bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Targeted dose delivery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice using silicon antifoaming agent via aerosol exposure system
Authors: Gautam Uma Shankar , Asrican Rosemarie , Sempowski Gregory D.
Published: October 2022

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is an intracellular pathogen that forms aggregates (clumps) on solid agar plates and in liquid media. Detergents such as Tween 80/Tyloxapol are considered the gold standard to disrupt clump formation in Mtb cultures. The presence of detergent, however, may generate foam and hinder Mtb aerosolization thus requiring addition of an antifoam agent for optimal Mtb aerosol-based procedures. Aerosol inhalation can be technically challenging, in particular to achieve a reproducible inhaled target dose. In this study, the impact of an antifoam, the silicon antifoaming agent (SAF), on Mtb aerosolization and whole-body mouse aerosol infection was investigated. A comparative study using SAF in a liquid suspension containing Mycobacterium bovis BCG (M. bovis BCG) or Mtb H37Rv did not cause any adverse effect on bacterial viability. Incorporation of SAF during mycobacteria inhalation procedures revealed that aerosolized mycobacterial strains were maintained under controlled environmental conditions such as humidity, temperature, pressure, and airflow inside the aerosol chamber. In addition, environmental factors and spray factors were not affected by the presence of SAF in mycobacterial cultures during aerosolization. Spray factor was significantly less during aerosol procedures with a low-input dose of mycobacteria in comparison to high-dose, as predicted. The mycobacterial load recovered in the biosampler (AGI) was ~2–3 logs lower than nebulizer or input bacterial load. A consistent Mtb bacillary load determined in mouse lungs indicates that SAF does not affect mycobacteria aerosolization during the aerosol generation process. These data confirmed that 1) SAF prevents formation of excessive foam during aerosolization, 2) SAF had no negative impact on mycobacterial viability within aerosol droplets, 3) Mtb droplets within aerosol-generated particles are well within the range required for reaching and depositing deep into lung tissue, and 4) SAF had no negative impact on achieving a target dose in mice exposed to Mtb aerosol.
Risk perception and subsidy policy-based voluntary vaccination driven by multiple information sources
Authors: Wang Bing , Wu Lili , Hong Xiao , Han Yuexing
Published: October 2022

Exploring vaccination behavior is fundamental to understand the role of vaccine in suppressing the epidemic. Motivated by the efficient role of the risk perception and the subsidy policy in promoting vaccination, we propose the Risk Perception and the Risk Perception with Subsidy Policy voluntary vaccination strategies with imperfect vaccine. The risk perception is driven by multiple information sources based on global information (released by Public Health Bureau) and local information (from first-order neighbors). In time-varying networks, we use the mean-field approach and the Monte Carlo simulations to analyze the epidemic dynamics under vaccination behavior with imperfect vaccine. We find that vaccination with the incorporation of risk perception and subsidy policy can effectively control the epidemic. Moreover, information from different sources plays different roles. Global information is more helpful in promoting vaccination than local information. In addition, to further understand the influence of vaccination strategies, we calculate the social cost as the cost for the vaccine and treatment, and find that excess vaccination cost results in a higher social cost after the herd immunity. Thus, for balancing the epidemic control and social cost, providing individuals with more global information as well as local information would be helpful in vaccination. These results are expected to provide insightful guidance for designing the policy to promote vaccination.
The Worth in Being Unwell
Authors: Bullock Hannah
Published: October 2022

For the past eleven years, despite countless attempts to find a cause, I have lived with undiagnosed chronic pain. My current work delves into my experience with disability and reconstructs my own methodology in order to best accommodate my own access needs. I am calling into question what it means to create a body of work that outwardly rejects the idea that to make valuable art, I must “suffer for it.” Instead, my practice builds upon tasks—primarily breathing—that I can perform from bed when I am unwell. Material explorations aim to make visible the invisible—documenting the physical limitations that are a result of my pain, rather than searching for evidence of its existence.
Recollecting: Gathering Non-Western Language for Disability
Authors: Lin Yo-Yo , Lee Sean
Published: October 2022

A conversation between artist Yo-Yo Lin and Tangled Art + Disability’s Artistic Director Sean Lee in which Lin and Lee ruminate on the cultural specificities of language and disability that change within cultural contexts and generations.
Relational Praxis Art: Confronting Epistemic Injustice In Lumpen Community
Authors: Jackson Kim
Published: October 2022

In a gentrifying Toronto neighbourhood, unwaged/unhoused community members work to maintain their access to a small park that is the heart of their cultural, economic and spiritual practices. Besieged by institutional violence and medicalization, the violences of colonial-capitalism, ageism, ableism, stigmatization and ongoing trauma, their inhabitation of the park is seen to make it “sketchy.” The Friends of Watkinson Park (FoWP) was formed to resist exclusion by gentrification. In working with FoWP I have generated a method called relational praxis art (rpa). With rpa, I engage local materially-based exchange relations and social reproduction practices that build low-income community as a basis for resisting symbolic violence and epistemic injustice: blaming and shaming low-income peoples for the conditions of their lives and the denial of their truths and knowledge contributions. Rpa prioritizes political agency, knowledge production, culture and creativity to generate interventions that assert low-income inhabitation of urban space towards a liberatory future.
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Crone: The Beauty and Risk of Building Accessibility Beyond a Pandemic
Authors: Palmer Dorothy Ellen
Published: October 2022

