bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A review of reactive marketing on national parks and astro-tourism in Tanzania
Authors: Mkwizu Kezia H.
Published: January 2025

Astro-tourism has potential globally including Tanzania. For example, the skyline over Tanzania is filled with abundant astronomical objects like stars at night whereas on land, there is the famous Kimondo meteorite in Mbozi area. However, there is still challenge in tourism development particularly product diversification and marketing in the post-pandemic. Additionally, there are limited studies that connect visiting national parks and astro-tourism as co-activities that tourists can enjoy in protected areas. Therefore, the motive for this paper on astro-tourism is specifically to explore advertising of national parks and astro-tourism activities in Tanzania with a reactive marketing overview. An integrative literature review as a methodology approach is deployed in this study. Content analysis assisted to provide themes. The findings reveal that there are efforts made by the government and the private sector in advertising tourism including national parks. Also, the Royal Tour Film is one example of reactive marketing in the context of Tanzania as a way of advertising national parks. Findings also show that there is less advertising which connects national parks and astro-tourism within spaces of protected areas. The practical implication from this study is that the Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) and tourism stakeholders to engage more advertising that links national park activities and astro-tourism.
Exploring national parks and the Big Nine: A Literature review approach
Authors: Kimeto Janet c. , Mkwizu Kezia H.
Published: January 2025

The ‘Big Five’ are considered to be the Lion, Leopard, Rhino, Buffalo and Elephant which have become synonymous with Africa’s safaris in the national parks. Guided by the Butler’s TALC model, this paper aims to compare national parks development focusing on the ‘Big Nine’ in Kenya and Tanzania. Specifically, this paper explores national parks conservation and management in relation to the ‘Big Nine’. The method used is the Systematic Literature Review (SLR), whereby 16 journal articles were found to be relevant for the study were analyzed. The finding shows that for the future generations, the ‘Big Five’ requires protection and conservation in the national parks, other wild animals like Zebras and Warthogs included. The outcome of this paper advocates for other diverse wild animals in Kenya and Tanzania that could fascinate tourists be included in the “Big Five” to have either the ‘Big Seven’ or ‘Big Nine’. Future studies may opt for quantitative and qualitative approaches as mixed methods to further explore national parks and wild animals in Kenya and Tanzania as well as other African countries in the post-colonial era.
The influence of psychological capital in the hotel industry following the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Iskandar Vido , Kartika Endo Wijaya , Kristianto David
Published: January 2025

Covid-19 pandemic has impacted tourism sector terribly due to travel restrictions. Various methods have been implemented by the government to reinstate the confidence of society towards tourism destinations’ safety. East Java is one of the provinces becoming the government’s main focus for tourism recovery, and when people finally return, accommodation service is becoming necessity. Hotel’s management and staff need to perform numbers of adjustments to regain its visitors’ confidence and convenience upon using provided products and services. Hotel’s employees are expected to provide excellent service and performance. Thus, every member of the property is expected to possess positive psychological condition in order to be able to process and proceed with necessary operational changes on the place. This positive psychological state is often called as psychological capital (psycap). Employees with a higher psycap should have a higher readiness for change, which leads to a better job performance. Data collection through online questionnaires survey, with purposive sampling from 385 respondents. Quantitative data analysis using Partial Least Square (PLS) SEM. The findings show that psycap has a positive and significant impact on both readiness for change and job performance. Additionally, readiness for change positively and significantly influences job performance and serves as a mediating variable between psycap and job performance. This research aids management in understanding the connection between psycap, readiness for change, and job performance, particularly in the hotel industry.
Multi-stakeholder complexity of sustainable ecotourism development
Authors: Khusaini Moh. , Lestari Alfi Muflikhah , Purba Dano , Saputra Dhira K. , Finuliyah Firdaus
Published: January 2025

Sustainable tourism is one of the sectors on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda, which can realize environmental sustainability, safeguard cultural heritage and improve economic prosperity. Ecotourism is an ideal form of sustainable tourism because it is claimed to minimize negative impacts on the environment and increase economic prosperity by increasing the benefits of the tourism sector. However, ecotourism has challenges in its development. Ecotourism is a type of tourism whose development could be faster, and the results are also slow because ecotourism is non-mass tourism, so stakeholders often pay little attention. The role of stakeholders as facilitators and supporters is vital to foster collaboration, cooperation and communication between various parties to create sound management for ecotourism development. The coastal area of Malang Regency is known to have potential natural tourism and conservation. One of the developing tourist destinations is the Clungup Mangrove Conservation (CMC) ecotourism. This research was conducted in the CMC (Clungup et al.) Ecotourism area in Sendang Biru, Tambakrejo Village, Sumbermanjing Wetan District, Malang Regency. The purpose of the study was to find the role of stakeholder collaboration in the development of sustainable ecotourism in the CMC Ecotourism area. This study uses primary data through interviews using open questions and is supplemented with observations and secondary data from literature studies to strengthen the analysis. The research approach uses exploratory qualitative to understand the phenomenon of stakeholder collaboration towards sustainable ecotourism in the CMC Ecotourism area. The results of the study showed that there was still a lack of stakeholder relationships or interactions in the development of ecotourism in the CMC Ecotourism area. The Bhakti Alam Sendangbiru Foundation as an ecotourism manager has not fully collaborated. The research findings suggest (a) creating and increasing stakeholder awareness to collaborate, (b) empowering, (c) creating and strengthening cooperation between sectors and local economic activities, (d) good governance for ecotourism development.
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Factors as Key Factors in Industrial and Retail Properties/Real Estate Investment Decision
Authors: Ifediora Christian Osita , Nwosu Chiemezie Chisom
Published: January 2025

