bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Vasoinhibin is Generated by the Renin-angiotensin System
Authors: Núñez Francisco Freinet , Siqueiros-Marquez Lourdes , Adán-Castro Elva , Zamora Magdalena , Robles Juan Pablo , Ruíz-Herrera Xarubet , Bertsch Thomas , Triebel Jakob , Martínez de la Escalera Gonzalo , Clapp Carmen
Published: February 2025

Vasoinhibin is a fragment of the hormone prolactin (PRL) that inhibits angiogenesis, vasopermeability, and vasodilation. Cathepsin D (CTSD) cleaves the N-terminal of PRL to generate vasoinhibin in the retina of neonate mice as revealed by the CTSD inhibitor, pepstatin A. However, pepstatin A also inhibits renin. Because renin is expressed in the retina and the renin-angiotensin system gives rise to peptides with positive and negative effects on blood vessel growth and function, we investigated whether renin cleaves PRL to vasoinhibin in the newborn mouse retina and in the circulation. Newborn mouse retinal extracts from wild-type and CTSD-null newborn mice cleaved PRL to a 14 kDa vasoinhibin and such cleavage was prevented by heat-inactivation, pepstatin A, and the selective renin inhibitor VTP-27999 suggesting the contribution of renin. In agreement, recombinant renin cleaved different species PRLs to the expected 14-kDa vasoinhibin, a mass consistent with a consensus renin cleavage site located at Leu124-Leu125 in rat and mouse PRLs and at Leu126-Leu127 in human, bovine, and ovine PRLs. Dehydration followed by rehydration (D/R) in rats increased the levels of renin and PRL in plasma. Further increase in PRL circulating levels by the dopamine D2 receptor blocker, sulpiride, enabled detection of 14 kDa vasoinhibin in D/R rats. Moreover, the incubation of PRL with plasma from D/R rats generated a 14-kDa vasoinhibin that was prevented by VTP-27999. These findings add renin to the list of PRL-cleaving proteases and introduce vasoinhibin as a putative renin-angiotensin system-mediated mechanism for regulating blood vessel growth and function.
Gene expression differences in the olfactory bulb associated with differential social interactions and olfactory deficits in Pax6 heterozygous mice
Authors: Daems Carmen , Baz El-Sayed , D'Hooge Rudi , Callaerts-Végh Zsuzsanna , Callaerts Patrick
Published: February 2025

Mutations in the highly conserved Pax6 transcription factor have been implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders and behavioral abnormalities, yet the mechanistic basis of the latter remain poorly understood. Our study, using behavioral phenotyping, has identified aberrant social interactions, characterized by withdrawal behavior, and olfactory deficits in Pax6 heterozygous mutant mice. The molecular mechanisms underlying the observed phenotypes were characterized by means of RNA-sequencing on isolated olfactory bulbs followed by validation with qRT-PCR. Comparative analysis of olfactory bulb transcriptomes further reveals an imbalance between neuronal excitation and inhibition, synaptic dysfunction, and alterations in epigenetic regulation as possible mechanisms underlying the abnormal social behavior. We observe a considerable overlap with autism-associated genes and suggest that studying Pax6-dependent gene regulatory networks may further our insight into molecular mechanisms implicated in autistic-like behaviors in Pax6 mutations, thereby paving the way for future research in this area.
Morphological insights into tunnel valley formation and associated landforms: A case study from western Poland
Authors: Lipka Ewelina
Published: February 2025

The genesis of tunnel valleys, key subglacial drainage features, is a subject of debate, with significant implications for understanding past ice-sheet dynamics. This study examines two neighbouring tunnel valleys along the Poznań Phase margin of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet in western Poland. Geomorphological mapping and digital terrain analysis reveal contrasting morphologies shaped by subglacial hydrological processes. Observed features, including glacial curvilineations, outwash fans, eskers, and washboard moraines, highlight interactions between episodic high-energy meltwater discharges and sustained drainage. The results support a hybrid model of formation, emphasizing the complexity of tunnel valley genesis during deglaciation.
Green procurement in the greek public sector
Authors: Ορφανίδου Βαρβάρα
Published: February 2025

