bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Optimal planning and allocation of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles charging stations using a novel hybrid optimization technique
Authors: Subramaniam Ayyappan , Ravi Singh Lal Raja Singh
Published: July 2023

India’s expanding population has necessitated the development of alternate transportation methods with electric vehicles (EVs) being the most indigenous and need for the current scenario. The major hindrance is the undue influence on the power distribution system caused by incorrect charging station setup. Renewable Energy Sources (RES) have a lower environmental impact than the non-renewable sources of energy and due to which Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) charging stations are installed in the highest-ranking buses to facilitate their effective placements. Based on meta-heuristic optimization, this study offers an effective PHEV charging stations allocation approach for RES applications. The primary objective of the developed system is to create a charging network at a reasonable cost while maintaining the operational features of the distribution network. These troublesare handled by applying meta-heuristic algorithms and optimum planning based on renewable energy systems to satisfy the outcomes of the variables. As a result, by adding charging station parameters, this research proposes to conceptualize the distribution of optimal charging stationsas multiple-objectives of the problem. Furthermore, the PHEV RES and charging station location problem is handled in this study by deploying a novel hybrid algorithm termed as Atom Search Woven Aquila Optimization Algorithm (AT-AQ) that includes the ideas of both Aquila Optimizer (AO) and Atom Search Optimization (ASO) Algorithms. In reality, Aquila Optimizer is a unique population-based optimization approach energized by Aquila’s behaviour when seeking prey and it solves the problems of slow convergence and local optimum trapping. According to the findings of the experiments, the proposed model outperformed the other methods in terms of minimized cost function.
Lecturers’ readiness for EMI in Malaysia higher education
Authors: Lo Yueh Yea , Othman Juliana
Published: July 2023

The current study aims to examine lecturer readiness for English Medium Instruction (EMI) in higher educational institutions and the contextual influences of gender, age, academic qualification, teaching experience, EMI course teaching involvement, and EMI training. A quantitative research design was employed, and a survey questionnaire was completed by 227 lecturers (out of 250 invited participants) from private universities in Klang Valley, Malaysia to gauge self-ratings of personal knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes in educating EMI courses. The collected data were subsequently analysed via the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27.0 software before revealing the findings from the inferential statistics of the t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) on lecturers’ gender, age, academic qualification, teaching experience, EMI course teaching involvement, and EMI training. Resultantly, the important role of lecturers’ knowledge, understanding, skills, abilities, and attitudes was highlighted to further enhance intercultural communicative competence in managing the increasingly diversified student body in EMI classrooms.
Description and genome-wide analysis of Profundicola chukchiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., marine bacteria isolated from bottom sediments of the Chukchi Sea
Authors: Romanenko Lyudmila , Otstavnykh Nadezhda , Kurilenko Valeriya , Velansky Peter , Eremeev Viacheslav , Mikhailov Valery , Isaeva Marina P.
Published: July 2023

Two Gram-negative, aerobic halophilic non-motile strains designated KMM 9713 and KMM 9724T were isolated from the bottom sediments sampled from the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic Ocean, Russia. The novel strains grew in 0.5−5% NaCl, at 7−42°C, and pH 5.5−10.5. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene and whole genome sequences revealed that strains KMM 9713 and KMM 9724T were close to each other and shared the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 91.28% with the type strain Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale DSM 15997T and 90.15–90.92% with the members of the genus Empedobacter in the family Weeksellaceae. Phylogenetic trees indicated that strains KMM 9713 and KMM 9724T formed a distinct line adjacent to their relative O. rhinotracheale DSM 15997T. The average nucleotide identity values between strain KMM 9724T and O. rhinotracheale DSM 15997T, Empedobacter brevis NBRC 14943T, and Moheibacter sediminis CGMCC 1.12708T were 76.73%, 75.78%, and 74.65%, respectively. The novel strains contained the predominant menaquinone MK-6 and the major fatty acids of iso-C17:0 3-OH, iso-C15:0 followed by iso-C17:1ω6. Polar lipids consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, one an unidentified aminophospholipid, two unidentified aminolipids, and two or three unidentified lipids. The DNA G+C contents of 34.5% and 34.7% were calculated from genome sequence of the strains KMM 9713 and KMM 9724T, respectively. Based on the phylogenetic evidence and distinctive phenotypic characteristics, strains KMM 9713 and KMM 9724T are proposed to be classified as a novel genus and species Profundicola chukchiensis gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain of Profundicola chukchiensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is strain KMM 9724T (= KACC 22806T).
Dog breeds and conformations in the UK in 2019: VetCompass canine demography and some consequent welfare implications
Authors: O’Neill Dan G. , McMillan Kirsten M. , Church David B. , Brodbelt Dave C.
Published: July 2023

Introduction

Growing concerns over health and welfare impacts from extreme phenotypes in dogs have created an urgent need for reliable demographic information on the national breed structures of dogs.

Methods

This study included all dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK during 2019 at practices participating in VetCompass. Demographic data on these dogs were analysed to report on the frequency of common breeds and also to report on conformation, bodyweight, sex and neuter associations with these breeds.

