bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of Beef Palatability Following Extended Storage at Low Temperature
Authors: Gonzalez Sara V. , Rice Emily A. , Geornaras Ifigenia , Nair Mahesh N.
Published: November 2023

Extending the shelf life of fresh meat without having an adverse effect on its quality attributes is critical to the meat industry to reduce waste, stabilize supply, and facilitate export. Low temperature (LT) storage of beef muscles at or slightly above their freezing point slows down microbiological spoilage while maintaining the product’s fresh status.This study evaluated the impact of 60, 75, or 90 d of LT storage (−2.7°C±0.3°C) on the palatability characteristics of steaks from inside rounds (IR), bone-in ribeyes, and striploins (SL) from 10 (n=10) upper two-thirds Choice beef carcasses. Two steaks fabricated from each subprimal were vacuum-packaged, wet-aged for 21 d (3°C), and frozen (−20°C) for Warner-Bratzler shear force (WBSF) and sensory analyses. These steaks served as the control with regard to storage condition and time. The remainder of each subprimal was fabricated into 3 portions, vacuum packaged, and randomly allocated to an LT storage time (60, 75, or 90 d). After each storage time, subprimals were fabricated into steaks, vacuum-packaged, and stored (−20°C) for WBSF and consumer sensory analyses. Consumers (N=238) evaluated cooked samples for juiciness, tenderness, flavor liking, and overall liking. Data were analyzed using a mixed model with storage time as the fixed effect and individual carcasses as the random blocking factor. The WBSF values decreased (P<0.05) with increased storage time for all the cuts. Similarly, consumer tenderness rating scores increased with the LT storage time, particularly in IR and SL steaks. However, storage time did not influence (P≥0.05) the juiciness, flavor, and overall liking of any of the cuts.The results of this study suggest it would be feasible to extend the storage time of beef while preserving or improving the sensory quality when held at optimal conditions above the freezing temperature.
Artificial Intelligence: A Ray of Hope for a Sustainable Future
Authors: Kaur Shraileen
Published: November 2023

Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) has a significant impact on the global economy. From eradicating hunger and poverty to establishing sustainable energy and gender equality, AI plays a crucial role in achieving environmental sustainability. Artificial intelligence is undeniably the best course of action for the protection and preservation of biodiversity. The rapid development of artificial intelligence and its wide-ranging effects on numerous industries call for an assessment of how these factors will affect the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The three subcategories of the SDGs are society, economics, and the environment. AI is used in a variety of environmental fields, including waste management, pollution control, agriculture, energy management, wildlife preservation, and natural resource conservation. In the long run, AI will assist energy systems that are more energy efficient and have a low carbon footprint, which is necessary to combat climate change. AI can assist in properly regulating the intricate ecosystem's structure and activities. In addition to the aforementioned uses, it can aid in decision-making and environmental planning by spotting trends in desertification across vast areas. Due to the development of numerous new technologies, AI can now be used in nations with diverse cultural values and economic statuses. The technique has become more well-known as a result, worldwide. Advanced AI-based product design, technology, and research may need a lot of computer power, which can be provided by big data centres. Such facilities have a significant carbon footprint and a high energy need. Although this kind of resource abuse has not been extensively reported, AI-based ecosystem knowledge may lead to resource exploitation.
Renal disease rehabilitation and delaying dialysis
Authors: Brown Spencer , Sterner Natalie
Published: November 2023

A clinical decision report using:

Greenwood SA, Koufaki P, Mercer TH, et al. Effect of exercise training on estimated GFR, vascular health, and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with CKD: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Am J Kidney Dis. 2015;65(3):425-434. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.07.015

for a patient with non-dialysis CKD interested in slowing the progression toward necessary dialysis.
Multiple Mediating Effects of Academic Grit and Positive Psychological Capital on the Relationship between Parental Bonding Patterns and Academic Achievement in Undergraduates
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Lee Yun-Ji , Kwon Jae-Hwan
Published: November 2023

Objectives This study set up and verified a structural model to verify the multiple mediating effect of academic grit and positive psychological capital in the relationship between parental bonding patterns and academic ach-ievement of college students.
Methods A survey was conducted on 350 4-year university students located in J-province. Parental bonding pat-terns, which are antecedent variables, were divided into parental care and parental overprotection. A research model was established with parental care and parental overprotection as the antecedent variables, academic grit and positive psychological capital as the mediating variables, and academic achievement as the dependent variable. Correlation analysis and structural equation model(SEM) verification were performed on the collected da-ta, and a phantom model was constructed and the bootstrapping method was used to verify the multiple media-ting effect.
Results First, 6 out of 9 pathways in the research model (parental care→academic grit, parental care→positive psychological capital, parental overprotection→positive psychological capital, academic grit→positive psycho-logical capital, academic grit→academic achievement, positive Psychological capital → Academic achievement) was found to be significant. Second, as a result of structural equation model (SEM) verification of the modified model excluding three paths that were not statistically significant, it was found to show a very good fit. Third, as a result of constructing a phantom model and verifying the multiple mediating effect, the multiple mediating effect of academic grit and positive psychological capital was significant in the relationship between parental care and academic achievement. And positive psychological capital was found to act as a complete parameter in the rela-tionship between parental overprotection and academic achievement.
Conclusions The results of this study suggest that it is necessary to understand the psychological mechanism that the parental bonding patterns of college students affects academic achievement, and based on this, educational guidance and intervention are needed to enhance academic grit and positive psychological capital.
The Mediating Effect of Emotional Expressiveness on The Relationship Between Marital Attachment and Stability of Married for more than 20 years
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Lee Esther , Chung Hyejeong , ko kyungja
Published: November 2023

