bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ultrasound evaluation of scar thickness for prediction of uterine dehiscence in term women with previous caesarean sections
Authors: Saeed Shaista Afzal , Masroor Imrana , Jiwani Ahsun Amin , Majeed Aiman
Published: June 2024

Objective: To determine the role of ultrasound in evaluation of scar thickness for prediction of uterine dehiscence.
Method: This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the Radiology department of Aga Khan University Hospital from 1st July to 31st December 2021 after approval from the University Ethic Committee. In this study pregnant women 18 to 40 years with a live singleton fetus with vertex presentation, at term, with history of prior caesarean section and availability of medical record were included. Using a curvilinear ultrasound transducer with optimally distended urinary bladder, the myometrial thickness was measured in the sagittal plane. The intraoperative visual findings of the lower uterine segment outcome at the time of C-section were recorded and categorized into two groups i.e., with and without dehiscence for statistical analysis.
Results: A total of 126 women were included. The mean age of the study participants was 29.8±4.1. The median gestational age was 35 (34-37) weeks. The highest AUC 0.58 was recorded for the scar thickness of ≤2.5mm with a sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of 80.9%, 36.4%, 36.3% and 80.8% respectively. Similarly, the AUC for the scar thickness of ≤2mm was 0.55 with a sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of 93%, 18.2%, 18.2% and 93% respectively.
Conclusion: Transabdominal Sonography is a safe technique to determine the LUS thickness during antenatal ultrasound at term. A cutoff value of ≤2mm showed a high sensitivity and negative predictive value of 93% for evaluating the risk of uterine dehiscence.
doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.40.7.8712
How to cite this: Afzal S, Masroor I, Amin A, Majeed A. Ultrasound evaluation of scar thickness for prediction of uterine dehiscence in term women with previous caesarean sections. Pak J Med Sci. 2024;40(7):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.40.7.8712
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Relationship of adhesion molecules (ICAM-1 and E-selectin) with ABO blood groups in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction
Authors: Iqbal Mohammad Perwaiz , Azam Iqbal , Yousuf Farzana Abubakar , Kazmi Khawar
Published: June 2024

Objectives: Adhesion molecules, sICAM-1 and sE-selectin appear to have a major role in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease (CAD). The focus of this study was to investigate the relationship of sICAM-1 and sE-selectin with ABO blood groups in Pakistani patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Methods: In a case-control study, 116 patients of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and 116 healthy controls (age range for both: 30 years to 70 years; both males and females) were randomly selected from the Aga Khan University and National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi with informed consent. The blood samples were obtained and analyzed for ABO blood groups and serum levels of sICAM-1 and sE-selectin using kit methods. Statistical tests including independent sample t-test and Two-way ANOVA were used to study the association of these adhesion molecules with blood groups in AMI patients and healthy controls. Duration of the study was from July 2021 to June 30, 2023.
Results: Mean serum levels of sICAM-1 were significantly higher in AMI patients compared to healthy controls (342±159 mg/dl vs. 227±104 mg/dl; p-value <0.001). Similarly, serum levels of sE-selectin were also significantly higher in AMI patients compared to healthy controls (53.6±26.9 mg/dl vs. 40.7± mg/dl; p-value <0.001). Moreover, mean concentrations of sICAM-1 and sE-selectin for the interaction between subject type (cases and control) and blood groups were statistically significant (p-value = 0.007 and p-value = 0.035, respectively).
Conclusion: There is an association of adhesion molecules, sICAM-1 and sE-selectin with ABO blood groups in Pakistani patients hospitalized with AMI.
doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.40.7.8978
How to cite this: Iqbal MP, Azam I, Yousuf FA, Kazmi K. Relationship of adhesion molecules (ICAM-1 and E-selectin) with ABO blood groups in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction. Pak J Med Sci. 2024;40(7):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.40.7.8978
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How can we support parents more?
Authors: Halls Christopher
Published: June 2024

In the concluding article in this series, Dr Christopher Halls, head of Early Years at Dulwich Prep London, explores some of the sustained consequences of the pandemic on children’s current attainment in early years, focusing on the impact on parenting.
Leading the Field
Authors: Roper Jack
Published: June 2024

CNHI’s New Holland marque is spearheading high-voltage farming with an electric tractor that includes autonomous features and represents the start of a new journey for farms around the world
F-16 Fighting Falcon at Fifty
Authors: Sampson Ben
Published: June 2024

The US Air Force has celebrated fifty years since the F-16's first flight
Zeybeks in Greek music culture in Türkiye: the example of Imroz-Gokceada
Authors: İnce Kenan Serhat , Madzhıdov Mihriban , Turhan Hüseyin Emir
Published: June 2024