Results

The study included 2,237,105 dogs under UK veterinary care in 2019. Overall, 69.4% (n= 1,551,462) were classified as purebred, 6.7% (149,308) as designer-crossbred and 24.0% (536,335) as nondesigner-crossbred. Across 800 unique breed names, the most frequent breeds at any age were nondesigner-crossbred (n = 536,335, 24.0%), Labrador Retriever (154,222, 6.9%) and Jack Russell Terrier (101,294, 4.5%). Among 229,624 (10.3%) dogs aged under one year, the most frequent breeds were nondesigner-crossbred (n= 45,995, 20.0%), French Bulldog (16,036, 7.0%) and Cockapoo (14,321, 6.2%). Overall, based on breed characteristics, 17.6% (395,739) were classified as brachycephalic, 43.1% (969,403) as mesaticephalic and 8.3% (186,320) as dolichocephalic. Of 1,551,336 dogs that were classifiable based on breed, 52.6% (815,673) were chondrodystrophic. Of 1,462,925 dogs that were classifiable, there were 54.6% (n= 798,426) short haired, 32.6% (476,883) medium haired and 12.8% (186,934) long haired. Of 1,547,653 dogs that were classifiable for ear carriage, 24.5% (n= 379,581) were erect, 28.1% (434,273) were semi-erect, 19.7% (305,475) were v-shaped drop and 27.7% (428,324) were pendulous. Overall, there was a 1.09:1.00 ratio of male (n = 1,163,512; 52.2%) to female dogs (n = 1,067,552; 47.8%).

Conclusions

Health and welfare issues linked to popular breeds with extreme phenotypes suggest that there is much work to do to help owners to make more welfare-friendly decisions when choosing which type of dog to own.
DISCO: A deep learning ensemble for uncertainty-aware segmentation of acoustic signals
Authors: Colligan Thomas , Irish Kayla , Emlen Douglas J. , Wheeler Travis J.
Published: July 2023

Recordings of animal sounds enable a wide range of observational inquiries into animal communication, behavior, and diversity. Automated labeling of sound events in such recordings can improve both throughput and reproducibility of analysis. Here, we describe our software package for labeling elements in recordings of animal sounds, and demonstrate its utility on recordings of beetle courtships and whale songs. The software, DISCO, computes sensible confidence estimates and produces labels with high precision and accuracy. In addition to the core labeling software, it provides a simple tool for labeling training data, and a visual system for analysis of resulting labels. DISCO is open-source and easy to install, it works with standard file formats, and it presents a low barrier of entry to use.
Learning effect on an isokinetic knee strength test protocol among male adolescent athletes
Authors: Costa Daniela C. , Valente-dos-Santos João , Celis-Moreno Jorge M. , Sousa-e-Silva Paulo , Martinho Diogo V. , Duarte João P. , Oliveira Tomás , Tavares Oscar M. , Castanheira Joaquim M. , Soles-Gonçalves Rui , Pereira Telmo , Conde Jorge , Courteix Daniel , Thivel David , Coelho-e-Silva Manuel J.
Published: July 2023

Learning effect occurs when the best performance is not achieved at the earliest trial of a repeated protocol of evaluation. The present study examined, within testing session, the intra-individual variation in an isokinetic strength protocol composed of five reciprocal concentric and eccentric contractions of knee extensors (KE) and knee flexors (KF) among male adolescent swimmers. Additionally, test-retest reliability was determined as intra-individual mean differences between two consecutive testing sessions. The sample included 38 swimmers aged 10.1–13.3 years. A subsample (n = 17) completed a second visit. Isokinetic dynamometry was used to assess concentric and eccentric contractions of KE and KF at an angular velocity of 60°.s-1. The protocol included three preliminary repetitions that were not retained for analysis, a 60-second interval, and five reciprocal maximal concentric contractions (cc). The preceding sequence was repeated for eccentric contractions (ecc) of KE and KF. Multilevel regression confirmed intra-individual and inter-individual levels as significant sources of variance in peak torque (PT) values. Intra-class correlation (ICC) fluctuated between 0.582 and 0.834 and, in general, a substantial percentage of participants need more than three repetitions to attain their best PT: KEcc (36.8%), KEecc (23.7%), KFcc (39.5%), KFecc (18.4%). For the subsample of 17 swimmers who completed a second testing session, intra-individual mean differences of the best PT were trivial or small. In summary, the validity of shorter protocols may be compromised if swimmers do not attain their best peak torque in the first few attempts, and the reliability of a 5-repetition protocol seemed acceptable.
Characteristics of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria patients in Brazil: A retrospective administrative claims database analysis of PNH patients in Brazilian public healthcare system
Authors: Menosi Gualandro Sandra Fatima , Salvino Marco Aurélio , Bassolli de Oliveira Alves Lucas , Jehá Thainá
Published: July 2023

Introduction

Few studies have reported the profile of patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and their care in the Brazilian health system.

Objective

To describe clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with PNH in the Brazilian public health system including procedures performed, associated comorbidities and visits to health care professionals.

Methods

In a real-world observational, retrospective, population-based cohort study, anonymized secondary data provided by the Department of Informatics of the Brazilian Unified Health System (DATASUS) were analyzed. Patients were considered eligible if they had at least one procedure coded with the ICD-10 code D59.5 from January 1, 2008 to December 30, 2018.

Results

In total, 675 individual PNH patients were identified (52.4% female; prevalence of 1:237,000 people). Around 15.8% of the patients included had myelodysplastic syndrome and about half of the sample had other aplastic anemias and/or other bone marrow failure syndromes. Portal vein thrombosis (I82 ICD code) was reported in 4.3% of patients. Regarding hospitalizations, 263 individual PNH patients had 416 inpatient admissions with the ICD code for PNH (D59.5) on admission. Twelve deaths occurred during the study period, of which two had the PNH ICD code related with the cause of death, while another three deaths were associated with acquired hemolytic anemia (D59.9), unspecified aplastic anemia (D61.9) and acute respiratory failure (J96.0), respectively.