This personal essay by disabled senior writer Dorothy Ellen Palmer charts the last forty years of her attempts to find a home in the family of CanLit. It addresses the interwoven, systemic barriers of colonial control that have long prevented both the inclusion of senior and disabled writers and the building of true diversity and inclusion. Both physical and attitudinal, these barriers include class, geography, gender, parenthood, urban snobbery, inaccessibility, racism, ageism, and ableism. Palmer’s critique of CanLit’s response to the pandemic is a clear indictment of how the arts in general have failed disabled and senior artists and art patrons. She concludes with an invitation to all to participate in the building of a more inclusive and truly diverse arts community.
Artworks from BEING Studio
Authors: Chan Ada , Ozkul Suzan , Waldie Devin , Cherry Bing , Price Alanna
Published: October 2022

A portfolio of works by artists associated with BEING Studio, a community of artists with developmental disabilities based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Book Review of Diminished Faculties: A Political Phenomenology of Impairment
Authors: Santos Dorothy R.
Published: October 2022

Book Review of Diminished Faculties: A Political Phenomenology of Impairment By Jonathan Sterne
Cymbopogon winterianus, Neurolaena lobata, and Ruta chalepensis—Recurring Herbal Remedies in Guatemalan Maya Q’eqchi’ Homegardens
Authors: Thiel Amanda , Quinlan Marsha B
Published: October 2022

Abstract We report on the top three ethnopharmacological herbs growing among a lowland Guatemalan Q’eqchi’ community’s homegardens. In a gardening culture characterized by pragmatic species distribution and sharing, these few herbaceous species recur in multiple households’ dooryard gardens. Our aim in reporting on the most predominant ethnobotanical herbs gardened in a Maya Q’eqchi’ village’s dooryards is to valorize the capacities of local pharmacological traditions. Thirty-one walking homegarden interviews and participant-observation inform this research with village residents. Té de limón (Cymbopogon winterianus, for cough, fever), Qa’mank/Tres punta (Neurolaena lobata, for diabetes, fever, headache, gastrointestinal ills, evil eye), and Ruda (Ruta chalepensis, for children’s vomiting, weepiness, evil eye) are the prevalent non-woody Q’eqchi’ homegarden herbs here. Regional ethnomedical and extant pharmacology research mutually support the efficacy and continued practicality of these Q’eqchi’ plant uses. Ethnopharmacological research of Maya Q’eqchi’ medicinals documents local knowledge for conservation and calls for their cultural and biomedical respect as prominent, accessible, therapeutic species.

Resumen Reportamos sobre las tres principales hierbas etnofarmacológicas cultivadas en los huertos familiares de una comunidad Q'eqchi' guatemalteca de tierras bajas. En una cultura de jardinería caracterizada por la distribución pragmática de especies y el intercambio, algunas especies herbáceas se repiten en los huertos familiares de múltiples hogares. Nuestro objetivo al reportar sobre las hierbas etnobotánicas más predominantes cultivadas en los patios de una aldea Maya Q'eqchi' es el de valorizar las capacidades de las tradiciones farmacológicas. Treinta y una entrevistas en base a “caminatas botánicas” y la observación participante informan esta investigación con los residentes de la aldea. Cymbopogon winterianus (para la tos, fiebre), Neurolaena lobata (para la diabetes, fiebre, dolor de cabeza, enfermedades gastrointestinales, mal de ojo) y Ruta chalepensis (para el vómito, el llanto y el mal de ojo en niños) son las hierbas medicinales predominantes. Las investigaciones regionales etnomédicas y farmacológicas actuales apoyan mutuamente la eficacia y la factibilidad de estas plantas y sus usos entre los Q’eqchi’. La investigación etnofarmacológica de las medicinas Maya Q'eqchi' documenta el conocimiento local como base para la conservación e invita al respeto cultural y biomédico de estas como especies terapéuticas destacadas y accesibles.
Long-term test of an electric vehicle charged from a photovoltaic carport
Authors: Małek Arkadiusz , Taccani Rodolfo
Published: October 2022

