings by leading Chinese scholars who also seek a viable modus vivendi between the two great powers.
Understanding Ruptured Mother-Daughter Relationships
Authors: Croswaite Brindle Khara
Published: March 2024

How can therapists feel prepared to address the possible treatment focus of ruptured maternal relationships in the therapeutic space? Depending on the client, the goal of therapy may be to repair an estranged maternal relationship or to finalize parental estrangement and redefine themself. This book focuses on identifying the estrangement cycle for clinical application with adult women clients by mental health professionals. It provides clinical tools to address the challenges of estrangement and adjustment needs of these clients within the spheres of personal identity, relationships, and grief and loss to promote personal growth and healing in the therapeutic space. It also engages readers by illustrating different stages of estrangement through client vignettes and by providing practical tools for mental health professionals to create a supportive and nonjudgmental space. With this resource, clinicians and clients will feel better equipped with the skills needed to tackle the emotional rollercoaster that is Estrangement Energy.

The companion resource website can be found here: https://www.estrangementenergycycle.com/
Shame the Devil
Authors: Guglielmo Wayne J.
Published: March 2024

When the press loses sight of truth and falls prey to bias, American press critics push back to safeguard our free and democratic nation.

Journalists are no strangers to criticism and some have even seen disagreements turn to outrage and acts of violence. There is another history of press criticism, though. This one as a rule doesn’t resort to physical threat or denunciation. Nevertheless, it can be merciless when critics think the press has become too slanted in one direction, has fallen short of some ideal, is too concentrated for its own good, or seems to be underreporting or ignoring some critical story of the day.

Shame the Devil is a sweeping look at this other history. Beginning with Walter Lippmann, rightly regarded as the first modern press critic, Shame the Devil provides a chapter-by-chapter profile and analysis of his successors. Many critics work within the profession of journalism, while some consider it from the outside. These include: George Seldes, A. J. Liebling, Ben Bagdikian, Reed Irvine, Neil Postman, and Noam Chomsky. A concluding chapter brings together a diverse group of contemporary critics, including Sharyl Attkisson, Brooke Gladstone, Eric Deggans, Amy Goodman, Janine Jackson, and Candace Owens.

Merging history, biography, and a candid analysis of various critical points of view, Shame the Devil moves from press commentary in the bitter aftermath of World War I to the head-spinning paradoxes of the post-truth era. Throughout, some of America’s best critics contend with both the big events of their day and the big issues of journalism to ask the always vital question: How can the press help to create and sustain a more democratic society?
Theodore Roosevelt on Books and Reading
Authors: West Mark I.
Published: March 2024

President Theodore Roosevelt had a passion for reading books, and he did not keep this passion to himself. He often wrote about his experiences as a reader and collector of books. He wrote scholarly essays about literature and literary history. He often wrote book reviews for such publications as The Atlantic Monthly, The Bookman, The Outlook, and The New York Times Review of Books. Roosevelt’s writings about books are worth reading for their own sake, for in these pieces he provided critical insights into influential books. His writings about books, however, are also important because they show how Roosevelt responded to the books that he read. Roosevelt’s reading influenced his thinking on the many topics that interested him, so these writings provide researchers with a better understanding of the role that books played in the formation of his ideas, attitudes, and political positions.

Theodore Roosevelt on Books and Reading brings together for the first time Roosevelt’s writings about his experiences as a reader, his scholarly essays about literature and literary history, and his exuberant reviews of some of the books that he especially liked. A sister volume to Mark I. West’s Theodore Roosevelt and His Library at Sagamore Hill, this new volume features Roosevelt’s own responses to many of the books in his personal library. All of the selections in this volume reflect Roosevelt’s passion for reading. These selections will resonate with anyone who shares Roosevelt’s love of books.
Managing the Arts in Rural Areas
Authors: Snider David Andrew
Published: March 2024

Why do the arts matter so much in rural areas? The arts are needed now more than ever to heal the social fabric, grow the population, drive the local economy and, in some cases, replace lost industries. Post-pandemic, a significant portion of the population hungers for hands-on, in-person arts experiences at a human scale. At the same time, rural areas are ripe with innovation, community connections, and an entrepreneurial spirit that fits well with creativity and arts-based community engagement. As rural areas continue to evolve past their previous ties to agriculture, industry, and mining, the arts offer new ways to enrich communities, spark local economies, and create tourist destinations, in tandem with their glorious surroundings.