ESG factors has become increasingly important in property and real estate investment decisions in recent times hence, this study x-rays the importance of considering these factors in industrial and retail properties. The study identified some factors that influence ESG in industrial and retail properties. The principal component analysis done for factors in respect to industrial properties identifies these factors and they include; employee wellbeing, community health impact, energy efficiency community engagement, transportation access and indoor air quality sustainable design and materials, employment health and safety practices and green certification. The analysis done shows that employee wellbeing is ranked first, followed by community engagement while green spaces rank seventeenth. The study also identified factors affecting ESG in retail properties, such as employee wellbeing, community health impacts, biodiversity, green certification, indoor air quality, energy efficiency, transportation access, sustainable design and materials. The measure of sampling adequacy and sphericity done for both industrial and retail properties shows that samples used were good in cases. The study concludes that the real estate sector plays a crucial role in shaping the future of our planet and emphasised need to continue to take ESG factors in consideration in real estate investment decision.
Gross Mismatch and Employee Performance of State Ministries in Anambra State, Nigeria
Authors: Okeke C.O. , Mgbemena G. C , Anabaraonye C. L , Omaliko K. C , Gbenga W. , Onwunanzo E. V.
Published: January 2025

This study investigates the relationship between gross mismatch and employee performance in Ministries of Anambra State, focusing on education-job mismatch and skill-task mismatch. Anchored on Human Capital Theory, the study adopted a descriptive survey research design with sample size of 367 using Taro Yamane formula from a population of 4,527 staff across five key ministries.329 out of 367 were found valid and used for analysis. Data were collected through structured questionnaires were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient via SPSS. The findings reveal a significant negative relationship between education-job mismatch and employee performance (r = -0.871, t = 14.842, β = -0.752, p = 0.021), indicating that a one-unit increase in mismatch leads to a -0.752-unit decline in performance. Similarly, skill-task mismatch was negatively correlated with employee performance (r = -0.720, t = 10.231, β = -0.645, p = 0.013), with a one-unit increase resulting in a -0.645-unit decline. These mismatches collectively explained 75.9% and 51.8% of the variance in employee performance, respectively. The study concludes that gross mismatch undermines organizational efficiency, as the misalignment of qualifications and job roles hampers productivity and quality of service delivery. It recommends implementing merit-based recruitment and regular training programs to align employee skills with job demands, thus fostering improved performance and organizational success
Impact of Play Therapy on Learning Outcome in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Pupils: An Experimental Approach
Authors: Amaechi-Udogu Vivian Chukwunonyenim , Ekeh Princess Udochi
Published: January 2025

The study examined the impact of play therapy on learning outcome on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder pupils in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Rivers State. Quasi experimental design within which the Solomon four group design was employed. Using purposive sampling technique, a sample of 60 primary three pupils who met the criteria for ADHD were randomly assigned into the four groups which was made up of two experimental groups and two control groups. Two valid instruments titled: Conners' Rating Scales-Revised (CRS-R) for assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) were used for collection of data in the study. The research questions were answered with mean and standard deviation. Hypotheses were tested for significance at 0.05 using dependent sample t-test, Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) and One-way analysis of Variance (one-way ANOVA). The result revealed that play therapy is effective in the improvement of learning outcome of attention deficit hyperactivity pupils. There was a significant difference of play therapy on learning outcome among the groups (experimental group 1, control group 1, experimental group 2 and control group 2). Based on these findings’ recommendations were made.
Svensk civilprocessrätt Bd 2. 1
Authors: Kallenberg Ernst
Published: January 2025

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Svensk civilprocessrätt. Bd 2. 3
Authors: Kallenberg Ernst
Published: January 2025

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Svensk civilprocessrätt. Bd 2. 4
Authors: Kallenberg Ernst
Published: January 2025

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Svensk civilprocessrätt. Bd 2. 5. [2]
Authors: Kallenberg Ernst
Published: January 2025

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Orbit of a Possible Planet X
Authors: Siraj Amir , Chyba Christopher F. , Tremaine Scott
Published: January 2025

The plausibility of an unseen planet in the outer solar system, and the expected orbit and mass of such a planet, have long been a topic of inquiry and debate. We calculate the long-term orbital stability of distant trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which allows us to expand the sample of objects that would carry dynamical information about a hypothetical unseen planet in the solar system. Using this expanded sample, we find statistically significant clustering at the ∼3σ level for TNOs with semimajor axes > 170 au in the longitude of perihelion (ϖ), but not in inclination (i), argument of perihelion (ω), or longitude of node (Ω). Since a natural explanation for clustering in ϖ is an unseen planet, we run 300 N-body simulations with the giant planets, a disk of test particles representing Kuiper Belt objects, and an additional planet with varied initial conditions for its mass, semimajor axis, eccentricity, and inclination. Based on the distribution of test particles after 1–2 Gyr, we compute relative likelihoods given the actual distribution of ϖ as a function of semimajor axis for distant TNOs on stable orbits using a significantly larger sample than previous work. We find the best-fit unseen planet parameters to have mass m

p
 = 4.4 ± 1.1 M
⊕, semimajor axis a

p
 = 290 ± 30 au, eccentricity e

p
 = 0.29 ± 0.13, and inclination i

p
 = 6

.

