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Blake, Duncan, and the Politics of Writing from Myth
Authors: Freedman Linda
Published: December 2022

William Blake and the twentieth-century American poet Robert Duncan have a natural affinity. Both were profoundly interested in the penetrative mobility between the temporal and the eternal. They also have an affinity as poets who used their mythopoeic forms to explore the ethical boundaries between self and other and to relate that exploration to the violent politics of their respective historical moments. For Duncan and his coterie, Blake was yoked with Whitman; they were old male bards of the prophetic tradition, mingling visionary poetics with homosexual and homosocial freedoms. This article argues that if we look at the way Duncan read Blake and we read both poets alongside each other, we arrive at a better understanding of the involvement of politics with hermetic vision.
Steve Clark, Tristanne Connolly, and Jason Whittaker, eds., Blake 2.0: William Blake in Twentieth-Century Art, Music and Culture
Authors: Scott Grant F.
Published: December 2022

The editors of Blake 2.0 are keenly aware of the digital moment and the widespread reassessment of the humanities that is currently underway. They tap into the growing excitement over the digital humanities and attempt to reinvent Blake studies by offering a collection of essays on Blake’s “ongoing regeneration” in a new virtual world (1). The authors are engaged by the “broader possibilities of digitalization and web dissemination” and they set out to examine Blake’s virtual selves as they appear in the “processes of translation, mutation, proliferation into other media” (2). Another title for this collection might have been Anxiety of Influence 2.0, as many of the essays rethink Harold Bloom’s patrilineal model of literary competition for the twenty-first century. In place of his Freudian “writer-on-writer” contest (3), they propose alternative theories of influence based on the new media. Most of the reception studies assembled here focus on the transformation of Blake’s work as it is appropriated in film, music, sculpture, graphic novels, and digital art, and they find that “agency can occur across a network” (4). Indeed, one of the threads that recurs time and again is the role of the author, the problem of ownership and possession, the conundrum of “mineness,” as the editors state. What happens to the author function in the new digital surround? Is there still a recognizable self, or has nineteenth- and twentieth-century selfhood vanished into an evanescent cloud of virtual selves? Where is Blake 1.0 and does he still matter? Or has he become like Urizen, “Unknown, unprolific! / Self-closd,” an “all-repelling” book of brass? These questions cut to the quick of the collection.
Newfound Particulars of Blake’s Patrons, Thomas and Elizabeth Butts, 1767–1806
Authors: Johnson Mary Lynn
Published: December 2022

As friendly benefactors of William and Catherine Blake, the clerk Thomas Butts (1759–1845) and his schoolmistress wife, née Elizabeth Mary Cooper (1754–1825), merit an occasional spotlight in the background of Blake studies. To published profiles of the couple may now be added details of their occupations, possessions, finances, and other circumstances from previously unexplored materials in the London Metropolitan Archives, the National Archives, parish records, and miscellaneous publications of the time. Corrections of earlier errors, along with additions to core facts about Butts’s family history and Methodist heritage, are noted here.
William Blake, National Gallery of Victoria International, Melbourne, 4 April–31 August 2014
Authors: Knowles Claire
Published: December 2022

This exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria International features the world-class collection of Blake works housed there, an impressive 124 individual items spanning the length of his career. Most of the gallery’s Blake holdings were acquired in 1918–20 through the Felton bequest. These include thirty-six of 102 watercolors illustrating the Divine Comedy, two watercolors illustrating Milton’s Paradise Lost, the set of twenty-two engravings to the book of Job, and three prints from Blake’s prophetic books. Copies of Songs of Innocence and Night Thoughts were added to the collection in the 1980s, and other works have been acquired from time to time. Because of the sensitivity to light of the works in the collection, the NGV’s Blake holdings are displayed very infrequently; the last exhibition was held fifteen years ago, and the next one will probably not take place for at least another decade.
The Blakes at Their Press
Authors: Essick Robert N. , La Belle Jenijoy
Published: December 2022

Blake’s penultimate watercolor illustrating The Divine Comedy pictures Dante drinking from the river of light in paradise. Beatrice resides in glory right of the river. Other figures in the design are not directly summoned by Dante’s text, including a seated male center left holding a scroll and with eyes turned upward. Roe identifies him as a “bearded poet” (190). Below him, sketched in tentative pencil lines, is a figure standing left of an easel bearing a canvas. This painter, who wears a high-waisted gown, may be female; she is holding a palette in her left hand and a brush in her right. Between these representatives of the arts is a loose sketch of what looks like a sturdy table with a figure standing at its left end. Roe was the first to observe that these motifs show “an engraver’s press” as “a man bends over” it (190). Variant descriptions are provided by Klonsky (“a man working at an engraver’s bench,” 162), Butlin (“a scene of painting and engraving,” 1: 587), and Tinkler-Villani (“an engraver,” 283). Baine offers the most detailed description: “Blake, like Michelangelo in his Last Judgment and Raphael in his Disputa, has sketched himself, in flames of inspiration. He is working at his press; and at an easel, palette and brush in hand, his earthly Emanation, Catherine, looks modestly down, as in his portrait of her …, presumably tinting some of the sheets which he is working off” (128). This tiny and tentative vignette deserves further consideration, especially because it calls to mind Blake’s own professional activities as etcher, engraver, and printer.
Ocean Growing: Blake’s Two Versions of Newton and the Emerging Polypus
Authors: Fletcher Joseph
Published: December 2022

