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Body and Time in Sesemann's Philosophy of Culture: Preface to the Publication of the Vasily Sesemann's Manuscript "Sport and Contemporary Culture"
Authors: Jonkus Dalius
Published: September 2021

This publication presents manuscript of the famous Russian-Lithuanian philosopher Vasily Seseman (1884-1963) accompanied by a preface. The manuscript "Sport and Contemporary Culture" is the text of Seseman's manuscript collection, which is located in Vilnius University (F122-79). Manuscript is a preparatory text for the article "Time, Culture and Body" (first published in 1931 under the pen name "V. Chukhnin", and then in 1935 under his real name). In "Time, Culture and Body" Sesemann develops his ideas concerning the objectifying attitude, which leads to human's alienation towards body and time. Sesemann claims that the time is perceived as a meaningful entirety only when the time is contemplated from the point of view of work. Work is a purpose-attaining activity where subjective creativity is oriented towards an objective result in future. Working in pursuit of one's goals helps to avoid facing the emptiness of time, but at the same time it alienates the present. Work helps the subject to overcome his individual limitations and to become a part of the objective culture. By hiding behind the results of an objective activity people avoid direct contact with the time because it may appear as an interruption of meaningful relations and as a boredom. The tendency to objectify time is accompanied by the process of objectification of body. Previously, a primitive person could trust his body more than tools. In the modern culture body is gradually downgraded because tools, machinery and even separate institutions take over its functions. In this way the centre of culture is moved to the world of objects which is beyond a subject's control and body plays a merely auxiliary part. A person can overcome his alienation towards time and body only by being wakeful - here and now, by self-knowledge and self-control. Sesemann describes the self-control as the practical ability and mood, which he called "presence of mind". In this state of mind person is able to fing oneself, concentrate and mobilise all his strength to his utmost, maintain inner composure, calmness and balance of spirit.
In my skin: racial education and post abyssal thinking of black aesthetics
Authors: Xavier João Paulo
Published: September 2021

This work, which is a fragment of a research that has been discussed in lectures and presented separately in other journals and books, examines through the lens of critical racial literacy, the discrimination, tension, and racism experienced by Afro-Brazilian persons due to the aesthetics of their phenotypic traits. The theoretical framework draws on Critical Race Theory (LADSON-BILLINGS, 1998; FERREIRA, 2014) and Epistemologies of the South (SANTOS, 2014) which provided the basis for data analysis. The methodology for data gathering was autobiographical narratives provided by the informants, who were selected due to their experiences of the subject. The primary research instrument was an online questionnaire, voluntarily and anonymously, answered by the participants. The results show that black people in Brazil face issues of race and racism in their own homes, at schools and universities as students, as well as in their working environments. The discussion is pertinent to the field of Applied Linguistics and Education as it highlights the paramount importance of developing a critical racial literacy at schools, which can address these issues and overcome racism from a variety of perspectives.
Discurso, epistemologías del Sur y pedagogías decoloniales
Authors: Freitas Luciana Maria Almeida de , Meneses Maria Paula
Published: September 2021

Presentación
Iniciação Científica na Educação Básica: estudo de caso envolvendo uma escola privada de Porto Alegre
Authors: De Brito Jhonata Rodrigues , Fonseca Carlos Ventura
Published: September 2021

A iniciação científica, apesar de geralmente identificada como atividade da Educação Superior, pode ser utilizada na Educação Básica para aprimorar ou despertar o espírito investigativo dos estudantes. Este trabalho apresenta um estudo de caso acerca da relevância da atividade de iniciação científica, no contexto de trabalho de uma escola privada, buscando relacionar a possível conexão dessa atividade com o desempenho escolar dos estudantes, partindo-se da percepção dos sujeitos envolvidos (docentes e discentes). Foram utilizados dois questionários como instrumentos de coleta de dados, sendo adotado o modelo de Educar pela Pesquisa da obra de Pedro Demo como referencial teórico principal do artigo. Os dados coletados referentes a questões abertas foram interpretados por meio da análise de conteúdo. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que houve convergência entre as visões discente e docente sobre os efeitos da iniciação científica, ressaltando-se que tal atividade trouxe melhorias no desenvolvimento de habilidades escolares (capacidade crítica, leitura, interpretação de textos, capacidade de concentração e aumento de interesse pelas aulas).
Cascão lava as mãos como medida de enfrentamento à COVID-19: os artefatos culturais e suas pedagogias
Authors: Brum Lucas Pacheco , Magalhães Marcos Vinícius  Silva , Lemos Sandra Monteiro
Published: September 2021

Posicionado dentro da vertente pós-estruturalista, o presente ensaio se insere no campo das pedagogias culturais e dos estudos de cultura visual e buscou traçar alguns apontamentos acerca das representações e dos regimes de visualidade do personagem Cascão, constantes no artefato cultural criado por Mauricio de Sousa. Nessa perspectiva buscou-se reconhecer as representações ali presentes identificando suas relações com a própria cultura na contemporaneidade. O estudo indica que o artefato produzido, ao atravessar o momento atual, produz narrativas que buscam legitimar discursos e políticas de prevenção frente à pandemia da COVID-19, operando na cultura, determinando e educando sujeitos, corpos, atitudes e valores. Desse modo, o texto foi estruturado em duas partes, em que no primeiro momento debruçou-se a apresentar o lugar de produção dessas imagens dentro da cultura. No segundo momento do texto buscou-se destacar as visualidades produzidas por Maurício de Sousa imbricadas aos regimes de visualidade, reconhecendo, assim, as pedagogias culturais como construção de subjetividades.
Lendo contos de Clarice: uma proposta de avaliação escolar
Authors: Silva Wellington Augusto
Published: September 2021

