bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cattle in ritual practice and iconography in Bronze Age Cyprus
Authors: Webb Jennifer M.
Published: November 2022

The difficulties involved in identifying the archaeological remnants of belief systems have been widely discussed. In many or even most instances, the material correlates of ritual action are likely to have left non-durable (myth, dancing, prayer, prophecy, libations) or non-diagnostic traces. Issues of recognition are thus fundamental to any discussion of the meaning and function of images and symbols and the artefacts on which they are inscribed. One approach – and that adopted here – is to limit the investigation to materials recovered from ritual contexts (where these can be identified) or otherwise of obvious ritual function or content, so that their operational role may be most clearly understood.
Variation on a theme: Mycenaean early civilisation in a comparative perspective
Authors: Bajema Marcus
Published: November 2022

To determine the usefulness of comparative studies to understand Mycenaean palatial society, it is first necessary to discuss early civilisations as a comparative category. In this regard it is important to note that the level of generalisation concerns a specific set of societies with similar emergent properties, which are subject to two complementary forms of evaluation. Firstly, models of early civilisations need to correspond to the archaeological and historical records of single cases, and, secondly, there needs to be a cross-cultural coherence to the models used. The interpretive strength of a comparative category depends on its success in this balancing act. Comparative studies are of limited use for evaluating the correspondence between models and data for specific societies. At most the differences in available sources between distinct cases might reveal biases, being the result of a reliance on a limited set of sources. The use of analogy to make inferences for a case based on another case is not comparative, and is not used here. The significant use of comparative categories lies in the coherence they bring to model building, as well as the stimulus provided by interpretive debates on particular aspects of early civilisations.
A Greek battleground in southern Italy: new light on the ancient Sagra
Authors: Visonà Paolo , Jansson James R.
Published: November 2022

In the Battle of the Sagra River, the earliest known battle fought at a river in southern Italy, the army of Locri Epizephyrii (with the support of Rhegion) defeated superior forces of Kroton. This was one of the most salient events in the history of Magna Graecia before the fall of Sybaris in 510 BC. Its significance was magnified throughout the Greek world as an upset victory achieved through supernatural intervention: the Dioscuri were said to have come from Sparta to aid the Locrians. However, no primary sources about this conflict have survived and nothing is known about the topography of the battle.
Results of the field surveys at Teos and environs (2007–2009): revealing the Archaic landscape
Authors: Koparal Elif , Tuna Numan
Published: November 2022

Teos is one of the Ionian dodecapolis cities located on the western coast of Anatolia (Figure 1). It is visually one of the most favourable sites with its monumental buildings and post-classical urban layout well preserved within its landscape. Including Teos, the imagination stirred by Ionian poleis is mostly of an urban centre and its monuments, particularly the temples. At most places in Ionia post-Archaic urban structures seal up the earlier layers of habitation, which has been an obstacle for a long dureé approach, and a consequence of the preferred research strategies. Archaeological practice in Ionia has long been focused on the excavation of temples and monumental buildings, which contributed to the macro history of the region as presented by the ancient authors.
Public baths in Roman Dion (Colonia Iulia Augusta Diensis)
Authors: Oulkeroglou Anastasios
Published: November 2022

The city of Dion was founded in the NE foothills of mount Olympus next to a traditional religious centre, which evolved into the official religious centre of the Macedonian kingdom. After the turbulent period of the Roman Civil War, Colonia Iulia Augusta Diensis was founded during the reign of Augustus, probably in 30 BC. The city covered an area of ​​approximately 40 hectares (Figure 1). Roman veterans were settled among the indigenous population.
The Karavas Water Project: an archaeological and environmental study of interaction and community in northern Kythera
Authors: Tzortzopoulou-Gregory Lita
Published: November 2022

This paper is an attempt to explore how small agricultural communities are able to engage in collective decision-making and constructive collaboration among individuals in the use and management of their limited natural resources, and in particular water, for their own individual benefit and for the benefit of the community at large. The sophisticated use and management of the water system of the small village of Karavas in northern Kythera is a testimony to such community fellowship and solidarity that has survived from at least the beginning of the Early Modern Period (18th century) – if not earlier – until the Present. As the modern settlement developed and expanded around the natural springs and the flowing stream, so did the interconnections among the family-owned vegetable gardens (perivolia) and the numerous water-mills. These mills, in turn, harnessed the power of the flowing water for small-scale ‘industrial’ flour production, serving the local communities and frequently individuals from other settlements farther afield.
From an Intangible Idea of a Fashion Collection to an Intangible Digital Future. A Yannis Tseklenis Vase Look Dress
Authors: Moyssi Noly , Georgiou Ropertos , Avgousti Avgoustinos
Published: November 2022

Fashion is defined as changing styles in dress and appearance, adopted by a group of people in a specific place and time; it also relates to the market economy. Roland Gérard Barthes (1915–1980) noted that the annual change in dress code means that the consumer has a new code to learn from year to year, and in this process of learning, fashion magazines have an important role to play. Fashion magazines fulfil this role by combining image with text.