One goal of this book is to help dispel the myth of rural equaling white people. Six of the twelve arts organizations featured in this book are led by people of color and/or serve populations in which people of color are the majority. Eleven of the twelve organizations are led in part or entirely by female-identifying arts leaders. These numbers are happy accidents and not criteria of the selection or search process. It just turns out that, when you start looking for wonderful rural arts organizations, you find diversity.

Managing the Arts in Rural Areas explores the challenges facing rural communities today and the positive impacts provided by the arts on economic development, diversity, equity, inclusion and access, fundraising, arts education, and community development. With dynamic case studies on arts organizations in rural areas from Alaska to Alabama and from Montana to Arizona, Managing the Arts in Rural Areas gives readers deep insights into how the arts are helping to define and grow rural areas today.
Climate Church, Climate World
Authors: Antal Jim
Published: March 2024

Climate Church, Climate World contends that climate change is the greatest moral challenge humanity has ever faced. Hunger, refugees, poverty, inequality, deadly viruses, war—climate change multiplies all forms of global social injustice. Environmental advocate Rev. Jim Antal calls on the church to meet this moral challenge, to embrace a new vocation so that future generations might live in harmony with God’s creation. Antal proposes how people of faith can embrace new approaches to worship, preaching, witnessing, and other spiritual practices that honor creation and cultivate hope. This revised and updated edition includes a new chapter on political and policy shifts under the Trump and Biden administrations; the influence of Greta Thunberg and climate change activists; and updated information on the current science of climate change.
Parenting Under Fire
Authors: Baker, PhD Amy J.L. , Fine, LCSW Paul R.
Published: March 2024

Teaches parents of children of all ages who are hurt, angry, rejecting, and distant (HARD) how to effectively and empathically communicate through a variety of effective and empathic strategies.

Children who are hurt, angry, rejecting, and distant (HARD) can be challenging to parent. They can be rude, uncooperative, and disagreeable. They are hard to relate to or connect with, and they can appear to be hardened to the love and guidance of their parent. Whether hard children are caught in a loyalty conflict, are victims of parental alienation, or behaving this way for some other reason, their parents need help! Losing or feeling like you are about to lose a relationship with a beloved child, regardless of the cause, is one of the most painful scenarios a parent will ever experience. Such parents feel under fire! How to handle such children before relationships are further damaged is a question many parents have. Should the parent pick their battles or put their foot down? Should they pursue the child or let the child come to them?

This book provides parents of a hurt, angry, rejecting distant child the much needed guidance and support they need to connect with through to their children and repair relationships while opening the lines of communication.The book is divided into three sections, each focusing on a different form of communication. In the first section, the focus is on in-person communication and interactions, the second teaches parents the whys and hows of communicating via messages, and the final portion walks parents through the principles and mechanics of writing letters to an older hurt, angry, rejecting, distant child in an effort to bridge gaps and repair wounds. This book provides the reader with the science-based hope and inspiration they need as well as hundreds of practical suggestions about how to keep the communication loving, appropriate, and connected.
A Lifelong Call to Learn
Authors: Reber Robert E. , Roberts D. Bruce
Published: March 2024

