bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Megalitismo y arqueoastronomía en la comarca de Los Pedroches (Córdoba, Andalucía-España)
Authors: Benítez de Lugo Enrich Luis , Rodríguez-Antón Andrea , Palomo Palomo Juan , Moraleda Sierra Jaime
Published: May 2021

Los Pedroches es uno de los territorios andaluces más septentrionales, en la frontera con Extremadura y Castilla-La Mancha. Sobre unos suelos poco aptos para el cultivo, pero muy favorables para la explotación ganadera, se encuentran una serie de manifestaciones megalíticas diseminadas, poco conocidas y apenas estudiadas. El estudio de las orientaciones astronómicas de monumentos megalíticos permite verificar su alineación con algunos días particulares del año, como equinoccios o solsticios. Este trabajo presenta un avance del estudio arqueoastronómico de los dólmenes de Las Aguilillas, El Torno, Los Frailes, El Rongil y Torrubia, localizados en Villanueva de Córdoba. Los resultados obtenidos confirman que el diseño de la ubicación de los megalitos incluidos en el presente estudio no es casual. Las orientaciones dadas a estos megalitos resultan consistentes con las orientaciones de otros conjuntos de sepulcros megalíticos en Andalucía y otras regiones de la península ibérica.
Las ánforas vinarias alto-imperiales de Lusitania: estado de la questión
Authors: Filipe Victor
Published: May 2021

La producción y comercialización del vino de la Lusitania romana sigue siendo un tema poco conocido y desarrollado en los estudios arqueológicos, principalmente debido a la escasa expresividad de los datos hoy disponibles. Por esta razón, su papel en la economía regional suele ser infravalorado. Mediante el análisis y la sistematización de datos antiguos y recientes referidos a los recipientes anfóricos destinados a transportar el vino producido en Lusitania, se pretende demostrar que la explotación vinícola en los valles de los ríos Tajo y Sado desempeñó un papel muy importante en la economía regional, en particular entre los siglos II y la mitad del siglo III d. C.
Pompeyo y sus "magnas clientelas" durante el Bellum Civile: crítica al modelo de gestión provincial mediante clientelas
Authors: Martín Chacón Borja
Published: May 2021

El presente artículo realiza un sucinto repaso a la trayectoria de Cn. Pompeyo Magno en las distintas localizaciones donde estuvo destinado, constatando la creación de múltiples lazos de clientela con particulares, comunidades e incluso provincias y reinos. Estos vínculos son contrastados con el papel que este tipo de clientelas jugaron en el decisivo enfrentamiento contra Julio César a partir del año 49 a.C. Mediante este análisis, se propone valorar la verdadera utilidad que este tipo de relación de dependencia tuvo a lo largo del conflicto, así como la eficacia de la clientela provincial como herramienta de control, gestión e integración de individuos y colectivos por parte de determinados personajes en el seno del Estado romano tardo-republicano.
Un nuevo vaso singular de Coimbra del Barranco Ancho (Jumilla, Murcia): lobos y rituales en el mundo ibérico
Authors: Robles Moreno Jesús , Fenoll Cascales José , García Cano José Miguel
Published: May 2021

En este artículo se presenta un vaso cerámico calado descubierto en las excavaciones de la puerta oriental del poblado ibérico contestano de Coimbra del Barranco Ancho (Jumilla, Murcia). La pieza, que por contexto arqueológico se data en el siglo III a. C., se cataloga como un «vaso singular» por su excelente factura y sobre todo por mostrar en cada una de sus patas un prótomo de lobo modelado, representado con gran detalle. Esta circunstancia se da en otras tipologías cerámicas, pero hasta la fecha no se había documentado en un vaso calado. Considerando el papel simbólico de este animal en la cultura íbera y su relación con la aristocracia y sus ritos de tránsito e iniciación, se propone una función ritual para el recipiente, que por sus características pudo servir como brasero o quemaperfumes en esas ceremonias.
Villardompardo (Jaén): del asentamiento romano al castillo bajomedieval
Authors: Montilla Torres Irene , Navarro Pérez Mercedes , Salvatierra Cuenca Vicente
Published: May 2021

Sobre un asentamiento romano ubicado en el actual municipio de Villardompardo (Jaén), se levantó entre los siglos XIII y XIV un pequeño castillo. En su planificación, este último siguió la organización anterior y reaprovechó parte de sus estructuras. Pero los niveles romanos sufrieron importantes alteraciones debido a la construcción del propio castillo y a las continuas reformas que, a lo largo del s. XVI, se sucedieron en el mismo con el objetivo de transformarlo en un palacio. Sin embargo, mediante la combinación de los datos de la excavación y el análisis de la arqueología de la arquitectura, se ha conseguido establecer la cronología de los paramentos y reconstruir cómo era el conjunto en cada momento. En este estudio nos centramos en las fases romana y medieval.
La ambigüedad de los Amores de Zeus en los mosaicos romanos de la Bética
Authors: Vargas-Vázquez Sebastián , López Monteagudo Guadalupe , San Nicolás Pedraz María Pilar
Published: May 2021

El fin que se persigue en el presente trabajo es hacer una lectura simbólica y metafórica de las representaciones de los Amores de Zeus en los mosaicos romanos de la Bética, poniendo de manifiesto las particularidades iconográficas y la contaminación con otros ciclos mitológicos. Se profundiza en las formas de representar las distintas escenas del mito, en ocasiones dominadas por la ambigüedad y el juego al despiste, factores estos últimos especialmente presentes en los mosaicos de Écija. Se resalta, asimismo, el carácter “amable” de las representaciones, en las que domina el juego del amor, del cortejo y de la seducción, así como la sexualidad y el consentimiento que reina sobre cualquier rasgo o síntoma de violencia.
An Uncommon Cause of Biliary Obstruction in a Patient With Budd-Chiari Syndrome
Authors: Mago Sheena , Mavilia Marianna , Swales Colin Thomas
Published: May 2021

