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Soil Phosphorus in Farmed Potholes: Assessing Concentrations and Testing Export Mitigation with Steel Media
Authors: Buseman Adam , Penn Chad , Charbonnet Joseph A. , Kaleita Amy L. , Long Leigh Ann M. , Soupir Michelle L.
Published: February 2024

Highlights

Phosphorus concentrations were higher near the bottom of farmed potholes compared to soils outside of the potholes.

Benchtop flow-through experiments demonstrated that steel shavings effectively adsorbed dissolved reactive phosphorus.

A blind inlet amended with steel shavings reduced phosphorus export from a surface-drained pothole.

Abstract. The Prairie Pothole Region, which extends from north-central Iowa northward into Canada and westward to Montana, is typified by closed depressions that formed over 10,000 years ago during the most recent glacial retreat. Today, many of these potholes contain artificial drainage to lower the water table, allowing for agricultural production of the land. Even when drained, farmed potholes can become inundated with phosphorus (P) enriched surface waters after large rain events. The goal of this study was to characterize the spatial distribution of soil P in farmed potholes and evaluate a steel media-modified blind inlet as a tool to reduce P export from farmed potholes. Results from the soil sampling indicated that Bray-1 soil test P concentrations are nine times higher near the bottom of the pothole compared to locations outside of the farmed pothole. Steel shavings were evaluated for P sorption in a laboratory flow-through cell evaluation where they removed between 60 and 70% (discrete P), even when cumulative P loading was over 6000 mg kg-1. In a field investigation, a modified blind inlet containing a mixture of steel shavings and pea gravel replaced a Hickenbottom surface intake. The modified blind inlet retained an average of 83% of the influent dissolved reactive P and 62% of the influent total P based on five paired samples. The results from this study demonstrate that farmed potholes contain a significant amount of legacy soil P and that blind inlets containing steel shavings can replace surface intakes and reduce P export from farmed potholes. This research could inform future design and implementation of these P removal structures. Keywords: Drainage, Farmed wetland, French drain, Iron filings, Iron shavings, Iron tailings, Prairie pothole, Surface intake, Tile.
Heading for health policy reform: transforming regions of care from geographical place into governance object
Authors: van der Woerd Oemar , Schuurmans Jitse , Wallenburg Iris , van der Scheer Wilma , Bal Roland
Published: February 2024

This article analyses how regional actors and national authorities shape and transform ‘the region’ from a geographical place into an object of governance for organising and delivering older person care. Drawing on an extensive ethnographic research project in the Netherlands, our findings show that these actors in interaction constitute the region through three practices: consistently creating urgency to foreground regional problems and solutions; renegotiating regulatory policies to facilitate regional care provision; and reconstructing care infrastructures to materialise regional care provision. Actors use and obtain power from co-existing and interacting institutional arrangements to develop new regional care arrangements. This evokes new interdependencies that reconfigure existing governance arrangements. Studying governance objects in-the-making reveals the required iterations, reconsiderations, and adjustments as processes within a given (ambiguous) institutional context, and which lead to institutional change. As regional organisation policies are increasingly scrutinised, this article provides an interesting and important contribution to this field.
Community cohesion and the role of mosques in Cardiff: the views of imams
Authors: Booth Wendy A. , Mohammed Ahmed
Published: February 2024

The context of this research paper is Cardiff in the UK. Imams from five different mosques were interviewed about integration and whether mosque open days and community activities support community cohesion. The research shows that the imams and their respective mosques are open to others in the local community, and are making efforts to engage with the local population, government agencies, and public services. Clear efforts are being made to encourage community cohesion, with the imams keen to pass on the message of a shared humanity to the wider community. The research provides some unique insights that help to fill the gap in the academic literature on Muslim communities, and may be used to inform policymakers on ways of supporting mosques and local communities in developing intercultural relations and creating an environment that is conducive to community cohesion
Effect of transdermal drug delivery patches on the stratum corneum: in vivo inspection with a handheld terahertz probe
Authors: Hernandez-Serrano Arturo I. , Ding Xuefei , Costa Goncalo , Nurumbetov Gabit , Haddleton David M. , Pickwell-MacPherson Emma
Published: February 2024

Transdermal drug delivery patches are a good alternative to hypodermic drug injection. The drug delivery efficiency depends strongly on the hydration of the skin under treatment, and therefore, it is essential to study the effects on the skin induced by the application of these medical-grade patches. Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy shows great promise for non-invasive skin evaluation due to its high sensitivity to subtle changes in water content, low power and non-ionizing properties. In this work, we study the effects of transdermal drug delivery patches (three fully occlusive and three partially occlusive) applied on the upper arms of ten volunteers for a maximum period of 28 h. Three different levels of propylene glycol (0 %, 3 % and 6 %) are added to the patches as excipient. By performing multilayer analysis, we successfully retrieve the water content of the stratum corneum (SC) which is the outermost layer of skin, as well as its thickness at different times before and after applying the patches. This study demonstrates the potential of using THz sensing for non invasive skin monitoring and has wide applications for skin evaluation as well as the development of skin products.
Graphene metamaterials-based plasmon-induced terahertz modulator for high-performance multiband filtering and slow light applications
Authors: Sarker Dip , Nakti Partha Pratim , Zubair Ahmed
Published: February 2024