A Lifelong Call to Learn is aimed at directors of lifelong learning and continuing education that serve both clergy and laity in Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish seminaries and conference and retreat centers. While proposing new approaches in continuing theological education, it also addresses the need for programs that involve both clergy and laity at the congregational level and that support ongoing interreligious dialogue in our increasingly pluralistic society. The contributors to this book include seasoned practitioners as well as teachers and scholars in seminaries and universities from every part of the country in both denominational and ecumenical settings. The chapters explore historical perspective and educational contexts; theory and research in professional continuing education; innovations in continuing theological education; development, management, and promotion of programs; and directions and resources for the future. Particularly in this time of foment in theological education, when institutional leaders are striving to develop new models for the basic master of divinity degree, this collection will be of keen interest to theological educators in every setting.
Finding Our Story
Authors: Golemon Larry A.
Published: March 2024

Helping a community of faith 're-vision' its personal and collective narratives is one of the greatest leadership challenges of the age. In Finding Our Story, Larry Golemon, lead researcher of the Alban Institute's Narrative Leadership in Ministry project, has assembled essays by congregational consultants who use the power of story to help congregations heal, strengthen, and reinvent themselves. These consultants describe how narrative therapy works, explore its promise and its challenges, and share the practical wisdom of their own experiences along with their favorite models of narrative change to show how congregations can be transformed by reauthoring the operative stories they live by
Learning While Leading
Authors: Farber-Robertson Anita
Published: March 2024

As the world changes, so do people's expectations of their faith community and clergy. This book uses three case studies to speak to religious professionals about the challenges they face, to provide readers with specific, user-friendly techniques to become more aware of how they function, and to learn new ways to lead. Clergy will find real-life examples of how more effective leadership enhances the life of the community and promotes the deepening of members' faith.
Letters to Lee
Authors: Clayton Paul C.
Published: March 2024

Each year, hundreds of newly ordained pastors enter their first congregations, unsure whether seminary training has truly prepared them for the day-to-day work of parish ministry. Clayton uses a unique epistolary format—from an older, experienced pastor to a novice—to address wisely such issues as preparing for weddings, funerals, and baptisms; planning education, evangelism, and stewardship programs; growing spiritually; developing a leadership style; and maintaining personal and professional boundaries. Highly acclaimed while used in Clayton’s Andover Newton seminary classes, this book is the perfect introduction to parish ministry for students, new pastors, and mentors.
Pathway to Renewal
Authors: Smith Daniel P. , Sellon Mary K.
Published: March 2024

No pastor can lead a congregation to renewal alone. it requires a complete change of heart for the whole congregation. Congregational renewal occurs when people engage communally in a transition in their very understanding of the nature and purpose of their church. This goes far beyond a simple retooling of the mission statement or addition of a few programs. Authors Mary Sellon and Daniel Smith lead congregations through this process of renewal, breaking down into understandable components what is happening in the people themselves that makes renewal efforts successful. Pathway to Renewal offers pastors and congregational leaders a framework for understanding and addressing the deep cultural shift facing the people of a congregation during congregational renewal. This book will help leaders make sense of where their congregation could get stuck and guide them in thinking through what needs to be addressed next as a congregation seeks renewal. The realigning of a congregation's heart and sense of purpose can be a long process, but one that ultimately all congregations must experience in order to fully live out the world-transforming mission that God has given them to do.
Practicing Right Relationship
Authors: Sellon Mary , Smith Dan
Published: March 2024

In this profound yet practical book, Mary Sellon and Daniel Smith make the case that the health of churches and synagogues depends on congregations learning how to live out love in "right relationships." The authors distill what they have learned from other researchers as well as their work with dozens of pastors and congregations. This how-to lays out theory, story, tools, and exercises that will help congregations and their leaders learn how to build and maintain the loving relationships that provide the medium for God’s transforming work
Sacred Strategies
Authors: Aron Isa , Cohen Steven M. , Hoffman Lawrence A. , Kelman Ari Y.
Published: March 2024

Sacred Strategies is about eight synagogues that reached out and helped people connect to Jewish life in a new way—congregations that had gone from commonplace to extraordinary. Over a period of two years, researchers Aron, Cohen, Hoffman, and Kelman interviewed 175 synagogue leaders and a selection of congregants (ranging from intensely committed to largely inactive). They found these congregations shared six traits: sacred purpose, holistic ethos, participatory culture, meaningful engagement, innovation disposition, and reflective leadership and governance. They write for synagogue leaders eager to transform their congregations, federations and foundations interested in encouraging and supporting this transformation, and researchers in congregational studies who will want to explore further.