Nos últimos anos, as pesquisas entre literatura e ensino têm se adensado e produzido um relativo consenso acerca das concepções, dos objetivos e dos pressupostos que estruturam um renovado ensino de literatura na escolarização básica. A fim de contribuir com o referido campo de estudos, buscamos apresentar uma proposta de avaliação, pautada na produção textual de jovens leitores, orientando-nos por Cosson (2007) e Antunes (2006). Para tanto, partimos da experiência que vimos desenvolvendo, o projeto “oficina de poesia” no Colégio Técnico da UFRRJ, cujo objetivo fundamental é o de proporcionar um espaço-tempo escolar, mas não escolarizado, de leitura de poemas e experimentação da linguagem literária. Com as oficinas, notamos que as práticas lá desenvolvidas poderiam ser ferramentas, cuja utilização em sala de aula regular incidiriam no complexo processo de formação literária de jovens leitores. Esse projeto apoiou-se, fundamentalmente, nas concepções estético-pedagógicas de Freire (1996), Lobo (2017) e Pilati (2017). Por fim, ainda que parcialmente, concluímos que as experiências produzidas nas oficinas podem ajudar a redimensionar criativamente a concepção tradicional de avaliação na disciplina.
Vozes dissonantes: o negro na literatura potiguar
Authors: Arruda de Oliveira Francisco H. , De Paiva Holanda Carlos Antonio
Published: September 2021

A presença do negro na literatura potiguar é um estudo incipiente, seja pela quase ausência de pesquisas sobre o tema ou, ainda, pela caracterização da literatura regional que sobrepõe aspectos temáticos e estilísticos da produção poética do Rio Grande do Norte. Nesse sentido, este artigo objetiva analisar a imagem construída do negro no âmbito da escrita literária regional, os fatores condicionantes que permeiam a presença ou ausência da negritude como autoria/temática, assim como a categoria do regional como um espaço suprarregional que ultrapassa o conceito de regionalismo como lugar geográfico para entendê-lo na perspectiva de ambiente histórico-cultural representativo. Para isso, o trabalho metodológico, de análise documental e abordagem qualitativa, precisa se deter na crítica dos fundamentos teóricos, literários e culturais que permeiam a figura do negro na poesia potiguar na primeira metade do século XX. Tomamos como aporte teórico a noção de suprarregional de Arendt (2011), o conceito de literatura afrodescendente de Duarte (2002) e de imagologia de Ribeiro (2005). A nossa hipótese é a de que a escrita poética potiguar é sucumbida por estéticas decadentes e regionalismo, corroborando para que a imagem do negro seja minimizada e a sua representação ocorra por meio de vozes dissonantes.
Analisando as habilidades comunicacionais em uma criança com Transtorno do Espectro Autista participante de intervenções assistidas por animais
Authors: Souza Edlene Alves de , Voos Ivani Cristina
Published: September 2021

A relação homem/animal existe desde os tempos mais remotos. Porém, apenas na idade contemporânea tornou-se fonte de pesquisas no âmbito da saúde, educação e psicologia. Assumindo a premissa mencionada, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo geral analisar como podem ser caracterizadas as habilidades comunicacionais de uma criança com Transtorno do Espectro Autista – TEA - a partir da participação em intervenções assistidas por animais. Os instrumentos de coleta de dados da pesquisa são: diários de bordo e videogravações das intervenções, que foram transcritas e, posteriormente, analisadas seguindo alguns princípios do estudo de caso. As intervenções aconteceram remotamente, pela plataforma Google Meet, devido às restrições impostas pela Covid-19 e ocorriam quinzenalmente, realizadas com o consentimento e acompanhamento da família. O trabalho foi realizado numa instituição da rede federal de educação em parceria com o Corpo de Bombeiros de Santa Catarina e contou com a participação de 6 pesquisadoras, uma criança com TEA e dois cães. Pudemos inferir que houve intenções linguísticas por parte da criança, entretanto, é importante destacar que as mesmas foram analisadas com parcimônia dado o contexto vivenciado.
Atendimento Educacional Especializado: um dispositivo pedagógico na oportunização de acesso, recursos e desenvolvimento aos alunos público alvo da educação especial
Authors: Strasburg Raquel Bobsin , Marquet Mônica Grazieli , Zwick Lidiane Barreto Alves , Boeira Isabella Fortes , Baptista Claudio Roberto
Published: September 2021