No interpretation has discussed the marked differences between the two prints of Newton: the 1795 version portrays Newton sitting in a hunched posture on a rock formation, the surface of which—with the exception of some patches of burnt orange and blue—is largely bare, like his own body. He seems meant to be associated with the rock on which he sits, emphasizing Blake’s view that the laws of Newtonian physics had fixed the world in Urizenic petrification, as later stated in A Descriptive Catalogue: “The Horse of Intellect is leaping from the cliffs of Memory and Reasoning; it is a barren Rock: it is also called the Barren Waste of Locke and Newton” (E 546). In the 1804–05 print the rock is teeming with life, as if a coral population of sponges and spiky urchins had proliferated on the work in the intervening ten years. The richly textured and finely articulated coralline forms result from Blake’s method of color printing, which Viscomi has described as “printing wet paint from flat millboards or relief plates onto large sheets of paper.” The printed paint could be left in its “accidental” spongy state (closely resembling the rough texture of a coral reef), which Blake could choose to refine by washing over the printed colors in watercolors and by outlining them in pen and ink (Blake and the Idea of the Book 128). Perhaps the rich, spongy forms resulting from Blake’s color-printing technique suggested, in the later version, marine creatures, which he could then develop in pen and ink. The most notable additions in this regard are the two sea anemones or marine polyps rooted below Newton’s buttocks. Their tentacles trail in an ocean current, an effect that lends a dynamism to this later design.
Elizabeth B. Bentley, ed., George Cumberland, The Emigrants or A Trip to the Ohio, a Theatrical Farce (1817)
Authors: Rovira James
Published: December 2022

Elizabeth B. Bentley’s edition of George Cumberland’s The Emigrants, or, A Trip to the Ohio makes available for the first time this previously unpublished and unperformed play by one of William Blake’s closest associates. Bentley painstakingly edited and transcribed this play, currently existing only in a single fair copy held in special collections at Victoria University (Toronto); the book provides a photographic reproduction of the manuscript following her transcription. Editorial apparatus includes “Characters in the Dramatis Personae,” “The Date of the Farce,” notes on the manuscript and its transcription, descriptions of scene designations and stage directions, and explanations of speech headings, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and corrected misspellings, all of which are well supported by footnotes. To these Bentley adds an extensive bibliography and an index of names along with two appendices, one listing her addition of parentheses when necessary and the other listing further editorial interventions in Cumberland’s punctuation. Angus Whitehead’s preface locates Cumberland’s play in respect to its antecedents in British drama, while Bentley’s introductory biography contextualizes it within Cumberland’s relationship to the theater and his sources.
A Sketch by Robert Blake Revealed
Authors: Essick Robert N. , La Belle Jenijoy
Published: December 2022

William Blake instructed his beloved youngest brother, Robert (1762–87), in drawing and engraving in the early and mid-1780s. According to Gilchrist, who had “come across” a few of Robert’s “tentative essays” as a draughtsman, “some are in pencil, some in pen and ink …. They unmistakably show the beginner—not to say the child—in art; are naïf and archaic-looking; rude, faltering, often puerile or absurd in drawing; but are characterized by Blake-like feeling and intention, having in short a strong family likeness to his brother’s work” (1: 57). Robert’s extant drawings are listed, and most are reproduced, in Martin Butlin’s catalogue of William Blake’s paintings and drawings. These include Blake’s Notebook, first used by Robert and containing six drawings attributable to him, Robert’s sketchbook of sixty pages, and nine separate leaves of drawings and sketches. Since the publication of Butlin’s catalogue in 1981, one further work has come to light, a pencil sketch of a deathbed scene on the verso of An Invocation (?). To this modest inventory we can now add one further sketch.
Jennifer G. Jesse, William Blake’s Religious Vision: There’s a Methodism in His Madness
Authors: Michael Jennifer Davis
Published: December 2022

As Blake’s religious views have come under fresh scrutiny and reassessment during the past decade or so (Ankarsjö, Davies and Schuchard, Rix, Ryan, Schuchard), it is refreshing to see some theologians wade into the waters previously ruled by literary scholars. Jennifer G. Jesse’s book challenges the predominant association of Blake with antinomian radical dissent (Mee), viewing him instead as a religious moderate in the tradition of John Wesley. Not only does she claim that Blake “endorses Methodist doctrines and values” (7), she also wishes to correct a common misconception that Methodism at the time was based on irrational “enthusiasm.” She advances her argument by positing that Blake wrote differently for different audiences, so that an antirational discourse might be aimed at deists, while antinomians might be challenged to accept a more moderate view of reason. Jesse identifies images and phrases (comparable to the “family values” of recent currency in the US) as “hot buttons” for particular sects. Her book thus highlights the need to contextualize Blake’s work more fully with regard to the Christian religious discourse of the day.
Eric Pyle, William Blake’s Illustrations for Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Study of the Engravings, Pencil Sketches and Watercolors
Authors: Sherman Mark A.
Published: December 2022

