bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effect of two vitamin D repletion protocols on 24-h urine calcium in patients with recurrent calcium kidney stones and vitamin D deficiency: a randomized clinical trial
Authors: Sardari Masihi Lilit , Borumandnia Nasrin , Taheri Maryam , Basiri Abbas , Imani Hossein , Jalali Saba , Tavasoli Sanaz
Published: July 2023

Objectives

To evaluate the effects of two vitamin D repletion therapies (cholecalciferol) on serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and 24-h urine calcium in patients with recurrent calcium kidney stones and vitamin D deficiency (VDD).

Design, setting, participants

A parallel-group randomized controlled clinical trial on patients who referred to Labbafinejad kidney stone prevention clinic, Tehran, Iran. From 88 recurrent calcium stone formers, 62 patients completed the study. The age of participants was 18–70 years who had serum 25(OH)D levels of 10–20 ng/ml.

Intervention

Participants received oral cholecalciferol 2000 IU daily for 12 weeks or 50,000 IU weekly for 8 weeks.

Main outcome measures

Study variables including 24-h urine calcium, supersaturations of calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate, serum 25(OH)D and parathyroid hormone were measured at the beginning of the study and after 12 weeks.

Results

The 24-h urine calcium significantly increased in both groups (β = 69.70, p < 0.001), with no significant difference between treatments. Both groups showed no significant change in the supersaturation levels of calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate. Serum levels of 25(OH)D increased significantly (β = 12.53, p < 0.001), with more increase in the 50,000 IU group (β = 3.46, p = 0.003). Serum parathyroid hormone decreased in both groups (p < 0.001).

Conclusions

Although both treatment protocols increased 24-h urine calcium, they did not increase the supersaturation state of calcium oxalate or calcium phosphate.

Trial registration IRCT20160206026406N4, 13/08/2019.
Carboxyl truncation of α-synuclein occurs early and is influenced by human APOE genotype in transgenic mouse models of α-synuclein pathogenesis
Authors: Lloyd Grace M. , Long Brooke , Quintin Stephan , Sorrentino Zachary A. , Gorion Kimberly-Marie M. , Bell Brach M. , Carrillo Denise , Sullivan Patrick , Borchelt David , Giasson Benoit I.
Published: July 2023

Post-translational modifications to the carboxyl (C) terminus domain of α-synuclein can play an important role in promoting the pathologic aggregation of α-synuclein. Various cleavages that diminish this highly charged, proline-rich region can result in exposure of hydrophobic, aggregation-prone regions, thereby accelerating the aggregation kinetics of α-synuclein into misfolded, pathologic forms. C-terminally truncated forms of α-synuclein are abundant in human diseased brains compared to controls, suggesting a role in disease pathogenesis. Factors that alter the homeostatic proteolytic processing of α-synuclein may ultimately tip the balance towards a progressive disease state. Apolipoprotein E (APOE) has been implicated in the acceleration of cognitive impairment in patients with Lewy body diseases. The APOE4 isoform has been found to cause dysregulation in the endosomal–lysosomal pathway, which could result in altered α-synuclein degradation as a potential mechanism for promoting its pathologic misfolding. Herein, we investigate the spatiotemporal accumulation of C-terminally truncated α-synuclein in a seeded and progressive mouse model of synucleinopathy. Furthermore, we study how this process is influenced in the context of mice that are altered to express either the human APOE3 or APOE4 isoforms. We found that specific C-terminal truncation of α-synuclein occurs at early stages of pathogenesis. We also found that proteolytic processing of this domain differs across various brain regions and is influenced by the presence of different human APOE isoforms. Our data demonstrate an early pathogenic role for C-terminally truncated α-synuclein, and highlight the influence of APOE isoforms in modulating its impact.
Platform-independent and curriculum-oriented intelligent assistant for higher education
Authors: Sajja Ramteja , Sermet Yusuf , Cwiertny David , Demir Ibrahim
Published: July 2023

Miscommunication between instructors and students is a significant obstacle to post-secondary learning. Students may skip office hours due to insecurities or scheduling conflicts, which can lead to missed opportunities for questions. To support self-paced learning and encourage creative thinking skills, academic institutions must redefine their approach to education by offering flexible educational pathways that recognize continuous learning. To this end, we developed an AI-augmented intelligent educational assistance framework based on a powerful language model (i.e., GPT-3) that automatically generates course-specific intelligent assistants regardless of discipline or academic level. The virtual intelligent teaching assistant (TA) system, which is at the core of our framework, serves as a voice-enabled helper capable of answering a wide range of course-specific questions, from curriculum to logistics and course policies. By providing students with easy access to this information, the virtual TA can help to improve engagement and reduce barriers to learning. At the same time, it can also help to reduce the logistical workload for instructors and TAs, freeing up their time to focus on other aspects of teaching and supporting students. Its GPT-3-based knowledge discovery component and the generalized system architecture are presented accompanied by a methodical evaluation of the system’s accuracy and performance.
Nicolau syndrome with pemphigus vulgaris: a rare case report and review of literature
Authors: Avvaru Deepthi , Patil Soumya , Doshi Bhavana , Wali Shashikala
Published: July 2023

Background

Nicolau syndrome is a rare adverse drug reaction clinically presented with painful erythema and tissue necrosis often accompanied by intramuscular injections of NSAIDS (diclofenac), penicillin, corticosteroids and local anesthetics.

