bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cytomegalovirus Infection Is A Risk Factor For Venous Thromboembolism In ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Authors: King Catherine , Patel Rikesh , Mendoza Carmen , Walker Jessica K , Wu Eveline Y , Moss Paul , Morgan Matthew D , Bunch Donna O'Dell , Harper Lorraine , Chanouzas Dimitrios
Published: February 2022

Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common complication in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) and confers significant morbidity and mortality. Both acute and past cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection have been identified as risk factors for VTE in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed individuals. Here we examine whether past exposure to CMV is a risk factor for VTE amongst patients with AAV.Methods: We retrospectively analysed outcomes of patients with a new diagnosis of AAV from a local cohort. All confirmed cases of VTE where CMV IgG serology was available at diagnosis were recorded. Retrospective collection of the same data for patients at a North American centre was used as a validation cohort.Results: VTE was common with 12% of patients from the study cohort (total 259 patients) developing an event during the median follow up period of 8.5 years of which 60% occurred within the first 12 months following diagnosis. 16% of CMV seropositive patients developed a VTE compared with 5% of patients who were seronegative (p=0.007) and CMV seropositivity remained an independent predictor of VTE in multivariable analysis (HR 2.96 [1.094-8.011] p=0.033). CMV seropositivity at diagnosis was confirmed as a significant risk factor for VTE in the American validation cohort (p=0.032).Conclusions: VTE is common in patients with AAV, especially within the first year of diagnosis. Past infection with CMV is an independent risk factor associated with VTE in AAV.
Fungal endophytes of Himalayan Cold Desert Induces Heat tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Authors: S Arpitha P , N Earanna , S Shivashankara K , H Laxman R
Published: February 2022

The plants growing in cold desert of western Himalaya have inhabited diversified endophytes. These endophytes can provide fitness to plant under harsh environmental situations. In the current study, 22 fungal endophytes isolated from Artemisia and Xerophytic plants growing in the cold desert were screened for thermo-tolerance at different temperature ranges (28, 30 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 o C) under in vitro . The only three isolates viz ., A2, A7 and X5 exhibited growth up to 40 o C and identified as Penicilium funiculosum (A2), Ceriporia lacerate (A7) and Endomelanconiopsis endophytica (X5) using ITS region. These endophytes inoculated to rice seedlings and exposed to elevated temperature (45 ℃) for 7hr per day for 10 days to study their effect on tolerance of rice to heat stress. The results revealed that endophytes inoculated seedlings showed sustained improvement in shoot and root growth. In addition, endophytes significantly increased the photosynthetic efficiency by regulating photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate and stomatal conductance as well as increased photosynthetic pigments compared to uninoculated seedlings. The E. endophytica was chosen to be the best endophyte to impart heat stress as per Fernandez model. This study suggested that cold desert endophytes could induce heat tolerance in plants.
LncRNA NORAD functions as a competing endogenous RNA to regulate KMT2D expression by targeting miR-204-5p in gastric cancer
Authors: Zhou Yan , Deng Zhenwei , Pan Ting , Chen Guohao , Cai Yongchang , Tang Yuxin , Wang Yijun , Wang Yucheng , Li Ruiping , Li Libo
Published: February 2022

Background: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a class of noncoding RNAs implicated in the development of many malignancies, including gastric cancer (GC). Herein, we investigated the functions and molecular mechanisms of non-coding RNA activated by DNA damage (NORAD) in GC. Methods: NORAD expression at the mRNA levels was determined by qRT-PCR assay. Cell proliferation, migration and invasion was detected by CCK-8 assay, in vivo tumor formation assay and Transwell assay. NORAD location was detected by nucleocytoplasmic fractionation assay. The interaction between NORAD and miR-204-5p/KMT2D axis was verified by dual-luciferase reporter gene assay and RIP assay. Results: NORAD was upregulated in GC tissues and cell lines. NORAD silencing repressed cell proliferation and G2/M cell cycle transition in GC. NORAD could act as a ceRNA of miR-204-5p and regulate KMT2D expression. Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that NORAD played as an oncogene in GC, which might provide a new therapeutic target for the disease.
Effect on the Yield of Ginger As Intercropping With Different Crops.
Authors: Devkota Prabesh
Published: February 2022

Ginger ( Zingiber officinale ) is one of the major high-value cash crops in Nepal. Low yield, conventional farming, and limited access to production resources such as improved cultivars, production technologies, and extension services are the existing problems of Nepali ginger farmers. In this study, we conducted intercropping of ginger with different crops. This research aimed to explore the appropriate ginger farming technology considering yield, income, and environment. The crops selected for intercropping were Maize [ Zea mays L.] (Cereal Crop), Chilli [ Capsicum annuum L.] (Spices or Cash Crop), Okra [ Abelmoschus esculentus L.] (Vegetable Crop) and Pigeon Pea [ Cajanus cajan L.] (Leguminous or Pulses) and as cultivated as duration of one season crops (i.e. 9 months). The experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with 4 replications. The difference among the treatments on the yield of ginger was found to be non-significant. However, among all the treatments, yield from ginger and maize combination was highest at 22.7 kg followed by control i.e. ginger as a mono crop. The lowest yield was obtained from ginger with pigeon pea. The number of tillers/ clump and plant height was found to be significant. The highest number of tillers/ clump at 16.0 was in ginger and maize combination and lowest at 10.3 in ginger and pigeon pea combination. The height of the plant was highest at 70.0 cm in ginger and pigeon pea combination. The total return of ginger and companion crop was calculated at a recent market price. The total return was highest in ginger and okra combination at Rs. 3587 followed by ginger and maize combination at Rs. 3291.5. The lowest return was obtained from ginger (control) at Rs. 756.
Analytical solution of the steady Navier-Stokes equation for a fluid entrained by a rotating disk of finite radius using the apparatus of tunnel mathematics.
Authors: Shvydkyi O. G.
Published: February 2022