Η παρούσα διδακτορική διατριβή αποσκοπεί στη μελέτη των οικονομικών επιπτώσεων των πράσινων προμηθειών στους ελληνικούς οργανισμούς του δημόσιου τομέα με τη χρήση της ανάλυσης κόστους-οφέλους και την εφαρμογή των εργαλείων Κοστολόγησης Κύκλου Ζωής (ΚΚΖ) που αναπτύχθηκαν από την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (EE) στο πλαίσιο της προώθησης των Πράσινων Δημοσίων Συμβάσεων (ΠΔΣ). Οι οικονομικές, κοινωνικές και πολιτικές εξελίξεις στην ΕΕ, καθώς και οι δημοσιονομικοί περιορισμοί, κατέστησαν αναγκαία την αναμόρφωση του ενωσιακού δικαίου για τις δημόσιες συμβάσεις. Οι ΠΔΣ είναι μια ουσιαστική στρατηγική για την επίτευξη των περιβαλλοντικών στόχων που σχετίζονται με την κλιματική αλλαγή και τη βιώσιμη κατανάλωση και παραγωγή, συμπεριλαμβανομένου του εξορθολογισμού της χρήσης των πόρων. Η βιβλιογραφία σχετικά με τις βιώσιμες αλυσίδες εφοδιασμού στον δημόσιο τομέαείναι αποσπασματική και, εξ όσων γνωρίζει η συγγραφέας, δεν υπάρχει καμία διαθέσιμη για την εφαρμογή των ΠΔΣ στην Ελλάδα. Ο στόχος της παρούσας διδακτορικής διατριβής είναι διττός: η ανάλυση της κατάστασης του ελληνικού δημοσίου τομέα στον τομέα των ΠΔΣ μαζί με μια εξαντλητική καταγραφή των υλοποιημένων σχετικών περιπτώσεων, και η ανάλυση κόστους-οφέλους για την αξιολόγηση αυτών των καλών πρακτικών. Επιπλέον, πραγματοποιείται αξιολόγηση των αποτελεσμάτων της εφαρμογής των εργαλείων ΚΚΖ στο πλαίσιο των ΠΔΣ στην Ελλάδα, προκειμένου να μελετηθεί ο οικονομικός αντίκτυπος των πράσινων προμηθειών στους δημόσιους οργανισμούς. Παράλληλα, περιλαμβάνει τον προσδιορισμό των κρίσιμων παραγόντων επιτυχίας για την εφαρμογή των πράσινων προμηθειών στον ελληνικό δημόσιο τομέα και εξετάζει τη σχέση αιτίου και αποτελέσματος μεταξύ τους μέσω της ανάλυσης των απόψεων εμπειρογνωμόνων σχετικά με τους παράγοντες αυτούς με την χρήση της γκρίζας προσέγγισης DEMATEL. Η επείγουσα ανάγκη μείωσης της κατανάλωσης ενέργειας στον δημόσιο τομέα λόγω της συνεχιζόμενης ενεργειακής κρίσης και της κλιματικής αλλαγής αποτελεί πρόσθετο κίνητρο για την αξιολόγηση των επιπτώσεων αυτών. Προκειμένου να αξιολογηθούν οι εν λόγω πρακτικές χρησιμοποιήθηκαν εργαλεία ΚΚΖ που αναπτύχθηκαν από την ΕΕ, τα οποία τροφοδοτήθηκαν με δεδομένα από δημόσιες συμβάσεις που πραγματοποιήθηκαν στον ελληνικό δημόσιο τομέα. Τα αποτελέσματα δείχνουν ότι η υιοθέτηση περιβαλλοντικών κριτηρίων απαιτεί έρευνα αγοράς, προγραμματισμό και συντονισμό ώστε να καταστεί οικονομικά αποδοτική, ιδίως στο πλαίσιο της νομοθετικής εντολής για την εφαρμογή των ΠΔΣ στην Ελλάδα από το 2022.
Development and validation of an interprofessional collaborative educational module on the self-management of foot for individuals with type II diabetes mellitus in India
Authors: Prabhath Sushma , Ramanathan Harihara Prakash , Kamath M Ganesh , Karkada Gagana , Handady Ganesh , Mohammed Ciraj Ali , Maiya Arun G.
Published: February 2025

Background Insufficient awareness of foot self-care among diabetic individuals results in diabetic foot ulcers especially in the Indian population considering its varied ethnicity and lifestyle practices. The management of diabetes and diabetic foot ulcers therefore demands a well-coordinated approach that involves multiple healthcare providers (HCPs). The present study aims to develop and validate an interprofessional collaborative (IPC) educational program involving HCPs to efficiently oversee and instruct the public on appropriate strategies for self-managing diabetic foot health in the Indian population. Methods The research group worked on creating an educational module titled ‘An Interprofessional Collaborative Educational Module on Self-Management of Foot for Individuals with Type II Diabetes Mellitus.’ The objective of this module was to promote the adoption of proper practices in self-managing foot health for individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus. A panel of 13 experts participated in a two-stage validation process using the Delphi method to assess the module and its educational resources. Subsequently, the module was tested on a group of 30 participants, i.e., individuals with diabetes, with its efficacy evaluated through conversation analysis and in-depth interviews. Results The three-month-long module included three sessions 1: Diabetes and its health implications 2: Diabetic foot and self-management 3: Interprofessional education in diabetic foot care The mode of content delivery was via Whatsapp, and the educational resources, in the form of pamphlets, flowcharts, handouts, case-based cartoons, and videos on diabetes, including diabetic foot, its risks, and self-management, were shared regularly. All participating experts consensually validated the module and educational resources. Analysis of in-depth interviews revealed that the module immensely benefitted the participants and helped them improve their knowledge and practices of foot care in diabetes. Conclusions The study highlights the importance of developing and validating IPC educational modules tailored to diabetic foot care. It can aid in enhancing adherence to proper diabetic foot care practices.
The Influence of Surface Damage on Miniplates: A Study of Bacterial Attachment Across Various Strains
Authors: Sejati Bramasto Purbo , Haniastuti Tetiana , Kusumaatmaja Ahmad , Widyastuti Maria Goreti
Published: February 2025