Since the 1950s, developing countries with a surplus of unskilled labour were in an advantageous position to attract investments for industrial units that would produce cheap products, as the cheap labour cost of the work hour made them extremely competitive. Developed countries with skilled workforces could only compete with the production of items requiring know-how and high-tech infrastructure if they could justify higher labour costs. These countries, however, had no choice but to import mass-produced goods, produced in developing countries with cheaper labour, such as Greece.
Parting the waters. Middle Palaeolithic archaeology in the central Ionian Sea
Authors: Galanidou Nena
Published: November 2022

This paper sets out a conceptual framework based on the idea of connectivity, and the research design that informs a series of surveys and excavations in the central Ionian Sea targeting the Palaeolithic record. It highlights the importance of mapping the now submerged topography to get a better understanding of the relevant palaeogeography, and its wider implications for hominin settlement, landscape preferences and pathways of dispersal and expansion from mainland Greece into the Inner Ionian Archipelago and Lefkas. It argues that the sea and the offshore islands are not marginal or irrelevant but central to an understanding of Palaeolithic settlement and land use, especially during periods of low sea level. At these times, many islands would have become hills in an extensive coastal plain, representing ideal habitats for hunters and gatherers.
Making tools, Reconstructing Manufacturing Processes: The Celt Industry of Varemeni Goulon in Northern Greece
Authors: Stroulia Anna
Published: November 2022

Of all macrolithic types known from Neolithic Greece, cutting edge tools, or celts as they are widely known, have attracted most archaeological attention. This emphasis is certainly not explained by math. Celts have been studied more intensely, even though their numbers rarely exceed those of other macrolithic types (e.g. grinding tools). Other less straightforward factors are probably responsible - the disciplinary traditions in which we scholars operate and our aesthetic priorities, for example.
Margaretha Kramer-Hajos. Mycenaean Greece and the Aegean World: Palace and Province in the Late Bronze Age.
Authors: Rutter Jeremy
Published: November 2022

Diachronic surveys of Mycenaean civilization, our term for the material culture that flourished above all on the central and southern Greek mainland during the six or seven centuries (ca. 1700/1600-1000 BC) we assign to the Late Bronze Age, typically and understandably focus on the regional cores of that culture in the northeast (Argolid and Corinthia) and southwest (Messenia) Peloponnese where it arose and has been most extensively documented. The overview of this culture provided by Margaretha Kramer-Hajos (hereafter MK-H) is refreshingly different in its spatial focus on the Euboean Gulf region of east-central Greece (figs. 1.1-1.2) as well as in its conceptual emphasis on certain aspects of network theory and human agency.
David Michael Smith. Pocket Museum: Ancient Greece.
Authors: Meens Anna
Published: November 2022

The new ‘Pocket Museum’ series by Thames & Hudson was launched in the summer of 2017 with the appearance of two volumes, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. In the meantime, a third addition to the series has appeared in March 2018, Ancient Egypt. The books in this series are aimed at presenting artefacts housed in museums all over the world side by side in an illustrated history.
Nicholas Rockwell. Thebes: A History
Authors: Gartland Samuel
Published: November 2022

This short overview of the history of Thebes between 1600 BC and AD 476 is part of the Routledge Cities of the Ancient World series, at present a scattergun collection of studies with Elis the only other mainland Greek community published to date. It is markedly shorter than other books in the series (149 pages of text compared to 239 pages for Elis), and the claims of the book to give an up to date assessment of all available information for the city over two millennia are very difficult to meet in this length.
Living apart together. A ceramic analysis of Eastern Crete during the advanced Late Bronze Age
Authors: Langohr Charlotte
Published: November 2022

During the Late Minoan (hereinafter LM) II to IIIB phases, roughly between 1450 and 1200 BCE, Cretan society went through a series of changes, the causes and circumstances of which are still the subject of dispute. One of the key issues that remains is the question of the cultural identity or identities of Cretan communities after the widespread, violent destructions of the LM IB palatial centres and settlements on the island. This discussion involves a debate on the long-standing and complex relationship between Crete and the Mycenaean Mainland. It is generally assumed that rulers from Central Greece or at least elite groups originating from this area took over the palace at Knossos during or after the Neopalatial (Middle Minoan III-LM I) collapse (or even caused it) and gradually acquired political control over much of the island with the establishment of a new centralised, Greek-speaking administration using the script Linear B, while also initiating abrupt cultural changes within Minoan society.
Joseph G. Manning. The Open Sea. The Economic Life of the Ancient Mediterranean World from the Iron Age to the Rise of Rome.
Authors: Lewis David
Published: November 2022