Part 1 of this book demonstrates how these characteristics are exemplified in the four central aspects of synagogue life: worship, learning, community building, and social justice. Part 2 explores questions such as: What enabled some congregations to become visionary? What hindered others from doing so? What advice might we give to congregational, federation, and foundation leaders? The picture that emerges in this book is one of congregations that were entrepreneurial, experimental, and committed to 'something better.'
Silver Screen, Sacred Story
Authors: Bausch Michael G.
Published: March 2024

Our culture has undergone a major shift: younger generations have less and less interest in the printed word as they become predominantly image oriented. In response, as congregations increasingly learn to be more sophisticated in using newer electronic technologies, they are finding themselves at different places in the quest to understand, acquire, manage, and benefit from the technology boom. Worship leaders in congregations already using some electronic media are realizing that they could be doing more with it, and are seeking new ideas. Congregational leaders scrambling to catch up with a worship committee that has decided it's time for a change aren't sure of the next steps. Or maybe there's been a gift to the congregation to be spent on electronics, and no one is quite sure how best to use the money. Michael Bausch's book grows out of several years' of conversation, personal experimentation, and experience with multimedia worship in one modest-sized, small-town church, while also drawing on the experiences and work of other churches learning to use electronic media in worship. Bausch balances concern for practical issues, such as finances and architecture, with attention to theological integrity and the challenges of sustaining media-enhanced worship. He skillfully shows how the artistic resources of the world around us can enhance our awareness of God's presence in worship.
Small Groups in the Church
Authors: Kirkpatrick Thomas G.
Published: March 2024

This planning and leader training handbook offers a distinctive broad-based, small-group approach to building community. From the Jewish havurot to Christian koinonia, you will gain a thorough understanding of community, learn how to plan an effective small-group ministry, how to select and train leaders for all kinds of small groups, and how to start small groups that are a part of and not apart from their congregations. Appendices provide an overview of the sociological, psychological, and biblical theological literature on community and a wealth of presentation and leader training resources.
Starting Simple
Authors: Sitze Bob
Published: March 2024

In today's complex and busy world, people yearn for simpler lives. Bob Sitze offers Starting Simple to help readers live joyfully and justly. Because Sitze believes conversations change us as individuals and that most important social changes take place through conversation, he invites us into heart-to-heart conversations about simple living. Sitze helps readers and others in their congregations to learn what the Scriptures have to say about living a godly life in these times; find ways to repent of unsustainable lifestyle choices; gather courage to change the ways we think and live; and speak and listen to the struggles of others, with honesty and respect. This practical book includes side trips filled with thoughtful quotes, short stories, and activities. Readers may use it to spark conversations, invite sharing, make decisions, ask for forgiveness, or encourage other who are ready to change. Congregations will find it a good guide for small group discussions, family negotiations, or educational programming.
Die Verjährung quasivertraglicher Schadensersatzansprüche
Authors: Hackl Franz
Published: March 2024

Untersucht werden verjährungsrechtliche Probleme, die sich bei der Haftung des Vertreters ohne Vertretungsmacht gem. § 179 BGB, des Anfechtenden gem. § 122 BGB sowie aus c.i.c. gem. §§ 280 Abs. 1, 241 Abs. 2, 311 Abs. 2, Abs. 3 BGB stellen können. Bei den genannten Ansprüchen handelt es sich um sog. quasivertragliche Schadensersatzansprüche. Diese Ansprüche sind dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein vom Anspruchsinhaber ursprünglich begehrter Vertrag am Ende nicht oder jedenfalls inhaltlich nicht so wie gewünscht zustande kommt und sie somit als eine Art wirtschaftlicher Ersatzwert an die Stelle der gescheiterten vertraglichen Ansprüche treten. Die quasivertraglichen Schadensersatzansprüche weisen somit eine besonders enge Verbindung zu dem vertraglichen Anspruchs- und Haftungsregime auf. Nach einem Überblick über das geltende Verjährungsrecht sowie über die behandelten Anspruchsgrundlagen werden die einzelnen verjährungsrechtlichen Problemstellungen herausgearbeitet und anhand von verschiedenen Fallbeispielen konkretisiert. Abschließend wird versucht, einen verallgemeinerungsfähigen Lösungsansatz für die verjährungsrechtliche Behandlung der quasivertraglichen Schadensersatzansprüche zu entwickeln.
Die große Räuberhöhle
Authors: Holz Hans Heinz
Published: March 2024

