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POTENSI PENGEMBANGAN FASHION STREETWEAR MELALUI MOTIF DAUN SIMPUR PADA CRAB DI PROVINSI KEPULAUAN BANGKA BELITUNG
Authors: Janah Nurul , Lusia Rohil Agatha , Robakiah Robakiah , Andini Dwi , Pratiwi Desti Aulia , Dalimunthe Desy Yuliana
Published: April 2024

Fashion merupakan sebuah produk yang diciptakan mewakili kebutuhan individual. Fashion remaja berkembang pesat mengikuti jaman, dengan demikian munculah fenomena gaya busana salah satunya trend bergaya streetwear yang sempat trend juga pada era 90an. Salah satu Fashion Streetwear yang banyak digunakan adalah cardigan. Keberadaan Cardigan Rajut Bangka Belitug (CRAB) memiliki pangsa pasar tersendiri, khususnya dari sisi fashion  anak muda. CRAB hadir dengan motif yang mengangkat unsur kearifan lokal Provinsi Kepulauan Bangka Belitung yaitu daun simpur.  Adapun tujuan dari kegiatan ini yaitu dapat menghasilkan produk wirausaha berupa CRAB dengan motif simpur sebagai bagian dari kearifan lokal Provinsi Kepulauan Bangka Belitung dalam mendorong perekonomian baru bagi mahasiswa. Proses produksi CRAB menggunakan kuesioner uji kelayakan produk dan analisis ekonomi. Berdasarkan kuesioner diperoleh hasil bahwa terdapat 111 responden. Menurut responden usaha produk CRAB memiliki peluang untuk diproduksi dan dapat diterima cukup baik oleh calon konsumen sebesar 97,3%. Selain itu, Usaha produk CRAB cukup menjanjikan dengan hasil analisis ekonomi didapatkan profit yang mencapai >5,5 juta dalam kurun waktu 3 bulan. Sehingga usaha ini layak untuk dikembangkan berdasarkan uji kelayakan dan analisis ekonomi yang digunakan.
PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS APLIKASI PADA MATERI MATEMATIKA UNTUK KELAS 5 SD
Authors: Nurfalah Hana , Majid Nuur Wachid Abdul
Published: April 2024

Perkembangan teknologi saat ini telah berkembang pesat. Bahkan di usia di bawah 10 tahun pun sudah mengenal teknologi khususnya smartphone yang bisa digunakan untuk mengakses apa saja. Dalam dunia Pendidikan, tentunya tidak terlepas dari perkembangan teknologi. Hal ini membuat para tenaga pendidik harus terus berinovasi agar pendidkan dan teknologi harus saling beriringan. Di salah satu sekolah di kota bandung siswa/siswi sekolah tersebut memiliki tingkat numerasi yang rendah. Setelah di observasi hal tersebut terjadi karena beberapa hal. Salah satunya karena metode yang disampaikan oleh guru kurang inovatif dan belum beradaptasi dengan teknologi. Oleh karena beberapa permasalahan itulah yang menjadi latar belakang dilakukannya penelitian. Penelitian ini dikembangkan dengan tujuan : (1) mengembangkan produk berupa aplikasi yang berisikan materi, video, dan kuis materi bangun ruang dan bangun datar untuk kelas 5 Sekolah Dasar. (2) sebagai media pembelajaran alternatif yang dapat digunakan oleh guru ketika mengajar (3) mengetahui efektifitas media pembelajaran bebasis aplikasi. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode Research and Development (R&D) dengan model pengembangan Analyze, Design, Development, Implemenation and Evaluation (ADDIE). Sedangkan metode pengujian dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode System Usability Scale (SUS)  Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah terciptanya sebuah aplikasi interaktif yang dapat digunakan oleh siswa ataupun guru di sekolah agar pembelajaran lebih menarik. Isi didalam aplikasi tersebut menarik, karena didalamnya terdapat tombol-tombol yang mudah digunakan dan mudah dipahami juga terdapat petunjuk penggunaan aplikasi tersebut, terdapat fitur materi, contoh soal, video, dan quiz. Dan setelah dilakukan uji coba kepada siswa dan guru mendapat hasil 74,25 %. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa pengembangan media pembelajaran berbasis aplikasi untuk materi matematika pada kelas 5 sekolah dasar efisien dan efektif jika digunakan oleh siswa dan guru.
OPTIMALKAN KESEHATAN KELUARGA: PENDAMPINGAN TPK DALAM PENINGKATAN GIZI DAN PENCEGAHAN STUNTING DI DESA KELAMBIR KABUPATEN DELI SERDANG
Authors: Hodriani Hodriani , Rahmi Anna , Hadiningrum Sri , Listia Wan Nova , Junaidi Junaidi
Published: April 2024