The article includes experimental investigations of electricity consumption over a distance of 30,000 km by a small city electric vehicle. During that time period, the vehicle was charged in most cases from a photovoltaic carport with a peak power of 3 kWp. The analyses include vehicle mileage and the number of times the battery has been charged during 5 years of operation. In addition, the amount of energy generated by the photovoltaic carport was also measured. During the entire research period, the small electric vehicle was charged with State of Charge (SoC) 50% almost 900 times. Then, an analysis was performed to determine the adequacy of the carport peak power selection for the energy needs of the electric vehicle. Based on an analysis of the amount of electricity produced by the carport during the season of use of the electric vehicle, it may be concluded that the average production of electricity in the selected period is about 2 times higher than that required to fully charge the electric vehicle (100% of SoC). Therefore, when designing the carport, the power required to charge the electric vehicle was correctly forecast.
Analysis of road accidents in 2002–2019 on the example of Poland
Authors: Frej Damian , Ludwinek Krzysztof
Published: October 2022

The article presents a general description of the safety problem in Polish road transport in the years 2002-2019. The number of road accidents was analyzed in detail, taking into account the division into side, front and rear collisions and the dynamics of their changes. The article contains information on the dynamics of changes registered in passenger vehicles and trucks in Poland in the years 2000-2018. Moreover, the number of fatalities in road accidents in the years 2002-2019 was presented, taking into account the type of collision. The forecasts of changes in the number of road accidents and rear collisions presented in the article show the downward trend for the years 2020-2030. frontal collisions. An inconspicuous rear collision by not braking a speeding vehicle carries a high risk of damage to the upper cervical spine. As a result of such a collision, even at a low speed of 20 km/h, they can cause irreversible health effects, which lead to permanent disability.
Identifying the Subjects in Which Sixth-Grade Students Have Difficulty Learning in Science Lessons, as well as the Causes of the Problems and Possible Solutions
Authors: Yıldız Emre , Şimşek Ümit
Published: October 2022

This researched aimed to determine the subjects that 6th grade students have learning problems, the reasons for the problems and the suggestions for the solution of the problems. Cross-sectional scanning model has been adopted in the study. In the research, in the 2016-2017 academic year, 1959 6th grade students in Erzurum and 141 science teachers who teach at this grade level were studied. The data were collected through the Learning Problems Identification Questionnaire and the Teacher Learning Problems Identification Survey. Descriptive statistics and content analysis were used in analyzing the data. It was determined that the students experienced the problems in Curriculum System and Force and Motion subjects, learning difficulties, low motivation, increased anxiety and non-persistent knowledge. This situation arises from the reasons that the subject is difficult, orienting to memorization, confusing the concepts, the lesson / subject is boring, they are stressful, they are not given the opportunity for their own learning, the teachers tell the subject themselves, and there is not enough activity. It can be suggested that the lessons aimed at solving the learning problems experienced by students are taught with games, creating fun learning environments, simplifying the subject, and having more communication between students and teachers.
I Have a Voice: Examining Augmentative and Alternative Communication Application According to Parent’s Opinions
Authors: Avcıl Aslı , Görgü Ertan
Published: October 2022

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems (AAC) is an important method for individuals with limited verbal communication (speech) to access communication tools and communicate accordingly. This research examines the application process of the "I Have A Voice" Program, which produces tablet and computer-assisted speech, designed to support the communication skills of individuals with limitations in the verbal communication process, according to the parents' opinions. Within the scope of the research, while describing the application process of the "I Have a Voice" program, it is also aimed to examine the possible problems related to the application and its causes. Another aim of the study is to examine the views of family members about the tablet program and the effect of the Program on family members. In this context, 3 parents who received the tablet program training constitute the research participants. The research was carried out with a case study, one of the qualitative research methods, and the data obtained were analyzed with content analysisAAC supports accessibility and equality so that those with limited verbal communication can independently participate in a social order based on speech. In addition, if these systems are to be utilized effectively, parents must be taught how to use AAC.
Rape or Seduction?
Authors: Hendrarti Ignatia Maria
Published: October 2022

AbstractThis paper deals with the description of many kinds depictions of rape in Indonesian women popular fiction. First, the problematic interpretation of rape shows that many people, especially those working in legal institution, have spesific male interpretation of rape. Some feminists expose that rape, as defined in legal context, fail to determine whether a sexual affair is rape or not. The difficulty also lies in who is in a position to interpret the meaning of such sexual affair. In other words, the notion of who is looking at the case is very crucial. The 'truth' about rape depends on who interprets the situation. In the context of literary depiction of rape, the analysis shows that many women writers are reluctant to give clear picture of rape. Therefore, many “rape” incidents will tend to be interpreted as just a common sexual affair.Keywords:Feminist Criticism, popular literature, politics
Stylistic Communication Deciphered from Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris"
Authors: Jati Ariya
Published: October 2022

This essay deals with features of stylistic communication deciphered from Goo Goo Dolls’ Iris. The features are patterned in the text and discourse of the song lyric. The features are patterned as sound devices, process participants and vocabulary communicated within the song lyric. The analysis caters for relationship between grammaticalness and interpretability of the lyric. The analysis is framed within nature of literary communication in stylistics. The pattern creates communication act which is self-contained, independent of social context and expressive of reality.
Cultural Values in the Practices of Communication and Diplomacy
Authors: Purwoko Herudjati
Published: October 2022

