bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The different association between fat mass distribution and intake of three major nutrients in pre- and postmenopausal women
Authors: Sun Qin , Liu Congrong , Li Shuxin , Ren Juanjuan , Wang Zhaoxia
Published: May 2024

Background

Obesity, characterized by excessive body fat accumulation, is associated with various chronic health conditions. Body fat plays a crucial role in health outcomes, and nutrient intake is a contributing factor. Menopause further influences body fat, but the precise relationships between nutrients and fat mass distribution in pre- and post-menopausal women are unclear.

Methods

Data from 4751 adult women aged ≥18 years old (3855 pre-menopausal, 896 post-menopausal) with completed information were obtained from the National Health and Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2011 to 2018. Multivariate linear regression models were used to examine the associations between protein, carbohydrate, fat intake and total percent fat (TPF), android percent fat (APF), gynoid percent fat (GPF), android to gynoid ratio (A/G), subcutaneous adipose tissue mass (SAT), visceral adipose tissue mass (VAT). Subgroup analyses, stratified by menopausal status, were also conducted. Additionally, we employed smoothing curve fitting techniques to investigate potential non-linear relationships between fat mass distribution and nutrient intake.

Results

Compared with pre-menopausal women, post-menopausal women had higher body fat, BMI, and metabolic indicators but lower nutrient intake (All p<0.05). In the overall analysis, we found significant correlations between nutrient intake and fat mass. Specifically, protein intake was negatively correlated with TPF (β = -0.017, 95% CI: -0.030, -0.005), APF (β = -0.028, 95% CI: -0.044, -0.012), GPF (β = -0.019, 95% CI: -0.030, -0.008), while fat intake showed positive correlations with these measures (SAT: β = 2.769, 95% CI: 0.860, 4.678). Carbohydrate intake exhibited mixed associations. Notably, body fat mass-nutrient intake correlations differed by menopausal status. Generally speaking, protein intake showed negative correlations with body fat distribution in pre-menopausal women but positive correlations in post-menopausal women. Carbohydrate intake revealed significant negative associations with abdominal and visceral fat in post-menopausal women, while fat intake was consistently positive across all fat distribution indices, especially impacting visceral fat in post-menopausal women.

Conclusion

Dietary intake plays a crucial role in body fat distribution, with menopausal status significantly influencing the impact of nutrients on specific fat distribution metrics. The study emphasizes the need for dietary guidelines to consider the nutritional needs and health challenges unique to women at different life stages, particularly concerning menopausal status, to effectively manage obesity.
La autoficción en la novela de migración: Las figuraciones del «yo» en Desencajada (2020), de Margaryta Yakovenko
Authors: Baginska Oliwia
Published: May 2024

Margaryta Yakovenko, nació en Ucrania en 1992 y se nacionalizó tras veinte años de residencia en España. En su novela Desencajada (2020), la escritora narra la historia de Daria Kovalenko Petrova, quien viaja por los cauces de la memoria del pasado para superar una crisis de identidad. La autora presta a la protagonista fragmentos de su vida con el fin de crear un relato íntimo de la experiencia migratoria. El acto de escritura es motivado por un suceso que da un giro a su vida: el cambio de nacionalidad. En este testimonio autoficticio, la autora recurre a la memoria con el fin de reconstruir su trayectoria familiar a través del prisma de la migración. Por ello, el tema principal de la obra es la búsqueda de la identidad y del sentido de pertenencia tras sufrir un desarraigo violento. En este trabajo se examinan las estrategias de la autoficción en la narrativa de la persona migrante que pertenece a la segunda generación. El objetivo del estudio es analizar sus funciones y sus capacidades para plasmar la complejidad de la experiencia migratoria. Además, se estudia de qué manera la novela se sumerge en el universo íntimo de la protagonista para desvelar las hibridaciones culturales que surgen con la construcción de dos mundos, dos culturas y dos lenguas. En este contexto, el multiculturalismo se presenta como una fuente de riqueza personal, pero también de incertidumbre. Escribir se convierte para Margaryta Yakovenko en una necesidad motivada por las relaciones de alteridad que establece en el país de migración.
Reseña del libro: Enrique Encabo e Inmaculada Matía Polo (eds.), América como horizonte. Intercambios, diálogos y mestizajes de la escena popular española
Authors: Mota Medina Álvaro
Published: May 2024

Enrique Encabo e Inmaculada Matía Polo (eds.), América como horizonte. Intercambios, diálogos y mestizajes de la escena popular española, Madrid/ Frankfurt am Main, Iberoamericana/ Vervuert, 2023, 234 páginas, ISBN 978-84-9192-334-3.
Reseña del libro: Cristina Santolaria Solano, ¡Un millón de princesitas! La escena madrileña para la infancia en el primer franquismo
Authors: Sotomayor Sáez María Victoria
Published: May 2024