In M.I. Finley’s The Ancient Economy, the Hellenistic period is studiously and deliberately avoided. Finley’s avowed reason for doing so was that this period saw the coexistence of two distinct economic sectors, an ‘ancient’ (viz. Graeco-Roman) and an ‘Oriental’ sector (Finley 1999 [orig. 1973]: 183). The former could be understood (so Finley argued) as a unified whole stretching from the time of Homer to that of Justinian; what bound it together was an elite mentality that remained, in his view, remarkably stable over time. Forty-five years on, the picture looks strikingly different. Manning’s thesis, which synthesises much recent work on ancient economic history, entails both blowing apart Finley’s unified ancient economy into many regional economies, and joining them together into a broader, interconnected Eurasian world focused on the Mediterranean Sea and encompassing far more than just Greece and Rome (however broadly defined), by plotting a dense web of connections that sped ideas, people, and objects across this expanse.
Constantinos Paschalidis (with contributions by Photini J. P. McGeorge and Wiesław Więckowski). The Mycenaean Cemetery at Achaia Clauss near Patras. pp. xxiii+510, 918 ills (238 photos & plans of tombs, mostly b/w; 679 col. ills, 96 accompanied by b/w dra
Authors: Dickinson Oliver
Published: November 2022

This is the second publication of tombs from a large Mycenaean cemetery in Achaea to appear in two years; the other, being concerned with tombs at Ayios Vasileios, Chalandritsa (hereafter Chalandritsa) was reviewed in JGA 3 (2018), 449-451 (Aktypi 2017). The two sites both belong to a constellation of sites to the east and south-east of Patras, but there are noteworthy differences between the two. The Chalandritsa tombs were mainly excavated in rescue work carried out by members of the Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of Achaea at various times between 1989 and 2001; the cemetery contained at least 45 tombs, but only about a dozen produced much useful information, and only two of these were excavated more or less intact. The volume reviewed here publishes the results of research excavations in the Clauss cemetery, carried out for the Archaeological Society between 1988 and 1992 by Prof. A. Papadopoulos of Ioannina University.
D. Graham J. Shipley, The Early Hellenistic Peloponnese: Politics, Economies, and Networks 338-197 BC. pp. xxxii+355, 1 ill., 9 maps, 7 tables. 2018. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 2018978-0-521-87369-7, hardback $120.
Authors: Pettegrew David
Published: November 2022

The ‘decline’ of the polis in the late Classical and early Hellenistic periods numbers among the stock elements of historical narratives of ancient Greece. In the conventional rendition baked into old textbook descriptions of Greek civilization, the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War marked the end of a golden age as city-states devolved into a downward cycle of power play, hegemonic contest, and warfare that ended only with the conquests of Philip II and Alexander. The polis thereafter lost its autonomy, political directive, and ideological essence. As one popular textbook of western civilization put it recently: ‘With the advent of Macedonian control, once-independent poleis became subject cities whose proud political traditions were no longer relevant.’ This picture of decline, decay, and irrelevance remains common today despite a range of recent scholarship reappraising the early Hellenistic period in Greece.
Dimitros E. Psarros. Το Αϊβαλί και η Μικρασιατική Αιολίδα [Ayvalik and Aiolis of Asia Minor]. pp. 627, with b/w and col. ills, 1 map in bag pocket. 2017. Athens: Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece (MIET). ISBN 978-960-250-687-5
Authors: Karambinis Michalis
Published: November 2022

This is a particular book, written by a refugee of second generation from Aivalik, who dedicated his life to the history of his homeland (he has studied Aivalik from 1969 till his death in 2008). An electrical engineer and architect by profession, a ‘‘technician’ and not an academic or a professional writer’, as Psarros himself states (579), the author prepared a book free of the scientific constraints that sometimes academic writings possess. Although his focus was on topography, settlement evolution and architecture, the author was not afraid to enter into the field of history, and the information he includes from his numerous oral interviews enlivens the places the author describes. In fact, reading, or better, wandering through the book, one has the feeling that he meets Fotis Kontoglou’s ‘heroes’ of his Το Αϊβαλί η πατρίδα μου (Athens 1962).
Robert S. Wagman, The Cave of the Nymphs at Pharsalus. Studies on a Thessalian Country Shrine
Authors: Mili Maria
Published: November 2022

The book is a welcome addition to recent works on the cults of the area of Thessaly in anglophone scholarship. Of the various sanctuaries excavated in Thessaly, we have very few systematic studies of sanctuary material. Beyond the Thessalian confines, this book is an important contribution to the topics of Nymph cults and nympholepsy, Greek sanctuaries and their natural environment and indeed cave cults.
The sanctuary at Keros in the Aegean Early Bronze Age: from centre of congregation to centre of power
Authors: Renfrew Colin , Boyd Michael J. , Athanasoulis Demetris , Brodie Neil , Carter Tristan , Dellaporta Katerina , Floquet Marie , Gavalas Giorgos , Georgakopoulou Myrto , Gkouma Myrsini , Hilditch Jill , Krijnen Ayla , Legaki Irini , Margaritis Evi , Marthari Marisa , Moutafi Ioanna , Philaniotou Olga , Sotirakopoulou Peggy , Wright Joshua
Published: November 2022