Kabupaten Deli Serdang termasuk daerah lokus stunting yang ada di Sumatera Utara. Salah satu dari 45 desa Lokus stunting Kabupaten Deli Serdang adalah Desa Kelambir yang terletak di Kecamatan Pantai Labu. Desa Kelambir telah membentuk sususan pengurusan KPM yang memiliki peranan penting pembina pencegahan stunting yang kegiatan dilaksanakan untuk pencegahan stunting untuk pemenuhan gizi balita dan ibu hamil.Kegiatan pendampingan ini bertujuan dalam pemenuhan gizi masyarakat khususnya pada berisiko stunting, memperoleh pengetahuan dan keterampilan dalam penyediaan makanan sehat dan bergizi berbasis sumber daya lokal serta meningkatkan kesejahteraan keluarga. Metode pada kegiatan ini yaitu pendekatan kepada mitra selanjutnya pelaksanaan yang meliputi kegiatan pendidikan, sosialisasi, pelatihan, dan pendampingan dalam membuat menu sehat pencegah stunting. Hasil kegiatan menunjukkan dampak positif dari sosialisasi dan pendampingan ini. Peserta kegiatan baik dari tim PKK, calon penganting, ibu hamil maupun ibu yang mempunyai anak usia balita dapat memahami pemanfaatan pangan lokal sebagai menu dapur sehat untuk mencegah stunting. Hasil yang positif dari evaluasi akan mengindikasikan bahwa peserta telah mampu menginternalisasi informasi tersebut dan mengaplikasikannya dalam konteks kehidupan sehari-hari.Pemanfaatan pangan lokal nusantara bukan hanya sekadar inovasi kuliner, tetapi juga merupakan strategi berkelanjutan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan gizi ibu hamil dan anak balita. Kegiatan ini diharapkan mampu menciptakan lingkungan makan yang sehat, hubungan sinergis antara lingkungan, ekonomi lokal, dan kesehatan masyarakat.
PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT MELALUI KEMANDIRIAN PENGUKURAN TEKANAN DARAH UNTUK MENGENDALIKAN HIPERTENSI DI DESA CIPARAY RW 07 KABUPATEN BANDUNG
Authors: Kurniawati Ratna Dian , Lolan Yosef Pandai , K Supriyatni , Ramadhan Adi Putra , Rahmaan Shyfa Auliya , Aryani Meta , Nuraeni Widia , Rizkianto Kahfi
Published: April 2024

Health problems of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), especially hypertension, which is a condition of abnormal blood pressure increase that occurs in the arteries. Referring to the results of Basic Health Research in 2018, Indonesian people who have an age of more than 18 years have a percentage of 34.1% and a percentage of 8.8% were diagnosed with hypertension. Hypertensive disease is a disease that must be handled appropriately and appropriately, the higher the blood pressure of the patient, the higher the risk of being received by the patient. This community service aims to implement preventive and promotive health efforts related to hypertension with mechanisms to increase public knowledge to prevent and control hypertension. This method of community service begins with the Training and Formation of Special Cadres of PTM Posbindu, distribution of Pre-test, counseling, and activities of PTM Posbindu, ending with the distribution of Post-test. With a target of cadres and 33 residents with hypertension. The whole series of community service activities have been carried out. Counseling, training, and the formation of special cadres of PTM Posbindu were successfully implemented, formed, and activated. After community service, there are differences in increasing residents' knowledge about hypertension. At the time of pre-test measurement, 24% of citizens were well informed, increasing when post-test measurements were carried out with results of 70% of citizens with good knowledge. Community service activities are carried out according to the plan agreed upon at MMRW. This community service has succeeded in increasing residents' knowledge about hypertension.
AKSI BERSIH PANTAI SEBAGAI UPAYA MENINGKATKAN KEPEDULIAN MASYARAKAT DALAM MENJAGA KEBERSIHAN PANTAI KUTA, PROVINSI BALI
Authors: Husnayaen  , Arini Dwi Puspa , Anhar Alfian , Bela Riyani , Widnyana I Made Alit , Pamungkas Angger Bayu
Published: April 2024

Permasalahan penumpukan sampah bukan lagi permasalahan baru di Pantai Kuta. Berbagai upaya telah dilakukan oleh masyarakat dan Pemerintah daerah setempat dalam mengurangi pencemaran yang terjadi. Namun demikian, upaya tersebut masih belum mampu mengurangi tumpukan sampah yang ada di Pantai Kuta. Adanya fenomena angin barat yang mengirimkan sampah dari luar Pulau Bali dan kesadaran masyarakat sekitar yang kurang dalam menjaga lingkungan semakin memperburuk keindahan Pantai Kuta. Permasalahan sampah ini mengancam Pantai Kuta dari sisi keindahan, kesehatan masyarakat dan kehidupan biota yang ada disekitarnya. Salah satu upaya yang dapat dilakukan untuk mengatasi permasalahan tersebut adalah dengan melakukan kegiatan aksi bersih pantai di sekitar Pantai Kuta. Aksi bersih pantai ini bertujuan untuk memberikan pemahaman kepada masyarakat sekitar dan wisatawan tentang pentingnya menjaga kebersihan sehingga keindahan Pantai Kuta dapat dinikmati dengan nyaman. Pelaksanaan aksi bersih pantai ini mendapat perhatian banyak pihak yang dihadiri oleh 1798 peserta yaitu terdiri dari berbagai macam golongan masyarakat mulai dari anak-anak sampai orang dewasa. Kegiatan aksi bersih pantai terselenggarakan dengan baik dan berjalan lancar sesuai dengan rencana kegiatan yang telah disusun.
Postweld Heat Treatment of 15Cr-6Ni-2Mo-1Cu Supermartensitic Stainless Steel Welds
Authors:   American Welding Society, BAUMER RICHARD E. , PESSOA EZEQUIEL CAIRES PEREIRA , KRISHNAN KARTHIK , NAM VU THANH
Published: April 2024