Cristina Santolaria Solano, ¡Un millón de princesitas! La escena madrileña para la infancia en el primer franquismo. Madrid: ASSITEJ España, 2022, 296 páginas, ISBN: 978-84-123003-2-1.
«Cuidado con la luz, Pepe»: sobre los espacios en Doña Perfecta (1896), de Pérez Galdós
Authors: Vázquez Aurrecoechea Enara
Published: May 2024

El presente artículo tiene como objetivo estudiar la construcción de tres espacios escénicos de la adaptación teatral de Doña Perfecta (1896) en relación con los espacios originales que se presentan en la novela de 1876. Se compararán los espacios de la adaptación con los de la obra original, con el fin de analizar los cambios que Galdós introduce en los espacios y la influencia de estos en el desarrollo del drama. En primer lugar, se estudiará el espacio del jardín de doña Perfecta, un locus amoenus invertido con una gran carga simbólica tanto en la novela como en el drama; por otro lado, analizaremos las últimas escenas del segundo acto de la obra, que corresponden al capítulo XVII de la novela, y que ya no tienen lugar en la capilla de la casa. Por último, estudiaremos las escenas que giran en torno a doña Perfecta y Rosario en el último acto, que no existían en la novela. Además, a lo largo de todo el estudio se analizará la presencia de luces y sombras como elemento fundamental de estos espacios, por un lado, símbolo de la ciencia y la muerte, y por otro lado mecanismo que el autor emplea para expresar la realidad interior de los personajes. Este análisis del drama nos permitirá, a su vez, acercarnos a la influencia del teatro simbolista en la producción dramática de Benito Pérez Galdós.
Hibák összjátéka: Környezetvédelem és kínai tőke Délkelet-Európában
Authors: Tsimonis Konstantinos , Rogelja Igor , Ciută Ioana , Frantzeskaki Anastasia , Nikolovska Elena , Pesha Besjan
Published: May 2024

Kína gazdasági jelenlétét Európában elsősorban biztonsági fenyegetésként tárgyalják, és a fenntarthatóságra gyakorolt hatása pedig meglehetősen marginális kérdés marad. Ez a cikk a kínai tőke európai térnyerésének a környezetvédelemre gyakorolt negatív hatásait vizsgálja, és a gyenge teljesítmény mögött meghúzódó okokat elemzi. Öt kulcsfontosságú kínai projektet vizsgálunk meg Délkelet-Európa egy olyan régiójában, amely országai az európai intézményekhez különböző módokon kapcsolódnak, eltérő fejlettségi szinten állnak, és különböző állami kapacitásokkal rendelkeznek. Megállapítjuk, hogy e projektek negatív környezeti hatásai nem tulajdoníthatók annak az általánosan elterjedt felfogásnak, hogy a kínaiak eredendően „gonosz” befektetők, a fogadó államok pedig „gyengék” és függő helyzetben vannak. Helyette a hibáknak egy olyan összjátékát azonosítjuk a befektetők, a fogadó államok és a regionális intézmények között, amely gyenge szabályozáshoz és az előírások sorozatos megsértéséhez vezet. Ezzel azt szorgalmazzuk, hogy legyenek beépítve a külföldi befektetések átvilágítási mechanizmusaiba a fenntarthatósági szempontok, és hagyjanak fel az ellentmondásos fejlesztési prioritásokkal a régióban.
Social Responsibility and Airbnb Hosts: Voices from Northern Cyprus
Authors: BAYRAKTAR Fetine , REZAPOURAGHDAM Hamed
Published: May 2024

This study examined relevant linkages between motivational factors to be the owner of P2P accommodation (Airbnb host) and being active in pro-environmental and pro-social actions in life practices using a qualitative research method. Our study contributes to the literature associating the motivations of being an Airbnb host and being active in sustainability issues under the framework of moral values. Furthermore, the study analyzed whether an individual awareness of sustainability practices by Airbnb hosts influences their motivations for social responsibility actions in their hosting practices. The key themes followed were ‘Community Engagement and Pro-Social Practices’, ‘Environmental Consciousness and Pro-environmental Practices’, ‘Family Values on Moral Identity and Legal Compliance’, and ‘Restoration and Cultural Heritage’. Findings revealed that hosts stress the importance of the level of environmental consciousness that is gained from education in fostering social responsibility. Respondents believed that teaching cultural heritage, environmental awareness, and ethical values, especially to children, is crucial to building a responsible society. Additionally, participants expressed a sense of social responsibility through the restoration of idle and old houses, contributing to the preservation of cultural heritage and historical structures. As a context of the moral identity issue of respondent hosts, the influence of family values on the development of moral identity was highlighted. The findings of the study showed that hosts work in a team to implement necessary projects for the benefit of society. The study ends with a discussion of the findings and relevant suggestions for the industry.
Strategic Objectives and Control: Optimizing Strategic Success in the Hospitality Setting through Transformational Leadership
Authors: ALHARBI Ibrahim Bader A.
Published: May 2024