This paper deals with the importance of cultural values in public diplomacy. The reason is that diplomatic misunderstanding is oftentimes influenced by different cultural values emulated by people who live in different countries. Some cases of cultural discrepancy in communication occurred when Indonesian and Australian people have different viewpoints. Some cases of public diplomacy, selected and discussed in this paper, were interestingly derived from different values.
The Psychological Character of Rosemary Fell in Katherine Mansfield’s Short Story Entitled "A Cup of Tea"
Authors: Asmarani Ratna
Published: October 2022

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the psychological character of the upper class woman in Katherine Mansfield’s short story entitled A Cup of Tea. The analysis is based on the concept of narcissism, Maslow’s concept of esteem needs, and consumerism. The method of literary analysis is a contextual one focusing on the intrinsic and extrinsic elements. The result shows that the female character has a low self-esteem with narcissistic grandiosity. Such psychological character always needs attention, appreciation, and praises from other people that are obtained by following upper class exclusive and consumptive way of life. It can be concluded that a narcissistic upper class female often hides vulnerable self-esteem by camouflaging it with glamorous appearance full of self-confidence.Keywords: narcissism, esteem needs, consumerism, upper class
Embodied Experiences Represented in Fishermen’s Children’s Writing across Ages in Pekalongan, Indonesia: A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective
Authors: Nirmala Deli
Published: October 2022

Language represents the speaker’s identity due to the experiences stored in the mind that become mental lexicon used as expressions for communication. Fisherman children observing their fathers’ activities in fishing daily perceive what their parents do for their family. This article is aimed to describe the children’s feeling, experiences, and thought about fishermen through their words or expressions in their writing. To uncover the problems, I used observation method for collecting data; referential and inferential methods for analyzing data. I used elicitation technique to collect the data. The data were the words or expressions written by thirty seven fisherman children of SDN 01 API-API (elementary) SMP Fatkhul Qowim (junior secondary school), and MA Fatkhul Qowim (senior high school) in Wonokerto, Pekalongan, Indonesia. The results indicate that they use emotive vocabulary items which may result in their mental lexicon stored in the mind and fisherman vocabulary item preservation. Besides, they indicate fisherman habits, fishing trip duration, and natural challenges. The most prominent expressions are those referring to the main duties of fishing, natural challenges and hardship on the sea during fishing. Even the children have no direct experiences, they can perceive fisherman jobs quite well due to everyday observation.
Empire Falls and How A Disillusioned Society of the Early 21st Century Resorts to Romantic Tendencies
Authors: Zamzami M Irfan
Published: October 2022

This paper is principally aimed at analyzing the theme of Richard Russo’s Empire Falls in its relation with the socio-economic context of its publication in 2001, namely the economic recession that characterizes the earliest decade of the 21st century. The analysis will be based on historical approach’s assumption of the correlation between literary works and social context in which they are produced. Intrinsically, the novel is dissected into two levels. They are surface level (form) and deeper level (content). The results of the analysis are in the form of philosophical speculations of the novel, which are believed to follow the mood of the early 21st century, including 1) disillusionment to social mobility, 2) incredulity to human agency, and 3) romantic tendencies. This novel’s reaction to the decline of capitalism in the early 21st century seems to be similar to early romantic reaction to the rise of capitalism by returning to nature and resorting to external forces whether divine entity or otherwise.Keywords: 21st century novel; American economic recession; romanticism.
Human Existence as Individual Creature Based on Robert Frost’s Poems, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "the Road Not Taken", Through Stylistic View
Authors: Jumino Jumino
Published: October 2022

Abstract This article deals with human existence as individual creature in the world based on Robert Frost’s poem ”Stopping By Woods on A Snowy Evening” and ”The Road Not Taken”. In doing research, the writer used method of collecting and analyzing data. Observation through document study was used to collect data. While descriptive qualitative method was used to analayze the data. The result shows that both pooems, through poetic device and figurative language used, tell the readers about the responsibilities of human life to do before he os she dies. These may be reponsibilities of any duties and choices in human life. Through the first poem, Robert Frost reminds human being for having forgotten his or her duties in life. Then through the second poem,  the poet emphasizes the importaance of making choices and its consequences of the choices. Key words: human existence, creature, life, choice, duty
Using Twitter for Student Learning in Now Era
Authors: Septiani Pinasthika , Nirmala Deli
Published: October 2022

Twitter is a site that offers a social network of  microblogs thus allows users to receive and send messages called tweets. The purpose of this study to examine how social media can influence students in building ideas and motivation for their own learning and to analyse how Twitter affects on knowledge purpose. In this research, the writer uses contructivism theories to know purpose of learning by using Twitter and sample research method to find out how students use Twitter in every aspect of their learning and how effectively this online application for study. After observing this study, the writer can represent using twitter as a media for learning can build the creativity and self-reliance students, also can build their own knowledge.Keywords: contructivism, learning, social media, twitter
DEIXIS ANALYSIS IN “A NIGHT AT THE OPERA” ALBUM
Authors: Buana Vincent Cahya , Sundari Wiwiek
Published: October 2022

