bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
CLINICAL AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF TUBULOPATHY IN CHILDREN
Authors: Авдеева Елизавета Сергеевна , Солопова Екатерина Владимировна , Гребенникова Ирина Валерьевна
Published: January 2024

Тубулопатии - болезни почечных канальцев, которые характеризуются нарушениями тубулярного транспорта электролитов, воды, минеральных и органических веществ. В статье рассмотрены этиология, патогенез, клинические проявления и частота встречаемости таких тубулопатий, как Х-сцепленный доминантный гипофосфатемический рахит, синдром Барттера и врожденный нефрогенный несахарный диабет.

Tubulopathies are diseases of the renal tubules, which are characterized by disturbances in the tubular transport of electrolytes, water, minerals and organic substances. The article discusses the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and incidence of such tubulopathies as X-linked dominant hypophosphatemic rickets, Bartter's syndrome and congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.
BASIC PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURE FOR THE EXERCISE OF CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO APPEAL DECISIONS, ACTIONS (INACTION) OF THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY AND ITS OFFICIALS
Authors: Наурузов Аслан Аюпович , Костоева Пятимат Магомедовна
Published: January 2024

В рамках данной статьи автором будет проанализировано конституционное право гражданина на обжалование действий и решений должностных лиц в субъекте Российской Федерации, порядок реализации конституционного права на обжалование решений, действий (бездействия) должностных лиц в субъекте Российской Федерации, его основные принципы.

Within the framework of this article, the author will analyze the constitutional right of a citizen to appeal the actions and decisions of officials in the subject of the Russian Federation, the procedure for exercising the constitutional right to appeal decisions, actions (inaction) of officials in the subject of the Russian Federation, its basic principles,
DETERMINATION OF THE DESIGN IRRIGATION REGIME OF AN APPLE ORCHARD
Authors: Левонидских Илья Александрович , Бахметьев Александр Викторович
Published: January 2024

В статье обозначена важность дополнительного полива в современном сельском хозяйстве. Приведены основные показатели, необходимые для расчета водопотребления при капельном поливе яблоневого сада.

The article highlights the importance of additional irrigation in modern agriculture. The main indicators necessary for calculating water consumption during drip irrigation of an apple orchard are given.
SUBSTANTIATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY OF BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS FROM WASTEWATER
Authors: Коренчук Александр Евгеньевич , Журавлева Ирина Владимировна
Published: January 2024

В статье приведены основные схемы и технологии биологического удаления азота и фосфора из сточной воды. Показаны варианты решения выявленных проблем.

The article presents the basic schemes and technologies for biological removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater. The options for solving the identified problems are shown.
ОБУЧЕНИЕ НАВЫКАМ ДЕКОНСТРУКЦИИ И КОНСТРУИРОВАНИЯ ТЕКСТА НА ЗАНЯТИЯХ ПО РУССКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ И КУЛЬТУРЕ РЕЧИ (ИЗ ОПЫТА ПРЕПОДАВАНИЯ ДИСЦИПЛИНЫ В РТУ МИРЭА)
Authors: Каблуков Валерий Витальевич
Published: January 2024

Цель статьи - показать технологии формирования навыков работы с текстом и понимания его как знаковой системы у будущих IT - специалистов.

The purpose of the article is to show technologies for the formation of skills in working with text and understanding it as a sign system for future IT specialists.
НЕКОТОРЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ ЧРЕЗМЕРНОГО КОНТРОЛЯ НА СОВРЕМЕННЫХ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЯХ
Authors: Сысоев Никита Сергеевич , Гунько Надежда Николаевна
Published: January 2024

В данной статье проведен анализ такого элемента управления, как контроль. В частности, приведены некоторые проблемы, связанные с чрезмерным контролем, подробно рассмотрены преимущества и недостатки его использования. По результатам проведенного анализа сформулирован содержательный вывод, отражающий результаты исследования, а также рекомендации для руководителей организаций и топ-менеджеров.

This article analyzes such a control element as control. In particular, some problems related to excessive control are presented, and the advantages and disadvantages of using it are considered in detail. Based on the results of the analysis, a meaningful conclusion was formulated reflecting the results of the study, as well as recommendations for heads of organizations and top managers
ЦИФРОВАЯ ТРАНСФОРМАЦИЯ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЙ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОГО АПК: ПРОЦЕССНЫЙ ПОДХОД
Authors: Неганова Валентина Петровна
Published: January 2024

В статье представлены результаты пилотного научного исследования, проведенного в АПК Свердловской области с 20 менеджерами 5 агропредприятий с целью определения влияния цифровой трансформации на их поэтапное развитие в условиях современных реалий.
ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННО-ПУБЛИЦИСТИЧЕСКИЕ ЖАНРЫ В «СПОРТИВНОМ ТЕЛЕВИДЕНИИ»
Authors: Назметдинова Ирина Сайрановна , Столярова Светлана Сайрановна , Куличев Кирилл Михайлович
Published: January 2024

Исследование посвящено изучению разных аспектов спортивного телевидения 1) изучена взаимозависимость «спортивного телевидения» и «спортивного вещания», обозначены особенности и способы трансляции, дано авторское определение понятию «спортивного телевидение»; 2) выявлен факт наличия и проявления в спортивном телевидении информационных, аналитических и художественно-публицистических жанров, деланы соответствующие выводы.