Es ist ein weit verbreitetes Vorurteil, die mittelalterliche Philosophie sei von dogmatischer Homogenität gewesen. Die Studien zur »·Großen Räuberhöhle« zeigen, daß es harte ideologische und machtpolitische Auseinandersetzungen um das Verhältnis von Glauben und Wissen und um die Rolle der Kirche in der Gesellschaft gab - Auseinandersetzungen, die als Aussdruck von gegensätzlichen Klasseninteressen zu verstehen sind und in denen sich religiöse und politische Oppositionsbewegungen auf oft widersprüchliche Weise miteinander verknüpften. Das 12. und 13. Jahrhundert sind erfüllt von diesen Kämpfen. Neben der mit den Institutionen weltlicher Herrschaft verbundenen Amtskirche gab es seit dem Hochmittelalter religiöse Strömungen, in denen sich das Streben nach einer Erneuerung des Christentums mit sozialrevolutionären Hoffnungen verknüpfte.
Die Zerstörung der Vernunft
Authors: Lukács Georg
Published: March 2024

Georg Lukács vertritt die These, dass man philosophiegeschichtlich-ideologisch einen geraden Weg von den Höhen der spekulativen irrationalistischen deutschen Philosophie bis zu den Niederungen der menschenverachtenden und verbrecherischen nationalsozialistischen Praktiken verfolgen kann. Diese Entwicklungslinie führt ausgehend vom späten Schelling über Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche und die Lebensphilosophie über den Neuhegelianismus bis zur deutschen Soziologie der imperialistischen Epoche, zum Sozialdarwinismus und der Rassentheorie des Faschismus.
Transatlantische Transformationsprozesse im Black Atlantic
Authors: Leitloff Isabelle
Published: March 2024

Der vorliegende Band betrachtet Transatlantische Transformationsprozesse im Black Atlantic anhand deutscher, kubanischer und brasilianischer Texte, die den Raum des Transatlantiks literarisch aushandeln. Durch ein reziprokes Verfahren werden die pluralen ästhetischen Formen der Literatur von Hubert Fichte, Lydia Cabrera, Nancy Morejón, Soleida Ríos, Georgina Herrera und Beatriz Moreira Costa in einen mehrsprachigen und interkulturellen Dialog gebracht. Diese literarischen Aushandlungen führen zu der Sichtbarkeit komplexer und differenzierter interkultureller Netzwerke, die nur durch methodische Transferprozesse aufgedeckt werden können.

Die Studie zeichnet sich durch einen stark interdisziplinären und mehrsprachigen Forschungsansatz aus, der diachron die Pluralität eines Forschungsfelds absteckt und damit eine Methodik entwickelt, die die Polyphonie unserer pluralen Gesellschaft und Forschungslandschaft aufgreift.
Endlich ist der Mund jetzt auf!
Authors: Woynar Detlef
Published: March 2024

Kinder sind die Zukunft der Gesellschaft! Auch die mit einer sprachlichen Behinderung? Na klar, auch die! Aber sie haben es schwerer als andere, ihr Potenzial zum Tragen zu bringen, sich durchzusetzen, in der Schule und im Leben erfolgreich zu sein und den Platz in der Gesellschaft zu finden, der ihren eigenen Erwartungen und Fähigkeiten entspricht. Sie werden oft gehänselt, Ihre Fähigkeiten werden häufig falsch eingeschätzt und sie werden deshalb oft nicht optimal gefördert. Manche Kinder mit Sprachentwicklungsstörungen verstummen und ziehen sich zurück. Andere versuchen, sich statt durch Sprache körperlich durchzusetzen. Ihre Eltern machen sich natürlich deshalb Sorgen. Und die betroffenen Kinder spüren das, und es belastet sie erheblich.