We proposed multilayered graphene (Gr)-based surface plasmon resonance-induced high-performance terahertz (THz) modulators with tunable resonance frequencies. Previously reported Gr metamaterials-based THz plasmonic modulators had small group delay, low extinction ratio (ER), and difficult-to-tune resonant frequency without changing structural parameters in the THz range. A comprehensive investigation employing the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation technique revealed high group delay, broad tunability independent of structural parameters, and large ER for our proposed quadband and pentaband plasmonic modulators. We obtained tunable group delays with a maximum of 1.02 ps and 1.41 ps for our proposed quadband and pentaband plasmonic modulators, respectively, which are substantially greater compared to previously reported Gr-based metamaterial structures. The maximum ER of 22.3 dB was obtained, which was substantially high compared to previous reports. Our proposed modulators were sensitive to the polarization angle of incident light; therefore, the transmittance at resonant frequencies was increased while the polarization angle varied from 0° to 180°. These high-performance plasmonic modulators have emerging potential for the design of optical buffers, slow light devices, multistop band filters, integrated photonic circuits, and various optoelectronic systems.
Optical force propelled by metamaterial surface waves excitation: pushing and tractor beam sources
Authors: Grunhut Vivian , Cuevas Mauro
Published: February 2024

Theoretical research on opto–mechanical interactions at sub–wavelength levels using surface waves (SWs) excitation has a great impact in both the academic knowledge and practical realm. In this letter we have revealed that the dynamic characteristics of the SWs excited along a metamaterial boundary, such as its forward or backward propagation nature, provide a direct demonstration about the direction of action of the optical force exerted on a dielectric nano–particle. In particular, by using a rigorous electromagnetic formalism based in the second Green identity, we have modeled the scattering problem of a Gaussian beam impinging on a metamaterial plane surface with a sub–wavelength localized defect. We have shown that depending on the nature of the excited SW, dielectric nano–particles placed near the surface can be pushed away or towards the localized defect. We believe that this work unveils the potential implementation of sub–wavelength defects as sources of pushing or pulling optical forces.
An End-to-End Optical System Optimization Approach: Optimizing A Wide Field Telescope for Deep Learning Based Celestial Objects Detection Algorithms
Authors: Xiang Wennan , jia Peng , Li Zheng , lv jiameng
Published: February 2024

Object detection stands as a crucial application for optical systems. However, the conventional design of optical systems for object detection has historically fixated on specific imaging quality evaluation criteria, a practice that may not seamlessly align with the results obtained by object detection algorithms. This mismatch is particularly conspicuous in the intricate relationship between the performance of recently developed deep learning based celestial object detection algorithms and the images captured by wide field telescopes. In response to this challenge, we propose a novel approach that integrates the optical system simulator and the deep learning based object detection algorithm within an optimizer framework. The deep learning based object detection algorithm is manually designed and trained using specific datasets. Simultaneously, the optical system simulator has the capability to generate a large amount of images based on the optical design, hardware specifics of the camera, and the observation mode. The results provided by the object detection algorithm, operating on simulated images, serve as the benchmark for evaluating the performance during the optimization of the optical system. To validate our approach, we optimize a primary focus telescope for a celestial object observation scenario, employing a Faster R-CNN based celestial object detection algorithm. The results show a noticeable enhancement in both detection efficiency and accuracy. Thus, our approach emerges as an innovative method for optimizing different optical imaging systems, in tandem with their respective deep learning based algorithms, tailored for various applications.
Erkennungsverfahren für KI-generierte Texte: Überblick und Architekturentwurf
Authors: Pröhl Thorsten , Mohrhardt Radoslaw , Förster Niels , Putzier Erik , Zarnekow Rüdiger
Published: February 2024

Durch Transformer-basierte KI-Systeme wurden große Fortschritte, u. a. in den Bereichen Textverarbeitung und -verständnis, erreicht. Diese Deep-Learning-Modelle ermöglichen das Generieren von Texten und bilden die Grundlage moderner Sprachmodelle. Die rasante Entwicklung der letzten Jahre hat große Sprachmodelle, wie ChatGPT, Bard oder VICUNA-13B, hervorgebracht.