°

8 ± 5

.

°

0. Only 0.06% of the M. E. Brown & K. Batygin Planet Nine reference population produce probabilities within 1σ of the maximum within our quadrivariate model, indicating that our work identifies a distinct preferred region of parameter space for an unseen planet in the solar system.
Lucy L′Ralph In-flight Calibration and Results at (152830) Dinkinesh
Authors: Simon Amy A. , Kaplan Hannah H. , Reuter Dennis C. , Montanaro Matthew , Grundy William M. , Lunsford Allen W. , Weigle Gerald E. , Binzel Richard P. , Emery Joshua , Sunshine Jessica , Howett Carly , Levison Harold F. , Marchi Simone , Noll Keith S. , Spencer John
Published: January 2025

The L’Ralph instrument is a key component of NASA’s Lucy mission, intended to provide spectral image data of multiple Jupiter Trojans. The instrument operates from ∼0.35 to 4 μm using two focal plane assemblies: a 350–950 nm multispectral imager, Multi-spectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC), and a 0.97–4 μm imaging spectrometer, Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA). Instrument calibration was established through ground testing before launch and has been monitored during cruise utilizing internal calibration sources and stellar targets. In-flight data have shown that the instrument thermal performance is exceeding expectations, allowing for early updates to LEISA radiometric and pointing calibrations. MVIC radiometric performance remains stable more than 3 yr since launch. The serendipitous identification of a new flyby target, (152830) Dinkinesh, allowed testing of instrument performance and interleaved LEISA and MVIC acquisitions on an asteroid target. Both MVIC and LEISA obtained data of Dinkinesh and its moon, Selam, demonstrating that they show good spectral agreement with an S- or Sq-type asteroid, along with evidence of a 3 μm absorption feature.
On the taxonomic status of two giant cockroaches of Bionoblatta (Blattodea, Blaberidae) collected by José Pinto da Fonseca, a founder of the Brazilian Society of Entomology
Authors: Polizeli Leonardo , Pinto Ângelo Parise
Published: January 2025

The blaberids Parahormetica hylaeceps Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936 and Bion mastrucatus Rehn, 1937 were described in the 1930s from single males collected by José Pinto da Fonseca (JPF) in the 1910s. Both specimens came from the region of Mariana municipality, Minas Gerais State, an ecotonal formation between the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado domains in southeastern Brazil. Recently, P. hylaeceps was transferred to Bionoblatta Rehn, 1940, and its strong morphological similarity with Bion mastrucatus (already in Bionoblatta) was highlighted, indicating the need to investigate the validity of these names. Here, we addressed this question by analyzing photos of the type material, comparing original descriptions, and examining data on both the collecting site and the collector’s history. We conclude that Parahormetica hylaeceps should be considered a senior synonym of Bion mastrucatussyn. nov.; hence, the valid name should be Bionoblatta hylaeceps (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936). We also provide a new diagnosis, synonymy, and review of the distribution of this species, finding Bionoblatta hylaeceps to be endemic to the Itacolomi Peak region. We also present a short account of the work of JPF, including his relevance to Brazilian entomology and itinerary for collecting these specimens. Bionoblatta have five poorly known species of blaberids that, despite recent advances in the genus taxonomy, are still pending review.
Regional Economic Development of the PRC through the Data of the World Economic Statistics
Authors: Ostrovskii Andrei V.
Published: January 2025

The article analyzes the results of a forecast on the socio-economic development of Chinese regions made ten years ago in a collective monograph by the Institute of the Far East of the Russian Academy of Sciences. These results are compared with data from various countries in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) and GDP per capita. Based on statistical data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China for 2022, it was determined that China’s GDP ranks first globally in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) and second in terms of the dollar exchange rate. More than half of China’s GDP continues to be concentrated in the coastal regions, which host the main “growth poles” of the Chinese economy: the Beijing – Tianjin – Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta (encompassing Shanghai, northern Zhejiang, and southern Jiangsu), and the Pearl River Delta (southern Guangdong, including the Shenzhen and Zhuhai free economic zones).

According to GDP figures at the dollar exchange rate, not only Guangdong but also Jiangsu has surpassed Russia. Overall, in terms of GDP, most of China’s coastal regions have reached the level of Eastern European countries and Portugal.

Over the past decade, the gap in gross regional product (GRP) between the coastal regions and the central and western regions has significantly decreased. Most of China’s provinces now achieve GRP levels of $4-8 trillion per year (or $615-1.230 billion), surpassing the GDP figures of most countries worldwide. However, the gap between the coastal regions and the northeastern provinces (Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning) has widened. The GRP per capita in these three northeastern provinces is now lower than in the six central provinces.