Before Eric Pyle’s book, the only full-length, comprehensive consideration of Blake’s Dante had been Albert S. Roe’s Blake’s Illustrations to the Divine Comedy (Princeton University Press, 1953). The date of that study alone suggests a reassessment of the subject is in order, and Pyle makes it his primary objective to refute many points of Roe’s analysis, which saw Blake vigorously negating Dante’s imputed theology at every turn. Pyle, for his part, advocates a complex, nuanced relationship toward the work in which Blake undertook the more congenial enterprise of “correcting” Dante, a poet whom he admired but whose religious views were at odds with his own antinomianism.
George Romney and Ozias Humphry as Collectors of William Blake’s Illuminated Printing
Authors: Paley Morton D.
Published: December 2022

The importance of the artists George Romney and Ozias Humphry as collectors of William Blake in the mid-1790s has yet to be fully described and evaluated. Although Romney had told their mutual friend John Flaxman that Blake’s historical drawings “rank with those of Ml. Angelo,” his early acquisition of at least five (or four if the Songs are counted as one book) illuminated books was unknown until 1989. Humphry’s role as a Blake collector has long been known, but most scholarly attention has been on his later relations with Blake, especially his obtaining for Blake the commission for one of the Last Judgment drawings (National Trust, Petworth) and eliciting a detailed written description of it in 1808, rather than on his importance to Blake as a client earlier. Humphry commissioned two sets of images, mostly from illuminated books: the eight folio-sized prints known as A Large Book of Designs copy A, and A Small Book of Designs copy A (comprising twenty-three prints); he also purchased America copy H, Europe copy D, and copy H of Songs. Romney acquired America copy A, The [First] Book of Urizen copy B, Visions of the Daughters of Albion copy F, Songs copy A, and a copy of Europe that has been identified as A. Taken together, the two artists’ purchases compose a substantial portion of Blake’s known sales of illuminated books and associated material in the period from his initial prospectus “To the Public” (E 692-93), dated 10 October 1793, to 1796.
Two Newly Discovered Advertisements Posted by William Blake’s Father
Authors: Ripley Wayne C.
Published: December 2022

This note records two newspaper advertisements (of 1773 and 1775) that reference the father of William Blake.
Analisis Kebutuhan Layanan Pendidikan Terkait Pilihan Peserta Didik Dalam Melanjutkan Pendidikan ke Sekolah Menengah Atas Tahun 2015
Authors: Sutadi Sutadi,  , Dali Santun Naga  , Yeni Harianto
Published: December 2022

Schools as educational institutions should always do quality improvement in the administration of education. Students whoattend school can be seen from the participant's point of view. Educational services needed by students can be done byselecting schools. For this reason, this study discusses the educational needs needed by students in continuing the educationexpected from junior high school to high school. This research uses a qualitative method using case studies. The studyparticipants consisted of six ninth grade students who were returned to secondary education. Data is collected by interviewsconducted based on the purpose of the study. Analysis of interview data using general stages according to McDury. Thefindings of this study include: dimensions of physical evidence, guarantees, and reliability of education services. Learners'needs related to physical factors, the process of teaching and learning activities and learning outcomes that exist in students.Related to schools making planning and supervision that requires the needs and infrastructure, teaching staff, and curriculumby taking into account the aspirations and needs of students to suit the needs of quality educational needs.
Hubungan Kecanduan Bermain Gadget Dan Perilaku Anti Sosial Dengan Motivasi Belajar (Studi Kasus di SMP Eka Wijaya, Ciriung, Cibinong, Kabupaten Bogor)
Authors: Susijati Susijati  , Sutrisno Sutrisno  , R Surya Widya
Published: December 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana motivasi belajar dapat ditingkatkan dengan mengamati  motivasi belajar dan variabel lain: hubungan kecanduan bermain gadget dengan perilaku antisosial secara individu atau kolektif. Penelitian ini dilakukan secara kuantitatif dengan metode survei. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VII - IX SMP Eka Wijaya sebanyak 122 siswa. Data dikumpulkan melalui kuesioner, dan dianalisis dengan statistik regresi-korelasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan negatif antara kecanduan gadget dengan motivasi belajar dengan koefisien ry1 = -0,179. Terdapat hubungan negatif antara perilaku antisosial dengan motivasi belajar dengan koefisien ry2
=- 0,427. Terdapat hubungan yang lemah antara kecanduan gadget dan perilaku antisosial secara bersama -sama terhadap motivasi belajar siswa dengan koefisien ry12 = 0,439 kemudian R Square 0,192 dengan nilai Adjusted R Square : 0,179 (17,9%) persamaan regresinya adalah = 62,898 – 0,179X1 – 0,427X2 + e.Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa motivasi belajar dapat ditingkatkan melalui kecanduan bermain gadget secara positif dan juga untuk mengurangi perilaku antisosial dengan bermain gadget bersama dengan orang lain.
Pengaruh Antara Efektivitas Knowledge Management Dan Budaya Organisasi Terhadap Kinerja Guru Sekolah Minggu Buddha (SMB) Chong-De Se Sumatera Utara
Authors: Ida Ayu Gede Yadnyawati  , Muljadi  , Erny
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the effectiveness of knowledge management and culture on the performance  of  Chong-De Buddhist  Sunday  School  (SMB)  teachers  in  North  Sumatra.  This  research  uses  multiple regression  analysis.  In  this  study  using  a  sample  using  probability sampling  technique,  with  a  total  sample  of  86 respondents. This research uses primary data, data is collected by distributing questionnaires to respondents via google form which is tested with SPSS 20.0 for Windows. The results showed that the effectiveness of knowledge management had a positive effect on the performance of SMB Chong-De teachers in North Sumatra with the resulting correlation coefficient of ry1 = 0.756 and the coefficient of determination of the resulting score r2y1 = 0.571. organizational culture has a positive effect on the performance of SMB Chong-De teachers in North Sumatra with the resulting correlation score coefficient ry2
= 0.658 and the resulting coefficient of determination scores r2y2 = 0.433. The effectiveness of knowledge management and organizational culture have a positive and significant effect on the performance of SMB Chong-De teachers in North Sumatra with the resulting correlation coefficient score of ry1,2 = 0.846 and the resulting coefficient of determination score of r2y1,2 = 0.716. The regression equation in this study is as follows: 1.2 = 40.207 + 0.846X1 + 0.716X2. Based on these results, it is necessary to optimize the performance of policies and regulations to improve the effectiveness of knowledge management and organizational culture.
Peningkatan Hasil Belajar Melalui Kemandirian Belajar Dan Komunikasi Interpersonal Di Sekolah Minggu Buddha (SMB) Chong De Se-Sumatera Utara
Authors: Muljadi Muljadi  , Srie Muldrianto  , Lida
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this study was to determine the independence of learning and interpersonal communication on the learning outcomes of Chong-De High School students in North Sumatra. The independent variable in this study is learning independence and interpersonal communication and the dependent variable is learning outcomes. In this study using a sample using probability sampling technique, with a total sample of 150 respondents. This research uses primary data, data is collected by distributing questionnaires to respondents via google form which is tested with SPSS 20.0 for Windows. The results of the research show that learning independence has a positive effect on student learning outcomes of SMB Chong- De North Sumatra with the resulting correlation coefficient of ry1 = 0.790 and the resulting coefficient of determination score of r2y1 = 0.624. Interpersonal communication has a positive effect on student learning outcomes of SMB Chong-De North Sumatra with the resulting correlation coefficient of ry2 = 0.589 and the resulting coefficient of determination score of r2y2 = 0.347. Independent learning and interpersonal communication have a positive and significant effect jointly on student learning outcomes of SMB Chong-De North Sumatra with a correlation coefficient score of ry1,2 = 0.815 and a coefficient of determination score of r2y1,2 = 0.665. The regression equation in this study is as follows: 1.2 = 12,471 +
0.685X1  + 0.234X2. Based on these results, to optimize student learning outcomes, it is necessary to have policies and regulations to increase learning independence and interpersonal communication.
Wyniki badań petrograficznych zabytków kamiennych
Authors: Gunia Piotr
Published: December 2022

