bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
SchülerInnenfirma Repair Café – Kompetenzen entwickeln und anwenden
Authors: Eichelberger Elisabeth , Holliger Susanna
Published: November 2019

In diesem Beitrag wird ein Ausbildungsangebot der PHBern vorgestellt, welches den Anspruch verfolgt sowohl theoriegeleitete Inhalte als auch Handlungskompetenzen zu vermitteln. Professionalisierung könnte, so ist zu vermuten, bedeuten, vermeintliche Gegensätze zusammen zu bringen und Erfahrungen zu ermöglichen.
Videobasierte Fallanalysen als Beitrag zur Professionalisierung von angehenden Lehrpersonen in der Ernährungs- und Verbraucherbildung – am Beispiel der Führung von Unterrichtsgesprächen
Authors: Bender Ute
Published: November 2019

In der Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerbildung werden videobasierte Fallanalysen erfolgreich eingesetzt. Der Beitrag zeigt anhand eines Beispiels auf, wie die Analyse einer Videosequenz hochschuldidaktisch genutzt werden kann, um die Kompetenz zur Führung von Unterrichtsgesprächen in der Ernährungs- und Verbraucherbildung (EVB) zu fördern. Unterrichtsgespräche nehmen in einer alltags-, biografie- und subjektorientierten EVB einen hohen Stellenwert ein.
Environmental Impact Assessment Studies of Ground Water in Solapur Thermal Power Plant Area (Maharashtra), India
Authors: Joshi M P , Barde PV , Mungantiwar PV , Bhole AV , Devarkar VD
Published: November 2019

Groundwater is a major source of drinking water in both urban and rural areas of Solapur. Solapur city is growing rapidly in terms of population, changing lifestyle and intense competition among users-agriculture, industry and domestic sectors is driving the groundwater to fall. Besides, the discharge of untreated wastewater through bores and leachate from unscientific disposal of solid wastes also contaminate groundwater, thereby reducing the quality of freshwater resources. In the work of Solapur, water samples were collected from around the villages in thermal power plant and water quality assessment was carried out from April 2015 & November 2015. The surface and groundwater characteristics have been established through analysis of water samples collected during the study area with respect to Physico-chemical characteristics and pollutant levels and the same has been compared with quality criteria for drinking water (IS: 10500). From the study, it is observed that the samples collected at all the 11 locations during pre-monsoon season are well within the prescribed limits laid by IS10500. We obtained fewer values in Post Monsoon are compared to Pre Monsoon season because of scanty rainfall.
Foundations of Ethnobotany: 21st Century Perspective (Sudhir Chandra (Ed. Ashok K. Jain). Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur (India). 2017. Pages 199)
Authors: Bhogaonkar Prabha Y
Published: November 2019

The book presents a very different type of information that deals with the development of agriculture in various civilizations world over. Foreword for the book is written by Hon. Dr. S.K. Jain. Over the period voluminous data has been accumulated regarding uses of plant species by tribals and rural folk across the country. However, ethnobotanical living has almost deteriorated in our lives. In preface author emphasizes the need to look beyond ‘Hershberger’s ethnobotany’. According to him, 99% of Indian Ethnobotany is Economic Botany and not Ethnobotany. In fact, it is not economic but utilitarian botany. Importance of ethnobotany is put very lucidly by the author through a Chinese story; the moral derived is that “Ecology has been the official wife of human society, that failed to protect the environment and Ethnobotany – a concubine – alone can take care of the environment”. An introductory chapter, five thoughts are enumerated, which are guiding principles of the content of the book. Contents of the book are presented in five parts.
Surgical peripheral lymph node biopsies in Makurdi, Nigeria.
Authors: Eke Barnabas , Ojo Babarinde , Vhriterhire Rymond , Akper Issac , Ugwu Victor , Udu Confort
Published: November 2019

This study aims at determining the diagnostic value of peripheral lymph node biopsy and common causes of lymph node enlargement from biopsies obtained from patients with lymph-node enlargement at different sites in a teaching hospital in north central Nigeria town of Makurdi, Benue State. This is a retrospective study of surgical peripheral lymph node biopsies received in the department of Anatomic Pathology, Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, Nigeria from February, 2012 to September, 2019. Total number of lymph node biopsies during the period was 47 representing 1.0% of surgical pathology specimens submitted to the department; 25 cases were females and 22 were males. Metastatic nodal involvement (57%), lymphoma (23%) and tuberculosis lymphadenitis (11%) were the most common causes of lymph node enlargement. All the studied nodes were localized. The most common sites of lymphadenopathy were axillary (21%), cervical (16%) and Inguinal (6%). While axillary lymph node enlargements were mostly associated with tumor metastasis, cervical and inguinal node enlargements were mostly associated with tuberculosis and lymphoma, respectively. Surgical excision of nodal enlargement for histological examination represents a simple, good diagnostic yield with lack of significant morbidity or mortality.
ORIENTASI PSIKOLOGI PENDIDIKAN ISLAM DI SEKOLAH DAN PRA SEKOLAH
Authors: Ika Hariani
Published: November 2019