To stimulate economic development in the western and central regions, as well as in the Northeast of China, the One Belt, One Road initiative was launched in 2013. This initiative aims not only to enhance the foreign economic relations of these lagging territories but also to ensure their accelerated growth by fostering new “growth poles” within these regions. The establishment of such poles is expected to drive faster development in these areas, thereby narrowing the economic gap between them and the more advanced coastal regions.
La transparence et l’obstacle. Analytique du contrôle aux checkpoints dans l’Irak post-Saddam
Authors: Duclos-Valois Juliette
Published: January 2025

À partir de 2003, l’Irak commence à se couvrir de checkpoints. Ces checkpoints sont des instruments de territorialisation pour l’ensemble des pouvoirs en conflit. Cette multitude de frontières internes constitue autant de points de passage obligés pour les habitants qui encombrent la vie quotidienne et soumettent tout déplacement à un décodage en règle. Supposés sécuriser les espaces, les checkpoints et leurs alentours deviennent des zones de danger où s’expriment toutes les fureurs antagonistes. La population, suivant les cas, y subit toutes sortes d’assignations, comme les violences afférentes. L’article explore l’écart qui se creuse entre la fonction officiellement remplie par le checkpoint et son fonctionnement concret. Il rend sensible le jeu des stratégies indiciaires sur la base desquelles repose à la fois les contrôles et l’effort que déploient les individus pour tenter de les déjouer. Il décrit le poids de ce dispositif sur la vie et les projets de chacun.
Manifestations étranges et espace urbain à Edo
Authors: Uchida Tadayoshi
Published: January 2025

L’article vise à montrer l’existence, au sein de l’espace urbain d’Edo (ancienne Tokyo), d’une culture de l’étrange et du fantastique, étroitement liée à la géographie et la topographie de la ville. En s’appuyant sur des témoignages issus de notes personnelles de fonctionnaires ou des produits de la littérature de l’époque, on verra comment la rumeur joue un rôle pivot dans la construction et la diffusion de cette culture, et comment elle l’ancre se faisant dans des lieux particuliers de la ville.
« La vision d’un monde marquée par les pratiques locales » au prisme du roman policier – entre « villes » et « campagnes »
Authors: Fukunishi Daisuke
Published: January 2025

Le roman policier et l’ethnographie partagent de nombreux communs : ils sont nés en même temps et ont fait évoluer leur centre d’intérêt de la « ville » vers la « campagne ». Les écrivains ont ainsi mis en place dans leurs œuvres un monde basé sur les pratiques locales. On y rencontre en outre le concept ethnographique de « marebito ». Les problèmes qui éclatent dans cet espace clos qu’est la campagne sont résolus par des entités (une divinité, un détective) venues de l’extérieur (l’au-delà, la ville). Ces réflexions ont d’abord été développées pour comprendre les traditions populaires avant d’être employées dans le roman policier. Cela explique pourquoi ce genre est apprécié des Japonais et pourquoi ces mondes de pratiques locales décrites dans ces œuvres jouent un rôle important pour comprendre la société contemporaine de ce pays.
Alfred Fabre-Luce (1899-1983) und die versuchte Ausgestaltung einer Friedensordnung zwischen Frankreich, Deutschland und Polen im 20. Jahrhundert
Authors: Behmer Max , Żarski Krzysztof
Published: January 2025

Diese Abhandlung hat die europäische Friedenskonzeption des Schriftstellers Alfred Fabre-Luce (1899-1983) zum Thema. Ausgehend von Fabre-Luces ersten Werken aus den 1920er-Jahren wird die Entwicklung seines Denkens in dieser Frage über den Zweiten Weltkrieg bis in die 1950er-Jahre nachvollzogen. Insbesondere ist das Dreiecksverhältnis zwischen Frankreich, Deutschland und Polen diesbezüglich von Interesse. Es wurden sowohl Archivmaterialien als auch ein bisher dem Autor nicht zugeordnetes Werk herangezogen.
Versöhnung und Freundschaft?
Authors: Schleicher Regina
Published: January 2025

Lehrwerke für den Fremdsprachenunterricht spielen eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Formulierung und Vermittlung von geschichtlichen Narrativen. Dieser Beitrag untersucht den Einfluss von Lehrwerken für den Französischunterricht auf die Konstruktion getrennter und gemeinsamer Geschichte in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Die Untersuchung erstreckt sich über die Jahre nach 1945 bis zum Ende der 1960er Jahre. In der DDR prägten zunächst revolutionsgeschichtliche Themen und die Résistance den Lehrplan, während spätere Lehrwerke Frankreich als kapitalistischen und imperialistischen Nationalstaat negativ darstellten. In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland folgte auf eine Phase der Vermeidung landeskundlicher Aspekte und einer Politisierung des Französischunterrichts allmählich eine Integration politischer und geschichtlicher Themen. Der Beitrag legt den Fokus auf zwei Lehrwerke.
Quand les vaincus (re)construisaient la paix : les prisonniers de guerre allemands dans la sortie de guerre franco-allemande après 1945
Authors: Théofilakis Fabien
Published: January 2025

Plus d’un million d’Allemands ont été prisonniers de guerre en mains françaises, entre 1944 et 1948. Pourtant, leur rôle, après 1945, dans la construction de la paix entre des ennemis dits héréditaires n’a pas été justement étudié. Cette absence est d’autant plus surprenante que la captivité a constitué, à une échelle inédite, une expérience de rencontre avec l’autre. À partir de trois histoires considérant tour à tour le point de vue des prisonniers, des autorités françaises et des populations dans la Zone française d’occupation, l’article se propose d’interroger en quoi la captivité allemande en mains françaises a pu contribuer au processus de pacification post-1945 et, in fine, pourquoi le second après-guerre aurait réussi là où le premier a échoué, à savoir remplacer la guerre de trente ans par une paix de près de quatre-vingts ans.
Administrateurs et diplomates de terrain ?
Authors: Bardet Valentin
Published: January 2025