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the influence of marital attachment on marriage stability in the recog-nition of married for more than 20 years and investigating the mediating effect of emotional expressiveness on the relationship between marital attachment and marriage stability to find ways how to improve.
Methods Marriage stability to be one of factor to continue their marriage relationship among married men and women the participants of this study were 149 married male and 205 married female and data were collected by self-report questionnaire.
Results First, there were significant differences on marriage stabillity and emotional expressiveness depending on religion, Second, multiple regression analysis were performed to investigate the influences of marital attach-ment and emotional expressiveness on marriage stavility. And avoidance attachment were statistically significant variation on marriage stabillity. Finally, emotional expressiveness was significant as a independent variable in the relationship between marital attachment and marriage stability, however the mediating effect of it was not found to be significant.
Conclusions The results of this study can be used as basic and practical data in the field of counseling for program development and education etc to improve marriage stability.
A Study on the English Writing Class and Learners’ Opinions
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Heo Sun Young
Published: November 2023

Objectives The purpose of this study is to suggest not only recognition of Englisn writign for learners but also val-uable solution for liberal arts English writing classes. For this end, this research implemented English writing classes with three different activities during one semester and analyzed the result of employed questionnaire after classes.
Methods This research was based on the responsest of a total of 99 college freshmen with different majors who volutarily answered the questionnaire. All respondents from different majors took the same formatted writing class which consisted of basic writing lessons and three different writing activities such as individual writing, peer feedack, and collaborative writing. After completing the course, they responded the degree of satisfaction with the English writing classes and the writing activities, and their opinions about them.
Results According to the results of the questionnaire, the satisfaction of the English writing class was 4.28 out of 5, that of writing activities was 4.02 out of 5. While the most useful activity for male learners was collaborative writing, that for female learners was peer feedback. According the major, the pattern was various, but collabo-rative writing was responded as the most useful one by overall opinions. The results implied that peer feedback or collaborative writing was better than individual writing because learners could review their writing objectively by other’s opinion on their writing and it was very helpful.
Conclusions Although the need of English writing was paced to the rapid globalization era, the research of writing class was not enough due to the difficulties from both learners and teachers. Learners, however, showed that how they were satisfied with the English writing class and its activities. In addition, they responded that the English writing class fostered their English language abilities. The English writing class, therefore, should provide more helpful one through attempt of various and flexible writing activities.
Simultaneous anterior and inferior ST elevation myocardial infarction secondary to aneurysmal coronary disease
Authors: Guzmán-Castro Salvador , Cuellar Elias Andrade , Castellanos Jesús Ricardo Pérez , Portano Julieta Danira Morales
Published: November 2023

A 40-year-old male with a history of smoking, which had ceased 10 years
ago, was evaluated for typical precordial pain of 10 hours of evolution.
EKG showed ST elevation on anterior an inferior leads. Coronary
angiography performed after 14 hours showed coronary ectasia with
aneurysms in the anterior descending and right
Models that estimate missing interactions change our understanding of the structure and species roles in the largest seed-dispersal network
Authors: Martinez André , Pires Mathias
Published: November 2023

Interactions between species, such as seed-dispersal interactions, can
shape many aspects of those species’ life, as well as ecological
patterns and evolutionary dynamics. Yet, sampling interactions in the
field is challenging. Even with extensive sampling efforts we can hardly
obtain a comprehensive picture of which species interact with each
other. Such missing interactions can produce important gaps that affect
how we perceive and interpret the network formed by species interactions
and the roles of individual species within those networks. In this study
we propose two methods that combine data on species interactions with
information on species traits and phylogenies to estimate potentially
missing interactions. We use one of the largest datasets on
plant-frugivore interactions, depicting thousands of interactions
between birds and plants in the Atlantic Forest hotspot, to test those
methods and analyze how adding newly estimated interactions change the
structure and the topological importance of the species within the seed
dispersal network. We show that estimated missing interactions more than
tripled the number of interactions in the network and impact the general
topological properties of the network increasing nestedness and reducing
modularity. Both models generated networks with a similar structure and
were effective in estimating new interactions, accurately predicting
known interactions without overestimating interactions in place of true
absences. More importantly, added interactions changed our perception on
the topological role of species, with several under-sampled species
earning several interactions and becoming more central to network
structure. This shows that estimating interactions can be helpful to get
a more complete idea of how a network may look like and may help inform
which interactions should be focused on in further sampling efforts.
Genotoxicity in humans exposed to arsenic and lithium in drinking water in the Bolivian Andes
Authors: Tirado Noemí , Mamani Josué , Loma Jessica De , Ascui Franz , Broberg Karin , Gardon Jacques
Published: November 2023