O presente artigo apresenta a possibilidade de ampliar o debate sobre a educação na perspectiva inclusiva de forma a problematizar como se organiza o Atendimento Educacional Especializado (AEE). O objetivo é analisar o AEE como dispositivo pedagógico descentralizado da sala de recursos para que ocorra em todos os espaços da escola. Trata-se de uma perspectiva que se opõe à compreensão restrita às práticas educacionais em sala de recursos e que valoriza a pluralidade prevista no plano das proposições e diretrizes políticas. A pesquisa foi realizada a partir de abordagem qualitativa, de cunho bibliográfico, envolvendo produções que abordam as discussões sobre a temática proposta. O estudo tem como referencial teórico o ciclo de políticas formulado por Stephen Ball e Richard Bowe para pensar em como as políticas de inclusão escolar agem no contexto da prática. Além dessa perspectiva, a análise contempla o pensamento sistêmico de Gregory Bateson e a tríade “contexto-processo-relações”. As reflexões apresentadas ampliam as formas de configurações do AEE por meio de uma atuação sistêmica do professor de educação especial e uma articulação entre os diferentes profissionais da escola. Desse modo, compreende-se o trabalho compartilhado como possibilidade de romper a lógica da padronização dos processos de ensino.
Estratégias de ensino aprendizagem para a inclusão de alunos público-alvo da educação especial na escola de ensino médio
Authors: E Silva Lima Marcia Raika
Published: September 2021

As discussões sobre a inclusão de alunos público-alvo da educação especial (PAEE) perpassa os diferentes setores da sociedade, em especial o meio acadêmico. Neste intento, esse relato de pesquisa trata-se de recorte da tese de doutorado que se realizou no ano de 2016, pela UFPI, e tem como objetivo geral: analisar as significações de professor do ensino médio acerca da inclusão de alunos público-alvo da educação especial-PAEE. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, com abordagem na Psicologia Sócio-histórica. O método utilizado foi o Materialismo Histórico Dialético. Optou-se pela entrevista como instrumento metodológico para coleta e registro dos dados. Como base analítica teve-se os Núcleos de Significação. O resultado evidenciou que a professora Vargas exalta a criatividade para driblar as contingências imperativas da sociedade, que desconsidera as particularidades dos alunos PAEE, e os meios de acesso e a permanência escolar. Concluímos que a professora Vargas, mediada pela vivência com esses alunos incluídos, transformou seu pensar, seu sentir e seu agir diante da educação inclusiva.
Os desafios das atividades pedagógicas não presenciais: formação para o uso de estratégias e recursos de acessibilidade educacional
Authors: Da Silva Ciriane Jane Casagrande , Paixão Katia De Moura Graça , Eugênio Josiane , Gomes Julieze Esquiam , Sarzi Luana Zimmer , Camargo Renata Gomes
Published: September 2021

Desde 2020, vivencia-se um momento de grande impacto social, em virtude da pandemia de COVID-19, na qual as condições sanitárias impossibilitaram estar na escola presencialmente. Este trabalho tem a finalidade de apresentar como o grupo de pesquisa interdisciplinar em tecnologia assistiva e inclusão contribuiu com a produção de conhecimento relacionado ao uso de recursos tecnológicos, a partir do oferecimento de oficinas sobre estratégias e recursos de acessibilidade educacional, no contexto das atividades pedagógicas não presenciais. A metodologia utilizada para a elaboração do texto embasa-se na abordagem qualitativa e caracteriza-se como pesquisa descritiva e explicativa. Elucidam-se as demandas encontradas neste cenário, no Colégio de Aplicação da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, discute-se a importância de se utilizar estratégias e recursos tecnológicos, na elaboração de ações educacionais, que possibilitam a inclusão de todos os estudantes nos processos de ensino e aprendizagem na educação básica, especialmente os estudantes público-alvo da educação especial e apresentam-se as três oficinas oferecidas pelo grupo. Como principais resultados, tem-se que a constatação da necessidade desse tipo de formação pedagógica, como forma de qualificar a atuação dos profissionais de educação da rede pública de ensino, uma vez que observou-se a diversidade da aplicabilidade dos recursos abordados nas oficinas.
Práticas pedagógicas na escola inclusiva: entre adaptar e reinventar
Authors: Salles Bastos Marilia , Da Costa Pereira de Menezes Eliana
Published: September 2021

Esta pesquisa surge de inquietações com as políticas da educação especial, que vêm desafiando o contexto escolar. Em especial, nesta investigação, tratamos das concepções e práticas pedagógicas que estão sendo construídas em meio às mudanças na educação. Nosso objetivo geral é compreender as concepções que compõem as práticas pedagógicas consideradas “práticas de adaptação curricular” desenvolvidas no contexto da educação inclusiva. A metodologia caracteriza-se como pesquisa qualitativa de abordagem narrativa sociocultural; para a coleta dos dados, utilizamos a entrevista narrativa semiestruturada. As colaboradoras foram quatro professoras de uma escola da rede municipal de ensino de Santa Maria (RS). Nossa escrita fundamenta-se, além dos documentos legais, nos estudos de Bolzan (2002), Beyer (2008), Michels et al. (2010), Carvalho (2013), Libâneo (2013) e Ball et al. (2016), entre outros. Com esta investigação, entendemos que no grupo de professoras há uma “sintonia” profissional, na busca de fazer e ser o mais correspondente possível para/no contexto da educação inclusiva. Assim, a escola ora configura as práticas a partir da vontade de adaptar e reafirmar o já instituído, ora anuncia uma vontade de ressignificação, propondo não um currículo adaptado para alguns, mas a sua reinvenção visando ao todo.
Caracterización socioeconómica y biofísica de agroecosistemas en el municipio de Pasca en la provincia del Sumapaz-Cundinamarca
Authors: Fonseca Carreño Nelson Enrique
Published: September 2021