Petrographic analysis was performed to determine the mineral composition and origin of the rocks used for making stone tools. The petrographic characteristics of 43 stone tools from Pasym are presented in this study. These analysed tools were whetstones, rubbers, polishing stones, and querns. Macroscopic examination involved an assessment of the colour, structure and texture of the stone and the identification of any rock-forming minerals visible to the naked eye. In some cases, the surface of the artefacts was examined using a Prior binocular bench magnifier at magnifications of 10–30 times. These observations allowed for the selection of 15 rock samples from which specialist petrographic slides were prepared. The 15 artefacts chosen for microscopic analysis had petrographic characteristics that could not be determined macroscopically. The structure, texture and morphology, as well as the morphological and optical properties of the major, minor and accessory minerals, were determined under the microscope. The results of the petrographic study point to some lithological diversity among the rock materials. There was a predominance of clastic rocks (sandstone and mudstone) and their metamorphic counterparts (quartzite and quartz-sericite shale – over 60% in total). The next group in terms of frequency was granite (c. 25%). Other rocks (limestone and metabasite) accounted for only 14% of the assemblage. The analysed artefacts exhibit petrographic properties typical of locally occurring erratics. Raw material preferences among ancient communities can be seen in their use of granitoid rocks (and occasionally quartzite) for querns and rubbers. Whetstones made of sandstone with abundant quartz in the grain skeleton were probably used for sharpening and rough polishing of metal tools, whilst whetstones made of quartz-sericite shale and limestone were likely used for fine polishing their cutting edges.
Wyniki badań koprolitów
Authors: Bajdek Piotr , Błażejowski Błażej , Wadyl Sławomir
Published: December 2022

In 2016 two coprolites were discovered behind the stronghold palisade on the north-west slope facing the lake. Layer 4, from which they were recovered, was created by the accumulation of settlement waste. In addition to analysing their microstructure, chemical composition and content, the morphology of the coprolites was also compared with that of coprolites from wild and domestic vertebrates found in Europe. The larger of the two specimens was most likely produced by a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) or possibly a small domestic dog (Canis familiaris). The smaller specimen is attributable to a mute swan (Cygnus olor) or possibly to the now less common whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus). In both specimens, low levels of phosphorous (P) point to a diet with little meat, though the elemental composition of the coprolites has been heavily diagenetically altered. Both contain plant remains which are difficult to identify. Wild or semi-domesticated animals were probably attracted by the accumulated organic waste (food scraps, bones, etc.) discarded behind the palisade. The analysis of coprolites from Pasym has given a rare insight into the interaction between humans and undomesticated animals. From a taphonomic perspective, it is particularly interesting that the coprolites survived in an open space and damp climate (i.e. in conditions which archaeologists often assume are not conducive to the fossilization of faeces).
Osiedle obronne w Pasymiu na tle osadnictwa społeczności kultury kurhanów zachodniobałtyjskich
Authors: Rembisz-Lubiejewska Anna
Published: December 2022