The importance of Darülelhan and the subsequent compilation tours in the Republican period is of great importance for the creation of the Turkish Folk Music repertoire. These compilation tours constitute a large part of today›s Turkish Folk Music repertoire. It is noteworthy that there were no non-Muslims as source persons in the compilation activities. We believe that Folk Music culture is not composed of people of a certain nationality or belief; but of the geography that is home to that culture; and that the sphere of influence of cultural elements is beyond the political borders that change in historical processes. Folk music genres with a wide range of performance areas have been more affected by this situation. As a result of our research, it was detected that most of the local people living in the Gokceada region of Çanakkale are non-Muslims and that no musical field research has been conducted in this region before. The lack of studies in the region has led to the lack of scientific determination of information such as the society›s connection with music, which instruments they use, and which genres are performed more in this region. It is thought that this study conducted in Gokceada is important in terms of identifying and recording the musical characteristics of that region. The study was conducted with the field research method in the Gokceada region. The findings were obtained by using the interview method with the source person identified as a result of the research. The musical culture of the Gokceada region was analyzed by using a qualitative research model. Four findings were obtained in line with the works performed by Timoleon Caknis, a Turkish citizen of Greek origin who performs the traditional music of Gokceada, and it was determined that the findings were in the «zeybek» genre. The obtained works were recorded during the interview. After the interview with the source person was completed, dictations of the works were made. The notes were written with the MuseScore4 program. The study is considered to be important in terms of carrying out field research and compilation trips, which are relatively neglected today, in an area that has not been visited before; determining that the zeybek genre exists even in the westernmost part of the country; recording the collected works before they are forgotten by the people living in that region; and contributing the four zeybek works to the music culture of the region and the Turkish Folk Music repertoire. It is suggested that more studies should be conducted in this field and new field research should be created.
Development of tongue strength and endurance measurement device: A pilot study in healthy adults
Authors:   Communication Sciences and Disorders Division, Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, Yaemsuan Palita , Trevittaya Piyawat ,   Communication Sciences and Disorders Division, Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, Theera-Umpon Nipon ,   Biomedical Engineering and Innovation Research Center, Biomedical Engineering Institute, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
Published: June 2024

Background: Safe and efficient swallowing relies on adequate tongue strength and endurance. Thus, tongue strength and endurance assessments are essential for swallowing rehabilitation for individuals with swallowing difficulties due to tongue structure and function abnormalities. These tongue functions can be objectively measured using a standard device. However, in Thailand, assessing tongue strength and endurance using standard devices is not widespread in clinical practice due to the high cost of importing these devices. Objective: This study aimed to develop a precise, accurate, and reliable tongue function measurement device for the clinical assessment of tongue strength and endurance. Materials and methods: This study was divided into three phases: 1) Development of a tongue strength and endurance measurement device in a laboratory setting and administration of a satisfaction questionnaire, 2) Trial of the prototype device with six participants, and 3) Assessment of the test-retest reliability of the developed device and investigation of tongue strength and endurance values with twenty participants. Results: As a result of this development, a novel device for measuring tongue strength and endurance was obtained, which provides measurements in units of newtons (N) and kilopascals (kPa) for strength and seconds (s) for endurance. The device’s development cost was significantly lower compared to imported commercially available devices while maintaining the performance standards for medical measurement devices. This was demonstrated by its accuracy ranging from 96.40% to 100%, high precision with a Coefficient of Variation (% CV) of 0.90% to 4.21%, and moderate to excellent reliability with an Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) of 0.56 to 0.93. Furthermore, statistically significant differences (p<0.01) were observed between genders, especially in anterior tongue strength. Conclusion: The tongue strength and endurance measurement device developed through this study can be utilized for clinical tongue function assessment, giving patients more access to objective evaluations of tongue strength and endurance at a lower examination cost.
Shi'a Ethics: A Moderate Rationalist Interpretation
Authors: Ghanbari Muhsen
Published: June 2024

ABSTRACT: Ethics has always had a privileged status among Muslim scholars and in the context of Islamic civilisation. The efforts of Muslim sages and men of learning to develop systems of ethics by making use of two types of sources, i.e., naqlī (based on the Qur'an and ḥadīth ) and ʿ aqlī (based on rational arguments), provide ample evidence for this claim. My aim in the present paper is to argue for an interpretation of ethics which is informed by the teachings of the Qur'an and insights from ḥadīth as well as the ideas expounded by one of the greatest Muslim philosophers of all ages, Mūllā Ṣadrā Shīrāzī. My primary assertion is that the model I am about to construct embodies the fundamental framework that characterises the majority, if not all, of the ethical approaches and theories advanced by Shi'a scholars.
Shi'ism in Turkey: A Comparison of the Alevis and the Jaʿfaris
Authors: Yeler Abdulkadir
Published: June 2024

ABSTRACT: Both Alevism and Ja'farism are religious minority groups in Turkey which are sometimes conflated due to their reverence of some common figures, such as 'Alī ibn Abi Ṭālib and his descendants. However, despite the similarities between the two groups, there are many differences in the belief systems and sociocultural structures. This article highlights some of the key similarities and differences between Alevism and Ja'farism.
The Inclusion of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib in the Adhān
Authors: Hakimelahi Abdulmajid
Published: June 2024