Se evaluaron 12 agroecosistemas en el municipio de Pasca en Cundinamarca, para determinar los rasgos socioeconómicos y biofísicos a través de prácticas productivas. Se utilizaron métodos participativos, encuestas y recorrido guiado para captura de información. Dentro de los hallazgos, los agroecosistemas responden a características tradicionales de la producción con una fuerte incidencia familiar, respondiendo a factores externos como falta de capital, escasa tecnología, distorsiones en el mercado, condiciones climáticas adversas. Se percibe un fuerte vínculo entre los pobladores rurales con las actividades agropecuarias a través de un nexo entre los recursos disponibles (tierra, agua, biodiversidad), bienestar y seguridad alimentaria de la familia.
Sostenibilidad y proyectos sostenibles: Estudio bibliométrico
Authors: Manzano Durán Omaira , Peñaranda Peñaranda Marta Milena , Luna Quintero Juan Carlos
Published: September 2021

La presente investigación responde a un enfoque cuantitativo de tipo longitudinal descriptivo con el fin de construir un análisis bibliométrico sobre la sostenibilidad en los proyectos, evidenciando el estado de la ciencia en esta importante área. Mediante el empleo de la base de datos Scopus, Excel y el software VOSviewer se analizaron indicadores de los 550 documentos encontrados desde el año 1990 hasta el 2020. Como resultado se encontró que la calidad y cantidad de los documentos al igual que su estructura es alta, sin embargo, se requieren mejorar las publicaciones de libros en esta área. A partir del mapa de co-ocurrencia realizado se logra identificar 3 clúster o categorías analizadas: Sostenibilidad, desarrollo sostenible y proyectos sostenibles.
Ephemer(e)ality Capture: Glitching The Cloud through Photogrammetry
Authors: Tom Milnes
Published: September 2021

Ephemer(e)ality Capture: Glitch Practices in Photogrammetry details artistic practice using cloud-based photogrammetry that actively invokes glitches through disturbance of the imaging algorithm by utilising optical phenomena. Reflective, transparent, specular and patterned/repetitive objects were used to confuse the imaging algorithm to produce spikes, holes and glitches in the mesh and textures of the 3D objects produced. The research tests the limits of photogrammetry in an effort toward new image-making methods. It builds upon the research of Hito Steyerl’s Ripping Reality: Blind spots and wrecked data in 3D in which she outlines the errors of 3D scanning media in her work and contextualises amongst thought surrounding the objectivity of photographic media. This research explores the potential gaps in Steyerl’s approach, building upon investigations into 3D scanning’s ‘constructed imagery’ through methods which explore ‘fractional space’ more thoroughly through glitches caused by capturing of optical phenomena. Through practice, the research investigates the possibilities of conducting a ‘media archaeological’ investigation of cloud-based technology using methods akin to ‘Thinkering’(Huhtamo) and ‘Zombie Media’ (Hertz & Parikka). These investigations sought to ‘hack’ technologies through focused technical adjustments or adaptations, centred on media that were ‘local’ or accessible to the artist - artists that have been able to open the machine’s hardware to change circuitry or to access and change the software code. With cloud-based media’s materiality being inaccessible, the investigation utilised techniques which actively disrupt and confuse the image-making process; a form of ‘digital détournement’ which develops techniques which reference Guy Debord’s approach to disrupt the powers of image-making culture. The research is discussed with regards to similar approaches in contemporary glitch practices and aesthetics. Prior (2013) posits that glitch practices form a ‘paralogy’ of the Lyotardian notion of ‘performativity’ of the contemporary techno-economic conditions; acknowledging that paralogy is a method that contributes important critical discourses to culture and research. Previously, ‘local’ glitch practices focused on the internal affordances and functionality of the machine, whereas this research demonstrates practice which is focused externally – through the optical nature of images selected to disrupt the algorithm in photogrammetry rather than through ‘hacking’ the algorithm directly. Through these investigations and a discussion of their methodology, the research encourages a critical reflexivity of the artist/user through use of a dynamic methodology. This is to reflect the issues of technological flux which sees imaging algorithms being updated and refined, forcing techniques and practices into obsolescence.
One Way Street
Authors: Zoe Panagiota (aka Betty) Nigianni
Published: September 2021

Single-channel digital video with voice-over. Shown at: "Take 291", 291 Gallery, London; "Troma Fling", Independent Film Festival, Edinburgh, 2005.
Sleep deprivation
Authors: Milou van Vlijmen
Published: September 2021

Sleep deprivation the musical
Implementation of a cooling system to develop experimental fatigue tests below zero grades Celsius
Authors: Cárdenas Arias Carlos Gerardo , Sandoval Rodríguez Camilo Leonardo , Rincón Quintero Arly Darío , Díaz Melo Pablo David
Published: September 2021