Der Beitrag präsentiert die Entwicklung der Sprachmodelle hin zu den großen Sprachmodellen. Durch die fortschreitende Entwicklung der Sprachmodelle ergeben sich vielfältige Möglichkeiten und Probleme, weshalb eine Erkennung von LLM-generierten Texten wichtig ist. Dieser Artikel stellt unterschiedliche Ansätze bekannter Erkennungsverfahren dar. Neben statistischen Klassifizierungsverfahren werden auch Deep-Learning-basierte und Zero-Shot-Verfahren besprochen. Daneben werden ein kompressionsorientierter Ansatz vorgestellt sowie Kennzeichnungsverfahren präsentiert. Nach dem tabellarischen Vergleich der in der Literatur vorgestellten Verfahren werden implementierte Softwaredetektoren präsentiert. Im Anschluss werden Überlegungen zum Entwurf eines Trainingsdatensatzes aufgezeigt, wodurch die Grundlage für einen eigenen Ansatz zur Erkennung von KI-generierten Texten in deutscher Sprache geschaffen wird. Darüber hinaus werden die Architektur und das Design des eigenen Ansatzes, dem KI-Inhalte-Detektor, vorgestellt und beschrieben sowie die Limitationen aufgezeigt.
Student perceptions of mindful reflection as a media law teaching tool
Authors: Pearson Mark
Published: February 2024

Graduates’ failure to pause, reflect and draw on their learning to predict the legal consequences of their publishing can result in fines, damages and even jail terms. This article reports upon a survey of more than one hundred media law students in courses at an Australian university over two years where mindfulness-based cognitive reflections were used as a teaching tool. The author and colleague developed a conceptual map to explain the potentialities of mindfulness-based meditation in journalism education. In this action research project, mindfulness-based reflections were offered regularly during a media law course, with a strong emphasis upon emotional and situational analysis of media law dilemmas, as a complement to a traditional style of teaching media law cases, legislation and topics. Basic mindfulness meditation practices can equip students with a toolkit of techniques for inward reflection which they can use to assess their thought processes, emotional states, workplace situations, legal dilemmas, ethics and learning. The approach is in accord with the research on metacognition in psychology and education. The study reports a variety of student responses to the mindfulness reflection experience, ranging from some who objected to its use or who reported it to be of no value to their media law studies through to others who found it invaluable for their learning and lives. Students responded to a series of both Likert and open-ended questions covering their previous meditation exposure, frequency of participation, perceived benefits and shortcomings, extent of assisting learning and suggestions for improvements in the technique.
From the modern to the contemporary: Art, or the possibility of the impossible
Authors: Badiou Alain
Published: February 2024

This article asks the fundamental philosophical question concerning contemporary art: what is contemporary art? The distinction between modern and contemporary art is defined as internal to modern art, with the logic of rupture inherent to modernity. With modernity in art, three possibilities arise: constructivism, abstraction and non-art. After this, all contemporary art is either self-critical, formal or revolutionary. Through subtraction and formalization, contemporary art negates reality through local experiments that function at an abstract level of symbolization, making visible the real that is specific to every work of art and that creates a new place in the world. This experimentation effects a displacement within the sensible, creating a displacement between the possible and the impossible. Not unlike politics, art displaces a place in which it installs the formal promise of a new world. However, unlike politics, art provides a provisional respite through its ability to displace the laws of the world without ever promising to topple the world. Four maxims are proposed that define a contemporary meta-aesthetic ethos of anticipation that is not on the order of politics.
Diaspora journalism’s coverage of migration: How the Irish diaspora press reported the refugee crisis
Authors: Kirk Niamh
Published: February 2024

Irish diasporas have a long history of multidirectional and multigenerational migration with large communities sustaining successful commercial diaspora news media organizations. Such complex migration patterns often result in the hybridization of identities whereby the migrant group develops cultural identities that are different from the ‘homeland’ and each other. Diaspora media operate as important cultural landmarks that mediate the representation of home and hostland identity, providing a rich set of cultural building blocks with which diaspora communities can identify. Indeed, comparative studies have shown diverse representations of Irish diasporic identities and history in Irish diaspora news media located in different parts of the world. However, to date much of the focus has been on the representations of historical events such as the Famine the 1916 Rising. What is not yet clear is how identity is represented in relation to contemporary news events. Using framing analysis this article compares how Irish diaspora news media located in different regions draw on Irish diasporic identity to represent the appropriate responses of Irish diasporans and Irish people to the Refugee crisis in 2016 finding that while there are some variances, a unifying message dominates.
Why do they speak French? About Lebanese cinema and French diplomacy
Authors: Mouawad Wissam
Published: February 2024

A substantial number of Lebanese films feature characters who speak French. While the inclusion of these characters is often justified at the narrative level, in certain instances, their presence cannot be solely explained by the narrative and appears to be more attributable to the context of the production of these films, particularly due to the dependence of Lebanese cinema on French funding. Many filmmakers have connected the use of the French language to the conditions set by French funds. However, it is noteworthy that these funds seldom explicitly mandate the use of French. A closer examination of this phenomenon reveals an implicit set of guidelines imposed by French funders, facilitated through French diplomatic institutions, and a tendency among some Lebanese filmmakers to conform to these expectations.
Sondheim from the Side
Authors: Pryor Jack Isaac , Wolf Stacy
Published: February 2024