ABSTRACT: The wilāyah (guardianship) of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib plays a major role in the faith of the Shi'a Muslims to the extent that it has appeared in their various practices and is expressed in the adhān . It is worth noting that some early Shi'a scholars rejected expression of wilāyah in the adhān but now it is a major characteristic of the adhān as performed by the Twelver Shi'a. This paper explains how this change came about and how it was eventually justified by the leading scholarly authorities of the community. After testifying to the unity of God and the prophethood of Muhammad, the Twelver Shi'a muʾedhin will normally recite ' ashhadu anna ʿAlīyyan walīyyu Allāh' (I bear witness that ʿAlī is the vicegerent of God). According to many Twelver Shi'a, this popular practice has become an integral component of the adhān . However, the wilāyah of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib was not mentioned in the adhān at the time of the Prophet or during the lives of any of the Shi'a Imams. Some scholars even claimed that this part of adhān is an innovation which entered in the Safavid era. This paper shall attempt to examine the origin and development of testifying to the wilāyah of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib in the adhān and argue that the practice is indeed a valid practice, as many prominent scholars nowadays believe. Initially I shall explain what the adhān is before moving on to discuss some narrations which have given rise to the practice of testifying to the wilāyah of ʿAlī in the adhān . Traditions which indicate that the wilāyah of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib was mentioned in the adhān during the Prophet's lifetime will be examined. After analysing the different views of the jurists and scholars of the Shi'a tradition, both prior to and after the Safavid era, it will be evident that the dominant opinion is that the adhān never included mention of the wilāyah of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib during the Prophet's lifetime nor in the time of the Imams. It follows, therefore, that attesting to the wilāyah of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib cannot be viewed as an integral part of the adhān , as some have seemed to believe. This view is certainly the dominant one held by most of our early scholars. However, it is worth noting that there is a clear consensus among Shi'a scholars that testifying to the wilāyah of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib after the declaration of faith ( shahādatayn ) is a highly recommended act and is viewed as the inevitable confirmation of the Oneness of Allah and the prophethood of Muhammad.
"Taking Life Too Lightly" or "Martyred for Righteousness"? Officials' Suicides in the High Qing
Authors: Wang Y. Yvon
Published: June 2024

Abstract: This article is a preliminary examination of officials' suicides in the high Qing. While existing research has amply described specific aspects of suicide in the Qing law, especially among women commemorated in the "chastity cult," this piece presents a more systematic view of suicide's legal definitions and common tropes in suicide cases. It also considers how the economic and cultural backdrop of the high Qing shaped elite men's suicides. How did officials' lives lead them to seek death by their own hands, how did their circumstances contrast to the suicidality of non-elite men and women, and how did their bureaucratic peers, superiors, and sovereigns regard their deaths?
Jewish Italian Literature before Primo Levi and Giorgio Bassani
Authors: Romani Gabriella
Published: June 2024

Abstract: Primo Levi and Giorgio Bassani represent two of the most prominent Jewish voices of the Italian modern literary tradition, recognized both nationally and internationally. Their literary portrayals of Jewish life and of the tragic experience of the Shoah have undoubtedly marked a new era in the representation of Jewish Italians. Little critical attention, however, has been paid to other Jewish Italian writers from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This essay aims to provide a first mapping of nineteenth-century Jewish Italian writers, while arguing the importance of studying Italy's Shoah narratives within the context of not only Fascism, but also of nineteenth-century Jewish history and the literature produced during the complex process of Jewish integration in post-unification Italy.
Descartes at War: Curzio Malaparte and Primo Levi
Authors: Capra Andrea
Published: June 2024

Abstract: In moments of crisis, René Descartes suggests maintaining a cool attitude of steadfast resolution to regain a vantage point of rationality over a given situation. Curzio Malaparte and Primo Levi's works, particularly through their self-proclaimed Cartesian protagonists, interrogate the feasibility of this stance during World War II. This unexplored Cartesian intertext shows how, despite these authors' differences, Malaparte and Levi both wrestled with overlapping epistemological, phenomenological, and aesthetic concerns as they attempted to make sense of the war's horrors. Unwinding this thread, I argue that Descartes's advice, while reasonable in theory, may not always be possible to follow in practice.
Into the Woods: Forests as Storied Matter in Italo Calvino's Fiabe italiane and the Folktale Tradition
Authors: Naponiello Luca
Published: June 2024

Abstract: Forests have a long history in the literary and folktale tradition. In this article, I approach the multifaceted representation of forests in Italo Calvino's Fiabe italiane and its intertextual connections. I highlight several functions of forests through the analysis of one tale type, that is Calvino's "Pulcino" (no.130), known to the wider public through "Hansel and Gretel". Here, forests are both imbued with national identity and are a space outside of civilization. Drawing from material ecocriticism, I argue that they are also a repository of symbiotic relationships between humans and nonhumans and an enchanted site of storied matter.
From Fire in the Eye to the Eye of War: A Media Theory of Laura's Gaze in Petrarch's Canzoniere
Authors: Tuan Lydia
Published: June 2024

Abstract: This article traces the development of the gaze by closely analyzing the Medusa myth in Ovid's Metamorphoses and in Petrarch's appropriation of Medusa in his representations of Laura in Canzoniere 179 and 197. By reading Petrarch through medieval elaborations of classical optical theory, the article proposes that relevant connections exist between Plato's extramission theory and current theories of visual culture, suggesting that Plato's theory of extramission has influenced how contemporary media scholars theorize visual regimes and ways of seeing. As once said by Paul Virilio, "once we have seen something, we have already started to destroy it".
The Literal Sense: A Prefatory Postscript
Authors: Whitman Jon
Published: June 2024