This research discussed types of deixis found in Queen’s album entitled “A Night At The Opera”. It is aimed at revealing the deixis in the song lyrics and explaining the deictic words used by all members of Queen by utilizing the theory of deixis as the analysing tool. The deixis was collected from 11 (eleven) songs’ lyrics on the album by using observation and audio-visual material techniques. The lyrics were copied into.docx format so that the researchers can matched the lyrics while listening to the songs before finally analyse the deixis in it. The result shows that this album contains the whole types of the deixis listed in Levinson’s theory of deixis. The most dominant deixis wasperson and time deixis, while the least dominant one is discourse. The result also exposes the mostly used type of deixis by all members of Queen, that is, first person deictic words since the whole 11 songs in the album mostly told their fans or song listeners about their own story or experience.Keywords: deixis, reference, context, song lyrics
GENDERLECT ASPECTS IN COUNTRY SONGS: A PRAGMATIC STUDY
Authors: Garini Ardia , Mualimin Mualimin
Published: October 2022

A song can be sung by both female and male singers, but some are not. It depends on how the songwriter creates the music lyrics. The songwriter’s gender can also influence the use of the communication style of the lyrics. It is because the way communication between males and females is as different as a culture, appropriates with the term of Genderlect. The goal of this study is to determine the influence of genderlect and the indication of the gendered song in country songs. The data used are country song nominees of Grammy Music Awards 2020. The data are analyzed by presupposition analysis and this study uses purposive sampling and non-participant observation methods for collecting the data. The result of the study shows that genderlect influences the gender of the songwriter, on producing the language of the lyrics. Meanwhile, for the gendered song, it is indicated by the singer who sings the lyrics or the language of the song. Keywords: genderlect; gendered country song; presupposition analysis
REPRESENTATION OF ANXIETY IN THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK BY C. N. ADICHIE (A STUDY OF TRANSITIVITY)
Authors: Yahya Avissa Chaerinda , Nirmala Deli
Published: October 2022

This study discusses a short story entitled The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The purpose of writing this study started from the curiosity of the researcher to find out the anxiety that is reflected in the contents of the short story. As stated in the title of the story, The Thing Around Your Neck, the word thing is described as a symbol of anxiety experienced by the narrator, Akunna. Akunna is one of the main characters in the short story. She is described as a Nigerian-women who is traumatized by her life in America, exhibiting many psychological problems in the form of anxiety. Akunna shows worry, loneliness, helplessness in all life situations that she has to live in. The aims of this study are: 1) to conduct a transitivity analysis to find out how much anxiety is depicted in the story; 2) to explain the anxiety that occurs in the story. The researcher applies descriptive qualitative methods in conducting research and used a non-participant observation method as the data collection method. The data analysis that the researcher used in this study is referential technique. The results of the study show that: 1) there are 5 transitivity processes that represent anxiety in the story, 2) Akunnas' anxiety is caused by the helplessness and stereotypes she receives from the people around her, both Africans and Americans. Keywords: Systemic Functional Linguistics; Anxiety; Short Story; Transitivity
Digital-Game-Based Language Learning for Children: A Study in Vocabulary
Authors: Chandra Chandra , Kepirianto Catur
Published: October 2022

In modern age, people can learn or acquire a second language with the help of technology. The development of technology allows people to create an application called Digital-Based Language Learning (DGBLL). An example of a game application used during research is Studycat’s “Fun English”. This thesis discusses the useof DGBLL in the learning of English vocabulary as a second language. This research is aimed to identify phonemes that are difficult to be pronounced by Indonesian children, to identify the supporting factors for second language acquisition, and to compare the results of before and after the use of DGBLL in children.The writer uses the purposive sampling method, participant observation or referred as the Simak Bebas Libat Cakap technique, and recording technique in collecting data. The recorded data will be analyzed in contrastive analysis method to investigate which phonemes are difficult for children to pronounce.There are three findings of the research. First, the findings show most of the children as subjects find it hard to pronouncethe phonemes [ʤ]; [ʈʃ]; [ð]; [θ]; [æ]; [ʌ]. Second, the findings show that an essential part a second language learning is motivation to learn the language. Third, DGBLL is a useful tool to improve the subjects’ English vocabulary.Keywords: DGBLL; second language acquisition; contrasitive analysis
Lindsey Salmon’s Mourning Process in Facing Sister’s Death in Alis Sebold’s The Lovely Bones
Authors: Nisrina Nabilah , Hadiyanto Hadiyanto
Published: October 2022