The study is devoted to the study of various aspects of sports television: 1) the interdependence of "sports television" and "sports broadcasting" is studied, the features and methods of broadcasting are indicated, the author's definition of the concept of "sports television" is given; 2) the fact of the presence and manifestation of informational, analytical and artistic-journalistic genres in sports television is revealed, appropriate conclusions are drawn.
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Authors: Адеева Ирина Сергеевна
Published: January 2024

Применение цифровой трансформации в образовательных организациях высшего образования становится основополагающим моментом для воплощения в учебный процесс, управление новых реалий. В статье рассмотрены ключевые проблемы внедрения цифровых технологий в основные образовательные программы вузов. Благодаря внедрению новейших систем в образовательный процесс создаются возможности для поддержания конкурентоспособности, развитию организаций высшего образования.

The use of digital transformation in educational organizations of higher education is becoming a fundamental point for the implementation of new realities in the educational process and management. The article discusses the key problems of introducing digital technologies into the main educational programs of universities. Thanks to the introduction of the latest systems into the educational process, opportunities are created to maintain competitiveness and develop higher education organizations.
DIGITAL RUBLE - PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Бурмистрова Лариса Алексеевна
Published: January 2024

В статье рассмотрены вопросы, касающиеся организации обращения цифрового рубля в Российской Федерации. Проведен анализ положения Центрального Банка России о цифровом рубле. Сделаны выводы о природе цифрового рубля и особенностях его функционирования в Российской Федерации.

The article discusses issues related to the organization of circulation of the digital ruble in the Russian Federation. The analysis of the position of the Central Bank of Russia on the digital ruble is carried out. Conclusions are drawn about the nature of the digital ruble and the peculiarities of its functioning in the Russian Federation.
WHITE AND BLACK IN SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND POLITICAL DISCOURSE OR THE BATTLE OF WORDS VERSUS THE FIGHT AGAINST RACISM
Authors: Рахматулаева Т.Г.
Published: January 2024

Нередко жизнь общества и различные социальные и политические проблемы приводят к изменениям в языке. В статье анализируется понятие/концепт "privilège blanc"/ «привилегии белых» или «белые привилегии» с точки зрения развития значения одного из компонентов, а именно, цветонаименования «белый». Анализ медиатекстов показал, что это слово приобретает социально-политическую коннотацию.

Often the life of society and various social and political problems lead to changes in language. The article analyzes the concept of “privilege blanc” / “white privilege” from the point of view of the development of the meaning of one of the components, namely, the color name “white”. Analysis of media texts showed that this word acquires a socio-political connotation.
Assessing phytotoxicity and tolerance levels of ZnO nanoparticles on Raphanus sativus: implications for widespread adoptions
Authors: Samuditha Pathirannahalage Sahan , Adassooriya Nadeesh Madusanka , Salim Nazeera
Published: January 2024

The escalating release of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) into the environment poses a substantial threat, potentially leading to increased concentrations of zinc (Zn) in the soil and subsequent phytotoxic effects. This study aimed to assess the effects of ZnO NPs on Raphanus sativus (R. sativus) concerning its tolerance levels, toxicity, and accumulation. ZnO NPs were synthesized by the wet chemical method and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The effect of ZnO NPs (70 nm) on R. sativus grown in coir was evaluated. The application of 1,000 mg/L of ZnO NPs resulted in a significant increase (p < 0.05) in soluble protein content, carbohydrates, chlorophyll a (Chl-a), chlorophyll b (Chl-b), total chlorophylls, carotenoids, and antioxidants by 24.7%, 58.5%, 38.0%, 42.2%, 39.9%, 11.2%, and 7.7%, respectively. Interestingly, this dose had no impact on the indole acetic acid (IAA) content. Conversely, the use of 2,000 mg/L of ZnO NPs in the same medium led to a significant reduction (p < 0.05) in soluble protein content by 23.1%, accompanied by a notable increase in IAA by 31.1%, indicating potential toxicity. The use of atomic absorption spectroscopy confirmed the internalization of zinc in seedlings, with a statistically significant increase (p < 0.05). In control plants without ZnO NPs, Zn concentration was 0.36 mg/g, while at the highest ZnO NPs tested dose of 10,000 mg/L, it significantly rose to 1.76 mg/g, causing leaf chlorosis and stunted seedling growth. This suggests potential health risks related to Zn toxicity for consumers. Given the adverse effects on R. sativus at concentrations above 1000 mg/L, caution is advised in the application and release of ZnO NPs, highlighting the importance of responsible practices to mitigate harm to plant life and consumer health. The study demonstrated the tolerance of R. sativus to high Zn levels, classifying it as a Zn-tolerant species.
Peran Lokasi dan Harga Terhadap Keputusan Mahasiswa Memilih STIE Mahaputra Riau dengan Minat Sebagai Variabel Intervening
Authors: Nusyirwan Nusyirwan , Safrizal Safrizal , Hidayat Rahmadani
Published: January 2024