Elevated concentrations of arsenic, lithium and boron in drinking water
have already been reported in the Bolivian Andes. Arsenic causes
genotoxicity but that caused by lithium and boron is less well known.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate associations between
arsenic, lithium and boron exposure and genotoxicity, while taking
genetic susceptibility into account. Women (n=230) were recruited in ten
villages around Lake Poopó. Arsenic exposure was determined as the sum
of concentrations of arsenic metabolites (iAs,  MMA, and DMA) in urine.
Exposure to lithium and boron was determined based on their
concentrations in urine. Genetic susceptibility was determined by GSTM1
and GSTT1 null genotypes and AS3MT rs3740393,. Genotoxicity (DNA strand
breaks) was measured peripheral blood by the comet assay. Median
arsenic, lithium, and boron concentrations were 60 µg/L, 989 µg/L, and
3929 µg/L, respectively. GSTM1 and GSTT1 null carriers showed more DNA
strand breaks than gene carriers (p=0.008, p=0.005). We found no
correlation between urinary arsenic and DNA strand breaks (rS=0.03,
p=0.64), and only a weak non-significant positive association in the
multivariate analysis (β=0.09, p=0.14). Unexpectedly, increasing
concentrations of lithium in urine were negatively correlated with DNA
strand breaks (rS=-0.24, p=0.0006), and the association persisted in
multivariate analysis after adjusting for arsenic (β=-0.22, p=0.003). We
found no association between boron and DNA strand breaks. The lack of
genotoxic effect of arsenic could be associated with the specific
metabolic adaptation to arsenic previously reported in this population.
The apparent protective effect of lithium against genotoxicity merits
further investigation.
A financiarização da natureza
Authors: Renk Arlene , Winckler Silvana
Published: November 2023

O artigo aborda a constituição e territorialização da indústria barrageira, na bacia do rio Uruguai, no período de 1973 a 2022. Estabelece os nexos do barateamento e da financeirização da natureza, que propiciou o surgimento das hidrelétricas que, por meio do Sistema Interligado Nacional (SIN), regulado pela Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL), asseguram a distribuição da energia pelo país. Enfoca os crescentes vínculos com a internacionalização das empresas concessionárias. Metodologicamente, trata-se de pesquisa qualitativa, na tentativa de compreender o processo em tela, recorrendo a fontes documentais, jornalísticas e narrativas de diversas naturezas. Como resultado, observamos que, no processo de financeirização da natureza, os empreendimentos na bacia do rio Uruguai podem ser sintetizados em quatro grupos: uma empresa francesa, duas holdings chinesas, e integrantes de indústria eletrointensiva de outras regiões do país e predominantemente de capital internacional.
Desmatamento e monocultivos de espécies florestais exóticas na Floresta Ombrófila Mista no Oeste catarinense
Authors: Peruchi Moretto Samira , Brandt Marlon
Published: November 2023

O Oeste de Santa Catarina passou por um processo de desmatamento durante a primeira metade do século XX. Na segunda metade do mesmo século, foi praticada a implementação de espécies exóticas florestais, para suprir o mercado madeireiro. Dessa forma, o presente texto tem como objetivo analisar práticas de plantio de monocultivos florestais em áreas ocupadas anteriormente pela Floresta Ombrófila Mista (FOM), no Oeste de Santa Catarina, na segunda metade do século XX. Como fontes, foram utilizados dados de relatórios oficiais, cartografias, iconografia, legislação, entre outros. A inserção das monoculturas florestais, plantios realizados com espécies exóticas com rápido crescimento, como o Pinus spp., promovem drásticas transformações ambientais. O estudo das práticas de plantio dos monocultivos auxilia a compreender as redes econômicas, políticas e sociais de interesse por trás da escolha das espécies e os impactos ambientais provocados por esses cultivos.
Bruddlinjer som utgangspunkt for analysearbeid i institusjonell-etnografisk utforsking
Authors: Bertelsen Bård , Lund Janne
Published: November 2023