This study analyzes the mourning process of Lindsey Salmon, one of the characters in Alice Sebold’s “The Lovely Bones”. This study aims to analyze the character of Lindsey Salmon, the conflicts experienced by Lindsey Salmon, and to identify Lindsey Salmon’s mourning process in coping with Susie Salmon’s death. The writer applies psychological approach to analyze Lindsey Salmon’s process of mourning to Susie Salmon’s death by using J. William Worden’s theory named “the Four Tasks of Mourning”. The result of the study shows Lindsey Salmon’s mourning process through four tasks: accepting the reality of the loss, processing the pain of the grief, adjusting to a world without the deceased, and finding an enduring connection with the deceased in the midst of embarking on a new life. From this study, it can be concluded that even though it takes her a long time, Lindsey Salmon is capable of overcoming her grief over Susie’s death and moving on with her life.Keywords: character; conflict; four tasks of mourning
Mimicry, Ambivalence, and Hybridity of Lazlo Strange Character in Laini Taylor’s Strange the Dreamer
Authors: Lazuardi Pramudya , Laksono Arido
Published: October 2022

The study aims to describe which aspects represent mimicry, ambivalence, and hybridity using Homi K. Bhabha’s postcolonial studies. This research applies a qualitative analysis method. The primary source of the research data is the novel entitled Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor as the object of the study. In contrast, the secondary sources are books and journals related to the study that serves as the primary reference regarding the theory of Bernstein’s heroism and Bhabha’s postcolonialism. To collect the data, the writer uses the close-reading method. This study indicates that the journey of the main character of Strange the Dreamer, Lazlo Strange, is intertwined with postcolonialism issues that develop his act of mimicry, ambivalence, and hybridity.Keywords: postcolonialism; mimicry; ambivalence; hybridity; Lazlo Strange
Characterization of Eleanor Oliphant in Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman: A Study of Transitivity using Corpus-Based Linguistics
Authors: Rahmadanty Sintia Mulia , Subianto Agus
Published: October 2022

The application of transitivity system in analyzing characterization, which is an important element in narrative discourse, is addressed in this study. The writer aims to analyze the lexicons that appear to be able to determine the characterization of the character through the Halliday’s transitivity system theory. The data were taken from the novel “Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine” by Gail Honeyman. To obtain the data, the writer used the non-participant observation and documentation method. The data that were taken from narrator discourses and conversations based on Eleanor Oliphant as an active participant, were annotated manually and processed with the help of the corpus linguistics. The results show that there are six transitivity processes found, which are: material, mental, relational, behavioral, verbal, and existential processes and seventeen circumstances. Each process has lexicons that frequently occur, such as work, drink, read, think, thought, remembered, felt, decided, smiled, laugh, said, stood, and sit. The lexicons can show the characterization of the Eleanor representing her appearance, trait, behavior, identity, and psychology. This can be concluded that the transitivity system can be used to analyze the characterization of Eleanor, who is a hard worker and a drinker who has a trauma and clinical depression, but she tries to live a better life in the present.Keywords: characterization; Eleanor Oliphant; transitivity system; corpus linguistics; lexicon
The Use of Temporal Deixis in Portraying Time Displacement and Sequences of Event in Short Stories
Authors: Muthmainah Hajar Hujjatul , Chandra Oktiva Herry
Published: October 2022

This thesis deals with how readers understand the sequences of event and time displacement in the literary works especially short story. Temporal deixis, as one of deixis types, have an important role along with tense to help readers understand the story. This thesis identifies the sequences of event, describes time displacement and sequence event in short story by using temporal deixis and tense, and explains the use of temporal deixis in short stories. The result shows that four selected short stories contain temporal deixis and change of tense. In conclusion, the four selected short stories contain temporal deixis and change of tense to signify time displacement from present to past and vice versa.Keywords: temporal deixis; time displacement; sequences of event; tense; short story
Will Traynor’s Suicidal Decision as Depicted in Novel Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Authors: Mustafa Lody Kristiyawan , Jumino Jumino
Published: October 2022

In this project, the writer analyzes Will Traynor’s suicide decision which is reflected in novel “Me Before You” by Jojo Moyes. This paper used close reading method and psychological approach to analyze the story. The project aims to discuss Will Traynor suicide decision and how it is affecting to the other characters in the story. Through the analysis in this paper, the writer found several things that influenced Will Traynor suicide decision which was his characteristic, his internal and external conflict, and his psychological aspect. The writer also found that the other characters are really affected by Will’s decision.Keywords: Jojo Moyes; suicide; intrinsic; close-reading; characteristic
Language Functions Used by The Main Characters of The Marriage Story Movie
Authors: Sanastia Shely Martha , Candria Mytha
Published: October 2022