The aim of the study is to assess the impact of strategic and control objectives on strategic success. Furthermore, it seeks to examine how transformational leadership affects the relationship between goal implementation/commitment and strategic success. Using a quantitative approach, the study collects data through convenience sampling. It is particularly relevant in the hospitality industry in Saudi Arabia. The 378 collected responses are analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling technique. The findings confirm all hypotheses of the study except the expected role of transformational leadership in mediating the link between implementation goals and strategic success. The study confirms that strategic and strategic objectives have a significant and positive impact on strategic success. Furthermore, transformational leadership is known to play a facilitating role in the relationship between strategic management and strategic success. This study provides valuable insights and recommendations for practitioners and scholars in the hotel industry in Saudi Arabia.
Dark Triad Personality Traits and Workplace Outcomes: Evidence from the Hospitality Industry
Authors: AL-RAWASHDEH Osama Mohammad , AL MAHASNEH Mohammad Fadel , AL NAJDAWI Bashar M.
Published: May 2024

The Dark Triad Personality Traits - psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism - have a significant impact on workplace dynamics. Psychopathy involves egoistic and disappointing interpersonal contact; Machiavellianism involves devious communication strategies; and narcissists use harmful tactics to gain attention and dominate teams. This study investigates the linking of DTPTs with work outcomes in the context of Jordan's hospitality sector. With the use of a standardised questionnaire, 387 hotel staff members provided quantitative data. SPSS was used to test the proposed hypotheses. Findings demonstrated that, whereas DTPTs had no effect on OCB, they do positively influence JB and TI. These results have significant theoretical and practical implications for Jordan hotels. The study recommends that to combat DTPTs in hotels, proactive measures like thorough hiring processes, investing in training programmes, and establishing clear organisational values can help. These measures can identify potential traits, foster a positive work culture, and discourage behaviours aligned with DTPTs, ultimately improving overall staff satisfaction, reducing turnover, and increasing JB.
Assessing City Marketing in Jordan: The Case of Petra
Authors: ALNSOUR Jamal Ahmad , AL-WESHAH Ghazi A. , KAKEESH Dana F. , AL-HYARI Khalil , ARABEYYAT Abdullah Radwan
Published: May 2024

The aim of this study is to assess city marketing approaches used in promoting Petra in Jordan. To this end, four major criteria, including integrated marketing communication, quality of urban services, organizational procedures, and tourism receipt, were considered in this study. A qualitative method using in-depth, face-to-face interviews with top managers, was used to achieve the study objectives. Findings reveal that Petra suffers from a lack of effective city marketing strategies. The processes of city marketing, including integrated marketing communication, urban services, organizational aspects, and financial reserves, are greatly ineffective. Such processes are basically influenced by regulations, funding, and collaboration between various public authorities, as well as between the public sector and the private sector. The study provides useful insights for policymakers in order to improve city marketing in Jordan.
The Relationship of emotion regulation difficulties and hedonic hunger situations with food addiction: a study on health professionals
Authors: Canberi Ümmü Büşra , Arslan Müge
Published: May 2024

Aim: This study was to evaluate emotion regulation difficulties and hedonic hunger situations in healthcare workers and examine the relationship with food addiction.
Method: A questionnaire consisting of demographic characteristics, Difficulty in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), Power of Food Scale (PFS) and Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) was administered to participants and analyzed in SPSS v26. A total of 671 healthcare workers, 465 females and 206 males, participated in the study and the mean age of the participants was 34,6910,11 years, mean body mass index was 23.97±3.24 kg/m2.
Results: It was found that a significantly increase in the score of healthcare workers DERS-16 increases the score of YFAS and an increase score of PFS increases the score of YFAS. It was found that significantly as the “YFAS Total” scores of the healthcare workers increased, the “Clarity”, “Goals” sub-factor scores of DERS-16 and “DERS-16 Total” scores and the “Food Present”, “Food Available”, “Food Tasted” sub-factor of PFS and “PFS Total” scores increased.
Conclusion: As the emotion regulation difficulties and hedonic hunger scores increased, the food addiction scores increased.
Visualising Individual Profiles and Grouping Conditions in Collaborative Learning Activities
Authors: dos Santos Augusto Dias Pereira , Yacef Kalina , Martinez- Maldonado Roberto
Published: May 2024

Collaborative learning has been shown to be conducive to better and deeper learning for particular tasks, but is dependent on a number of factors, including how students are grouped together. We are interested in finding out whether data captured from students working individually and/or collaboratively can reveal useful information about the impact of the grouping conditions on learning. We explore whether these findings can be detected early on (possibly, before students start working in groups). If such information can be reliably captured, then it could be used to drive group formation dynamically and at a large scale. This paper presents our initial visual exploration with two case studies: one from a first-year programming course (N = 372) where students alternately worked individually and in pairs; and another (N = 60) from a concept mapping environment where students first worked individually and then in groups.
Developing low barrier courses using open textbooks
Authors: Partridge Helen , Stagg Adrian , Power Emma
Published: May 2024

