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The Transitive Construction of China’s National Image in the Editorials of The New York Times
Authors: Dai Xinyang , Hassan Hanita
Published: December 2023

The construction of a country’s national image depends not only on its promotion and construction in media but also on other countries’ reports on and comments about it, especially when they are in conflicting states. Taking the transitivity system theory within systemic functional linguistics as its theoretical basis, this study employed a qualitative method to investigate the construction of China’s national image in the editorials about the Sino-US trade dispute in The New York Times. This study first calculated the frequency of each process; then, it analyzed the distribution and function of each process regarding its role in the construction of China’s national image. The findings showed that, at 75.85%, the material process comprised the largest proportion, depicting the actions China has taken or the things that have been done to China. The verbal process ranked second, through which editorials aimed to persuade the readers and ensure authority. The percentages of mental and relational processes were similar. Moreover, an analysis of the relational process showed the attributes and values added to China. The images constructed by the editorials in The New York Times were mixed and conflicting. China was simultaneously constructed as the victim of the trade dispute and also as a country of over-production capacity, a voracious consumer of world raw materials, and a competitor with unfair techniques. Furthermore, China’s damages to the United States were highlighted and emphasized.
Representation of Local Wisdom in the Ancient Indonesian Manuscript as Literature Learning Materials in School
Authors: Tiyasmala Mipa , Andayani  , Anindyarini Atikah
Published: December 2023

Literature learning is essential in building students' character and increasing their sensitivity. Local wisdom's importance must be instilled within students in learning literature because its existing values are starting to fade and are not in demand by the current generation. This study aimed to investigate the local wisdom in the ancient Indonesian manuscript "Menak Lare 1" and its application as literature teaching and learning materials in schools. The present research employed a descriptive qualitative design. The object of the study was an ancient Indonesian manuscript entitled "Menak Lare 1". It contained stories about Amir Hamzah's struggle to spread Islam. The research data sources were informants and archives or documents. Data analysis in this study incorporated a flow model. The findings revealed that the elements of local wisdom were contained in the "Menak Lare 1" manuscript so that it could be implemented as literature teaching and learning material in school. The results of this research could help preserve local wisdom through the learning process by engaging varied lesson materials.
The Representation of Gaza War (2021) in the Official Remarks of Hamas and Israel: A Critical Discourse Study
Authors: Alnwihe Hamza K. , Al-Abbas Linda S.
Published: December 2023

This study investigated the representation of Gaza War (2021) in the official remarks of Hamas and Israel. All remarks released over the 11-day war were collected and analysed according to Van Dijk's (2006) ideological square to explore the discursive strategies that each party utilized and uncover the possible hidden ideologies. Two main strategies were employed in the speeches, namely, emphasizing our good things and emphasizing their bad things. The collected examples generated different themes including praising war achievements, war justifications, threats, future aims, and national glorification. The study found that each party tended to represent themselves positively and the other negatively. Israel focused their speeches on war achievements and threats while Hamas's speeches were more emotional and centred on self-glorification.
Dialogue in Lotman and Bakhtin: Implications for Foreign Language Education
Authors: Tian Haiqing , Hemchua Saengchan , Wang Yongxiang
Published: December 2023

Dialogue, based on Yuri (Juri) Lotman’s perspective, is an ontological characteristic of the semiosphere and the basis for semiosis in cultural semiotics; however, for Mikhail Bakhtin, it is a feature of language and communication. The notion of dialogue is fundamental to both of them. The current study attempts to explore the similarities and differences between Lotman’s and Bakhtin’s dialogues and has pedagogical implications for foreign language education. According to our findings, ‘I–She/he’ and ‘I–I’ communication channels exist both in Lotman’s and Bakhtin’s dialogues, and their dialogues are in the semiosphere. Bakhtin’s dialogue focuses on language, context, time, monologue, polyphony, heteroglossia, external mechanism, and humans, but Lotman’s dialogue centers on culture, text, space, multilingualism, internal mechanism, humans, and non-humans. Finally, this paper provides references for linguists in foreign language education and semioticians, and it is aimed to benefit college students taking foreign language education.
Pemanfaatan Aplikasi Smartphone: Peningkatan Hasil Shooting Peserta Ekstrakurikuler Sepakbola SMAN 1 Simpenan
Authors: Bakhri Rafdlal Saeful , Irawan Debi Krisna , Latif Moch , Ramadhan Chairul Umam
Published: December 2023

Shooting merupakan teknik yang sangat penting dimiliki oleh seorang pemain sepakbola, karena merupakan teknik yang digunakan untuk mencetak gol. Hasil pengamatan pada peserta ektrakurikuler sepakbola SMAN 1 Simpenan Sukabumi menunjukan bahwa hasil shooting masih perlu ditingkatkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh latihan kekuatan otot tungkai berbantu aplikasi smartphone pada peserta ektrakurikuler sepakbola SMAN 1 Simpenan Sukabumi terhadap hasil shooting. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan berupa pra-experiment dengan desain The one group pretest posttest design. Latihan kekuatan otot tungkai yang digunakan memanfaatkan aplikasi smartphone ”Home work out no equipment”. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 20 orang siswa peserta ektrakurikuler sepakbola SMAN 1 Simpenan Sukabumi. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah tes shooting sepakbola. Analisis data menggunakan paired sample t test dengan taraf signifikansi 5%. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan latihan kekuatan otot tungkai berbantu aplikasi smartphone terhadap hasil shooting, dengan nilai signifikansi 0,000 0,05.
Pengaruh Metode High Intensity Interval Training Menggunakan Elevation Training Mask Terhadap Peningkatan Anaerobik Laktasid Pemain Futsal Putra UPI
Authors: Wijaya Fahmi , Yusup Ucup , Sidik Dikdik Zafar
Published: December 2023