People use different utterances by considering the social context in which communication  takes place. An utterance may have more than one meaning and function depending on social  context and other factors. This study aims to describe the spoken language functions of the main  characters, Charlie and Nicole, in the Marriage Story movie. This descriptive qualitative research  used Roman Jacobson’s language function classification to categorize the selected utterances  found in Marriage Story movie into one of the six functions (emotive, conative, referential,  metalingual, phatic, and poetic). To interpret the classified data and the contexts or situations, I  relate the language functions to social factors and social dimensions based on Holmes’  categorization. The results show that all six language functions appeared in Nicole and Charlie’s  utterances. The data analysis depicts that emotive function is predominantly used by the main  characters throughout the whole movie. Moreover, those language functions are influenced by  social factors and social dimensions.Keywords: language function; social factor; social dimension; Marriage Story.
The Non-kinetic Origins of Aristotle’s Concept of Ἐνέργεια
Authors: Chame Santiago
Published: October 2022

In this paper, I argue that Aristotle was already aware in his earlier texts of the fundamental distinction between motion and activity and of the criterion which structures this contrast. Moreover, I will present textual evidence which suggests that Aristotle’s original concept of ἐνέργεια applies primarily to activities which contain their ends in themselves, and not to motions, which are different from their ends.
The literary commentary in Sanskrit as metalinguistic communication
Authors: Patel Deven M.
Published: October 2022

Although discernible, if only impressionistically, to most who have read commentaries along with Sanskrit kāvya, links between features of everyday communication and the commentarial format merit an explicit highlighting, especially with respect to their mutual utilization of metalanguage to effectively convey intended messages on a semantic and pragmatic level. Traditional and modern scholars who have reflected upon and practiced interpretation, particularly scriptural hermeneutics and grammatical analysis, have brought wide attention to the varied metalinguistic devices and cultural pragmatics that go into shaping a commentarial tradition of cherished foundational works on Veda, buddhavacana, Jain sūtra, vyākaraṇa, and any number of traditions of philosophical śāstra. This paper builds on some of this reflection to specifically address metalinguistic features that characterize the kāvya commentary in Sanskrit. Among these features include discursive processes to underscore complex semantic sense in poetry as well as to reproduce or reveal pragmatic interactive contexts within which kāvya is read.
Schlechte Angewohnheiten
Authors: Zambrana Rocío
Published: October 2022

Recent discussions of Hegel’s conception of second nature, specifically focused on Hegel’s notion of habit, have greatly advanced our understanding of Hegel’s views on embodied normativity. This essay examines Hegel’s account of embodied normativity in relation to his assessment of good and bad habits. Engaging Hegel’s account of the rabble in the Philosophy of Right and Frank Ruda’s assessment of Hegel’s rabble, this essay traces the relation between ethicality, idleness and race in Hegel. In embodying a position of refusal in its affirmation of idleness, the rabble disallows the progressive revision of the project of modernity central to Hegel’s philosophy. Hegel’s discussion of the rabble is thus key to assessing the production of race within Hegel’s notion of ethical life.
The Central Avenue Borderscape
Authors: Marcus Kenneth H.
Published: October 2022

Since the early twentieth century, African Americans in Los Angeles confronted a variety of borders—racial, cultural, economic, and social—in an environment of Jim Crow restrictions. In this article I apply the concept of the borderscape to the multiethnic community of Central Avenue in Los Angeles to consider how musicians encountered borders in the city during the Great Migration. In the fields of jazz (Clora Bryant, Howard McGhee, Dexter Gordon), education (William Wilkins, John Gray, Sam Browne, Alma Hightower), and composition (William Grant Still, Harold Bruce Forsythe), many African Americans used music both to transcend borders and to resist Jim Crow restrictions within the Central Avenue borderscape.
Psychophysiological Prerequisites to Master Foreign Language Communicative Competence by University Students during the Functioning of a Hybrid Educational Program
Authors:   Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Repina Yulia A.
Published: October 2022

The article presents a theoretical analysis of the phenomenon of hybrid educational environment. Definitions of distance learning are given. The history of the development of distance learning both in Russia and abroad is noted. A brief overview of the use of distance learning technologies in the educational process is presented. The psychophysiological features of the perception of foreign speech by ear and its development in the learning process through distance educational technologies are considered.
An optimal growth pattern during pregnancy and early childhood associates with better fertility in men
Authors: Laru Johanna , Ojaniemi Marja , Franks Stephen , Järvelin Marjo-Riitta , Korhonen Elisa , Piltonen Terhi T , Sebert Sylvain , Tapanainen Juha S , Morin-Papunen Laure
Published: October 2022

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the association between birth weight (BW), childhood and adolescent BMI, with reproductive capacity in men.

Design

A prospective, population-based cohort study (Northern Finland birth cohort 1966).

Methods

Around 6196 men born in 1966 were followed from birth to age 50 years. Weight and height were measured repeatedly by professionals. Reproductive capacity (infertility assessment, male factor infertility and infertility treatment by age 46 years) was evaluated by questionnaires at ages 31 and 46 years. The number of children by the age of 50 years was recovered from registers. After excluding the men who reported never having attempted to have children or not answering the question at age 31 or 46 years (n = 2041), 4128 men were included in the final study population. Results were adjusted for BW, BW for gestational age (GA), mother's smoking status, marital status, educational level and smoking status.