This article is a short introduction to ‘Sondheim from the Side’, the Special Issue on the late influential American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, which focuses on the reception experience of minoritarian artists and critics to his body of work. Historicizing the impetus for the collection in the wake of Sondheim’s death in November 2021, and citing a number of queer and feminist scholars on the politics of reception – including Rose Rosengard Subotnik, Jane Gallop, Eve Sedgwick, David Román and Carolyn Steedman – this article theorizes the emphasis that the collection places on critically generous, first-person articles that centre rather than occlude the author’s social location and affective experience of various works, and it links this emphasis to methods in the field of performance studies. Borrowing from Special Issue contributor Gabrielle Hoyt and Jewish rituals of mourning, the introduction also frames the collection itself as a kind of prayer, or Kaddish, for the deceased artist.
Sondheim’s vamps and Africanist musical practice
Authors: Asare Masi
Published: February 2024

This article attends to what emerges as, however unlikely, Africanist musical practice in the work of Stephen Sondheim. My analysis considers Sondheim’s use of instrumental vamps as the threshold of song, the articulation of character and the means to dramaturgies of transformation and mood. I hear Sondheim’s vamps as Africanist musical practice, resonating with the African pianism articulated by Akin Euba and J. H. Kwabena Nketia, the appropriated structures of Ghanaian drumming in works by Steve Reich, and the function of African American gospel vamps theorized by musicologist and theologian Braxton D. Shelley. I linger with moments from recent Broadway revivals of Company and Into the Woods, and with feedback I received from Sondheim on my own work as a composer/lyricist and musical dramatist creating songs for West African characters.
Still ‘queer for Uncle Sam’?: Anita’s Latina diva citizenship in West Side Story, revisited – an interview with Deborah Paredez1
Authors: Pryor Jack Isaac
Published: February 2024

This article, written as a conversation between performance studies scholars Deborah Paredez and Jack Isaac Pryor, revisits Paredez’s influential article, ‘“Queer for Uncle Sam”?: Anita’s Latina diva citizenship in West Side Story’, previously published in Latino Studies. While the 2014 essay explored why West Side Story captures audiences – especially Latinx ones – in spite of its racist and misogynist underpinnings, and why and how it endures as an influential cultural text in the American social imaginary, this interview asks what of Paredez’s original argument feels true and resonant nearly a decade after the original article was published, 65 years since the original film was released, and in light of its 2021 remake starring Ariana DeBose and featuring Rita Moreno in a secondary role. Of particular interest throughout is the figure of Anita/Moreno as ‘diva’ and the identificatory pleasures that she elicits across time and space, and the role that Stephen Sondheim’s contributions to this musical play in the reception process.
‘Now you know’: On Sondheim and middle age
Authors: Donovan Ryan
Published: February 2024

This article examines how Stephen Sondheim persistently and profoundly probed the second act of life, especially the years of middle age. I didn’t know it when I began discovering Sondheim’s works as an adolescent, but his lyrical insights prepared me for ageing. He proffered a map and showed the risks of ‘the road you didn’t take’, while also evincing the profound ambivalence that accompanies the examined life. Time registers itself anew – through its disappearing act – in one’s sinew and memory alike. Ageing variously enables some things and disables others; it forces one to grapple with various kinds of deaths – material and metaphoric – from small to shattering. Sondheim’s musicals stage these forays into ageing, and in what follows I explore how his works offer a prismatic view of middle age and beyond. Sondheim evinces how part of ageing deals with consequences – it is less about the road you didn’t take than the one that you did. And while a character inFollies(1971) implores us to ‘never look back’, much of Sondheim’s canon is about the wisdom gleaned from looking back, usually from the gimlet-eyed perspective of age and experience.
‘Beauty is power, longing a disease’: Asexuality and disability readings of Passion
Authors: Courtis Sarah
Published: February 2024

Stephen Sondheim’s 1994 musical Passion is rarely discussed or deconstructed, more often relegated to a footnote within his collected works. However, it poses many important questions about disability and sexuality, which remain largely unexplored as themes within the musical theatre canon. In this article, I consider my own readings and reactions to this text from two moments in time: 2014 and 2023. My approach to this text is framed by my intersectional understanding of the labels I use to identify myself: asexual, disabled and female-presenting. I explore my own response to the musical in relation to these labels, and discuss how my growing understanding of myself was aided by my first viewing and complicated by the second viewing.
‘A Weekend in the [Texas Hill] Country’ and Sondheim’s invitation to play
Authors: Bonin-Rodriguez Paul , Dorsey Zachary A.
Published: February 2024

This article explores Stephen Sondheim’s ‘A Weekend in the Country’ from A Little Night Music, and details how, for two musical theatre queens on a weekend getaway, this song became our road map and rallying cry. As we examine the way that our lives mirrored the characters’ lives, we also rewrite Sondheim’s lyrics as a mode of updating them to explicate our specific twenty-first-century contexts, needs and desires. Our cheeky adaptation, we suggest, matches the cheekiness of the song on offer from Sondheim, and answers Sondheim and A Little Night Music’s invitations to play. Though some may cry sacrilege, we see our rewrites as requiem, as a fitting tribute to Sondheim, as we sing with, through, in lieu of and after his characters. Ultimately, we contend there is sustenance and knowledge for audiences through such appropriation. Our play is serious, and Sondheim helps us see how things become just a little bit better each time we attune ourselves to life’s musical possibility.
Worthy of your love: Queerness and ghosting in Assassins and Company
Authors: Rowen Bess
Published: February 2024