Conclusion

Despite its limitations, this statistical analysis of data extracted from DATASUS reasonably describes PNH patients in Brazil and its variations across different regions of the country. Comorbidities frequently associated with PNH such as portal vein thrombosis were not as common in our study, but it is assumed that several thrombotic events at specific sites were coded under the broader I82 ICD code. The frequency of visits to different health professionals, including hematologists, increased after the diagnosis of PNH. Among hospitalized PNH patients, the mortality rate was 4.5%.
The role of perceived threat and self-efficacy in the use of Insecticide Treated Bednets (ITNs) to prevent malaria among pregnant women in Tororo District, Uganda
Authors: Kakaire Charles Nelson , Christofides Nicola
Published: July 2023

Background

Despite increased coverage of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) due to free distribution programs, ITN use in Uganda remains sub optimal among pregnant women. This study explored the relationship between constructs of a theoretical framework and Net use.

Objective

The study examined the role of constructs from the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM) in determining ITN use amongst pregnant women 15–49 years in Tororo district, Uganda.

Methods

A cross-sectional study using a systematic sample was conducted among 230 pregnant women attending antenatal care. The questionnaire was administered by trained research assistants. Analysis was conducted to establish the relationship between ITN use and perceived susceptibility, severity, self-efficacy and response efficacy.

Results

Over three-quarters (78.6%) reported using ITNs the night before the study while 49.78% reported consistent Net use. High self-efficacy (AOR 9.48 95%CI 3.34–26.91) was associated with ITN use the previous night and consistent use. High perceived threat was associated with consistent ITN use (AOR 2.78, 95%CI 1.16–6.67) but not with Net use the previous night.

Conclusion

Self-efficacy was an important predictor of ITN use, as well as high levels of fear, as measured through perceived threat, which was associated with consistent ITN use, but not ITN use the previous night. Social and behavior change communication interventions should focus on improving self-efficacy to use ITNs.
Where radio dare not tread: Podcasts as queer audio media
Authors: Drushel Bruce
Published: July 2023

Even given its focus on narrowly defined audiences, contemporary radio in the United States is commercial, and thus dependent upon a consumer goods sector that is market-driven, risk-averse and fearful of recrimination by those opposed to homosexuality or non-binary genders and government regulators. Queer listeners, unlike their straight counterparts, found in radio not mentors to guide them through adolescence and into adulthood, but the ultimately doomed task of attempting to conform to standards and rituals that did not fit them or to alternative readings of the texts found in radio’s music lyrics, disc jockey patter and commercials that constructed a world that were a better fit. In this article, I examine a varied and representative collection of podcasts and argue that the medium is uniquely positioned to deliver to queer audiences what conventional commercial radio was unwilling or unable to.
Podcasting as feminist pedagogy: An intersectional approach
Authors: Trier-Bieniek Adrienne
Published: July 2023

Podcasts have the potential to bridge a gap between education, the availability of information and which voices are highlighted in media. In this article I talk about the experience of building a feminist-based podcast for my students called Most Popular. The podcast was founded using the theoretical concepts of Paulo Freire, bell hooks and the principles behind feminist standpoint theory and public scholarship, giving undergraduates the opportunity to experience guest lectures from a more feminist lens. This combination of approaches demonstrates the ways podcasts can remove the limits familiar to including diverse guests in a classroom, particularly if the barriers are regional or financial. I combine these foundations with a discussion of the logistics behind starting a podcast for undergraduates.
Kreatívipar és a szervezeti etika társadalmasítása
Authors: Lits Benedek , Lits Levente
Published: July 2023

„Az alkoholista tagadja a realitást. Ezt tisztázatlan érzelmi indíttatásból teszi, mégis azt hiszi, hogy most, azzal, hogy ő vedel, tesz valamit. Rabszolgalázadás ez.” - Radics Viktória (2023)
Jelen és jövő - szállítmányozás földön, vízen, levegőben
Authors: Seres Marcell
Published: July 2023

Az elmúlt időszak egyik vezető témacsoportja a hazai- és világsajtóban a világot behálózó szállítmányozási piacokban bekövetkező változások. Globális ellátási láncokban felmerülő zavarok, fennakadások. Korábban a „just in time” logisztika által megkövetelt gyors, pontos áruszállítást egyre inkább felváltani látszik a „készletező logisztika és áruellátás raktárról”, melyben különösen fontos szerepet kap az áruk földrajzi helyváltoztatása. Tulajdonképpen ez lett a koronavírus által okozott pandémia egyik legnagyobb negatív hozadéka. Hogyan is állnak a szállítmányozási folyamatok, milyen új változásokkal kell szembenézni a piaci szereplőknek és ezzel kapcsolatban milyen munkaerőpiaci változások lehetségesek – erről kérdeztem Makai Évát, az ANY Biztonsági Nyomda Nyrt. szállítmányozási és vámügyi vezetőjét interjúmban.
All carrot – no stick: an alternative award framework to enhance ‘international’ students’ sense of belonging and engagement in the extracurricular
Authors: Harrop Harry , Hoppitt Stephanie
Published: July 2023

A sense of belonging and feeling at home at their institution are key factors in student success at university. Engaging with extracurricular activities is part of this dynamic, and an area in which ‘international’ students face additional barriers. These include institutional and psychological barriers to belonging, resulting in a shortage of meaningful opportunities to belong and a lack of motivation to take part. Increased belonging uncertainty and negative stereotype threat are among the potential concerns for such students. In response, we have developed the Student Extracurricular Engagement Award for pre-sessional undergraduate students at the University of Leeds Language Centre, UK. This scheme draws on theoretical approaches related to co-construction, participation, identity, opportunity and motivation. This innovative educational intervention seeks to address the issues affecting belonging by providing encouragement and guidance in engaging with the university’s extracurricular activities. By validating activities in areas other than academic language and literacies, the award raises student awareness of the value of their successes in those areas. This more holistic and rhizomatic approach to student learning is argued to bring a greater sense of belonging to ‘international’ students.
Liraglutide in adolescents with simple obesity and gastrointestinal comorbidities: treatment experience
Authors: Vitebskaya A. V. , Popovich A. V.
Published: July 2023

BACKGROUND: Liraglutide was approved for treatment of obesity in children and adolescents since 12 years. Due to gastrointestinal (GI) side effects not all patients reach maximal dose; this can affect the efficacy of obesity treatment.