This paper contains the psychology orientation of Islamic education. Each education level is different in how to educate and how to overcome the problems that occur, the age of the kindergarden is different from elementary school age, as well as elementary schools are different teaching systems with secondary schools, and also level schools. middle school is different in how to teach and how to deal with the problem with upper level schools. All levels have a phase that must be passed as an educator, if the wrong application results in misorientation, or lose direction. So that education is only a formality without any spirit that shapes the ethics of students to become human beings who are desired by Islamic education itself. The success of education depends on the initial orientation of the establishment of an educational institution. Where students will be taught at the institution. There is a lot of moral degradation in education because the empty psychology orientation of Islamic education in educational institutions, if there is an Islamic name is only a label without content, if from the beginning the educational institution has lost its orientation.
Implementasi pembelajaran berbasis inkuiri dalam upaya meningkatkan pemahaman pelajaran pkn
Authors: Sembiring Makmur
Published: November 2019

This research departs from the background of the need for renewal in improving the creativity of teaching teachers in the PKN learning process in junior high schools in response to increasing the shortcomings of students learning. In learning activities, both in the process and learning products can improve understanding. It is expected that the teacher is able to play the role of an innovator of learning, increasing the creativity of teachers better developed. In the context of increasing student learning outcomes and activities in PKN learning, CAR is conducted by using inquiry-based learning, the results of research show an increase in students' understanding of learning in class VII at Junior High School 1 Tigabinanga
DIHYDROMYRICETIN ATTENUATES HIGH GLUCOSE-INDUCED CASPASE 3 EXPRESSION, ROS PRODUCTION AND INCREASES AMPK PHOSPHONYLATION IN PC12 CELLS
Authors: Wang Shuo , Wang Lin , Li Haijian , Wang Shumei , Li Zhenzhen , Li Bao , Zhao Chunzhen
Published: November 2019

Dihydromyricetin (DMY) has a protective effect on neural function under central nervous system dysfunction conditions. There is growing interest concerning the beneficial effects of DMY on treating diabetic neuropathy (DN). This study was carried to detect protective effects of DMY on high glucose (HG)-induced cell damage and related mechanisms. The effect of DMY on cell survival was detected by MTT assay. Caspase-3 and phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) was evaluated by Western blotting. The effects of DMY and AMPK agonist AICAR on ROS production was determined. Our results showed that DMY treatment protect against HG-induced cell damage. DMY treatment significantly reduced the expression of caspase-3 and phosphorylated AMPK. ROS production was inhibited by DMY or AMPK agonist AICAR treatment. These studies demonstrate that DMY may inhibit ROS production, caspase-3 expression through AMPK pathway.

Keywords: dihydromyricetin, caspase, oxidative stress
Tumor miofibroblástico inflamatorio: presentación variable de una misma patología
Authors: Muñoz Moya Jorge E. , Alfaro Aguirre Maria Olga , Leiva Silva Mauricio , Kakarieka Weisskopf Elena , López Sáez Maria Teresa
Published: November 2019

El tumor miofibroblástico inflamatorio (TMI) es una neoplasia benigna infrecuente, de comportamiento clínico impredecible.Objetivos: describir 3 casos de TMI diagnosticados entre marzo 2014 y enero 2018 en Hospital Clinico San Borja Arriaran, y realizar una revisión actualizada de la literatura.Caso 1: Adolescente de género masculino de 14 años de edad, hospitalizado por dolor abdominal, diagnosticado de invaginación yeyunoyeyunal secundaria a un tumor de pared intestinal. La histología fue compatible con un tumor miofibroblástico inflamatorio.Caso 2: Adolescente de género femenino, edad 12 años, hospitalizada por neumonía y dolor lumbar en estudio asociado a pérdida de peso. Se diagnosticó una masa retroperitoneal que comprometía el músculo psoas derecho, músculos paravertebrales, vértebras, riñón derecho y diafragma ipsilateral. Se efectuó biopsia por punción cuyo resultado fue compatible con un tumor miofibroblástico inflamatorio.Caso 3: Preadolescente de género femenino de 11 años de edad, hospitalizada para estudio de infección del tracto urinario a repetición. Se identificó un tumor vesical y la biopsia mostró ser compatible con tumor miofibroblástico inflamatorio.Conclusión: Debido al comportamiento variable del tumor miofibroblástico inflamatorio, el manejo de este dependerá de la localización, la expresión del anaplasic like lymphoma (ALK), el comportamiento del tumor y la posibilidad de resección.
Impacto de un programa comunitario para la malnutrición infantil
Authors: Perdomo Clara Denisse , Rodríguez Elizabeth Raquel , Carrasco Magallanes Héctor , Flores Navarro Hugo Ernesto , Matul Pérez Saira Elvira , Moyano Daniela
Published: November 2019