Background Miniplates are frequently used in oral and maxillofacial surgery to address malocclusion issues. However, surface damage to miniplates is a significant concern that can affect surgical outcomes and patient quality of life. This study aims to evaluate the influence of miniplate surface damage on bacterial attachment, which may lead to postoperative infections. Methods Miniplates with varying degrees of surface damage were used in this study. The damaged surfaces were subjected to special treatments to simulate postoperative conditions. Various bacterial strains, including Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Streptococcus mutans, were tested. Each type of bacteria was cultured on different miniplates for specific durations, and bacterial attachment was subsequently measured and analyzed. Results Surface damage to miniplates significantly influenced bacterial attachment. Miniplates with more severe surface damage exhibited higher levels of bacterial attachment compared to undamaged miniplates. Furthermore, the type of bacteria impacted attachment levels, with certain strains demonstrating higher adhesion than others. Conclusion Surface damage to miniplates increases the risk of postoperative infections due to enhanced bacterial attachment. Therefore, maintaining the integrity of miniplates during and after orthognathic surgery is crucial. Further research is necessary to develop prevention and management strategies for postoperative infections related to miniplate surface damage.
Nat-UV DB: A Natural Products Database Underlying of Veracruz-Mexico
Authors: López-López Edgar , Hernández-Segura Ana Margarita , Lara-Cuellar Carlos , Barrientos-Salcedo Carolina , Cerda-García-Rojas Carlos M. , Medina-Franco José L.
Published: February 2025

Background Natural products databases are well-structured data sources that offer new molecular development opportunities in drug discovery, agrochemistry, food, cosmetics, and several other research disciplines or chemical industries. The crescent world’s interest in the development of these databases is related to the exploration of chemical diversity in geographical regions with rich biodiversity. Methods In this work, we introduce and discuss Nat-UV DB, the first natural products database from a coastal zone of Mexico. We discuss its construction, curation, and chemoinformatic characterization of their content, and chemical space coverage compared with other compound databases, like approved drugs, and other Mexican (BIOFACQUIM and UNIIQUIM databases) and the Latin American natural products database (LaNAPDB). Results Nat-UV DB comprises 227 compounds that contain 112 scaffolds, of which 52 are not present in previous natural product databases. The compounds present in Nat-UV DB have a similar size, flexibility, and polarity to previously reported natural products and approved drug datasets. Conclusions Nat-UV DB compounds have a higher structural and scaffold diversity than the approved drugs, but they have low structural and scaffold diversity in contrast with other natural products in the reference datasets. This database serves as a valuable addition to the global natural products landscape, bridging gaps in exploring biodiversity-rich regions.
LANGUAGE SPACE OF NEURAL NETWORKS: FEATURES AND DIFFERENCES FROM NATURAL LANGUAGE
Authors: Egorchenkova Natalia B. , Korobova Olga V.
Published: February 2025

Background. Modern society is developing in a world of information overload and digitalization, which has led to a need for artificial intelligence (AI) to help analyze and process information more efficiently. Most AI models use natural language processing, and while they can imitate human speech, they generate texts based on templates set by humans. This creates an online language space that is unique to AI, with its own characteristics due to its isolation from human interaction.
Purpose – analysis of lexical and grammatical features of artificial intelligence language and comparison with human language.
Materials and methods. To solve the tasks set in the research, we used various methods of analysis: observation, description, and the comparative method. The article is based on an analysis of texts generated by neural networks such as ChatGPT, Rytr, Smodin, and ChatSonic, which were created at the request of the authors.
Results. The functioning of artificial intelligence (AI) is based on simulating the thought processes that are inherent in the human mind. This imitation is made possible by the development of language modules by AI specialists for use by neural networks in natural language processing (NLP). The language space of AI, limited by the input data from these modules, can generate texts that are practically indistinguishable from natural language, although they have features that are determined by the conditions under which they are created. These features include attachment to keywords in the task, potential loss of the main idea, inconsistency with required style, repetition of similar ideas, lack of specific facts or personal experiences, and limitations in vocabulary, linguistic patterns, and grammatical structures. The current inability of artificial intelligence (AI) to go beyond its current linguistic capabilities is due to a lack of a concept such as consciousness in neural networks. This allows for the accumulation of experience and the ability to think with insights, which are essential for AI to progress beyond its current limitations.
IDEALIZATION OF REALITY THROUGH PHOTOS IN SOCIAL NETWORKS
Authors: Maltseva Svetlana M. , Nikitina Natalia A. , Surovegina Ekaterina S.
Published: February 2025

With the advent of social media, there have been significant changes in people's perception of the world around them. The idealization of reality through photographs on social networks is an urgent research problem that attracts the attention of the general public. With the development of information technology, self-presentation began to be made not only in the real world, but also in the virtual world, through social networks. At the same time, one of the sides of this self-presentation is to demonstrate your life in the form of aesthetic profile photos. The research is based on such methods as comparison, analysis, synthesis and interpretation of philosophical ideas of humanists, theorists of psychoanalysis and postmodernism based on the facts of modernity. The authors suggest that the illusion of an "ideal life" destroys the natural perception of modern society about the surrounding reality and beauty. The authors conclude that the aestheticization of reality using photos on social networks has become a common practice that significantly affects how people perceive and position themselves on the Internet. The photo has ceased to be personal, confidential, and has moved into the public sphere, which is directly related to the imposition of standards and cliches. There have been changes in people's perception of the world. The goal of a person is to show his life from the point of view of idealizing reality, and not from the point of view of its realism. As we continue to navigate the digital space, it is important to keep in mind how we interact with and interpret visual content, striving for a balance between artistic expression and authentic representation.
FEATURES OF INTRODUCTORY CONSTRUCTION FUNCTIONING IN SENTENCE STRUCTURE
Authors: Mihaleva Svetlana N. , Kostina Irina N.
Published: February 2025