How would the plot of Assassins shift if Squeaky Fromme was singing to Jodie Foster in the song ‘Unworthy of Your Love?’ Or if Bobbie from Company does not want to get married because her girlfriend, Rifkele, is waiting for her offstage? Marvin Carlson’s concept of ghosting explains how an audience’s previous experience with a person or object can carry a trace into subsequent roles, which explains how these readings were possible for a certain portion of those watching Erin Markey as Squeaky Fromme in the 2017 City Center Encores! production of Assassins and Katrina Lenk as Bobbie in the 2022 production of Company. Although there was nothing inherently queer about these two characters within their respective Sondheim productions, Markey’s performance history and Lenk’s well-known role as Manke in Paula Vogel’s Indecent ghosted prior performances of queerness onto Markey’s Squeaky Fromme and Lenk’s Bobbie. This reading provides a way for a queer viewer to find representations of queerness in Assassins and Company that live outside of the gay male experience, which ends up being particularly inclusive for bisexual and lesbian women audience members and performers. By following the author’s phenomenological experience of reading these two roles as queer women within their specific musicals, this article posits that spaces for queer women, non-binary people and trans people can and should be explored in the works of Stephen Sondheim.
An interview with John Doyle1
Authors: Wolf Stacy
Published: February 2024

Director John Doyle is one of the foremost re-interpreters of Sondheim’s musicals. His productions of Sweeney Todd and Company introduced the practice of actor–musicianship to UK and US audiences and transformed assumptions about how those shows could be produced. As artistic director of Classic Stage Company (CSC), Doyle directed groundbreaking productions of Assassins and Pacific Overtures; before taking on the leadership of CSC, he directed a re-imagined version of Passion. Doyle also worked with librettist John Weidman and Sondheim to revise what had been Wise Guys and Bounce into Road Show. In this candid and illuminating interview, Doyle discusses his relationship with Sondheim and his approach to Sondheim’s musicals.
I trust you if you say what I believe: Audiences’ perception of sustainability narrative framings
Authors: Hoeft Fabian
Published: February 2024

Building on strategic framing and sustainability communication research, this article finds that trust in firms’ sustainability commitment varies with differing evaluative mental models across stakeholders, such as investors, customers and the general public. Stakeholders’ perceived trust depends on their level of expertise and firms’ ways of framing their sustainability narratives. Using publicly available data of firms’ sustainability communications and experimental survey data of 300 participants, this study shows that firms benefit from deploying sustainability narrative framing strategies congruent with audiences’ mental models. Experts, such as sustainability or industry experts, appreciate sustainability narratives framed in concrete ‘how’ terms, while non-experts, i.e., laypeople, are more receptive to abstract ‘why’ terms. The study offers insights into and a framework based on the fieldwork on how managers may use framing tactics to improve the odds of achieving the desired perception of their sustainability narratives towards different stakeholders.
The emerging gender inequalities and work–life balance disruption during the pandemic: A scoping review
Authors: Sahni Shalini , Yadav Sangeeta , Aggarwal Shalini , Kumra Rajeev
Published: February 2024

COVID-19 imposed a lockdown on all economic and social activities and contemporary organizations adapted to the challenge by shifting to a remote working model and individuals struggled for work–life balance. The purpose of this article is to systematically review the literature on work–life balance during a pandemic and comprehensively analyse the quality of work–life problems that are associated with it. Twenty-seven articles published between 2019 and 2021 were selected for review from Scopus and Web of Science (WOS) based on the research questions framed in the study. A four-step process suggested by Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines was used to perform the scoping literature review (SLR). The findings of the review highlight the emerging gender inequalities with a focus on how this phenomenon has evolved during a pandemic. The article makes an important contribution by reporting gender disparity concerning each gender issue related to work–life balance raised during COVID-19. The review also synthesizes the finding of previous studies by identifying the top contributing authors, most influential journals, and co-citation analysis and cluster analysis. Additionally, content analysis and cluster analysis based on multiple correspondence analyses were performed that confirm the two important clusters highlighting gender issues. We conclude the review by proposing various research directions.
La inaplazable necesidad de un procedimiento de identificación de las víctimas de trata
Authors: Martínez Escamilla Margarita
Published: February 2024