Objetivo: Evaluar el impacto de un programa comunitario destinado a mejorar la malnutrición de niños y niñas de una comunidad rural del Estado de Chiapas, México, 2013.Material y Método: Estudio descriptivo de la evaluación de un programa a partir de una base de datos secundaria con datos nutricionales en 113 niños menores de cinco años de una zona rural de México. La intervención y el relevamiento se realizaron durante el 2013. Se registraron mediciones basales y a los 4 meses. Para el cálculo de indicadores del estado nutricional se utilizó el Software Anthro de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). Se estimaron: Peso para edad (P/E); Talla para edad (T/E); Peso para talla (P/T); Índice de masa corporal para la edad (IMC/E), según los lineamientos de la OMS. Se calcularon medidas de posición y dispersión, prueba T de Student, Kruskal-Wallis, test de MacNemar para datos pareados y regresión lineal simple.Resultados: Entre el inicio y final la mediana del Z Peso/ talla pasó de -0,7 (p25 -1,24; p75 -0,01) a -0,62 (p25 -1,09; p75 -0,15). La prevalencia de bajo peso descendió de 5,31% (IC 2,38-11,44) a 4,42 % (IC 1,83-10,32) (Z Score IMC/edad). El peso adecuado según Z Score Peso/talla aumentó de 78,76% (IC 70,12-85,43) a 84,96% (76,98-90,51). En el subgrupo con bajo peso inicial la media de Z IMC/edad y Z Peso/talla aumentó 0,4 (p = 0,003). El cambio en la media de Z Peso/talla fue de 0,02 puntos en el subgrupo que recibió programa de trasferencia directa y de -0,3 en el que no (p = 0,020).Conclusiones: Se concluye que el programa comunitario durante los 4 meses de implementación contribuyó a mejorar algunos indicadores antropométricos; aunque no se encontraron efectos aparentes en indicadores relacionados a la desnutrición crónica.
Experiencias del uso de ortoprótesis de mano impresa en 3D (Cyborg Beast) en adolescentes con amputación congénita de mano y sus cuidadores principales: Un estudio de casos
Authors: Giaconi Carolina , Nahuelhual Paula , Dote Jacqueline , Cubillos Rodrigo , Fuentes Gabriel , Zúñiga Jorge
Published: November 2019

Objetivo: Describir la experiencia del uso de la ortoprótesis de mano impresa en 3D Cyborg Beast, en adolescentes usuarios de Teletón Santiago con amputación congénita de mano y sus cuidadores principales, que participaron en un estudio de casos para evaluar la funcionalidad de la mano protésica.Caso Clínico: Investigación de estudio de casos de tipo descriptivo, mediante entrevistas semiestructuradas a cinco adolescentes con amputación congénita de mano y a sus cuidadores principales, las cuales fueron transcritas y analizadas mediante codificación abierta. Los participantes visualizan la ortoprótesis como una oportunidad para ellos asociándola a la normalidad. Asimismo, identificaron características positivas y negativas, enfatizando en estas últimas. Además, describieron efectos positivos y negativos producidos al utilizar la prótesis, destacando que el uso de la prótesis les permite hablar sobre su condición. Finalmente, se presentan propuestas de mejora para la prótesis, definiéndose que se debe corregir el prototipo y cambiar la edad de la población objetivo.Conclusiones: El estudio se configura como pionero al investigar un tema poco explorado, permitiendo entregar información respecto de la experiencia subjetiva de adolescentes que utilizan una ortoprótesis que actualmente tiene gran importancia mediática. Los participantes del estudio relataron dificultades para usar la ortoprótesis de mano, ya sea por aspectos de materialidad y diseño. La ortoprótesis no cumplió las expectativas de uso y estética.
Sistem Informasi Penyedia Pemandu Wisata dengan Metode Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) Berbasis Android
Authors: Fitriyanto Rizky , Handriyantini Eva , Prakoso Johan Ericka Wahyu
Published: November 2019

Berwisata merupakan salah satu kegiatan yang mampu menghilangkan kepenatan serta kejenuhan. Pariwisata merupakan objek yang sering dikunjungi oleh para wisatawan asing dan juga domestik sehingga menjadi sumber pendapatan daerah tersebut. Kemajuan dalam sektor pariwisata memberikan kontribusi yang besar untuk negara Indonesia diantara sumber-sumber pendapatan asli daerah lainnya. Hal tersebutlah yang melatar belakangi pembuatan aplikasi Pemandu O-Tour Guide Indonesia Berbasis Android. O-Tour Guide merupakan aplikasi penyewaan pemandu wisata yang memiliki fitur pencarian lokasi, menampilkan profil hingga lisensi kerja pemandu wisata. Aplikasi O-Tour Guide ini memadukan metode Sistem Pengambilan Keputusan Simple Additive Weighting yang guna mempermudah wisatawan untuk memilih pemandu wisata Tujuan pembuatan penelitian adalah membuat sebuah aplikasi pemandu wisata yang menjamin keaslian data. Aplikasi android ini yang diharapkan mampu memberikan kemudahan bagi pengguna wisata untuk mengetahui memilih pemandu wisata dan informasi para pemandu wisata.
Usage of chia seeds in the composition of dietary semi-finished minced prod-ucts
Authors: Golembovskaya N.
Published: November 2019

The article deals with the results of sensory analysis of semi-finished minced fish products with non-traditional raw materials (seeds of chia) by the flavor profile method, and establishing their compliance with the hypothetical standard. It is shown the expediency of its use to assess the overall impression about the combination of freshwater fish with plant materials for the diversification of biologically valuable food products. The obtained positive results of organoleptic studies have shown the expediency of combining the chia seeds with freshwater fish, and it is proved by high indicators of such descriptors as: the overall impression, harmonious, fishy, sweet-salty taste. As for the consistency, fish cutlets are plastic and dense on the cut. The article deals with the results of the chemical composition, organoleptic evaluation and physical and chemical changes in semi-finished minced products with the addition of non-traditional raw materials and the establishment of their shelf life. The expediency of combining a freshwater fish with plant material to expand the range of biologically valuable food products is presented in the article. The research has established that the use of non-traditional raw materials in a production of semi-finished minced products allows not only to improve the technology of production, but also to solve the problem of obtaining the product of a high nutritional value. The author found that the developed technology of production of semi-finished fish products will significantly expand the range of products of functional purpose based on natural components, which will allow, to some extent, to expand the actual problem of processing raw materials from domestic reservoirs in Ukraine.
The couple, the self, and the problem of the other
Authors: Joyce Angela
Published: November 2019