Biliary varices (BVs) are an infrequent complication of chronic portal hypertension. Most cases of BVs are asymptomatic and are likely underdiagnosed. We present a case of a 34-year-old woman with Budd-Chiari syndrome who was found to have BVs caused by a significant inferior vena cava (IVC) stenosis. This case demonstrates that preprocedure imaging for variceal screening should be considered before biliary tract procedures to prevent complications.
Cultura, igualdad e inclusión, Francisco A. Zurian y Danny González Cueto (Compiladores), Barranquilla, Universidad del Atlántico, 2018. 339 páginas.
Authors: Carta Massimiliano
Published: May 2021

El proyecto Cultura, igualdad e inclusión nace del trabajo conjunto de los profesores Francisco A. Zurian y Danny Armando González Cueto y de la colaboración entre la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y la Universidad del Atlántico de Barranquilla. El libro reúne las investigaciones de más de quince expertos pertenecientes a reconocidas instituciones académicas españolas, francesas y colombianas bajo el propósito de promover la igualdad y la inclusión en los espacios educativos (especialmente académicos) y en los medios de comunicación. La paridad de tratamiento de las mujeres y de las personas LGBTIQ+ en los ámbitos tratados, como en muchos otros aspectos de la sociedad, es un objetivo por el cual hay que seguir luchando cotidianamente.
Identidades profesionales y escritura de narraciones (auto)biográficas en el ingreso a la universidad
Authors: Bombini Gustavo , Iturrioz Paola
Published: May 2021

En este trabajo abordamos la cuestión de la producción de identidades profesionales en alumnos ingresantes a la carrera de Profesorado en Letras de la Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Argentina) a partir de un corpus de escritos producidos como actividad final de uno de los módulos del curso de ingreso (2018, 2019, 2020). La entrada a la escritura en el ámbito académico a partir de textos que reconocen un sesgo autobiográfico se propone como habilitante de las prácticas de la escritura a la hora de poner en cuestión la mirada deficitaria sobre las prácticas letradas de los ingresantes universitarios (Bombini y Labeur, 2017). La perspectiva metodológica elegida en virtud de su productividad para reconocer las estrechas articulaciones entre teoría y práctica es la que ofrece la etnografía de la educación que, en la línea de la investigadora mexicana Elsie Rockwell (2009, 2018) y el equipo del Cinvestav, ha tomado en algunos casos como objeto de análisis la cultura escrita y sus campos de circulación, especialmente las instituciones educativas. De la lectura de los textos surgieron dimensiones de análisis referidas a las socializaciones familiares, barriales y comunitarias; a las experiencias culturales y escolares previas; a representaciones que anticipan ideas y valoraciones acerca del ámbito académico; elecciones estéticas diversas; núcleos de intereses; fantasías de intervención para la transformación en los campos educativo, cultural, político y lingüístico-literario, y de manera más específica, expectativas acerca de los contenidos de la formación del Profesorado en Letras.
Textos figurados: apuntes sobre la escritura multimodal en intercambios adolescentes
Authors: Magadán Cecilia
Published: May 2021

Este artículo se propone reflexionar sobre cómo las prácticas de escritura que atraviesan la escolaridad secundaria, tanto en las aulas como en plataformas en línea (aquí, WhatsApp), trascienden lo verbal y se vuelven sinestésicas (Kress, 2005; Cope y Kalantzis, 2009b). A partir de los datos obtenidos en trabajos etnográficos previos y en desarrollo (en el aula y en espacios digitales) en terceros años de escuelas públicas de Buenos Aires, presentamos un análisis multimodal de estas prácticas a la luz de los aportes de la sociolingüística crítica (Niño-Murcia, Zavala y De los Heros, 2020). Algunos textos-imágenes ilustrativos de estas etnografías en clases de Lengua nos permitirán examinar la noción de figuras para comprender cómo los distintos modos –imágenes, gestos, audios, etc.– ponen en escena el cuerpo, también como figura, tanto en las producciones en papel como en pantalla; así, la escritura, como acción multimodal, social y situada, habilita la presentación y la negociación de identidades. Estas observaciones revelan usos creativos de la(s) lengua(s) –concebidas como repertorios multimodales– de los que surge la necesidad de examinar continuidades y discontinuidades entre las prácticas de oralidad y escritura en las aulas y en pantallas, en particular allí donde se re-crean formas de habla y géneros discursivos emergentes. A modo de cierre, debatiremos el lugar que el currículum escolar asigna a la lengua como código establecido para, en cambio, pensar una noción de lengua situada a partir de los recursos semióticos e ideológicos, a los que cada hablante apela en un continuum social e histórico.
El enfoque de literacidades académicas: sostener un espacio crítico para explorar la participación en la academia
Authors: Lillis Theresa
Published: May 2021