AIM: To study efficacy and tolerability of liraglutide in adolescents with obesity.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed medical data of adolescents with simple obesity and GI comorbidities before and in 3 months after start of liraglutide (BMI SDS; obesity complications; liraglutide side effects, and maximal doses), duration of therapy, reasons for discontinuation, and BMI SDS in 3–6 months after discontinuation.

RESULTS: Liraglutide was administered for 10 adolescents (7 girls, 3 boys) 15.4 (13.5; 16.2) years with BMI SDS 3.3 (2.9; 3.7). Three months of treatment led to significant (p=0.001) decrease of BMI SDS till 2.8 (2.6; 3.5). Maximal dose of liraglutide was 3.0 mg (6 patients), 2.4 mg (2), 1.8 mg (1), and 1.2 mg (1). No correlation between maximal dose and BMI ΔSDS was detected. While dose titration patients complained of nausea (9), diarrhea (3), obstipation (1), and flatulence (1). In majority of cases complains were not dose-dependent. Only in 1 patient nausea and diarrhea that did not allow to increase liraglutide dose above 1.2 mg; additional investigation after discontinuation of therapy revealed GI infection.

Therapy was discontinued in 3 months by 2 patients (1 — side effects, 1 — satisfactory result), in 4–5 months by 3 patients (1 — relapse of excessive weight gain, 2 — financial reasons), in 6 months by 1 patient (satisfactory result); 4 continued therapies. In 3–6 months after discontinuation of therapy BMI SDS increased and did not significantly differ from basal.

CONCLUSION: Liraglutide is effective for treatment of obesity in adolescents and well tolerated by majority of patients. In case of pronounced adverse events additional GI investigation is recommended. Patients can discontinue treatment not only due to side effects, but also when they achieve their goal, and due to financial reasons.
The role of IGF-1/GH in the aging process and the development of age-related diseases
Authors: Ilyushchenko A. K. , Machekhina L. V. , Strazhesko I. D. , Tkacheva O. N.
Published: July 2023

One of the most important trends in geroscience is the search for the biomechanisms of aging and geroprotective methods. In recent years, more and more attention has been paid to the role of age-related decline in IGF-1 levels; processes that start with a decrease in the activity of the GH/IGF-1 axis. IGF-1 levels correlate differently with many age-associated diseases: diabetes mellitus, cancer, cardiovascular disease. A decrease in the level of IGF-1 and growth hormone in the elderly can contribute to the deterioration of the course of some pathologies, and also have a protective effect in the occurrence of different nosologies. The possibility of slowing down aging with the help of IGF-1 in basic research led to research aimed at studying the possibility of using IGF-1 preparations and growth hormone in clinical practice to slow down aging. We have studied the literature on the Pubmed platform, Scopus for the past 10 years in order to find some new information regarding influence of IGF-1 on aging, about the association between IGF-1 levels and major age-related diseases. We analyzed data of publications on the role of IGF-1 in aging and the development of age-related diseases. The search was carried out using key words: IGF-1, growth hormone, aging, the review included data from more than 60 publications.
Eating behavior features and preferred diets in underweight and obese young men
Authors: Mikhaylova N. I. , Pinkhasov B. B. , Sorokin M. Yu. , Selyatitskaya V. G.
Published: July 2023

BACKGROUND: Actual nutrition and eating behavior features affect the formation of excess or underweight which in turn are risk factors for the development of chronic non-infectious diseases.

AIM: To assess eating behavior features and consumption of basic nutrients in relation to metabolic disorders in underweight and obese young men of military age.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study enrolled 86 young men aged 18 to 23 years that were referred by military enlistment office due to violations in body weight and examined in the hospital. Participants were divided into 2 groups depending on the value of the body mass index (BMI): group 1 (n=41) — underweight (Uw) young men; group 2 (n=45) — obese (Ob) young men. Anthropometric, hormonal and biochemical parameters of the body were measured; the type of eating disorder (ED) was evaluated using the Dutch DEBQ questionnaire, the presence and severity of anxiety and depressive disorders were assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; assessment of the actual diet was performed using «Somatonic» computer soft.

RESULTS: Absolute intake of all essential nutrients was higher in Ob young men; the relative consumption of protein and cholesterol was higher in Uw young men, whereas relative fats intake was higher in Ob group. EDs were statistically significantly more common in Ob young men. The values of all anthropometric indicators were higher in Ob group, while Uw young men predominantly demonstrated deficiency of the body fat component which did not affect key hormonal and metabolic indicators values. In Ob young men carbohydrate metabolism hormonal regulation disorders along with increased blood pressure were revealed.