This article aims to summarise the results of three periods of fieldwork carried out since 2006. These are the Cambridge Keros Project of 2006–2008, the Keros Island Survey of 2012–2013, and the Keros-Naxos Seaways Project of 2015–2018. Taken together, these form a coherent, large-scale project that aimed to study a maritime landscape in some depth, putting the Kavos and Dhaskalio sites in a broader context, while through excavation understanding in great detail the formation, use and abandonment of the sanctuary site on Kavos and the large built-up area on Dhaskalio.
Fusion cuisine in the shadow of Mount Olympus: an integrated study of Middle and Late Bronze Age cooking pots
Authors: Dimoula Anastasia , Koulidou Sophia , Tsirtsoni Zoi , Standall Edward , Craig Oliver E. , Valamoti Soultana Maria
Published: November 2022

This paper explores the relations developed between Mycenaeans and their northern neighbours through the study of cooking assemblages from four sites in the region of Pieria, in present-day Greek Central Macedonia. A strong connection with the Mycenaean sphere in the 13th -12th century BC has already been indicated through archaeological evidence from graves, but it is the first time that this connection is explored through domestic utensils. Moreover, the four sites cover chronologically the entire Middle and Late Bronze Age – i.e., a time interval corresponding to the whole of the Mycenaean period and the centuries immediately preceding it, c.2000–1100 BC – providing both wide contexts and great time depth. Through a ‘longue durée’ investigation of food preparation using ceramic analysis and contextual associations, we evaluate local and traditional elements of the cooking apparatus vs. new and/or exogenous ones, and identify the time of their introduction. Based on our observations we discuss cultural interaction between the Mycenaean and northern Greek communities as expressed through food preparation, in other words, the transformation of cooking within the specific social and historical contexts of our case studies.
What do terracotta figurines in a sacral context reveal? The case of the Aphaia sanctuary on the island of Aegina
Authors: Spathi Maria G.
Published: November 2022

Figurines are one of the most numerous categories of finds, coming to light in their hundreds in sacral contexts. And while other finds, such as ceramics, fall often into the category of profane, coroplastic finds are clearly always votives. They are offerings to the deity given either singly or, possibly, in groups, along with other offerings, such as edible stuffs. The importance of figurines as votive offerings in shrines has undergone a revision: up to a few decades ago, they were considered cheap, mass-produced products of little interpretive significance to the results of modern research. Their study, when from sacred assemblages, has since progressed greatly. Many independent publications bear witness to this. Their newly-appreciated importance lies not only in their being revealing finds for the practice of worship in a place but also, when there exists, say, a repetition of types for a long time, they offer valuable information about the character, qualities, and sometimes even the very identity of the worshiped deity. And while individual figurines as votive offerings to shrines may be a personal expression of the dedicator, they all reflect a collective and repetitive practice directly related to the deity worshiped. Depending on their place of manufacture, they also provide information on domestic production, influences from other regions and the commercial relations of the sanctuaries and the wider area in which they exist with other such religious centres and other ceramic traditions. But their artistic value is not necessarily negligible. Along with the handmade or mass-produced products, there are similar coroplastic examples on a larger scale, made in multiple moulds; these may far exceed 20 cm in size. Such pieces were certainly not cheap votive offerings but expensive and perhaps made to order. In the present study, the information that may be drawn from figurines in sanctuaries is examined. The exercise takes as a case-study all the figurines from the sanctuary of Aphaia on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf, which are mainly dated due to the Archaic period. This corpus is well-suited to the task in that it gives information not limited only to the typology of the figurines and their relation to the properties of the worshiped deity, but also on their origin, which goes beyond the island itself.
Nikolas Dimakis, Social identity in the classical and hellenistic northern Peloponnese: the evidence from burials.
Authors: Shipley Graham
Published: November 2022

Nikolas Dimakis, Social identity in the classical and hellenistic northern Peloponnese: the evidence from burials. pp. ix + 357, 111 figs (7 in col.). Oxford: Archaeopress, 2016. ISBN 978-1-78491-506-3, paperback £40; 978 1 78491 507 0, E-book £16.
Dyslexia biomarker detection with Quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) data in children: Feasibility, Acceptability, Economic impact, Pilot Study and Survey Results
Authors: Eroglu Gunet , Köprülü Mertali , Karabacak Berdan
Published: November 2022

INTRODUCTION
Dyslexia awareness is not high in societies. Although 5-17% of the population is thought to be dyslexic in every global society, only 0.05 % of the population gets a formal diagnosis in Turkey. The financial situation of families of children with dyslexia is not enough to get an early diagnosis and investigate intensive remedial opportunities. Mobile apps have been used to diagnose health conditions in recent years. Worldwide solutions for dyslexia do not exist as the solutions were language-dependent. We need an easily reachable, affordable, language-independent, and worldwide acceptable biomarker detection app for dyslexia at schools because it potentially helps to prevent severe consequences through an early diagnosis that helps provide early intervention. No other research assessed the feasibility and acceptability of using this mobile app to detect dyslexia at home or school. Here we present a dyslexia biomarker detection app based on Z-scored Quantitative Electroencephalogram (QEEG) data that can be used at home or school and has accomplished a high accuracy rate in diagnosing dyslexia. The mobile app can be used at home by parents or teachers at school.