Abstract: Is there a "basic" meaning to a text? Or is every text ambiguous from the start? Insofar as a foundational work may be considered to be multivalent in meaning, by what principles do interpreters assess its "literal" sense? How broadly do they construe its scope — and what are the conceptual and historical implications of such perspectives? From antiquity to modernity, far-reaching changes in approach to literality are not just efforts to "figure out" words. Aiming to formulate relationships between words and events, they are efforts to figure out the world.
Interpretations of Literality: Muslim Legal Hermeneutics and Whitman's Five Questions
Authors: Gleave Robert
Published: June 2024

Abstract: Jon Whitman, in his opening contribution to the collection of essays Interpretation and Allegory: Antiquity to the Modern Period , poses questions about interpretive communities' assessment of the "literal sense" of canonical texts, about the criteria for downplaying parts of these texts in the process of allegorization, about the influence of enhanced allegorization on changes in the interpretive communities, and the continuities of idiom and orientation behind such changes. This essay discusses the answers that can be derived from the Muslim tradition, and, in particular, from the system of Muslim legal hermeneutics known as uṣūl al-fiqh , to these questions, and explores how these questions can illuminate interdisciplinary understanding of the functions of the literal sense in contrasting intellectual traditions.
From Comparative Poetics to World Poetics: A Proposed Theoretical Construction
Authors: Ning Wang
Published: June 2024

Abstract: This article puts forward, from a Chinese and international perspective, a theoretical construction of world poetics, based on preliminary researches in the field. Its theoretical foundation mainly lies in three aspects: (1) World poetics is a theoretical sublimation of the research results of world literature and comparative poetics. (2) So far almost all the relatively universal literary interpretive theories are produced in the West, which can hardly cover all literary and theoretical categories and experiences. (3) Chinese literary theorists are always concerned about the cutting-edge issues in international literary theory, and they have paid particular attention to comparative poetics.
From Weltpoesie to Weltpoetik : World Poetics as Third-Order Observing
Authors: Beebee Thomas
Published: June 2024

Abstract: This essay explores the idea of a world poetics through the lens of system theory. I propose three hypotheses that relate to Wang Ning's call for a world poetics: 1) world literature is coterminous with world poetics as guidelines for "making" world literature; 2) world literature is brought about by rendering the vast majority of literature invisible, whether the distinction is drawn geographically, generically, chronologically, or otherwise; and 3) world literature is third-order observing of literature, and that observing is its poetics. These theses are explained, exemplified, and applied to Wang's ideas in the course of my piece.
World Poetics, Narrative Poetics, and Genre Studies
Authors: Shang Biwu
Published: June 2024

Abstract: As a response to Wang Ning's proposal for world poetics, this paper makes a brief revisit to Earl Miner's work on comparative poetics in connection with his pursuit of literary systems before dwelling on the tenets and principles of Wang's proposed world poetics. Subscribing to Wang's position that all literary theories from different cultures should be given equal access to the theoretical body of world poetics, it takes genre studies as the point of departure and examines Wang's conceptualization of world drama in addition to narrative theory as particular cases to explore the means of constructing world poetics.
Love, Jealousy, and the Fear of Ontological Dependence: A Philosophical Reading of Shakespeare's Othello
Authors: Sandri Vittorio
Published: June 2024

Abstract: Othello truly loves Desdemona and yet, this paper argues, he wants on some level to believe in her infidelity. But if he loves her so much, why would he want to believe in something that would destroy that love? The answer to this mystery, I contend, must be found in the connections between jealousy, love, and the great existential fragility to which love can expose us—connections that Shakespeare's play is capable of illuminating in uniquely powerful and profound ways.
Explanation Beyond Interpretation
Authors: Hanlon Aaron R.
Published: June 2024

Abstract: This article questions the extent to which interpretation explains literature, arguing that interpretation and explanation are not the same thing. It first engages with recent critical discussions of method and explanation in literary studies, finding that they are not much about method at all. It then offers a methodological framework that goes beyond various "method wars" over "critique" and "postcritique," and toward ways of explaining literature that are not reducible to matters of interpretation.
Cultivating Moral Attention in Ellison's Invisible Man and Murdoch's Moral Theory
Authors: Smith Amy C.
Published: June 2024

Abstract: Is Invisible Man a sexist novel? Some critics have said so. I argue that reading Invisible Man solely with a focus on gender representation misses an ethically significant dynamic between Ralph Ellison's narrator and white women. Reading Invisible Man alongside Iris Murdoch's moral philosophy reveals a shared emphasis on cultivating attention to the realities of individuals by resisting fantasy. In viewing white women, the invisible man undergoes a Murdochian moral pilgrimage from fantasy to reality with courage, humility, and generosity. By situating this triumph within the American white supremacist patriarchy, Ellison corrects some of Murdoch's disengagement from politics.
Expression of FAM159B in Humans, Rats, and Mice: A Cross-species Examination
Authors: Beyer Anna-Sophia Liselott , Kaemmerer Daniel , Sänger Jörg , Lupp Amelie
Published: June 2024