En este artículo, desde su implicación temprana en el campo de investigación y práctica conocido como literacidades académicas, la investigadora británica Theresa Lillis reconstruye el contexto en el que surge dicho campo, define sus principales intereses de indagación y enseñanza, y resume sus contribuciones, durante veinte años, a la comprensión de la escritura académica en el Reino Unido y otros países. Lillis encuadra históricamente, en un contexto de ampliación de la matrícula universitaria en su país, una serie de trabajos fundacionales del enfoque de literacidades académicas que, mediante investigaciones etnográficas y situadas –que continuaron desarrollándose–, desafiaron las visiones deficitarias de las prácticas de escritura académica de los estudiantes y plantearon la necesidad de explorar críticamente los supuestos sobre la naturaleza y el valor de las convenciones dominantes en este ámbito, que operan como normas de evaluación transparentes e incuestionables. Entre esos trabajos fundacionales, y otros surgidos posteriormente, ubica el interés en la vinculación entre la escritura académica y la identidad, vinculación mediada por relaciones que regulan quién puede decir qué y cómo en la academia y, por tanto, cierran o abren las oportunidades para participar en la producción de conocimiento. Lillis revisa también las proyecciones transnacionales de este enfoque y argumenta a favor de sus potencialidades transformadoras para investigadores, docentes y estudiantes universitarios que se mueven en una academia con regímenes evaluativos cada vez más supernormativos que apuntan a controlar la cada vez mayor superdiversidad de prácticas de creación de sentido.
Methods and simulation to reduce fuel consumption in driving cycles for category N1 motor vehicles
Authors: Kolin Alexander , Silantyev S. E. , Rogov Petr , Gnenik M. E.
Published: May 2021

The paper presents the results of using the simulation model estimating the fuel consumption of a light commercial vehicle in road traffic cycles; virtual tests are performed. The impact analysis of the motor vehicle design parameters on fuel consumption in NEDC and WLTC cycles is conducted. Numerical values of average fuel consumption are obtained for variation of the main parameters of the structure in NEDC and WLTC cycles. Energy distribution is shown during the motion of category N1 light commercial vehicle.
More Future? Straight Ecologies in British Climate-Change Theatre
Authors: de Waal Ariane
Published: May 2021

Attempts to convey the urgency of the climate crisis often rely on the figure of the child. From Greta Thunberg via school-striking students to the grandchildren invoked in the titles of bestselling books about global warming, appearances of children seem especially effective in protesting the loss of a habitable planet. The iconic child that needs saving (or becomes the planet’s saviour) is equally prominent in British plays about climate change. Drawing on queer critiques of the conceptual short circuit between the child and the future, this article identifies two waves of UK eco-theatre: the first wave endorses hetero-nuclear family bonds and future-oriented thinking; the second wave traces alternative relations to nonhuman, ageing, or ailing Others in the present. The first part of the article revisits critiques of reproductive futurism; the second examines the straight ecologies that characterise the first wave of eco-theatre, based on a detailed analysis of Duncan Macmillan’s playLungs(Studio Theatre, Washington, DC/Sheffield Crucible, 2011). The final part considers climate-change plays that sever reproductive timelines, as exemplified by Caryl Churchill’sEscaped Alone, Lucy Kirkwood’sThe Children, and Stef Smith’sHuman Animals(all Royal Court, 2016).
String Figures of Response-ability and the Refusal to Respond in Clare Pollard’sThe Weather
Authors: Wächter Cornelia
Published: May 2021

This article discusses Clare Pollard’sThe Weather(Royal Court, 2004) with a focus on how the play critiques the widespread failure to assume responsibility for both personal and collective wrongdoing as symptomatic of the Anthropocene and Capitalocene. More specifically, the paper reads Pollard’s play through the prism of Donna Haraway’s conception of science fiction as a figure, denoting “science fiction, speculative fabulation, string figures, speculative feminism, science fact, so far” (2) in order to demonstrate that it does contain a utopian kernel in its uncovering of the (affective) strings that bind individuals to the logic of the society of consumers (Bauman) and in its final appeal to cut those strings, even though the play does not actually transcend the capitalist imaginary.
Travel Beyond Stars: Trauma and Future in Mojisola Adebayo’s STARS
Authors: Baas Renzo
Published: May 2021

The article explores Mojisola Adebayo’s two-hander STARS (preliminary workshop performance, Ovalhouse, 2018) through the lens of Afrofuturism. The play will be discussed in regard to future-making technologies. By analysing the overt as well as subtle references to science fiction and its tropes, this article lays out how Afrofuturism informs the play and how it is formative in liberating the main character. Furthermore, questions of violence against women, forms of resistance, and the function of the imagination will be examined. Adebayo deftly weaves Afrofuturist concerns into the everyday experiences of marginalised groups who face discrimination and exclusion, irrespective of whether their marginalisation is based on culture, gender, or age. Through this, the play offers ways of dealing with bodily and historical trauma and exclusion, while simultaneously addressing violent and harmful practices and power relations. The play may be set in the present and deals with current issues, but its performance of the future – in regard to resistance and liberation – proves to be its central feature.
Dehn functions of finitely presented metabelian groups
Authors: Wang Wenhao
Published: May 2021

In this paper, we compute an upper bound for the Dehn function of a finitely presented metabelian group. In addition, we prove that the same upper bound works for the relative Dehn function of a finitely generated metabelian group. We also show that every wreath product of a free abelian group of finite rank with a finitely generated abelian group can be embedded into a metabelian group with exponential Dehn function.
Planned Obsolescence with Network Effects
Authors: Gutiérrez Oscar
Published: May 2021