In this chapter, we use material from two research projects to show how institutional ethnography’s sensitivity toward disjunctures has put us as researchers on the trail of everyday life problematics. In institutional ethnography, disjuncture refers to the contradiction between institutional discourses and authoritative texts by which society is governed, and the local experiences that people have. One of the research projects was concerned with the experience of parents who were institutionally identified as part of a “high-conflict divorce case”. This exploration began from parents’ accounts of meetings with professionals from the welfare, legal and therapy apparatus and then examined how professionals accounted for the same type of meetings. The second research project explored school-related stress and assessment practices among girls in upper secondary school. Here, a disjuncture between the girls’ experience of daily homework and preparing for tests on the one hand, and school policy guidelines and official intentions on the other, was explored. In this project, the exploration of the disjuncture was accomplished by looking specifically at how the girls explained their use of certain texts in school, tracing their authority to more general or “boss” texts.
Den pentatone boksen: El-gitaristens beste venn, eller en begrensende faktor ved kreativt arbeid?
Authors: Roy Waade
Published: November 2023

In this article I want to present and discuss the pentatonic box, which consists of five main positions on the guitar neck, and look at various possibilities and challenges with the box as a starting point when playing electric guitar. Both as a guitarist and guitar teacher, I have an ambivalent relationship with the pentatonic box: On one hand, it has given me a feeling of fairly quick technical mastery and direct access to much of the well-known electric guitar literature, especially in the tradition of blues, rock and pop in the Western world. But at the same time, box-thinking has sometimes given me a bit of a “straitjacket feeling,” when I have experienced a lack of creative work and have rather stuck to familiar pentatonic scales and licks. Over a number of years, I have had guitar students who have also felt a bit stuck in the use of the pentatonic scale and the box-system on the electric guitar, and I have also had interviews and recorded some of the music from the lessons. So with this text, I want to show some of the steps I have taken to meet some of these challenges. My main research question is: How to detach oneself from the pentatonic box-system and expand the pentatonic landscape?
Decolonizing Higher Education: Rationales and Implementations from the Subject of Music History
Authors: Lise Karin Meling , Petter Frost Fadnes , Lilli Mittner
Published: November 2023

In addition to ongoing territorial and material re-organization of power as a result of 19th-century European colonialism, there has been an increasing focus on decolonializing knowledge practices in higher education. Research communities are discussing what it could mean to decolonize thinking practices, conditions of knowledge creation, and access to higher education. Since the arts are a powerful tool for change, we want to contribute to the ongoing scholarly discussion by introducing examples of decolonial practices used in the Bachelor program in music performance. By presenting three cases from the subject of music history at two Norwegian universities, we provide insight into why and how we can teach differently, what kind of resistance we meet, and how we can make use of discomfort to decolonize knowledge practices. Our empirical material is composed of our own experiences, student course evaluations, conversations with students and teachers, as well as module descriptions. In the basis of our findings, we propose a strategic canonism to mediate in an increasingly polarized field.
The Unctuous Unconformity-Pleomorphic Liposarcoma
Authors: Bajaj Anubha
Published: November 2023

Liposarcoma was initially scripted by Rudolph Virchow in 1857. Subsequently, Franz Michael Enzinger and Donald J Winslow described pleomorphic liposarcoma and diverse subtypes of liposarcoma in 1962
Merger and Consolidation-Carcinosarcoma-Uterine Cervix
Authors: Bajaj Anubha
Published: November 2023

Carcinosarcoma of uterine cervix is an exceptionally encountered, high grade neoplasm composed of malignant epithelial and mesenchymal elements. Additionally designated as malignant mixed mesodermal tumour, homologous neoplasms of uterine cervix are denominated as carcinosarcoma.
Modified Metrics of Acoustic Black Holes: A Review
Authors: MA Anacleto , FA Brito , E Passos
Published: November 2023

In this brief review, we will address acoustic black holes arising from quantum field theory in the Lorentz-violating and non-commutative background. Thus, we consider canonical acoustic black holes with effective metrics for the purpose of investigating Hawking radiation and entropy. We show that due to the generalized uncertainty principle and the modified dispersion relation, the Hawking temperature is regularized, that is, free from the singularity when the horizon radius goes to zero. In addition, we also find logarithmic corrections in the leading order for entropy.
Canonical Quantization of Yang-Mills Theory in Curved Space-time
Authors: Li De-Sheng
Published: November 2023

The framework of canonical quantization of quantum field is given by Lagrangian (not Lagrangian density) formulation to avoid the problem of transfer physical quantities from 4–dimensional space–time to 3–dimensional position space (3–dimensional hypersurface with normal vector dt).
Spinning Wheels of Knowledge: Elevating Arabic Language Learning Through Innovative Teaching Methods
Authors: Puspitasari Andriyani , Ali Murtadho Qolbi Zuhri
Published: November 2023