As is known, if the nonlinear terms in the Navier-Stokes equations for a viscous fluid do not vanish identically then the solution of these equations presents great difficulties, and exact solutions can be obtained only in a very small number of cases. Concerning unsteady Navier-Stokes equation, T. Tao in his article [3] showed that it can have solutions which turn out infinite during finite time (blowup solutions). And if even finite solutions exist they are presented in view of infinite series, that is inconvenient for use in practice. That`s why it is reasonable to seek solutions of steady Navier-Stokes equation in view of elementary functions. Such possibility the equations of analyticity of functions of the spatial complex variable (shortly, the equations of tunnel mathematics) represent since all vector fields, including those obeying the Navier-Stokes equation, satisfy to them. The Navier-Stokes equations themselves are then applied for verification of obtained solutions and calculation the pressure.
The Antibody Dependant Neurite Outgrowth Modulation Response (ADNM)
involvement in Spinal Cord Injury
Authors: Capuz Alice , karnoub Mélodie-Anne , Osien Sylvain , Rose Melanie , meriaux Céline , Fournier Isabelle , devos David , Abeele Fabien Vanden , Rodet Franck , Cizkova Dasa , salzet Michel
Published: February 2022

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) represents a major medical challenge. At present, there is still no cure to treat it efficiently and enable functional recovery at the level of cavity. Previously, we demonstrated that inflammation determine the fate of the physiopathology. In an attempt to decipher the molecular mechanisms involved in this process, we performed a meta-analysis of our spatio-temporal proteomic studies in time course of SCI. This highlighted the presence of IgG isotypes in both the tissues and secretome of spinal cord explants. These IgGs which were detected even if no SCI occurs in spinal cord, followed the time course and the spatial repartition with presence of IgG1 and IgG2 subclasses (a, b, c). IgG1 was clearly mostly abundant at 12h and switch in time course to IgG2a at 24h then stay predominant 3, 7 and 10 days after SCI. A protein related to IgM as well as a variable heavy chain were detected only 12h after lesion. Interestingly, RhoA inhibitor treatment influences the IgG isotypes switching preferentially to IgG2c. By transcriptomic analyses using data reuse of rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons RNAseq datasets and RT-PCR experiments performed on cDNA from DRG sensory neurons (ND7/23 and dopaminergic neurons N27 cell lines), we confirmed expression of immunoglobulin heavy and light chains (constant and variable) encoding genes in neurons. We then identified CD16 and CD32b as their specific receptors in sensory neuron cell line ND7/23 and regulate neurites outgrowth. Therefore, we propose a new view of the spinal cord injury response involving an antibody dependent neurite outgrowth modulation (ADNM) which could be precursor of the neuroinflammatory response in pathological conditions.
Estimates of wildlife species richness, occupancy, and habitat preference in a human-impacted landscape in New York State
Authors: Mowry Stacy , Pendleton Jennifer , Keesing Felicia , Teator Marissa , Ostfeld Richard S
Published: February 2022

Despite the widespread adoption of motion-triggered cameras, studies using camera-traps to characterize wildlife communities in human-impacted, residential areas in North America are limited. To fill this data gap, we placed camera traps over three seasons in 22 residential neighborhoods within Dutchess County, NY. To account for imperfect detection, we applied individual-level and community-level Bayesian site-occupancy models to these data. Overall, we captured 280,686 images over 17,820 camera-trap days. We detected 17–22 mammal and non-passerine bird species in each of the seasons of data collection, with our full-community models estimating an actual diversity of 24–33 species in each season. Small, cryptic species were not accurately detected, limiting our ability to model their occupancy. Our models did not indicate any geographic trends. We identified five species, raccoons (Procyon lotor), eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis), red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana), and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) found in all neighborhoods. The most common variable included in our final occupancy models was the percent of area within each neighborhood that was not habitat, which positively affected occupancy for some species, and negatively affected occupancy for others. The amount of forest, the second most common variable in our final models, negatively affected occupancy for all species. Our estimates characterize a baseline for quantifying species richness and composition in residential areas of Dutchess County, NY and surrounding regions, and offer a comparison to similar studies in natural areas. Overall, the results improve understanding of how human use of landscapes affects individual species and communities.
Symptomatic Residual Bone Fragment of the Superior Articular Process After Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy
Authors: Zhang Jihui , Zhao Liujun , Xu Baoshan , Chen Gang , Qi Feng , Ni Wenfei , Zhu Huimin , Gu Yongjie , Yu Liang , Li Fangcai
Published: February 2022