Diese Kinder sind mir im Laufe meiner 25-jährigen Berufstätigkeit als Logopäde ans Herz gewachsen, und ich möchte sie allen, die dieses Buch lesen, ebenso ans Herz legen. Wenn man eine Sprachentwicklungsstörung frühzeitig erkennt und die Kinder gezielt fördert, kann man als Logopäde maßgeblich dazu beitragen, dass sie erfolgreich an der Gesellschaft teilhaben und ihre Lebensfreude steigern. Die Kinder haben es verdient, und wir alle profitieren davon.
GC-MS Analysis of n-hexane extracts of Marine Seagrass Posidonia oceanica leaves, rhizomes and roots Collected from Benghazi beach Libya
Authors: Elabbar Fakhri , Alasply Abdulsalam
Published: March 2024

Posidonia oceanica seagrass is endemic to the Mediterranean, and has very little information about volatile organic compounds. The plant was collected from Garyounis Beach in Benghazi, east of Libya, in September 2019. Plant parts, leaves, rhizomes, and roots were extracted using a Soxhlet extractor with Hexane. The compounds were characterized by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. the extract's chemical constituents were de-convoluted using AMDIS software (www.amdis.net), and the mass spectra of the compounds spectra were explained by fragmentation pattern and matched to authentic standard spectra from Wiley and the NSIT Library database. The results revealed sixteen compounds, dominated by nine long-chain hydrocarbons, three long-chain fatty acids, and a single long-chain ketone. This is the first discovery of 3-ethyl-5-(2ethyl-butyl-octadecane, 6,10,14-trimethylpentadecan-2-one, phytol, and phytyl acetate from this plant.
Unsuccessful synthesis of individual 1,1-dinitroethene
Authors: Kras Jowita , Mikulska Maria , Allnajar Radwan , Kula Karolina
Published: March 2024

The possibility of the preparation of free 1,1-dinitroethene was
examined experimentally on the basis of procedures described
earlier for other examples of 1-R-1-nitroethenes. It was found, that
these types of protocols are non-usable for the preparation of the
title compound due to its high reactivity and tendency to
decomposition and oligomerization.
Two new ‘incertae sedis’ syllids (Annelida: Syllidae) from Brazilian oceanic islands
Authors: Nascimento Rodolfo Leandro , Fukuda Marcelo Veronesi , Paiva Paulo Cesar de
Published: March 2024

Oceanic islands harbor a unique and distinct fauna and flora, usually isolated by distance and the deep sea, making them fascinating environments to study. Despite their importance, taxonomic accounts from Brazilian oceanic islands have only recently begun to focus on important groups such as the Syllidae family. In this article, we present detailed descriptions and illustrations of two new species, Brevicirrosyllis paulolanai sp. nov. from Trindade Islands, and Westheidesyllis splendida sp. nov. from Rocas Atoll. These two species belong to genera currently of uncertain affinities within the family, in both cases previously included in the Eusyllinae subfamily. Moreover, we provide updated identification keys for both genera to facilitate their future identification.
Research: Games to Promote Empathy as a Literacy Practice: A New Teacher’s Playful Practice
Authors: Kim Grace MyHyun , Johnson Lindy L. , Nash Brady
Published: March 2024