Para proteger y ofrecer una asistencia integral a las víctimas de trata y explotación, primero es necesario detectarlas e identificarlas. La identificación es una obligación del Estado y un derecho de las víctimas, del que depende el ejercicio de aquellos derechos que configuran su estatuto jurídico. Sin identificación, no hay derechos y son necesarios un modelo y un procedimiento que la promueva y la facilite.
Este artículo desentraña y analiza la regulación de la identificación de las víctimas de trata y explotación en el ordenamiento jurídico español, poniendo de manifiesto graves déficits que urge corregir: la carencia del necesario rango legal de la actual regulación, el protagonismo policial, la defectuosa configuración del periodo de restablecimiento y reflexión, la subordinación de las medidas de protección a las víctimas extranjeras a los intereses de la política migratoria o de la persecución penal y, sobre todo, la inexistencia de un procedimiento administrativo de identificación suficientemente definido. Estos déficits, junto con algunas propuestas, permitirán valorar el procedimiento diseñado en el Anteproyecto de Ley Orgánica integral contra la trata y la explotación de seres humanos, aprobado en el Consejo de Ministros de 29 de noviembre de 2022.
The Technological Products of the 4th Industrial Revolution From Public R&D Institutions In Indonesia And The Challenges Arising From The Development To The Diffusion Process
Authors: Febrianda Rendi , Ririh Kirana Rukmayuninda , Romadona Mia Rahma , Laili Nur , Maludin Syafrizal
Published: February 2024

This study was aimed to identify and to compile both the primary and the secondary data of the technological products based on the technology of the 4th industrial revolution developed by public R&D institutions in Indonesia, then to analyze the emerging challenges from the development to the diffusion process. The primary data were obtained through the interview with experts. The secondary data were obtained from each institution’s website, report archives, and written publications. A qualitative analysis using SWOT approach was applied in this study. As the result, this study has identified as many as 33 technological products, in which the 15 products belong to agriculture as the leading sector, followed by fishery, healthcare, and other sectors. The majority of the products’ statuses are prototypes that still require further development. Four main challenges have emerged from the development to the diffusion process: (1) the supporting technologies are mostly imported components and the supplies are not regularly available; (2) the disbursement of the components budget is considered complicated; (3) there is no potential licensing with the private sectors; and (4) the diffusion of the products is considered difficult when it comes to deal with the users that have low level of digital literacy.

 

Keywords: 4th industrial revolution, public R&D institution, technology, challenge, Indonesia
Espaços de diálogo e a construção de novas perspectivas comunitaristas a partir da publicidade social na caminhada Jane´s Walk em Nova Friburgo
Authors: Aguiar Silva Suelen de
Published: February 2024

Este artigo apresenta uma pesquisa sobre publicidade social, cultura e sustentabilidade comunitária com base na caminhada mundial Jane´s Walk, realizada no munícipio de Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro. A metodologia empregada para a intervenção durante a caminhada, além do referencial teórico da publicidade social, foi a utilização de técnicas da observação participante com o intuito de conhecer as principais demandas da comunidade Rui Sanglard, onde ocorreu a caminhada, em termos comunicacionais e de sustentabilidade comunitária. O objetivo da intervenção foi o de identificar como o projeto de extensão Publicidade social, cultura e sustentabilidade comunitária poderá contribuir para o desenvolvimento da comunidade. Concluímos, a partir dos resultados preliminares, que a comunicação, bem como a publicidade social, pode potencializar a construção de relações sociais e a integração entre universidade e comunidade. Além disso, poderá proporcionar o direito à cidade e as múltiplas conversas, olhares e possibilidades de autossustentação sob perspectivas comunitaristas.
Não verás país nenhum – 40 anos depois: Entrevista com Ignácio de Loyola Brandão
Authors: Brandão Ignácio de Loyola Lopes , Gatti Márcio Antônio , Bruschini Grecca Gabriela , De Mello Silva Oliveira Júlia
Published: February 2024

A presente entrevista foi concedida no âmbito do Projeto “Diálogos Interdisciplinares”, atividade de extensão do Programa de Pós-graduação em Estudos da Condição Humana – PPGECH, da Universidade Federal de São Carlos – UFSCar, pode também ser conferida na íntegra no canal do YouTube do Programa A entrevista foi transmitida em ao vivo em 17 de novembro de 2021, tal como as demais atividades do projeto. Participaram desta entrevista, Márcio Antonio Gatti, docente do PPGECH e da UFSCar, Júlia de Mello Silva Oliveira, doutoranda do Programa de Pós- Graduação em Estudos de Literatura da Universidade Federal de São Carlos e Gabriela Bruschini Grecca, doutora em Estudos Literários (UNESP) e docente da Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (UEMG-Divinópolis). A entrevista comemora os 40 anos de publicação (completados em 2021) do livro Não Verás País Nenhum e foi uma parceria entre o PPGECH e o grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Tecnologia, Cultura e Sociedade, o NEPeTeCS, da UFSCar.
Políticas e epistemologias feministas sob ataque: fabulações especulativas sobre o medo bolsonarista da diversidade
Authors: Martins Bessa Karla Adriana
Published: February 2024

O artigo refaz uma breve genealogia da institucionalização dos núcleos de estudos de gênero e do desenvolvimento de uma epistemologia feminista, no Brasil, em contraposição às lutas antigênero e antifeministas que ganharam força no âmbito do bolsonarismo. Argumenta sobre os limites e a eficácia da categoria gênero e propõe a realização de alianças entre academia e movimentos sociais para superação do pacto conservador e reacionário no contexto cultural bélico e heteropatriarcal vigente no país.
THE ROLE OF THE OSTROV NYASHA-I SITE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CULTURAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL SCHEME OF THE LOWER TOM REGION
Authors:   Tomsk State University, Yu. Kvasnica , D. Bychkov ,   Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, A. Idimeshev ,   Tomsk State Pedagogical University
Published: February 2024