Student interest and decision making to choose a place to continue their education is very important to be understood by every university, so it is necessary to make efforts to always learn about the needs and desires of prospective students. This study aims to determine the role of location and price on student decisions in choosing STIE Mahaputra Riau with interest as an intervening variable. The variables used in this study were location and price as independent variables, decision as the dependent variable, and interest as intervening variables.The data source in this study is primary data, where the data collection method uses a questionnaire method distributed in STIE Mahaputra Riau. The number of respondents in this study was 220 people who were determined by proportional random sampling. The data analysis technique used is path analysis. The results showed that location and price partially had a positive and significant effect on decisions, location and price partially had a positive and significant effect on interest, location and price had a positive and significant effect on decisions through interest as an intervening variable, interest had a positive and significant effect on decisions
Fitting Alternative Autoregressive and Moving Average Models to Nigeria Crude Oil Prices
Authors: Ekara Kingsley E. , Usoro Anthony
Published: January 2024

The need to compare the efficiency between the Autoregressive Integrated moving average (ARIMA (p,d,q)) models when modelling Crude oil price is the motivation behind this research. The research focuses on different orders of Autoregressive Integrated moving average models. The trend Analysis of the original series were plotted and was observed that crude oil prices were not stationary. The data were transformed by taking a natural log and the series becomes stationary after first differenced. The ACF and PACF of the stationary time series were also plotted which were the basis for the suggested ARIMA models. Error variances for the suggested ARIMA (p,d,q) models were derived and estimated as the basis for model performance comparison. Empirically, Crude Oil Price data spanning from January 2006 to July 2023 were used for the analysis. Findings from the study has revealed that, ARIMA (2,1,1) with the least error variance outperformed the other suggested models. The study further stated the estimated models for forecast of the future value of the crude oil price. The study recommends the use of error variance as a criterion for best model suggestion and ARIMA (2,1,1) was selected as the best model for modelling Nigeria Crude oil price.
Solution of First Order Ordinary Differential Equations Using Fourth Order Runge-Kutta Method with MATLAB.
Authors: Shior M.M , Agbata B.C , Gbor G. D. , Ezugorie, I.U , Topman N.N.
Published: January 2024

Differential Equations are used in developing models in the physical sciences, engineering, mathematics, social science, environmental sciences, medical sciences and other numerous fields. This article examined solution of first ordinary differential equation using fourth order Runge-Kutta method with MATLAB. The fourth order Runge-Kutta method for modelling differential equations improves upon the Euler’s method to obtain a greater accuracy without the necessity for higher-order derivatives of the given function. A first order differential equation was solved using fourth order Runge-Kutta method with MATLAB and the same problem was solved analytically in order to obtain the exact solution. The MATLAB commands match up quickly with the steps of the fourth order Runge-Kutta algorithm. Slight variation of the MATLAB code was used to show the effect of the size of h on the accuracy of the solution (see figure 4.1, 4.2, 4.3).The MATLAB and exact solutions are approximately equal though the MATLAB approach is easier and faster. The obtained results are in agreement with those in existing literature and improved the results obtained by [1]
Using Group Discussion as a Strategy to Promote Speaking Fluency in the Ecuadorian University EFL Classroom: Students’ Benefits and Teachers’ Challenges
Authors: Moreira Mejía Luis Leonardo , Alcívar Loor Tony Fabricio
Published: January 2024

Speaking fluently is one of the greatest challenges faced by second language learners. However, most students find it difficult to achieve this fluency and even tend not to practice their speech because it does not sound as natural as intended. The purpose of this study is to gather the experiences of different university lecturers and to know whether the use of group discussion has benefited students’ speaking fluency. It will be conducted using a qualitative approach. The participants were five lecturers belonging to the same public university, who were chosen by the purposive sample. The data were obtained through a semi-structured interview applied to the five participants, assuring them that all the information provided in the interview would remain anonymous. The analysis of the data was done through thematic coding because it allowed identifying the ideas that were linked and creating a theme for the analysis. The data obtained were analyzed according to the different research questions, which referred to the benefits of the strategy, their opinion as teachers, and the challenges of applying it. The information given by the participants showed that there are certain challenges when applying this strategy. However, the data obtained corroborated that this strategy does benefit the student's fluency.
The emergence of the Ukrainian community in Australia in the aftermath of World War II
Authors: Kulinich Mykola
Published: January 2024