Case presentation

This case report describes a 29-year-old male patient who was repeatedly hospitalized for the treatment of recalcitrant pemphigus vulgaris. When the patient visited for the fourth time to our hospital, he complained of unusual sharp pain over the right gluteal region ever since the administration of diclofenac 75 mg intramuscular injection for persistent back pain during his previous stay. On physical examination, the right gluteal region showed a globular swelling with erythema and pus filled necrosed tissue. The CT scan did not show any presence of hematoma, ruling out any possibility of compartment syndrome. Based on this clinical evidence he was diagnosed with Nicolau Syndrome secondary to diclofenac injection. The tissue injury necessitated surgical debridement and after a span of 2 months, it healed leaving a permanent scar. In addition, this case report highlights the treatment of recalcitrant pemphigus vulgaris with rituximab therapy.

Conclusion

Clinical pharmacist plays a vital role in educating healthcare professionals about following right protocol for administration of injectable drugs, early detection and management of the ADR. Similarly, patient receiving injections should be educated about warning signs and symptoms of such adverse drug reaction.
The Famous Actress
Authors: Price Adam O’Fallon
Published: July 2023

Abstract: An unsuccessful writer is unexpectedly hired to move to Malibu and work on a TV pilot with a famous actress, a stroke of seeming good luck that may wind up ruining his life.
Dysmorphia (Winter)
Authors: Vorreyer Donna
Published: July 2023

Abstract: The poem addresses the isolation that can result from issues with body image and negative self-talk about the body.
Looking for Joseph: A Memoir in Midrashim
Authors: Berelowitz Jo-Anne
Published: July 2023

Abstract: The author’s paternal grandfather died before she was born. Her father, following an Ashkenazi custom, named his daughter (the author) after his deceased father. This naming custom is intended to honor the deceased and keep their memory alive. All her life, the author struggles with how to keep alive the memory of someone she has never known. Her father isn’t much help, for he seems to have hardly known his own father. Frustrated, the author turns to the ancient rabbinic practice of midrash—inventing a supplemental account to fill in the gaps in her father’s account. Midrash, a kind of “supposing,” or speculation, allows her to imagine her grandfather.
I Fucking Love The Cockatoo, and: In Which I Beheaded the, and: Ecohydrology
Authors: Fischoff Jessica
Published: July 2023

Abstract: The speaker addresses a cockatoo that has landed on her windowsill. The speaker cleans out a shed and encounters a wolf, has a surreal, dreamlike interaction with him. The speaker contemplates a body of water and absence.
Eclipse, and: Faraway as a Sparrow
Authors: Thomas Amber Flora
Published: July 2023

Abstract: A poet dreams of watching her dog fight a raven, learning from the scene how the dog and bird are one and the same, suggesting their real purpose as representative of an equalizing marrying of darkness and light. A poet watches a sparrow building a nest and meditates on failure and her tendency to leave.
Global History and Decolonization: A Moment of Possibility, a Call for Integration
Authors: Aziz Zaib un Nisa , Kiechel Charlotte
Published: July 2023

Abstract: This introduction surveys recent scholarship that examines decolonization in a global frame. While doing so, it contends that a paradox defines the current state of the field. Many historians have broached the topic of decolonization and highlighted its salience in world history. Yet, the history of decolonization has been an undertheorized topic of study in the field of global history. Few scholars have articulated the potential contribution of global history with respect to historicizing the global ends of empire. This introduction amends this historiographical oversight. It insists that global history holds a clear advantage for examining the structural and normative changes which the process of decolonization encompasses. This special issue claims this advantage by returning to two of global history’s long-standing commitments: its embrace of methodological pluralism and focus on analytical integration. This introduction argues that historians will benefit from deploying an integrated global historical approach when evaluating decolonization in a global frame. It then explores how the subsequent six articles demonstrate this approach’s analytical advantages.
The Jurisprudence of Decolonization: The Postcolonial Career of D. N. Pritt and the Labor of Insurgent Lawyering
Authors: De Rohit
Published: July 2023

Abstract: Following the postcolonial career of the British lawyer, Denis Nowell Pritt across Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, this article excavates the largely unheralded ways insurgent lawyers representing anti-colonial and opposition movements across the decolonizing British Empire developed a toolbox of shared legal strategies, techniques and precedents to resist and transform colonial legal inheritances. Shifting from histories of international treaties and national legislation to the labor and practice of lawyering makes visible a transnational jurisprudence of decolonization s produced before local courts in Guyana, India, Kenya and Singapore and sustained by local communities and lawyers.
Founding of the culture collection of antibiotic-resistant strains of zoonotic bacteria in the Russian Federation
Authors: Ivanova Olga , Blumenkrants Dmitry , Krylova Ekaterina , Soltynskaya Irina , Goncharova Anastasia , Chaikin Evgeny , Akhmetzyanova Anna , Panin Alexander
Published: July 2023

Background and Aim: The main purpose of a national bioresource center is to standardize, centralize, preserve, and ensure accessibility of microbial bioresources that accumulate there because of state research programs. The establishment of national bioresource centers for antibiotic-resistant microorganisms allows to solve practical problems in the field of veterinary service, as well as to develop effective chemotherapeutic and disinfectant drugs to overcome the mechanisms of resistance. This study aimed to outline the process of forming a national culture collection of antibiotic-resistant strains of zoonotic bacteria in the Russian Federation using two microbial strains.