Background. The study is devoted to the problem of semantic features of introductory constructions (hereinafter referred to as IC). Currently, we are considering the synthesis of the main and introductory sentences with a single complex syntactic construction, in which the introductory sentence is semantically and grammatically connected to the main sentence as an organizing center. Since introductory constructions have additional semantic features and are sometimes able to influence with their help the general meaning of a newly formed utterance, it seems appropriate to consider their functions and the reasons for their use by the author of the utterance.
The article substantiates the uniqueness of semantic relations between the components of the structure, characterized by a specific functional feature and a feature of the internal form of semantic relations.
The aim of the study is defined as the identification of specific features of the introductory construction that can disrupt the structure of the actualized utterance and express additional communicative intentions of the author.
Materials and methods. The research is based on comparative and descriptive methods. The research material was a continuous selection of examples of works of art by French and German authors.
Results. As a result of the observation of introductory constructions, it was concluded that IC can be considered as an attempt by the author to clarify his information, his desire for detail, explanation, which leads to a complication of the syntactic structure. However, the author's attempt to correct the expression of thought facilitates the perception of the utterance, which leads to a simplification of the semantic structure of the utterance. The modal specificity of IC can then be considered as a reflection of the speaker's particular intentions, his pragmatic orientation depending on the situation created by the new semantic construction.
CONTINUOUS LIFELONG LEARNING AS A PRACTICE OF «SELF-CARE»
Authors: Balashova Natalia N. , Klenina Elena A. , Peskov Arkady E.
Published: February 2025

Background. The relevance of the presented topic should be associated with the existential situation characterized by the active development of the information society and its transition to a knowledge society, in which the values ​​associated with self-education and self-development of the individual prevail. Therefore, the strategy of continuous learning «throughout life» is in demand, allowing to satisfy the needs of the individual for self-development and self-improvement.
The subject of this study is the concept of continuous lifelong learning, which acts as a practice of «self-care».
Purpose. The main goal of the article is to explicate the axiological potential of continuous lifelong learning and to show that such learning acts primarily as «self-care», allowing the individual to develop and improve.
Materials and methods. For the logic of development and solution of research problems, such methods as conceptual modeling, interpretation, and the method of contextual analysis were of great importance. The main provisions of the article contribute to the formation of a general conceptual idea of ​​the potential of continuous lifelong learning both for self-development and improvement of the individual, and for understanding the existence of the individual in the knowledge society.
Results. The article raises the question: how or with the help of what can the strategy of continuous lifelong learning be implemented? It is stated that the demand for continuous lifelong learning of a large number of people can be satisfied only with the help of e-learning and distance learning technologies. And online courses, in particular massive open online courses (MOOCs), are the most popular and promising. It is argued that thanks to online courses, each person is potentially capable of creating a space for (self) education, and in a situation of personal readiness for continuous learning, MOOCs as a special case of online courses appear to be a phenomenon that contributes to the implementation of the practice of «self-care».
THE WORD SOOTVETSTVENNO IN ORAL DISCOURSE: SEMANTIC FEATURES, DISCOURSE FUNCTIONS, AND PROSODIC CHARACTERISTICS
Authors: Aisanova Aleksandra A. , Marchenyak Diana D.
Published: February 2025

Background. Phenomena characteristic of natural oral speech are actively studied in modern linguistic. Within this form of speech, a number of non-significant lexical units develop new meanings/functions. The description of such transformations allows to see, on the one hand, the semantic and discursive potential of the analyzed language elements, and on the other, the features of functioning in this form of speech that are common to different words.
The purpose of the article is to describe new functions of the unit sootvetstvenno for oral speech, to identify contextual and prosodic indicators that allow us to qualify various types of uses sootvetstvenno in natural oral speech.
Materials and methods. The material for the analysis is extracted from the oral and multimedia corpus of the "National Corpus of the Russian Language". 150 uses of the unit sootvetstvenno were analyzed. The research methods used are discourse analysis, contextual analysis, comparative and quantitative methods.
Results. The results of the study showed that, firstly, the interpretations of sootvetstvenno formulated in lexicographic sources are correspondingly incomplete and inaccurate: in some cases, the examples proposed by the authors of dictionaries do not correspond to the definitions given. Secondly, in natural oral speech, the unit sootvetstvenno is not used in the meanings described by explanatory dictionaries. Within the framework of this form of speech, sootvetstvenno functions as a discursive marker are: it indicates the relationship of consequence, conclusion, provides coherence of discourse, and is used as an indicator of speech difficulty.
The prosodic characteristics of the unit sootvetstvenno are analyzed for the functions described above using the Praat program. Differences in the prosodic design of the unit sootvetstvenno performing various functions, are described.
Scope of application. The results of the study can be used to clarify the lexicographic description of this unit.
MANIPULATIVE TACTICS IMPLEMENTATION IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE
Authors: Paliy Tatyana P. , Poteryakhina Inna N.
Published: February 2025