CONCLUSION: The ratio of proteins and fats intake should be taken into account in dietary regimens composition; Uw young men need to increase the proportion of fat and reduce protein intake, whereas Ob young men on the contrary need to reduce the proportion of fat and increase amount of proteins enhancing energy expenditure due to the specific dynamic food action.
Bariatric patient: what is the key to success? Case from practice
Authors: Ershova E. V. , Frolkova N. V. , Komshilova K. A. , Mazurina N. V.
Published: July 2023

Surgical treatment in the scope of laparoscopic gastric bypass for morbid obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM 2) with careful preoperative preparation, a gradual expansion of the diet with the obligatory observance of the recommendations of a nutritionist on the balance of micro- and macronutrients, a gradual increase in the amount of available physical activity in the postoperative period allows not only significantly reduce body weight, but also achieve compensation for obesity-related diseases. The expected development of micro- and macronutrient deficiencies requires an active search for and compensation for these conditions both at the pre- and postoperative stages. The development of postbariatric hypoglycemia confirms the need to comply with dietary recommendations not only at the stage of conservative treatment of obesity and DM 2, but also, no less important, after bariatric surgery.
Das UNIKAT in SERIE
Authors: Steinmetz Julia
Published: July 2023

Julia Steinmetz untersucht in ihrem Beitrag frühe wissenschaftshistorische Unternehmungen, die sich durch den Aufbau von Materialsammlungen auszeichnen. Am Beispiel der Autographensammlung Ludwig Darmstaedters zeigt sie, wie Autographe als historische Quelle und Ressourcen der Forschung im frühen 20. Jahrhundert an Bedeutung gewinnen. Indem der Blick auf die Rolle der Systematisierung im Kontext der Sammlung gelenkt wird, stehen die materiellen Grundlagen der wissenschaftsgeschichtlichen Forschung im Fokus, die um 1900 zwischen den Polen des auratischen Autographen und der chronologischen Serie angesiedelt waren.
Das Korpus der Autor*in
Authors: Schönbächler Martina
Published: July 2023

Martina Schönbächler widmet sich in diesem Beitrag der Frage, wie sich die traditionsreiche Organismus-Metaphorik für Personenarchive in einem Konzept der »Autorenbibliothek« weiterentwickeln lässt, welches die Autor*in als lesendes, schreibendes Individuum aus seinem Zentrum rückt. An die Vorstellung des Stoffwechsels anschließend, lassen sich der (körperliche, geistige, soziale) Mensch sowie die Privatbibliothek als Stoffsammlung (im physischen und übertragenen Sinn) als Faktoren innerhalb eines Hyper-Metabolismus denken, der von materiellen und immateriellen Logiken und Affordanzen bestimmt ist. Die Kreisläufigkeit von Textverarbeitung und -produktion; die soziale und intertextuelle Vernetzung in der Bibliothek; sowie die rhizomatischer Funktionsweise einer sich aus wechselnden Akteuren und Aktanten zusammensetzenden Autorinstanz überführt der Beitrag in die Metapher des Pilzmyzels.
Diskursives Doppel der akademischen Lehre
Authors: Tremp Peter
Published: July 2023

Das Nachdenken über Lehren und Lernen kennt eine Jahrhunderte alte Tradition, die auch die Universitätsgeschichte begleitet. Eine eigentliche Hochschuldidaktik hat sich allerdings erst vor wenigen Jahrzehnten zu etablieren begonnen: Deutlich verzögert gegenüber einer Didaktik der allgemeinbildenden obligatorischen Schule, in eigenständiger Entwicklungslinie, die sich eng auf Hochschul- und Bildungsreformen sowie gesellschaftliche Fragestellungen bezieht, und mit Betonung von Besonderheiten akademischen Lernens und wissenschaftlicher Arbeitsweisen.
Disziplinäre Perspektiven: Soziologie/Sozialwissenschaften
Authors: Pohlenz Philipp
Published: July 2023

Philipp Pohlenz widmet sich in diesem Beitrag der Frage, welche Beiträge grundlegende Kategorien und Perspektiven der Soziologie zur theoretischen Reflexion und Weiterentwicklung von Ansätzen der Hochschuldidaktik leisten können. Die Soziologie ist ihrerseits vielfältig ausdifferenziert, gemäß unterschiedlicher Erkenntnisinteressen, Paradigmen und Forschungsgegenstände. Mithin bringt die Soziologie auch verschiedene Perspektiven auf den Gegenstand Lehren und Lernen ein. So beschäftigt sich die Organisationssoziologie mit der Frage nach den Mustern, in denen sich Wissenschaftssysteme (bzw. spezifischer: Hochschulbildungssysteme) organisational verhalten. Die Bildungssoziologie steuert theoretische Perspektiven zur Beantwortung der Frage nach den Determinanten für Bildungserfolg und -misserfolg bei. Diese Frage ist zudem allgemeiner gesprochen eine Frage der soziologischen Ungleichheitsforschung. Die Wissenschaftssoziologie ist u.a. mit Fragen der Kommunikation zwischen der Wissenschaft und ihrer gesellschaftlichen Umwelt befasst. Weitere Beispiele für Schnittmengen zwischen soziologischer Theorie und hochschuldidaktischer Praxis ließen sich aufführen. Es zeigt sich hier dementsprechend, dass relevante Grundkategorien der Soziologie für einen forschenden Blick auf Studium und Lehre bemüht werden können: Soziale Ungleichheit, gesellschaftliche Institutionen, Organisation, Interaktion, Sozialisation und viele mehr.
Mediendidaktik und ihr Beitrag zur Hochschulentwicklung
Authors: Getto Barbara , Kerres Michael
Published: July 2023