METHODS
We have collected data from 207 children (96 of them have dyslexia, 111 of them are typically developing) between 7-10 years old for 40 sessions on average.  The data consists of the eyes-open resting state 2-minute QEEG data from 14-channels.

RESULTS
Using the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) machine learning method, children with dyslexia/ typically developing children (TDC) classification has been done with a high accuracy rate (98.8%). ANN yields the highest accuracy results with standardized QEEG data in the literature. A survey is created to assess the dyslexia biomarker detection app’s feasibility, acceptability, and economic impact. The results have shown that the biomarker detection app is found feasible and acceptable by families, however, it is found expensive to use at home as it includes the costly electroencephalography (EEG) headset.

CONCLUSION
In order for this biomarker detection method to be used extensively at home, EEG headset prices should become more affordable or this dyslexia biomarker detection method can be used at schools.
Does Tocovid, a Tocotrienol-rich Vitamin E, Mitigate Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) Surgery? A Single-Centre Double-blind Randomised Controlled Trial
Authors: Musa Ahmad Farouk , Dillon Jeswant , Ezani Md Taib Mohamed , Mohamed Yunus Alwi , Rais Sanusi Abdul , Nazeri Nordin Mohd , A. Smith Julian
Published: November 2022

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether tocotrienol-rich Tocovid has any effect in reducing the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF), mortality and morbidity, length of Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), High Dependency Unit (HDU) and total hospital stay among post coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients; and in improving their quality of life (QOL).

METHODS: A single-centre prospective randomised controlled trial was conducted at the National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur. The treatment group received Tocovid capsules while the control group received placebo containing palm superolein. 

RESULTS: The recruitment of patients started in January 2019 and reached the target population of 250 patients in December 2021. 95.6% of patients completed the study with a 4.4% attrition rate. No statistically significant difference was observed between the age group, gender, race, EuroSCORE II status, body mass index, NYHA class, left or right atrial size, ejection fraction, preoperative medications and premorbid history (except hypercholesterolaemia). There was also no difference in cardiopulmonary bypass time, aortic cross-clamp time, or number of anastomoses. In terms of outcomes, we noted a significant difference in the occurrence of pleural effusion and a longer CICU stay (_p_=0.04) among the placebo groups. The probability of occurrence of POAF was 36.4% with no difference between the two groups and this was reflected in the low blood levels of tocotrienols at day one post-surgery whence the median time for POAF development was 47-hours post-CABG. The quality of life as measured by the 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36) and Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) did not show any significant difference except in role physical and role emotional on SF-36 and sleep quality on NHP.

CONCLUSION: POAF was not mitigated by Tocovid presumably from low tocotrienol level post-surgery; however, the CICU stay was shortened with reduced pleural effusion, and an improvement in the physical and emotional state with better sleep quality.
Detecting Chasms and Cracks Using Innovator Scores and Agent Interactions
Authors: Iwata Ryo , Kuramoto Kaoru , Kumagai Satoshi
Published: November 2022

In chasm theory, it is found from field data that many new products have an initial sales peak followed by a decline. In some cases, this decline lasts for a long period of time, which is named a chasm or crack. In this study, we model the phenomenon using innovator scores and agent-based modelling to understand the factors that cause it. We then conduct a sensitivity analysis of the exogenous variables that determine the behavior of the model. Specifically, we use innovator scores to classify users into innovator theory groups, and build an agent-based model. This study evaluates how cluster connectivity, which represents the word-of-mouth effect between each group, and product recognition range, which represents the advertising effect, affect the chasm or crack phenomenon and new product diffusion. Four scenarios are analyzed with different cluster connectivity and product recognition ranges. Additionally, for each scenario, we perform simulations that consider the interactions between agents and add considerations for new product diffusion measures. Evaluating this model using the behavioral and questionnaire data collected from users of an Online-to-Offline site, it is found that the parameters related to communication in the clusters are factors that cause the occurrence of chasms and cracks.
Preparation of C-based Magnetic Materials from Fruit Peel and Hydrochar using Snake Fruit (Salacca zalacca) Peel as Adsorbents for the Removal of Malachite Green Dye
Authors:   Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy Bhakti Pertiwi, Jl. Ariodillah III No. 22A, Palembang 30128,  South Sumatera, Indonesia, Hasanah Mauizatul , Wijaya Alfan ,   Research Center of Inorganic Materials and Coordination Complexes, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences,  Sriwijaya University, Jl. Padang Salasa No. 524 Ilir Barat 1, Palembang 30139, South Sumatera, Indonesia, Arsyad Fitri Suryani ,   Doctoral Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sriwijaya University, Jl. Padang Selasa No. 524 Ilir Barat 1, Palembang 30139, Indonesia, Mohadi Risfidian ,   Doctoral Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sriwijaya University, Jl. Padang Selasa No. 524 Ilir Barat 1, Palembang 30139, Indonesia, Lesbani Aldes ,   Research Center of Inorganic Materials and Coordination Complexes, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences,  Sriwijaya University, Jl. Padang Salasa No. 524 Ilir Barat 1, Palembang 30139, South Sumatera, Indonesia
Published: November 2022