Supermartensitic stainless steels with 15Cr-6Ni- 2Mo-1Cu and 135 ksi minimum yield strength (15Cr- 135 SMSS) offer high strength and good toughness through a complex hierarchical microstructure of nanoscale precipitates, tempered martensite, and reverted austenite. Upon welding and postweld heat treatment, substantial changes to heat-affected zone microstructure and hardness may occur. Here, we reveal spatially heterogeneous microstructure and microhardness in the HAZ of 15Cr-135 SMSS; correlate these changes to measured phase transformation temperatures; and demonstrate that HAZ hardness changes depend strongly on postweld heat treatment (PWHT) temperatures. Furthermore, we demonstrate that PWHT may lead to undesired reductions in base metal yield strength and formulate a design guide for PWHT that quantifies the trade-offs in desired reductions of HAZ hardness with undesired changes to base metal yield strength. These findings have important practical implications for welding procedure design and qualification.
The Decolonial Aesthesis of Recentering: Politics of the Past, Ecology, and Gender in Léonora Miano's Rouge Impératrice
Authors: Mbaye Aminata Cécile
Published: April 2024

Abstract: Léonora Miano's novel Rouge impératrice (2019) plunges readers into the year 2124 to imagine a future for the African continent. Decolonial approaches, especially as theorized by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, demonstrate how the novel elaborates a decolonial aesthesis of recentering. This concept helps define the decolonial posture at work in it, where an imaginary return to Africa is informed by reenvisioning the past and reflecting on ecology and gender.
British Food (In)security Policies in Colonial Nigeria and Popular Reactions in the Southwestern and Southeastern Provinces, 1939–45
Authors: Afolabi Abiodun S.
Published: April 2024

Abstract: The effects of the Second World War on food insecurity in Africa have gained scholarly attention over the past few years; however, there have been no comprehensive attempts to provide historical evidence and analyze the experience of food insecurity in the colonial territories that later transformed into Southern Nigeria. This article fills this gap in research and argues that the demands of the British colonial government for food supplies, along with other policies geared toward agricultural regulation such as the Pullen Scheme, led to such inflation of food prices in urban centers that rural producers could not meet the demand for foodstuffs. The resulting food shortage triggered reactions from indigenous peoples, particularly market women in the southern and eastern provinces of colonial Nigeria. The article supports its arguments using a combination of sources from the Nigerian National Archives, newspaper reports, and peer-reviewed journals.
Subversive Spirits and Ostentatious Materials: An African Diasporic Necropolitics of Agitation
Authors: Otero Solimar , Wirtz Kristina
Published: April 2024

Abstract: Practitioners of Afro-Cuban spiritual modalities work with spirits of the dead, including “mocking” and “perturbing” spirits whose afflictions force a reckoning with histories of violence—what Toni Morrison calls “rememory.” Rememory recognizes the irrepressible power of the abject being, who struggles against non-being. In the wake of the violent erasures and denials of humanity imposed by colonialism, slavery, and the ongoing climate of anti-blackness, African diaspora dead and living engage in collaborative agitations to disrupt the “absenting” logics of (post)colonial, white supremacist, and heteropatriarchal necropolitics. In juxtaposing cases from anti-lynching protests in the United States to femicide at the origins of the Cuban Abakuá brotherhoods, we describe material practices involving unquiet spirits, bones, and traces that produce necropolitical presences. Attending to the afterlives of subversive spirits who refuse erasure provides models for onto-political action in ritual practices that also inform political projects of mourning as protest. Resumen: Los practicantes de las modalidades espirituales afrocubanas trabajan con los espíritus de los muertos, e incluso con los espíritus “burlones” o “perturbadores” cuyas aflicciones fuerzan un enfrentamiento con las historias de la violencia—lo que Toni Morrison nombra “rememoria.” La rememoria reconoce el poder irreprimible del ser abyecto, el que lucha contra el estado de no-ser. En la estela dejada por las violentas tachaduras y negaciones de la humanidad que se han impuesto el colonialismo, la esclavitud, y el clima de anti-negritud que continúa, los muertos y vivos de la diáspora africana entran en agitaciones colaborativas para interrumpir las lógicas “borradoras” de una necropolítica (pos)colonial, supremacista blanca y heteropatriarcal. A yuxtaponer casos desde las protestas en contra el linchamiento en los Estados Unidos hasta el femicidio originario de las fraternidades abakuás cubanas, describimos las prácticas materiales que involucran los espíritus, huesos y huellas inquietos que producen las presencias necropolíticas. La atención a las vidas futuras de los espíritus subversivos que rechazan la supresión provee modelos para la acción onto-política a través de las prácticas rituales que también sustentan los proyectos políticos del luto como protesta.
Decolonial Healing and Epistemic Disobedience in Ana Castillo's So Far from God
Authors: Hakobyan Liana
Published: April 2024