There are many indications that Okrągła Góra was a West Baltic Barrow culture settlement. The palisades on the east slope, and possibly some of the ditches, date from this period. Dry encircling ditches were discovered along with a rampart at a settlement in Kretowiny (Ostróda District), and in conjunction with a palisade at a settlement in Sząbruk (Olsztyn District). At Pasym, the central space delimited by a palisade measures 55×35 m. Because the archaeological deposits have been damaged, it is impossible to establish how this space was used in the early Iron Age. A few of the refuse pits were filled with pottery sherds and bones, as was the case at the settlement in Sząbruk. Features at the foot of the slope descending gently eastward belong to the settlement adjoining the stronghold or its activity zone. Examples of open settlements or activity zones located close to settlements on high ground were noted at sites in Tarławki (Węgorzewo District), Jeziorko (Giżycko District) and Łęcz (Elbląg District). The general characteristics of the settlement discovered on the Lake Kalwa peninsula, such as its location, central space enclosed by palisades and ditches, and the presence of external activity zones, are in keeping with those of other multi-component hilltop settlements. The largest ones were raised in the Late Bronze Age and dominated in the settlement landscape of the early Iron Age West Baltic Barrow culture. Chronological analysis of the excavated materials and radiocarbon dating show that the Pasym settlement was founded among local Lusatian culture communities and remained in use until the early pre-Roman period. This makes it one of the longer-lived settlements of its type. The archaeology of the region surrounding Lake Kalwa is not well-known. Despite the relatively small number of early Iron Age sites noted there, we can assume that it would have been an attractive area for settlement. The same can be said of the peninsula on Lake Kalwa.
“Vanishing bile duct syndrome” as a manifestation of drug-induced liver damage in a patient after polytrauma
Authors: Faktorová Xénia , Žigrai Miroslav , Žigraiová Silvia , Horniaková Lucia , Adamcová Selčanová Svetlana , Belica Roman , Guga D. , Vyskočil Milan
Published: December 2022

Summary: Vanishing bile duct syndrome is a type of drug-induced cholestatic liver injury that occurs when the body is exposed to drugs or other foreign substances. We hospitalized a 44-year-old, so far healthy, male with gradually developing painless icterus and pruritus of the whole body after severe polytrauma. The patient had previously undergone a complex treatment (antibio tics, antifungals, parenteral nutrition, LMWH). Laboratory tests revealed a several-fold elevation of total and conjugated bilirubin with a 3-fold increase in ALP levels, no signifi cant elevation of transaminases, a decrease in prothrombin time and IgG4 antibody positivity. An MRCP scan was performed revealing irregular intrahepatic bile ducts, a dilated common bile duct and characteristics of primary or secondary sclerosing cholangitis. Further examinations ruled out infectious, metabolic, toxic and oncological causes of hepatopathy. A liver bio psy ruled out both autoimmune hepatitis and IgG4 hepatopathy and displayed images of “vanishing bile duct syndrome” in drug-induced liver injury (DILI). Empirical treatment with high-dose intravenous N-acetylcysteine and other hepatoprotective agents led to a gradual decrease of bilirubin, normalization of coagulation parameters and remission of icterus and clinical complaints. This case report points to a cholestatic type of drug-induced liver injury with histologically confi rmed vanishing bile duct syndrome and the need to think of DILI as one of the causes of the otherwise unexplained hepatopathy. Key words: cholangitis – DILI – hepatopathy – IgG4 – vanishing bile duct syndrome
The Imperial Picturesque
Authors: Taylor-Leduc Susan
Published: December 2022

When Empress Joséphine accepted the dissolution of her marriage to
Emperor Napoléon in December 1809, she became the first and only
divorced Empress of France. Napoléon married the eighteen-year-old
Marie-Louise, Marie-Antoinette’s grandniece, on April 1, 1810. From 1810
to 1814, Napoléon continued to support Joséphine’s garden patronage at
Malmaison while installing Marie-Louise at the Petit Trianon. The emperor
thus sustained a competitive garden culture between his spouses while
pursuing his own agenda at imperial sites. For all three patrons, recalling
Marie-Antoinette’s legacy at the Petit Trianon was an entangled memory,
both personal and political, that conditioned the dissemination of the
picturesque garden style.
Insidious Images: Veiled Sight and Insight
in Pieter Bruegel’s Landscapes
Authors: Weemans Michel
Published: December 2022

This chapter addresses an overlooked aspect of Bruegel’s art: the presence of
anthropomorphic rocks hidden in some of his early Alpine landscapes. This should
be related to the interest shown by Renaissance artists in the idea of nature as
painter (natura pictricix) or in the ars natura emulation relationship evoked by
Abraham Ortelius about his friend. But Bruegel’s unruly landscapes are also part
of a tradition that goes back to Herri met de Bles. As with the latter, the visual
device of indeterminate or double images, far from being a simple optical game,
aims at veiling our sight to better stimulate our insight.
Flink stoppt interne Projekte
Authors: Tewes Werner , Klug Denise
Published: December 2022

Der Lieferdienst Flink schlägt den Sparkurs ein. Das Unternehmen stellt sogar zahlreiche Investitionsprojekte auf den Prüfstand.
A Memory Based Approach for Digital Implementation of Tanh using LUT and RALUT
Authors: Sorayassa Samira , Ahmadi Majid
Published: December 2022