Temperature is one of the matter properties with the greatest influence on the materials behavior existing in nature and those man designed. This physical magnitude allows to demonstrate and define behaviors and materials characteristics in the industry in general. Its influence is present in all the places where the materials fulfill functions, however, in some applications its influence is very little, which allows to disregard its effects. In the steels case (one of the most used materials at the industrial level today), the temperature variation produces dilation or contraction, depending on the temperature magnitude and its variation that affects them. Temperature increases generate an expansion phenomenon in the materials, which under load will reach a point where they present thermal fatigue failure. The opposite is that of temperature drops, where the phenomenon that occurs is contraction, often leading to the loss of adjustments and interference that compromise the equipment functionality and integrity. The fatigue failure mentioned is presented as a result of the stresses and deformations present in both cases. It is desired to condition a rotational flex fatigue test equipment with a cooling system to bring the sample material to temperatures below zero degrees Celsius, in order to check how low temperatures, affect the resistance of steel to fatigue. For this, a cooling system was designed and the fatigue equipment was adapted to reduce heat transfer. After carrying out this implementation and determining that the sizes of the devices were suitable for the proposed purposes, the initial temperature tests were carried out and, once this part was achieved, three repetitions of a rotary fatigue test were performed that demonstrated that the equipment can operate normally.
Aprendizaje por descubrimiento: Método alternativo en la enseñanza de la física
Authors: Castillo Rodríguez Nancy Janet , Giraldo Santamaría Dayan Steban , Zapata Gordon Adonaí Zapata Gordon
Published: September 2021

Se realiza un circuito dinámico como método de aprendizaje por descubrimiento en la enseñanza de la cinemática en 35 estudiantes de grado décimo del Colegio Hernando Caicedo de La Paila - Valle Del Cauca, para fortalecer el pensamiento científico de los educandos. Diseñar una planeación áulica  con base en el aprendizaje por descubrimiento para verificar la eficacia de los procesos de enseñanza de la cinemática. Se aplicó una prueba cualitativa de predominancia cerebral para distribuir los estudiantes de acuerdo a los resultados en 5 grupos que rotaron por un circuito realizando 4 experimentos y una retroalimentación. Obteniendo valores estadísticos debido a la interacción de varios factores: predominancia cerebral, planeación áulica cerebro compatible y método de exploración y descubrimiento, donde inicialmente en un diagnóstico se tuvo el 45.42% de aciertos, mientras que en la evaluación final se tuvo un 89.42% de respuestas correctas, estableciendo un aprendizaje significativo y una ganancia de aprendizaje normalizada de 0.81. Respaldando la eficacia de la metodología empleada para la enseñanza de la cinemática en estudiantes de básica secundaria. Por medio de los datos obtenidos se pone en manifiesto la efectividad de la planeación áulica en apoyo a los procesos de la enseñanza de la física en estudiantes de básica secundaria.
Del Nido vs St Thomas II Cardioplegia in Adult cardiac surgery: A prospective randomized trial of short-term outcomes
Authors: Kalyanasundaram Aravind , Prasad Sreevathsa , Padmanabhan Ram Sankar , Munusamy Hemachandran , SaiChandran Bathal , Rath Durgaprasad
Published: September 2021

Aim/Objective: To assess short term clinical outcomes based on
peri-operative troponin T levels (before start of surgery, 2 hours and
12 hours after coming of CPB) of adult patients undergoing cardiac
surgery using the del Nido cardioplegia technique compared with st
thomas conventional blood cardioplegia Material and method: This was a
prospective randomized study with a sample size of 100, which included
patients with valvular heart disease requiring single valve replacement
in our center from February 2019 to march 2020. Simple randomization
technique was used for dividing into two groups of 50 patients each and
were given del-nido or st Thomas II cardioplegia accordingly.
Perioperative TROPONIN levels, TEE ejection fraction, post-operative
inotrope requirement was analyzed. Results: Total of 100 Patients were
enrolled in the studie. Mean troponin T immediate post CPB was 559.76 in
del nido and 531.14 in blood showing no significance (P 0.146) and 24hrs
post-surgery where 290.08 and 231.6 respectively with no significant
(0.089) difference. Other parameters like coming of pump need for
defibrillation(p-0.629), change in EF measured pre and post CPB
(p-0.678) did not show any signifance. Conclusion: Myocardial protection
in open cardiac surgery is still evolving. Del-nido cardioplegia is a
viable alternative to st thomas cardioplegia which has proven to be
statically equivalent in myocardial protection in adult population also.
Further studies are required to look into the long-term outcome of use
of del nido and to expand the use of del-nido cardioplegia in other
adult open cardiac surgeries.
Enhancing glutamine production by optimising the GS-GOGAT pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum and NH4+-limited fermentation
Authors: Liu Yunpeng , Li Lanxiao , Wang Jinduo , Xu Qingyang
Published: September 2021

Abstract: The GS-GOGAT pathway is a key metabolic pathway of glutamate
and glutamine. Optimising this pathway, leading to metabolic flux to
glutamine, can increase glutamine production and reduce the production
of the by-product glutamate. The
NH-limited fermentation process
limits the concentration of NH to
increase the activity of GS and further increase the yield of glutamine.
The GS-GOGAT pathway was optimised by knocking out the GOGAT genes
NCgl0181 and NCgl0182 and the glutaminase genes
NCgl2395 and NCgl2500 and by integrating a copy of the GS
gene glnAbsu from Bacillus subtilis and a copy of the
glutamine synthase gene glnAlcb from Lactobacillus
acidophilus into the genomic NCgl0182 and NCgl2500 sites.
Furthermore, the pXT01 plasmid with the strong promoter tuf was used to
overexpress glnAbsu and glnAlcb. To obtain an optimal
NH-limited fermentation process, the
effects of starting feeding with
(NH)SO at different
times of fermentation and three
(NH)SO feeding
strategies on glutamine fermentation were studied, and a
NH-limited fermentation process that
was the most suitable for glutamine fermentation was determined. After
optimising the GS-GOGAT pathway, Corynebacterium glutamicum G-6
was subjected to the NH-limited
fermentation process to greatly increase the production of glutamine.
The yield of glutamine reached 98.7 g/L, which was 104.8% higher than
that in the original strain GM34; the content of glutamate reached 4.5
g/L, which then decreased by 85.2%; the GS activity increased
significantly, and the sugar-acid conversion rate reached 41.2%.
Exploring Performance in Air Force Science and Technology Programs
Authors: Plack Eric , Ritschel Jonathan , White Edward , Koschnick Clay , Drylie Scott
Published: September 2021