In this study, fruit peel-based magnetic (M-Sp) and hydrochar-based magnetic (M-HSp) materials were successfully synthesized by hydrothermal and magnetization treatments. Characterization using X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, vibrating sample magnetometry, and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy confirmed their successful synthesis. The materials were applied as adsorbents for the removal of malachite green (MG) dye. Equilibrium adsorption occurred at 90 min according to the PSO kinetic model, and the adsorption followed the Langmuir isotherm. The adsorption capacity of the materials was improved by the hydrothermal and magnetic treatments compared to that of the untreated initial material. The adsorption capacities of M-Sp and M-HSp were 69.444 and 88.889 mg/g, respectively. The M-Sp and M-HSp adsorbents could be reused for up to four regeneration cycles compared to the three cycles for the initial material. The adsorption mechanism of MG dye by the M-Sp and M-HSp adsorbents was suggested to occur via hydrogen bond, electrostatic, π-π, and physical interactions. The magnetic materials prepared in this study had a high adsorption capacity and adsorbent reusability, rendering them promising for use in dye removal and to facilitate separation between adsorbents and adsorbates.
Pilóta nélküli légi járművek kooperatív irányítása
Authors: Szabolcsi Róbert
Published: November 2022

Az autonóm járművek, így többek között a pilóta nélküli légi járművek (UAV) irányításának egyik fontos területe a  járművek kooperatív irányítása. A kooperatív irányítás során megvalósítandó célkitűzés a járművek mozgásának  összehangolása egy előre megadott közös, globális cél  megvalósítása érdekében. Ilyen cél lehet például az UAV  eljuttatása megadott időben egy előre megadott helyre  (például légi utántöltés, légi kötelék kialakítása, eljutás a megfigyelési helyre, eljutás a felderítés helyére, eljutás a harci bevetés helyére, eljutás megadott határszakaszra  stb.). A szerző célja bemutatni néhány lehetséges UAV  bevetési forgatókönyvet és repülési feladatot, és az ezeket megvalósító irányításokat és irányítási rendszerek alapkoncepcióit.
The Education of Military Intelligence Analysis in Hungary
Authors: Vida Csaba
Published: November 2022

The author presents the education of military intelligence analysis in the last four decades, which he divided into three periods. These periods well illustrate the stages of development of intelligence analysis in Hungary. The result of this development process is the current education of military intelligence analysis, as the three periods are built on each other. Nowadays, the education of intelligence analysis takes place at the Institute of National Security of the National University of Public Service. This education-based program was approved in 2012 and later accredited. This program already presents the intelligence analysis in a complex way, and it is not just about analysing information and making reports, but about the complex problem-solving activities. The development of the current education began in 2009, but it is still going on because it needs to constantly adapt to the current development of theory and practice of intelligence analysis. The study presents the main elements of the education of intelligence analysis, as well as provides a future perspective on the direction in which the theory of intelligence analysis work needs to develop.
"Long live a free China!": the Mexican communist press and the construction of Mao's leadership (1924-1949)
Authors:   Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Ортега Рейна Хайме , Yanuel Fuentes Ricardo ,   Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa
Published: November 2022

The attention on China and its revolutions during the 20th century were the object of interest of communist organiza-tions in Mexico before the Mexican government established relations with the Asian country. In this article we intend to trace this process of rapprochement and its interpretation of the revolutions in China that Mexican communists made. Our work points to a panoramic vision in which the “dialogue” between revolutions is central, since Mexican communists recognized in China a parallel with the route that Mexico had acquired with its own revolutionary process. How did this rapprochement come about? What interpretation did Mexican communists have of the Chinese case? These are some of the questions we intend to answer in the following pages. By this we mean that Mexican communists, based on their position in the national political framework, and depending on the histor-ical moment in which they found themselves, translated the importance or significance of the revolution in China. This is what allows actors belonging to such a diverse ideological spectrum to welcome the Chinese phenomenon. Having said this, the analysis will be based on a division into two major periods. The first will be between 1924 and 1938, which was linked to the conception of the country's unity and national liberation. Then, as a second period, we will take the 1940s, where the epic will be divided between the commitment to na-tionalism and later to the Chinese Communist Party. The analysis will be based on the review of the communist press, where they projected their political ideas and their vision of the world. The objective of this work is to highlight the pres-ence of the Chinese case, as well as the slow construction of the leaderships associated with the revolution prior to the emergence of "Maoism" as a current with its own identity.
Maoism in Chile in the 60s. Split in the International Communist Movement and the Chilean Left
Authors:   Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Science., Schelchkov Andrey
Published: November 2022