Using a Winnicottian frame, the author explores the difficulties that are inherent within couple relationships of truly allowing the other to be a separate self, that is, truly “other”, but in relation. Winnicott proposed that the most dangerous exposed moment was the establishment of the self—”I am” and “you are”. Referring to poetry and song, the author examines the regressive pull to unity and sameness which can be a place of rest and restoration, or an enchained place of stifling identity, insulated from the nourishing replenishment of difference.
Association between self-rated health status and chronic diseases among the elderly in the Sylhet city of Bangladesh
Authors: Hasan Mohammad Nayeem
Published: November 2019

Aging is one of the embryonic problems in Bangladesh and this has been gradually increasing with its far-reaching consequences. Elderly can develop new and complicating health problems. In most cases the diseases are chronic and complex. The structures were designed to investigate the health status, depression, and function of the daily living of the older men and women in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh. The data were collected using stratified sampling. We have used cross-sectional methods to analyze the data and performed a chi-square test to test the association and a then bivariate and multivariable logistic regression model was used to evaluate the major risk factors of CVD. In this study, 229 elderly people were considered aged from 60 to 60+ years-old face to face personal interviews. Among them 16.6% elderly are suffering in depression. According to residence, the condition of health is good in the ethnic group (21.9%) and this situation is worse in the rural group (97.5%). In addition, people who have depression were 0.087 times or 91.3% (OR = 1.115, 95% CI 0.273-4.552) less likely to have healthy compared to the people who did not have depression. In this study, we have seen that there were many factors that were associated with health status among different communities’ elderly people in Sylhet. This research will help clinicians and policymakers to develop appropriate strategies of CVD patients and organize health education programs for changing lifestyles among elderly in Sylhet.

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2019, 5(3): 197-206
Cytotoxic potential of camel whey and milk on cervix cancer (HeLa) cell line
Authors: Abdallah Lubna A , Sawafta Ashraf M , Ali Sanad A Ben , Baradia Hasan A
Published: November 2019

Camel milk is an important nutritional source that historically been used in the treatment of cancer. Therefore, the main aim of the present study is to determine the in vitro anticancer effect of both camel milk and whey against cervix cancer (HeLa) cells. To perform that, skimmed milk as well as whey immunoglobulins concentrate samples were prepared at different concentrations (0, 1, 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 mg/ml). Then, the in vitro effect of the prepared concentrations on HeLa cells morphology and growth was investigated by tissue culture technique. Moreover, the anticancer activity of camel milk and whey against HeLa cells was estimated by the 3-[4, 5-dimethylthiazole-2-yl]-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The obtained results displayed that both camel milk and whey reduced the viability of HeLa cells specially at 7.5 and 10 mg/ml. In addition, the viability of treated HeLa cells reduced after addition of both camel milk and whey to approximately 15% in a concentration dependent manner. In conclusion, this study showed the in vitro cytotoxic effect of camel milk and whey as they inhibited the growth of HeLa cells.

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2019, 5(3): 231-236
Wellbeing for sale: Representations of yoga in commercial media
Authors: Puustinen Liina , Rautaniemi Matti
Published: November 2019

This article focuses on how spirituality and commercialism are intertwined in the representations of yoga in the media. For this study, articles on yoga were collected from seven Finnish popular magazines, and analyzed using qualitative close reading guided by sensitizing concepts of subjective wellbeing spirituality and prosumerism. The results show that looks, wellbeing and health are found to be the main selling points of yoga, whereas spirituality is used as a distinguishing device and a tool for constructing a consumer identity associated with ‘spiritual’ values. The material also raises questions on the possibility of anti-consumerist trends within contemporary yoga.
The Finnish Society for the Study of Religion 50 Years: Development and Challenges
Authors: Holm Nils G.
Published: November 2019

In the first issue of Temenos in 1965 Professor Lauri Honko (1932–2002) writes: ‘it may seem foolhardy that the youngest comparative religion society in the Northern countries should undertake to fill this gap’ – that is, to publish a Nordic journal in comparative religion. It was not only the publishing of Temenos that was initiated from Finland, but also quite a few other new things. This is why I have chosen to call my presentation ‘The Small and Daring Society’. In what follows here let us take a look at how it all started, and at the main features of development over the past 50 years – and also at what are the challenges that the current situation presents the Society with.
Hjalmar Sundén’s Impact on the Study of Religion in the Nordic Countries
Authors: Lindgren Tomas
Published: November 2019

In this article, I discuss Hjalmar Sundén’s theoretical and methodological contributions to the psychological study of religion in the Nordic countries, including a discussion of role theory and Sundén’s way of conducting (and presenting) his research. Nordic scholars’ use of role theory is analyzed and discussed. My analysis of the state of research reveals that the use of role theory reached its peak during the 1970s. Scholarly interest in the theory declined during the 1980s, and has been virtually abandoned since the mid-1990s. In these earlier studies, the theory was primarily used to elucidate the psychological dynamic of various religious phenomena, rather than to test the theory systematically against data. However, these scholars gave the theory an empirical underpinning, and identified details in the theory that needed to be refined and revised. I propose several possible reasons for the decline in scholarly interest in role theory. Finally, I suggest that Sundén’s methodological contributions may have had a bigger impact on the study of religion than his theoretical contributions.
Religion and Politics – The Icelandic Experiment
Authors: Pétursson Pétur
Published: November 2019