Abstract. The article presents an analysis of the attributes and historical experience of the emergence of the Ukrainian diaspora in post–World War II Australia. The subject is relevant in the current context of Ukraine’s resistance against large-scale russian aggression.
Since February 2022, the devastating consequences of the aggression have forced a significant number of people to leave Ukraine. The massive wave of ‘Ukrainian migration’, notable by its scale and impact, allows the author to draw parallels to the migration flows witnessed in ravaged post-war Europe.
The article’s author argues that modern Ukraine could benefit from exploring the adaptation, organisation, and formation experience of the Ukrainian communities that evolved into influential diasporas in the United States, Canada, Australia, etc. Once rallied, the worldwide Ukrainian diaspora’s potential to oppose the ‘muscovite evil empire’ holds the promise of becoming a powerful force for defeating the global aggressor. The historical experience of consolidation and affirmation of Ukrainian identity and the strength of Ukrainian traditions, language, and culture constitute a genuine weapon against the influence of the ‘russian world’.
The size, influence, and authority of the global Ukrainian community as a whole and of particular Ukrainian diasporas in the major countries of Europe, America, and Australia are a contributing factor to the build-up of concerted efforts of the civilised world on a unified front against the revanchism of totalitarian ideology, the imperial ambitions of moscow, and their attempts to dismantle the democratic values of humanity. The author emphasises that today’s world is undergoing the formation of a new global order, where Ukraine’s victory in the war against the ‘moscow regime’ will emerge as the very achievement for which generations of Ukrainian people fought and fell in Ukraine and across the entire world.
Keywords: global Ukrainian community, Australia, Ukrainian diaspora, World War II, russian aggression.
Enhancing the Tribological Performance of Additively Manufactured Aluminium Alloy ER 5356 via the Cold Deformation Process
Authors: Muhammad Faris Akmal Md Azlin  , Ahmad Baharuddin Abdullah  , Shahir Yasin Mohd Yusuf  , Zarirah Karrim Wani  , R. Rajendran
Published: January 2024

Typically, in handling worn parts, to avoid extra expenditure, car manufacturers will send them to the scrap yard. Reconstruction of the worn area via additive manufacturing is now an option. Unfortunately, heat will reduce the deposited material’s properties, like wear resistance. In this study, the effect of a cold deformation via cold forging on the tribological performance of aluminium alloy wire ER 5356 fabricated by wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) will be investigated. The cold forging process was conducted at room temperature on an open die transverse to the direction of the deposited weld. Comparisons were made between unforged and forged specimens at dry and wet sliding conditions at varied speeds and loads applied. Based on the results, it was observed that forged specimens exhibit a lower specific wear rate than unforged specimens for both conditions. The coefficient of friction (COF) in dry sliding decreases as the specific wear rate increases. However, comparatively, COF at wet sliding is lower for both unforged and forged samples. As a conclusion, the cold forging enhances the tribological performance by lowering the specific wear rate and COF.
Numerical Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Novel Microchannel Heat Sink
Authors: Yew Wai Loon  , Nor azwadi Che Sidik  , Yutaka Asako
Published: January 2024

Microchannel heat sinks have gained prominence in the field of thermal management, offering compact and efficient solutions for dissipating heat flux from high performance electronic devices. Escalating heat flux in modern electronic devices, such as those found in telecommunication equipment, industrial automation equipment, solar devices, and data centre servers has driven the continuous development of microchannel heat sink to achieve efficient thermal management. The critical challenge in thermal management for these devices is to develop a microchannel that enhances heat transfer performance and minimises pressure drop. Heat transfer and pressure drop are two competing factors that determine the practicability of the design for real world application. Improvement in heat transfer performance usually results in an increase in pressure drop and pumping power. This study addresses the challenges of designing microchannel through comprehensive numerical analysis of fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of a novel design that combines ribs, secondary channels, and tertiary channels. The numerical results showed that the novel microchannel design achieves a favourable balance between heat transfer and pressure drop, demonstrating its potential to be used in application where high heat transfer and efficiency are paramount. To assess the performance of the microchannels, thermal resistance, a measure of system’s resistance to heat transfer is used. At the same pumping power, thermal resistance in the new design is consistently lower compared to other designs.
Comparison Study Between Galerkin Finite Element Method and Finite Volume Method for Diffusion Problem
Authors: Wah Yen Tey  , Yutaka Asako  , Keng Yinn Wong
Published: January 2024

The finite element method (FEM) is a robust and widely applied numerical scheme in the simulation of engineering problems, especially in structural mechanics. However, FEM is not as popular as the finite volume method (FVM) in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), possibly due to its complicated numerical procedures. Indeed, FEM possesses tremendous advantages compared with FVM, particularly in dealing with complex geometry and rendering attractive flexibility to modify the interpolation functions. It is well-known that FEM and FVM differ in mathematical formulation, yet there is a lack of practical comparison between them. Therefore, the paper aims to develop a Galerkin FEM (GFEM) model, investigate its strengths and weaknesses compared with FVM, and discuss the conciliation between FEM and FVM. Our case study focuses on a two-dimensional diffusion problem comprising steady and transient cases, with and without heat generation. Our investigation revealed that GFEM does not possess conservative properties, which might yield spurious heat flux, leading to a 2 – 4% overestimation of the temperature field, depending on the amount of heat generation. Moreover, GFEM incurs approximately 34% higher computational time than FVM. However, FVM can be perceived as a special form of GFEM, and their relations were discussed.
Mathematical Solution for Free Convection Flow of Brinkman Type Fluid in the Channel with the Effect of Accelerated Plate
Authors: Mohamad Riduan Hashim  , Zulkhibri Ismail  , Ahmad Qushairi Mohamad  , Muhammad Atif Akashah  , Wan Nura'in Nabilah Noranuar  , Lim Yeou Jiann  , Sharidan Shafie
Published: January 2024