This paper appeals to the interplay between network effects and quality to justify the use of planned obsolescence by well-settled firms. We propose a simple contagion model to analyze an asymmetric duopoly market where an incumbent firm benefits, at least initially, from the first‐mover advantages attributed to network industries, while the entrant offers a product with higher quality. The simpler version of the model describes the evolution of the market shares, showing that network effects can overtake the quality effect if the market is sufficiently small. If the market lasts enough, network effects end up enhancing the effect of quality and the entrant gets a higher market share. If the incumbent can set the size of the market by launching a new product every so often, the model provides a rationale for the use of planned obsolescence from a strategic point of view. Social efficiency is then challenged.
Symbolische Verfassungsgebung in Aushandlungsprozessen von Religion. Die Verfassungsdynamik einer Handschlagverweigerung
Authors: Kühler Anne
Published: May 2021

Der sogenannte Fall Therwil führte zu Bestrebungen, in der Verfassung des Kantons Basel-Landschaft einen Vorbehalt bürgerlicher Pflichten zu verankern. Diese geplante und schlussendlich gescheiterte Verfassungsrevision ist Anlass, der Frage nach der Bedeutung des Vorbehalts der bürgerlichen Pflichten nachzugehen. Es zeigt sich, dass dessen Bedeutung nicht in seiner rechtlich verbindlichen und durchsetzbaren, sondern in seiner symbolischen Dimension liegt. Diese wird im Fall Therwil eingesetzt, um einer bestimmten politischen Zielsetzung zu dienen. Dies zeigt sich deutlich mit Blick auf den migrationspolitischen Hintergrund der sog. Handschlag-Affäre, werden mit der geplanten Verfassungsrevision doch implizite wie explizite Imaginationen von Zugehörigkeit ausgedrückt. Es ist dabei kein Zufall, dass mit dem Vorbehalt bürgerlicher Pflichten ein Konzept aufgegriffen wurde, das dem Kontext des Kulturkampfes im 19. Jahrhundert entstammt.
Ein lokales Ereignis im globalen Fokus: Das Zusammenfallen geografischer, zeitlicher und sozialer Räume in der medialen Verbreitung einer Handschlagverweigerung
Authors: Stahel Lea
Published: May 2021

Lokale, religionsbezogene Ereignisse werden vermehrt global diskutiert – auch die „Handschlag-Affäre“. Bauend auf Forschung zu Öffentlichkeit, zusammenfallenden Kontexten und islamfeindlichen Online-Diskursen argumentiert der Beitrag, dass in der medialen Verbreitung der Affäre geografische, zeitliche und soziale Räume zusammenfielen, was die negativen Folgen für die involvierten Akteure miterklärt. Das geografische und zeitliche Zusammenfallen wird anhand von Metadaten von 279 Nachrichten- und 152 Webseiten-/Blog-Artikeln (dt. und engl.; veröffentlicht 2015–2017) veranschaulicht. Das soziale Zusammenfallen wird durch eine thematische Analyse von 45 Webseiten-/Blog-Artikeln der islamfeindlichen Online-Öffentlichkeit illustriert. Ergebnisse zeigen eine mediale Ausbreitung von lokal zu global (geografische Räume), eine Zeitverzögerung zwischen Ereignis und Skandalisierung (zeitliche Räume) und eine ideologische Rekontextualisierung in der islamfeindlichen Öffentlichkeit (soziale Räume).
Entwicklung eines Bewertungsinstruments für neue digitale Technologien in KMU
Authors: Axmann Bernhard , Harmoko Harmoko
Published: May 2021

Diese Veröffentlichung ist der zweite Teil zu KI-Studien für KMU. Im ersten Teil wurden Herausforderungen beschrieben. In diesem zweiten Beitrag wird ein Bewertungsinstrument vorgestellt. Im Bereich des Technologiemanagements ist die Bewertung neuer digitaler Technologien ein anspruchsvoller Prozess. Die meisten Bewertungen konzentrieren sich auf Kosten und Nutzen. Diese Ansätze scheitern oft, weil wesentliche Punkte vernachlässigt werden. In diesem Beitrag wird der ganzheitliche Ansatz der „Five Dimension of Digital Technology Assessment Cycle“ am Beispiel von KI beschrieben. Der „5-Dimensionen Assessment Cycle“ beginnt mit dem Nutzen, bewertet die Technologiebereitschaft und die Usability, fährt fort mit der Unternehmensbereitschaft und endet mit der Bewertung der Kosten.
Potenzialbasierte Bewertung innovativer Technologien in der Produktion
Authors: Hofer Andreas , Pemsel Benedikt , Putz Matthias
Published: May 2021

Aufgrund der steigenden technologischen Dynamik und der sich rapide verändernden Kundenanforderungen stehen produzierende Unternehmen unter intensivem Kosten- und Innovationsdruck. In diesem Umfeld nimmt die Technologiebewertung als Teil der strategischen Technologieplanung in der Produktion eine zentrale Rolle ein. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird ein Konzept zur Bewertung von Technologien in der Produktion auf Basis des zukunftsorientierten Technologiepotenzials vorgestellt. Dabei werden sowohl das Potenzial hinsichtlich der Produktion als auch mögliche Auswirkungen der Produktionstechnologie auf das Produkt und das Gesamtunternehmen betrachtet.
Smart Service-Transformation mit Geschäftsmodellmustern
Authors: Reinhold Jannik , Ködding Patrick , Scholtysik Michél , Koldewey Christian , Dumitrescu Roman
Published: May 2021