Tangent Hyperbolic (Tanh) has been used as a preferred activation function in implementing a multi-layer neural network. The differentiability of this function makes it suitable for derivativebased learning algorithm such as error back propagation technique. In this paper two different memory-based techniques for accurate approximation and digital implementation of the Tanh function using Look Up Table (LUT) and Range Addressable Look Up Table (RALUT) are given. A thorough comparative study of the two techniques in terms of their hardware resource usage on FPGA and their accuracies are explained. The schematic of the synthesized design for special cased are given as an example.
A Cyber Threat Intelligence Management Platform for Industrial Environments
Authors: Papanikolaou Alexandros , Alevizopoulos Aggelos , Ilioudi Christos , Demertzis Konstantinos , Rantos Konstantinos
Published: December 2022

Developing intelligent, interoperable Cyber Threat Information (CTI) sharing technologies can help build strong defences against modern cyber threats. CTIs allow the community to share information about cybercriminals' threats and vulnerabilities and countermeasures to defend themselves or detect malicious activity. A crucial need for success is that the data connected to cyber risks be understandable, organized, and of good quality. The receiving parties may grasp its content and utilize it effectively. This article describes an innovative cyber threat intelligence management platform (CTIMP) for industrial environments, one of the Cyber-pi project's significant elements. The suggested architecture, in particular, uses cyber knowledge from trusted public sources and integrates it with relevant information from the organization's supervised infrastructure in an entirely interoperable and intelligent way. When combined with an advanced visualization mechanism and user interface, the services mentioned above provide administrators with the situational awareness they require while also allowing for extended cooperation, intelligent selection of advanced coping strategies, and a set of automated selfhealing rules for dealing with threats.
A Deep Learning Framework for Predicting Signals in OFDM-NOMA with various Algorithms
Authors: Panda Bibekananda , Singh Poonam
Published: December 2022

The non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) approaches have increasingly attracted much interest. It has also been a potential method for wireless communication systems beyond the fifth generation (5G). The successive interference cancellation (SIC) procedure in NOMA systems is often carried out at the receiver, where several users are sequentially decoded. The successful detection of prior users will significantly influence the detection accuracy due to the effects of interferences. A deep learning-based NOMA receiver is analyzed to detect signals for multiple users in a single application without determining channels. This paper analyzes deep learning (DL)- based receiver for NOMA signal detection concerning several DL-aided sequence layersbased algorithms and optimizers by training orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. The simulation outcomes illustrate the various DL-based receiver characteristics using the traditional SIC approach. It also demonstrates that the effect of the different DL-based models is more predictable than the SIC approach.
Reduce++: Unsupervised Content-Based Approach for Duplicate Result Detection in Search Engines
Authors: Chreim Zahraa , Hazimeh Hussein , Harb Hassan , Hannoun Fouad , Daher Karl , Mugellini Elena , Khaled Omar Abou
Published: December 2022

Search engines are among the most popular web services on the World Wide Web. They facilitate the process of finding information using a query-result mechanism. However, results returned by search engines contain many duplications. In this paper, we introduce a new content-type-based similarity computation method to address this problem. Our approach divides the webpage into different types of content, such as title, subtitles, body, etc. Then, we find for each type a suitable similarity measure. Next, we add the different calculated similarity scores to get the final similarity score between the two documents, using a weighted formula. Finally, we suggest a new graph-based algorithm to cluster search results according to their similarity. We empirically evaluated our results with the Agglomerative Clustering, and we achieved about 61% reduction in web pages, 0.2757 Silhouette coefficient, 0.1269 Davies Bouldin Score, and 85 Calinski Harabasz Score.
A Distributed Arithmetic Based Approach for the Realization of the Signed-Regressor LMS Adaptive Filter
Authors: Prakash Matcha Surya , Shaik Rafi Ahamed
Published: December 2022

This paper presents a distributed arithmetic (DA) based approach for the implementation of signedregressor LMS adaptive filter. DA, although is an efficient technique for the implementation of fixed coefficient filters, the adaptive filter implementation using DA is not a straight-forward task as the partialproducts of the filter weights have to be updated in every iteration. This is achieved by storing the partialproducts of the signum values of the input samples in a look-up-table (LUT). It has been shown that this LUT can be updated to accommodate the partial-products of newest set of samples in an efficient way using the circular- shifting of its address bits. Results indicate that the proposed filter can give better throughputs compared to multiply-and-accumulate (MAC) based implementation and can be effective when implementing large filters. With proper choice of system parameters, the proposed architecture for a 32- tap filter consumes around 87% less number of adder units while providing similar throughput performance compared to most recent existing DA based architecture.
Decentralisation and local governance in Nigeria: issues, challenges and prospects
Authors: Ogunnubi Olanrewaju O
Published: December 2022

Nigeria is a decentralised federation with a three-tier system of federal, state and local governments. Arising from this decentralisation, local governments are empowered to exercise certain powers and responsibilities in areas relating to grassroots development, local democracy and service delivery. Hence, local government plays a pivotal role in local governance. This paper synthesises studies on local government in Nigeria within the broader context of decentralisation and local governance. It takes a careful look at the emergence of local government in Nigeria as well as the debate on local government autonomy. The paper reveals that Nigeria’s decentralisation policy has largely failed to deliver autonomy to local governments, whose funds, functions and activities are controlled by state governments. Key challenges to the effective performance of local government include inadequate funding, constitutional ambivalence, abuse of state control, political instability and corruption. The paper ends with recommendations for improving the functioning of local government to enhance local governance.
Supporting local councillors: learnings from post-election interviews in New South Wales, Australia
Authors: Artist Sarah
Published: December 2022