Purpose: To demonstrate the clinical characteristics of symptomatic residual bone fragment of the superior articular process (symptomatic-RBF-SAP) after percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED), and to discuss its types and revision strategies. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 556 consecutive patients who underwent PTED between July 2015 and November 2017; seven (1.2%) of whom experienced symptomatic RBF-SAP. Clinical outcomes were evaluated using the visual analog scale (VAS), Oswestry disability index (ODI), and modified MacNab criteria. Results: Intractable radicular leg pain was the most common symptom. Symptoms occurred late in 2 patients (>3 days) and early (<3 days) in five patients. Symptoms occurred on the contralateral side in two early cases. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage and nerve injury were secondary complications in one early case. CSF leakage also occurred in one delayed case. Patients with radicular leg pain underwent secondary repair surgery. The mean follow-up period was 17.7 months, VAS of radicular leg pain improved from 8.7 to 1.8, and ODI improved from 74.5% to 23.9%. The final outcomes were excellent, good, and fair in one, three, and two patients, respectively. Conclusions: Foraminoplasty for PTED may increase the risk of symptomatic-RBF-SAP. If this occurs, revision surgery is required, not only for severe pain, but also for secondary complications that may occur.
Molecular mechanism of membrane sensing
Authors:   , Gecht Michael
Published: February 2022

In this thesis, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are used to study the interaction of different proteins with lipid bilayers. MD simulations can be used as a “computational microscope” to gain atomistic insights into the interactions between proteins and lipids that can barely be accessed in such detail by experimental methods. The different chapters of this thesis address the lipid sensing functionality of amphipathic helices (AHs) when bound to membranes, the folding of AHs at lipid-water interfaces as well as the conformational dynamics of the HIV-1 Env glycoproteins in viral-like and experimental bilayers. In the last chapter the possibilities to enhance the performance of MD simulations are explored, leading to a more efficient usage of computational resources.
The Impact of Pulmonary Hypertension on Functional and Morphological Parameters of Heart Function in COVID-19
Authors: Shilin D. S. , Chistyakova M. V. , Shilina V. V. , Shapovalov K. G.
Published: February 2022

The objective of the study: to evaluate functional and morphological parameters of cardiac function in patients with pulmonary hypertension and COVID-19.Subjects: The study included 53 patients of both genders with community-acquired multisegmental viral-bacterial pneumonia and COVID-19 who were treated in intensive care units. Patients were divided into three groups according to mean pulmonary artery pressure (mean PAP): in Group 1, mean PAP was < 25 mm Hg, in Group 2, mean PAP was 25-40 mm Hg, and in Group 3, mean PAP was ≥ 40 mm Hg.Results. Patients with COVID-19 and mean PAP > 40 mm Hg were found to have higher values of left and right atrial volume, myocardial thickness, heart rate, and mortality. However, they had lower values of arterial stroke pressure index, arterial compliance, specific peripheral resistance, and lower precapillary response.Conclusion. The severe course of COVID-19 is associated with severe pulmonary hypertension developed during extensive pneumonia combined with concomitant pathology. At the same time, impaired hemodynamics and altered sizes of heart chambers are observed in such patients.
Impact of Active Case Finding on Clinical Structure and Severity of Tuberculosis in School-Aged Children (7-15 Years Old)
Authors: Аksenova V. А. , Gordina А. V. , Sterlikov S. А. , Kudlay D. А. , Kucheryavaya D. А. , Doktorova N. P.
Published: February 2022

The objective: to evaluate the impact of active case finding in children 7-15 years old on the clinical structure of tuberculosis and epidemic risk of detected patients.Subjects and Methods: 1,679 children aged 7-15 ill with tuberculosis.Result. The following has been observed in active case finding of tuberculosis versus tuberculosis detection when the patient is seeking medical care: A 9-fold reduction in the risk of disseminated and generalized tuberculosis; a 4.5-fold reduction in the risk of epidemically dangerous cases of tuberculosis; a 6-fold reduction in the risk of destructive forms of pulmonary tuberculosis. Cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis were more frequently detected when patients were seeking medical care.Thus, the strategy adopted in Russia for active tuberculosis detection in children leads to significant results: preventing the spread of tuberculous infection in children's communities and reducing the proportion of severe forms of tuberculosis that create the risk of disability and death from tuberculosis.
Drug-Induced Lung Disease (Organizing Pneumonia) Associated with Mesalazine
Authors: Smirnova E. V. , Strelkova D. A. , Ratchina S. A. , Avdeev S. N. , Aryutina O. V. , Karpova O. Yu.
Published: February 2022

The article describes a clinical case of mesalazine-related lung disease in a patient treated for ulcerative colitis.
Peacock patterns and new integer invariants in topological string theory
Authors: Gu Jie , Mariño Marcos
Published: February 2022