The main purpose of this research is to formulate the mathematical models and solution for the effect of accelerated plate on free convection flow in Brinkman type fluid through two vertical channels. Using the appropriate dimensionless variables, the dimensional governing energy and momentum equations are reduced to dimensionless equations subjected to the associated initial boundary conditions. The analytical solutions are obtained by using Laplace transform method. Dimensionless parameters are obtained through dimensionless processes such as Grashof number Gr, Acceleration plate parameter, R, Prandtl number Pr, Brinkman type fluid parameter and time, t. The mathematical findings for velocity and temperature are graphically plotted to investigate the influence of dimensionless variables on profiles. It is observed that fluid velocity increases with increasing of Gr and t whereas it decreases with increasing of , R and Pr. Besides that, it is found that temperature profiles decrease with a high value of Prandtl number, Pr while increase with high value of time, t. In order to validate the results, the obtained results in limiting cases are compared with the published results and also with numerical Gaver-Stehfest algorithm. Both comparisons show that the solution is to be in a mutual agreement.
The penitentiary system in Ecuador in relation to the right to personal integrity
Authors: Jara Toca José Alejandro , López Moya Daniela Fernanda
Published: January 2024

The Ecuadorian prison system aims to generate the space and means for people who have committed an unlawful act to comply with the sanctions imposed by the judicial authority, where their fundamental and specific rights must be respected for this group of priority attention, with emphasis on the right to personal integrity, which is composed of the physical, psychological, moral and sexual aspects, which, ultimately, make up human dignity and well-being. This article was carried out using the hermeneutic method through a documentary analysis, therefore, it worked from a qualitative approach. The purpose is to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the protection of the rights of persons deprived of liberty, with emphasis on the right to personal integrity, in the light of the penitentiary system, which presents a series of challenges, as well as its international regulation. It is clear that the constitution recognizes specific rights for inmates, which are complemented by principles for their application, institutions for their protection, disciplinary regulations in the centers and jurisdictional guarantees such as Habeas Corpus for their protection, including a corrective approach to the execution of the sentence.
“Secret Correspondence” in Habsburg–Ottoman Communication in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century
Authors: Szabados János
Published: January 2024

For the Habsburg Monarchy in the seventeenth century, it was very important to collect, send to Vienna, and evaluate up-to-date information on the Ottoman Empire. Following the Long Turkish War (1591/1593–1606), it was necessary in the 1620s to organize, alongside couriers and other channels of correspondence (e. g. the Venetian post), a cost-effective and sustainable system with which to transmit news and, in part, intelligence. In this essay, I present the historiography of the “institution” known as the “Secret Correspondence” and the history of the organization and reorganizations of the system. I also establish a typology of the people involved in the correspondence, namely 1) letter forwarders, 2) letter forwarders who also wrote secret reports, and 3) spies who wrote secret reports regardless of their location (in this case, the person was more important than the information). In the first half of the seventeenth century (1624 to 1658), the system of “Secret Correspondence” had to be reorganized several times (mostly due to lack of funds). In each case, the main challenge was to find and continuously employ the right people, so the role of the recruiter was also important. The political situation in the abovementioned period had an obvious impact on the functioning of the system, too. My research is based on documents from the Viennese archives (Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, Haus-, Hof-, und Staatsarchiv; Kriegsarchiv, Finanz- und Hofkammerarchiv), which have helped me to offer a more detailed and nuanced understanding of the “Secret Correspondence” than found in the existing secondary literature.
Appalachia as Readable “picturesque touring”
Authors: Martin Michael S.
Published: January 2024

The third chapter of Appalachian Pastoral isolates a major landscape aesthetic feature that was used to further exploration into the region: picturesque touring. This chapter argues that early travel narratives into the Appalachian Mountains, as with Henry Colton’s Mountain Scenery (1859), invoke the visual re-created picturesque form, whereby objects in nature are portrayed in a pristine state, often accompanied with the movement of cascading waters. The picturesque was invoked in writings by William Wordsworth and others to commemorate a striking visual scene and to frame nature in its most elemental, unadulterated state. This frozen moment in time was partly an ideological gesture to stop, at least imaginatively, industrialism and development of a pure wilderness, to use some of the wilderness terms of modern ecocriticism.
“The beautiful of the awe and sublime”
Authors: Martin Michael S.
Published: January 2024

The fourth chapter will complete the triumvirate of European landscape typologies, with a study of how the sublime became a hallmark of Appalachian travel writing from the period. Beginning with Thomas Jefferson’s 18th-century description of Virginia’s Natural Bridge in Notes on the State of Virginia (1781), travel narratives from Appalachia emphasize the grandiose, large mountains that make up its dominant geologic feature and do so by gesturing towards Edmund Burke’s classic definition of the term. Charles Lanman’s vivid descriptions of Virginia’s Peaks of Otter, with “summits” portrayed as massive “watchtowers” (157) and other portrayals of the Appalachian Mountains that emphasize the massive size and emotional effect upon the viewer, derived from the European sublime, will be interrogated in this chapter.
Giovanni in Print
Authors: Fuhrmann Christina
Published: January 2024