Little is known about the adaptor protein FAM159B. To determine whether FAM159B expression findings in rats or mice can be extrapolated to humans, we compared FAM159B expression in healthy tissue samples from all three species using immunohistochemistry. Despite variations in expression intensity, similar FAM159B expression patterns were observed in most organs across species. The most prominent species difference was noted in pancreatic islets; while FAM159B expression was limited to single cells on the outer edges in mice and rats, it was detectable across entire islets in humans. Double-labeling immunohistochemistry revealed partial overlap of FAM159B expression with that of insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin in human islets. By contrast, FAM159B showed complete colocalization with only somatostatin in rats and mice. An additional analysis of FAM159B expression in lean and obese Zucker rats revealed larger islet areas due to increased β-cell mass in obese rats, which was accompanied by a smaller percentage of FAM159B-positive δ-cells per islet area. Beyond the known differences in islet architecture across species, our results point to larger dissimilarities in blood glucose regulation between rodents and humans than generally assumed. Moreover, findings regarding FAM159B expression (and function) cannot be directly transferred between rodents and humans.
On instinctive filmmaking in Will My Parents Come to See Me: A conversation with filmmaker Mo Harawe
Authors: Weys Dian
Published: June 2024

After its world premiere at Berlinale, Mo Harawe’s fourth short film played at over eighty film festivals, won the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and secured a European Short Film Award nomination. Apart from employing a slow cinematic style in service of a strong narrative that deals with the death penalty in Somalia, Harawe’s filmmaking style also illustrates how a filmmaker’s confidence in their feelings and instinct can result in the quiet devastation of Will My Parents Come to See Me.
‘Behind the Veil’: Documenting early short films at the AFI Catalog
Authors: Clothier Sarah Blankfort
Published: June 2024

This article describes and makes a case for the importance of the ‘Behind the Veil’ project at the American Film Institute (AFI), involving unprecedented research of short films released in the silent and early sound eras for documentation in the AFI Catalog. AFI’s research not only assists the Institute’s ongoing efforts to record the profound influence of women and people of colour to the creation, distribution and reception of early cinema, but it also rectifies an inclination in film scholarship that has long favoured feature-length titles – a partiality that has limited historians’ efforts to study how people from diverse communities made films and how they saw themselves on-screen. With generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, AFI is on a mission to establish the foundation of a new canon that represents filmmakers, actors and audiences who have been marginalized to date, offering a look ‘behind the veil’ of historical bias to reveal the true breadth of America’s cultural legacy.
Beyond the Veil: Genre hybridity, cultural specificity and anthology media in Aotearoa New Zealand
Authors: Harrington Erin
Published: June 2024

The Aotearoa New Zealand television anthology, Beyond the Veil, offers stand-alone horror and supernatural shorts from Māori, Sāmoan, Filipino and Chinese New Zealand storytellers. Focusing on the Sāmoan found-footage horror episode ‘26:29’ and drawing from internal government agency documentation, this article suggests that the state-funded series leverages the strengths of short-form storytelling, and the unique textual features of the anthology format, to offer a playful, often pointed counter to dominant (i.e. Pākehā/New Zealand European, Anglo-American) cultural and horror narratives, while creating much-needed opportunities for culturally responsive stories and production practices. These concerns are contextualized within an account of genre-led storytelling and the emergence in recent years of the anthology form as a powerful political site of Indigenous, immigrant and diaspora-led filmmaking practice in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Can we just work it out? Spike Jonze’s short choreographic storytelling in Arcade Fire’s ‘Afterlife’ (2013)
Authors: Choi Sarah
Published: June 2024

From his early days as an indie auteur to his more recent mainstream success as an Oscar-winning film director, Spike Jonze has been a pioneer of dance storytelling. In particular, Jonze’s experimentation with dance and the format of live music video, such as Arcade Fire’s ‘Afterlife’ filmed at the 2013 YouTube Music Awards, distinguishes him as screendance artist with an elevated sense of movement and flow. This article examines the director’s mastery of short-form choreographic storytelling in ‘Afterlife’, for how he ingeniously employs dance as both a narrative vehicle and a stylistic tool to bridge the mundane and the magical.
Against the tide: On the appeal of the fiction art short film
Authors: Fikse Per
Published: June 2024

In this article, I argue that in the short fiction film dichotomy of classical vs. art film, the basic strategy of the latter is to work against how we as viewers are conditioned to respond, by challenging our passivity with an array of narrative and aesthetic devices – the reward being activation through strategies that involve ambiguity, dissonance and co-creation.
Kultúra, közvetítés, generációk. Önkéntesség a Móra Ferenc Múzeumban
Authors: Kovács-Krassói Anikó
Published: June 2024

Az utóbbi években egyre inkább elterjedőben van az önkéntesség gyakorlata Magyarországon és világszerte egyaránt. El lehet jutni a világ legkülönbözőbb országaiba rövidebb-hosszabb időre, bekapcsolódni egy-egy szervezet, intézmény vagy akár egy család mindennapjaiba. Nem szükséges azonban távolra utazni az önkéntes munka lehetőségéért, számtalan intézmény munkájába be lehet csatlakozni akár közvetlen környezetünkben is. Tanulmányomban a szegedi Móra Ferenc Múzeum önkéntes képzését és programját középpontba állítva kívánom bemutatni az önkéntes munka különböző aspektusait, valamint magyarországi törvényi hátterét.
eZ a generáció ugyanaZ? Szegedi fiatalok olvasási szokásainak változásai egy évtized alatt
Authors: Bozsó Renáta Olga , Patkósné Hanesz Andrea , Urbanik Tímea
Published: June 2024