This research explains the application of the Spinning Wheel media or learning tools in English in Arabic language learning, namely as an innovative teaching method to improve students' ability to understand Arabic language material. Teaching media: The Spinning Wheel This is in the shape of a circle and contains an image that then rotates and moves until it stops at one part of the image, which shows the content of the message or information in the form of the subject to be conveyed. This research aims to increase students' understanding of the vocabulary in the material and also improve student learning outcomes. In this research, students were divided into four groups and given the task of answering the questions listed on the spinning wheel, such as vocabulary questions and texts taken from the material. From the application results, researchers have found that this history-spinning wheel teaching media can increase student activity and learning outcomes. Apart from that, this media makes the class come alive, and students are enthusiastic about participating in learning, with various elements and interesting variations in this media. However, this research also identified several challenges in planning and implementation, such as designing and following instructions appropriate to learning and updating assessment evaluations. Nevertheless, the findings from this research provide the basis for considering the use of the historical rotating wheel teaching media as a creative, orderly, neat, and reasonable approach to improving Arabic language learning outcomes.
About the Results of a Trip to the Selkup Porg at the Parusovye Lakes
Authors: Степанова Ольга Борисовна
Published: November 2023

Описываются результаты поездки автора к селькупскому порге – изображению духа на дереве, расположенному на промысловых угодьях на р. Парусовой, правом притоке среднего Таза. К итогам поездки относится научная фиксация памятника и проведенного обряда кормления духов, а также ряд выводов, вытекающих из анализа собранного материала. Главным открытием исследования стало отождествление духа-женщины, вырубленной в порге, с главным селькупским божеством Жизненной Старухой Илынтыль кота, детально описанным в работах Е. Д. Прокофьевой, после чего порге обрело развернутую характеристику, а божественная Старуха получила визуализацию в скульптурном изображении. Причем порге с Парусовых – пока единственное ее верифицированное изображение. Поездка к порге подтвердила, что вера в духов и их магическую силу у селькупов по-прежнему жива. Однако в отношении селькупов к данному духу были отмечены изменения. По заявлению хранителя, поскольку изображенная на порге Старуха является Хозяйкой всей земли, смотреть на нее, делать ей подношения и просить у нее покровительства и помощи могут все живущие на земле люди. В селькупской традиции такого широкого толкования круга лиц, имеющих доступ к порге, не было, поэтому подобное явление следует относить к новациям. Исследование выявило до сих пор неизвестное науке явление захоронения под деревом с порге домашних духов трех селькупских родов и дало ему предположительное объяснение.

The article describes the results of the author's trip to Selkup Porg - the image of the spirit on the tree, located on the fishing grounds on the river. Sailing, the right tributary of the middle Taz. The results of the trip include the scientific fixation of the monument and the ritual of feeding the spirit, as well as a number of conclusions drawn from the analysis of the collected material. The most important discovery of the study was the identification of a female spirit carved in a porg with the main Selkup deity, the Old Woman Ilyntyl Kota, described in detail in the works of E.D. Prokofieva, after which the Porg received a detailed characterization and a visualization of the divine Old Woman in a sculptural image. Moreover, the Porg of the Parusovs is her only verified image to date. The trip to the Porg confirmed that the belief in spirits and their magical power is still alive among the Selkups. However, changes were noted in relation to this spirit. Since the Old Woman depicted on the Porg is the mistress of all the Earth, all people living on Earth can look at her, make offerings to her, and ask her for protection and help, according to the Guardian. In the Selkup tradition, there was no such broad interpretation of the group of people who have access to the Porg, so this phenomenon is due to an innovation. The study has revealed the fact, still unknown to science, that the burial of the house spirits of three Selkup clans under a Porg tree provides a probable explanation.
Making Use of Ispring Suite Media in Learning Science in Junior High Schools
Authors: Muslan Muslan , Kaewkanlaya Piyada , Iskandar M. Yakub , Hidayati Abna , Tulum La Mai , Sya'bani Affifah Zurida , Akyuni Quratul
Published: November 2023

The study is aimed at designing and analyzing the product validity of learning media of Ispring Suite used for science class in Junior High School. The study employs the Research & Development method of Borg and Gall consisting of five stages namely; planning, design, validation, revision and final product. Powerpoint and Ispring Suite are used in designing the product. further, the validity of the product is assessed by two experts in media learning for science. Based on the findings it can be concluded that the product is feasible and qualified to be applied in science class in Junior High Schools. Last, the product can be effectively used after it is downloaded in playstore, marketplace or google market. The researcher recommends that future researchers increase the number of studies related to the development of media products for science learning, so that the products that have been produced can be integrated by science teachers in learning.
Making a Profile of Karanggunung Hamlet for Community Empowerment in Gunung Kidul Regency
Authors: Ikram Nur Muhammad , Gupitasari Nihan Ayu Shabrina , Prawira Hadi
Published: November 2023