Science and technology (S&T) programs serve an important function in the defense acquisition process as the initial phase leading to discovery and development of warfighting technology. The results of these programs impact the larger major defense acquisition programs, which integrate the technologies in subsequent phases of the life cycle. Despite this important role, little prior research has examined the performance of S&T programs. In this study, the authors investigate the impact of technological maturation as a critical success factor in Air Force S&T programs. The results suggest that S&T programs with mature technologies are more likely to experience above average cost growth and larger contract values while less likely to experience schedule growth. Additionally, the authors find the partnership method between the government and contractor matters for both technological maturation and schedule growth. Lastly, the nature of the S&T program is important, with aerospace programs more likely to technologically mature than human systems programs.
Use of waste paper ash or wood ash as substitution to fly ash in production of geopolymer concrete
Authors: Owaid Haider M. , Al-Rubaye Muna M. , Al-Baghdadi Haider M.
Published: September 2021

Large quantities of paper and wood waste are generated every day, the disposal of these waste products is a problem because it requires huge space for their disposal. The possibility of using these wastes can mitigate the environmental problems related to them. This study presents an investigation on the feasibility of inclusion of waste paper ash (WPA) or wood ash (WA) as replacement materials for fly ash (FA) class F in preparation geopolymer concrete (GC). The developed geopolymer concretes for this study were prepared at replacement ratios of FA by WPA or WA of 25, 50, 75 and 100% in addition to a control mix containing 100% of FA. Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solutions and sodium silicate (Na2SiO3) are used as alkaline activators with 1M and 10M of sodium hydroxide solution.The geopolymer concretes have been evaluated with respect to the workability, the compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and flexural strength. The results indicated that there were no significant differences in the workability of the control GC mix and the developed GC mixes incorporating WPA or WA. Also, the results showed that, by incorporating of 25–50% PWA or 25% WA, the mechanical properties (compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and flexural strength) of GC mixes slightly decreased. While replacement with 75–100% WPA or with 50–100% WA has reduced these mechanical properties of GC mixes. As a result, there is a feasibility of partial replacement of FA by up to 50% WPA or 25% WA in preparation of the geopolymer concrete.
Can it be or feel right to hate? On the appropriateness and fittingness of hatred
Authors: Szanto Thomas
Published: September 2021

What exactly is wrong with hating others? However deep-seated the intuition,
when it comes to spelling out the reasons for why hatred is inappropriate,
the literature is rather meager and confusing. In this paper, I attempt to
be more precise by distinguishing two senses in which hatred is
inappropriate, a moral and a non-moral one. First, I critically discuss the
central current proposals defending the possibility of morally appropriate
hatred in the face of serious wrongs or evil perpetrators and show that they
are all based on a problematic assumption, which I call the ?reality of evil
agents assumption?. I then turn to the issue of non-moral emotional
appropriateness and sketch a novel, focus-based account of fittingness.
Next, I outline the distinctive affective intentionality of hatred,
suggesting that hatred, unlike most other antagonistic emotions, has an
overgeneralizing and indeterminate affective focus. Against this background,
I argue that hatred cannot be fitting. Due to the indeterminacy of its
focus, hatred fails to pick out those evaluative features of the intentional
object that would really matter to the emoters. I close with some tentative
remarks on the possibility of appropriate hatred towards corporate or group
agents.
‘Environmentalism without ideology’ and the dreams of wiping out humanity
Authors: Beran Ondřej
Published: September 2021

My aim is to discuss the rhetoric of expertise as objective, and ideology-and
value-free, on the example of environmental policy. The first section
introduces examples of the common rhetorical figure of expert, ideology-free
environmental protection, revealing their presuppositions. The second
introduces objects of comparison - the cartoonish proposals of wiping out
humanity - with the aim of showing that the two groups of proposals assume
an analogous rhetoric. The third section discusses some prominent features
of various proposals of ?population control?, along with the links to the
current surge of so-called eco-fascism. The aim is to show that all these
phenomena represent a scale of the idea of ideology-free environmentalism.
The concluding section discusses the distorted understanding of expertise,
ideology, and politics, central to examples given in the previous sections,
as leading to deplorable ignorance or callous cynicism, and therefore, in
effect, a moral failure.
Becoming an ethnic subject. Cultural-psychological theory of ethnic identification
Authors: Djordjevic Ana
Published: September 2021