Topological string theory near the conifold point of a Calabi--Yau threefold gives rise to factorially divergent
power series which encode the all-genus enumerative information. These series lead to infinite towers of singularities in
their Borel plane (also known as ``peacock patterns"), and we conjecture that the corresponding Stokes constants are
integer invariants of the Calabi--Yau threefold. We calculate these Stokes constants in some toric examples, confirming
our conjecture and providing in some cases explicit generating functions for the new integer invariants, in the form of $q$-series. Our calculations
in the toric case rely on the TS/ST correspondence, which promotes the asymptotic series near the conifold point
to spectral traces of operators, and makes it easier to identify the Stokes data. The resulting mathematical structure turns
out to be very similar to the one of complex Chern--Simons theory. In particular, spectral traces correspond to state integral invariants
and factorize in holomorphic/anti-holomorphic blocks.
Charged eigenstate thermalization, Euclidean wormholes and global symmetries in quantum gravity
Authors: Belin Alexandre , de Boer Jan , Nayak Pranjal , Sonner Julian
Published: February 2022

We generalize the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis to systems with global symmetries. We present two versions, one with microscopic charge conservation and one with exponentially suppressed violations. They agree for correlation functions of simple operators, but differ in the variance of charged one-point functions at finite temperature. We then apply these ideas to holography and to gravitational low-energy effective theories with a global symmetry. We show that Euclidean wormholes predict a non-zero variance for charged one-point functions, which is incompatible with microscopic charge conservation. This implies that global symmetries in quantum gravity must either be gauged or explicitly broken by non-perturbative effects.
Educación para la paz como insumo para el posconflicto en Colombia
Authors: Álvarez Bahena Eyesid , Sánchez Moncayo Claudia Nayibe , Vélez Puerta Juan Diego
Published: February 2022

Este artículo resultado de investigación tiene como objetivo examinar las competencias ciudadanas que están desarrollando los estudiantes en su proceso formativo de la Universidad Católica Luis Amigó para una cultura de paz. La metodología empleada fue la investigación cualitativa con un enfoque interpretativo a través de un estudio de caso. De acuerdo con los resultados, se identificó que los estudiantes definen las competencias ciudadanas como la habilidad de saber habitar y ser parte de una sociedad, asociándose en efecto con el sentido de pertenencia a la misma y con que permite la interacción entre personas, ello desde una mirada holística de lo que está permitido o no en una sociedad. Finalmente, la formación en competencias ciudadanas y una educación para la paz son elementos determinantes para la construcción de una cultura de paz, en la medida que estas fortalecen las interacciones sociales en una sociedad fragmentada por las violencias durante décadas.
Una mirada a los procesos evaluativos de los grupos operativos de aprendizaje
Authors: Arias María Rocío , Castaño Suárez Marisol , Zapata Álvarez Luisa Fernanda
Published: February 2022

Este texto emerge como producto de dos procesos que se desarrollan de manera paralela y simultánea. Por un lado, una revisión documental en relación con las categorías: procesos evaluativos y grupos operativos y, por otro lado, como elemento significativo de la experiencia práctica desde la docencia en la aplicación del grupo operativo, como estrategia de aprendizaje.  En este sentido, se busca exponer los procesos evaluativos en el marco de la experiencia Prevención Intervención Psicológica en Salud Comunitaria. Texto y Contexto, del programa de psicología de la Universidad Católica Luis Amigó, en relación con la teoría y técnica del grupo operativo, el cual ha sido una estrategia implementada en la institución para fortalecer a los estudiantes tanto en la aplicación propia de la técnica, como en su proceso formativo como psicólogos. De tal forma, el presente texto propone una estrategia propia de evaluación que integra los elementos analíticos del cono invertido del grupo operativo articulados con el proceso de autoevaluación y coevaluación propios de la institución.
Educación afectivo-sexual en las escuelas familiares: un asunto sobre la construcción vital
Authors: Rodríguez Bustamante Alexander , Parra Martínez Joaquín , Gomariz Vicente María Ángeles , Zapata Posada Johanna Jazmín , Rodríguez Triana Zulema Elisa , Echeverri Álvarez Juan Carlos
Published: February 2022

El texto surge a través de las reflexiones conceptuales en el Doctorado en Educación de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, en Medellín, Colombia, y la Pasantía Doctoral en la Universidad de Murcia con el grupo de investigación “Compartimos Educación” con el objetivo de caracterizar el lugar de las escuelas familiares en la promoción de la educación afectivo-sexual de los niños, niñas y adolescentes en la escuela. La metodología es de corte cualitativo. Como resultado se muestra la necesidad de vincular actores que transversalizan el quehacer de los sujetos, la familia y escuela en un lugar común, las escuelas familiares para la promoción de la educación afectivo-sexual para gestar acciones de cambio individual y social. Es evidente la necesidad intrínseca de generar la discusión en cuanto al género para la deconstrucción de prácticas socioculturalmente atribuidas, promover espacios formativos respecto a la sexualidad y la afectividad e incentivar a la reflexión como ejercicio pedagógico.
Resiliencia comunitaria frente a la exclusión social: caso María Cano Carambolas, Medellín
Authors: Acuña Rodríguez Clara , Lasagabaster Unzueta Inés
Published: February 2022