Currently, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia has issued a policy so that stakeholders in each village can have full authority in regulating and managing community needs and can be on target. To support this, we need programs that can support the achievement of these policies. Therefore, a profile video was made for Karanggunung Hamlet. The purpose of holding this program is to help Karanggunung Hamlet in disseminating general information along with the potential of Karanggunung Hamlet more broadly. The method used in this community service activity is by conducting interviews with community leaders followed by recording a video about the profile of Karanggunung hamlet. Next, video editing is carried out to produce a profile video about Karanggunung Hamlet. The result of this activity is a video profile of Karanggunung hamlet which has been uploaded via YouTube social media as a form of branding for Karanggunung hamlet.
The Perception of Deaf People Towards the Use of Hearing Aids
Authors: Efrina Elsa , Hufad Achmad , Rochyadi Endang , Bayu Dani Nandiyanto Asep , Arisulmahdi Arisulmahdi , Muspita Rila
Published: November 2023

This article discusses the perception of the deaf in using hearing aids. Based on observations, not all deaf people use hearing aids, even though they have experience using hearing aids. A descriptive quantitative approach was used to collect data, involving all members of the Deaf Organization in Padang. As a result, more than a few deaf people have a good perception of the use of hearing aids, they agree that hearing aids are very helpful for communicating and carrying out daily activities and believe hearing aids can help the development of deaf children if used early.
Legal Protection of Minority Rights: Study on the Implementation of Qanun Number 6 of 2014 Concerning the Jinayat Law in Langsa City, Aceh Special Region Province
Authors: Farkhani Farkhani , Badwan Badwan , Berutu Ali Geno , Zulkarnain Zulkarnain , Irfanudin Fahmi
Published: November 2023

The negative stigma against applying Islamic law or sharia has not disappeared. This stigma persists since it is accompanied by propaganda that Islamic sharia is contrary to human rights and is barbaric. Specifically, the Special Region of Aceh Province, with its special label and special autonomy based on Law No. 44 of 1999 concerning the Implementation of the Privileges of Aceh, strengthened by Law No. 18 of 2001 concerning Special Autonomy, Law No. 11 of 2006 concerning the Government of Aceh, and part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of Helsinki bargaining, is permitted to apply Islamic law, including the issue of jinayat. This research’s object was the implementation of Qanun Jinayat in Langsa City to find out how it is implemented and how it protects the rights of minorities. Included in the field research category, this study used qualitative methods with data collection techniques through in-depth interviews and field observations. The result revealed that the enforcement of the Qanun Jinayat in Langsa City is concerned about human rights norms, does not interfere with the rights of minorities, and they even feel happy since the Qanun’s norm is also regulated in their holy book.
The Canadian Fisheries Industry: Retrospect and Prospect
Authors: Hoogensen Gunhild
Published: November 2023

Without question, Canadian domestic policy has had an influence on the development of the fisheries staple industry – from its National Policy to its subsidization of both fishers and, more recently its effort to conserve of fish stocks. In this respect Laxer is correct in allocating “blame” for the current dire status of the fisheries industry where it is, in part, due: on the Canadian government itself. However, it is also the case that trade liberalization, from the pressures exerted early on by the colonizing country of Britain, to the current dependency upon the US market for fish exports, has played an enormous role on the development, if not devastation of the industry.

In this respect the Canadian government could have done much more in the way of first recognizing the severity of fish stock depletion as well as fostering a sustainable fisheries industry that met the needs of conservation and fisher communities
Knotty Tales: Canadian Staples and Post-Staples Forest Policy Narratives in an Era of Transition from Extractive to ‘Attractive’ Industries
Authors: Thorpe Jocelyn , Sandberg L. Anders
Published: November 2023

Political economists have typically understood the forest sector as part of the Canadian staples economy: early European settlers used forests for fuel, farming and construction purposes, and industry began later to cut raw timber and manufacture pulp and paper for export. According to the staples narrative, introduced by William Mackintosh and elaborated by Harold Innis, in order to settle the land and extract its resources, including forest products, colonists and settlers built an entire society and economy “organized around the labour force, technological regime, legal order, and financial system needed to serve the ends of resource extraction”. Building upon Innis’ work, a nationalist political economy school has criticized the domination of the Canadian resource economy by foreign capital, markets and technology, and advocated a ‘made-in-Canada’ industrial strategy. Studies on the forest sector have been especially prominent in probing the contingencies, specificities, and possibilities of building a forest policy that is more socially equitable, more value-added oriented, and more integrated into the national economy. More recently, however, many observers in the political economy and policy community tradition have noted a shift from an “extractive to an attractive model of development” within the forest sector, or what Hutton calls the “staples in decline syndrome”. Though he concedes that it is possible to overstate the staples in decline syndrome, he maintains that “we may be at the advent of a ‘post-staples’ state, in which resource extraction is essentially a residual of the national economic structure, a vestige of an historical development which sustained many Canadian regions”. In order to evaluate the extent to which Hutton’s observations ring true, this chapter grapples with divergent methods of approaching and analysing forestry.
The 2007 Provincial Election in Newfoundland and Labrador
Authors: Marland Alex
Published: November 2023

On the surface, there was nothing special about the 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, which saw Danny Williams re-elected for a second term as Premier. That his Progressive Conservatives would win a solid majority was never in doubt. There were no emerging issues, major gaffes or innovative campaign tactics, and few tight races. The de facto referendum on Williams’ leadership became a coronation. As Mackinnon (2007: 1) wrote about the Prince Edward Island election held five months earlier, “some campaigns are over before they begin.” In this case the only intrigue was how many Liberal or New Democratic Party candidates would form the opposition.