Materials and Methods: The object of research was isolates of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, Enterococcus spp., Campylobacter spp., Listeria monocytogenes, and Staphylococcus spp., all of which were obtained from biomaterials of farm animals, feed samples, bedding, water from livestock buildings, washouts from environmental objects, and food products. The resistance of bacterial isolates was determined using microbiological and molecular-genetic research methods.

Results: During monitoring studies, 1489 bacterial isolates were isolated. In total, 408 bacterial isolates were tested for sensitivity to antimicrobial agents, including E. coli (47.6%), Salmonella spp. (30.4%), Enterococcus spp. (11.3%), and Campylobacter spp. (10.8%). For genetic characterization, 95 isolates of Salmonella enterica, E. coli, Campylobacter spp., L. monocytogenes, Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus spp. were chosen from the research collection, which was formed as part of the monitoring program for antibiotic resistance.

Conclusion: Deposited isolates that underwent whole-genome analysis can be used as positive control samples both in the development and use of methods or test systems for the detection of various resistance genes in zoonotic bacteria. In addition, such isolates can also be used for microbiological studies related to determining the sensitivity of microorganisms to antibacterial drugs, for phenotypic studies in the diagnosis of various bacterial infections in animals and birds, and retrospective analysis of strains from numerous collections.

Keywords: antibiotics, bioresource centers, genes, microorganisms, prevalence, resistance.
Enhancing transient stability and dynamic response of wind-penetrated power systems through PSS and STATCOM cooperation
Authors: Kouider Khaled , Bekri Abdelkader
Published: July 2023

The large-scale integration of doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind power plants poses stability challenges for power system operation. This study investigates the transient stability and dynamic performance of a modified 3-machine, 9-bus Western System Coordinating Council (WSCC) system. The investigation was conducted by connecting the DFIG wind farm to the sixth bus via a low-impedance transmission line and installing power system stabilizers (PSSs) on all automatic voltage regulators (AVRs). A three-phase fault simulation was carried out to test the system, with and without power system stabilizers and a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) device. Time-domain simulations demonstrate improved transient response with PSS-STATCOM control. A 50% reduction in settling time and 70% decrease in power angle undershoots at the slack bus are achieved following disturbances, even at minimum wind penetration levels. Load flow analysis shows the coordinated controllers maintain voltages within 0.5% of nominal at 60% wind penetration, while voltages at load buses can deviate up to 15% without control. Eigenvalue analysis indicates the PSS-STATCOM boosts damping ratios of critical oscillatory modes from nearly 0% to over 30% under high wind injection. Together, the present findings provide significant evidence that PSS and STATCOM cooperation enhances dynamic voltage regulation, angle stability, and damping across operating ranges, thereby maintaining secure operation in systems with high renewable integration.
Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and degradation of AZO-dyes using Cestrum diurnum plant extract, and antimicrobial activities of AgNP’s.
Authors: Ahmad Kamil , Warsito Budi , Wasiq Jafron , Khan Saqib , Ahmed Naseer , Calvin Eagu John , Ashraf Maria
Published: July 2023

Nanoparticles play an important role now days in different fields like drug delivery, diagnostics, therapy, engineering, energy, healthcare and Environment.  The goal of this study was to synthesize Silver Nanoparticles from extract of C. dirnum plant, degradation of azo-dyes with synthesized AgNP’s and finding bioactivity of AgNP’s against bacteria’s. The UV-Visible analysis of solution after addition of AgNP’s showed that the addition of silver NP’s reduced the absorbance peak of methyl orange from 2.87 to 1.0 and absorbance peak of methyl red decreased from 2.92 to 1.75. Green synthesis concepts can be used to create metal nano-particles, which have a promising future in the Azo-dye breakdown process. C. diurnum leaf extract acts as a reducing agent to synthesize metal nano-particles, providing environmentally friendly and energy-efficient alternatives. Bioactivity of AgNP's against gram negative and gram-positive bacteria were tested which gave strong inhibition against bacteria.
Examining self-regulated learning as a significant mediator among social presence, cognitive presence, and learning satisfaction in an asynchronous online course: A partial least squares structural equation modeling approach
Authors: Hu Yan , Huang Jinyan , Kong Fanzhe , Hussain Shahbaz
Published: July 2023