High intensity interval trainingis an effective and efficient method of endurance training consisting of several exercise cycles of short duration and each cycle using a combination of high-intensity exercise and interspersed rest with low-intensity exercise. The problem in this study is whether the application of the high intensity interval training method using an elevation training mask has an effect on increasing lactasid anaerobic ability. With the use of an elevation training mask that is used when undergoing the high intensity interval training method, it is expected to increase the lactasid anaerobic ability of UPI futsal players. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the high intensity interval training method using an elevation training mask on the increase in lactaside anaerobic ability of UPI male futsal players. The research method used in this research is the experimental method. The sample consisted of 10 people who were selected by purposive sampling based on the researcher's criteria. The research instrument used consisted of the Rast test and the Multitsgae Hurdle Jump test. The research design is a one group pretest-posttest design. To analyze the data used t-test. The results showed a significant increase in the method of high intensity interval training using an elevation training mask to increase the lactaside anaerobic ability of UPI male futsal players.
Perbandingan Tingkat Keterampilan Teknik Setiap Posisi Dalam Bola Basket Antara Atlet Porda Putri Kota Bandung Dengan Kabupaten Bandung Barat
Authors: Rizki Mochamad Kiki , Sutresna Nina , Rismayadi Alen , Berliana Berliana
Published: December 2023

This research uses a comparative descriptive method with a quantitative approach to compare technical skills among basketball positions in female athletes from Porda Bandung City and Bandung Regency West. The study aims to identify technical differences in basketball positions such as point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward, and center. Data was collected from 15 athletes in each team through tests and documentation. The findings show significant differences in technical skills, particularly in passing, dribbling, lay up, under the ring, and shooting, with variations between the teams for each position. Technical skills significantly impact team success and achievements in basketball.
Pengaruh Latihan Dribbling Circuit Terhadap Kemampuan Menggiring Bola Pada Siswa Ekstrakurikuler Sepak Bola Mts Nurul Falah Takokak
Authors: Latif Moch , Bakhri Rafdlal Saeful
Published: December 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ada pengaruh latihan dribbling circuit terhadap kemampuan menggiring bola pada siswa ekstrakulikuler sepak bola Mts Nurul Falah Takokak. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif jenis pre-eksperimen. Dengan desain penelitian One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design. Populasi dalam penelitian ini yaitu siswa ekstrakurikuler sepak bola yang berjumlah 40 orang. Teknik pengambilan sampel dalam penelitian ini menggunakan purposive sampling yaitu teknik penentuan sampel dengan pertimbangan tertentu dan yang termasuk dalam kretia untuk dijadikan sampel yaitu 20 orang. Hasil dari penelitian yang telah dilakukan analisis data terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan. Dan dari hasil uji T dapat diketahui nilai sig 0,000 0,05 maka dengan demikian penelitian ini terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan.results showed a sig value of 0.000 0.05, maka dengan demikian penelitian ini terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan
Profil Antropometri Atlet Elit Dayung Puteri Indonesia
Authors: Tafaqur Muhamad , Yusup Ucup , Kusdinar Yopi , Nurjaya Dede Rohmat
Published: December 2023

Rowing athletes' anthropometry is one of the factors that influences performance in rowing. The aim of this research is to determine the anthropometric profile of Indonesian women's rowing athletes in the 2023 rowing numbers. The research method used in this research is a descriptive method. The instruments used are anthropometric tests using a height measuring device (microtoise), a weight measuring device (digital scales with an accuracy of 0.1 kg), and a skinfold caliper. The sample in this study was 4 Indonesian female rowing elite athletes in 2023. The sampling technique uses total sampling. The results of the research show that the average height of Indonesian elite female rowing athletes in 2023 in rowing is 171.8 cm, the average body weight is 63 kg, and the average body mass index is 21.32 kg/m2. The Body Mass Index (BMI) of Indonesia's elite female rowing athletes in 2023 rowing numbers are all in the normal category. The body fat percentage of one elite Indonesian female rowing athlete in 2023 rowing numbers is in the ideal category and three athletes are in the excessive category. It is hoped that the results of this research can be a reflection for both coaches and athletes in efforts to improve the performance of female rowing athletes in accordance with the expected targets.
Plantar calcaneal spurs and their connection with lumbar herniating discs
Authors: Spahiu Elton , Erind Altin , Agolli Lindita
Published: December 2023