Smart Services sind das Resultat zweier Megatrends: Digitalisierung und Servitisierung. Diese digitalen Dienstleistungen erfordern innovative Geschäftsmodelle, deren Umsetzung jedoch häufig eine Anpassung historisch gewachsener Wertschöpfung produzierender Unternehmen voraussetzt. Wir liefern geeignete Geschäftsmodellmuster zur Entwicklung von Geschäftsmodellen für Smart Services und zeigen, wie produzierende Unternehmen darauf aufbauend die Transformation ihrer Wertschöpfung planen können.
Konzept einer automatisierten und modularen Befundungsstation in der wandlungsfähigen Produktion
Authors: Kaiser Jan-Philipp , Mitschke Norbert , Stricker Nicole , Heizmann Michael , Lanza Gisela
Published: May 2021

Inspektionsprozesse werden im Remanufacturing auch heute noch vorwiegend manuell durchgeführt, da die Einschätzung des Qualitätszustands von rückläufigen Gebrauchtprodukten komplex und damit schwer zu automatisieren ist. Dies ist darauf zurückzuführen, dass Abnutzungsgrade, Deformationen und Schädigungen eine individuelle Bewertung des Gebrauchtprodukts nach sich ziehen und somit schwer standardisierbar sind. In diesem Beitrag werden die Anforderungen an ein System für die Bewältigung der Herausforderung der automatisierten Inspektion im Remanufacturing abgeleitet. Darauf aufbauend wird das Konzept einer Befundungsstation, welches diese Anforderungen erfüllt, präsentiert und Anwendungsfälle im Rahmen des von der Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung geförderten Forschungsprojekts „AgiProbot - Agiles Produktionssystem mittels mobiler, lernender Roboter mit Multisensorik bei ungewissen Produktspezifikationen“ vorgestellt.
Industrielle Produktionsanlagen modular erweitern mit 5G
Authors: Schmitt Sarah , Brunk Nicolas , König Niels , Lange Dirk , Schmitt Robert H.
Published: May 2021

Erstmalig erhält eine Mobilfunktechnologie Einzug in die Industrie: Mit hoher Übertragungsbandbreite und geringer Latenz erfüllt 5G die Anforderungen industrieller Netzwerke und ebnet den Weg für neue Geschäftsmodelle zur Steigerung der betrieblichen Effizienz. Durch kabellose, modulare Sensorkonzepte können innovative Anwendungsszenarien realisiert und der stetig wachsende Bedarf der Industrie nach immer flexibleren Produktionsanlagen gedeckt werden.
Anpassung von Produktionssystemen an die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels
Authors: Ehmsen Svenja , Werrel Max , Aurich Jan C.
Published: May 2021

Die Folgen des voranschreitenden Klimawandels wie Hitze- und Dürreperioden, Starkregen und Stürme treten immer häufiger und in steigender Intensität auf. Sie gefährden mitunter Produktionsprozesse in Unternehmen und verursachen dabei hohe Schadenskosten. Daher kommt der Anpassung an die Klimawandelfolgen für produzierende Unternehmen eine zunehmend große Bedeutung zu. Dieser Beitrag stellt ein Konzept vor, wie Unternehmen zukünftig die für ihr Produktionssystem relevanten Klimawandelfolgen identifizieren und geeignete Anpassungsmaßnahmen bestimmen können.
LITERATURE AND THE HOLOCAUST: INVESTIGATING THE VALUE OF A LITERARY HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
Authors: Cartoon Jessie
Published: May 2021

The Holocaust is one of the most researched and documented genocides in history, and yet it remains an inconceivable tragedy, for it is challenging to comprehend the mass killings, inhumane conditions, and sheer hatred that the European Jews faced during World War II. Literature has long been used as an educational tool about the realities of life. In contrast to history textbooks, literature allows readers to dive into the psyche of those persecuted; adheres to the historical events, while permitting artistic exploration of personal narratives; and creates a space where the unspeakable experiences and dehumanization during the Holocaust can be spoken, shared, and contended with. The literary reading process entails a dialogue between the reader and the narrative, thus generating an inquiry-based education on the Holocaust. Holocaust literature is sustained by survivors’ stories of resilience. Although these tales of resilience often do not have traditionally happy endings, they depict that people must contend with their past suffering and offer an educational tool to transmit testimony in the hopes of inspiring resilience in others. Holocaust literature provides a platform to meaningfully communicate personal narratives, which demystifies the tragedy as an isolated incident, educates readers on the historical realities of the Holocaust, and places responsibility on everyone to resist indifference. Through exploration of the artistic forms and historical elements of selected works of Holocaust literature, this paper will demonstrate that literature is a valuable tool in educating on the Holocaust and has merit as an integral part of school curricula.
“YOU KANT DO THAT!”: AN ARGUMENT THAT KANT’S PRINCIPLES FOR PEACE MANDATE A FULLY SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS
Authors: Mazurek Abigail
Published: May 2021

This paper explores the work of Immanuel Kant in the context of the modern-day crisis of global climate change, to suggest principles that we should embrace as a global community to ensure a viable environment for future generations. Specifically, this paper focuses on three of Kant’s articles outlined in “Towards Perpetual Peace”, a treatise that proposes principles of conduct to ensure peaceable interactions between intrinsically opposed nations. In light of the certain trans-generational consequences of current climate inaction, this paper shifts the traditional geographical axis of Kant’s principles of coexistence, to examine their applications along a temporal axis. This method is paired with carefully researched evidence about the anticipated consequences of our present climate inaction to assert that we are not behaving peaceably towards future peoples. This paper concludes by suggesting three of Kant’s articles of peaceable conduct that can and should be embraced by the decision-makers of today to protect the autonomy and well-being of all future members of the social contract.
A HAND TO THE DROWNING: ETHICAL LONELINESS, DE- PERSONALIZATION, AND THE DROWNED AND THE SAVED
Authors: Roy Maag Torrin
Published: May 2021