Background. The political discourse of modern society is a complex, multi-faceted and multi-level entity characterized by a variety of goals and objectives and functioning within the framework of current political, economic, geopolitical, cultural and other realities. Linguistic analysis of modern political discourse and, in particular, identification of the most frequent linguistic means of implementing manipulation in political discourse, is of particular relevance today and is important not just because it expands the theoretical scientific base, but for its practical value for the formation of a mature point of view and critical thinking when dealing with the texts of political discourse.
Purpose. The analysis of manipulative techniques is of particular scientific interest. The purpose of this study is to analyze the phenomenon of manipulation from a psychological and linguistic point of view, to identify the main pragmatic strategies of manipulation and to identify the most frequent linguistic means of their implementation.
Materials and methods. The empirical material was interviews and individual statements of leading Russian and Western politicians, as well as the works of domestic and foreign political scientists and journalists presented in modern media. At certain stages of the study, in the course of the work, such research methods as discourse analysis, linguistic description, contextual and semantic analysis were used. This study relied on the descriptive method in order to interpret the research material, classify the identified communicative scenarios and systematize the language means used.
Results Having analyzed in detail the empirical material of the modern political discourse in Russian and English, the authors identify three main pragmatic manipulative strategies, for each of which they provide characteristic tactics, supporting them with examples of statements by outstanding Russian and foreign political figures of our time: the strategy of promotion (tactics aimed at forming a positive image, leveling the critical narrative, hidden presentation and presentation); the strategy of demotion (tactics aimed at forming a negative image, abuse and infringement, imputation of guilt and exposure); the strategy of neutrality (tactics with the potential for motivation, constructive joint activity and full awareness). The analysis of the empirical material also made it possible to identify the most frequently used linguistic means verbalizing the tactics listed above. These include: the use of epithets and metaphors, lexical repetitions, quotations from famous and outstanding personalities, phraseological units and emotionally charged lexemes.
Paroxysmal toothache after drinking: alcohol-induced vasospastic angina
Authors: Ishizuka Kosuke , Ohira Yoshiyuki , Ohta Mitsuyasu
Published: February 2025

A 68-year-old Japanese man presented with recurrent paroxysmal toothache exclusively after alcohol consumption. The episodes occurred 2–3 hours after drinking, lasted 10-15 minutes, and were unrelated to exertion or eating, chewing, or brushing the teeth. Physical examination and laboratory tests were unremarkable. Vasospastic angina was suspected based on the episodic nature and association with alcohol. Symptoms resolved within 1-2 minutes of nitroglycerin administration, confirming the diagnosis of alcohol-induced vasospastic angina. This case highlights the importance of considering cardiac causes, including vasospastic angina, in patients with unexplained paroxysmal symptoms such as toothache, especially when triggered by alcohol consumption.
Kicking the E-Waste Habit
Authors: Wood Pete
Published: February 2025

The companies on a mission to kick our e-waste habit.
Flexible And Cost-Effective Display Solutions
Authors: Francis Trinity
Published: February 2025

BAUSER’S COUNTING, VISUALIZATION AND MONITORING PANELS ARE IDEAL FOR USE IN OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES AND FORKLIFTS
The Sound of the Furies: Scripting the Aulos in Aeschylus’ Eumenides
Authors: Simone Caleb
Published: February 2025

Abstract: This article offers an auditory analysis of Aeschylus’ innovative staging of the chorus in Eumenides . The Erinyes’ characterization and initial utterances engage a broader tradition of chthonic sound, including the pythikos nomos , an instrumental solo for the aulos that conveyed the serpent’s suffering when Apollo slew her at Delphi. The resonance of this sound recalls the primordial cries of other chthonic figures, embodying a voice that cultural listening practices had associated with resistance to Olympian oppression. Such an auditory analysis motivates the Erinyes’ unique characterization and staging, while also suggesting the use of auletic sound effects on the tragic stage.
NEW Soul for Families: Lessons Learned from Implementing a Plant-based Nutrition Program in the Community
Authors: Sentman Claudia , Bernhart John A. , Carswell Jessica , Turner-McGrievy Gabrielle M. , Aldamuy Crystal , Williams Katherine , Carswell Isaiah
Published: February 2025

Abstract: Background: Childhood obesity is linked to a higher risk of other chronic diseases. Cultural preferences for soul food dishes may contribute to obesity in African American children and families. Objective: To discuss lessons learned from the development and implementation of NEW Soul for Families, a plant-based nutrition program for African American children. Methods: A partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs, EdVenture Children’s Museum, and the Food Academy was formed. Children ( n = 15) participated in the program across two cohorts. Each cohort lasted three weeks with three classes per week. Parents of enrolled children were invited to attend one class per week. Children learned nutrition topics and engaged in hands-on cooking. Lessons Learned: Community partners shared power to successfully implement the program; surveying parents increased their attendance from the first cohort to the second cohort; children rated the program positively. Conclusions: NEW Soul for Families was well received by community partners and participants. More studies are needed to determine effectiveness.
Developing Engagement Principles for Climate and Health Research: An Example from a Community-Informed Research Project
Authors: Ulman Abigail , Lowrie Karen , Bulger Garin , MPP  , Herb Jeanne , Holmes Tisha , Butler William
Published: February 2025