Introduction: Calcaneal spurs are bony triangular projections of varying sizes that are found on the calcaneum. By analyzing the incidence of plantar spurs and lumbar herniated disks, the current research aims to provide a reliable baseline for determining the pathological significance of spurs with herniated disks.
Methods: Consecutive patients who had visited a local physiotherapy clinic for plantar calcaneal spurs between October 2022 and February 2023 with no self-reported comorbidities such as diabetes or vascular diseases were qualified for the study. Of the eligible subjects, a total of 84 patients were randomly selected from the clinic’s database. All 84 patients were subjected to weight-bearing lateral foot radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging scans. A Visual Analog Scale (VAS) was used to measure heel pain. Associations between the presence of spurs, herniated disks, sex, body mass index (BMI), and heel pain were then explored.
Results: Of the 84 patients, 40 were males (48%) and 44 females (52%), with a mean age of 64.2 ± 5.6 years. The mean BMI was 28.5 ± 5.2 kg/m2. From the analysis of the imaging examination results, of the 84 patients with calcaneal spurs, 40 (48%) had lumbar disk herniation at L5-S1, 38 (45%) at L4-L5, 1 (1%) high lumbar herniations, and 5 (6%) no hernia. Women accounted for 45% of L5-S1 herniations and 41% of L4-L5 herniations. Pearson correlation between the variables speaks for a positive weak (r = 0.33) and significant relationship between VAS and weight and between VAS and BMI (r = 0.436, p < 0.001).
Conclusion: Given the high percentage of patients suffering concomitantly from plantar calcaneal spurs and discal hernias (94%), we assume that there might be a probable link between the two disorders.
Enhancing COVID-19 Diagnosis: A Multi-Modal Approach Utilizing the CNN Algorithm in Automated Applications
Authors: Kumar Keshamoni, Dr L Koteswara Rao, Dr. D. Subba Rao
Published: December 2023

Rapidly identifying COVID-19 patients is essential for effective disease control and management. To address this need, we have developed an automated application that utilizes multi-modal data, including Chest X-ray, Electrocardiogram (ECG), and CT scan images, for precise COVID-19 patient identification. This application comprises a two-stage process, starting with a web-based questionnaire and then the submission of medical images for verification. Leveraging various ML and DL techniques, including CNN, KNN, Logistic Regression, Decision Tree, and NaiveBayes, We conducted extensive model training and validation for LSTM, InceptionV3, SVM, Resnet, and MobileNet. The CNN algorithm emerged as the top-performing method across all modalities, demonstrating exceptional accuracy, precision, recall, F-score, and a minimal false prediction rate. Confusion matrices were employed for comprehensive result evaluation. This study highlights the potential of multi-modal data analysis, particularly the CNN algorithm, for efficiently and accurately identifying COVID-19 patients.
The Yolk Sac Abnormalities, Maternal Serum Level of Cancer Antigen 125 (CA-125) and Beta Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (B-HCG) as an Early Predictors of First Trimester Pregnancy Loss in Patients with Threatened Miscarriage
Authors: Eman Adel Bastawi  , Mohamed M. Shaaban  , Eman Ahmed Keshk  , Asmaa M. Elgedawy
Published: December 2023

Background: Pregnancy loss before 20 weeks is considered a miscarriage, as is the loss of a fetus weighing less than 500 grams before viability. A medical emergency, threatened miscarriage affects 15–25% of pregnancies.

Aim and objectives: The goal of this study was to assess the predictive value of maternal blood levels of Cancer Antigen 125 (CA-125) and beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (B- HCG) in individuals at risk of miscarriage during the first trimester.

Subjects and methods: This study was a prospective cohort study. This study included 120 pregnant women with threatened abortion between (6-11 weeks) and followed up till end of 14th week. Results: 36(30%) of pregnant women aborted, while 84(70%) of women continued till 14th weeks of pregnancy. At a cut-off value of 45 U/ml, the CA125 test was shown to have a sensitivity of 88.9% and a specificity of 77.5%, respectively, while also having a positive predictive value of 79.8% and a negative predictive value of 87.5%. At a cut-off value of 18.501 mlIU/ml, the B-HCG test's sensitivity and specificity were determined to be 96.3 and 88.9, respectively, with a positive predictive value of 89.7% and a negative predictive value of 96%.

Conclusion: Even before fetal morphology can be investigated sonographically, abnormalities in the size of the yolk sac can be utilized as a good prognostic sign of early pregnancy loss. Pregnancy viability can be estimated from first trimester serum CA 125 and Beta HCG measurements.
Diagnostic system of the facility for studying superconducting quadrupoles
Authors: Ageev Anatoliy I. , Kozub Sergey S. , Stolyarov Maxim N.
Published: December 2023

For the HED@FAIR project, NRC “Kurchatov Institute” — IHEP creates four quadrupole magnets with a unique combination of a large internal diameter of the superconducting winding and a high magnetic field gradient in the magnet aperture. To evaluate these superconducting magnets in different operation modes (cooling, maintaining operating parameters, heating, and transitioning magnet to the normal state), a cryogenic facility equipped with a diagnostic system was created. The main measured parameters of the unit were temperature, pressure, and vacuum in the equipment and pipelines, levels of liquid helium and liquid nitrogen, level of the gas holder, and helium flow rate. The control devices were represented by valves with electric and valves. For processing incoming signals from sensors and generation of control actions, the equipment of the domestic company OVEN was used, particularly analog input modules MV110, discrete output modules MU110, and interface converters alternating current four and direct current power supplies. The critical part of the diagnostics system, namely, the control of cryogenic valves, was provided through analog output modules NI 9219 and input modules NI 9212 (feedback) of the CompactRIO chassis. The program part of the installation for the study of superconducting quadruples is a mnemonic diagram with interactive graphic elements, physically located on the computer (operator console), and available in the read mode via the remote desktop protocol to users outside the installation. The mnemonic scheme allows the manual control of the plant’s valves and the automatic regulation of some indicators, depending on the settings assigned by the operator. The dynamics of the processes can be monitored with graphs on the right side of the interface. These graphs are displayed on a separate display at the operator’s console, whereas they are displayed on a unified screen for remote users.
Blind and Deaf Together: Cross-Disability Community at Virginia's Residential School for Black Disabled Youth
Authors: Conner G. Jasper
Published: December 2023