In a comment on Richard F. Tomasson’s 1980 book about Iceland, the American sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset notes that Tomasson ‘traces the ways in which Icelandic culture developed out of the medieval pre-Christian society – in its language, relations between the sexes, egalitarianism and the high frequency of illegitimate births. He also points out the areas of contradictions and discontinuity, noting that Iceland has been transformed in the twentieth century by modernization of the society and international influences upon the culture.’ The purpose of this essay is to give a more in-depth analysis of some of Tomasson’s observations with regard to the status and role of religion in this society. Iceland appears to be a very secular society, but up to very recent times, the national church had a strong position in Icelandic society, and its participation in the life-rituals of families, in national festivals, and in local rituals and festivities has been considered self-evident by the authorities and a large majority of the people. A very homogeneous culture and strong nationalism have a role here to play, but there were also seeds of individualism and pragmatism which may have led the way to differentiation and secularization. Secularization and modernization went hand in hand with the national liberation movement, but nevertheless the national church also made a major contribution to the nation-state building process. It would seem that the Icelanders have throughout their history been more political than religious – and often they seem to have been tolerant in religious and moral issues but fundamentalists in political matters. At least it seems profitable to analyse the reli- gious history of Iceland – the conversion of Iceland at the Alþingi in the summer of 1000; the Reformation in the mid-16th century, and the rapid process of modernization in Iceland – in the context of the political history. Foreigners have often wondered about the liberal attitude of Icelanders in relation to premarital sex, and often they ask why spiritualism and belief in elves and hidden people seem to have survived modernization and secularization. Other possible paradoxes include the very recent appearance of non-Christian religions, such as the Asa faith (which is supposed to revive the pre-Christian religion in Iceland), Islam and Buddhism. And how are we to understand the general support, even among the clergy, for same-sex marriages? In my essay I will try to contextualize these and related questions into an overall picture of the religious history of the Icelandic people.
Listening to Intergalactic Sounds – Articulation of Rastafarian Livity in Finnish Roots Reggae Sound System Performances
Authors: Järvenpää Tuomas
Published: November 2019

Rastafari is an Afro-Jamaican religious and social movement, which has since the 1970s spread outside of the Caribbean mainly through reggae music. This paper contributes to the academic discussion on the localization processes of Rastafari and reggae with an ethnographic account from the Nordic context, asking how Finnish reggae artists with Rastafarian conviction mobilize this identification in their performance. The paper focuses on one prominent Finnish reggae sound system group, Intergalaktik Sound.The author sees reggae in Finland as divided between contemporary musical innovation and the preservation of musical tradition. In this field, Intergalaktik Sound attempts to preserve what they consider to be the traditional Jamaican form of reggae sound system performance. For the Intergalaktik Sound vocalists, this specific form of performance becomes an enchanted space within a secular Finnish society, where otherwise marginal Rastafarian convictions can be acted out in public. The author connects the aesthetic of this performance to the Jamaican dub-music tradition, and to the concept of a ‘natural life’, which is a central spiritual concept for many Finnish Rastafarians. The article concludes that these sound system performances constitute a polycentric site where events can be experienced and articulated simultaneously as religious and secular by different individuals in the same space.
Musical Religiosity
Authors: Hoondert Martin
Published: November 2019

In this essay the author explores the thesis that music is by its nature religious, or rather, that it has qualities that correspond well with what religion, in a broad sense, aspires to be. Four musical qualities are explored: timbre, the tonal system of western music, the time relations within the tonal network, and the non-referential nature of music. These qualities are linked to the definition of ‘the religious’ by John Dewey. The main conclusion is that an analogy can be shown between the musical and the religious experience: both composers and musicians challenge the listeners to explore the hidden religiosity in the performance of music.
Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Other. Rhetorical Turn and New Rhetoric
Authors: SAKARANAHO TUULA
Published: November 2019

No abstract available
Comparative Religion and Geography: Some Remarks on the Geography of Religion and Religious Geography
Authors: RAIVO PETRI J.
Published: November 2019

No abstract available.
Religions Form a Family
Authors: GOTHÓNI RENÉ
Published: November 2019

No abstract available
Editorial note
Authors: Broo Måns
Published: November 2019

Editorial note
The dissolution of the history of religions: Contemporary challenges of a humanities discipline in Sweden
Authors: Thurfjell David
Published: November 2019

The discipline of History of religions has changed in Sweden over the latest decades. Its traditional connection to text and language has weakened and its emphasis shifted towards social and contemporary aspects of religion. In this article the societal trends and the reforms in Swedish university politics that lie behind this change are pinpointed and discussed. It is argued that the transformation has been twofold. On the one hand the discipline has grown considerably and expanded into empirical fields, methods, and theories that were alien to it only twenty-five years ago. On the other it has been forced to adjust to a political climate focused on direct social relevance, measurability, and quantifiable efficiency. The article presents the transformation as consisting in four parallel processes labelled the efficiency turn, the altered knowledge contract, the replacement by religionsvetenskap, and the loss of prestige, respectively.
Religious education and teaching young people about humanity: Suggesting a new role for RE and for the academic study of religions in Sweden
Authors: Svensson Jonas
Published: November 2019