In the 1810s and 1820s, London became obsessed with Don Juan. William Ayrton’s ambitious production of Mozart and Da Ponte’s Don Giovanni at the King’s Theatre in April 1817 rekindled interest in the well-known tale. Within the next six years, virtually every theatre in London produced a version, many of them comic burlesques. Especially popular was the third burlesque, Giovanni in London (December 1817), which saw Giovanni kicked out of the underworld and back to his old tricks in a new locale: London. The idea of a “sequel” captured the public imagination. From 1820–1823, Giovanni appeared in the countryside, Paris, Botany, and Ireland and was even reimagined as a vampire. While Giovanni traveled to many locales, perhaps his main destination was “Giovanni in Print.” Print culture enabled these productions’ existence. With no performing rights instituted until 1833, if managers could access printed materials for Don Giovanni, they could stage versions of it. Print culture was also crucial to these burlesques’ comedy, which was achieved by blending Mozart’s opera with current events reported in the press, contemporary novels, and other Giovanni burlesques and stage works. An examination of “Giovanni in Print” emphasizes how print culture was not a simple reflection of operatic life, but an integral part of creating theatrical works to begin with and a means to advertise, memorialize, interpret, and ultimately reshape the theatrical experience.
Authoring the Managerial Memoir
Authors: Hall-Witt Jennifer
Published: January 2024

This essay tells the story of the production and reception of John Ebers’s Seven Years of the King’s Theatre (1828), the first book-length managerial memoir published in London. The book has long been used as a source of information about the Italian opera in the 1820s, based on Ebers’s authority as the lessee of the King’s Theatre and as someone with an insider’s knowledge of the leading singers and dancers. However, as this essay demonstrates, Ebers played little role in writing the book, even though his name appears on the title page as the author. Instead, the book’s production was driven by its publisher, William Harrison Ainsworth. When Ainsworth became engaged to Ebers’s daughter in 1826, Ebers gave Ainsworth his publishing business to run as his own. When Ebers’s reign as manager of the King’s Theatre then ended in 1827, Ainsworth saw an opportunity to capitalize on Ebers’s fame by producing a memoir of his time as manager and lessee. This essay seeks to reorient scholars’ approach to the managerial memoir as a historical document by turning attention away from its value as a source of information about opera. Instead, it explores how Ainsworth was strategically engaged with the marketplace in the process of overseeing the book’s production and, in turn, how the press then mediated the public’s exposure to the book’s content.
A Special Battlefield
Authors: Fuhrmann Christina , Mero Alison
Published: January 2024

One rarely thinks of art music in general or opera in particular when thinking of music in Ireland. Traditional music has long dominated the cultural imagination of the Irish and of their international observers. For a multitude of reasons associated with Ireland’s long history of colonization, traditional music became a shibboleth of native Irish culture. As such, the native repertoire became the standard by which to gauge the “Irishness” of any new musical offering. Despite this cultural dominance, a small but vibrant opera scene thrived in Dublin in the long nineteenth century. Opera was an important part of the affirmation of culture within a colonized race. With Dublin’s status as the second city of the British Empire shaken after the Act of Union (1801) and with the profile of Irish nationalism becoming more Gaelic and Catholic after the failed Rebellion of 1798, Catholic Emancipation (1829), and the Young Ireland movement of the 1840s, the opera stage became a battlefield upon which issues of national identity were tested. Elements of print culture—reviews, essays, prints, memoirs, and sheet music—helped to define and guide this conflict. This essay explores a period framed on one end by John O’Keeffe’s The Poor Soldier (1783) and on the other by Julius Benedict’s The Lily of Killarney (1862) to show how composers confronted the idea of a national operatic repertoire by engaging with or circumventing dominant English tastes, rehabilitating the perception of Irish stage characters, and employing Irish traditional music.
Opera as Gaeilge
Authors: McHale Maria
Published: January 2024

Opera in fin-de-siècle Ireland occupied a dual position that both converged with and diverged from Britain. On the one hand, it replicated much of what was happening in the British provinces in terms of seasonal availability of opera through travelling companies and, consequently, their repertoire. On the other, Gaelic Revivalism had been growing apace from the late nineteenth century and influenced every aspect of Irish life, including opera. This juxtaposition and, indeed, transition, can be seen in the print culture of the period. The press—including national and regional newspapers alongside avowedly nationalist publications—advertised and reviewed operatic productions, and commented on broader operatic issues. This article explores aspects of operatic discourse during a period of immense social, cultural, and political change: a period of transition in which Ireland was part of the “United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland” through to the revolutionary years of 1916–1922, after which it became an independent state. The creation and reception of two Irish-language operas written in the early years of the twentieth century are the focus of the article: Muirgheis (1903) by William O’ Brien Butler and Eithne (1909) by Robert O’ Dwyer.
Wanting More
Authors: Weliver Phyllis
Published: January 2024