Disability history has embraced the cultural model of Deafness which argues that residential schools fostered a common identity unified around the use of sign language. This article argues that this model was built on examinations of primarily (and exclusively) white institutions, resulting in scholarship that erases the distinct experiences of deaf African Americans. Cross-disability experiences were central to the lives of Black children at the Virginia State School, a residential school for deaf and blind African American youth. Far from a statistical outlier, the majority of Southern states used this cost saving measure to educate blind and deaf African Americans. Though not exclusively utilized for African Americans, the disproportionate use of combined schools reflects a Jim Crow approach to disability designed to reduce state expenditures at the cost of services rendered to the Black community. Relying on previously unused sources of the Virginia State School, including surviving records of administrators and a school bulletin with student contributors, this article explores a community where nearly every aspect of life involved cross-disability relationships. Oral histories with former students add to this narrative, revealing how young people who came to identify as culturally Deaf, communicated with partially blind students through sign language and with fully blind students through spoken English. This approach to deaf and blind education regularized cross-disability interactions among African Americans in Virginia, producing a community at the school defined by their categorization as disabled and Black, more so than by specific disabilities.
Reading a legacy of black gay literature in/to Disability Studies and a Crip-of-Color Theory: Exploring the work of Joseph Beam, Essex Hemphill and Audre Lorde
Authors: Day Ally
Published: December 2023

This article reads works of Audre Lorde, Essex Hemphill, Joseph Beam, and other writers through what I name a palimpsestic practice of crip reading . The very way in which we must find and read the voices of Black gay men is by locating anthologies and reading those contributors in palimpsestic relationship to one another and to Black feminist writers and organizers. Although Black gay men and Black feminists of the 1980’s and 1990’s engaged with cancer and HIV in their writings, they are often considered as part of different political, cultural, and intellectual legacies than is often included in the field of Disability Studies. A palimpsestic reading of their works as entangled with each other reveals new genealogies of crip activist and cultural work. By this I mean that Black queer and/or feminist writing exist in a palimpsest relationship with Disability Studies; one can read the layers of thought through one another.  A palimpsestic reading also proposes that cultural workers presumed to be outside the sphere of Disability Studies are, in fact, central to creating a crip-of-color theory.
My Panalangin of (Un)Belonging: Encountering Still Gestures of Prayer, Improvising Still Movements through Depression
Authors: Esteban Jose Miguel
Published: December 2023

Through this article, this dance, I attempt to describe my encounters with an object from my past: a rosary. I return to the rosary as the inspiration for my dance, a dance that maps out the making of my bodymind through narratives of race, queerness, disability, and madness. Through irrational jumps between time and space, but always from the rosary, I release the stories of my (un)belonging within the Philippine diaspora as a Filipino-Canadian settler on Turtle Island. And as I repeatedly encounter this object and meditate on my prayer—my panalangin—I find myself continuously (re)interpreting the gestures of stillness through which I begin to embrace my movements through depression.
Cross-Coalitional Anti-Racist and Anti-Ableist Movements? Building on Maroon/Fugitive Knowledges and Global South Epistemologies
Authors: Padilla Alexis
Published: December 2023

The present essay interrogates cross-coalitional, anti-racist and anti-ableist movement building in the global north and in the global south through the perspectives of fugitive, maroon knowledges and global south epistemologies. The essay builds upon the theoretical grounding offered by LatDisCrit through its integrative bridging work across DisCrit and LatCrit theory and its prioritization of diasporic, sociopolitical engagements with sociohistorical manifestations of trans-Latinidades throughout U.S. imperial territorialities. As such, the essay relies on the use of counterstorytelling as a hermeneutic method which surfaces otherwise hidden dimensions of global south epistemologies that in this essay are operationalized as knowledges born in the struggle, regardless of whether the struggle in question takes place in global north, global south contexts, or both. The essay concludes with critical explorations on the concept of quilombo. This notion is proposed as a possibilitarian space for cross-coalitional resistance, emancipatory learning, radical agency and radical solidarity.
Signs of Grace: Protestant Pro-slavery Rhetoric of Disability in the 19th Century
Authors: Micale Calli
Published: December 2023

This archival analysis of 19th-century Protestant pro-slavery rhetoric shows that positive evaluations of disability concealed debilitation practices on plantations. The examination complicates a narrative in disability histories that associates Christian teaching with only a negative evaluation of disability as indexing a state of sin. Instead, the article explains how positive and negative evaluations of intellectual deficiency coalesced within a theological imaginary to shore up white Christian consciences, allowing for and encouraging the violence perpetrated against the enslaved. The article concludes, following Jasbir Puar and Julie Avril Minich, to query whether re-inscribing a positive evaluation of disability does disability justice?
What I have learned (fill in the blank)
Authors: Svetvilas Chanika
Published: December 2023