Open Educational Resources (OER) have continued to gain significant global traction over the last decade, with research claiming the transformative power of these resources for broadening access and participation in Higher Education and driving new pedagogical approaches. In 2015, the University of Southern Queensland funded four open textbook grants as a pilot project that aimed to not only provide students with free and open learning materials, but also purposefully support staff as open practitioners. As part of an institutional commitment to open education, this project actively sought recommendations and strategies from the grant participants to mainstream the creation, use, and reuse of openly-licenced resources within holistic course design to support critical 21st century literacies. A community of inquiry model was used as the mechanism to support a discovery approach to the creation of open materials and qualitative participant data was gathered at key milestones during the grant through semi-structured interviews.
Evaluation of a learning outcomes taxonomy to support autonomous classification of instructional activities
Authors: McMahon Mark , Garrett Michael
Published: May 2024

With an increased focus on assuring the quality of student achievement in higher education, there is a commensurate need for tools to assist academics in understanding the nature of assessment and how it can provide evidence of student learning outcomes. This paper describes research conducted the Instructional Activity Matrix; a taxonomy that was developed as the basis of a learning support tool, Maestro, that automatically analyses outcomes and assessment statements to show the cognitive level and nature of knowledge inherent in them. Findings indicate that the matrix is a valid tool for defining the nature of learning outcomes and had value in clarifying the nature of assessment and outcomes. However, issues identified with the inherent ambiguity of some instructional statements and their contextually-laden language provided insights into how Maestro will need to be refined to provide appropriate support for teachers, with a range of experience across multiple disciplines.
Proudly Pragmatic
Authors: Jepson Jacqueline Mary , Moulton Deb
Published: May 2024

Students of today 'live' in a world shaped by the World Wide Web with its instant access to information and resources and range of technologies and social media . Following the university's digital strategy, this case study explores the choice of online learning tools that transformed its previously face to face class teacher focused layout to an engaging digital format. This case study outlines how the online tools and processes were chosen to meet the needs of the mature adult learners who are completing subjects in the Masters of Project Management (MPM). The curriculum transformation work required the development of digital learning resources, information communication technologies and new teaching strategies, to provide a more digital and responsive learning environment for students enrolled in the online course. The focus was on not only retaining students, but also ensuring that we were using technology to creating value and relevancy to our users.
Content strategy
Authors: Dawkins Roger
Published: May 2024

This paper proposes an industry paradigm, called content strategy, for identifying data that has yet to be explored in learning analytics: student engagement data with individual online learning resources in a particular week of a course. Industry examples (including nine.com.au and Buzzfeed) suggest that adopting a content strategy approach to course design could increase student engagement with learning resources, making them more likely to achieve learning outcomes. Furthermore, this paper argues that there is no time left for blindness to content strategy data. Given the online context of curriculum, universities need content strategy to better align themselves with the student of today's user-centred internet. Finally, this paper draws on a university case study to identify existing challenges with implementing content strategy at university, including the limited capabilities of university learning management systems, limited instructor knowledge and copyright issues.
Digital equity and social justice: Whose reality? Reflections from South Africa
Authors: Botha Jeanette
Published: May 2024

In this paper, the notion of social justice is premised on access to quality, affordable education and digital equity is understood as a leveller of society, a key stimulus for socio-economic growth and development, and a prerequisite for social justice. The ongoing global impetus towards increased digital access and the incremental uptake of ICTs into the traditional higher education space is not only reshaping our understanding of education globally, but it is also evidencing, through research and the benefits of time, a more sober and realistic portrayal of the affordances of digital access and technology in higher education. The emerging picture paints a cautionary tale, particularly in regard to the lived reality of digital equity and social justice in the developing world context. This paper takes the form of an exploratory study of limited scope, of the challenges around digital equity and social justice in distance education, from a developing world perspective. A counter narrative to the prevailing voices and hegemonies is offered to trouble some of the assumptions in dominant discourses, as motivation for a more realistic, contextualized and equitable appraisal of digital equity and social justice. The University of South Africa is used as a point of reference, given its status as the single dedicated comprehensive distance education institution in South and Southern Africa, the largest on the African continent and one of the world's mega institutions.
Learning through Video Production
Authors: Wu Jinlu
Published: May 2024

Videos are widely used in education but the pedagogical potential afforded by students' video productions is largely unexplored. This pilot study used video production as an instructional strategy for promoting active learning in a biology course. Students were instructed to build a 3D model and create a video to explain cell structure and function. They then summarized their project proposal, goal, scientific content and innovation in a report. They were suggested to form teams comprising students from different disciplinary areas, and to incorporate interdisciplinary knowledge into their videos. During the project, three psychological needs including autonomy, competence, and relatedness were supported based on self-determination theory in order to enhance intrinsic motivation. Analysis of the data from student feedback, submissions (models, videos and reports) and final examination revealed enhanced active learning and improved understanding of biological concepts. The results also suggest a need for fostering integrative thinking across disciplines.
Mining video data
Authors: Thompson Kate , Howard Sarah , Yang Jie , Ma Jun
Published: May 2024