Cet article s’intéresse à un groupe social central dans la sortie de guerre post-Seconde Guerre mondiale : le personnel du Gouvernement militaire de la Zone française. Plus précisément, nous mènerons, à partir de l’analyse de leurs dossiers personnels, une biographie de groupe de fonctionnaires de terrain, les délégués de cercle, en charge du contrôle de la plus petite unité administrative de la zone. Situés à l’interface entre population allemande et administration française, ils incarnent les ambiguïtés de la politique française d’occupation. Les marges de manœuvre dont ils disposent justifient qu’on prête attention à leur parcours, pour comprendre dans quelle mesure ils remobilisent en Allemagne des savoirs et des pratiques acquises pendant leur carrière, qu’il s’agisse de confrontations antérieures avec l’Allemagne, d’expériences métropolitaines ou coloniales. Ces délégués sont aux avant-postes du changement d’attitude à l’égard de l’Allemagne au tournant des années 1950 : leur rôle évolue alors le plus souvent du contrôle à une forme de diplomatie de proximité.
Verständigung ? Penser la réconciliation israélo-arabe à partir d’une position yekke (juive allemande) en Israël
Authors: Farges Patrick , Goldblum Sonia
Published: January 2025

Tout comme le conflit franco-allemand, le partage de la Palestine est un processus s’inscrivant dans la longue durée, dense et controversé. Dans ce contexte difficile, l’art de faire la paix s’avère particulièrement complexe. Nous proposons de décaler le regard sur cette question en nous intéressant à la perspective juive allemande. En effet, les Juifs allemands (et plus généralement les Juifs d’Europe centrale) fuyant le nazisme et ayant trouvé refuge en Palestine mandataire dans les années 1930 portaient en eux l’expérience douloureuse du nationalisme exacerbé, de la discrimination antisémite, de la persécution et de la migration forcée. Si l’émigration juive allemande en Palestine mandataire a suscité un regain d’intérêt depuis plus de vingt ans, tous les aspects de celle-ci n’ont pas reçu la même attention et peu de recherches ont été menées afin d’inscrire cette migration dans son contexte proche-oriental. Or les Juifs allemands (ou yekkes) sont arrivés en Eretz Israël avec des représentations, des affiliations et des socialisations politiques héritées de la bourgeoisie juive libérale allemande. En Palestine mandataire et au sein de la jeune nation israélienne en état d’alerte et de conflit quasi-permanent, les yekkes ont été les porteurs d’une voix alternative dans la manière d’envisager les relations avec les populations arabes. On retrouve ainsi nombre de yekkes dans les organisations promouvant l’entente (Verständigung), la paix voire la réconciliation. Si les relations israélo-arabes au xxe siècle incarnent un conflit paraissant indépassable, nous souhaitons montrer que des acteurs ont, dans l’adversité, continûment essayé de cultiver un art (minoritaire) de faire la paix au Proche-Orient. Le présent article cherche à la fois à retracer les origines intellectuelles de ce discours sur la paix et l’entente et à donner un aperçu des configurations sociales ayant conduit à l’émergence d’un tel discours à partir de la toute fin des années 1920.
Cent ans de silence ? Sur les traces du Parti des Indépendants de Couleur à Cuba dans les expressions musicales populaires d’Oriente (1912-2022) : évolutions et métamorphoses
Authors: Garçon Lévana
Published: January 2025

Cet article propose d’interroger le silence autour de la mémoire du massacre du Parti des Indépendants de Couleur à Cuba (PIC) à partir des traces laissées par les voix inaudibles d’Oriente dans la musique populaire régionale. Il s’agira d’observer comment agit et est agie la mémoire du PIC depuis les marges et comment celle-ci se métamorphose et resignifie l’événement au fil du temps.
Herramientas discursivas e imaginación política en las músicas de los blocos afro de Salvador de Bahía
Authors: Fernández Cordero Carolina
Published: January 2025

El presente trabajo indaga en la música de los blocos afro de Salvador de Bahía (Brasil) a partir del análisis de sus canciones desde un punto de vista sociohistórico. En ellas la palabra (junto a la melodía, la percusión y la danza) surge como una herramienta discursiva más en la imaginación política emancipatoria de la comunidad afrodescendiente. Centrada sobre todo en la producción del siglo xx (décadas de los 70 a los 90), la investigación profundiza en la problemática sociopolítica y los recursos narrativos que contribuyen a la configuración de una cultura popular comunitaria y la reescritura de una historia negra propia.
Modernism’s Zoo (Pet and Pen in Virginia Woolf’s Flush)
Authors: Regard Frédéric
Published: January 2025