My artistic practice focuses on the intersectionality of my lived experience of mental health difference as a Thai American woman who has contended with the impacts of the stigma and inequities in mental health care and access.  Having been diagnosed with bipolar, I explore my way of being through my art and seek to assess and illuminate my lived experiences through the lens of disability justice and mad pride. My “archive” consists of medication guides, prescription bottles, historical and psychiatric resource materials, and medical texts that discuss mental health conditions. I use these texts and artifacts in my art and investigate systemic and historical legacies to find strength in vulnerability.
In my large scale drawings, I use charcoal because of its transformative origins from solid matter and to  acknowledge that its activated form absorbs chemicals after a stomach is pumped following an overdose. The smeared charcoal emphasizes  outlandishness and an unwillingness to conform, as I resist containment and being categorized. In affirming freedom and individuality, I  reveal the human touch behind the marks and processes that spill off the page and ignore the margins.
Created during the pandemic, my large scale series of over 80 drawings, “What I have learned. (Fill in the blank.)” on oversized lined paper, 36” x 24,” questions how we learn, who is the “educator” and how do we unlearn harm.  I mine interactions, relationships and responses to my being from micro aggressions, to stigma, racism, and ableism as well as reflect on current anti-Asian violence.
By sharing these texts and images, I allow others who might identify with these experiences to enter a safe space and connect to others to build a community in pursuit of disability justice.
Mental Health vs Mutual Aid: Competing Visions of Care in Black-authored Films in the 1970s
Authors: Banner Olivia
Published: December 2023

This article considers two little-noted films from the early 1970s that took up a Black politics of "mental health." Both films intervened into racial-liberalist psychiatric and social scientific discourses of "Black pathologies" by drawing from Black radical and community-organizing models to envision how to care for people in distress outside of dominant psychiatric and psychological discourses and institutions. With shared production and institutional contexts yet differing articulations of what radical forms of care looked like both in practice, in narrative, and in mediation, these two films deepen our understanding of what form a Black disability politics of mental health took in this era. They also expand how disability studies as well as disability media studies frame the connections among anti-psychiatry and mad studies movements, Black radicalism and organizing, and cultural production.
SECULARIZAÇÃO E HERMENÊUTICA: UM HORIZONTE PARA SE PENSAR E VIVENCIAR NOVAS ESPIRITUALIDADES
Authors: Ferreira Douglas Willian
Published: December 2023

Nesse artigo buscamos entender o contexto em que se tornou possível pensar espiritualidades laicas e mesmo, ateias. Nesse sentido, começamos por investigar o processo de secularização como um esvaziamento dos fortes discursos garantindo a pluralidade de vozes e crenças. A partir desse processo, vemos surgir a promoção de um discurso de valorização da liberdade que implica, dentre outros fatores, a própria liberdade de crença, de práticas religiosas, de diálogo com o não religioso, de espiritualidades sem Deus e sem uma instituição religiosa que seja responsável por mediar a relação entre os seres humanos. Nesse contexto, colocamos em diálogo as propostas de Vattimo e outros autores contemporâneos para melhor elucidação do contexto em que se torna possível a propositura de novas compreensões da espiritualidade. Além disso, o processo de secularização leva o ser humano a se humanizar, e os modos como isso acontece resulta na promoção de um novo modo de se viver a espiritualidade.

Palavras-chave: Espiritualidades; Secularização; Hermenêutica; Enfraquecimento; Gianni Vattimo.
LA LUZ REFLEJADA EN LOS SIN RELIGIÓN: ENTREVISTA CON EL PROF. MARIÀ CORBÍ
Authors: Corbí Marià , Costa Milene
Published: December 2023

Corbí, a través de los principios de la epistemología axiológica, describe la religión como un programa axiológico colectivo de las sociedades preindustriales. Esta definición alude a la idea de que la religión era un lugar de expresión del paquete cultural que las sociedades preindustriales crearon para mantener la vida cotidiana colectiva y la representación de la experiencia de la dimensión absoluta de la realidad. Al reflexionar sobre el fenómeno de las personas sin religión, encontramos una creciente transformación en la forma en que los colectivos humanos gestionan la espiritualidad y, al mismo tiempo, relacionamos esta conducción con los cambios, impactos y desplazamientos provocados por las llamadas sociedades dinámicas, también conocidas como sociedades del conocimiento o sociedades de la innovación continua. Creemos que Corbi puede dilucidar mejor este escenario y, al mismo tiempo, señalar caminos posibles y viables para el cultivo de la cualidad humana profunda, conocida como espiritualidad, para el creciente fenómeno de los sin religión. A través de esta entrevista, buscamos aclarar mejor este escenario de privatización de la espiritualidad por parte de las personas sin religión, las transformaciones provocadas por las sociedades del conocimiento y los nuevos caminos viables para el cultivo de la cualidad humana profunda.
AFINIDADES ANTROPOLÓGICAS ENTRE FRANCISCO DE SALES E VIKTOR FRANKL
Authors: Da Silva Nelson Maria Brechó , Junior Agnaldo Costa
Published: December 2023