Using a 33-item 5-point Likert scale and partial least squares structural equation modeling approach, this study examined the role of 347 Chinese college first-year students’ self-regulated learning as a mediator among social and cognitive presences and their learning satisfaction in an asynchronous online course during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, it examined the extent to which their self-regulated learning and cognitive presence mediated the influence of social presence on their learning satisfaction. The results indicated that participants’ self-regulated learning had a significant positive effect on their learning satisfaction. It also had a significant mediation effect between social presence and their learning satisfaction, as well as between social and cognitive presences. Furthermore, social presence played a significant role in participants’ self-regulated learning and their learning satisfaction through the mediation of their self-regulated learning and cognitive presence. Implications for designing asynchronous online courses are discussed.
Implications for practice or policy

Course designers should consider how to leverage and increase students’ social presence in the asynchronous online learning environment.
Course designers should make it a priority to clarify learning goals, inform learning activity time, provide prompt feedback, design appropriate autonomous tasks, arrange appropriate social learning activities, and specify optional online learning paths.
Course designers should foster learners’ self-regulated learning, help them build online confidence, manage their time well, and overcome difficulty in completing the online learning tasks.
Age(ism) in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales
Authors: Fürholzer Katharina
Published: July 2023

Across the globe, the genre of the fairy tale is inextricably linked with Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). To this day, the Danish writer and his sombre, often dystopian tales are famed for their pronounced criticism of socio-cultural norms and are read and loved by all ages. In his work, Andersen made ample use of the fantastic, which ranges from the realm of the supernatural (esp. anthropomorphic plants, animals, and things) to the realm of the (realistically) imaginary such as the faculty of imagination or (religious) beliefs. In doing so, socio-cultural phenomena such as conceptions of and reactions to (older) age are approached from a broad spectrum of angles. While research has already shown a keen interest in matters of gender, (homo)sexuality, and class in Andersen’s tales, his approach to (older) age and ageism has rather been ignored so far. Against this backdrop, this paper aims to break ground in the form of an in-depth analysis of correlations between age(ism) and the fantastic in Andersen’s literary tales “Grandmother” (1845) and “The Old House” (1847), with a particular interest in the question of how far age(ism) is constructed by both the narrator and the reader.
“It made her age hard to guess”: Narrating the dynamics of aging and gender through Victorian Gothic archetypes in Susan Hill’sThe Woman in Black
Authors: Miquel-Baldellou Marta
Published: July 2023

Although Susan Hill has become a prolific writer of ghost narratives in the last decades, it was at a particularly momentous stage of her life as a woman writer that she publishedThe Woman in Black(1983), which is considered her first ghost novel. Evoking the Victorian past,The Woman in Blackengages intertextually with Victorian novels within the Gothic genre. The character of the Woman in Black comprises features pertaining to different Victorian Gothic archetypes, such as the ghost, the vampire, and the double. Some of the traits pertaining to these literary archetypes echoed Victorian anxieties about aging that are recovered and reinterpreted in Hill’s novel. Furthermore, in analogy with a Gothic romance, the encounter between the narrator as a young man, Arthur Kipps, and a spectral aging woman, the Woman in Black, unleashes the hero’s process of coming of age, which he recollects in his old age as he is writing his narrative. Narratological features pertaining to the Gothic genre, like the use of a frame narrative that blends past and present, underscore the dynamics of aging, since processes of interrupted aging and premature aging disrupt the boundaries that conventionally distinguish life stages. This article approaches Hill’sThe Woman in Blackas a contemporary ghost novel that evokes and subverts Victorian discourses of aging and gender, at the same time that, from a contemporary perspective, it vindicates the figure of the Victorian fallen woman as an aging mother.
Futurity, the life course and aging in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun
Authors: Sako Katsura , Falcus Sarah
Published: July 2023

Reading Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun (2021) in this article, we bring the perspectives of aging and posthumanist studies together to explore how the novel helps us to rethink our being and relationality in time beyond the boundaries of the human. In particular, we are interested in the novel’s critique of the anthropocentric privileging of youth and progress in the ways in which we imagine the future. Central to this form of imagination are generational continuity and the symbolism of the child: a new generation as a promise of the future, or rather, a better human future. Nevertheless, this novel does not simply employ the trope of generational futurity; instead, it interrogates and draws attention to the exclusionary way this type of thinking functions. Through its blurring of human and AI “child”, ultimately, Klara and the Sun suggests the dangers and the limits of a generational imagination that seeks to reproduce the same, progressive narrative of the future through the image of the child not “growing up and growing old” (Woodward 2020: 55; italics in original). Our analysis then suggests how fictional speculative modes might both engage with and yet also force us to reflect critically upon that form of future-orientated thinking.
Design optimization of a supersonic through-flow fan rotor based on the blade profiles
Authors: Yang Jutao , Ji Lucheng , Shen Yuxin , Zhou Ling
Published: July 2023

In this study, the authors propose an optimization process to design the baseline rotor of a supersonic through-flow fan (STFF) at an inlet Mach number of 2.0 based on Genetic Algorithm. Unlike the improvement in performance brought about by the pre-compression of conventional supersonic profiles in the presence of axial pressure flow, pre-compression did not help improve the performance of the rotor of the STFF. The efficiency of elements of the blade at spanwise heights of 10 %, 50 %, and 90 % increased by 2.47 %, 1.95 %, and 2.49 %, respectively. The performance of the rotor of the STFF that was reconstructed by stacking the optimized elements of the blade was improved at the design point as well as in off-design conditions by using three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The performance of the blade also improved considerably, with increases of by 2.46 % and 9.59 % in its isentropic efficiency and the overall pressure ratio, respectively.
Les négociations commerciales entre le Mercosur et le Canada : processus et enjeux
Authors: Rodrigues Barreto Junior Edison , Paquin Stéphane
Published: July 2023