Abstract: Ana Castillo's So Far from God draws attention to the effects of global toxicity on female bodies as the characters of the novel fall victim to various forms of social, economic, and environmental injustice such as war, AIDS, cancer, and rape. This essay engages theories on decoloniality to illustrate how Castillo textualizes spiritual practices and alternative forms of knowledge to weave an epistemically disobedient narrative. By constructing Chicana figures who embody hybrid, subversive spiritualities enabled by the syncretic space of the US-Mexico border, Castillo offers avenues for liberation from colonial and patriarchal ideologies that are textualized as physical, sexual, and spiritual transformations. Notably, the characters who refuse to see the colonial difference are consumed by the colonial matrix of power, eventually falling victim to war and industrial toxicity. By weaving spirituality, curanderismo, and the supernatural into the lived experiences of the female characters in So Far, Castillo constructs Chicana subjectivities that enact body politics of knowledge and decolonial forms of being in the world.
The Connection Between Don Byas and Charlie Parker's Improvisational Approach to Rhythm Changes
Authors: Moses Dexter
Published: April 2024

Abstract: Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, tenor saxophonist, was regarded by his peers as a pivotal figure in the development of bebop. Even though his roots were in the swing era, he was open to new harmonic possibilities explored by the likes of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Musicians during the bebop era (mid-1940s) would embellish popular song forms at the time, most notably "I Got Rhythm" (Rhythm Changes). Parker and Gillespie are among the few credited with the creation of bebop, but Byas is left out of the conversation. However, On November 2nd, 1944, jazz enthusiast Timmie Rosenkranz recorded Byas and Stewart playing "I Got Rhythm" in his apartment. Due to the recording ban of 1942–1944, early bebop was substantially undocumented, therefore, the recording made by Rosenkranz showcases the earliest bebop improvisation played over rhythm changes at 300 beats per minute based on discography records. I will compare three choruses of improvisation from Don Byas's 1944 recording of "I Got Rhythm" to three choruses of Charlie Parker's 1950 live recording of "Anthropology." I am looking at how they use the following techniques in both of their solos: chromaticism, chord substitutions, and use of non-diatonic chord extensions.
Topics vs. Timelines: Restructuring Jazz History Curricula for Today's Classroom
Authors: Boornazian Josiah
Published: April 2024

Abstract: Jazz history unfolded chronologically, but chronology does not necessarily imply teleology or causality. In other words, the fact that certain jazz styles came after others does not unquestionably mean that jazz history followed a fixed course dictated by the perceived inevitability of artistic "progress." Although it is important for jazz history students to have a foundational understanding of jazz history in a chronological fashion, presenting history on a straightforward, simplistic timeline defined by distinct style periods is not the only way to teach the music of the past. There may be significant merit in reorganizing the way jazz history is sometimes presented. Musicians, albums, and style movements could be grouped together and studied according to thematically broad abstract topics to stimulate student engagement, independent thinking, and impassioned discussion. Examples include organizing jazz history curricula into nonsequential subjects such as jazz and politics, jazz and gender, jazz and racial identity, jazz and economics, jazz and the government, jazz and authenticity, and jazz and technology.
Teaching Cultural Competency through Early New Orleans Jazz
Authors: Williams Sarin
Published: April 2024

Abstract: Studying the inception of early jazz in 20th-century New Orleans can provide opportunities to address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion by increasing cultural competency. Providing students with a historical framework for the creation of jazz may promote empathy with musicians of diverse races, cultures, and musical backgrounds while applying these lessons to students' lives today. Early jazz itself can be examined as a combination of African and European musical ancestry brought together by Black, White, and Creole musicians for the birth of a unique musical idiom to the United States. Along with historical information, this article integrates three suggested lessons connecting cultural competency to the National Association for Music Education's 2014 Music Standards through the creation of jazz for a diverse array of students.
Finding Your Niche as a Jazz Music Entrepreneur
Authors: Muñiz-Collado Jessica
Published: April 2024

Abstract: Since we continue to live in a digital age where billions of people are connected through the internet, and entrepreneurship opportunities become more realistic and accessible, an increasing number of jazz musicians are exploring ways where they can transform their art into a viable music business. "What does it take to run my own music business?" and "can I really have an independent and sustainable music career as a jazz artist?" are questions that are becoming increasingly common among student jazz musicians with entrepreneurial mindsets. The first step at achieving a viable music business is finding one's niche. Once a jazz entrepreneur finds their niche, they can then identify their target market. This Quick Hit aims to provide a method of approach to which jazz musicians can find their niche to stand out among the digital noise of other jazz competitors so they can identify their target market. Additionally, tips on how jazz educators can help their students find their niche will be discussed.
Jackie McLean "Bird Lives": A Pedagogical Analysis and Application
Authors: Walters Colin
Published: April 2024

Abstract: Jackie McLean composed "Bird Lives" in admiration of the legendary alto saxophonist Charlie Parker. First recorded on McLean's 1990 album, Dynasty, featuring the Jackie McLean Quintet, "Bird Lives" is a classic example of the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic sounds of the bebop era with a contemporary twist. This article provides practical approaches to learning to performing "Bird Lives" so that musicians and listeners of all ages are able to engage in the communal music making experience of the blues and to embrace the deep oral and aural traditions of the jazz idiom. "Bird Lives" presents learners with opportunities to expand their interpretive and conceptual understanding of bebop articulation and chordal substitutions through their improvisation. Whether performed in a chamber group or large ensemble format, the opportunities to swing, improvise, and create freely are limitless. By studying the innovative stylistic aspects of the bebop era through "Bird Lives" young musicians may begin to develop their own personal sound that reflects the most expressive aspects of the jazz continuum.
Of Tongues and Skulls: The Influence of Race on Language Sciences in 1930s Turkey
Authors: Erdman Michael
Published: April 2024