This article plays on the two possible senses of the word “renaissance,” which suggests both the fact of being born again, and that period in European history of an artistic revival, achieved under the influence of classical models. The paper begins with registering the renewal of critical interest in Virginia Woolf’s Flush, a fictional biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s dog. Its aim, however, is to go beyond the Deleuzian approach that seems to have prevailed so far, according to which Flush is a narrative of the becoming-animal of the artist. The central argument here is that Woolf’s narrative gesture in fact remains profoundly human even as it is paradoxically threatened by its own animality from within. By going back to the fundamental categories of Aristotelian philosophy and supporting his argument with detailed narratological analyses of the narrative, the author suggests that this canine biography should be read, precisely, not as an auto/biography – where the anthropological machine would still be running at full speed – but as a fable of the Modernist artist’s discovery of her own linguistic infancy. This study is much indebted to the works of Hannah Arendt and Giorgio Agamben, the twentieth century’s most eminent Aristotelian philosophers, but it also draws on Donna Haraway’s proposal of a necessary “reinvention of nature.” Still, the core argument finds its inspiration in Jacques Derrida’s “deconstruction” of the primacy of voice (phone) over the written sign (gramma).
Mina Loy’s Surrealist Strategies of Renewal
Authors: Drouin Diane
Published: January 2025

In her essay “Modern Poetry,” published in the little magazine Charm in 1925, the British artist Mina Loy identified the source of the renewal of the English language in the streets of New York, famously claiming: “It was inevitable that the renaissance of poetry should proceed out of America, where latterly a thousand languages have been born.” The cosmopolitan avant-garde artist celebrates the “composite language” of the United States, and the ability of “the true American” to “ingeniously coin new words for old ideas.” However, although Loy’s poems may have been influenced by this American “renaissance of poetry,” her often overlooked prose autobiographies in prose – that she began in Paris in the 1920s and completed in New York in the 1940s – should be analyzed in the light of the Surrealist renewal of language. Throughout her life, Loy paid tribute to many prominent artists, including Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, the sculptor Brancusi in her poem “Brancusi’s Golden Bird,” the German painter Richard Oelze, or the American Surrealist Joseph Cornell, who both appear in her Surrealist novel Insel. Relying on Loy’s lesser-known essays and notes on art, and on her own artworks, including her late assemblages, this article examines Loy’s linguistic, critical, spiritual, and material strategies of renewal. I argue that her critical takes on art are entwined with her own creative practices as a visual artist, combining Surrealist techniques and her innovative experimentations with recycling.
Thomas Wolfe: Modo and the Potential for Renaissance
Authors: Moisy Amélie
Published: January 2025

In Thomas Clayton Wolfe (1900-1938) and his work, the Modernist tension between neophilia and neophobia was apparent and ultimately redirected into a restoration of vital force of writing. He felt that the American writer had to uncover the new, to “learn to speak the tongue that no one in this land has spoken yet.” Yet he drew inspiration from the classical and European literature of the past while experimenting with Modernist techniques and themes, as he sought permanence in a changing world. He was associated with writers of the various “renaissances” – the English Renaissance, the American Renaissance, and more particularly the Southern Renaissance. The ambient “neophilia” and “neophobia” caused his work to be viewed as both virtuous and unfortunate – “bad Modernism,” to use Douglas Mao and Rebecca Walkowitz’s term for daring art which becomes imperiled when it achieves wide acceptance. To Wolfe’s conservative publishers, his excessive and emotionally intense style, running the gamut between lyrical and terse, seemed cutting edge. Yet his professional associations affected his radically independent image and his contemporaries; the Southern Agrarians, who became the New Critics, rejected his artistic choices. Central to Modernism is the tension between Wolfe’s preoccupation with degeneration and decay and his emphasis on the modo, or “just now,” the fraught, often glorious fleeting instant. Wolfe recreates the moments of intensity Pater called for in his Conclusion to “The Renaissance” both in the poetry of his prose and in the political “conversions” he describes. The modo contains neophilia and neophobia and dispels them through a feeling of rightness and communion; it makes Wolfe’s work exceptionally dynamic for it heralds a vita nova.
Sustainable Solution for End-of-Life Tyres in India
Authors: Kant Vaibhav , Kapse Manohar Shriram , Saxena Praveen Kumar , Sharma Vinod , Mahajan Yogesh
Published: January 2025

This study examines sustainable end-of-life tire management in India from origin to disposal. The study evaluates sustainable end of life tires (ELT) recycling methods. The study is needed since the Indian vehicle sector has grown, causing tire manufacturing and ELT management concerns. The report lists transport firms, tire dealers, clients, dismantlers, and importers as ELT sources. ELT recycling stakeholders were questioned about present processes. According to study, thermal and mechanical shredding are prominent recycling procedures. Pyrolysis had viability, sustainability, and high input costs issues, according to interviews and assessments. Mechanical recycling was most sustainable for ELTs. Turning tires into crumb rubber instead of landfilling them cuts CO2 emissions by 71.91%. The mechanical recycling method is promising, but more research is need to develop sustainable solutions. The chapter suggests mechanical recycling for sustainability, circular economy, and resource efficiency in Indian ELTs.
Coexisting rheumatoid arthritis and sickle cell disease: case series and literature review
Authors: Alqethami Abdallah , Alsaeedi Sabri , Felemban Samera , Qadi Abdulelah
Published: January 2025