This paper offers an alternative theoretical consideration of ethnic
identification in psychology. Mainstream social psychological theories are
largely positivist and individualistic. New possibilities of theoretical
understanding open up as the relational and symbolic nature of ethnicity
enters psychological inquiry. This paper takes culture and self as two
conceptual domains of social identification, following a meta-theoretical
position of cultural psychology. The central focus is the cultural
development of the person in social context of a given culture, specifically
their ethnic identification, to which end, it looks at several processual
aspects. First, ethnic culture is approached as a guiding principle and
practice in everyday understanding and experience of one?s own ethnicity.
Second, ethnic identification is considered a social and personal act of
meaning making, which happens in a given social context, through practical
activity and the discursive positioning of a person. Third, since rather
than considered a conscious aspect of belonging, ethnicity is assumed and
taken for granted, ruptures are considered as destabilizing events that
create an opportunity for ethnic meaning reinterpretation and developmental
transition. In the meaning making process, symbolic resources are conceived
of as primary self-configuring tools, which are also culture-configuring.
Ethnic meaning making is theorized as a central social-psychological process
through which ethnic culture and a person as an ethnic subject emerge in
historical perspective. Finally, the uniqueness of a singular person in the
shared ethnic culture is conceptualized based on symbolic distancing from
the immediate social context, through the model of knitting personal and
socio-historical semiotic threads.
Imeglimin Ameliorates β-cell Apoptosis by Modulating the Endoplasmic Reticulum Homeostasis Pathway
Authors: Li Jinghe , Inoue Ryota , Togashi Yu , Okuyama Tomoko , Satoh Aoi , Kyohara Mayu , Nishiyama Kuniyuki , Tsuno Takahiro , Miyashita Daisuke , Kin Tatsuya , Shapiro A.M. James , Chew Resilind Su Ern , Teo Adrian Kee Keong , Oyadomari Seiichi , Terauchi Yasuo , Shirakawa Jun
Published: September 2021

The effects of imeglimin, a novel anti-diabetes agent,
on β-cell function remain unclear. Here, we unveiled the impact of imeglimin on
β-cell survival. Treatment with imeglimin augmented mitochondrial function,
enhanced insulin secretion, promoted β-cell proliferation, and improved β-cell
survival in mouse islets. Imeglimin upregulated the expression of endoplasmic
reticulum (ER)-related molecules including Chop
(Ddit3), Gadd34 (Ppp1r15a), Atf3, and Sdf2l1,
and decreased eIF2α phosphorylation, after treatment with thapsigargin, and restored
global protein synthesis in β-cells under ER stress. Imeglimin failed to
protect ER stress-induced β-cell apoptosis in CHOP-deficient islets or in the
presence of GADD34 inhibitor. Treatment with imeglimin showed a significant
decrease in the number of apoptotic β-cells and increased β-cell mass in Akita
mice. Imeglimin also protected against β-cell apoptosis in both human islets
and human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived β-like cells.
Taken together, imeglimin modulates ER homeostasis
pathway, which results in the prevention of β-cell apoptosis both in vitro and in vivo.
Development of high intensity multibeam laser metal deposition system with blue diode lasers for additively manufacturing of copper rod
Authors: Ono Kazuhiro , Sato Yuji , Takazawa Yuma , Morimoto Yuki , Takenaka Keisuke , Yamashita Yorihiro , Funada Yoshinori , Abe Nobuyuki , Tsukamoto Masahiro
Published: September 2021

A 100 W blue diode laser with an optical fiber having a core diameter of 100 μm was developed and installed into a blue diode laser metal deposition system (B-LMD), achieving a laser intensity of 7.58 × 104 W/cm2, four times higher than that of the previous B-LMD system. The increase in laser intensity is expected to enable faster and more efficient 3D processing of pure copper. The authors conducted the rod formation experiment by varying the processing speed. The rod formation process is observed with a high-speed video camera to clarify the mechanism of copper rod formation. As a result of rod formation as a 3D modeling of pure copper, a 30 mm rod was formed in 1.5 s under the following conditions: a laser intensity of 1.27×106W/cm2, a powder feed rate of 220 mg/s, and a processing speed of 20 mm/s. It was found that the mode of rod forming changed depending on the processing speed. When the processing speed is high, the mode becomes molten layer type and the energy efficiency becomes high. In addition, the processing point became closer to the focal point at high speed, and the cross-sectional shape of the formed rod was closer to the circular ones.
A Study on Classroom Discourse in Enhancing Metacognition to Develop Writing Skill in Saudi EFL Students
Authors: Agili Emtenan , Prabhashini C Bhagya
Published: September 2021

Generally, learning outcomes are not always as expected; instead, they show a degree of variation depending on various factors. Likewise, despite the fact of providing writing instruments in Saudi EFL classrooms, the outcomes are not always as expected. The reasons may range from classroom atmosphere to individual cognition and many other related variants around. However, it is a small attempt in teachers’ perspective to see if anything is lacking in the implementation of ‘teaching writing strategies’ for EFL classrooms. To verify this assumption between practicality and literature, this paper intends to explore ‘the implementation of writing strategies of faculty’ during teaching writing skills. In addition, this paper also attempts to identify what sort of discourse tools and metacognitive strategies university faculty are incorporating in their teaching, and what is ignored or not used up to the mark while enhancing Saudi EFL students’ meta-cognitive awareness. To collect responses for this study, a survey questionnaire was administered among 36 English language educators of the Jazan region. The results of this study revealed that there is a component that was given minor importance during teaching, though teachers used other strategies and tools extensively. Furthermore, one of the aims of the study is to demonstrate how discourse can be used to offer a solution in the present scenario. In a nutshell, this research recommends the significance of the neglected subcomponent and its importance in improving writing metacognition.
Shashi Deshpande, Anita Desai, and Bharati Mukherjee: A Comparative Study
Authors: Evangeline Dr. S. Hannah
Published: September 2021