Opera was on Charles Dickens’s mind as he began Oliver Twist, for his rustic opera with John Hullah, The Village Coquettes, was on stage when Oliver Twist’s part publication began in Bentley’s Miscellany (February 1837). Dickens contrasted his realist objective in writing Oliver Twist with what he viewed as the moral shortcomings of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera; toe-tapping melodies did not warn audiences away from the thieving life. My argument is that Dickens’s formal innovations in Oliver Twist, a novel regarded as foundational in the development of the Victorian novel, are indebted to the musical aspects of London’s minor theaters, where fully-spoken plays were not allowed. The article begins by showing how songs, weaving through Bentley’s Miscellany, function like musical fillers between burlettas and farces. Oliver Twist, one of the “stock pieces” of Bentley’s Miscellany, was originally doubly framed by music. The essay then considers Oliver’s tale of misery as operatic in its own right. This comic/tragic contrast—startling to early reviewers—introduced a political edge to Dickens’s fiction. The non-verbal, tragic utterance (the cry) forms the basis of many of Oliver’s communications. Oliver Twist’s narrative thereby corrects what Dickens saw as faults of The Beggar’s Opera by replacing the thieves’ rakish airs with diegetic sounds of pain. Dickens endowed sonority with a rhetorical force, to which he drew further attention in Oliver Twist through repeated dramatic tableaux of crying and listening at moments of incarceration.
New Materialism, Late Modernism, and the Long Poem
Authors: Moffett Joe
Published: January 2024

This chapter provides an overview of concepts that will inform the case study chapters to follow. First, the notion of New Materialism is covered, particularly with respect to the work of Jane Bennett. Competing theories, namely Thing Theory and Object-Oriented Ontology, are discussed. The introduction then discusses Late Modernism in literary studies before it moves on to offer an overview of the tradition of the long poem in the last century. Nancy Cunard’s poem Parallax is discussed to offer a contrast with the poems that will be examined in the body chapters. The chapter concludes with an overview of the plan of the rest of the study.
“The loneliness, the independence, of stones”
Authors: Moffett Joe
Published: January 2024

This chapter examines Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid’s meditative long poem “On a Raised Beach” from Stony Limits. This chapter argues this poem offers a particularly clear view of the influence of vibrant matter on our lives—here represented by the stones that make up a pebbled beach on a small island in the Shetlands. This recognition challenges MacDiarmid’s thinker to reconsider his place in the world, and indeed humanity’s overall. A number of related topics are considered as a result, including the nature of mortality, as well as fundamental ontological concepts. Among these is MacDiarmid’s evocation of Duns Scotus’ notion of haecceity, translated as “thisness.” This concept is then examined through the lens of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guatarri’s later work on materialism.
Thing-Power in Muriel Rukeyser’s The Book of the Dead (1938)
Authors: Moffett Joe
Published: January 2024

This chapter examines the ways in which Rukeyser’s The Book of the Dead exposes what has been called the largest industrial disaster in U.S. history when workers on a tunnel project in West Virginia were needlessly exposed to deadly silica dust. The poem identifies what Jane Bennett calls “thing-power” in this dust, which Bennett characterizes as the way human made objects exert influences on humans in a way typically ascribed to living matter. While the dust is naturally occurring, not “man-made,” human action releases it. The chapter thus expands the use of Bennett’s term to situations in which the independence of the natural object is supplemented by human actions. It also touches on the way the form of the long poem serves as an integral tool for what Rukeyser identifies as a poetry of “witness.”
Objects of Faith in David Jones’s The Anathemata (1952)
Authors: Moffett Joe
Published: January 2024

This chapter examines the way Jones’s The Anathemata invests objects with sacramental power. These objects include not only those typically associated with spirituality, such as the host, but also natural objects such as stone and wood. These objects are shown to produce their own effects, particularly as they transcend any one historical moment and instead play a role in worship across millennia. Even words themselves take on the status of objects in Jones’s view as he self-consciously reflects on the human need for signification at the same he recognizes the effects of objects themselves, influenced also by his work as a visual artist. The chapter closes by discussing how Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guatarri’s notion of the assemblage relates to Jones’s representation of objects.
The Persistence of “unseasonable forms”
Authors: Moffett Joe
Published: January 2024

Building off Fredric Jameson’s observation that Louis Zukofsky and Charles Olson persist in using an “unseasonable form” as their long poems carry on with a Modernist aesthetic during the emergence of Postmodernism, this chapter examines how both poets self-consciously consider their relationship with objects. Closely associated with Objectivism, Zukofsky’s work, including “A”, foregrounds objects in our everyday lives. This focus on objects is informed by Zukofsky’s understanding of Marxist theory, although it is not limited by that knowledge. His debt to the materialist philosophy of Baruch Spinoza is also acknowledged. Olson rejects Objectivism in favor of what he calls “objectism” in his influential manifesto, “Projective Verse.” Olson does not become as closely associated with this concept as Zukofsky does with Objectivism. Nevertheless, this chapter shows how the notion of objectism can be used as a tool to understand Olson’s The Maximus Poems, from the poem’s early focus on the material lives of European settlers in New England to its final moments when objects take on equal value to the self, registering his speaker’s acknowledgement of vibrant matter.
The Al Sa‘id Throne Before 1970
Authors: Kéchichian Joseph A.
Published: January 2024