ABSTRACT: In the 1930s, historiography in Turkey underwent a massive shift. Among the primary interests that emerged as part of the new nationalist historical narrative were a fascination with the physical appearance and the language of the ancient Turks. This paper explores one specific connection between these two topics: the influence that racial anthropology exerted over historical linguistics. By using the speeches made at the First and Second Historical Conferences, and those documented from the first three Turkish Language Congresses, I identify the seeds that were sown for a racial linguistics. I track the evolution of arguments for a physiological basis to narratives about language development, and the eventual harvest of a clear view about the importance of skull types for histories of language. The paper ends with a brief look at the fates of those engaged in enunciating a racialist linguistics in Turkey.
“Our Brother’s Blood”: Interreligious Solidarity and Commensality in Indian Jewish Literature
Authors: Guttman Anna Michal
Published: April 2024

Abstract: This article argues that contemporary Indian Jewish literature recovers a narrative of lost, Indigenous cosmopolitanism, which effectively reframes the history of the Indian subcontinent. More specifically, it contends that interreligious commensality, particularly between Jews and Muslims, forms the center of this cosmopolitan vision, thereby reimagining the home—rather than the public sphere—as the center of cosmopolitan experience. This gendered focus on food as a site for cultural syncretism and remembrance renders the home as a space that redefines Jewish identity and community, thereby challenging the patriarchal authority of both Jewish law and the Indian state. These texts (fiction, drama, poetry and creative nonfiction) preserve and transmit forms of Indian Jewish identity that are marginalized within India and little known by Jews outside the subcontinent. Despite the precipitous decline in the size of India’s Jewish communities, that loss is not defined primarily by externally imposed trauma. Indian Jewish literature therefore offers a distinctive model for remembrance that also challenges contemporary truisms about relationships between Jews and others. The memory of past commensality offers a note of both caution and hope as contemporary Indian Jewish writers wrestle with Jewish-Muslim conflict in the Middle East, where the majority of Jews of Indian descent now reside.
Better “A Well-Trained Werewolf” Than “A Jewish Wolf in Philosophical Sheep’s Clothing”? Heine and Litter-ary Jews
Authors: Geller Jay
Published: April 2024

Abstract: In the Jessica chapter of his 1838 Shakespeare’s Maidens and Women , Heinrich Heine provocatively identified Shylock as a “well-trained werewolf.” Was Heine also alluding to the characterization of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s eponymous protagonist Nathan the Wise as a “Jewish wolf in philosophical sheep’s clothing” that would ironize the seemingly self-evident coupling of the two foremost Jewish characters to appear on German stages in the correlation Nathan:Shylock::good Jew:bad Jew? This article investigates that possibility first by situating each lupine image within its respective text (as well as noting Shakespeare’s use of canid aspersions of Shylock in Merchant of Venice ). It then examines the German and English critical reception of Shylock and other Jewish stage characters (e.g., Richard Cumberland’s The Jew ) to which Heine would have had access, after which it directs attention to the deployment of “Shylock” as an epithet, the references to Lessing and Nathan, and the use of lupine and canine figures in Heine’s letters and writings. In addition, the article charts the history of the specifically German-Jewish reception of Nathan /Nathan and indicates their late, post-“Jessica” coining as the opposed faces of the Jewish ducat exchanged in the German imaginary. It concludes by discussing Ernst Simon’s invocation, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Nathan ’s publication, of Heine’s characterization of Shylock in order to turn the by-then-commonplace polarity on its head.
Three Ruins in Infiltration by Yehoshua Kenaz
Authors: Rapp Ronit
Published: April 2024

Abstract: This article will discuss the visual, social, and political meanings arising from the description of three ruins in the novel Infiltration (1986) by Israeli author Yehoshua Kenaz. The novel tells the story of a group of recruits with mild disabilities at a basic training camp in Israel in the 1950s. The three ruins are situated in the locales where the soldiers live or train. The first is in Ramla, where Avner makes love to his married paramour; the second is a remnant of the village of Sarafand, where the recruits train for night combat and Alon, the kibbutznik, shoots for no reason; and the third is in the Sand Dunes near Ashkelon. Previous scholarship has overlooked the similarity between shooting into an Arab ruin and shooting at a “ghost”—the traces of a Palestinian village left after the residents’ expulsion/flight during the 1948 War of Independence. The ruin is a traumatic, liminal space that awakens in the narrator’s mind childhood memories mingled with nightmares. The soldiers confront the third ruin at the Barne ʿ a Sand Dunes during a series of military exercises practicing infiltration tactics. The scene is revealed as a mise-enabyme , a part of the novel that replicates the general plot in miniature. This article will examine the differences between the three ruins, showing why it is only at the third ruin that the recruits realize they are witness to the catastrophic erasure of a human settlement. The first two ruins create a romantic-melancholy impression, while the third is surrealist. The article will elucidate the link between these artistic movements and the novel’s political-social dimensions.
Translational Discontent: Robert Alter’s Tanakh , Daniel Matt’s Zohar , and the Scepter of Translation in the Twenty-First Century
Authors: Scharf Orr
Published: April 2024