The article presents for the first time the results of the study of the site Ostrov Nyasha-I, located in the north of the Lower Tom region, discovered in 2021. The stratigraphic situation at the site is analyzed, and a conclusion is made about its single-layer nature. The preliminary results of the cultural and chronological attribution of the ceramic complex of the monument are presented, which allowed to reveal the simultaneous occurrence of the Novokuskovsky and Igrekovsky types of ceramics. Two AMS-dates obtained from charcoal from the culture-containing layer and two AMS-dates obtained from carbon deposits on ceramics are presented. According to the authors of the article, the freshwater reservoir effect leads to older the last dates. This fact, combined with the presence of materials from two cultural traditions in a single-layer site, allowed raising questions about the possible incorrectness of most of the dates available for Neolithic-Eneolithic sites of the Tomsk-Chulym Ob region, and the need to revise the cultural and chronological scheme of the designated region. Based on absolute dates, the site Ostrov Nyasha-I is dated to the end of the first — second quarter of the 5 millennium B.C. and attributed by the authors to the Late Neolithic period. The special role of the monument in the construction of the cultural and chronological scheme of the Lower Tom region and the need for its further research were noted.
MANIFESTATIONS OF NEOTECTONICS IN KARST CAVITIES: IDENTIFICATION EXPERIENCE ON THE EXAMPLE OF DENISOVA CAVE IN GORNY ALTAI
Authors:   Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, N. KULIK , E. DEEV ,   A.A. Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS,   Novosibirsk State University, V. Ulianov ,   Moscow State University, M. Kozlikin ,   Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, M. KOKH ,   Novosibirsk State University,   V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS, E. SOKOL ,   V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS, M. SHUNKOV ,   Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS
Published: February 2024

The article presents preliminary results of the study and characterization of the neotectonic processes manifestations in Denisova Cave, their influence on the formation and post-sedimentation changes of Pleistocene cave deposits. In Denisova Cave, traces of paleoearthquakes are examined in sections of sedimentary strata of the Main, East and South Chambers. The main types of earthquakeinduced deformations are described. A chronological assessment of the episodes of ancient seismic events recorded in the stratigraphic sequence of the cave is given. It was established that as a result of seismic deformations, the displacements of the layers turned out to be insignificant and their boundaries are well correlated. There was no mixing of the substance of different lithological units and, accordingly, the archaeological finds and paleontological material contained in them. We also assume that neotectonic activity could have infl uenced the living conditions of primitive man as one of the environmental factors.
YALOMAN HILLFORT (FOR TRESS) IN CENTRAL ALTAI: EXPERIENCE OF MODERN MAPPING
Authors:   Altai State University, A. Tishkin , Yu. SVOYSKY ,   Higher School of Economics, E. ROMANENKO ,   RSSDA Laboratory, A. ZIGANSHINA ,   Altai State University
Published: February 2024

The well-known archaeological complex, designated “Yaloman Hillfort”, is an important site of cultural heritage in the Altai Mountains. The article gives brief information about the attempts to study it. In 2001, the first documentation of fortification and other structures was made with the help of tacheometric survey. The description and plan were reflected in the report, which became the basis for registration of the mentioned object. Some of the results of this work are only briefly mentioned in publications. The cultural affiliation and final dating of the site have not been determined yet. With the emergence of new opportunities the necessity of modern mapping of the Yaloman hillfort, which can be considered as a fortress, has become apparent. The obtained materials are reflected in the text and illustrations. These data allow us to expand our knowledge of the site and outline a further research programme, as well as measures for its protection and use.
Knot-and-ear sign: a pathognomonic ultrasonographic feature of suture granuloma after thyroid surgery
Authors: Suh Pae Sun , Jeong So Yeong , Baek Jung Hwan , Kim Tae Yong , Lee Yu-mi , Song Dong Eun , Park Yun Seo , Ahn Je Young , Chung Sae Rom , Choi Young Jun , Lee Jeong Hyun
Published: February 2024