Este artículo tuvo como propósito crear un espacio de reflexión acerca de las capacidades resilientes de los habitantes del barrio María Cano Carambolas (Medellín-Colombia) a partir de observaciones participantes. El trabajo de campo se documentó mediante diarios de campo y relatos del alumnado de la principal institución educativa. A partir del estudio de las condiciones socio-económicas, políticas y educativas del barrio, analizaremos las habilidades de afrontamiento y las estrategias resilientes comunitarias. Nuestras conclusiones resaltan la alta capacidad de abstracción ante las problemáticas que les rodean y en el caso de los jóvenes, la percepción positiva de logro de objetivos a medio-largo plazo; a pesar de que las dinámicas disfuncionales de sus familias, las políticas públicas insuficientes e ineficaces de un Estado negligente y las propias condiciones del barrio limitan su acceso a oportunidades de futuro.
Precarity and Performativity in Post-Fordist Japanese Workplace: A Reading of Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman
Authors:   Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India., P Jaseel , Gaur Rashmi ,   Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India.
Published: February 2022

The socio-economic phenomenon of post-Fordism strengthened the growing Japanese economy since the 1970s. However, the economic recession in the 1990s led to the birth of the precariat in Japan. A country known for permanent employment and long-term stability was replaced by policies that enabled a new class of temporary workers. These vulnerable part-time employees, also called freeters, are victims of anxiety and social pressure. They led a life of insecurity and hopelessness. This ontological vulnerability prevalent in modern workplaces has profound repercussions on gender relations and identity formation and attempts to resist and expose these hegemonic powers shape the central theme in Sayaka Murata’s deadpan comedy Convenience Store Woman (2018). The protagonist Keiko, a freeter herself, struggles to live up to the societal expectations of marriage, motherhood, and a stable career. The workspace, which the protagonist of the novel considers as her safest place despite being a forcibly normalised environment, could not hold its illusion of stability for long as it becomes a precarious space of crisis. Precarity experienced under post-Fordist capitalism forces institutionalised forms of recognition where the performances of identities are regulated and constructed to ensure survival. The textuality of the workspace in the novel parallels the world outside of it, making the convenience store a microcosm for the capitalist world after globalisation. With Judith Butler’s studies on gender performativity and precariousness, and textual analysis of the novel, the authors of this paper study how anxiety-ridden precarious living conditions can also become a foundation for alternative performances troubling gender categories, thereby transcending the narrow social scripts rooted in exclusion and inequality.
Foreignized Translation of Onomatopoeia in The Last Lover
Authors:   Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau, China., Xu Minhui , Chen Tingting
Published: February 2022

The onomatopoeia in literary works frequently provokes translation problems and no consensus has been reached by translators. This study aims to explore the translation of onomatopoeia between Chinese and English, two drastically different languages, with a case of the translation of Can Xue’s novel The Last Lover by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen. A detailed textual analysis has detected three major translation strategies: italicized transliteration, italicized transliteration plus target equivalents, and italicized transliteration plus explanation, with the second one occupying a lion’s share. All the strategies demonstrate obvious efforts of foreignizing the translated onomatopoeia and produce a strengthened foreign effect. The facts that The Last Lover won the Best Translated Book in 2015 and that the statistics suggest a positive readers’ response show that onomatopoeia, non-arbitrary across languages, has its potential to be transferred successfully between languages and cultures. A foreignizing translation strategy makes it possible for the sound effects of the onomatopoeia of the original to be preserved and for the target readers to experience something foreign, while its acceptance suggests the increased tolerance for translated literary works in the target system.
Introduction to Antiquarian Chinese Book Collections in Contemporary Macao
Authors:   University of Macau, China., TANG Chon Chit
Published: February 2022

This essay briefly discusses the historical development of the society of Macao, the book collection systems and categories adopted within Macao, major characteristics of antiquarian Chinese books in Macao, and their relationship with the culture of Macao.
Bagay: Articulating a New Materialism from the Philippine Tropics
Authors:   Department of Filipino, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines, Benitez Christian Jil R.
Published: February 2022

Keeping in time with the new materialist turn that aspires to respond to the common disregard to matter in Euro-Western tradition of thought while at the same time insisting the imperative to decolonize such turn, this essay attempts to articulate a Philippine rendition of new materialism, through the notion of bagay, nominated here as a thing whose materiality is intuited to be appropriately determinable concerning a particular moment. This attempt is extended through turning to Bagay poetry, “a concept, a proposition” (Lumbera 2005, 136) from the 1960s toward a Philippine poetics that is most attuned to the concreteness of things, instead of simply overlooking them—a disregarding impulse that is primarily attributed to the “platitudinous and emotional tendencies” (“Bagay Poets” 1965, 24) in Philippine poetry at the time which considers things as mere metaphors, if not symbols for anthropocentric sentimentalizations. Through harnessing then an attentiveness on things encouraged by the Bagay poetics, the materiality of bagay is then sensed in its utmost tropicality, that is, its capacity to turn into whatever.
Revisiting theatre of the minoritarian in neoliberalism: The Embodied Memories in Denise Uyehara’s and Dan Kwong’s Auto-performances
Authors:   General Education Department, City University of Macau, Macau., KONG Io Chun
Published: February 2022