Abstract: Robert Alter’s The Hebrew Bible and Daniel Matt’s The Zohar: Pritzker Edition mark a new stage in the continued evolution of the reception, interpretation, and translation of Jewish Scriptures. This article offers a conceptual framework for reflecting on the translation of Jewish scriptures in the twenty-first century, positing the translations by Alter and Matt as the foremost achievements in this field. The proposed framework draws on Freud’s notion of personal discontent in order to reflect on the reasoning, aspirations, and drives underlying the decision to embark on translation projects such as those undertaken by Alter and Matt in the first place.
Victorian Trauma: War, Railway Accidents, and the Vulnerable Body
Authors: Danahay Martin
Published: April 2024

Abstract: In Balaclava (1876) by Elizabeth Thompson (later known as Lady Butler) the central figure of a traumatized survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade, modeled after real-life veteran of the Charge William Henry Pennington, was criticized as being over-dramatic. The criticism of Pennington's pose and demeanor shows the inability of the Victorian definition of "shock" to encompass what today would be termed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A shift in the Victorian model of trauma has been connected to railway travel; unrecognized has been the connection between the discourses on trauma in railway accidents and from warfare based on the vulnerability of the body. The mechanization of transport led to new anxieties about the precarity of the railway passenger's body and engendered an analogy between railway accident trauma and warfare. Surgeon Edwin Morris's A Practical Treatise on Shock After Surgical Operations and Injuries: With Especial Reference to Shock Caused by Railway Accidents (1867) made this connection explicit. Morris considered physical war wounds specific and verifiable but criticized claims against railway companies for the psychological aftereffects of accidents as unverifiable. Morris expressed the fear that both railway passengers and soldiers could simulate the effects of trauma in the absence of any physiological injury that would make their symptoms verifiable, revealing the shortcomings of the Victorian diagnosis of shock and the privileging of physical over psychological wounds.
Fish Pain and Human Sport in Victorian Britain
Authors: Harper Toby
Published: April 2024

Abstract: Victorian Britons were interested in encounters between humans and fish for many reasons: fishing for sport as opposed to food gathering was expanding rapidly in popularity; fishing was practiced by many different people in many ways around the world; and fish populations were visibly suffering from pollution, overfishing, and terrain modification. This article analyzes the changing meanings of these encounters through addressing the beliefs about fish pain held by Victorian anglers. These beliefs were intertwined with ideas about race, food, civilization, and class. Elite British anglers increasingly understood their relationship with fish and their own capacity to feel pain (and to judge others' pain) as a justification of their place as the managers and stewards of all fisheries, not just those in Britain.
Evolution, Two Darwins, and the Gestalt Imagining of Edward Lear
Authors: Dilworth Thomas , Crawford Michael
Published: April 2024

Abstract: Edward Lear was in the vanguard of cultural assimilation of evolutionary theory. In what amounts to a gestalt relationship, some of his published "nonsense" figures against, and largely derives its meaning from, innovation in the natural sciences. Certain of his works, some not previously interpreted, are specific in their engagement with evolutionists, including Erasmus and Charles Darwin, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and Robert Grant. Before and after the appearance of On the Origin of Species (1859), Lear backs one side against another in public debates sparked by evolutionary theory. His implicit engagement with the new biology becomes evident in close attention to the drawings, which are essential components of Lear's innovative hybridization of visual and literary artforms.
Gaussian filter and fuzzy filter based historical document with geodesic morphology
Authors: Rinku Kalotra  , Kaushal Kumar
Published: April 2024

The technique of image restoration involves recovering an image from a damaged state, typically a distorted and noisy image. In image processing image restoration is a core issues. This paper based on historical documents and these are discovered by archaeologist. Important information about the tradition, religion science, literature. In this Paper, we will use the geodesic morphological model with the fuzzy filter for the purpose of historical document restoration and compare them on the basis of various performance parameters.
Numerical simulation of the air-water interface effects of an airboat
Authors: Samson Nitonye  , Tamunodukobipi Daniel  , Douglas Ibiba
Published: April 2024

This paper describes the Air-Water Interface (AWI) occurrence effects of the airboat at various speed, draught, and trim angle. This evaluates the dynamics of AWI with focus on the mechanisms involved in air displacement, the formation of air cushion, boundary layer turbulence, surface tension and wave generation. The analysis involves the change in speed, draught, and trim (0, 1, 1.5 and 2 degrees). The speed of 1.01 and 3.35m/s for displacement and planning regions of the airboat operation were examined. At the AWI, the thin layer of water molecules is affected by the airboat movement at the said trim, it is observed that the layer at the boundary will experience turbulence due to passing air over the layer and the interaction between the air and water at the interface causes mixing and creates waves or ripples at that trim. The wave generated at various trim angles will also create unique wave even at the same speed and draught with a change in trim. The difference in wave formation is seen not to be the same with the change in trim and these changes are observed at the bow and the aft of the vessel. This is also connected to the volume displacement of the boat, the resistance of the vessels, the angle of trim of the airboat and the hull form of the boat. This shows that displacement, resistance, angle of trim and hull form of the boat play critical and crucial roles in wave formation especially for the airboat.
Formulation and evaluation of anti-acne herbal face wash
Authors: Surabhi Vasant Gandole  , Bhavana Dnyandeo Tambe
Published: April 2024