Depuis 2018, le Canada et les pays du Mercosur négocient un accord de commerce de nouvelle génération. Cette négociation commerciale n’est pas sans défis. En effet, il s’agit d’une négociation entre une fédération (le Canada) et un regroupement de pays (Mercosur), dont deux fédérations, qui ont leurs propres logiques de négociation. Les relations commerciales bilatérales entre le Canada et les pays du Mercosur sont modestes. Les exportations canadiennes totalisaient 2,3 milliards de dollars contre 6,6 milliards pour les exportations des pays du Mercosur. Dans le cas du Canada, il est loin d’être certain que les agriculteurs sous gestion de l’offre en matière agricole, tout comme plusieurs premiers ministres provinciaux, accepteront des concessions en matière agricole pour un meilleur accès au marché des pays du Mercosur. Du côté du Mercosur, c’est le secteur industriel, notamment au Brésil et en Argentine, qui a tendance à résister aux concessions. Contrairement au Canada, l’intérêt stratégique de l’ensemble des pays du bloc converge vers l’ouverture du marché agricole. L’objectif de cet article est d’exposer de manière comparée les intérêts des pays du Mercosur, avec un accent sur le Brésil, et du Canada dans le cadre de ces négociations commerciales. Il cherche également à décrire comment se déroulent les négociations afin de mieux comprendre la dynamique en place
Contributions to human resources policy from the perspective of four managers from Ontario, Canada
Authors: Neumann Alessandra Paula Ferreira Moreira , Rebelo Almerinda , Schveitzer Mariana Cabral , Junqueira Virginia
Published: July 2023

The Canadian health system, recognized as one of the best in the world, is governed by five principles: universality, comprehensiveness, reasonable access, portability and public administration. Canada is divided into provinces that have great administrative autonomy. This article aims to describe and analyze the perspectives of managers in the province of Ontario on the occupation of management positions in the health area. This is a qualitative, descriptive research, having as subjects four managers of the Public Health sector in the province of Ontario, Canada. The data were produced from semi-structured interviews and submitted to content analysis. The project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of São Paulo. In the analyzed material, four categories were organized: recruitment and selection process; criteria for assuming the management position; indication, mediation by trade unions and financing. The following were highlighted by the interviewees: transparency in recruitment and selection, professional support and negotiation with trade unions; the public character assumed in hiring, through disclosure, selection and interviews. The results showed that transparency in recruitment and selection, professional support and the occurrence of negotiations mediated by the unions would allow hiring more adequate to the required professional profile and would favor the quality of life at work.
Women and Nature? Nature Writing in the Dystopian World Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments
Authors: Fontes de Oliveira Natalia
Published: July 2023

Women and nature have an age-long association that has persisted throughout history, cultures, literatures and arts. In much of western thought, women are viewed as closer to nature in binary opposition to men, who have metaphorically and historically been associated with culture. The androcentric logic extends the binary opposition to culture/nature, placing a higher value on culture and as a result sanctioning human domination over nature. The analysis undertaken refutes this literary and philosophical heritage of an androcentric epistemology by deconstructing the symbolic and historical association between women and nature to advocate for humanity’s interconnectedness with the ecosystem. This article investigates the competing discourses of nature writing in Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments (2019) to rewrite the complex and plural relationship between women, nature, and technology. The theoretical and methodological framework of this study encompasses feminist literary criticism, dystopian studies and ecofeminist criticism. In the dystopia, the protagonists Agnes and Lydia use subversive nature writing to fight against victimization and search for empowerment. This paper expands feminist conceptions and protagonism, in addition, to providing reflections about androcentrism and anthropomorphism, with the literary and social commitment to awaken different perspectives that trigger particular processes underlying the struggle for equity among marginalized minorities.
Promovendo diálogos e reflexões relevantes: um depoimento sobre vinte anos de Interfaces e vinte e um ano de estudos canadenses em Rondônia.
Authors: Nenevé Miguel
Published: July 2023

Depoimento sobre 21 anos  de estudos canadenses na Universidade de Rondônia.
Régine Robin (1939-2021) e a incontornável escrita da sobrevida
Authors: Duarte Kelley Baptista
Published: July 2023

Entre celebrações e despedidas, este artigo propõe somar-se às inúmeras homenagens, realizadas nos últimos meses, à Régine Robin, escritora nascida na França, mas que escolheu o Quebec como lugar de produção e inspiração intelectuais.  O objetivo, aqui, é seguir um itinerário de vida e de produção para destacar o texto robiniano como espaço de sobrevida na convergência dos temas identidade, memória e biografia.
Dez Templos Dóricos Gregos Perípteros: revisando a hipótese modular de Mark Wilson Jones
Authors: Gomez Duarte Claudio Walter
Published: July 2023