Der Beitrag setzt sich mit der Verankerung mediendidaktischer Innovationen in der Hochschule auseinander. Es wird der Frage nachgegangen, welche Rolle mediendidaktische Innovationen als Treiberinnen für didaktische Reformaktivitäten und die Digitalisierung von Studium und Lehre auf den unterschiedlichen Ebenen von Hochschule spielen und wie die institutionelle Verortung mediendidaktischer Beratungs- und Entwicklungsaktivitäten Einfluss auf ihre Ausrichtung und Skalierbarkeit hat. Beschrieben wird die Anlage mediendidaktischer Aktivitäten in der Zusammenarbeit mit Akteuren der Hochschullehre zwischen Auftragsproduktion, Ko-Konstruktion und Kompetenzentwicklung. Es soll sichtbar werden, wie mediendidaktische Themen didaktische Innovationen in der Hochschulentwicklung befördern und in welcher Relation zu Hochschuldidaktik dies stattfinden kann.
"Mute Endurance": Precarious Planting and Affective Ecologies in Native American Novels
Authors: Mackenthun Gesa
Published: July 2023

This paper examines the subtle entanglement between sexual violence against Indigenous women and the extractive violence used against the land in US literature. The connection between land theft-cum-soil abuse and sexualized violence is the topic of a set of novels by Linda Hogan (kursiv)Mean Spirit (1990), Louise Erdrich (kursiv)Tracks, 1988 and its sequel, (kursiv)Four Souls, 2004) and Diane Wilson ((kursiv)The Seed Keeper, 2021). In addition to discussing these texts' representations of »affective extractivism,« I also want to shed light at their counterhegemonic, ecofeminist discourse of non-extractive intimacies - encapsulated in the role of Indigenous women not only as pawns in appropriative land deals but also as keepers of plant knowledge. I suggest that the reality behind the semantics of feminizing the land in colonial discourse rests on the tacit knowledge that women possessed an intimate familiarity with the complex organic entanglements between plants and soils. The history of female plant knowledge, it seems, remains as yet largely unwritten.
A Conversation with Cara Daggett about Affect, Sentimentality, and Extractivism
Authors: Germanaz Axelle , Gutiérrez Fuentes Daniela , Daggett Cara
Published: July 2023

Cara Daggett was interviewed by Axelle Germanaz and Daniela Gutiérrez Fuentes on March 22, 2022. The conversation revolves around the complex, yet understudied, relationship between sentimentality, affect, and fossil fuel extraction. As she reflects on her thinking of 'petro-masculinity' and energy systems in light of sentimentality, Daggett provides important hindsight on the role of affect and emotions in environmental and energy politics, on sustainability and the potentials of a politics of pleasure (and well-being) attached to it, as well as on energy transition, climate narratives, and planetary transformation.
2. Celluloid
Authors: Versteeg Wilco
Published: July 2023

In this article, Wilco Versteeg discusses material manipulation as a crucial artistic practice of Jean-Luc Godard, specifically in his Le Livre d'image (2018).
7. The Coloniality of Materiality: Brazilwood, or Unlearning with Anton de Kom in the Mauritshuis
Authors: Ekkelboom Oscar
Published: July 2023

In this article, Oscar Ekkelboom provides a critique of "materials" as a concept that is predicated on an extractivist practice that reinforces the logic of coloniality. Building on Anton de Kom's consideration of the wooden interior paneling of The Hague's Mauritshuis, Ekkelboom's decolonial approach opens up thinking about the afterlives of things in the absence of their materiality, underlining how slavery's history often hides in intangible legacies.
15. The Ephemeral Materiality of Sound
Authors: Meelberg Vincent
Published: July 2023

By taking the Tasty Chips GR-1 granular synthesizer as a case study, this chapter explores how digital technology has changed the nature of the materiality of sound. Digitisation enables the manipulation of sound in ways that were impossible before, which is done via movements that interact with an interface. In a sense, digital technologies turned sound from an intangible thing into a tangible object, and in doing so, radically changed the material nature of sound.
19. Clothing For/Against Walking
Authors: Geurts Anna P. H.
Published: July 2023

In this chapter, Geurts examines happy and less happy collaborations between people and (other) materials/objects in the act of walking. What happens when walking breaks down? This is a phenomenological question, but one that deserves historically specific answers. This chapter suggests two tools: 1) to distinguish between "helpful" materials/objects and "unhelpful" matter/things. When, for walkers, materials turn into matter, this has consequences for a) the materials themselves, b) the walker's body, c) the activity of walking, d) the walking space. 2) In order to discover what happens in these four phenomenological transitions from material to matter, we also need to listen to walkers' stories.
21. An Archive of the Future: Wood in Thomas Pitfield's The Poetry of Trees
Authors: Dam Frederik van , Koning Ghidy de
Published: July 2023

In this chapter, Frederik Van Dam and Ghidy de Koning examine Thomas Pitfield's The Poetry of Trees, a hand-bound booklet from the 1940s, the carved oak cover of which encloses a series of linocuts of trees that are accompanied by hand-calligraphed prose-poem descriptions. Van Dam and De Koning highlight the political and ecocritical implications in Pitfield's work: absorbing the fleeting presence of each human generation they outlive, the multiple trees of which the book is made, and which it depicts, ask that readers pay attention to the natural world in an age of industrial warfare.
23. The Arts Classroom
Authors: Meerkerk Edwin van
Published: July 2023

Research on arts education generally focuses on either the teacher (Bremmer et al. 2020) or the arts (Heijnen 2015). The context gets little attention, even though size, colouring, decoration, and furniture of a classroom is of essential importance for the practice and effect of any form of education, which is especially true for the fundamentally embodied practice of arts education (Meerkerk 2019). This chapter sketches new directions for research on arts education. It acknowledges the material context of teaching by following the ideas of Post-Qualitative Inquiry (PQI), an approach that draws upon Braidotti's (2013 and passim) and Deleuze's (passim) ideas on post-humanism, while incorporating concepts of Ubuntu (LeGrange 2018) and Taoism (Wu et al. 2018). The chapter will analyse two case studies using the 'speculative adventure' (Roussel 2021) of PQI to bring the art classroom to the fore as a space and as non-human actors. The chapter explores the classroom not only as a space of possibilities, but as an entity in itself that can independently start a dialogue, that has a character, and that sets norms to which its human guests must conform.
25. The Scholar's Coffee
Authors: Plate Liedeke
Published: July 2023