Results

Being small for GA (10.5% vs 8.2%, P = 0.012) or having a lower BW (3495 g vs 3548 g, P = 0.003) were associated with childlessness. The association was however no longer significant after adjusting for marital status. Being underweight in early childhood was associated with an increased risk of infertility assessment (adjusted, aOR: 2.04(1.07–3.81)) and childlessness (aOR: 1.47(1.01–2.17)) compared to the normal weight group. Conversely, overweight or obesity in early childhood was associated with a decreased risk of infertility assessment (aOR: 0.60 (0.41–0.87)), treatment (aOR: 0.42 (0.25–0.70)) and male factor infertility (aOR: 0.45 (0.21–0.97)). BMI in mid-childhood or puberty had no association with infertility or childlessness.

Conclusion

In boys, an optimal growth trajectory during pregnancy and early childhood seems to be very important for life-long fertility.
Faltar: focalización, expresividad y analogía
Authors: Cifuentes Honrubia José Luis
Published: October 2022

El verbo faltar expresa un significado determinado contextualmente, al depender del esquema mental en el que el hablante piensa que está prevista la existencia del sujeto. Esta determinación contextual parece haber facilitado los procesos de subjetivación que analizamos en este trabajo, pues son muchas las construcciones exclamativas lexicalizadas posibilitadas por el verbo faltar en las que se expresa algún contenido de rechazo, negación o sorpresa ante alguna situación adversa: (no) faltaría / faltaba más, solo faltaba / faltaría, lo que faltaba, (no) faltaba / faltaría otra cosa, eso faltaba / faltaría, ni más faltaba, no más faltaba, nada más faltaba. A partir de los datos facilitados por CDH y CORPES, analizamos las distintas construcciones dando cuenta de los significados y características formales de las mismas, así como de su origen. El proceso de subjetivación ha motivado la gramaticalización de ciertas construcciones como marcadores de modalidad epistémica, pudiendo encontrar igualmente diversos pasos intermedios en dicho continuo. Asimismo, la influencia analógica también ha sido determinante. El esquema general evolutivo que hemos acreditado es el siguiente: construcción focal > construcción focal con valor escalar negativo > construcción focal con valor escalar negativo y énfasis fonético > valor epistémico >cortesía.
Engaging youth in food preservation: Examining knowledge and practice on Canada’s West Coast
Authors: Oloko Majing , Reed Maureen G. , Robson James P.
Published: October 2022

Youth in remote communities of Canada, including those in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Region (CSUBR), can benefit from building food preservation knowledge because of the additional challenges they experience accessing healthy food. Regrettably, youth in these areas are not adequately engaged in food practices within households that support knowledge building. Schools and community food programs that serve to fill such learning gaps lack food preservation content and are developed without input from youth. Consequently, youth in remote areas, including those in the CSUBR, lack food preservation learning opportunities. To address these gaps, we examine youth participation in food preservation in the CSUBR. We adopted a participatory approach to emphasize youth perspectives. This paper is based on interviews, food preservation workshops, and workshop evaluations with youth. The interviews provided multiple perspectives, including current youth engagement in food preservation activities and factors that hinder or motivate youth participation in food preservation. In addition, we organized food preservation workshops to support youth learning goals. These workshops were evaluated to highlight participants' experiences, including their efficacy in supporting food preservation knowledge building. Findings show that youth are not adequately participating in food preservation compared to other food provisioning activities. Factors such as the lack of teachers hinder youth from participating in food preservation. The workshops supported youth in building various food preservation techniques and learning about the cultural importance of food – important skills and knowledge to support youth food security and their community's food sovereignty.
Proposing a Framework for School Food Program Evaluation in Canada
Authors: Everitt Tracy , Ward Stephanie , Martin Wanda , Engler-Stringer Rachel
Published: October 2022

Healthy eating in school-aged children supports optimal growth and learning; however, diet quality and food insecurity are a source of concern for many school-aged children in Canada. Canadian school-aged children’s diets are a concern. In 2019 the Canadian federal government announced the intention to work towards a National School Food Program. A nationally organized program can evolve and meet the needs of children if there is a national evaluation strategy developed along with the program. A scoping review published in 2019 consisted of reports of school food programs in Canada evaluating nutritional impacts and food system sustainability. Food system sustainability recognizes the full impact that school food programs can have on individual, community, and environmental health by integrating social determinants of health, food systems, and economic sustainability. We conducted a content analysis of the evaluation strategies of these programs. Of the 17 peer-reviewed and 18 grey literature publications in the initial scoping review, 12 peer-reviewed and seven grey literature publications contained an evaluation component. Components assessed social determinants of health, including changes in food intake, knowledge about local foods, educational and behavioural outcomes, general knowledge, intention to eat, and willingness to try new foods. An evaluation template for school food programs including categories for social systems, environmental and economic sustainability would capture elements contributing to program impact.