O presente estudo apresenta as contribuições de São Francisco de Sales sobre o tema da vocação universal à santidade cristã. Faz-se, assim, uma relação aos princípios teóricos fundamentais de Viktor Frankl, tendo por abordagem o conceito de santidade cristã nos escritos de Sales. A universalidade da vocação à santidade cristã foi apresentada por este Santo na categoria do amor, sendo descrita e conceituada partindo do amor humano. Pode-se afirmar que há afinidade e muitos pontos tangentes na concepção espiritual do ser humano, uma vez que Frankl desenvolve o conceito espiritual-espiritualidade numa realidade ontológico-antropológica; enquanto que Sales no âmbito de uma realidade metafísica. O maior ponto de contato entre os autores pode se dar a partir do conceito de consciência moral em Frankl e o conceito de vontade e ou os três graus da razão em Sales.
POSICIONAMENTO POLÍTICO DO MOVIMENTO DA NOVA ERA NO BRASIL: O CASO DE LUIZ ANTONIO GASPARETTO
Authors: Stern Fábio L. , Hida Ricardo Bueno
Published: December 2023

Apesar da Nova Era ser ligada à contracultura de 1960, ela não pode ser classificada como um movimento religioso alinhado às políticas da esquerda. No presente artigo, demonstramos que os posicionamentos da Nova Era brasileira penderam muito mais à direita do que a qualquer coisa que possa ser classificada como de esquerda. Para tanto, adotamos Luiz Antonio Gasparetto como estudo de caso, visto a importância que ele teve na popularização do ethos da Nova Era no Brasil. Para definirmos o que é esquerda e direita, apresentamos na primeira seção dois tipos ideais baseados em John Locke e Adam Smith para o espectro da direita, e em Karl Marx, Engles e Lênin para o espectro da esquerda. Seguindo, então, esses dois tipos ideais, fazemos uma breve análise dos discursos de Gasparetto e outros novaeristas que estudaram com ele ou ganharam destaque nacional por causa dele.
EMPODERAMENTO DAS MULHERES EVANGÉLICAS CUBANAS
Authors: Hernández Guzmán Yamilka , Bezerra de Souza Carolina
Published: December 2023

As igrejas participam do espaço público com o propósito de trabalhar juntas pela justiça, paz e reconciliação. A fé tem um enorme poder e influência na vida das pessoas. A religião às vezes exacerba a dinâmica de poder oculta, mas também tem o potencial de expor e revelar dinâmicas não ditas de poder, opressão e vulnerabilidade. Este trabalho se referirá à relação entre religião e violência. As mulheres cristãs cubanas fazem parte de um sistema de relações injusto e opressor que muitas vezes as priva de seus direitos a uma vida digna e com alegria, equidade e justiça. O empoderamento das mulheres é uma questão de análise e está presente no discurso de diversos atores sociais. Ao aplicar as teorias de empoderamento a um contexto de gênero em Cuba, destaca-se a necessidade de as mulheres enfrentarem de forma crítica os problemas que as afetam diretamente e que foram historicamente ignorados. Empoderamento é um conceito com componentes cognitivos, psicológicos, teológicos, políticos e econômicos que este estudo usa para analisar a resposta da igreja evangélica cubana à violência de gênero nas ruas, lares e instituições religiosas hoje. Os mecanismos de opressão estão cada vez mais sobrepostos. O reconhecimento da identidade coletiva de gênero para a mudança é crucial na estratégia de empoderamento. A força coletiva é vista como o recurso transformador mais importante que as mulheres têm à sua disposição.
CORPO NA HISTÓRIA DA ANTROPOLOGIA TEOLÓGICA
Authors: Souza Waldir , Eriton Quintas Michel
Published: December 2023

As reflexões sistemáticas sobre o humano estão presentes desde os saberes ancestrais. Dentre eles, o corpo aparece como objeto de disputas, ainda que sua formalização teórica tenha ocorrido apenas no século XX. Nesse sentido, o objetivo do presente artigo é pensar como o corpo apareceu/aparece na antropologia teológica. Para tanto, deseja: apresentar os elementos de suas duas grandes fontes (filosófica e bíblica), discutir suas relações com a corporeidade e explorar alguns elementos dogmáticos subjacentes (cristológicos e soteriológicos). A metodologia empregada será bibliográfica com análise de conteúdo. A perspectiva histórica será revisada desde o diálogo com as críticas contemporâneas. Conclui-se, assim, que os dualismos filosóficos não imperam sobre o imaginário das sagradas escrituras e podem/devem ser superados. Além disso, evidencia-se a importância de uma antropologia integral onde o corpo não é apenas depositário de algum valor, mas ocupa lugar de centralidade na experiência cristã.
HISTÓRIA E MÚSICA
Authors: Teixeira de Sousa Cleusa , Nogueira de Sousa Aurélio , Nicolini Cristiano
Published: December 2023