Shashi Deshpande, Anita Desai and Bharati Mukherjee are contemporary Indian English Writers. They have represented the case of Indian women who are the subject of negligence, suffering, suppression and exploitation. The problems of identity figures more prominently in the novels of Bharati Mukherjee and Anita Desai.  Shashi Deshpande’s main concern also has been to trace out the root cause of denial of women’s self and their struggle for self-identity. Thus all these factors give rise to emergent trends and tendencies like hybrid cultural forms among the migrants. These three female authors who have been under the influence of trans-nationalism, immigration, migration as well as re-housement, began to take deep interest in study of the women’s problems in India and giving them insight and outlook that have some relevance with the Western culture and social back-grounds.
The Role of Technology for Language Teaching and Learning: An Evaluative Study
Authors: Padma Dr Vadlamani
Published: September 2021

The primary objective of this paper is to  examine the role of technology for language teaching. It focusses to make English language teachers cognizant of the techniques to implement appropriately. Technology plays an essential role in teaching of English. It helps in giving a practical method to a resource.  Technology when  perfectly incorporated enriches  the objectives of learning. Efficacious integration of technology is fruitful when students can select them to acquire information in a judicious manner, examine and combine the information, and present it professionally There is a significant development in the  teaching of  English language methodology  with the application of new technology. Technology is unceasingly, and precipitously, growing.  To maximise progressive language learning outcomes, student-teacher platforms are created extensively. Accordingly, the present English language teachers now  actively integrate different technological aids devised to help  the best possible teaching approaches.
Protruding the Viable Instinct of Women in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Novel Before We Visit the Goddess
Authors: Shiyamala B.
Published: September 2021

According to some rational research, women’s instinct is tuned with more affirmative determination and fortitude. In her article Cari Romm quoted from the online forum Medical Daily which stated that, “Women, traditionally entrusted with child care, evolved to have stronger, more accurate instincts so as to better protect their offspring from any potential threats”. When human instinct leads to greater evolution and becomes a choice to exercise still people particularly women allow its suspension in the long run. This dormancy is elicited by circumstantial gender role and the absence of prospects. The great Indian-American author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel Before We Visit the Goddess redoubles the feasible ability of women and the demand for exercising their will to excogitate their life. Her novel Before We Visit the Goddess is published in the year of 2017 which proposes the journey of three women who belong to three generations and their phenomenal exertion to give meaning and identity to their life. The three women are Sabitri, Bela and Tara (Mother, Daughter and Granddaughter) exchange a deep bond in spite of their aloofness. They have been discovered to all kind of nippy and sultry emotions. As they start to afford their emotions, it leads to many convulsions as well as idyllic outcomes. Thus, the author wants to empower women to use their instincts for higher purpose rather being an accustomed mortal of linearity.
The influence of roman law on the formation and development of the romano-germanic legal family
Authors: Potokin Yuri Nikolaevich
Published: September 2021

The purpose of the present work is to analyze the little-studied aspects of the influence of Roman law on the formation and establishment of modern legal systems related to the Romano-Germanic legal family. The author conducts a historical and dialectical analysis of the formation of the sources of Roman law, makes assumptions about their origin, and highlights the specifics of some of them. Legal reception has been considered separately as the main factor of influence of Roman law on the creation and formation of the law of the states of the Romano-Germanic legal family. It has been concluded that it is necessary to harmonize the sources of national law with the requirements of Roman law, the hypothesis has been proved that it was the qualitative characteristics of Roman law that served as the main reason for its reception by the states of the Romano-Germanic legal family.
Bir Ermeni Köyü Olan Adiş'in Siyasi, Sosyal, Ekonomik ve Dini Durumu
Authors: BOZAN Oktay
Published: September 2021

Çüngüş, Müslümanlar ve gayrimüslimlerin yaşadığı bir yerleşim merkezidir. 1516 yılında Osmanlı idaresine girdikten sonra yapılan idari düzenleye göre Çüngüş’e bağlı köylerden sadece Adiş’ta Ermeniler yaşamaktadır. Adiş, Osmanlı kayıtlarının büyük bir kısmında Adiş-i Süflâ (Aşağı Adiş) ve Adiş-i Ulyâ (Yukarı Adiş) şeklinde geçmekle birlikte bir kısmında ise sadece Adiş olarak tanımlanmıştır. XVI ve XVII. yüzyıl kayıtlarına göre Adiş köyünde sadece Ermeniler yaşarken XIX. yüzyılın başından itibaren Müslümanlar da Adiş köyüne yerleşmiştir. Adiş köyü, yetersiz tarım alanlarına sahip olması nedeniyle köyün erkeklerinin önemli bir kısmı İstanbul’a giderek ailesinin ihtiyaçlarını temin etmek zorunda kalmıştır. XIX. yüzyılın sonlarında 300 haneye ulaşan köyde eğitim kurumları ve kiliseler bulunmaktadır. 1895 Ermeni olayları sırasında Gerger tarafından gelen eşkıya, Adiş köyüne saldırılarda bulunmuş ve birtakım mağduriyetler yaşanmıştır.