In a neoliberal multicultural landscape, minoritarian artists tend to, deploying various forms of self-media or virtual platforms, create their artistic spaces for their identitarian performances. While self-media has been more and more entrepreneurially dominant, the aura of theatrical performance of the self seems to be now obsolete. Moreover, in view of neoliberalism as an increasing hegemony that has insidiously marginalized theaters of minoritarian performances (such as the New WORLD theater) in the past decade in the U.S., “minoritarian subjects” (to borrow José Esteban Muñoz’s term) are experiencing a predicament in which they are becoming more and more visually contingent owing to the neoliberal representational violence. With an urge of reviving such distant aura, this paper revisits the solo performances of Denise Uyehara and Dan Kwong staged in the Highway Performance Space, a generative site of what Meiling Cheng calls the “heterolocus”. By exploring auto-performance as a minoritarian genre, the paper examines what Diana Taylor calls the “embodied memories” in the works of Uyehara and Kwong, and further argues that these performances should not be simply understood as an individual aesthetic and political expression, but also be rendered as a powerful epistemological repertoire to perform cultural politics for the communal Asian American theater.
Women Trespassing Borders: Imaginaries of Cosmopolitanism from Below in Mia Alvar’s In the Country
Authors:   Literature Department, De la Salle University, Manila, Philippines., Piocos Carlos M.
Published: February 2022

Mobility has been historically tied to conceptions of cosmopolitanism, bringing forward imaginaries of belonging-in-the-world and going beyond the narrow limits of parochial allegiances into embracing virtues of openness as global citizens shaped by the experience crossing borders and encounter with the Other. Despite dominant ideas about cosmopolitans as elite itinerants of middle-class intellectuals, artists, tourists, expatriates and capitalists, global migration with its entailing forms of mobilities from below—economic migrants, transmigrants, refugees, exiles—has redefined the term to include forms of minor and vernacular cosmopolitanisms that emerge among the migrant underclass. However, just like these forms of mobilities, these types of cosmopolitanism are also bound and shaped by class, gender and ethnicity. This paper explores versions of cosmopolitanism from below in the stories of Mia Alvar in her book, In the Country, that center on female domestic workers from the Philippines. Through the transnational itineraries of these border-crossing women protagonists in contemporary Filipino fiction, the article examines the intersections and contradictions of class, gender and race in cosmopolitan imaginaries of mobilities in Southeast Asia.
Apostol’s Creed: Unveiling the Political Fictions of Colonialism and Nation in the Diasporic Novel
Authors:   Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines., Uychoco Marikit Tara Alto
Published: February 2022

Gina Apostol is a Philippine-American writer whose novel, Insurrecto, gives important insights into the political fictions of colonialism and the nation-state. Using postmodern readings of metafiction and historiographic metafiction, as well as postcolonial readings of hybridity and postcolonial doubles, this paper will unearth the political fictions that were used by the United States in rationalizing the Philippine-American War, and the political fictions used by the Philippines in rationalizing extrajudicial killings. This paper follows the argumentation of Ania Loomba, who argues that nation-states have used the same violence as those used by colonizing powers, and that after the colonizing powers left, the nation-state excluded and silenced marginal peoples. Philippine-American Literature distinguishes itself against Asian-American Literature because it discusses the Philippine colonial experience under the U.S., lending itself to important reflections regarding hybridity, historiography, and solidarity. This paper will use the postmodern theories of Patricia Waugh when it comes to metafiction, Linda Hutcheon’s and Michel Foucault’s theories regarding historiographic metafiction and suprahistorical history, and the postcolonial theories of Homi Bhabha and Gloria Anzaldua regarding hybridity.
Pop Song Translations by Rolando Tinio as Script and Subversion of the Marcos Regime
Authors:   Faculty at the University of Santo Tomas and PhD Scholar at the College of Music, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines., Vitug Niccolo Rocamora
Published: February 2022

Philippine National Artist for Theater and Literature Rolando Tinio was well-known for his translations. Though attention is rightfully given to the theatrical works he translated into Filipino, he is also known to have translated songs. One of the enduring sets of song translations that he made are recorded in the album “Celeste,” rendered by the singer and actress Celeste Legaspi. This album was released in 1976, not long after the establishment of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). Then First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos had an interest in the arts, looking at it as something to uphold because it served a function in the vision of the Marcos regime. What I seek to problematize is how the song translations followed a script—in line with the ideas of music theorist Nicholas Cook—based on the said vision. Such a script, according to Michel Foucault, might be the locus of both obedience and subversion. The identification of this script will be done by a reading of a representative pop song translation by Tinio, in the context of other materials that elucidate the script of the time—from the former first couple and one who held a key position in their regime. The reading will be supported by a reading of Tinio’s last translation work, that of Nick Joaquin’s A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, which was turned into a musical entitled Ang Larawan.
English in the Philippines from the Perspective of Linguistic Imperialism
Authors:   School of Foreign Languages, Chendu Normal University, China., Zeng Jie , Yang Tian ,   Department of International Exchange and Cooperation, Nanyang Normal University, China.
Published: February 2022