This article is a suggestion for the rethinking of the role and purpose of religious education (RE) in Swedish public schools, in relation to two major recent reforms: of teachers training (2012) and of syllabi for RE (2011). Based on a notion of the ‘humanistic’ study of religions as he study of religion as a human cultural product, the article argues that a RE – mainly in lower and upper secondary school – informed by contemporary theoretical development, better than any other school subject can cater for the important task of educating young people about who they, as human beings, are and why. To substantiate this claim, the content of the above mentioned reforms are presented, and placed in historical context. Furthermore, the article provides a set of examples of how actual teaching may be structured to fulfil its proposed new task, with a basis in the current syllabi for lower and upper secondary school.
A Healer and Televangelist Reaching out to the Secular Swedish Public Sphere
Authors: Gelfgren Stefan
Published: November 2019

The American televangelist and healer Benny Hinn was invited to host three meetings at a Christian conference in Uppsala 2010. The hosting institution was the Swedish charismatic Christian denomination Livets Ord. Benny Hinn has been invited by them several times before, and it can be said he is popular in some parts of Christianity, but considered rather controversial in others. The invitation and the whole event spurred an online debate, mainly on blogs and Twitter, where Livets Ord and Benny Hinn were discussed and scrutinized. This article will focus on describing and analyzing how the event was perceived and evaluated, primarily in the digital media, before, during and after the event. The churches are currently attempting to reach new audiences through digital channels, and hope to support their adherents in their everyday life beyond the meetings and activities hosted at their physical church building. However, as seen in the article, entering the digital era is not always unproblematic or straight-forward. What is of particular interest here is how the digital media relocate the event – how this opens up a previously closed event, and potentially flattens out and questions traditional authorities.Keywords: Benny Hinn, Livets Ord, Twitter, Authority, Online, Digital religion, Digital humanities
Filmic constructions of the (religious) other: Laestadians, abnormality, and hegemony in contemporary scandinavian cinema
Authors: Sjö Sofia , Häger Andreas
Published: November 2019

Religious themes and characters have lately assumed center stage in a number of Scandinavian films. As with films from other parts of the world, so also in Scandinavian films a suspicion of certain religious traditions can be observed. In Scandinavian films this is not only true of traditionally foreign religions, but for some domestic religious groups as well, among them the Laestadian revival movement. In this article we analyze how this movement and its members are constructed as Other in four Scandinavian films. We theorize this ‘Othering’ with the help of Gramsci’s concept of hegemony and argue that the ‘othering’ of Laestadians helps present the contrasting views as ‘normal’ and unproblematic. In the final section of the article we discuss the findings from the perspective of media and religion in a post-secular society, arguing that the media are today central to our understanding of religion, but at the same time shape religion in accordance with their own logics. We suggest that what is needed in order to understand how religion and groups such as the Laestadian revival movement are constructed in the media is religious media literacy.
Religion Education in Norway: Tension or Harmony between Human Rights and Christian Cultural Heritage?
Authors: Andreassen Bengt-Ove
Published: November 2019

Both research and public and scholarly debate on religious education (RE) in Norway have mostly revolved around the subject in primary and secondary school called Christianity, Religion and Ethics (KRL) (later renamed Religion, Philosophies of Life and Ethics, RLE), not least due to the criticisms raised by the UN’s Human Rights Committee in 2004 and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in 2007 of the Norwegian model for RE in primary and secondary schools. The RE subject in upper secondary school, however, is hardly ever mentioned. The same applies to teacher education. This article therefore aims at providing some insight into how RE has developed in the Norwegian educational system overall, ranging from primary and secondary to upper secondary and including the different forms of teacher education.
Sepia Portrait of Lukian Aleksieiev by Shevchenko (“Portrait of an Unknown Man with Guitar”): Revision of Ascription
Authors: Boron Oleksandr
Published: November 2019

The paper refutes an ascription accepted in the current Complete Collection of Shevchenko’s Works for the sepia drawing that was formerly known as a “Portrait of an Unknown Man with Guitar”. It was supposed to be a portrait of Lukian Aleksieiev dated 1856–1857. The paper’s author points out that the age of the portrayed man (25–30 years old) does not correspond to L. Aleksieiev’s age at the time (16–18 years old). The inscription ‘Raim’, which H. Palamarchuk treats as not made by the artist himself, is considered undoubtedly as Shevchenko’s plot forming component of the work. The portrayed man is dressed in a double-breasted frock coat with a straight stand collar (neither skewed nor rounded) belonging to the period of Nikolai I, who died in 1855. Frock coats were abolished by Military Minister’s order on March 15, 1855; instead of them since January 1856 a half-kaftan with a rounded stand collar was introduced. This leads to the conclusion that a portrayed military ofﬁcer is dressed in a uniform that was in use until 1855.

The paper supports and develops observations of V. Smilianska and other researchers that the sepia drawing depicts a staff captain Aleksei Maksheiev, a representative of the Military Ministry in the Aral describing expedition, and accordingly, the work is dated by the year 1848. The following hypothesis is offered: Starting to draw A. Maksheiev’s portrait from nature, Shevchenko ﬁnished it after the staff captain’s departure for Orenburg and signed it at the place of completion ‘Raim’. Later Shevchenko took the sepia drawing to the Novopetrovsk fortiﬁcation, to which in 1856 a young graduate of the Nepluiev Cadet Corps, a sergeant of Ural Cossack 200-man detachment L. Aleksieiev was sent for the service. He made friends with the poet. Leaving his exile place in August 1857, in memory of their common stay in the fortiﬁcation, Shevchenko decided to present the young man with some of his drawings, namely two landscapes with the fortress and A. Maksheiev’s portrait, having crossed the inscription ‘Raim’ with a pencil. For L. Aleksieiev this had to be primarily a work by a well-known artist, a famous poet, while the personality of an unknown military ofﬁcer might be no so important.
Transition to Organic Agriculture is a Way to Preserve Soils Fertility
Authors: Babayev V.
Published: November 2019