Learning spaces influence how we act, however there is a lack of systemic research addressing the impact of environments on teaching and learning. In this paper, we introduce a hybrid tracking technique in which a colour model is combined with algorithms to identify human positions, and applied to video data. The aim of identifying patterns of movement that could be used to indicate successful collaboration in open plan learning spaces. We apply the method to a previously analyzed dataset, to demonstrate how multiple analytic techniques can be used to build a complex understanding of learner movement in relation to collaboration and learning. We conclude with suggestions of the ways in which the results could be used by instructors to inform orchestration of complex learning environments, as well as directions for future research.
Correcting tool or learning tool?
Authors: Reis Charlie , Huijser Henk
Published: May 2024

This paper reports on the initial data from an extension project that intends to further develop Marking Mate, a self-directed assignment writing support programme developed at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) by Eoin Jordan and Andy Snyder. The study explores how students currently use the programme and how they would like to see it being improved. In this paper, we explore the apparent tension between students wanting to use Marking Mate as a correction tool and its potential as a learning tool, with reference to the specific Chinese context of the university. An additional tension between a highly contextualised and locally developed programme (such as Marking Mate), and widely available online tools that allow for potentially similar outcomes (such as Grammarly), is also discussed. It is argued that the programme may be more effective if it is explicitly presented as a learning tool, rather than a correction tool.
Show me the Feedback
Authors: O'Regan Lisa , Munro Morag , Brown Mark , Maguire Moira , Harding Nuala
Published: May 2024

The Y1Feedback project is a partnership between four Irish Higher Education institutions, which aims to enhance feedback dialogue in first year undergraduate programmes through the use of digital technologies, to better support student transition. The project has conducted a review of feedback practice across partner institutions and a synthesis of feedback literature. Informed by this work, the project has identified a set of features of effective feedback for first year together with a set of technology-enabled feedback approaches. Currently, there are 20 case studies in progress to pilot these approaches. This paper reports the findings from the review of feedback practices and outlines features of effective feedback and approaches that educators can implement to better support first year transition.
From practitioner-producers to knowledge co-creators
Authors: McDevitt Katy , Ricci Mario
Published: May 2024

The University of Adelaide established its MOOC initiative, AdelaideX, in 2014 with goals including generating and sharing insights into effective practice in open online learning. Our professional and teaching staff are amassing valuable experience in conceptualising, designing, developing, delivering and evaluating MOOCs and are part of an emerging knowledge community among MOOC-active universities. In 2016, AdelaideX is running a Creating Insights Project, with the goals of feeding innovation at the University, enabling our people to fulfil aspirations towards capturing and sharing their ideas about MOOC making, and securing rich insights which can be fed formatively into future course and program activities. To do so, we have begun to experiment with a design-based model for practice research. In this way, we are positioning the relationship between academics and professionals as investigative partners, a promising means to develop capacity for insight generation in the open learning space.
Piloting Mixed Reality in ICT Networking to Visualize Complex Theoretical Multi-Step Problems
Authors: Cowling Michael , Birt James
Published: May 2024

This paper presents insights from the implementation of a mixed reality intervention using 3d printed physical objects and a mobile augmented reality application in an ICT networking classroom. The intervention aims to assist student understanding of complex theoretical multi-step problems without a corresponding real world physical analog model. This is important because these concepts are difficult to conceptualise without a corresponding mental model. The simulation works by using physical models to represent networking equipment and allows learners to build a network that can then be simulated using a mobile app to observe underlying packet traversal and routing theory between the different devices as data travels from the source to the destination. Outcomes from usability testing show great student interest in the intervention and a feeling that it helped with clarity, but also demonstrated the need to scaffold the use of the intervention for students rather than providing a freeform experience in the classroom.
Technology Advances in Virtual Classrooms
Authors: Trabinger Kerry
Published: May 2024

As technology evolves and devices become more affordable there are many exciting possibilities for the use of innovative technology in virtual classrooms. However, while some of these innovations can encourage learner attention others afford learners more opportunities to multitask (task switch).
Reflections of a new educational designer
Authors: Nichols Mark , Meuleman Nicky
Published: May 2024

Educational design is an area of growing significance in tertiary education, though the career pathway to educational design is varied. Few specific qualifications are available, and so educational designers tend to take up their roles with little experience or in-depth knowledge. The purpose of the study is to investigate one new educational designer's development from new to experienced practitioner, in order to identify what new educational designers might expect as they develop. Across the early stage of her educational design role, Nicky Meuleman, educational designer at Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, captured significant encounters and recorded ongoing reflection. This paper summarises and discusses the key themes from those reflections, providing insight into one educational designer's journey from beginner to proficient practitioner.
Head Start Online
Authors: Brunton James , Brown Mark , Costello Eamon , Farrell Orna , Mahon Conor
Published: May 2024