A KAPOCS Kutatócsoport Kultúrakutató Műhelye egy trendkutatás első két állomásaként tíz év különbséggel vizsgálta meg a szegedi 10-18 évesek viszonyát az olvasáshoz. Az aktuálisan ebbe a korosztályba tartozó szegedi tanulók olvasási szokásait felderítő átfogó kérdőíves adatfelvétel először 2011-ben valósult meg. Akkor papír alapú ívek segítségével vizsgáltuk az első Z generációs évfolyamokat felső tagozaton és középiskolákban. 2022-ben ugyanennek a generációnak a végét sikerült elérni immár online kérdőívek útján. Mindkét kutatás alkalmával több, mint 700 fiatal került a mintába. Célunk az volt, hogy a bő egy évtized alatt végbement változásokat rögzítsük az olvasás gyakorisága, eszközei, megítélése, valamint a könyvtár- és médiahasználat vonatkozásában. A válaszok többdimenziós összehasonlításra alkalmasak, hiszen lehetőségünk nyílt mindkét vizsgált évben összevetni a felső tagozatosok és a középiskolások mutatóit, de megfigyelhetjük azt is, hogy hogyan formálódott a klasszikus Z generáció 11 esztendő alatt. Követhetővé vált, ahogyan testet öltött az e-generáció és ahogyan megváltoztak az olvasási szokások és preferenciák. Az összehasonlítások lehetőségét tovább növelte, hogy időközben országos adatfelvételek is történtek, melyekből inspirálódni lehetett, eredményeinket pedig egymásra vetíthettük.
„Jöjj, drága tőr!” Szerelem, szülői tiltás és öngyilkosság Shakespeare három drámájában (Rómeó és Júlia, Szentivánéji álom, Hamlet)
Authors: Bernáth András
Published: June 2024

A generációk közötti konfliktusok egyik tipikus esete a szülők befolyása a fiatalok szerelmére és párválasztására, a szülői tiltás és annak olykor tragikus következményei. Shakespeare három drámájának filológiai elemzése e motívum kapcsán kitér a színjáték céljára, a fiatalok döntéseire, a végzet hatalmára és az öngyilkosság kérdésére is. A Rómeó és Júliában a két család ősi viszálya mellett meghatározó a Capulet családon belüli konfliktus is: Capulet döntése Júlia házasságáról. Ez a motívum a Szentivánéji álomban is megfigyelhető, Egeus és Hermia révén, majd a betétdarabban, Pyramus és Thisbe tragikomédiájában is. A Hamletben Polonius szintén eltiltja Opheliát Hamlettől, és az öngyilkosság kérdése is felmerül. A három dráma és a korszellem tükrében Rómeó és Júlia kettős öngyilkossága nem feltétlen szükségszerű megoldás, hanem elhamarkodott, sőt erkölcsileg megkérdőjelezhető tettként is értelmezhető.
High ejection fraction of the left ventricular trabecular layer of the human heart
Authors: Visoiu Ionela‐Simona , Rimbas Roxana Cristina , Nicula Alina Ioana , Vinereanu Dragos , Jensen Bjarke
Published: June 2024

Numerous diagnostic criteria for excessive trabeculation, or “noncompaction,” score the extent of the trabecular layer. Whether the trabeculations themselves have a poor or good contractility is largely unknown. We retrospectively analyzed cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) of patients with excessive trabeculation of the left ventricle (LV). The LV was labeled into four regions: compact wall, central cavity (CC), trabeculations, and intertrabecular recesses (IR). For each label we calculated the systolic fractional volume change (SFVC) in short‐axis images (n = 15) and systolic fractional area change (SFAC) in four‐chamber images (n = 30). We measured the ejection fraction (EF) of IR, CC, and total cavity. Three methods to calculate EF of the total cavity were compared: trabeculations included (per guidelines), IR excluded (Jacquier criterion), and trabeculations contoured and excluded (contour‐EF). The SFVC and SFAC of the compact wall were similar with SFVC and SFAC of trabeculations. In contrast, the IR were more diminished in systole by comparison with the CC, having lower SFVC (39% vs. 56%) and SFAC (37% vs. 72%). EF of the IR was also greater than EF of the CC (61% vs. 44%). Excluding IR from the total cavity or including trabeculations negatively impacts the EF (44% and 40%, respectively, vs. 51% for contour‐EF). The trabecular layer operates at a high EF.
The Role of Informative Advertising in Aligning Preferences Over Product Design
Authors: Roig Guillem
Published: June 2024

This article explores the relationship between product design and advertising, traditionally viewed as distinct business decisions. I build upon the seminal work of Matutes and Regibeau (1988. “Mix and Match: Product Compatibility Without Network Externalities.” The RAND Journal of Economics 19 (2): 221–34), where firms produce components that combine to form product systems, and introduce the necessity for firms to advertise their products to create consumer awareness. I find that a firm’s incentive to advertise increases with product compatibility. Greater product compatibility reduces competition, encouraging firms to broaden their market presence through advertising. Contrary to Matutes and Regibeau, when advertising influences product awareness, consumers prefer products with moderate compatibility over those that are entirely incompatible. Consequently, advertising aligns the compatibility preferences of both firms and consumers.
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Microhistory, Micropolitics, and Infrapolitics in Medieval Archaeology
Authors: Quirós Castillo Juan Antonio
Published: June 2024