Researchers have advocated for the use of games for learning, yet few studies focus on games within English teacher education. Even fewer studies examine English Language Arts (ELA) teachers as designers of games. In this article, the authors examine a new ELA teacher’s design and implementation of a tabletop card game and explore what this game and its use in a middle school classroom illustrate about the purposes of games in secondary ELA. Data collection occurred across one year and included three semi-structured interviews and game materials. Key findings focus on games as (a) platforms for learning empathy as a literacy practice; (b) texts for story building and interpretive practice; and (c) ways to reimagine classroom learning. We discuss implications for teacher educators and teachers, including games in ELA curriculum, the use of games to reconceptualize schooling, and tensions that can arise when teachers incorporate games in classrooms.
Re(Active) Praxis: Making a Place for Rurality: Toward a More Inclusive Multicultural Teacher Education
Authors: Parton Chea
Published: March 2024

This piece recounts how a teacher educator’s experiences as a rural student and teacher at various educational levels have shaped her professional identity. Pairing these experiences with scholarship on rural cultural identity, she outlines how ELA teacher educators can honor rural identities, cultures, and ways of being in their classrooms. The pedagogical moves detailed in this piece offer opportunities for both teacher educators and preservice teachers to consider ways of inviting rural culture into their classroom—to make rural culture part of an inclusive and multicultural way of teaching.
2009 YA Honor List—Timely and Timeless
Authors: Nilsen Alleen Pace , Blasingame James , Donelson Kenneth L. , Shaffer Shelly , Smith Tim , Wimmer Allison
Published: March 2024

An EJ annual tradition, the well-known critics of young adult literature present their best picks from 2009.
Sudden Possibilities: Porpoises, Eggcorns, and Error
Authors: Crovitz Darren
Published: March 2024

Don’t take this article “for granite.” Read it to find out how amusing mistakes can make for serious language instruction.
Linguistic Audacity: Shakespeare’s Language and Student Writing
Authors: Goodman Barbara A.
Published: March 2024

Shakespeare molded language to meet his needs. Can students learn from his example?
A Cold Manipulation of Language
Authors: Noel Melissa W.
Published: March 2024

The language features of Capote’s In Cold Blood help a high school teacher’s students learn more about how authors influence their readers.
Dangerous Words: Recognizing the Power of Language by Researching Derogatory Terms
Authors: Keely Karen A.
Published: March 2024

Students confront offensive language head-on by researching its history and reconsidering its use in contemporary conversation.
Found in Translations: Using Multiple Versions of Translated Text for Close Analysis of Language
Authors: Larochelle Paul
Published: March 2024

A fortunate accident regarding contrasting translations of Elie Wiesel’s Night inspires a new way to help students focus on the subtleties of English language.
Editors’ Retrospective
Authors: Nilsen Alleen Pace , Donelson Kenneth
Published: March 2024

Nilsen and Donelson reflect on their years as EJ editors.
Editor’s Retrospective
Authors: Lindblom Ken
Published: March 2024

The current EJ editor reflects on his term thus far.
Professional Writing in the English Classroom: Literature-Based Professional Writing: An Oxymoron Whose Time Has Come
Authors: Newhouse Kelley R. , Propper Michele L. , Riedel Ruth M. , Teitelzweig Barbara S.
Published: March 2024

Professional Writing in the English Classroom publishes articles about teaching students to write effectively in the genres, conventions, and visual designs required for professional contexts and related rhetorical situations.
Off the Shelves: Old Tales Made New Again: Shakespeare’s Place in Young Adult Literature
Authors: Letcher Mark
Published: March 2024

Off the Shelves discusses new young adult literature and explores ways of teaching YA texts in middle and high school English classes.
Research for the Classroom: Lost in Translation: Assessing Writing of English Language Learners
Authors: Meyer Tom , Young Martha , Lieberstein-Solera Fabiola
Published: March 2024

Research for the Classroom publishes mini-studies of ELA classroom practices and suggests ways in which high school and middle school English teachers may study the effectiveness of their pedagogy.
Strengthening New Teacher Agency through Holistic Mentoring
Authors: Bieler Deborah
Published: March 2024