The split in the International Communist Movement and the Sino-Soviet party and state conflict had serious consequences for the left movement in Latin America, and in Chile in par-ticular. In Chile, adherents of the Chinese revolutionary expe-rience, and then the theory and practice of Maoism, stood out from the traditional political parties of communists and so-cialists in the mid-60s. At the heart of their differences with their parent parties were attitudes toward violent methods of revolutionary struggle, criticism of the dominant concept of the peaceful path of the Chilean revolution and the reformist line of the left. Dissident pro-Chinese groups did not immedi-ately accept the Maoist doctrine, limiting themselves to criti-cizing the pro-Soviet position of the Communists, but over time adopted the main provisions of the Maoist doctrine, in-cluding in those of its points that clearly contradicted the characteristics of the country. Maoism's opposition to the al-liance of communists and socialists created serious problems for the latter among their social bases. The strength of Chilean Maoism was limited, which over time led its parties and groups to a marginal position in the left camp. This article of-fers a study of the process of formation and development of the Maoist movement in Chile in the 60s, on the eve of the coming to power of the Government of National Unity.
The law of democratic memory in Spain: an attempt at consolidation or a new phase of conflict?
Authors:   State Academic University for the Humanities, Grantseva Ekaterina ,   Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: November 2022

Over the past twenty years, Spain has experienced a state of radical change in the public perception of key periods in the national history of the twentieth century, "wars of memory" determine the Spanish public mood, a significant part of political discourse and scientific research. On October 21, 2022, the Democratic Memory Law came into force in Spain. This event was preceded by a long period of political debate and public controversy. The law, presented by its authors as a means of consolidating state policy, broadcasting the traditions and values of democracy, paying tribute to those who fought for freedom, and prohibiting the justification of dictatorship, in the eyes of opponents looks like a provocation or a populist act, but by no means a means to overcome the conflict nature of Spanish society.
GERAKAN STOP ASIAN HATE: SEBUAH RESPONS RASISME TERHADAP KETURUNAN ASIA DI AMERIKA SERIKAT
Authors: Khairur Rizki  , Ayu Putri Khairunnisa  , Mahmuluddin
Published: November 2022

This paper analyzes the response to racism experienced by Asian descent in the United States through the Stop Asian Hate movement. By using qualitative research methods and the use of critical race theory, it can be seen the various impacts of racism. This paper also uses the theory of new social movements which is elaborated with the concept of Connective Action to dissect the collective movements of society such as forming non-profit organizations, demonstrations, advocacy, and campaigns through digital media as an effort to protect Asian descendants in America. Racism against Asian descent in the United States continues to escalate even to the point of murder. Racism against Asian descent also experienced an increase in the era of President Donald Trump's leadership along with the spread of the Covid-19 Virus Pandemic in the United States in early 2020. Trump's racist personality has increasingly made hate crimes against Asian descent flourish
Співробітництво України та Великої Британії в умовах російсько-української війни
Authors: Стужук Ю.
Published: November 2022

В результаті повномасштабного вторгнення, путінська Росія кинула виклик усьому колективному Заходу, погрожуючи встановити свій контроль над ними, щоб у свою чергу поставити на порядок денний питання перерозподілу сфер впливу. Майбутній розвиток демократичної Європи в її широкому форматі залежить від збереження державності України як важливого та невід’ємного її елемента і суб’єкта, що як видається однією з перших остаточно усвідомила політична еліта Великобританії.

Мета статті полягає у комплексному та всебічному дослідженні співробітництва України та Великобританії в умовах російсько-української війни.

В умовах сьогодення, Велика Британія має чітку позицію щодо підтримки територіальної цілісності та суверенітету України, зокрема у рамках міжнародних організацій (Організація Об’єднаних Націй, Організація з безпеки і співробітництва в Європі та Рада Європи). Велика Британія, являючись постійним членом Ради Безпеки ООН, регулярно виступає на підтримку української державності. Систематично робляться заяви на захист судноплавства в Чорному морі, щодо анексії Автономної республіки Крим чи катастрофи рейсу MH17, незаконних дій РФ та загострення на Донбасі, політичних в’язнів.

У процесі набуття досвіду українсько-британської військово-політичної співпраці сформувалися такі його головні напрями:

діалог штабів усіх родів і видів збройних сил із метою координації позицій, інституційного реформування української армії й досягнення сумісності;

проведення спільних навчань (“Козацький степ”, “Козацький експрес”, “Козацька булава”) за участі військових підрозділів інших держав НАТО;

спільна участь у миротворчих місіях (наприклад, в Іраку);

організація курсів перепідготовки для українських військових із вивчення англійської мови, права та інформаційних технологій, а з 2015  р. розгорнуто навчально-тренувальну місію “Orbital”, через яку вже пройшли 22  тис. осіб.
Paisaje y energías renovables. Notas para un debate
Authors: Alomar Garau Gabriel
Published: November 2022