In this chapter, Liedeke Plate breaks a lance for materializing theories of embodied subjectivity. Focusing on the coffee break, it discusses the relationship between food and the performing body of the (cultural studies) scholar to foreground the material and biochemical dimensions of the embodied subject of academic scholarship and its entanglement with its surroundings. Given the colonial roots and neocolonial dimensions of coffee in the context of the academic culture of the Global North, her chapter poses questions about the coloniality of academic scholarship understood as a competitive, high-performance sport.
The Taj Mahal Hotel, Imperial, Sun'n'Sand, Oberoi, and others: the Indian chapter of the 20th-century grand hotel
Authors: Muhidine Éléonore
Published: July 2023

In this article, Eleonore Muhidine explores the wide range of grand hotels built in India's major cities between 1900 and 1960. Providing a distorted picture of everyday life in India, these postcards show foreign projections on the sub-continent, as well as the rise of an upper class.
Modenetze - Modeschwärme
Authors: Kamneva-Wortmann Anna
Published: July 2023

Modemacher*innen, Designer*innen, Influencer*innen, Medien, Subkulturen - noch immer wird die Verantwortung für den modischen Wandel bei zentralen Schlüsselfiguren gesucht. Doch die Gatekeeper*innen der Vergangenheit haben viel von ihrer Definitionsmacht verloren. Was also treibt Moden gegenwärtig voran? Die Initiative scheint auf eine große Zahl Einzelner übergegangen, deren Vielfalt vestimentäre Kulturen hervorbringt, die sich als räumliche Modenetze und zeitliche Modeschwärme beschreiben lassen. Anna Kamneva-Wortmann bietet eine neue Perspektive auf die modische Demokratisierung und behauptet: Kleidermoden entstehen und verschwinden heute »bottom-up«.
Moralna Interpretacja w ujęciu etyki cnót a psychologia społeczna
Authors: Kąkol Wiktoria
Published: July 2023

Celem artykułu jest próba odpowiedzi na pytanie, czym jest Moralna Interpretacja (MI). Punktem wyjścia rozważań będzie koncepcja MI sformułowana przez De Caro i Vaccarezzę (De Caro, Vaccarezza, 2020). Koncepcja zostanie poddana krytycznej analizie, podczas której wykorzystam oddolne podejście metodologiczne (the bottom-up approach). Konstruując własne stanowisko, skorzystam z wniosków wyciągniętych przez autorów oraz osiągnięć współczesnej psychologii społecznej, a zrezygnuję z przyjmowania arystotelesowskich założeń dotyczących phronesis. Będę argumentować za tezą, że MI polega na przypisywaniu innym ludziom dyspozycji moralnych, które według podmiotu mają wartość predykcyjną, oraz że MI stanowi fundamentalną część ludzkiego poznania, umożliwiającą funkcjonowanie w świecie społecznym.
The Value of Strain Echocardiography in Predicting Electrical Progression in Patients With Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Authors: Hosseini Leila , Rezaeian Nahid , Sadeghpour Anita , Amirajam Zahra , Farzamnia Hamid , Asadian Sanaz , Bakhshandeh Hooman , Hosseini Sara , Emkanjoo Zahra
Published: July 2023

Background

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular (RV) cardiomyopathy is a progressive disease characterized by the replacement of the normal myocardium with fibrofatty tissue. This study aimed to determine the value of echocardiographic RV deformation parameters in predicting electrical progression as assessed by serial changes in RV lead sensing and threshold in patients with arrhythmogenic RV cardiomyopathy.

Methods

The present study recruited 40 patients with a definitive diagnosis of arrhythmogenic RV cardiomyopathy at a mean (SD) age of 38.6 (14.2) years between 2018 and 2020. All patients had received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for the primary or secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death. The patients underwent 2-dimensional (2D) and 3-dimensional (3D) transthoracic echocardiographic examinations and RV 2D and 3D strain analyses, comprising free-wall longitudinal strain, global longitudinal strain, and strain rate. They were then followed up for electrical progression.

Results

During a mean (SD) follow-up period of 20 (6) months, the RV lead amplitude decreased from 7.95 (IQR, 4.53-10.25) mV to 5.25 (IQR, 2.88-8.55) mV (P < .001), and the lead threshold increased from 0.75 (IQR, 0.50-0.79) V to 0.75 (IQR, 0.75-1.00) V (P < .001). Right ventricular 2D free-wall (ρ = 0.56, P = .01), RV 2D global (ρ = 0.58, P = .007), and RV 3D free-wall (ρ = 0.65; P = .003) longitudinal strain correlated with electrical progression.