Este artigo visa discutir as leis 10.639/03 e 11.645/08 como parte das políticas afirmativas e de combate aos preconceitos instaurados desde o período colonial. Trazemos à tona as possibilidades da proposta interdisciplinar das temáticas africanas e afro-brasileiras e seus desdobramentos a partir do ensino de história em interface com a música/arte. Tais determinações são basilares para a promoção do ensino decolonial no Brasil, possibilitando a dinamização dos estudos e reflexões nos mais variados espaços, para se pensar os preconceitos, as imagens romantizadas e folclóricas da “miscigenação” brasileira como um mito, os racismos estruturais e institucionais que permanecem presentes em espaços públicos como, Escolas, Universidades, Igrejas e para além deles. Visto que a própria construção histórica brasileira permitiu e influenciou na demonização das religiões de matrizes africanas, na normatização da escravização dos africanos, das violências e mazelas sofridas no decorrer da colonização do Brasil e da segregação pós abolição no país.
Barreras para introducir madera maciza en la construcción en Ecuador – estudio exploratorio
Authors: Fuentes Emir , Zaldumbide Patricio , Guerra Moscoso Miguel Andres
Published: December 2023

La madera maciza en los últimos años ha generado gran interés en la industria de la construcción. Ya que, gracias a sus configuraciones como madera laminada (GLT y CLT), se ha podido construir edificios de gran altura con su estructura (vigas, columnas, losas y paredes) completamente hecha de madera. A medida que mejora la tecnología, la brecha entre el uso de hormigón armado, acero y madera será menor, es posible que dentro de unos años los edificios de madera sean tan comunes como sus análogos de hormigón y acero. En el Ecuador, la construcción en madera es bastante limitada. Su uso más común es con la caña guadua guadua angustifolia y maderas duras para casas de hasta dos pisos. La madera maciza puede cambiar esta percepción e introducirse como una alternativa al hormigón y el acero. Al ser relativamente nueva su implementación en el mundo, hay la oportunidad para desarrollar y explotar el potencial de una nueva industria en el país. Sin embargo, a pesar del potencial que tiene este material, es posible que su introducción no genere el impacto esperado y esto puede ocurrir por una amplia gama de factores. Este estudio desarrolló un cuestionario usando literatura existente sobre la madera maciza en relación a: la producción de materia prima, el proceso de manufactura, el proceso de construcción, el mantenimiento, el contexto cultural y el impacto ambiental. Con esto se realizaron 10 entrevistas a profesionales relacionados a la industria de la construcción. Las respuestas se transcribieron, analizaron y codificaron para identificar cuáles son las barreras percibidas de acuerdo con la introducción de este sistema constructivo en el Ecuador. Al final, el artículo propone caminos para profundizar la investigación académica así como el uso profesional de este material.
Wizualizacja danych, informacji i wiedzy
Authors: Krok Ewa
Published: December 2023

The monograph was devoted to the issues of visualization. The concepts were systematized, important elements were analyzed, the knowledge of which affects the quality of the created visualizations and thus affects the effectiveness of content transfer, which from a business point of view often determines the accuracy of the actions taken. The book contains many valuable tips on the principles of developing visualizations, coming from world-class specialists. Aspects that affect the readability and unambiguity of the message, as well as its accessibility, were discussed. A review of websites devoted to visualizations, chart selectors and IT tools supporting the creation of graphics was made. It also presents the possibilities of distortion of facts and manipulation in the transfer of information, which are sometimes used by chart designers in order to induce a specific way of thinking about the presented situation in the recipient. Distortions resulting from the conscious use of the functionality of computer graphics programs to create charts, as well as distortions resulting from the deliberate selection of such and not other data for visualization, were analyzed. The last chapter of the monograph contains an analysis of the results of the study of students’ skills in creating charts based on a verbal description, which allowed the identification of the most common mistakes that limit the readability of visualization and affect its quality.
Connecting pathways in a Pasifika project
Authors: Kokaua Jesse , Ruhe Troy , Richards Rosalina
Published: December 2023

Keynote Address ANZEA Conference, 10–12 October 2022
Utilization of Waste Hydrocarbon Gases
Authors: Arutyunov V. , Sedov I. , Savchenko V. , Nikitin A. , Arutyunov A.
Published: December 2023

A variety of natural and anthropogenic sources of hydrocarbon gases make a significant contribution to the global emission of greenhouse gases. Reducing the anthropogenic emission of industrial hydrocarbon gases is impossible without new technologies that would allow their cost-effective utilization. The paper describes a number of new promising technologies based on autothermal gas-phase processes of partial oxidation and oxidative cracking of various hydrocarbons, such as associated petroleum gases, coalbed methane, refinery gases, and biogas, which open up prospects for a significant reduction in their flaring or emission into the atmosphere. Among the technologies under consideration are those involving their processing for subsequent use in the energy sector and low-tonnage production of various demanded chemicals.
The Effect of Polymer Mixing Time on the Strength of HPAM-Cr(III) Gels
Authors: Gussenov Iskander
Published: December 2023

The dissolution of hydrolyzed polyacrylamide, commonly used in gel treatments for enhanced oil recovery, takes between 2‒3 to over 24 h at 20‒25 °C. The duration is influenced by factors such as polymer molecular weight and brine salinity. In injection/production wells, gel treatments often involve injecting 50‒150 m3 of polymer solution within 1‒2 days, resulting in the injection of partially dissolved polymer. This raises concerns about the stability and strength of gels containing partially dissolved polymer particles. This study demonstrates that when undissolved polymer particles are kept suspended during the gelation process, there is no significant visual distinction between gels obtained from
30 min or 12 h of polymer mixing. Additionally, viscometer measurements reveal that gels formed with shorter polymer mixing times exhibit higher resistance to shearing. This observation supports the concept that undissolved polymer particles act as a composite material, improving the gel strength. This paper does not advocate for the use of partially dissolved polymer gelants. Undissolved polymer particles cannot effectively penetrate porous media. Gelants containing such particles are primarily suited for addressing fracture conformance issues. Therefore, future research will focus on examining the impact of polymer mixing time on gel syneresis and resistance to washout from fractures.
Thermodynamic Modeling and Process Simulation of Kumkol Crude Oil Refining
Authors: Jamali M.A. , Bissenbay A. , Nuraje N.
Published: December 2023

The Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) mechanism is commonly regarded as the first stage in petroleum refining. In this study, Aspen Plus® is used to simulate the basic process of a CDU, which consists of an Atmospheric Distillation Column (ATC) and a Vacuum Distillation Column (VC). These columns are fed with two types of crude oil: KUMKOL from Kazakhstan and Soviet Export Blend, in the proportions of 0.75:0.25, 0.50:0.50, and 0.25:0.75, respectively. The goal was to do a parametric analysis and analyze the resultant streams of naphtha, kerosene, Atmospheric Gas Oil (AGO), Light Vacuum Gas Oil (LVGO), and Heavy Vacuum Gas Oil (HVGO). The simulation used the CHAO-SEA thermodynamic model, which included the Chao-Seader correlation, the Scatchard-Hildebrand model, the Redlich-Kwong equation of state, the Lee-Kesler equation of state, and the API gravity technique. Temperature, pressure, mass flow, enthalpy, vapor percentage, and average molecular weights of the streams at various phases within the CDU system were estimated. For both the ATC and VC columns, curves indicating Temperature- Pressure vs the number of stages, as well as ASTM D86 (temperature) versus stream volume % distillation, were developed. The results show that when compared to feed streams containing 0.25 and 0.50 StdVol of Kumkol Kazakhstan Oil, the feed stream with 0.75 StdVol produces more Heavy, Medium, and Light Vacuum Gas Oil (H-VGO, M-VGO, and L-VGO), as well as more Vacuum Gas (VG). These findings indicate that Kumkol Kazakhstan Oil is of high quality and has fewer contaminants, such as sulfur when compared to other accessible mixes throughout the world.
Bearing Capacity Equation for Shallow Foundations on Unsaturated Soils
Authors: Bagherieh Ali Reza , Çinicioğlu Özer
Published: December 2023

For shallow foundations resting on unsaturated soils, matric suction increases effective stresses, resulting in enhanced bearing capacity. However, this boost in bearing capacity is ignored in practice for the sake of simplicity, thus compromising economy. That is why this study aims to consider the beneficial effect of unsaturated conditions on bearing capacity. This is achieved by applying limit analysis using the finite element method on unsaturated soils and investigating the problem parametrically for shallow foundations. The suction effect is taken into account in the formulation of the limit analysis based on effective stress principle. The numerical outcomes are verified by comparing them with available experimental data from the literature. The findings from the parametric study emphasize that the influence of suction on bearing capacity is determined by the friction angle. Moreover, the effects of a varying suction profile are contingent on the foundation width. Based on the results derived from the numerical analyses, a modified bearing capacity equation is introduced. This equation showcases a very good coefficient of determination, effectively encompassing the effects of the soil suction profile. Consequently, the proposed procedure can be considered as a convenient yet precise tool for estimating bearing capacity in engineering practice.
Ultrasonic Characterization of Polymer Based Sille Stone Powder Composite Mortars
Authors: Arı Ahmet Cihat , Tosun Mustafa , Oral İmran , Eker Yasin Ramazan
Published: December 2023

The Sille stone mined in the Sille Region of Konya province in Türkiye, is an andesitic rock. This stone is a material used in the construction of traditional and modern buildings. The Sille stone is cut while being used in buildings. The Sille stone powder (SSP) is formed during this cutting process. The SSPs cause environmental pollution. Therefore, this study was carried out to produce durable and eco-friendly new restoration mortars from the SSP that can be used in the restoration of historical buildings. The SSP composites were prepared by contributing SSP into epoxy and polyester resins in varied ratios such as 60‒75 wt.%. The effect of resin types and SSP contribution ratios on the elastic properties of epoxy resin (ER)/SSP and polyester resin (PR)/SSP composites was investigated by the ultrasonic pulse-echo method. Additionally, the morphology of these composites was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Experimental results figured out that both longitudinal and shear wave velocity values of the PR/SSP composites were higher than of the ER/SSP composites. Furthermore, a linear increase was observed in the elastic properties of obtained composites with the increasing amounts of SSP.
Is Soviet History worth doing and why?
Authors: Shlikhta Natalia
Published: December 2023

This text-reflection is about the appropriateness and importance of studying Soviet history, the impetus for writing which was the work on the conference volume “Soviet ‘I’ and Soviet ‘We’ between Ideology and Reality.”The author shares the reservations that arose in her, as well as in other Soviet researchers, with the beginning of the full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war; she writes about the challenges they faced. A look back at the history of the emergence and development of Sovietology in the West and an analysis of the “lessons of the past” lead her to the conclusion that it is worth studying Soviet history. She moreover concludes that Ukrainian academia has currently a unique opportunity to overcome the Russian-centrism of Soviet studies and finally offer a “different” — Ukrainian — perspective of seeing Soviet history for its own as well as international audience.