Las tensiones paisajísticas y en definitiva estéticas creadas por la implantación territorial de las renovables, ponen de relieve algo relevante: nuestra época se ha tornado enormente sensible a las afectaciones visuales de las nuevas infraestructuras, lo que a su vez significa que somos una sociedad enteramente “paisajística”, es decir sensible hacia la belleza que sólo ahora atribuimos a ciertos espacios, especialmente los agrarios pero también los improductivos. Se ha interiorizado el aprecio irrenunciable por ciertos lugares, apreciándolos por su valor estético, identitario o simbólico. La necesidad de la transición hacia las renovables nos hace ver la necesidad de encontrar el lugar –el mejor lugar– donde ubicarlas.
Knowledge of hypertension and impacts of dietary habits of hypertensive patients on blood pressure control in cardiology departments in the Kara region
Authors:   1  Teaching and Research Unit in Cardiology and Vascular Diseases, University of Kara, Togo, PIO Machihude , DJALOGUE Lihanimpo , NAGNANE Dibéka , BAKAI Abalo Mario , AMEKOUDI Eyram Makafui Yoan Yawo , Tchaa TCHEROU , D ATTA Borgotia , AFASSINOU Yaovi Mignazonzon , KAZIGA Wiyaou Dieu-Donné
Published: November 2022

Introduction: Hypertension is a major public health problem because of its prevalence and mortality, to which unhealthy diet contributes 30%. The objective of this study was to determine the associated risk factors and to evaluate their knowledge and the impact of dietary habits of hypertensive patients on the control of the pathology. Patients and methods: This was a descriptive and analytical study which took place from June to August 2021 and which concerned hypertensive patients followed for at least one year in the cardiology departments of the CHU and CHR Kara. Results: The study included 186 hypertensive patients with a mean age of 55.59 years The age group of [50 - 59 years] was the most represented with 30.11% of the cases. The male/female sex ratio was 0.92. The main associated risk factors were physical inactivity (67%), pathological waist circumference (65%) and overweight (53%). The BP control rate was 41.94%. An average level of knowledge was noted in the patients. Excessive salt consumption (90%) was the risk factor most known by patients. Insufficient intake of vegetables and fruits (26%) was the least known. Only 21% of patients adopted healthy dietary habits. The adoption of healthy dietary habits was significantly associated with a high rate of BP control (72%, p<0.001). Daily consumption of vegetables (20%) and fruit (5%) was considered low. However, this consumption was associated with a high rate of BP control; 58% (p=0.014) and 67% (p=0.073) respectively. In 52% of regular garlic consumers, 60% had controlled BP compared to 22% of nonconsumers of this spice (p<0.001). Knowledge of the effect of foods on BP was not accompanied by healthy consumption of these foods. Conclusion: This study confirmed the need to adopt healthy dietary habits and/or a healthy lifestyle to control hypertension. Substantial consumption of vegetables and fruits and garlic is highly recommended while alcohol, salt, and fast foods should be consumed in moderation. The adoption of these dietary habits by the general population will contribute to the decrease in the prevalence of hypertension in Togo.
Modern Methods for Studying Portal Hypertension-Associated Angiogenesis in Experimental Research
Authors: Olegovich Arefyev Nikolay , Victorovich Garbuzenko Dmitry , Leonidovich Kazachkov Evgeniy
Published: November 2022

Portal hypertension (PH) is associated with the majority of severe complications occurring in liver cirrhosis, and an increase in hepatic vascular resistance to portal blood flow underlies its pathogenesis. The reasons for this include gross structural rearrangement of the liver due to diffuse fibrosis and regenerative nodule formation, remodelling, and capillarisation of sinusoids, as well as endothelial dysfunction and impaired paracrine interaction between damaged hepatocytes, sinusoidal endothelial cells, Kupffer cells, and activated hepatic stellate cells. In this situation, intrahepatic angiogenesis is considered a compensatory mechanism aimed at portal system decompression. At the same time, newly formed vessels bypass sinusoids, so they are unable to provide oxygen and nutrients to the liver tissue, which causes disease deterioration. Angiogenesis, vascular remodelling, and endothelial dysfunction result in portosystemic shunt formation, splanchnic congestion, and hyperdynamic circulation, which leads to PH progression and the occurrence of inherent complications, in particular bleeding from oesophageal varices. Given the significant role of vascular formation and remodelling in the development of PH in cirrhosis, studying angiogenesis is important for the development of antiangiogenic therapy, which could improve associated haemodynamic disorders. To this end, various experimental models and methods, both in vitro and in vivo, of qualitative and quantitative evaluation are used.
Macrophages in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Friend or Foe?
Authors: Grunhut Joel , Wang Wei , Aykut Berk , Gakhal Inderdeep , Torres-Hernandez Alejandro , Miller George
Published: November 2022

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a subtype of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease that is characterised by steatosis, chronic inflammation, and hepatocellular injury with or without fibrosis. The role and activation of macrophages in the pathogenesis of NASH is complex and is being studied for possible therapeutic options to help the millions of people diagnosed with the disease. The purpose of this review is to discuss the pathogenesis of NASH through the activation and role of Kupffer cells and other macrophages in causing inflammation and progression of NASH. Furthermore, this review aims to outline some of the current therapeutic options targeting the pathogenesis of NASH.