This essay analyses English linguistic imperialism (Phillipson, 1992, 46) in the Philippines and identifies the features of linguistic neo-imperialism in the current era. The study rethinks and investigates how English linguistic imperialism plays a dual role in promoting and destroying the Filipino linguistic ecology. The present situation of English imperialism analyzed in this essay shows that the new stage of English linguistic imperialism embodies language hegemony mainly driven by political influence and business interests. At present, English linguistic neo-imperialism is not confined within post-colonial territories but maintains and expands both the language’s positive and negative influences as the world’s lingua franca. The authors also discuss the Filipino ownership of English and whether linguistic imperialism is entirely applicable to the Philippine context. Evidence shows that the continuing use of English, to a great extent, is Filipinos’ choice, not only for the benefit of the United States
Book Review: Translingual Words: An East Asian Lexical Encounter with English by Jieun Kiaer
Authors:   University of Macau, Macau, Jia Yi Xuan
Published: February 2022

The book examines the history and reasons for the development of the translingual process, its two-way influence on culture and the lexicon of both parties combined with clear interpretations of linguistic terms. The first chapter lays a theoretical foundation for the following two parts, which respectively introduce two formation pathways of the words. The author strives to raise awareness of translation theories beyond Europe and promotes the legitimacy of translingual words.
Book Review Chinese American Literature without Borders: Gender, Genre, and Form by King-Kok Cheung
Authors:   Department of English, University of Macau, Xue Windy Xiao
Published: February 2022

Chinese American Literature without Borders: Gender, Genre, and Form is a compelling model in the transnational comparative study, which examines the consciousness and aesthetics of Chinese American literature by throwing off shackles of language, culture and literary traditions.
La tecnología hidráulica en una hacienda del altiplano potosino durante el porfiriato El sistema hidráulico tanque-pozo
Authors: Franco Maass Sergio
Published: February 2022

El objetivo de la presente investigación es describir el sistema hidráulico tanque-pozo de Pozo Salado durante el porfiriato, incluyendo la captación, extracción, distribución del agua y la maquinaria de la noria. Se realizó un levantamiento topográfico y un relevamiento de información arquitectónica mediante inventario directo, acompañado de la elaboración de croquis y la conformación de un archivo fotográfico. Esta investigación reveló la existencia de un acueducto subterráneo que reconducía las aguas subálveas provenientes de un tanque hacia un pozo, donde eran extraídas mediante una noria de madera. A pesar de la carencia de información documental, del actual deterioro de la infraestructura y de la desaparición de elementos estructurales, los hallazgos aquí publicados son una contribución al conocimiento del sistema tanque-pozo en el altiplano potosino, una tecnología muy similar a la reportada en España, y una de las más avanzadas de la hacienda de Cruces durante el siglo XIX.
TEMPOS E REDES: A ARQUITETURA DE UMA SALA DE AULA EM EAD
Authors: Ribeiro Ormezinda Maria , Caetano Carmem Jená Machado
Published: February 2022

Nos  últimos  anos,  tem-se  intensificado  a  implantação  de  cursos  de  graduação  na modalidade a distância nas instituições públicas, permitindo que a investigação de elementos importantes em relação ao processo de ensino aprendizagem realizado em EAD também faça parte de discussões relevantes no âmbito acadêmico. O desafio é o de incorporar as tecnologias de informação e comunicação, as TIC, tendo em vista esses aspectos, sem incorrer no equívoco de aliar o recurso tecnológico à concepção empirista da educação. Em tempos de educação em rede, o tempo pedagógico assume a dimensão temporal dedicada à produção de experiências significativas que levem o estudante à autonomia no processo ensino aprendizagem. A inserção das TIC é, em geral, vista como simples instrumentalização, mas sendo novas tecnologias sua relevância toma outros sentidos, compondo as assim ditas habilidades do século XXI. Nosso aporte teórico encontra respaldos nos trabalhos desenvolvidos por Lévy (2009) e Pais (2004). Nosso objetivo é assumir a postura de pesquisadoras que acreditam que é preciso encarar o desafio que está mais do lado educacional do que tecnológico e repensar o papel que a pedagogia assume nos dias atuais, bem como trazer à tona reflexões de trabalhos desenvolvidos com resultados positivos.
O PARADIGMA DA COSMODERNIDADE:UMA ABORDAGEM TRANSDISCIPLINAR À EDUCAÇÃO PARA A CIDADANIA GLOBAL PROPOSTA PELA UNESCO
Authors: Ruano Javier Collado , Galeffi Dante Augusto , Poncze Roberto Leon Inacio
Published: February 2022