Herbal cosmetics are the preparation used to enhance the human appearance. Herbal formulations have significant demand in the global market. It is more acceptable to believe that natural remedies are safer with synthetic subjects than with fewer side effects. The current research works focuses extraction of neem leaves (Azadirachta indica), turmeric (Curcuma longa), aloe vera, glycerin, lemon juice, rose water and xanthan gum they have anti-acne, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant properties, with the help of this herbal ingredient developed and evaluates as a herbal anti-acne face wash. The face wash showed a multipurpose effect and all these herbal ingredients showed significant different activities. The ingredient uses in herbal face wash having properties softening of skin, remove acne as well as promote healing. The prepared formulation was evaluated based on number of criteria including consistency, pH test, spread ability, stability test, cleansing test, foam ability and grittiness.
Effect of propofol and isoflurane on NK Cells: A pilot study on perioperative breast cancer patients from Eastern India
Authors: Priyanka Saha  , Deepanwita Das  , Deepa Chakrabarti  , Dona Sinha
Published: April 2024

Introduction: In onco-anesthesiology, the selection between intravenous and volatile anesthetics for maintaining NK cell response during cancer surgery has been an ambiguous area. In the absence of any such comparative Indian report, this pilot study aimed to investigate the effect of intravenous anesthetic, Propofol, and volatile anesthetic, Isoflurane on the NK cell-mediated immune-inflammatory response of perioperative breast cancer patients. Materials and Methods: Treatment naive breast cancer patients (N, 50) selected for surgery were randomly subjected to either Isoflurane (N, 25) or Propofol (N, 25) anesthetic group. The peripheral blood samples were collected 1 day before surgery (Pre), 1 h after incision (Intra) and 48 h after surgery (Post). The blood samples were subjected to immunophenotyping, activation, degranulation, and cytokine analysis. Results: The frequency of NK cell populations did not differ between the Isoflurane and Propofol groups irrespective of cancer stage II/III. NK cell degranulation marker CD107a and activation marker CD335 expression were significantly reduced in the postoperative period compared to the preoperative group in the Isoflurane group but Propofol did not inflict such alterations. Both Isoflurane/Propofol elicited similar trends in the cytokine profiles of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-15, interferon (IFN)-g and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β levels. Isoflurane significantly increased IL-8 during the intraoperative period and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 during the postoperative period whereas no such changes were observed with Propofol. Conclusion: This pilot study indicated that Propofol partially proved better over Isoflurane in maintaining the activation (CD335) and degranulation of NK cells (CD107a) and alleviating inflammation (IL-8 and MMP-9) during the perioperative period in the breast cancer patients.
Sabango charcoal: A basis for a proposed community extension program
Authors: Danica Padaon Abranilla  , Niña Rebecca Gadista Casimiro  , Romel Lalap Delos Reyes  , Ara Jessa Palingcod Jentapa  , Elaisha Eleazar Kahulugan  , King Leonard Desono Nograda
Published: April 2024

Numerous negative environmental impacts result from deforestation brought by the production of charcoal can be seen on news, and experienced by certain communities. Due to the high demand for traditional charcoal made from wood, there is also a high demand for cutting trees resulting in soil erosion, biodiversity loss, and modifications to regional climatic patterns are all consequences of deforestation. The researchers conducted the study to propose a solution to these problems by promoting sabango charcoal made from organic waste, such as dried mango leaves and saba banana peels. The researchers aimed to assess the acceptability level of sabango charcoal compared to traditional charcoal and used as a basis for a community extension program. Based on the analysis of statistical data, it showed that there is a significant difference between sabango charcoal and traditional charcoal in terms of smoke, ignition, and longevity. The gap between sabango charcoal and traditional charcoal can be determine to the smoke it produces, the time it takes to ignite, and the burning time. It can also be reused multiple times and offers a more environmentally friendly product.
Factors associated with food security in rural communities across the globe
Authors: Ibrahim Koroma  , Memuna Kadie Sawi  , Fatmata Sheriff  , Abraham Smith
Published: April 2024

Food security is a global issue that affects millions of people worldwide. Several studies have been carried out to understand the dynamics of food security resulting from emerging issues across the globe such as climate change, conflict, etc. The authors have reviewed in this article the factors associated with food security in rural communities considering the socio-economic characteristics of individuals, livelihood concerns, inflation in the economy and purchasing power of households, the use of technology, governmental or non-governmental support and the effect of food insecurity on individuals and households. The studies have shown that lack of employment opportunities, low income of households, climate change, inflation and instability of food prices, poor rural infrastructure, inefficient government policies, and lack of technology at household level are major contributing factors to rural food insecurity. Moreover, one of the key conclusions of the published studies is that food insecurity negatively impacts health in both adults and children.
Chronotype preferences, work motivation, and gender differences among private sector employees in Bengaluru
Authors: Blessing Ghosh  , Arjun Sekhar PM
Published: April 2024