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is rarely reported among patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). RA treatment in these patients is believed to be more challenging due to fear of increasing the risk of infection and complications of SCD. We are reporting 7 patients with concurrent SCD and RA. The average age at the time of the diagnosis of RA was 33.3±12.6 years (ranging from 16 to 53 years), and most were women (5/7). Most of the patients were positive for rheumatoid factor (6/7) or anticyclic citrullinated peptide (6/7). Four patients were treated with hydroxyurea. The most used antirheumatic drugs were methotrexate (7/7), biologic agents (5/7), and prednisone (4/7). Two patients were in remission, four had low and one had high disease activity. Four patients (4/7) had avascular necrosis, two in the shoulders and two in the hip joints. Four patients had emergency visits or hospitalizations within one year of the diagnosis of RA, but none had blood transfusions, infections, or death. The start of antirheumatic medication was not associated with an increased risk of infection, blood transfusions, emergency visits, or hospitalizations, nor with a worsening of laboratory measures. The findings suggest that the treatment of RA in patients with SCD should follow the same strategy as in patients without SCD. However, treatment should be individualized according to the individual patient's risk of infection and SCD complications.
Different radiologic procedures to evaluate the success of Pleurodesis in patients with malignant pleural effusion
Authors: Sadek Mohamed S. , Essawy Tarek S. , Taha Elsayed A. , Elnaggar Marwa E.
Published: January 2025

Background

To treat symptoms brought on by a large, recurring malignant pleural effusion, chemical pleurodesis is recommended. Before pleurodesis, a drain is left in the pleural space until the pleural fluid collection stops. As little as 50 ml of pleural fluid can be found using chest ultrasonography, which can also verify the pleural surfaces’ conjunction, a sign of successful pleurodesis.

Patients and methods

Thirty patients with malignant pleural effusion had intercostal tube insertion as part of this interventional trial. Before the sclerosing drug was injected, transthoracic ultrasonography was used to evaluate each case to see whether the sliding sign was present. A month later, a follow-up transthoracic ultrasound was performed to evaluate the sliding sign, which indicates whether the pleurodesis was successful or not.

Results

The mean age of participants was 60 ± 12 years, with slightly more males (53.3%, n=16) than females (46.7%, n=14). Two-thirds (66.7%) reported chest pain, while half of the patients (50%) had complained of cough. The majority (76.7%, n=23) presented with pleural nodules. Every participant (100%) demonstrated the presence of both effusion and collapse in the computed tomography images. Most of the cases (63.3%, n=19) were treated with bleomycin during pleurodesis. All patients (100%) demonstrated the presence of the sliding sign before pleurodesis with significant absence after the procedure (P<0.001). 24 out of the 30 (80%) patients experienced successful outcomes.

Conclusions

Because thoracic ultrasonography may identify the lack of pleural sliding, it can be used to evaluate the success of pleurodesis. Furthermore, the results of pleurodesis were further confirmed by computed tomography scans and chest radiography, which completed the assessment by indicating the presence or absence of effusion and collapse.
Transthoracic Ultrasound of Parasternal Intercostal Muscles and its relation with severity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease
Authors: Gomaa Nehad Emad El Din , Ahmed Entesar Sayed , Eltrawy Heba H. , Galal Heba Mohamed
Published: January 2025

Background

Chest wall musculature changes may indicate combined systemic consequences of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which disrupts respiratory mechanics locally due to airflow restriction and hyperinflation. It is possible to assess the amount and make-up of muscles using transthoracic ultrasonography.

Aim

To study the correlation between parasternal intercostal muscle thickness, COPD severity and the reliability of parasternal intercostal muscle ultrasound.

Patients and methods

A prospective observational case–control study was conducted on 120 participants; 60 of them were stable COPD patients and 60 healthy controls. Full clinical history taking, spirometry, and transthoracic ultrasound of parasternal intercostal muscle thickness (mm) were carried out on all studied participants.

Results

Our study revealed significantly lower mean values in the stable COPD group as regards RT second, third parasternal intercostal muscle thickness (mm) compared to controls and a significant positive correlation between forced expiratory volume in first second % and RT second, third parasternal intercostal muscles thickness (mm). The receiver operating characteristics curve reported that RT second and RT third parasternal intercostal muscle thickness cut-off value less than 5.7, with accuracy of 82.5and 79.2%, respectively, were found.

Conclusion

A decrease in parasternal intercostal muscle thickness was observed in stable COPD patients. Parasternal intercostal muscle thickness could be a predictor for COPD severity. Transthoracic ultrasound could be reliable in the assessment of the parasternal intercostal muscle.
Spectral Doppler in mediastinal lymphadenopathy
Authors: Amer Ahmed M. , Kamel Khalid M. , Abdelghaffar Abdelghaffar A. , El Said Rana K.
Published: January 2025

Background

Ultrasound is a minimally invasive diagnostic method that enables real-time sampling of the hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes.

Aim

To evaluate the role of spectral Doppler using endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) in the differentiation of mediastinal lymph node lesions.

Patients and methods

The study was conducted at the Pulmonology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University and it was conducted between February 2023 and March 2024. The study was performed on 32 patients who had been referred to the Chest Department, Kasr El-Aini Hospital for clinical assessment; all of them have computed tomography evidence of mediastinal lymphadenopathy. All patients were subjected to history taking including age, sex, smoking, and assessment of symptoms. Clinical examination includes cervical lymph node examination, examination of neck veins and local chest examination. Computed tomography chest with i.v. contrast. Routine laboratory investigations (CBC, PT, PC, INR, liver functions, and renal functions). Ultrasound examination using spectral Doppler ultrasound and guided intervention (EBUS–TBNA) to lymph node through EBUS.