A detailed investigation of ‘Ibadhiyyah and power is the focus this Chapter, whose primary objective is to explore Al Sa‘id rule before 1970, precisely to clarify the role that Islam played in Oman. While ‘Ibadhism is discussed from both a religious as well as political angles, the purpose of this attention is to identify how and when the Imamate democratic tradition emerged. Were foreign occupations the real catalysts for the rise of the Imamate? What was one to make of the ‘Ibadhi revolution (1913–1920) that literally shook the Sultanate? This exploration is followed by a brief history of all Al Sa‘id rulers, from Ahmad bin Sa‘id (r. 1744–1783) to Sa‘id bin Taymur (r. 1932–1970).
Islam and Oman in the Muslim World
Authors: Kéchichian Joseph A.
Published: January 2024

Omani relationships within the Muslim World are spotlighted under two major headings: Muslim perceptions of ‘Ibadhi norms and diplomatic relations with leading Muslim societies. What were ‘Ibadhi religious influences in Muslim countries? How have early ‘Ibadhi influences, especially disagreements with the Kharijites [also known as the Shurat, an Islamic sect that emerged during the First Muslim Civil War (656–661), and who defected from the mainstream after they rejected arbitration], affected religious and political relationships? What was the moderating role of ‘Ibadhi Islam in contemporary affairs? What function, if any, did Oman perform within the Organization of the Islamic Conference? Of special interest to this discussion were ties with Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Turkey. The chapter then addresses the notion of ‘Ibadhi tolerance as a principal foundation of the Sultanate’s outlook.
Oman in the Arab World
Authors: Kéchichian Joseph A.
Published: January 2024

In Chapter 7, an effort is made to discuss contemporary foreign policy concerns within the Arab World. Because Oman and the World [RAND, 1995] studied the Sultanate’s foreign policy, the purpose of this updated conversation is different. Rather than focus on Oman and the World, here the effort is to look at Oman in the World, by covering issues that were not addressed in the first book. Naturally, the Sultanate’s immediate neighbours within the Gulf Cooperation Council, receive priority. The chapter then fills a major lacuna in the literature on Omani foreign policy by providing an assessment of the country’s diplomatic relations with leading Arab States, concentrating on the Arab–Israeli conflict and Palestine, Egypt and the League of Arab States, as well as ties with Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, and Yemen.
Omani Ties with Leading Asian and Western States
Authors: Kéchichian Joseph A.
Published: January 2024

Chapter 8 then turns to diplomatic relations with leading Asian and Western States, including the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. This chapter covers fresh materials and updates published data by providing assessments of whatever successes Oman recorded. Each section delves on political, economic and military ties between the Sultanate and its allies and partners. An effort is made to assemble various data bases to better evaluate relationships with Oman’s preferred partners.
Naming Catastrophe
Authors: Stojanovic Sonja
Published: January 2024

This chapter considers how the use of proper names disrupts the experience of time in Cécile Wajsbrot’s Mémorial (2007) and in La Compagnie des spectres [The Company of Ghosts] (1997) and its companion text Quelques conseils utiles aux élèves huissiers [“Some Useful Advice for Apprentice Process-Servers”] (1997) by Lydie Salvayre. It shows how reading someone’s name or the name of a significant place can bring together past and present, particularly in the context of loss and mourning. It first examines the obsession with the names Darnand and Pétain in Salvayre’s works. Then, it traces how in Mémorial certain names that have become synonymous with catastrophe and disaster (Auschwitz, Hiroshima, Alzheimer) can be transmitted in spite of their silencing.
Photographing Absence and Absent Photographs
Authors: Stojanovic Sonja
Published: January 2024

This chapter reads textual photographs in Jérôme Ferrari’s À son image [In His Own Image] (2018) and Jakuta Alikavazovic’s L’avancée de la nuit [Night as It Falls] (2017), both dealing with the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. It discusses the imaginative investment of the reader of these textual photographs to propose that the simple knowledge of their existence and their similarity to other pictures of atrocities is what causes a type of haunting. Through Ferrari’s novel, this chapter discusses war photography and the refusal to develop the very photographs that fueled the desire to document the war. Turning to Alikavazovic’s novel, it considers the erasure of photographs and the question of distance that is enabled by drone photography.
How Did We Get Here? The History
Authors: James Michael
Published: January 2024

Chapter One recounts the history of post-war industrial action in the UK. This brief history serves to contextualise the industrial disputes and political landscape about which the poets are writing, and the limitations of taking a more traditionally historic, sociological or quantitative approach to cultural legacies. Once the timeline is established, the ways in which the poems seek to complicate pre-existing labour narratives becomes more explicit. The chapter closes by arguing that the poems being examined highlight the ways in which histories are performed and constructed, and the way in which dominant narratives seek (and have come) to control the representations of industrial legacies. The poems allow for a more ‘human’, less economically and statistically minded interpretation of events. Poetry’s ‘interrogation’ of language encourages us to consider subjects anew, to consider more than linear histories. By questioning the way we write about these narratives, we question the narratives themselves.