Purpose: This study investigated the clinical and ultrasonographic (US) findings of suture granulomas and recurrent tumors, and aimed to identify specific characteristics of suture granulomas through an experimental study.Methods: This retrospective study included 20 pathologically confirmed suture granulomas and 40 recurrent tumors between January 2010 and December 2020. The clinical findings included suture material, surgery, and initial TNM stage. The US findings included shape, size, margin, echogenicity, heterogeneity, vascularity, and internal echogenic foci. The distribution, paired appearance, and "knot-and-ear" appearance of internal echogenic foci were assessed. An experiment using pork meat investigated the US configuration of suture knots.Results: Eighteen patients with 20 suture granulomas (15 women; mean age, 52±13 years) and 37 patients with 40 recurrent tumors (24 women; 54±18 years) were included. Patients with suture granulomas exhibited earlier initial T and N stages than those with recurrent tumors. The knot-and-ear appearance, defined as an echogenic dot accompanied by two adjacent echogenic dots or lines based on experimental findings, was observed in 50% of suture granulomas, but not in recurrent tumors (P<0.001). Central internal echogenic foci (68.8%, P=0.023) and paired appearance (75.0%, P<0.001) were more frequent in suture granulomas. During follow-up, 94.1% of suture granulomas shrunk.Conclusion: The knot-and-ear appearance is a potential pathognomonic finding of suture granuloma, and central internal echogenic foci with paired appearance were typical US features. Clinically, suture granulomas showed early T and N stages and size reduction during follow-up. Understanding these features can prevent unnecessary biopsy or diagnostic surgery.
Proposal for a new non-linear model to describe growth curves
Authors: Santos André Luiz Pinto dos , Ferreira Tiago Alessandro Espínola , Brito Cícero Carlos Ramos de , Gomes-Silva Frank , Moreira Guilherme Rocha
Published: February 2024

This study was developed with longitudinal data measurements of Norfolk rabbits from birth to 119 days of age to estimate the average growth curve, with the primary objective of proposing a non-linear model. It also selected the most appropriate sigmoidal model to describe the growth of Norfolk rabbits. The adjustments provided by the logistic, von Bertalanffy, Gompertz, Brody, Richards, and proposed models were compared. The parameters were estimated using the “nls” function of the “stats” package in R software, the least-squares method, and the Gauss-Newton convergence algorithm. The goodness-of-fit comparison was based on the following criteria: adjusted coefficient of determination (), mean square error (MSE), mean absolute deviation (MAD), Akaike information criterion (AIC), and Bayesian information criterion (BIC). Cluster analysis helped select and classify the non-linear growth models, considering the other goodness-of-fit criteria results. The proposed non-linear, von Bertalanffy, Gompertz, and Richards models described the growth curve of Norfolk rabbits satisfactorily, providing parameters with practical interpretations. The goodness-of-fit criteria showed that the proposed and von Bertalanffy models best represented the growth of rabbits.
A agricultura familiar na Região Metropolitana de Fortaleza (RMF), Ceará
Authors: Gomes Iara Rafaela
Published: February 2024

Este texto objetiva ampliar as discussões em torno da atividade agropecuária em municípios metropolitanos. Nossa reflexão recai especificamente sobre a Região Metropolitana de Fortaleza, no Ceará, e nos permitiu avançar no entendimento da sua agricultura familiar. Para isso, analisamos um conjunto de dados primários e secundários a respeito do perfil do produtor, dos estabelecimentos agropecuários e da produção de alimentos na região metropolitana em análise. Essa abordagem multifacetada nos ajudou a identificar questões-chave relacionadas à produção e aos sistemas alimentares na RMF, bem como mostrou a importância de agenda de pesquisa que busque avaliar o potencial da agricultura familiar nesse contexto específico. A pesquisa menciona as estratégias de produção adotadas, os desafios enfrentados e as oportunidades identificadas pelos agricultores familiares. Discutir a agricultura nos espaços metropolitanos pode articular várias lutas de natureza socioespacial e socioambiental, além de sugerir a elaboração de políticas públicas intersetoriais. Ao oferecer uma visão abrangente, este estudo visa informar a formulação de políticas eficazes, promovendo a sustentabilidade e a resiliência da agricultura familiar em contextos metropolitanos. Esperamos que a reflexão sobre as agriculturas realizadas neste espaço e sua caracterização em contextos municipais e metropolitanos, seja útil aos pesquisadores, gestores e operadores de políticas públicas, bem como demais agentes e instituições interessados na agricultura familiar (e urbana).
Physical and Chemical Treatability Assessment for Food Industry Wastewater in Wastewater Treatment Plant Design
Authors: Oktiawan Wiharyanto , Junaidi Junaidi , Raziani Fadhila
Published: February 2024

Food industry wastewater has characteristics that contain high organic matter and suspended solids. Most of the methods used are physical and chemical treatment because these methods have high efficiency and effectivity. In designing a new wastewater treatment plant, the treatability assessment is essential to any consideration or reference in planning the treatment process to be implemented. This research aims to obtain treatability assessment results that will be used as consideration in planning treatment units in WWTP according to the characteristics of wastewater tested. The removal results of the sedimentation test with Imhoff Cone were able to remove 51.2% COD, 64.04% BOD, and 95.21% TSS with the optimum settling time of 40 minutes. The samples test continued to the rapid-slow mixing test using the jar test, resulting that by adding coagulant at the optimum dose of PAC 120 mg/L, it was capable to remove 68.21% of COD, 73.22% of BOD, and up to 98.07% of TSS at the end of the process. Based on the assessment results, the physical and chemical treatment can remove suspended solids pollutant parameters with high efficiency so it will be considered to be used in planning Wastewater Treatment Plants for this food industry.