The use of the agricultural ecosystem approach in agriculture is aimed at environmentally friendly agricultural production and helps to prevent soil erosion and preserve fertile land. Therefore, large-scale and detailed studies of soil and the environment in the region are carried out using agrochemical methods to assess fertility, sources of soil pollution (heavy metals, chemicals, groundwater, etc.), which leads to accelerated adaptation of these areas to environmentally friendly production.
Determination of Selenium Content and Antagonist Elements in Milk and Milk Processed Products
Authors: Kozlova G. , Onina S. , Bakhtygareeva G.
Published: November 2019

The content of selenium and antagonist elements (Cu, As, Zn, Cd, Pb) in natural milk and products of its processing (cottage cheese and cream) in different seasons of the year is determined. It is noted that the greatest amount of selenium and antagonist elements in natural milk is contained in the summer (in the pasture period). The concentration of antagonist elements in milk processing products (cream and curd) is proportional to their content in the milk from which they are made. The content of antagonist elements in curd is much higher than in cream. This indicates that the elements are mainly associated with the protein part of milk.
Issues of Harmonization of Organic Agriculture and Plant Protection From Harmful Insects
Authors: Abdullayeva S.
Published: November 2019

Problems associated with the growing shortage of natural resources and the relevance of the development of organic agriculture are revealed, as well as put forward proposals for solving these problems. Data on statistical and analytical sources are given. The information on biological and chemical methods of agricultural land cultivation in Uzbekistan was used. The information of authors from different countries on the greening of agricultural production is used. In conclusion, it is concluded that in the future, the development of organic agriculture should become one of the most important areas of agricultural policy.
Research of the Tribological Properties of Composite Polymer Materials During the Breaking-in Period
Authors: Almataev T. , Almataev N. , Moidinov D.
Published: November 2019

Results of research and development of composite polymer materials are presented. The aim of this work was the study and development of new composite polymer materials with optimal performance properties for the working bodies of machines and mechanisms. The surface grinding of the samples was carried out using an eccentric rotary brush according to the procedure previously presented by the authors. Tribological properties of polymeric materials and coatings were determined on a tribometer. The results of the study showed that the degree of influence of fillers on the strength and antifriction properties of composite polymer materials depends on the type and nature of the filler and binder.
Ambient Media in a Market System
Authors: Erlygina E. , Vasilyeva A.
Published: November 2019

Nowadays the use of non-traditional methods of advertising is becoming increasingly popular. Such methods include Ambient Media, which is characterized by the use of environmental objects as an advertising medium. Ambient Media is distinguished by its originality, creativity and ingenuity, contributes to the creation of high-quality, emotional contact with potential consumers, creating a positive image of the company.
Subjects and other Participants of Tax Law Relations
Authors: Kuramaeva N.
Published: November 2019

Subjects and other participants in the tax legal relationship are considered. According to the author, it is necessary to study in more detail the subject composition, as well as the material object and subject of tax relations. Improving the rules governing the rights and obligations of parties to a tax legal relationship will contribute to the observance of the constitutional rights and freedoms of taxpayers and payers of fees. It is concluded that it is necessary to study in more detail the subject composition, as well as the material object and subject of tax relations. Improving the rules governing the rights and obligations of parties to a tax legal relationship will contribute to the observance of the constitutional rights and freedoms of taxpayers and payers of fees.
On the Relationship of the Cultural Needs of the Individual With the Culture of Society
Authors: Petrov I.
Published: November 2019

The article is devoted to the consideration of the cultural needs of the individual. It is shown that the needs of the individual, social groups, communities are related to the culture of society, which allows us to use such a concept as ‘cultural needs’, which can be classified in different ways, depending on what we lay in the basis of ‘division’. Culture makes real what is in a person in a potential state, that is, it gives the opportunity to realize its essential forces.
Odpowiedzialność odszkodowawcza członków zarządu spółki z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością będącą komplementariuszem spółki komandytowej wobec komandytariuszy i spółki komandytowej
Authors: Oczkowski Maciej
Published: November 2019

Popularne w polskiej praktyce gospodarczej jest tworzenie spółki komandytowej, której komplementariuszem jest spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością. Wspólnicy de facto w ten sposób ograniczają swoją osobistą odpowiedzialność jaką ponosiliby, gdyby występowali w roli wspólnika aktywnego jako osoby fizyczne. Zarządzającymi spółką komandytową są członkowie spółko z o.o., których de facto nie łączy ze spółką komandytową ani komandytariuszami żaden stosunek obligacyjny. W przypadku wyrządzenia przez członków zarządu szkody spółce komandytowej bądź jej komandytariuszom pojawia się problem podstaw do odpowiedzialności. Obecny stan prawny skłania ku refleksji nad regulacją de lege ferenda nie tylko samej spółki komandytowej, ale także całego systemu prawa spółek..
AKTIVITAS EKSTRAK TEMULAWAK (Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb.) TERHADAP PROLIFERASI DAN DIFERENSIASI SEL OTAK BESAR ANAK TIKUS BERUMUR TIGA HARI SECARA IN VITRO
Authors: Rahminiwati Min , Juwita Ita , Murtisari Ani , Darusman Latifah K
Published: November 2019