Abstract: Background: Characterizing principles of co-learning and stakeholder engagement for community-engaged research is becoming increasingly important. As low-income communities, Indigenous communities, and communities of color all over the world disproportionately feel the social, health, and economic impacts of environmental hazards, especially climate change, it is imperative to co-learn with these communities, so their lived experience and knowledge guide the building and sharing of a knowledge base and the development of equitable solutions. Objectives: This paper presents recent theoretical and practical support for the development of co-learning principles to guide climate adaptation and health equity innovations. We describe this development process, which included both a literature review and stakeholder engagement. The process and the resultant set of principles are relevant to community health partnerships. Adopting principles to guide design, development, and implementation prior to commencement of community health projects will help to ensure they are nonextractive and achieve maximum benefits for beneficiaries. Methods: A multiuniversity research team adopted this approach at the outset of a research endeavor in 2022. The team is currently conducting principle-based field research in non-U.S. locations where climate hazards and structural inequities have created health disparities. Conclusions: The team’s advisory board and its funder expressed enthusiasm about the development of these principles and about the prospect of Western researchers conducting a project in a way that values Indigenous and traditional communities as partners and knowledge-holders and has the potential to bring benefits to the communities involved, including increased capacity for activities promoting health, equity, and well-being.
Community and Academic Partner Perspectives on Collaborating Toward a Reduction in Community Gun Violence
Authors: Maness Sarah B. , Kennedy Marlvis “Butch” , Tello Kathleen Trejo
Published: February 2025

Abstract: South Carolina ranks 10th in the nation for firearm death rates. The homicide rate increased by 22.1% in 2020, the highest rate since 1993, identifying an urgent need for intervention. The Medical University of South Carolina Community Engaged Scholars Program provides community-based participatory research training and seed funding for projects to improve health in South Carolina. This article describes a collaboration between a grass-roots community organization and academic partner. The Tri-County Gun Violence Coordinating Council (GVCC) was created to address gun violence in Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester counties by facilitating coordination among stakeholders and developing a comprehensive gun violence reduction strategy. We explore perspectives of both the community and academic partner on collaborating toward a reduction in community gun violence.
ReportNeedles.ca: A Real-time Needle Collection Tool to Foster Community Health Partnerships
Authors: Eaton Andrew D. , Pang Nelson , Varghese Shiny Mary , Reddy Vidya Dhar , Ross Sarah , Novotna Gabriela , Beckwell Erin , Medeiros Priscilla , Shuper Paul A. , Ibáñez-Carrasco Francisco
Published: February 2025

Abstract: Technology-mediated interactions between the public, health care agencies, and researchers can facilitate community health partnerships. The use of such novel technologies can lead to innovations in public health research to address disparities and access issues. This article presents the web-based, real-time needle collection tool ReportNeedles.ca and describes its use in an ongoing community health partnership to deploy and evaluate pop-up interventions for blood-borne infection prevention and substance use harm reduction. Since April 2021, 34,350 needles have been collected from 466 public reports on the ReportNeedles.ca app in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan (population: approximately 215,000). This non-walkable city with pronounced needle prevalence may be representative of medium-sized cities in Canada, the United States, and elsewhere, where brick-and-mortar health care is predominantly accessible only to people of relative stability. This article discusses the tool’s development, implementation, and evaluation plan alongside its potential for blood-borne infection prevention, harm reduction, and community-based participatory research.
Leveraging Faith Community Investments to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination within Community Hot Spots
Authors: Newman Cindy , Lockamy-Kassim Elise , Tilton Kimberly , Wallace Julie , Hines Jeffrey , Wesley Shara , Memark Janet
Published: February 2025

Abstract: This paper demonstrates the use of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to accelerate our ability to implement and maintain mobilization of community partner networks. To provide equity-centric severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 virus [COVID-19]) testing and vaccination to historically medically underserved areas in a densely populated metropolitan district, Cobb & Douglas Public Health (Georgia) partnered with Wellstar Health System (Wellstar) through an MOU. Wellstar activated its Congregational Health Network to target COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites, identified by review of local COVID-19 transmission data. The MOU enabled rapid deployment of public health and health care resources, which grew into a consortium that held 141 local events that provided more than 3,000 tests and 10,000 vaccinations. Health care organizations can use an MOU structure to establish partnerships and increase equity-centric COVID-19 testing and vaccination accessibility for disparate communities.
"At What Cost?": A Found Poem Highlighting Systemic Inequalities and Power Structures for Faculty Program Coordinators
Authors: Shelton Leslie Jo (LJ) , Mollet Amanda L.
Published: February 2025