In Bengaluru, a thriving economic center, the private sector employs a diverse workforce, including individuals from various cultural backgrounds and age groups. Understanding the relationship between chronotype preferences and work motivation among private sector employees in Bengaluru is essential for optimizing workplace practices and fostering employee well-being. This study aims to explore how chronotype preferences, rooted in individuals' intrinsic rhythms, intersect with work motivation among 200 employees aged 20-50 residing in Bengaluru, India. By examining these intersections, organizations can tailor their practices to accommodate diverse employee needs, ultimately enhancing engagement, satisfaction, and performance in the workplace. The findings suggest that there is a significant negative correlation between chronotype preferences and work motivation. Moreover, our investigation into gender differences unveiled intriguing insights, with significant disparities observed in eveningness preferences and work motivation between males and females. While no significant gender differences were found in morningness preferences and work motivation, indicating similarities in these domains, distinct gender dynamics were evident in the eveningness preferences and work motivation.
Environmental factors affecting economically important traits of Anatolian buffalo in Yozgat
Authors: Kaplan Yusuf , Tekerli Mustafa
Published: April 2024

The aim of the study was to investigate effects of some environmental factors on the growth, reproduction and production traits of Anatolian Buffaloes. The reproduction and production data of 1139 Anatolian buffaloes and the growth records of the calves between 2015 and 2019 in Yozgat province were used. The least-square means of the birth (BW), weaning (WW), sixth month (SMW) and yearling weights (YW) and daily gain between those traits were determined as 30.43, 97.79, 112.98, 169.40, 0.441, 0.459, 0.382 and 0.306 kgs respectively. Calving interval (CI) and service period (SP) were 470.08 and 150.08 days. Lactation milk yield (LMY), milk yield per day of lactation period (MY/LP), milk yield per day of CI (MY/CI), peak yield (PY), day at piek yield (DPY), and persistence (P) were found to be 860.40, 4.447, 1.916, 5.589 kgs, 83.34 days, and 77.35%. The effects of village and sex on BW, WW, SMW and YW were statistically significant (P
How Education Creates Your Wages, A Case of Manufacturing and Retail Companies in Surabaya
Authors: Kurniawan Esther Elysia , Kristiyanto Sony
Published: April 2024

Education has an important role in the labor market. One component in determining the level of wages for workers is the level of education that the worker has. Apart from that, the level of education is one of the requirements for workers to be able to reach a certain level of position. The problem that then arises is how the level of education can reflect the level of wages that workers will receive, especially workers in the manufacturing and retail industries. In some cases, even though the level of education plays an important role, work experience, worker skills and the performance of the worker concerned are the keys for workers to get higher wages. This condition then gave rise to a debate regarding whether or not education was necessary in the labor market and whether it was true that the level of education would correlate with workers' wages. By using qualitative research methodology with a phenomenological paradigm, this research tries to reveal more details about this phenomenon. Manufacturing and retail companies were chosen as research subjects considering the complexity of the workers working in these companies. Manufacturing and retail companies have complex characteristics in their employment structure. Meanwhile, Surabaya was chosen because the city of Surabaya has the characteristics of an industrial and trade city in its economic structure. This research comes to the conclusion that basically education will be able to have an impact on workers' wages, but how big this impact will be will depend on the company where the worker works. A wage system that relies on bonuses or commissions based on worker performance will indirectly mean that the impact of education on wages will not be visible in real terms.
Productivity of crop rotations with different types of fallow and their effect on the humus content in sod-podzolic soil the Middle Urals
Authors: Fomin D. S. , Polyakova S. S. , Fomin Dm. S.
Published: April 2024

The research was carried out in the conditions of the Perm Region on sod-podzolic heavy loamy soils in a long stationary plot trial, laid down in 1977. The purpose of the research is to study the effect of various types of fallow on crop rotation productivity and humus content in the soil. The data are given for two rotations (2009–2022) of fallow-grain–grass crop rotations with various types of fallow – with manurial, sown with clover, sown with melilot, sideral with clover and sideral with melilot – without mineral fertilizers and with fertilizers (N60P30K60). It was found that in the sown fallows, the mass of root and mowing plant residues of meadow clover and yellow melilot, depending on the nutrition background, reaches 4.08–4.36 t/ha with a nitrogen content of 41.8–46.9 kg/ha, phosphorus 16.7–18.6 kg/ha and potassium 42.7–69.6 kg/ha. In sideral fallow with clover and clover biomass, 6.99–9.04 t/ha and 6.83–8.53 t/ha of dry matter with a content of 133.5–148.1 kg/ha of nitrogen, 34.3–41.2 phosphorus and 121.2–148.9 potassium were supplied to the soil, respectively. The application of organic fertilizers in the fallow field contributed to an increase in the humus content by 0.19 abs.% to the initial (2.04 %) in the variant without mineral fertilizers and by 0.69 abs.% in the variant with the introduction of mineral fertilizers to the initial (2.08 %) Clover sideral fallow also contributed to an increase in the humus content in the soil by – 0.38–0.52 abs.%. There was an increased productivity of crop rotation with sideral melilot fallow (2.22–2.25 t/ha of grain units per year) relative to the traditional crop rotation with pure fallow (2.08–2.11 t/ha of grain units per year). Cultivation of crops in all studied crop rotations was energetically efficient, the energy efficiency coefficient was 3.63...4.48 in the variants without mineral fertilizers, against the background of NRK – 2.38...3.21.