Head Start Online is a five week, free, online course (MOOC) that is designed to support prospective and/or new flexible learners' transitions into higher education. Enhancing retention and completion rates of this group of learners, in order to facilitate successful widening of access, is a significant global challenge. Head Start Online is focused on the initial stages of the studylifecycle, as the foundations for student success are laid early. Head Start Online has emerged out of the Student Success Toolbox project, a nationally funded research and technology development project that developed a toolbox of eight digital readiness/preparation tools. Head Start Online brings together a number of these tools together in a cohesive pre-induction socialization course that aids new/prospective learners to, for example: assess their readiness for flexible study; plan and budget their time; assess their computer skills; identify their sources of support; learn about the process of writing assignments.
Ekstaza i materia
Authors: Waligóra Agnieszka
Published: May 2024

Artykuł stanowi recenzję książki Wybuch wyobraźni. Poezja Anny Świrszczyńskiej wobec reprodukcji życia społecznego (Katowice 2022) autorstwa Katarzyny Szopy. Zawiera on podsumowanie dotychczasowego dorobku badaczki, ukontekstowienie prowadzonych przez nią analiz (krytyka feministyczna i marksistowska) oraz syntetyczny opis zawartości monografii. W recenzji zanalizowano tytułowe pojęcia reprodukcji życia społecznego oraz wyobraźni. Odniesione zostają one do wykorzystywanej przez Szopę kategorii ekstatyczności, ostatecznie problematyzując łączność wszystkich trzech zagadnień w twórczości autorki Jestem baba.
Poetyka w użyciu
Authors: Ronge Gerard
Published: May 2024

Tekst jest recenzją zbioru szkiców krytycznych autorstwa Jerzego Madejskiego pod tytułem Poetyka ekstremalna oraz inne noty o liryce i krytyce współczesnej. Na antologię składają się czterdzieści cztery recenzje książek poetyckich oraz osiemnaście omówień pozycji literaturoznawczych, które publikowane były przez autora w różnych czasopismach literackich, między innymi w „Nowych Książkach”, „Kwartalniku Artystycznym” czy „Odrze”. Recenzowane teksty Jerzy Madejski poddaje wnikliwej, filologicznej lekturze, po której dopiero stawia własne hipotezy i proponuje swoje interpretacje. W rezultacie Poetyka ekstremalna staje się swoistym vademecum, które może być z powodzeniem wykorzystywane przez kolejne pokolenia recenzentów i recenzentek jako poradnik pisania tekstów krytycznoliterackich.
Double phase anisotropic variational problems involving critical growth
Authors: Ho Ky , Kim Yun-Ho , Zhang Chao
Published: May 2024

In this study, we investigate some existence results for double phase anisotropic variational problems involving critical growth. We first establish a Lions-type concentration-compactness principle and its variant at infinity for the solution space, which are our independent interests. Using these results, we obtain a nontrivial nonnegative solution to problems of generalized concave-convex type. We also obtain infinitely many solutions when the nonlinear term is symmetric. Our results are new even for the

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A computational framework for probabilistic modeling of galvanic corrosion for automotive applications
Authors: Saberi Leila , Amiri Mehdi
Published: May 2024

To address the need for reduced vehicle weight and improved environmental sustainability, the automotive industry has increasingly turned to mixing lightweight materials and alloys with metal alloys. However, this integration of dissimilar materials has heightened the risk of galvanic corrosion. This study addresses the gap in modeling of galvanic corrosion under dynamic thin film electrolyte by incorporating data derived from real-world weather conditions and finite element simulations. The presented model successfully captures the trend of galvanic corrosion rate for a given atmospheric environmental condition. The model predictions are compared with experimental data in the literature. Good agreements are observed. The model is further used for prediction of galvanic corrosion of two identical vehicles located in two different geographic locations (i.e., Miami Beach in Florida and Wendover in Nevada) in the year 2021 leveraging weather station data. Additionally, a Bayesian estimation method is used to account for uncertainties in the model parameters and estimation of the probability of failure.
80th Jubilee of Professor Nikolay Yanev
Authors: Slavtchova-Bojkova Maroussia , Yanev George P.
Published: May 2024

This Special Issue is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Nikolay Yanev, a renowned Bulgarian mathematician and an eminent member of the international branching processes community. We present a brief description of his academic career path and his role as a founder of the Bulgarian school of branching processes and their applications.
A multimodal analysis of the English-to-Arabic adaptation of Disney’s “The Bare Necessities”
Authors: Al Sawi Islam
Published: May 2024