O presente artigo tem como objeto de estudo refletir sobre a Educação para a Cidadania Global (GCE) proposta pela UNESCO na Agenda pós-2015 para o Desenvolvimento das Nações Unidas. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de triplo campo teórico-epistemológicometodológico que procura desenvolver uma consciência-identidade de “Terra-Pátria”, na qual o ser humano seja visto como uma mesma espécie com uma mesma evolução, pois a história futura da humanidade precisa de uma evolução do conhecimento para novos conceitos dialéticos transculturais e trans-humanistas. Visando o entendimento e o respeito das caraterísticas histórico-culturais de cada comunidade, partimos do paradigma da cosmodernidade formulado por Nicolescu, da complexidade de Morin, e da polilógica de Galeffi para abordar o conhecimento através de uma epistemologia complexa,  criativa,  transdisciplinar,  polissêmica,  transcultural,  transnacional  e transpolítica, que promova a GCE como o principio de energia causal do processo de transformação do ser humano e da sociedade-mundo. Como resultado, propomos a  criação  de  uma  constelação  de  escolas-ONGs  irmãs  que  desenvolvam  projetos educativos altruístas de cooperação em todos os rincões do planeta para construir, em última instância, um novo horizonte transdemocrático na GCE proposta pela UNESCO para o século XXI.
IMAGEM DO PROFESSOR E ATRATIVIDADE DA DOCÊNCIA:ENUNCIADOS SOBRE CARREIRA DOCENTE NA MÍDIA IMPRESSA
Authors: Santos Ana Paula Rufino dos
Published: February 2022

O presente texto investe na análise da produção de discursos sobre a atratividade da carreira docente em textos jornalísticos que abordam diversos assuntos relacionados à educação básica, com vistas a compreender, a partir da intersecção entre “imagem do professor na mídia” e “atratividade da docência”, práticas discursivas de produção de representações da docência enunciadas em textos de reportagem sobre a atratividade da carreira docente divulgados pela mídia impressa. Para o exame de 04 reportagens veiculadas entre 2010 e 2013 sobre a carreira docente no Brasil do arquivo on-line da Fundação Victor Civita sobre a importância dos professores e a qualidade da educação, opera com a analítica foucaultiana do discurso com vistas a ler, descrever e discutir “como o discurso atua e como se revela” (FOUCAULT, 2006). A análise dos enunciados da mídia impressa permite afirmar que as formações discursivas produzidas selecionam e orientam processos de representação da docência e de valorização do professor como práticas de significação.
REPENSANDO O MÉTODO CASO EM CURSOS DE ADMINISTRAÇÃO: DESAFIOS E OPORTUNIDADES DA ABORDAGEM SOCIOCONSTRUTIVISTA COM FERRAMENTAS DA WEB 2.0
Authors: Lima Marcos , Fabiani Thierry
Published: February 2022

Este artigo discute as origens e os usos do Método Harvard de estudos de casos em educação empresarial. Ele argumenta que os princípios socioconstrutivistas incorporados nesta técnica de ensino são mais relevantes em nossa sociedade pósmoderna do que na era industrial em que ela foi concebida. Recentes evoluções tecnológicas, principalmente com advento da Web 2.0 e ferramentas colaborativas on-line, tornam oportuno experimentar com versões de estudos de caso mediadas por interfaces digitais, a fim de aumentar o seu potencial de pensamento crítico e criativo em ambientes autênticos – o que denominamos potencial de “Interatividade Colaborativa”. Após analisar cuidadosamente os méritos pedagógicos da abordagem original, discutimos possíveis inovações para versões de casos na web que poderiam ser incorporadas a essa tradição centenária. Apresentamos os resultados de nossas experiências anteriores no Brasil com o Sistema Panteon para resolução colaborativa de problemas (LIMA, 2003), bem como uma utilização mais recente do Facebook e  Google  Sites  como  ferramentas  para  a  discussão  de  um  caso  fictício  chamado “Organixis” na EMLV, uma Escola de Gestão em Paris. Conclui-se que, se por um lado essas ferramentas têm um enorme potencial em termos de interatividade colaborativa, por outro lado várias barreiras se apresentam, incluindo a resistência de professores e alunos a novos métodos baseados em aprendizagem à distância e os desafios tecnológicos de gestão de plataformas on-line.
Using a Virtual Community of Practice to Support Stroke Best Practice Implementation: Mixed Methods Evaluation
Authors: Linkewich Elizabeth , Quant Sylvia , Bechard Lauren , Donald Michelle
Published: February 2022

Background

Successful best practice implementation is influenced by access to peer support and knowledge exchange. The Toronto Stroke Networks Virtual Community of Practice, a secure social media platform, is a knowledge translation tool supporting dissemination and adoption of stroke best practices for interprofessional stroke stakeholders.

Objective

The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of a virtual community of practice (VCoP) in supporting regional stroke care best practice implementation in an urban context.

Methods

A mixed methods approach was used. Qualitative data were collected through focus groups and interviews with stroke care provider members of the VCoP working in acute and rehabilitation settings. Thematic analysis was completed, and the Wenger Value Creation Model and developmental evaluation were used to reflect practice change. Quantitative data were collected and analyzed using website analytics on VCoP use.

Results

A year after implementation, the VCoP had 379 members. Analysis of web analytics data and transcripts from focus groups and interviews conducted with 26 VCoP members indicated that the VCoP provided immediate value in supporting user networking, community activities, and interactions. Skill acquisition and changes in perspective acquired through discussion and project work on the VCoP were valued by members, with potential value for supporting practice change. Learning about new stroke best practices through the VCoP was a starting point for individuals and teams to contemplate change.

Conclusions

These findings suggest that the VCoP supports the early stages of practice change and stroke best practice implementation. Future research should examine how VCoPs can support higher levels of value creation for implementing stroke best practices.