In this study, it is argued that a microhistorical perspective applied to historical archaeologies provides intelligibility to certain mechanisms of exercise of power and forms of resistance in the local sphere. Adopting a microhistorical approach, two primary mechanisms of social order consensus creation and contestation are explored through the creation and negotiation of symbolic capital. Micropolitics are understood as a set of poorly formalised but meaningful practices that define, model, and negotiate forms of social domination by integrating different communicative languages. Infrapolitics shape the forms of resistance and agency of subaltern groups and, by definition, are not easy to track and identify. Through the study of small empirical illustrations from the medieval period in the Basque Country, the aim is to argue that there is a correlation between the intensity and complexity of the political practices that develop in local societies and the forms of contestation of rights and cohesion mechanisms. To carry out this analysis, material, textual, mnemonic, and oral records are used.
CFD analysis of particle shape and Reynolds number on heat transfer characteristics of nanofluid in heated tube
Authors: Evran Savas , Kurt Mustafa
Published: June 2024

Various nanoparticles have been used to increase the heat transfer characteristics (HTC) of nanofluids in the heated tube. The use of various shapes of the same nanoparticle can have major impact on the HTC. In this study, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of the impact of particle shape (Brick and Platelet) and Reynolds (Re) number (4,500, 6,000, 7,500, and 9,000) on the HTC of nanofluid in the heated tube was carried out in accordance with Taguchi method. Heat transfer coefficient, Nusselt (Nu) number, performance evaluation criteria, and average static pressure drop were chosen as HTC. CFD analyses for 1% Fe3O4 nanofluids in ANSYS Fluent software were performed in accordance with L8 orthogonal array. Particle shape and Re number were selected as the first and second factors, respectively. Signal/noise analysis was used to decide optimum levels and impact direction on HTC for each factor, whereas analysis of variance was implemented to define the importance levels and percentage impact ratios of the factors. According to the results obtained from the study, the nanofluids with platelet nanoparticles have a higher impact on the heat transfer coefficient compared to Brick nanoparticles. Although the increase in the Re number causes an increase in the heat transfer coefficient, Nu number, and average static pressure drop, it does not have any effect on the performance evaluation criteria. The results obtained from this study can be used as a guidance for experimental studies.
Klasik Türk Şiirinde Peygamberler ile Âşık Arasındaki Anlam Derinlikleri
Authors: Yılmaz Ayşe
Published: June 2024

Tanrı’nın emir ve yasaklarını bildirmekle vazifeli peygamberlerin kıssaları, edebiyatın anlam ve estetik alanında geniş yer bulmuştur. Yapılan telmihlerle hem manevi birikimden beslenen gelenek sürdürülmüş hem de beyitleri güçlendiren anlam katmanları inşa edilmiştir. Şiirin bir diğer önemli teması aşk, âşığın penceresinden ele alındığında asla bitmez bir acı hâliyken peygamber kıssaları ile bu acının anlatımı daha ziyade derinlik kazanır, okur üzerindeki tesirden emin olunur. Istırap yörüngesinde dönen aşktan şikayetçi olmayan âşık, hislerini Tanrı’nın çetin imtihanlarıyla karşılaşmış peygamberleri vasıtasıyla anlattığında acısına manevi basamaklar ekleyebilir. Klasik şiirde âşık kendini ekseriyetle; Âdem peygamberin cennetten kovuluşuyla, İdris peygamberin ilmȋ yönüyle, Nuh peygamberin tufana karşı verdiği mücadeleyle, İbrahim peygamberin ateşe atılmasıyla, İsmail peygamberin kurban edilecekken sergilediği metanetle, Yakup peygamberin oğlu için döktüğü gözyaşlarıyla, Yusuf peygamberin atıldığı kuyuyla, Eyyȗb peygamberin sabrıyla, Musa peygamberin Tanrı’nın tecellisini görmesi ve Tanrı ile konuşabilmesiyle, Davud peygamberin içe işleyen sesiyle, Zekeriya peygamberin zalimler tarafından katledilişiyle, İsa peygamberin şifalı nefesi ve göklerdeki makamıyla alakalı hususiyetleriyle ilişkilendirir. Bu makalede âşık ve mezkûr peygamberler arasında kurulan anlam bağları, seçilen beyitler ışığında incelenmiş ortaya çıkan güçlü hayaller, derin hisler ve üslup zenginlikleri izah edilmiştir.
15. Yüzyılın Kültürel İzleri Bağlamında Cem Sultân’ın Türkçe Dîvânı
Authors: Yeşilbağ Semih
Published: June 2024