Conclusion

Right ventricular 2D and 3D deformation parameters were found to be significant predictors of electrical progression during follow-up of patients with arrhythmogenic RV cardiomyopathy. These findings suggest that echocardiography has a pivotal role in predicting patients at high risk for electrical progression.
The quest for certainty: Introducing zoning into a discretionary system in England and the European experience
Authors: Dembski Sebastian , O'Brien Phil
Published: July 2023

The critique of planning and new proposals to reform the English planning system and “rethink planning from first principles” have led to the introduction of rules-based principles into what is regarded as the paradigm of a discretionary planning system, culminating in a recent White Paper, which it is claimed will create a faster and better planning system than the existing discretionary approach. But are these proposals based on an oversimplified understanding of the differences between discretionary and regulatory models, neglecting, for example, the negotiation between stakeholders and the flexibility which also exists in regulatory planning systems? Our contribution will review some of the recent changes of the English planning system and reflect on experiences with zoning in European countries to bust the myth that the planning reform claims to address: the possibility to combine faster decision making with better place making and less interference from local planning authorities.
Dinamika Pemerintahan Kota Tasikmalaya dalam Penyelenggaraan Kearifan Lokal Nilai-Nilai Religius
Authors: Ikhsandi Dendy Mifta Rizqia , Yuningsih Neneng Yani , Akbar Idil
Published: July 2023

Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan dan menganalisis bagaimana Dinamika Pemerintahan Kota Tasikmalaya dalam penyelenggaraan kearifan lokal nilai-nilai religius yang ditinjau dari teori Dynamic Governance dari penelitian Boon Siong Neo dan Geraldine Chen (2007). Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data dilaksanakan dengan melalui studi pustaka, observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Teknik penentuan informan dilakukan secara purposive. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa berdasarkan tiga elemen utama Dynamic Governance, terdapat beberapa hal yang perlu diperbaiki seperti dekadensi moral yang setiap tahun meningkat, tidak efektifnya peraturan daerah tata nilai religius beserta program-program turunannya, serta masih adanya kelompok masyarakat yang merasa terdiskriminasi di Kota Tasikmalaya. Penulis menyarankan agar Pemerintah Kota Tasikmalaya untuk mengevaluasi peraturan daerah tata nilai religus dan program-program turunannya, mengoptimalkan semua elemen dalam pemerintah dan masyarakat, serta mencari alternatif pendekatan lain selain pendekatan keagamaan dalam mengatasi permasalahan peningkatan dekadensi moral di Kota Tasikmalaya.
Model Pengembangan Ekonomi Lokal: Studi Kasus Desa Sampirang I (Satu) Kecamatan Teweh Timur, Kabupaten Barito Utara, Kalimantan Tengah
Authors: Haridison Anyualatha , Iskandar Dian , Gaffar Ummu Habibah
Published: July 2023

Kemampuan pengembangan ekonomi desa merupakan salah satu cara untuk melihat kemandirian desa, namun tidak banyak desa yang mampu melakukannya  untuk mencapai level kemandirian desa, salah satunya adalah Desa Sampirang I (Satu) yang mendapatkan label sebagai desa sangat tertinggal. Setiap desa memiliki potensi yang digunakan dalam pengembangan ekonomi, tanpa terkecuali Desa Sampirang I (Satu) yang berada  di Kecamatan Teweh Timur, Kabupaten Barito Utara, Kalimantan Tengah. Oleh sebab itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi potensi-potensi yang ada di desa, dan menemukan model pengembangan ekonomi yang tepat agar dapat menjadi rekomendasi bagi desa-desa dengan kondisi yang sama. Untuk menjawab pertanyaan penelitian, maka penelitian dilakukan menggunakan  metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan case study. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui studi literatur, indepth interview dan observasi non partisipan. Sementara itu analisis data dilakukan dengan model analisis kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa Desa Sampirang I (Satu) Memiliki berbagai potensi baik sumber daya alam terbarui, sumber daya manusia dan BUM Desa sebagai potensi kelembagaan yang merupakan modal awal dalam pengembangan ekonomi lokal. Namun hal tersebut belum dikonversi dan diaktualisasikan karena adanya disparitas pembangunan yang membuat high cost economic dan tidak adanya intrusi multi-sektor yang menyentuh desa. Oleh sebab itu, dalam model pegembangan ekonomi lokal harus dilakukan dalam dua tahap yaitu tahap inisiasi dan tahap aksi, pemerintah desa dan BUM Desa menjadi main actor dengan peran dominan pada masing-masing tahapan. Tahapan inisiasi didominasi oleh kekuasaan dan kewenangan pemerintah desa untuk melakukan pembuatan kebijakan yang berorientasi pada pengembangan perekonomian desa yang berkelanjutan, membuka kerja sama dengan berbagai pihak, melakukan percepatan pembangunan melalui lobby dan negosiasi dengan pemerintahan yang lebih tinggi, serta melakukan penguatan kelembagaan BUM Desa. Sementara itu tahap aksi, BUM Desa sebagai motor pengerak dengan mengktualiasasikan dan melakukan value upgrading dari produk hasil sumberdaya alam yang terbarui, serta marketing produk yang dihasilkan. Model pengembangan ekonomi lokal  dapat dicapai jika adanya upaya optimal dari Pemerintah Desa dan BUM Desa bersama-sama dengan aktor lain baik public sektor, privat sektor, dan akademisi  dalam jalinan kerjasama dan kemitraan serta kolaborasi untuk membangun ekonomi lokal yang berkelanjutan.
Food, Housing, Work, Retirement: Resourcefulness in Everyday Life as an Element of the Functioning of Society and the Economy in the People’s Republic of Poland (Selected Aspects)
Authors: Jarosz Dariusz
Published: July 2023

The article attempts to determine the usefulness of the concept of resourcefulness for research in the field of social history of the People’s Republic of Poland. On the basis of examples concerning problems with provisions, housing, professional work and retirement benefits, an analysis of specific issues was made, where this resourcefulness manifested itself particularly intensively. The research shows that in many cases it was pathological. It meant a strategy of behavior consisting in achieving the assumed goals by individuals or various groups of people using means that are in conflict with the norms, rules, procedures accepted as appropriate in a given political and socio-economic order.