This article summarises information collected from interviews with outgoing and newly elected councillors before and after the elections in December 2021 and across four municipalities in Sydney, New South Wales. Councillors expressed the challenges and difficulties they faced during their term on council, and many were ill-prepared and needed more guidance. The aim was to harness the information to shape and direct the support that new councillors need in order to fulfil their roles. The article describes an approach in which various players within the council work in a collaborative way to support the decision-making role of the governing body, so that individual councillors are equipped to work on a common agenda with camaraderie and consensus to achieve strong and effective civic leadership.
Perspectives on local government’s place in federal systems and central–local relations
Authors: Phillimore John , Fenna Alan , Pandey K K , Drage Jean , Osaghae Eghosa E , Powell D M , Walker Andrew
Published: December 2022

To expand on the themes identified by Tomas Hachard’s paper 'Capacity, voice and opportunity: advancing municipal engagement in Canadian federal relations', the Journal commissioned six personal ‘perspectives’ from a diverse group of other Commonwealth countries – Australia, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa and the United Kingdom (UK). This replicated the model adopted in Issue 26 for Zack Taylor’s paper on 'Regionalism from above: intergovernmental relations in Canadian metropolitan governance'. Similarly, the purpose was to establish a broader picture of issues and trends across the Commonwealth, rather than ‘review’ Hachard’s work.
Resm-i Osmânî Kâideleri Bağlamında TMSK E. H. 2 Nr. Mushaf
Authors: Cankurt Fatih
Published: December 2022

Kur’ân-ı Kerîm kelimelerinin yazım özelliklerini inceleyen ilim dalına resm-i mushaf /resm-i Osmânî adı verilmektedir. Bu ilme, Hz. Osman’ın (ö. 35/656) halifelik devrinde (644-656), dönemin fasih Arapça kaidelerine göre yazım esas alınmak sûretiyle gerçekleştirilen mushaf istinsah faaliyeti kaynaklık etmektedir. Sahabe eliyle gerçekleştirilen bu çalışmada kullanılan imlanın, sonraki dönemlerde yazılan mushaflarda esas alındığı kabul edilmektedir. Bugün Hz. Osman himayesinde imla edildiği kesin olarak bilinen bir mushaf mevcut değildir. Bu yüzden Hz. Osman mushaflarındaki yazım şekillerine ait detaylar ancak hicrî 3-4. asırlarda telif edilmeye başlanan eserlerden öğrenilebilmekte, resm-i mushaf kriterleri mezkûr kaynaklar baz alınarak belirlenmektedir. Lakin mushaf istinsahı faaliyetinden 3 asırdan daha fazla bir süre sonra kaleme alınan eserlerde verilen bilgilerin yeterliliği/sıhhati konusunda birtakım tereddütlerin varlığı malumdur. Mezkûr tereddütlerin izale edilmesine katkı sunma maksadıyla hazırlanan bu makalede, alanın temel eserlerinde yer alan resm-i Osmânî kaideleri bağlamında Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi/Emanetler Hazinesi 2 nr. Mushaf incelenmektedir. Erken dönemlere ait olduğunda şüphe bulunmayan Mushaf’ın, Hz. Ali’ye (ö. 40/661) tarafından yazıldığı iddia edilmektedir. Mevcut çalışma sayısı bakımından oldukça yeni bir alanda yapılan bu araştırmada, hicretten birkaç asır sonra telif edilen eserler vasıtasıyla ulaşılabilen kaideler ile erken dönemlerde yazılmış TMSK E. H. 2 nr. Mushaf’ın imlası kıyaslanmak sûretiyle, kaidelerin o dönemde ne derece uygulandığını tespite çalışılmıştır. İki bölümden müteşekkil makalenin ilk kısmında, Mushaf’a dair tanıtıcı ve teknik mahiyetteki bilgilere yer verilmiş, Mushaf’ın Hz. Ali’ye nispeti tetkik edilmiştir. Mushaf’ın erken dönemde imla edildiği ancak Hz. Ali tarafından yazılmasının mümkün olmadığı kanaatine yer verilmiştir. İkinci kısımda, ilgili eserlerde “hazf, ispat, ibdal, maktu‘/mevsûl yazım, hemze, Mesâhif-i Emsâr’ın gönderildiği beldelere göre farklılık arz eden yazım farklılıkları” şeklindeki konu başlıkları altında yer verilen toplam 1406 kelimenin yazım özelliğiyle TMSK E.H. 2 nr. Mushaf’ın yazımı mukayese edilmiştir. Sayfa, âyet noksanlığı bakımından neredeyse kusursuz nitelikteki bu Mushaf’ın tamamında yapılan inceleme sonucunda toplam 319 kelimede kaidelere muhalif yazım olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Üzerine inceleme yapılan tüm kadim Mushaflarda da görülen bu imla uyumsuzluğu, resm-i mushaf kaidelerinin sıhhatine dair mevcut soru işaretlerini kuvvetlendirmektedir. Bu da resm-i mushaf ilminin sınırlarını tespit için kadim mushafların imlasının da dikkate alınması gerektiğine, bunun için de erken dönemde yazılmış mushafların yazım şekilleri üzerine daha fazla araştırma yapmanın gerekliliğine işaret olarak kabul edilmelidir.
Application Of Appropriate Technology For Automatic Bird Pest Removal And Automatic Fish Feed In The Minapadi System In Beutong Nagan Raya District
Authors: Mahendra Mahendra , Muhammad Arif Nasution  , Fitria Rahmayanti  , Dini Islama
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this research-based service program is to apply the research results of the proposing team's research for community empowerment. The application of the research results was carried out on the program of application of appropriate technology for automatic fish feed and automatic bird repellent on the Minapadi jajar legowo system which is a system of planting rice with fish cultivation in one rice field area simultaneously and the jajar legowo planting system with a spacing of 25 cm . The technology used is automatic feeding and automatic bird repellent. Automatic feeding is done by using a mini water pump that has been modified with the help of a digital timer so that the feed automatically dispenses the feed at the time we specify, which is 3 times a day. The second technology is automatic bird repellent using extracts of herbal ingredients (jengkol) with the help of an automatic sprayer. This technology aims to increase the income of farmers with high productivity of rice yields and increase local fish production. The activity was carried out for 5 months in Beutong Nagan Raya District. The observed results include the feed that comes out of the automatic device as much as 15 gr/second, adjusted for the number and weight of fish. Meanwhile, the air pollution that comes out every 10 minutes is 5 units in a 25m2 plot.
Empowerment of Village Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) in the Context of Optimizing the Assets of Nyuhtebel Village, Manggis District, Karangasem Regency
Authors: Marhaeni A.A.I.N , Nyoman Yuliarmi Ni , Nyoman Reni Suasih Ni , Jati Primajana Dewa , W Priyana  Agus Sudharma I , Sinthya Aryasthini M Made , Made Putra Yasa I
Published: December 2022