Abstract: Research on the experiences of minoritized faculty shows that they face disproportionate challenges to professional support and career advancement. While broader research on faculty experiences highlights these inequities, program coordination is a distinct role further hindering minoritized faculty experiences. Program coordination entails roles such as guiding recruitment, admissions, mentoring, and student support efforts. Through the use of arts-based research via a found poem, we provide a nuanced understanding of minoritized faculty program coordinator experiences. This article (re) presents the experiences of 81 faculty program coordinators and highlights the impact of inequities they faced in the areas of scholarship, teaching, career advancement, and personal well-being. The found poem highlights four components experienced within program coordinators' journeys: Vital, What am I working towards, Support them at all costs, and At what cost.
Hitting Reset: Encouraging Digital Well-Being Behavior Change in College Students
Authors: Potts Charlie
Published: February 2025

Abstract: In this article, I explore the perceived digital well-being of undergraduate students and the effects of purposeful intervention on motivation and digital behavior change. Digital well-being can be defined as a concept of defining the impact of technologies on people's mental, physical, and emotional health (Shah, 2019). Smartphones are a necessary tool for a vast majority of today's college students, and their ability to manage the influence of their digital connection is a critical aspect of their overall well-being. This qualitative study included 22 undergraduate students at an institution in the Midwest. Participants were guided through a structured intervention to encourage self-motivated behavior change. Through this article, I outline how purposeful intervention around digital behavior change has a positive influence on self-perceptions of digital well-being. Implications for future practice and research are discussed.
This Crisis is Different: Senior Student Affairs Officers' Perceptions of The Pandemic
Authors: Gansemer-Topf Ann M. , Jones Carmen , Gwebu Kabongwe (KB) , Speight Virginia
Published: February 2025

Abstract: The COVID-19 crisis presented unique challenges for senior student affairs officers (SSAOs). Through interviews with a diverse group of 23 SSAOs, this study investigated SSAOs perceptions of this crisis as different from other crises. SSAOs identified several characteristics that made this crisis unique: no playbook to use as a guide, the ever-changing nature of the pandemic, the duration, involvement of external entities, and intensity. Our findings highlight the importance of self-care, developing and sustaining partnerships, and balancing flexibility and guiding values when managing crises. Although COVID-19 is no longer a significant concern for student affairs leaders, the lessons learned from experiencing the pandemic remain relevant.
A Balance of Content and Application: Instructor Perspectives on the Role of Higher Education Law Courses in Graduate Preparation Programs
Authors: Catalano D. Chase J. , Adams Venice
Published: February 2025

Abstract: Higher education law may be a relatively common course in a higher education and student affairs (HESA) curriculum and a core professional competency in the field, yet there is a paucity of empirical research on why it persists. We conducted a qualitative research project to explore how instructors of higher education law describe their approach to teaching. We used a competency-based pedagogy framework distilled from the Law, Policy, & Governance competency (ACPA & NASPA, 2015). Findings reveal how instructors sought to increase student knowledge of law and legal issues that provides a foundation for professional practice and cultivates legal critical thinking. Implications from these findings have bearing upon pedagogical approaches to HESA courses and generate research on how to ensure curricula meet the needs of an applied field.
Sex, Lies, and Exegesis: An islamogauchiste Reading of the Captivity Narrative of Germain de Mouëtte
Authors: Haddad Jonathan
Published: February 2025

Abstract: In this article, I argue that the depiction of Muslim sexual depravity binds contemporary French islamophobia towards Arab immigrants to the rhetoric of Christian captivity narratives. Relying primarily on close readings of titillating scenes pairing Christian men with married Arab women in the Relation de la captivité du Sieur Mouëtte , I draw parallels to the use of pleasure as a pretext for Mouëtte's recollections to the contemporary mediatization of Muslim sexual mores. As evidence of this comparison, I highlight how titillation substitutes for analysis in the discourse in and around Leïla Slimani's Sexe et mensonges: La vie sexuelle au Maroc .
Decolonizing Writing in Patrick Chamoiseau's L'empreinte à Crusoé (2012)
Authors: Verstraet Charly
Published: February 2025

Abstract: This article proposes a reading of Patrick Chamoiseau's L'empreinte à Crusoé (2012) at the intersection of global racial studies and early modern studies. It assesses how Chamoiseau's rewriting of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719) proposes a form of decoloniality through narrative construction and literary aesthetics. The first part of this article examines how Chamoiseau positions slavery as the background to his story and how he challenges the positionality of Defoe's text. The second part revolves around a thorough analysis of the punctuation and expression of Chamoiseau's writing through the semicolon and the 'saisie narrative' to challenge literary practices and categorizations.
Following the Threads: Reading Eighteenth-Century Texts and Textiles against the Grain
Authors: Dobie Madeleine
Published: February 2025

Abstract: This article traces a multidirectional circulation between eighteenth-century texts and cotton textiles and contemporary literary and artistic fabrications . It juxtaposes dehumanizing depictions of colonial textile production in works including the Encyclopédie to a historical study in which a cotton sack once owned by an enslaved woman occupies the center of the narrative, and to changing approaches to the history of textiles on the part of museum curators and designers. It concludes by turning to a recent novel by a Togolese-Canadian writer in which bioengineered cotton production in contemporary Africa is interwoven with the history of slavery and the cultural politics of museums.
Silence et réparation : Les traductions en français d'Ottobah Cugoano et d'Olaudah Equiano
Authors: Saint-Amand Pierre
Published: February 2025