However the results do illustrate that a relatively homogenous electorate can rally around a leader who decries the province’s status in the Canadian federation. Furthermore, when elected officials from all major parties have been implicated in a scandal, many electors respond by not participating in politics. Political scientists can therefore draw comparative insights, such as asymmetrical federalism reminiscent of Quebec Premier Jean Lesage in the early 1960s, political scandal similar to the Grant Devine administration of Saskatchewan in the early 1990s, or about civic engagement generally.
Multi-level Governance: Getting the Job Done and Respecting Community Difference – Three Winnipeg Cases
Authors: Leo Christopher , Pyl Mike
Published: November 2023

Multi-level governance is seen by different commentators as addressing a varied array of concerns. Some see it as a means of fulfilling the norms of the new public management, and thereby of freeing the administration of government programs from the constraints imposed by centralized bureaucracy. Some assess it in terms of dealing with policy problems so complex that they can only be addressed by concerted and co-ordinated efforts of more than one level of government and, often, a variety of agencies. At the same time, multi-level governance is also associated with the attempt to introduce a greater degree of flexibility into federal policy-making, in order to ensure that federal policies respect the unique characteristics of different communities. In this study, we bring all of these concerns to bear on three case studies of the multi-level governance of federal properties in Winnipeg, the James A. Richardson International Airport, the Kapyong Barracks and The Forks. The three properties are all administered by agencies at least one step removed from direct government supervision. We posed two research questions: 1) Are the operations of these agencies, and the character of their relations with federal and municipal governments, appropriate to the ends they are meant to serve? 2) Do they respect community difference? In all three cases, we find that the objective of effective management is reasonably or very well served, but respect for community difference is much less evident.
Cascadia in Comparative Perspectives: Canada-U.S. Relations and the Emergence of Cross-Border Regions
Authors: Brunet-Jailly Emmanuel
Published: November 2023

This paper draws on findings from research on the Canadian-American border led by the Policy Research Initiative (PRI) since 2004 and on the recent PRI survey of Canadian-American leaders, as well as on the author’s fieldwork on multilevel governance issues arising from the emerging cross-border regions in Europe and North America. Relying on four analytical lenses—the economy, local and central politics and policies, and local cultures—this paper examines how emerging cross-border regions, and particularly the Cascadia region, are changing Canadian-American relations. Specific attention is given to the varied forms of co-operation across policy fields in order to detail (1) the general and specialized and (2) the formal and informal relations and (3) the emerging border regions. This paper underlines the importance of understanding cross-border relations at the sub-national level in order to understand Canada-U.S. relations. The overall argument is that the appearance of cross-border regions indicates a progressive emergence of policy parallelism in a multitude of policy arenas, particularly, a specifically North American form of integration.
Easing Dissatisfaction with Canadian Federalism? The Promise of the Strategy of Disjointed Incrementalism
Authors: Montpetit Eric
Published: November 2023

This paper argues that the greatest threat to Canadian unity is not so much the absence of some of the characteristics that Daniel Kelemen claims are to be found in stable federations but the tendency of political leaders and parties to put forward contradicting “visions” of Canada. When such visions are used as templates for reforming the constitution, failures usually ensue. A strategy of disjointed incrementalism is a more prudent and ultimately more efficient way to proceed. It seems to be the strategy adopted by Prime Minister Harper and it could prove successful in easing some of the dissatisfactions experienced in both Quebec and western Canada.
Cracks in the Country’s Foundation: the Importance of Repairing Equalization
Authors: Richards John
Published: November 2023

Dramatic variations across provinces in per capita fiscal capacity have created serious problems for Canadian federalism. The Equalization program addresses this challenge but in recent years ad hoc accommodations resulting from a desire to satisfy Newfoundland’s demands have threatened the integrity and coherence of that program. This article argues that the 2006 O’Brien report should be viewed as a welcome attempt at remedying this situation; the article also examines the prospects for its successful implementation.
The 2008 Provincial Election in Quebec
Authors: Bélanger Éric
Published: November 2023