Resumo:Este artigo tem por objetivo revisar e criticar o polêmico artigo de Mark Wilson Jones de 2001 (Doric measure and architectural design 2: A Modular reading of the classical temple. AJA, 105, p. 675-713). Nessa pesquisa o autor procurou demostrar, a partir da análise de dez templos clássicos, que o sistema modular de concepção arquitetônica para o templo dórico grego, relatado por Vitrúvio em seu Tratado de Arquitetura, livro VI, já era utilizado pelos arquitetos gregos desde o segundo quartel do século V a.C. – muito antes do que se acreditava. Para tratar do assunto, dividiremos este artigo em duas partes. Primeiro apresentaremos uma biografia para cada templo, contextualizando assim essas estruturas arquitetônicas; e depois, a partir de várias tabelas de nossa autoria, analisamos o banco de dados apresentado pelo autor. Concluímos a pertinência da hipótese com diversas observações.Abstract:This article aims to review and criticize the controversial article published by Mark Wilson Jones in 2001 (Doric measure and architectural design 2: A Modular reading of the classical temple. AJA, 105, p. 675-713). In his research, the author sought to demonstrate, from the analysis of ten classical temples, that the modular system of architectural design for the Greek Doric temple, reported by Vitruvius in his Architecture Treaty (book VI), was already used by Greek architects since the second quarter of the 5th century BC – long before what was believed. To address the issue, we divided this article into two parts. First, we presented a biography for each temple, thus contextualizing these architectural structures; and then, from various tables of our own authorship, we analyzed the database presented by that author. We concluded the pertinence of the hypothesis with several observations.
Introdução do livro The Middle Ground Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650–1815
Authors: White Richard
Published: July 2023

Resumo:Neste breve texto, apresentam-se as ideias centrais que percorrem todo o exame realizado no livro The Middle Ground Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650–1815. A saber, os elementos básicos que constituem a análise desenvolvida no referido livro são: acomodação de diferenças simbólicas, rejeição da conceito convencional de aculturação, processos de mal-entendidos criativos que geram novas convenções socioculturais, dependência mútua, frágil equilíbrio de forças entre os grupos sociais em interação, condição de fronteira (geográfica e cultural), foco nas ações dos povos indígenas e suas lógicas específicas, perspectiva relacional do contato colonial entre sociedades nativas e euro-americanas, abordagem do imperialismo colonial europeu e negação de essencialismos. Tais diretrizes analíticas são empregadas para analisar a natureza das relações entre impérios e sociedades pré-estatais e as possibilidades de compreensão e acomodação intercultural.Abstract:In this brief text, we present the central ideas that run through the entire examination carried out in the book The Middle Ground Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650–1815. Namely, the basic elements that constitute the analysis developed in that book are: accommodation of symbolic differences, rejection of the conventional concept of acculturation, processes of creative misunderstandings that generate new sociocultural conventions, mutual dependence, fragile balance of forces between groups social interaction, border condition (geographical and cultural), focus on the actions of indigenous peoples and their specific logic, relational perspective of colonial contact between native and Euro-American societies, approach to European colonial imperialism and denial of essentialisms. Such analytical guidelines are used to analyze the nature of the relationship between empires and pre-state societies and the possibilities for intercultural understanding and accommodation.
Apetrecho para Desenho de Instrumentos Líticos Lascados
Authors: Fernandes Henry Luydy Abraham , Veiga Luis Felipe de Medeiros , Rodet Maria Jaqueline
Published: July 2023

Resumo:O presente artigo trata de um equipamento desenvolvido durante o estágio pós-doutoral em 2018 no Laboratório de Tecnologia Lítica do Museu de História Natural e Jardim Botânico da UFMG. Consiste de um aparato simples, mecânico, facilmente produzido e de baixo custo, cujo objetivo é tornar mais rápidos e precisos os desenhos de peças líticas lascadas. Descrevemos as tentativas com baseem diversos equipamentos preexistentes que levaram à criação e aperfeiçoamento da ideia. Por fim, apresentamos o último protótipo finalizado e testado, seu funcionamento e suas características, de modo que os pesquisadores interessados possam fabricar um modelo e dele se valer nas suas investigações e desenhos. Abstract:This article deals with equipment developed during the post-doctoral internship in 2018 at the Laboratory of Lithic Technology of the Museum of Natural History and Botanical Garden of UFMG. It consists of a simple, mechanical apparatus, easily produced and of low cost, whose objective is to make the drawings of flaked lithic pieces faster and more accurate. We describe the attempts based on various preexisting equipment that led to the creation and improvement of the idea. Finally, we present the last finalized and tested prototype, its operation and its characteristics so that interested researchers can manufacture a model and use it in their investigations and drawings.
Vasijas cerámicas de los cazadores-recolectores del final del Holoceno en el río Uruguay medio (Sitio Tigre- K87): reconstrucción 3d, análisis volumétrico y funcional
Authors: Barceló Flavia , Sainz Rafael Suárez
Published: July 2023