If emerging teachers are going to be something more than technicians, they need to reflect on their instructional worldviews, the mission of schools, and their role as autonomousprofessionals.
Distributed Mentoring: Designing Contexts for Collective Support of Teacher Learning
Authors: Khasnabis Debi , Reischl Catherine H. , Stull Melissa , Boerst Timothy
Published: March 2024

In contrast to a conventional conception of mentoring as a one-to-one relationship, a model of distributed mentoring taps into the combined knowledge and wisdom of a teamto focus attention on the quality of instructional practices and the processes involved in problem solving.
“Working with my mentor is like having a second brain/hands/feet/eyes”: Perceptions of Novice Teachers
Authors: Gilles Carol , Carrillo Lina Trigos , Wang Yang , Stegall Jenny , Bumgarner Barri
Published: March 2024

If new teachers are going to do more than endure a rocky start, they need to develop a deep understanding about learners and about teaching their own discipline effectively.
Songs of the Caged Birds: Literacy and Learning with Incarcerated Youth
Authors: Williamson Peter , Mercurio Megan , Walker Constance
Published: March 2024

Teachers plan and reflect on practices that can make a difference in the lives and literacy of incarcerated youth.
High School Matters: Jump Off the Pendulum! Staying Balanced within Educational Change
Authors: Lucas Amy Magnafichi
Published: March 2024

Members of the Secondary Section Steering Committee comment on topics of importance to English language arts educators.
No Longer a Luxury: Digital Literacy Can’t Wait
Authors: Hicks Troy , Turner Kristen Hawley
Published: March 2024

Following a passionate plea for teachers to incorporate technology in more meaningful ways, the authors offer specific suggestions for teaching in-depth digital literacy skills.
Changing the Game of Literature with Authentic Assessment: The Promise of Multimodal Composing
Authors: Miller Suzanne M. , Knips Merridy A. , Goss Stephen
Published: March 2024

Student digital video composing serves as a powerful means of literature learning and authentic assessment of that learning.
Soft(a)ware in the English Classroom: Pecs Soviet and the Red Underscore: Raising Awareness of Software’s Role in Our Schools
Authors: Lynch Tom Liam
Published: March 2024

“Soft(a)ware in the English Classroom” seeks to identify the ways in which our teaching and learning lives are influenced by software.
Lingua Anglia: Bridging Language and Learners: Windows of Opportunity: English Learners and the Power of Positioning
Authors: Hickey Pamela J.
Published: March 2024

“Lingua Anglia: Bridging Language and Learners” discusses critical, transformative, and powerful ways to support students’ acquisition of Standard English.
Reading Democracy: Exploring Ideas That Matter with Middle Grade and Young Adult Literature
Authors: Wolk Steven
Published: March 2024

Wolk explores how a wide range of middle grade and young adult literature can be used to teach caring and critical readers in a democratic classroom environment.
I Hear America Sing: Promoting Democracy through Literature
Authors: Canan Donna
Published: March 2024

This article discusses how blog use, promoting choices, and presenting students with literature that changed a nation shows them how to find their voices in a democratic community.
Soft(a)ware in the English Classroom: Rekindling Reading: On the Use of E-readers in the English Classroom
Authors: Griswold Meg
Published: March 2024

“Soft(a)ware in the English Classroom” seeks to identify the ways in which our teaching and learning lives are influenced by software.
Evaluating the Democratic Merit of Young Adult Literature: Lessons from Two Versions of Wes Moore’s Memoir
Authors: Thein Amanda Haertling , Sulzer Mark A. , Schmidt Renita
Published: March 2024

The authors compare a memoir intended for adults with another on the same subject meant for a teen readership and argue that didactic YA literature grounded in a developmental stage model of adolescence is undemocratic.
Historical Fiction in English and Social Studies Classrooms: Is It a Natural Marriage?
Authors: Hinton KaaVonia , Suh Yonghee , Colón-Brown Lourdes , O’Hearn Maria
Published: March 2024

The authors report outcomes of a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort through a study group developed to make connections across content areas (English and history/social studies) and grade levels (middle school, high school, and college).