Kurkumin yang terdapat dalam rimpang temulawak, selain dapat menginduksi terjadinya proliferasi sel progenitor pada otak tikus dewasa juga dapat menghambat kerja enzim tirosinkinaseyang berperan penting dalam mengatur pertumbuhan dan diferensiasi sel. Meskipun demikianrespon sel saraf terhadap ekstrak temulawak pada masa pertumbuhan perlu kajian lebih lanjut. Efekekstrak temulawak terhadap proliferasi dan diferensiasi sel otak besar atau serebrum pada masapertumbuhan anak diteliti pada sel otak anak tikus Spague Dawley berumur tiga hari yangditumbuhkan dalam media DMEM (Dulbeccos Modified Eagles Medium). Perlakuan dikelompokkan dalam kelompok kontrol positif (mDMEM+30 g/mL asiaticoside (AC), kontrolnegatif (mDMEM), kelompok yang memperoleh ekstrak temulawak (CZ) 100 ppm (mDMEM+100ppm CZ), CZ 200 ppm (mDMEM+200 ppm CZ), dan CZ 400 ppm (mDMEM+400 ppm CZ). Kultur diinkubasi pada suhu 37 o C dalam inkubator CO 5 % selama 6 hari. Parameter yang diamatiadalah population doubling time, komposisi sel saraf dan sel glia, panjang akson dan dendrite yangdiukur masing masing menggunakan hemositometer, pewarnaan Hematoxyilin Eosin (HE) danmikrometer. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan ekstrak temulawak pada konsentrasi 100 ppmmemperlambat prolfperasi, pada konsentrasi 400 ppm meningkatkan diferensiasi sel yangditunjukkan dengan meningkatnya ratio sel glia terhadap sel saraf dan mempengaruhi panjangakson dan dendrite.Kata kunci : Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb., neuron, sel glia, dendrite
TOKSISITAS BEBERAPA EKSTRAK RIMPANG CABANG TEMULAWAK (Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb.) PADA LARVA UDANG (Artemia salina Leach)
Authors: Prasetyorini Prasetyorini , Wiendarlina Ike Yulia , Bela Peron Anisa
Published: November 2019

Pengujian toksisitas beberapa ekstrak rimpang temulawak hasil ekstraksi denganmetode yang berbeda telah dilakukan terhadap larva udang Artemia salina denganmenggunakan Brine Shrimp Lethality Test (BSLT). Ekstraksi dilakukan dengan metodemaserasi, sokletasi dan refluks. Pelarut yang digunakan untuk ekstraksi adalah etanol 96%.Toksisitas diukur dengan menghitung jumlah larva udang yang mati, kemudian nilai LCuntuk setiap ekstrak ditentukan dengan menggunakan Probit Analisis Method. Hasilpenelitian menunjukkan bahwa nilai LCekstrak yang diperoleh dengan metode maserasi,soxhlet dan refluks berturut-turut adalah 14.87 ppm, 19.13 ppm dan 35.92 ppm. Ekstrakrimpang temulawak dengan metode maserasi merupakan ekstrak teraktif. Hasil penapisanfitokimia menunjukkan bahwa dalam ekstrak hasil maserasi tersebut dapat diidentifikasiadanya senyawa golongan alkaloid, flavonoid, steroid, kuinon dan triterpenoid.Kata kunci : Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb., toksisitas, Artemia salina Leach
KIJING TAIWAN (Anodonta woodiana) SEBAGAI SUMBER KALSIUM TINGGI DALAM UPAYA MENCEGAH OSTEOPOROSIS
Authors: Srie Rahayu Sata Yoshida
Published: November 2019

Kalsium merupakan mineral yang sangat dibutuhkan dalam tubuh manusia. Apabilakekurangan kalsium dapat menyebabkan riketsia pada anak, osteomalasia (tulang lunak)dan osteoporosis (tulang keropos) pada orang dewasa. Untuk mencegah hal tersebut makadibutuhkan asupan kalsium yang cukup. Kurang sadarnya masyarakat akan pentingnyakalsium bagi tubuh mengakibatkan dua dari lima orang Indonesia terkena osteoporosis.Masyarakat Indonesia umumnya mengetahui sumber kalsium bagi tubuh manusia adalahsusu serta produk olahannya. Kandungan kalsium pada susu sapi sebesar 143 mg padahalterdapat sumber kalsium lain yang berpotensi yaitu memiliki kandungan kalsium lebihbesar daripada susu yaitu kerang. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengkaji komposisikimia pada Kijing Taiwan dan merumuskan metode sosialisasi Kijing Taiwan sebagaisumber kalsium dalam upaya pencegahan osteoporosis. Manfaat penelitian adalah untukmemperkenalkan Kijing Taiwan sebagai menu makanan keluarga. Penentuan komposisikimia proksimat, yang meliputi analisis kadar air, analisis kadar abu, analisis kadar protein,analisis kadar lemak dan analisis kadar karbohidrat dan kadar mineral Ca, Cu, Fe dan Zn.Dalam penelitian ini kita dapat mengetahui kandungan kalsium pada Kijing Taiwan, yaitu366 mg kalsium serta mengetahui berapa gram Kijing Taiwan yang harus dikonsumsiuntuk memenuhi asupan kalsium per hari per orangnya, yaitu sebanyak 273 gr. Diharapkandari lingkup yang kecil ini dapat mengurangi kasus osteoporosis di Indonesia.Kata kunci : Kijing, Anodonta woodiana, sumber kalsium, osteoporosis