In November of 2008, Quebec Premier Jean Charest decided to call a snap election. His obvious goal was to regain a majority of seats in the National Assembly by taking advantage of the Action Démocratique du Québec’s steady decline in the polls and of the breaking financial crisis. The campaign’s central theme was the management of the upcoming “economic storm.” Based on the overall outcome, it is clear that Charest won his gamble, but this came at the price of an extremely low turnout. Also, it is unclear if the Liberal government will be able to win a fourth consecutive election down the road. The current controversy surrounding the Caisse de Dépôt et Placement’s debacle may well hurt the PLQ in the long term. The Parti Québécois, having regained its place as the official opposition, now appears well positioned to become the alternative to the government next time.
Do Large-N Media Studies Bury the Lead, or Even Miss the Story?
Authors: Hicks Bruce M.
Published: November 2023

This paper uses immigration as a case study to examine whether a qualitative approach to content analysis can offer a different perspective on policy discourse than that provided by quantitative analysis. In examining the Canadian elections of 2004, 2006 and 2008, it finds evidence that immigration was a much greater issue at both a riding-level and within certain communities than evidenced in a large-N study. It suggests that issues surrounding identity may be ‘permanent’ top-of-mind issues for some voters, and that the reason minor campaign incidents sometimes garner disproportionate attention is because they act as an ‘emotional heuristic’ for top-of-mind issues even when information is high.
The Media’s Role in Shaping Canadian Civic and Political Engagement
Authors: O'Neill Brenda
Published: November 2023

This article represents a modest attempt at establishing the role that the media plays in shaping political and civic engagement in Canada. The findings suggest that more focused attention to the media’s role would likely reap significant benefits in furthering our understanding of participation behaviour at the individual level. One of the questions framing this investigation is whether the media play a role in shaping the political and civic engagement of Canadians. The evidence suggests that they do. The media types employed by Canadians to follow politics and the frequency with which they follow such coverage each reveal an association to the number of activities in which respondents participate. Use of more traditional media – most notably television alone and in combination with newspapers – is associated with lower levels of engagement. Use of the Internet – most often employed in combination with more traditional media types – reveals an association with higher levels of engagement. Future research – more qualitative perhaps – ought to focus on addressing what it is about that these particular media type combinations that best addresses the needs and desires of those with more limited and more heightened engagement levels.
Justice as Economics in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Authors: Ward Ann
Published: November 2023

This article explores the role of money in Aristotle’s understanding of justice. In the Politics, Aristotle famously critiques money; a common unit of measurement representing goods for exchange, it is the source of the unlimited pursuit of wealth that is unnatural and an obstacle to the good life. I argue, however, that Aristotle’s discussion in the Politics is not exhaustive of his views on money. In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle’s discussion of distribution, rectification and reciprocity shows that money is crucial to justice. Money initially binds citizens into a single polity, allowing an equality to emerge where none is apparent.
Deconstructing The New Federalism
Authors: Bickerton James
Published: November 2023

The appearance or imminent arrival of a ‘new federalism’ has been a repeated theme in the study of federal-provincial relations in Canada and in the pronouncements of Canadian governments. At the same time, there clearly is a strong path dependency effect that acts as a check or limitation on the scope of change that federal governments can accomplish, leaving Canadian history littered with the corpses of ‘new federalisms’ that have never been realized. While there is much that separates recent scholarly interventions on the new federalism, all recognize the need to restore a greater measure of political legitimacy and functionality in federal-provincial relations by building consensus on rules and norms of behavior. This paper surveys the history of ‘the new federalism’ as a political strategy and program, and analyzes the competing interpretations of the concept that are currently on offer. I conclude that policy challenges looming on the horizon will demand a coordinated and multilevel response from governments, making it likely that whatever new federalism emerges will continue the trend toward shared jurisdiction and policy-making, rather than disentanglement.
A Modern Interpretation of Machiavelli's Political Cycle.
Authors: Gagné Learry
Published: November 2023

In the Discourses, Machiavelli refers early on to Polybius' cycle of regimes; however, he will not make much use of it afterwards. He still refers to a particular cycle, but one implicit in his writings and substantially different from Polybius. I propose in this paper to reconstruct Machiavelli's own political cycle, using the modern language of rationality and emotions in an agent-based model. Our starting point will be a list of individual motivations, their interplay in political action, and their effects on the regime. We will find in Machiavelli's work a model founded on three types of regimes -- tyranny, principality, and republic -- and a cycle of foundation, succession, degeneration, corruption, and refoundation of the regimes.
The Political Integration of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women
Authors: O'Neill Brenda , Gidengil Elisabeth , Young Lisa
Published: November 2023

This article examines how immigrant and visible minority status, and the intersection of the two, affect women’s ability and willingness to participate in conventional and unconventional political activities. Using a telephone survey undertaken with English-speaking women in nine of Canada’s ten provinces, we find that women’s political integration varies by the type of political activity in question but that it is particularly weak for immigrant women from an ethnic minority. We also find that resource and socio-demographic profiles are limited in their ability to explain participation deficits, especially for unconventional political activity, and that mobilizing networks offer some possible insight into women’s propensity to participate politically.