Klasik şiir üzerine yapılan araştırma ve incelemelerle, şairlerin hayatla iç içe oldukları ve hayatın içinde olan her unsuru da sanatın potasından geçirerek duygu ve düşüncelerini anlatmakta bir araç olarak kullandıkları anlaşılmaktadır. Bu bağlamda klasik şiirde kültürün içinde değerlendirilebilecek ve toplumsal hayatın dinamikleri olan âdet, gelenek, görenek gibi unsurların üstündeki sanat perdesi sıyrıldığında mısraların içinde var oldukları, şairlerin bu kültürel yapı taşlarına da değindikleri tespit edilmektedir. Toplumsal hayat içindeki her malzemeyi kullanan klasik edebiyat sanatçısı açısından aslında bu çok doğaldır. Zira içinde yaşadıkları toplumun bir ferdi olarak şairler de içinde yetiştikleri toplumsal kültürün tesiri altındadır. Muhitinin ve devrin şartlarının tesiri altında olan şairlerin eserlerinin bu kültürel izleri taşıması kaçınılmazdır.
Bu çalışmada şiirle yoğun bir münasebet içerisinde olan ve Farsça dîvânıyla Hüsrev ü Şîrîn adlı mesnevisi dışında bir de Türkçe dîvânı bulunan Cem Sultan’ın (ö. 900/1495) bu dîvânında yer aldığı tespit edilen inanç, inanış, âdet, gelenek ve görenek gibi kültürel unsurlar üzerinde durulmuştur. Divanda kültürel bir unsura değindiği tespit edilen örnek beyitler; bağlamına göre tasnif edilmiş, bu beyitlerin dil içi çevirilerine ve bunlarla ilgili değerlendirmelere de yer verilmiştir.
Experimental Skills in Studying the Plant Organism in the Conditions of a Children’s Technology Park
Authors:   M. E. Evseviev Mordovian State Pedagogical University, Semenova Natalia Gennadievna , Jakunchev Mihail Aleksandrovich ,   M. E. Evseviev Mordovian State Pedagogical University, Kemesheva Alexandra Al ,   M. E. Evseviev Mordovian State Pedagogical University
Published: June 2024

In the context of improving the modern educational process, the role of organizations for additional education of children is increasing. They are designed to ensure the satisfaction of individual abilities and needs in various aspects of personal development. This fully applies to the activities of the children’s technology park, which operates within the structure of additional education organizations, associated with the introduction of new technologies into the educational process, which presupposes the mastery of experimental skills. Many of the students show interest in studying plants using laboratory equipment. To do this, there is a need to determine the composition of experimental skills, without which it is not possible to purposefully study plants in general, the plant organism, its components and the characteristics of their functioning, in particular. The article concretizes the concept of experimental skill, in the context of which the corresponding groups of skills are defined – organizational, communicative, theoretical and practical, indicating specific skills in relation to each of them with brief explanations. Purpose of the article. Updating the importance of using the potential of the children’s technology park in students performing research work on the study of living systems - the plant organism in the BIOquantum laboratory based on the use of an identified and characterized set of experimental skills. Research methodology. The methodological basis of the work performed is the activity approach, which serves as the basis for identifying the composition and characteristics of experimental skills, without which it is not possible for students in the field of additional education to purposefully carry out experiments in the BIOquantum laboratory of the children’s technology park. Research methods. The following methods were used: study and analysis of published sources on the topic of the article, a deductive basis for expressing the obtained materials and generalization in drawings. Conclusion. The identified and characterized experimental skills – organizational, communicative, theoretical and practical – act as a means of implementing the research activities of students in the field of additional education to carry out experiments on studying the plant organism in the BIOquantum laboratory of the children’s technology park.
Education of Value Attitude to Family among Adolescents in the World of Social Networks
Authors:   Dorzhi Banzarov Buryat State University, Khaltubaeva Klara A. , Ruliene Lyubov N. ,   Dorzhi Banzarov Buryat State University
Published: June 2024

The article reveals the problems of family education in the digital society. The “Childfree” movement, which emerged in Western Europe on the basis of the feminist movement, promotes the ideas of freedom and independence from the family. Supporters of the anti-family movement in Korea (“Sampo Generation”) advocate voluntary childlessness. These movements pose the strongest threat not only to the institution of the family, but also to the entire human society, denying traditional spiritual and moral values. The negative impact of social networks is manifested in the fact that barriers of communication between parents and children are created. It is proposed to develop a model of integration of educational interactions of teachers, children and their parents on the Internet. The school is considered as a social practice that relies on the infrastructure that includes material and social resources, including social networks. The benefits of social media and gadgets should be competently utilized. The content of social networks should be filled with strong Russian traditions of family education. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the relevance of the problem of education of value relations to the family in adolescents in the world of social networks. The research methodology is based on the poly-subject strategy of upbringing. The scientific literature was analyzed using the apperception method. Methodology and research methods. The development of the problem of education of value relations to the family in adolescents in the digital society is based on a poly-subject strategy of education. The scientific literature was analyzed using the apperception method. The result of the study is the formulation of scientific and pedagogical tasks related to the justification, development and testing of the model of digital educational environment of the school that promotes the education of value relations to the family in adolescents, providing pedagogization of the Internet environment. Such a model of digital educational environment of the school will be a means of pedagogization of social networks at the level of prevention, protection and management. Pedagogization of social networks should be evaluated with the help of informational, normative, activity, diagnostic indicators.