This paper explores Primo Levi's account of depersonalization in the Shoah (Holocaust). It divided Levi's account into three main themes: deprivation, animalization, and loneliness. It then used William James' psychology of misery and Jill Stauffer's concept of Ethical Loneliness to interpret these themes. It determined that while one might at first conceptualize personhood, and thus depersonalization, as internal and independent, Levi's experience shows that our personhood is also affected by the perceptions of others, for better and for worse. Any understanding of depersonalization that does not account for this essentially relational nature of personhood is thus incomplete.
HOW TO NOT BE A GOOD SPORT: SOLUTIONS TO CHAL- LENGES OF TRANSITIONING OUT OF AN ATHLETIC CAREER
Authors: Cyfko John
Published: May 2021

Sports culture often leads athletes to believe that having an athletic career is akin to “living the dream”. This belief results in a particularly stressful and demoralizing transition from sports to retirement. This research paper sought to further analyze retirement from sports and how one’s athletic identity can be disadvantageous when tied to a short-lived career. The literature was reviewed across the domains of psychology, sports science, and sociology. This review was supplemented with The Art of Life by Zygmunt Bauman and transcribed interviews and surveys of athletes. Athletic identity is more intense and encompassing of one’s self-concept than identities associated with other occupations, which in turn leads to a more emotionally difficult retirement, particularly when forced. Furthermore, athletes with stronger and more exclusive athletic identities may face more psychological difficulties in retirement, and common coping strategies among retiring athletes appear to be maladaptive. The prestige that comes with athleticism can also be disadvantageous, as an athlete may base their self-esteem on momentary fan support. Athletes often foreclose their identity, fixating idealistically on their sport and precluding themselves from pragmatically exploring or developing alternate identities. Athletes must be encouraged to think pragmatically about their future and plan for their post-retirement life while they are playing. Athletes must also have involved support systems that are themselves supported and that the athlete can confide in while constructing a new self-narrative. Therefore, while retirement from sports is undoubtedly difficult, effective strategies in aiding an athlete’s transition do exist and must be utilized.
ENOVID: AMERICA’S FIRST ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE
Authors: Simantirakis Katerina
Published: May 2021

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of involving the extended community in risk assessment of the applied sciences. To do this, the paper will be discussing the history of the first oral conceptive in America. Specifically, it discusses the Nelson Pill Hearings which was a very publicized trial intended to evaluate the safety of the oral contraceptive Enovid. The conclusion of this case study is that failing to involve the extended community (mainly, women taking the pill) resulted in a large distrust of authority. This distrust in the scientific community leads to their opinions being largely ignored and damaged the relationship between women and their doctors at the risk of women’s health. It was not until post-normal science ideals were implemented, that more women felt they could trust the safety of the product they were using. Failing to recognize the importance of involving the extended community in scientific breakthroughs created a barrier for the extended community to benefit from said scientific breakthroughs.
MOVING TOWARDS AN AGE OF RECONCILIATION: SOCRATIC EDUCATION AS A MEANS TO RECONCILE WITH OUT SETTLER COLONIALIST HISTORY
Authors: Maerov Gabrielle
Published: May 2021

The purpose of my paper is to examine the settler colonialist sentiments that are systemically intertwined within Canadian society in relation to Canada’s Indigenous population. In doing so, I aim to highlight that Canada’s practices and sentiments surrounding Indigenous people are unjust in nature. Furthermore, I demonstrate that the Platonic praxis in relation to those deemed “other” as well as the educational program geared towards that practice demonstrated in Plato’s Republic can guide Canadian society towards becoming a more just polis in relation to its practices of knowledge surrounding Indigenous peoples. To begin, I highlight that the current state of Canadian society, out of which a process of re-education may begin, parallels the starting point from which characters such as Thrasymachus and Polemarchus are re-educated in Plato’s Republic. I then delve into the educational process highlighted in The Republic itself, examining what this process might look like in Canadian society. Specifically, I discuss three steps Plato’s educational ideology that Canada can take in the pursuit of justice. My paper reaches the conclusion that if society is to be re-educated, our ideas of what it means for someone to be "other," and what it means to serve justice to the "other" must be shifted. Further, the process of reconciliation will be difficult and painful, yet ultimately it is our pathway towards a more just existence. Finally, I conclude that we must be accountable as individuals for the shifting of the settler colonialist fabric of our society.
AN EXAMINATION OF SETTLER COLONIALISM IN CANADA’S LEGAL INSTITUTIONS: 1492 LAND BACK LANE
Authors: Igdoura Dania
Published: May 2021

In this paper, I will investigate how Canadian legal institutions function to serve the interests of the settler colonial state in the dispossession of Indigenous peoples. This investigation will be facilitated through an examination of the court proceedings of 1492 Land Back Lane, a contemporary example whereby land defenders are being criminalized by Canadian courts for re-occupying their unceded land in Caledonia to protect it from a proposed housing development. Here we see an example of oppression, and therefore, it may be useful to utilize Sensoy & DiAngelo’s (2017) definition of oppression: namely, the prejudice and discrimination of one social group, in this case, settlers, against another, here Indigenous peoples, backed by legal authority and historical, social and institutional power (p. 84). Focusing on legal authority in this case, I seek to demonstrate ultimately how anti-Indigeneity is embedded within the Canadian legal system. In order to do this, I will begin by examining key historical legal documents, namely the Constitution of Canada and the Indian Act, with an eye to the settler colonial ideology of paternalism underlying them. Then, I will turn to the court proceedings of 1492 Land Back Lane, establishing their problematic and paternalistic nature, and grounding them within existing case law on Indigenous land rights, to demonstrate how Canadian courts can serve to perpetuate settler colonialism and land dispossession, often through the legal mechanism of injunction. Ultimately, I seek to demonstrate how the very concept of land back is incompatible with Canadian law.
BURYING PATRIOTISM ALIVE: AN EXAMINATION OF THE THREAT OF MODERN HINDU NATIONALISM ON PATRIOTIC VALUES IN INDIA
Authors: Jaspal Ariana
Published: May 2021