Results

Features of spectral Doppler using EBUS have a role in differentiating between malignant and benign mediastinal lymphadenopathy. These features include pulsatility index, resistive index, peak systolic velocity, end-diastolic velocity, lymph node texture, architecture, borders, invasion of surrounding structure and capsule, and vascularity. All are used as predictors that contribute to diagnosing malignant and benign mediastinal lymphadenopathy.

Conclusion

Spectral Doppler is a form of imaging using EBUS that has a role in differentiating between malignant and benign mediastinal lymphadenopathy and contributes to its diagnosis.
Bilateral diffuse multiple cavitary nodules: a radiological presentation of adenocarcinoma
Authors: Spalgais Sonam , Mathew Libin , Mrigpuri Parul , Kulshrestha Ritu , Kumar Raj
Published: January 2025

The common causes of multiple cavitary lesions of lung are fungal pneumonia, pulmonary abscess, rheumatoid nodules, viral pneumonia, tuberculosis, and septic emboli. The cavitary lesions are seen in nearly 20% of lung cancers with most commonly squamous cell carcinoma. We present an adenocarcinoma of lung with bilateral cavitory lesion presenting as cough, breathlessness, and chest pain for 2 months. The cavitary lung lesions have multiple differential diagnosis and are difficult to differentiate on computed tomography findings. All cavitary lung diseases should be investigated with invasive procedure like bronchoscopy to confirm the diagnosis before empirical treatment.
Compact elements and the hypocompact radical of crossed products
Authors: Anoussis Michael , Magiatis Charalampos
Published: January 2025

We characterize the compact elements and the hypocompact radical of a crossed product
$C_0(X)\times _\phi \mathbb Z$
, where X is a locally compact metrizable space and
$\phi :X\rightarrow X$
is a homeomorphism, in terms of the corresponding dynamical system
$(X,\phi )$
.
Nearly invariant Brangesian subspaces
Authors: Khan Arshad , Lata Sneh , Singh Dinesh
Published: January 2025

This article describes Hilbert spaces contractively contained in certain reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces of analytic functions on the open unit disc which are nearly invariant under division by an inner function. We extend Hitt’s theorem on nearly invariant subspaces of the backward shift operator on
$H^2(\mathbb {D})$
as well as its many generalizations to the setting of de Branges spaces.
Pendekatan Konseling Pastoral Bagi Lansia Yang Mengalami Loneliness
Authors: Jenny Huberta Kotta Chalma , Erastus Stephen , Santoso Sugeng , Michael Najoan Junius , Martin Tamera Daniel
Published: January 2025

Artikel ini membahas pentingnya pendekatan konseling pastoral dalam membantu lansia yang mengalami loneliness.Loneliness merupakan masalah sosial yang umum dialami oleh lansia akibat perubahan dalam lingkungan sosial dan kehilangan sosial yang sering terjadi seiring dengan bertambahnya usia. Peneliti memakai metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kepustakaan, melalui artikel jurnal, buku-buku, dan media internet sebagai data-data yang dipakai dalam penelitian ini. Pembahasan yang akan dibahas yaitu konsep loneliness pada lansia, bagaimana konseling pastoral dapat menjadi pendekatan yang efektif dalam mengatasinya. Hasil yang ditemukan yaitu peran penting Konselor pastoral dalam memberikan dukungan emosional, memberikan dorongan kerohanian, dan membangun hubungan yang mendalam dengan lansia yang merasa kesepian. Melalui pendekatan konseling pastoral ini, peneliti memberikan tiga pendekatan, yaitu, 1) dukungan sosial, 2) mendengarkan, 3) pelayanan komunitas yang dapat membantu lansia yang mengalami loneliness dan menemukan makna baru dalam kehidupan dan meningkatkan kualitas hidup lansia.
Dynamics between cerebrospinal fluid and aqueous humour – are they bidirectional?
Authors: Mamić Marija , Mataković Mihovil , Dmitrović Petra , Plichta Valentina , Pirkić Boris
Published: January 2025

The ophthalmology examination is crucial for the treatment of certain systemic diseases. The eye is an anatomical extension of the brain, and many similarities can be found between them. Multidisciplinary research of the brain or the eye will cross-fertilise each other, especially in the context of neurodegenerative diseases. As an extension of the telencephalon, the optic nerve is surrounded by the meninges and cerebrospinal fluid, just like the brain. Numerous studies and hypotheses have focused on the movement of cerebrospinal fluid in this region, particularly the influence of pressure on this area and the translaminar pressure gradient that develops as a result of this pressure. In the 1970s, Volkov proposed the theory that glaucoma is a two-pressure disease, which was supported by studies on astronauts, who often exhibit visual disturbances with swelling of the eye disc. Understanding the balance between intraocular pressure, cerebrospinal fluid pressure, and systemic blood pressure is key to better management of diseases such as glaucoma and intracranial hypertension. The aim of this article was to re-evaluate the current state of knowledge in order to improve the treatment of pathological conditions resulting from disturbances in aqueous humour and cerebrospinal fluid flow.