Resumen:Este trabajo avanza en la caracterización de vasijas cerámicas utilizadas por cazadores-recolectores durante el final del Holoceno (ca. 1200 años AP) provenientes del sitio Tigre (Depto. Artigas, Uruguay) ubicado sobre la margen izquierda del río Uruguay medio. Se combinan tres fuentes de información complementarias: reconstrucción 3D, cálculos de volúmenes y análisis de adherencias para avanzar en una temática escasamente desarrollada en la región. A partir de bordes de tiestos se logran reconstruir formas enteras de vasijas cerámicas, lo que permite a su vez inferir la capacidad y el volumen de los recipientes-contenedores. Los modelos 3D generados sirven para confirmar o refutar reconstrucciones realizadas durante las décadas pasadas, a su vez se muestran como una estrategia viable que aporta a la caracterización y discusión de la cultura material utilizada por los cazadores-recolectores durante el final del Holoceno en el río Uruguay medio.Abstract:This article focuses on the characterization of ceramic vessels used by hunter-gatherers during the end of the Holocene (ca.1200 AP years) from the Tigre site (Artigas county, Uruguay), located on the left margin of the middle Uruguay River. To advance a scarcely developed topic in the region, three complementary sources of information are used: 3D reconstruction, volume calculations, and adhesion analysis. From the edges of pots, entire shapes of ceramic vessels are recreated, which in turn allows us to infer the capacity and volume of the containers. The generated 3D models are useful to test recreations made over the past decades moreover; it is a viable strategy that contributes to the characterization and discussion of the material culture used by hunter-gatherers during the end of the Holocene in the middle Uruguay River.
SILLIMAN, Stephen W. (ed.). Engaging Archaeology: 25 Case Studies in Research Practice. Newark: John Wiley & Sons, 2018. ISBN 9781119240518
Authors: Sallum Marianne , Noelli Francisco Silva
Published: July 2023

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Authors: Wagner Gustavo Peretti , Milheira Rafael Guedes , Cerqueira Fábio Vergara
Published: July 2023

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Fronteira cultural ou disputa pela paisagem? O caso da sinagoga de Tel Dor, Israel
Authors: Rodrigues Marques de Oliveira Gabriela
Published: July 2023

Através de informações contidas na obra de Josefo e em relatórios de escavações em Tel Dor, tomamos conhecimento de um episódio que ocorreu nessa cidade em 42 d.C., quando um grupo de romanos depositou uma estátua do imperador dentro de uma sinagoga. Tal ato foi desrespeitoso não apenas com os judeus, mas com o próprio imperador, que havia garantido liberdade de culto aos mesmos. A partir desse acontecimento, discutiremos questões concernentes aos usos do culto imperial nas províncias romanas, e às fronteiras e limites existentes entre Roma e os romanos das províncias, e entre judeus e romanos. Trataremos também de como essas fronteiras podem ser simbólicas e culturais, mas ainda sim levar a uma disputa pela paisagem construída. Abstract: Through information contained in the work of Josephus and excavations reports of Tel Dor, we came to know of a possible episode that occurred in that city in 42 C.E., when a group of Romans deposited an imperial statue inside a synagogue. The existence of material remains of the synagogue and the statue was not yet proved, but if such an act did happened it was disrespectful not only to the Jews, but to the emperor himself, who had guaranteed religious freedomship for them. From that event, even if it was not proven factual, we will discuss issues concerning the uses of imperial cult in the roman provinces, and the borders and boundaries existing between Rome and the Romans of the provinces, and between Jews and Romans. We will also deal with how these borders can be symbolic and cultural, but at same time lead to a dispute over the built landscape.
Bioarqueologia do Indivíduo Exumado do Sítio Cucuíra – Ponta de Pedras, Pará, Brasil
Authors: Cunha Claudia Minervina Souza , Veiga Wagner Fernando , Silva Anna Bárbara , Silva Felipe Damasceno e
Published: July 2023

Resumo:O Sítio Cucuíra, localizado em Ponta de Pedras (Pará, Brasil) produziu um contexto funerário culturalmente associável à ocupação Marajoara da Ilha que é aqui analisado nos aspectos paleobiológicos e funerários. Neste contexto parte dos ossos de um indivíduo robusto adulto foram inumados em enterramento secundário em urna cerâmica. Ao lado da urna e em alinhamento com 4 vasilhas votivas, foi depositado um crânio humano com mandíbula em conexão anatômica. Esta disposição não encontra paralelo nos contextos funerários Marajoara, podendo remeter a outras possibilidades interpretativas sobre a pertença (ou não) do crânio ao indivíduo inumado na urna e à possível objetificação deste em posição sinonímica em relação aos objetos votivos. A análise dos remanescentes humanos evidencia condições patológicas no indivíduo, particularmente no que diz respeito a um processo infeccioso no osso mandibular. Abstract: This study addresses a funerary context associated to the Marajoara culture which was exhumed from the archaeological site of Cucuíra located in Ponta de Pedras (Pará). Part of the skeleton of a robust adult individual were buried in a ceramic pot as a secondary deposition. Next to the funerary urn for ceramic vases and a human skull articulated with a compatible mandible were deposited. The literature on Marajoara funerary contexts does not register a similar pattern of deposition and it raises the question of the relationship between the skull and post cranial bones as well as the possible objetification of the skull placed in similar position to the votive objects of the funerary pack. The analysis of the human remains has evidenced pathological conditions mainly concerning oral health.
Myocastor coypus: su explotación durante el Holoceno tardío en el sudeste uruguayo.
Authors: Moreno Federica
Published: July 2023