The election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi magnified the prevalence and significance of Hindu nationalism in India. Naturally, the magnification of Hindu nationalism begets many questions: how is it materializing? What role does the government of India play in perpetuating it? Should we care -- what is at stake? This paper will examine exactly what is at stake-- patriotic values in India. Patriotism is practiced by preserving the values of a nation that benefit and protect all of its citizens. These patriotic values may materialize in the form of human rights and the nation’s constitution. Narandra Modi’s party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has been responsible for multiple human rights violations and is working to undermine many of India’s constitutional values in their effort to sustain Hindu nationalism. This paper will assert that modern Hindu nationalism, as perpetuated by the Bharatiya Janata Party, threatens patriotic values in India.
A HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH TO FOOD INSECURITY IN INUIT NUNANGAT
Authors: Feldman Hannah
Published: May 2021

The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national organization for Inuit in Canada, has voiced serious concern about the food insecurity crisis in Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland comprising Nunavut, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut, and the Northwest Territories (Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, 2019). The widespread and disproportionate experiences of food insecurity in Inuit Nunangat requires critical examination, especially when access to adequate food has been identified as a human right (OHCHR, 2010). My research paper aims to explore this topic of food insecurity as a human rights concern in Inuit Nunangat. A human rights approach acts as both a pathway to investigate, and a tool to inform, policy development. Such an investigation is especially relevant given Canada’s international reputation and constitutional mandate to grant equal protection of rights to all citizens. In this essay, I review international and domestic human rights frameworks that intersect with Inuit food insecurity, in addition to evaluating Canada’s current interventions. I ultimately argue that, based on Canada’s commitments to uphold rights to food, health, and Indigenous self-determination, the government must increase the enforceability of food rights in domestic policy and, second, there must be strengthened collaboration between the government and Inuit partners to more appropriately conceptualize, and respond to, food needs in Inuit Nunangat.
Single-Nucleus RNA-Seq Reveals Dysregulation of Striatal Cell Identity Due to Huntington's Disease Mutations
Authors: Malaiya Sonia , Cortes-Gutierrez Marcia , Herb Brian R. , Coffey Sydney R. , Legg Samuel R. W. , Cantle Jeffrey P. , Colantuoni Carlo , Carroll Jeffrey B. , Ament Seth A.
Published: May 2021

Huntington's disease (HD) is a dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by a trinucleotide expansion in exon 1 of the huntingtin (HTT) gene. Cell death in HD occurs primarily in striatal medium spiny neurons (MSNs), but the involvement of specific MSN subtypes and of other striatal cell types remains poorly understood. To gain insight into cell type-specific disease processes, we studied the nuclear transcriptomes of 4524 cells from the striatum of a genetically precise knock-in mouse model of the HD mutation,HttQ175/+, and from wild-type controls. We used 14- to 15-month-old male mice, a time point at which multiple behavioral, neuroanatomical, and neurophysiological changes are present but at which there is no known cell death. Thousands of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were distributed across most striatal cell types, including transcriptional changes in glial populations that are not apparent from RNA-seq of bulk tissue. Reconstruction of cell type-specific transcriptional networks revealed a striking pattern of bidirectional dysregulation for many cell type-specific genes. Typically, these genes were repressed in their primary cell type, yet de-repressed in other striatal cell types. Integration with existing epigenomic and transcriptomic data suggest that partial loss-of-function of the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) may underlie many of these transcriptional changes, leading to deficits in the maintenance of cell identity across virtually all cell types in the adult striatum.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTHuntington's disease (HD) is a dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disorder characterized by specific loss of medium spiny neurons (MSNs) in the striatum, accompanied by more subtle changes in many other cell types. It is thought that changes in transcriptional regulation are an important underlying mechanism, but cell type-specific gene expression changes are not well understood, particularly at time points relevant to the onset of disease-related symptoms. Single-nucleus (sn)RNA-seq in a genetically precise mouse model enabled us to identify novel patterns of transcriptional dysregulation because of HD mutations, including bidirectional dysregulation of many cell type identity genes that may be driven by partial loss-of-function of the polycomb repressive complex (PRC). Identifying these regulators of transcriptional dysregulation in HD can be leveraged to design novel disease-modifying therapeutics.
Observing and Modeling the Pacific Ocean [Video]
Authors: Washburn Libe
Published: May 2021