Abstract: Cet article examine la traduction de l'anglais au français de deux récits d'esclaves africains, Ottobah Cugoano (1787) et Olaudah Equiano (1789). Ces traductions, l'une date du XVIIIe siècle (1788), l'autre du XXIe siècle (2008) réparent l'absence de témoignages d'esclaves de la colonisation française. Nous examinons ces textes selon leur contexte affectif (le trauma de la séparation), mais aussi le contenu théorique qui les accompagne. Cugoano écrit d'emblée un traité, mais Equiano poursuit une démarche anthropologique. Dans les deux cas, un discours abolitionniste est porté par les victimes de la traite atlantique. Ces traductions réparent un silence qui résonne dans l'infamie.
Making History and Writing the Present: The WCCR and Black Feminism at the University of Cape Town
Authors: Baderoon Gabeba
Published: February 2025

Abstract: In this article, Gabeba Baderoon narrates her experience as a member of a transformative feminist collective at the University of Cape Town in the 1990s, the Women of Colour Consciousness Raising group. The article locates the group within the radical work of South African feminists in reshaping both the private and broader culture of that decade and, centrally, their role in reinventing the post-apartheid academy. The 1990s was an interstitial time marked both by dreams of freedom and the lingering pall of apartheid. Baderoon draws on the voices of WCCR members to outline the relations of care, critique, creativity, and a bodily assertion of intellectual belonging crafted within the group, arguing that these constituted a way of living freedom into being during that crucial period. The article traces formative moments in the WCCR's history, its complex ties with the university, and the relationships of mutuality and support forged within the collective. The article incorporates an archive of documents, memories, and ongoing conversations among WCCR members to offer an insight into the shaping of a generation of post-apartheid feminists, who have gone on to become some of the most eminent scholars, teachers, activists, and artists of the contemporary period.
Ambra, Matyla, and Marie: Gendered Racialization, Anti-Blackness, and Legacies of Slavery in Tunisia, Early Nineteenth Century—Present
Authors: Boyle Catey
Published: February 2025

Abstract: This article unfolds from the inscription of an enslaved Black woman in early-nineteenth-century Ottoman Tunis preserved in the French colonial archives. I call for a project of archival reading that interrogates ideologies of gendered racialization and enslavement produced by both early-nineteenth-century European colonial observers as well as African Muslim elites. I subsequently examine how these ideologies are being rearticulated in present-day Tunisia. To move between these temporal frames, I conceptualize an ethics of relationality—a concept informed by scholars of Black and Transnational Feminist Studies centering connective encounters in time, space, race, class, gender, status, and ability. I contend that this praxis is essential for engaging with the multiple forms of anti-Blackness that have conditioned the production and legacies of an early-nineteenth-century archival trace. I maintain that an ethics of relationality is essential for confronting the violence of anti-Black racism and xenophobia linking the northern regions of the African continent to empires of the global North, in the past—and the present.
Higher-Order Predicates in the Categories
Authors: Shapiro Gabriel
Published: February 2025

abstract: In the Categories , Aristotle relies on the truth of claims like ‘Socrates is an individual’ and ‘human is a species,’ but it is not clear how terms like ‘species’ and ‘individual’ fit into the framework of the Categories . Do these terms introduce substances or accidents? When we truly apply them to a subject, is the predication we express essential or accidental? These questions puzzled ancient commentators on the Categories but have largely been neglected in modern scholarship. My central contention is that these terms correspond to entities outside of the categories. An upshot of my account is that sentences like ‘human is a species’ and ‘Socrates is an individual’ express neither essential nor accidental predications.
Grotius Contra Carneades: Natural Law and the Problem of Self-Interest
Authors: Asleton Scott C
Published: February 2025

abstract: In the Prolegomena to De Jure Belli ac Pacis , Hugo Grotius expounds his theory of natural law by way of reply to a skeptical challenge from the Greek Academic Carneades. Though this dialectical context is undeniably important for understanding Grotian natural law, commentators disagree about the substance of Carneades’s challenge. This paper aims to give a definitive reading of Carneades’s skeptical argument, and, by reconstructing Grotius’s reply, to settle some longstanding debates about Grotius’s conception of natural law. I argue that Grotius held a Stoic view of natural law, endorsing both the doctrine of eudaimonism and the claim that moral obligations are natural, not grounded in divine command. Consequently, Grotius’s view of natural law has more continuity with premodern, indeed ancient, morality than is usually supposed. However, I argue that we can still understand Grotius as a founder of modern moral philosophy.
C. D. Broad on Precognitions and John William Dunne
Authors: Moravec Matyáš
Published: February 2025

abstract: C. D. Broad developed three different accounts of time over the course of his career. Emily Thomas recently argued that the shift from the first to the second of these was motivated by his engagement with the philosophy of Samuel Alexander. In this paper, I argue that the shift from the second to the third was instigated by Broad’s engagement with precognitive dreams and with the thought of John William Dunne. Furthermore, I argue that fully appreciating Broad’s interest in psychical research in general, and precognitions in particular, is required for understanding the theory of time he defended in the second volume of Examination of McTaggart’s Philosophy . I also argue that interpreting Examination in light of Broad’s engagement with Dunne can help remove the inconsistencies in Broad’s third account.