La presencia de Myocastor coypus es recurrente en los sitios prehistóricos del sudeste uruguayo. En este trabajo se presentan los resultados del análisis zooarqueológico de los restos de M. coypus recuperados en un montículo del sitio Ch2D01 (Holoceno tardío). La nutria representa el 1,6% del total (NISP=306) y se estimó un NMI=35. Utilizando la escala de Rusconi para determinación de edad, se encontró que el 88,7% de las mandíbulas corresponden a animales adultos. No se encontró una correlación significativa entre %MAU y los valores de densidad ósea de Marmota sp., lo que muestra que pueden descartarse problemas de equifinalidad. Las modificaciones antrópicas y naturales son escasas, lo que puede deberse, en parte, a las precipitaciones calcáreas, que dificultan la observación de las superficies. Este análisis muestra que la nutria se utilizó como fuente de alimento y materias primas durante todo el período de ocupación del sitio, y existió una selección hacia individuos adultos. Abstract:The presence of Myocastor coypus is recurrent in the archaeological sites of southeastern Uruguay, in this paper we present the results of the zooarchaeological analysis of the remains of this taxon recovered in a mound of the Ch2D01 site (2090 ± 90 a 220 ± 50 years BP). The objective is to evaluate the economic importance that this taxon had in this site and the features of its use. To do this, we analyze its relative importance, anatomical abundance and age profile. The integrity of the bone assemblage through the survey of natural and anthropic marks and the correlation between %MAU and bone density. M. coypus represents 1.6% of the total (NISP = 306) with an NMI = 35 and 88.7% of the jaws correspond to adult animals. Anthropic and natural modifications are rare, but it was possible to identify processing marks on the bones. This analysis shows that the otter was used as a source of food and raw materials during the entire period of occupation of the site, and there was a selection towards adult individuals.
El Monumento al colono en tres localidades de la Amazonia colombiana. Historia de un objeto, representaciones de una idea.
Authors: Cabrera Becerra Gabriel
Published: July 2023

Resumen: La representación figurativa acompaña a la humanidad desde tiempos remotos. La existencia de monumentos conmemorativos en Colombia cobró relevancia con las efemérides de la Independencia en 1910. En la Amazonia el emplazamiento de estos objetos es tardío, existiendo obras que recuerdan el proceso de colonización, pero cuya intencionalidad como recepción no son iguales. Este texto documenta los monumentos al colono en tres capitales amazónicas e intenta develar las coincidencias y diferencias que existen entre ellos.Abtract:The figurative representation accompanies humanity since ancient times. The existence of commemorative monuments in Colombia gained relevance with the anniversary of Independence in 1910. In the Amazon the location of these objects is late, there are works that recall the colonization process, but whose intentionality as reception is not the same. This text documents the monuments to the colonist in three Amazonian capitals and attempts to reveal the coincidences and differences that exist between them. Amazonia, Monument, Representations, Memory.
Marcas Ativadas: arqueologia e etnografia no Quilombo Barro Preto
Authors: Silva Junior Gustavo Santos
Published: July 2023

Esse texto apresenta o corpus teórico-metodológico elaborado na análise da formação territorial do Quilombo do Barro Preto na cidade de Jequié, Bahia. No ano de 2007 o título de comunidade remanescente quilombola concedido pela Fundação Palmares representou o início do processo de titulação e reconhecimento das terras e propriedades do quilombo urbano. A escrita inicia com uma discussão pautada na arqueologia histórica sobre um assentamento quilombola, em seguida, indica o arsenal da etnografia acionada para a produção de dados visuais e orais, e por fim, compreende o desenvolvimento urbano do Barro Preto a partir da construção do trecho da Estrada Férrea de Nazaré nas primeiras décadas do século XX. Considerando que a constituição de um assentamento quilombola, vai além da noção de antiguidade, e incide na auto-atribuição étnico-racial, pertencimento territorial, marcas materiais e imateriais, laços de parentesco e vizinhança. Abstract: This text presents the theoretical and methodological corpus developed in the analysis of the territorial formation of the Quilombo of Barro Preto in the city of Jequié, Bahia. In 2007 the title of Quilombo Remnant Community granted by Palmares Foundation represented the beginning of the process of titling and recognition of land and property of the urban quilombo. The writing begins with a discussion based on historical archeology about a quilombola settlement, then indicates the arsenal of ethnography used to produce visual and oral data, and finally understands the urban development of Barro Preto from the construction of the Nazaré Railroad in the first decades of the twentieth century. Considering that the constitution of a quilombola settlement, goes beyond the notion of antiquity, and focuses on the ethno-racial self-attribution, territorial belonging, material and immaterial marks, kinship and neighborhood ties.