Due to the diverse roles that songs play in films and the growing need for movie distribution in various languages and cultures, the challenge of translating film songs from one language to another has become formidable. This research aims to apply the multimodal three-dimensional model proposed by Cui and Wang (2022. Film song translation: Verbal, vocal, and visual dimensions: On the Chinese translation of Amazing Grace in the film Forever Young. Babel 68(4). 565–585) to analyze the Arabic dubbed version of the 2016 film song “The Bare Necessities.” The analysis revealed that, verbally, the Arabic dubbed version of the song maintained the gay emotional tone and length but made adaptations to the information, metaphors, and images used in the source. Vocally, similar to the English source song, the Arabic dubbed version did not adhere to 1 m and has a 4/4 time signature, aligning with the catchy melody and reinforcing the song’s theme of embracing simplicity and savoring life’s essentials effortlessly. Finally, visually, the analysis showed that the Arabic dubbed version matches the plot, characters and background pictures on the screen. The study contributed by incorporating a visual analysis of songs, adding camera elements, namely camera movement and shot size, to gain a better understanding of the scenes under analysis. The use of over-the-shoulder shots created a sense of conversation that complements the duet, and the pan right and left during dancing added a vividness that matches the verbal gay tone and vocal lightness of the song. This finding, considering visual camera elements, can be regarded as a suggested revision to the original multimodal framework introduced by Cui and Wang. Further implications are discussed.
The principle of reverence for life and Christian ethics in the interpretations of Albert Schweitzer and Karl Barth
Authors: Chernyavsky Alexander
Published: May 2024

The theological problems of the ethics of love for one’s neighbour are considered: the impossibility of literal fulfilment of the commandments and doubtfulness of their applicability in public and state life. One of the approaches to solving these problems is based on the principle of reverence for life, proposed by Albert Schweitzer and expressing, in his opinion, the essence of love for one’s neighbour. Subsequently, this principle was borrowed by Karl Barth, who gave it a theological justification. Although Barth’s texts on reverence for life are well known, some fundamental issues are still insufficiently investigated. Why did Barth claim that reverence for life does not fully express the essence of Christian ethics? What is the fundamental difference between the Barth’s and Schweitzer’s approaches to Christian ethics? How was this difference of approaches manifested in the practical recommendations? The article provides a comparative analysis of Barth’s and Schweitzer’s ethics and answers the above questions.
Factors influencing green, environmentally-friendly consumer behaviour
Authors: Suhaeni Suhaeni , Wulandari Eliana , Turnip Arjon , Deliana Yosini
Published: May 2024

Excessive consumption of non-green products contributes to increasing levels of environmental damage. One effort to overcome this problem is to influence consumer behavior in a more environment-friendly direction. Therefore, it is necessary to identify factors that influence environment-green consumer behavior. The main aim of this research is to build a more comprehensive consumer behavior model inductively using artificial intelligence algorithms. This research aims to identify factors based on questionnaire instruments and interviews as data collection methods. Questionnaires were distributed to the public in the province of West Java, Indonesia, where only 253 respondents gave valid answers. This research measures stated behavior and not actual behavior. This research focuses on variables that influence environment-green consumer behavior, including environmental knowledge, environmental concern, health concern (HC), attitude toward behavior (ATB), subjective norm (SN), perceived price (PP), perceived value and quality, and green consumer behavior (GCB). All variables were validated using the partial least square-structural equation model method using SmartPLS 4.0 software. Furthermore, the validated variables were modeled and classified using the support vector machine (SVM) method. The test results show that all variables, both direct and indirect, have a positive and significant influence on environment-green consumer behavior, with a significant level of p < 0.05 and t > 1.96. The SVM modeling predictions reach a high level of accuracy of about 96%. This means that the variables ATB, SN, and PVC have a direct effect on GCB. Additionally, most respondents fell into the “less environment-green behavior” classification, indicating there is a space for improvement in promoting environment-green choices.
Magister Gratianus tanítása a házassági akadályokról
Authors: Herger Cs. Eszter
Published: May 2024

Many legal scholars have examined the question of how to reconcile Gratian’s willingness to use both the Justinianic and the pre-Justinianic Roman law that he found in his sources with his apparent unwillingness or inability to use Justinian’s Roman law books at first hand. This paper focuses on another root of European legal culture, the Judaeo-Christian legal heritage. It addresses the question to what extent Gratian’s concept of marriage, based on a contemporary interpretation of the marriage of Mary and Joseph based on the decision of the Council of Ephesus (431), contributed to the clarification of the system of marriage impediments in 12th century canon law, and to what extent the magister used arguments based on biblical passages to do so. The canon law from the early Middle Ages allowed a husband to divorce his unfaithful wife, while the Western Church of Gratian’s age opposed the dissolution of the marriage bond and only recognised the possibility of separating the spouses from bed and table. Therefore, the significance of the subject lies primarily in the fact that in the case of some impediments to marriage the magister saw the possibility of dissolution of the unconsummated union (a so-called initiated marriage) and, in a few, not common cases of the consummated marriage too. The principle of indissolubility, although annulment and dissolution of marriage are different legal instruments, was not necessarily applied in this period either. However, Gratian’s particular concept of marriage and his legal explanations of the impediments to marriage contributed significantly to the fact that the only ground for divorce mentioned in the Gospels, adultery, could not lead to the dissolution of the bond. In the 16th century, Protestant divorce law was primarily a reaction to this understanding, and also the Catholic teaching on the impediments to marriage continued to evolve, formally still adhering to the principle of indissolubility.
A kötelékvédő szerepének változásai az egyházjogban, kitekintéssel a magyar világi perjogra
Authors: Tamási Anna Éva
Published: May 2024