Optimizing the assets owned by the village is very important in order to increase the welfare of the village community in a sustainable manner. Village-owned Enterprises (BUMDes) are village-owned business entities that have a very strategic role as a pillar of village hopes to improve the welfare of its people. In order for Bumdes to develop more quickly, Bumdes really need to be empowered according to their respective potentials. The purpose of this activity in general is to identify village potential that can be developed, find suitable business activities to implement, identify community needs that can be handled by BUMDes, encourage village community participation in BUMDes development. The methods used include observing village conditions, providing outreach to village communities, conducting interviews, and analyzing data obtained from these activities. The results of this activity are 1) Finding some tourism potential in Nyuhtebel Village. Such as jogging track, village library, Bukit Batu Gede, and BUMdes Café and Batu Madeg Beach; 2) Provide recommendations to Nyuhtebel Village officials regarding business activities that are suitable for implementation in the Village and in accordance with community needs, such as creating a business line as a supplier, this is in line with the environment of Nyuhtebel Village which coincides with the tourism sector. Thus, it is easier for tourism actors in the area to access purchases of supporting tourism needs such as vegetables, mineral water, kitchen equipment, toiletries, etc.; 3) recommend potential that is in accordance with the current conditions of the Village and the needs of the community so that BUMDes are expected to be able to improve community welfare. The potential for Nyuhtebel Village that is suitable for viewing the environment of Nyuhtebel Village as a tourism buffer zone is to create a business line related to tourism such as supplying hotel & restaurant needs; 4) Providing understanding to the community to actively participate in BUMDes and educating the community about the importance of BUMDes as a locomotive for accelerating village economic growth. Suggestions and requests from village officials, so that Community Service activities can evaluate both previous activities or strategic plans that have been designed by Nyuhtebel Village.
Pandemi Sürecinde Ortaokul Öğretmenlerinin Online Eğitimden Yüz Yüze Eğitime Geçişlerde Yaşananlara İlişkin Görüşleri
Authors: FİLİZ Sevil , GÖKMEN Fatma
Published: December 2022

Bu araştırma pandemi sürecinde online eğitimden yüz yüze eğitime geçişlere ilişkin yaşanan durumları tespit etmek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Bu amaç kapsamında katılımcılara online eğitimde yaşananlar, yüz yüze eğitime geçişte yaşananlar, okullarda alınan tedbirler ve uygulanabilecek sistem önerilerine yönelik sorular sorulmuştur. Araştırma nitel yöntem kapsamında oluşturulmuş durum çalışması deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın katılımcıları maksimum çeşitlilik örneklemesiyle belirlenmiştir. Çalışma grubu farklı il merkezi, ilçe merkezi ve köylerde çalışan farklı mesleki kıdemlerde, farklı branşlarda 21 öğretmenden oluşmaktadır. Veriler betimsel analiz yöntemiyle çözümlenmiştir. Öğrenciler arasındaki bireysel farklılıkların artması öğretmenlerin ders planlama, ders işleme, ölçme değerlendirme sürecini olumsuz etkilemiştir. Öğretmenler bu süreçte öğrencilerin öğrenme kayıplarını gidermek için telafi eğitimleri yapmışlardır. Araştırmada yüz yüze eğitime geçişlerde eğitim sürecinin verimli olarak planlanmasına ve okullarda alınması gereken tedbirlere ilişkin önerilerde bulunulmuştur.