Marine scientists incorporate a wide array of observations and models to understand the oceans, their dynamics, and the life they support. The development of new sensing technologies such as satellites, gliders, and robotic floats, as well as increasing public interest and funding for projects to investigate the ocean’s role in climate change, has transformed marine sciences into “big data” sciences. But the observational scientist still faces numerous obstacles in measuring ocean characteristics such as sea surface height, currents, temperature, salinity, water color, ocean chemistry, and undersea life: electromagnetic radiation does not readily penetrate its waters, which makes it harder to conduct observations and communicate with underwater instruments, and because oceans are full of life, so called “biofouling” is a challenge to observing, especially in the sun-lit layers near the surface. Nevertheless, new technologies such as robotic vehicles and new sensors are enabling observations throughout the ocean water column. These technologies, coupled with rapidly advancing ocean models, are revolutionizing our understanding of the marine biosphere. [Image: UCSB undergraduates Andie Rupprecht and Sean Jawetz recover a robotic stand-up paddle board used for measuring ocean currents. Photograph by Libe Washburn.]
 Video available: https://vimeo.com/527397347
Harnessing the Power of Data
Authors: Bergstrom Mark H. , Miller Brett A. , Zvonkovich Jordan T.
Published: May 2021

Research capacity is the basic currency of a sentencing commission, and the gold standard is data, with its capability of being transformed into meaningful information to support policy development and guide sentencing decisions. This paper investigates the science of best practices in Pennsylvania and the roles of the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing in collecting, preparing, and disseminating sentencing and resentencing data; in collaborating with other agencies to integrate justice-related data; and in establishing partnerships to expand the research capacity of the Commission to use these data. The application of evidence-based practices—of harnessing the power of data to develop policy and support decision making—will be demonstrated through a discussion of four Commission projects: construction and validation of a sentence risk assessment instrument; comprehensive review of the use of criminal history in the Pennsylvania Sentencing Guidelines; establishment of state parole guidelines; and design of a modular population projection simulation model.
Overview of State Sentencing Commissions’ Drug Data Reporting Practices
Authors: Chanenson Benjamin L.
Published: May 2021

Data are essential for good sentencing policy. It is impossible to act intelligently without knowing what is happening on the ground. This is especially true with drug offenses, which drive a significant portion of prosecutions and sentences every year. Accessible, high-quality drug-conviction and sentencing data enable sentencing commissions and legislatures to act decisively on the basis of reason and not anecdotes. Commissions can play a vital role in understanding the decades-old war on drugs and charting a path for the future. This article provides an overview of the drug data that state sentencing commissions are providing to the public. Each state-specific snapshot offers a brief explanation of the strengths and challenges of that commission’s approach to communicating drug data.
Global Remittances and COVID-19: Locked Down but Not Locked Out
Authors: Tsingou Eleni
Published: May 2021

What happens to remittances, an important feature of the global financial system, when a pandemic strikes? Despite early predictions of significant drops in volumes, flows have been affected less than expected. This commentary explains that this outcome is attributable in part to a renewed focus on the infrastructure of global finance and an accelerated development and use of digital solutions, but that it is mostly a result of the individual efforts and resilience of migrants.
Chromosomal instability by mutations in the novel minor spliceosome component CENATAC
Authors: de Wolf Bas , Oghabian Ali , Akinyi Maureen V , Hanks Sandra , Tromer Eelco C , van Hooff Jolien J E , van Voorthuijsen Lisa , van Rooijen Laura E , Verbeeren Jens , Uijttewaal Esther C H , Baltissen Marijke P A , Yost Shawn , Piloquet Philippe , Vermeulen Michiel , Snel Berend , Isidor Bertrand , Rahman Nazneen , Frilander Mikko J , Kops Geert J P L
Published: May 2021

Aneuploidy is the leading cause of miscarriage and congenital birth defects, and a hallmark of cancer. Despite this strong association with human disease, the genetic causes of aneuploidy remain largely unknown. Through exome sequencing of patients with constitutional mosaic aneuploidy, we identified biallelic truncating mutations in CENATAC (CCDC84). We show that CENATAC is a novel component of the minor (U12‐dependent) spliceosome that promotes splicing of a specific, rare minor intron subtype. This subtype is characterized by AT‐AN splice sites and relatively high basal levels of intron retention. CENATAC depletion or expression of disease mutants resulted in excessive retention of AT‐AN minor introns in ˜ 100 genes enriched for nucleocytoplasmic transport and cell cycle regulators, and caused chromosome segregation errors. Our findings reveal selectivity in minor intron splicing and suggest a link between minor spliceosome defects and constitutional aneuploidy in humans.
Optimisation of the microencapsulation of an active ingredient by crosslinking and the coating method to target colon diseases
Authors: Hammoudi Mounir , Oumouna Mustapha , Moumen Riadh , Otmanine Khaled , Atsamnia Djamel
Published: May 2021

The aim of this study was to prepare microcapsules based on a natural polymer chitosan solution (high degree of deacetylation (DDA), low molecular weight (MW), and low viscosity)/sodium alginate in the presence of a crosslinking agent (glutaraldehyde), in order to encapsulate and vectorise the active principle towards the diseased organ (colon), without being diffused into other levels of the digestive tract, to increase the therapeutic effectiveness of treatment by chemotherapy and to reduce undesirable effects. The method of preparation of the microcapsules obtained from the sodium alginate/chitosan solution/active ingredients system was examined by conventional optical microscopy. In addition, an in vitro study was carried out on the active ingredients’ release profiles, depending on the pH simulating the gastric and intestinal media for the seven systems proposed. It should be mentioned that, in the basic medium (pH(colon) = 8), the release of the active ingredients is of the utmost importance. Nevertheless, control of this release can be improved by a crosslinking agent and the coating method. The dry [sodium alginate / chitosan solution / active ingredients + crosslinking 2 %] formulation coated with non-crosslinked chitosan (Formulation 7) is the standard formula that meets all the criteria from our earlier work, with a core release rate of 67 %. The PSD was unimodal, with sizes ranging from 750 µm to 900 µm.