The defender of the bond is one of the most important officials at the ecclesiastical courts. In this paper I examine the changes of this office both in canonical legislation and in jurisdictional practise (and in Hungarian private law). I present the practise of the holy see of Veszprém and Székesfehérvár in matrimonial cases in the 19th and 20th century.
A jog és az állam a válsághelyzetekben
Authors: Tóth J. Zoltán
Published: May 2024

One of the eternal “core issues” of legal philosophy is the contemplation on when we can and cannot speak of law in the case of a social control mechanism, i.e. what social and political conditions must exist for the subsistence of positive law to be called into question. Related to this is the necessary examination of the conditions under which the state – which also constitutes law – ceases to exist, when it is clearly no longer able to perform its social regulatory function and to enforce the obedience of its subjects or citizens. The assessment of these borderline situations has always been controversial. However, there is still no exact method for determining when a state ends, when a legal system ceases to exist, nor what a state can do to protect itself in the event of situations threatening to disappear, what moral philosophical principles justify it in operating certain mechanisms of self-defence, or what kind of extra ordinem regulation can be prescribed in such occurrences. The present study, through the examination of the most important paradigms in the history of ideas, attempts to review the historically significant answers to this question.
Bűn és büntetés a középkori egyházban
Authors: Balogh Elemér
Published: May 2024

The medieval Latin Church had a very clear and elaborate theory of human sin and the punishment that was necessarily associated with it. This complex thought can be summarised in two main theories: theological theory and canon law, which can be particularly well illustrated by means of case law, i.e. the activity of the ecclesiastical courts. In the following overview, I will present the legal basis and purpose of punishment, as well as the types of punishment, based on the theological views of Thomas Aquinas on the one hand, and on the sources of medieval canon law on the other, illustrated with examples from canonical jurisdiction.
The Impact of Spectral and Temporal Degradation on Vocoded Speech Recognition in Early-Blind Individuals
Authors: Choi Hyo Jung , Kyong Jeong-Sug , Lee Jae Hee , Han Seung Ho , Shim Hyun Joon
Published: May 2024

This study compared the impact of spectral and temporal degradation on vocoded speech recognition between early-blind and sighted subjects. The participants included 25 early-blind subjects (30.32 ± 4.88 years; male:female, 14:11) and 25 age- and sex-matched sighted subjects. Tests included monosyllable recognition in noise at various signal-to-noise ratios (−18 to −4 dB), matrix sentence-in-noise recognition, and vocoded speech recognition with different numbers of channels (4, 8, 16, and 32) and temporal envelope cutoff frequencies (50 vs 500 Hz). Cortical-evoked potentials (N2 and P3b) were measured in response to spectrally and temporally degraded stimuli. The early-blind subjects displayed superior monosyllable and sentence recognition than sighted subjects (allp < 0.01). In the vocoded speech recognition test, a three-way repeated-measure analysis of variance (two groups × four channels × two cutoff frequencies) revealed significant main effects of group, channel, and cutoff frequency (allp < 0.001). Early-blind subjects showed increased sensitivity to spectral degradation for speech recognition, evident in the significant interaction between group and channel (p = 0.007). N2 responses in early-blind subjects exhibited shorter latency and greater amplitude in the 8-channel (p = 0.022 and 0.034, respectively) and shorter latency in the 16-channel (p = 0.049) compared with sighted subjects. In conclusion, early-blind subjects demonstrated speech recognition advantages over sighted subjects, even in the presence of spectral and temporal degradation. Spectral degradation had a greater impact on speech recognition in early-blind subjects, while the effect of temporal degradation was similar in both groups.
Musical Signposts
Authors: Dietlinger Barbara
Published: May 2024

The Peace of Münster (1648) ended the Eighty Years’ War (1568–1648) in the Low Countries. After decades of conflict, peace came to the Dutch, who for three generations had only experienced wartime. Since the lives of commoners and soldiers alike had become dependent upon and conditioned to the war, the successful peace negotiation heralded a new and uncertain future. Music played an important role in facilitating understanding of the cultural changes brought about by the peace treaty. Drawing on a representative sample of broadsheets and songs from 1609 to 1648, this article sheds light on how the Dutch dealt with their realities during the Eighty Years’ War, the Twelve Years’ Truce (1609–21), and the immediate aftermath of war. Broadsheets announced the peace and worked through divisions among the Dutch; plays staged drinking songs that alluded to controversies; Dutch chambers of rhetoric debated the peace in their publications; and geuzenliederen (beggars’ songs sung to popular tunes) memorialized soldiers’ daily lives during and after the war. Christian songs further thematized the “true” meaning of the newly negotiated peace and provided instructions on how to act peacefully. Popular songs offer a different take on the Peace of Münster than do the official peace celebrations, which have been the focus of previous scholarship. The songs discussed here functioned as an emotional outlet for commoners and soldiers. They thematized the different opinions pertaining to the peace negotiations, encouraged merry-making, and explained or helped process the reality of the battleground and the subsequent postwar experience.