bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Integrative analysis of the metabolome and transcriptome provides insights into the mechanisms of flavonoid biosynthesis in Polygonatum
Authors: Wan Xiaolin , Xiao Qiang
Published: January 2025

A noteworthy group of culinary and medicinal plants is Polygonatum species. They are known for their abundant flavonoid compound-rich rhizomes, which have antioxidative and anticancer activities. Using Polygonatum sibiricum Red (SXHZ) and Polygonatum kingianum var. grandifolium (HBES), we conducted transcriptome and metabolomic investigations to look into the molecular processes that control the manufacture of these flavonoids in Polygonatum plants. Seven distinct flavonoid metabolites were identified by the analytical data, with phloretin exhibiting a notable differential expression in the biosynthetic pathway. 30 genes with differential expression were found in both plants after further investigation, five of which are members of the transcription factor family associated with MBW. Thus, we suggest that Phloretin and the genes belonging to the MYB-related transcription factor family play a crucial role in controlling the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway in Polygonatum. This work lays the groundwork for a deeper comprehension of the biosynthesis and metabolic processes of flavonoids in Polygonatum, serving as an invaluable resource for the development of the polygonatum-related pharmaceutical industries as well as for the future breeding of Polygonatum plants with higher flavonoid content.
An immersive virtual reality learning system for building systems in architectural design education
Authors: Natephra Worawan , Shahinmoghadam Mehrzad , Motamedi Ali
Published: January 2025

Since building systems play a key role in shaping the final design of a building, knowledge about their foundations has been an integral part of the undergraduate architecture curriculum. However, building systems are often considered by architecture students as engineers’ main responsibility. This mindset has caused inadequate attention in education. VR technology, with its ability to simplify complex concepts through immersive, interactive experiences, offers a promising solution. This study proposes a VR-based building systems-learning (VR-BSL) system, which aims to increasing architectural students’ motivation and engagement in understanding the fundamentals of building systems. A prototype of the VR-BSL system was integrated into the classroom activities, where students and lecturers explored virtual spaces of major building systems using HMDs and controllers. This study demonstrated that VR-BSL enhances learning experience by allowing students to easily grasp distributed information and knowledge through the visualization of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems in the VR.
The building that was a timepiece: Translating The Time Regulation Institute to architecture
Authors: Kılınç Kıvanç , Anouti Ghida , Kassar Hadi , Karam Ralph
Published: January 2025

How could one forge a creative dialogue between texts and the physical spaces that they document, imagine or reinvent? This article explores the idea of intersemiotic translation from a work of literature to architecture through a selection of student works produced in an undergraduate elective (Building Texts) offered online in 2020 in the Department of Architecture and Design at the American University of Beirut (AUB). In the course, students were given the task of ‘building’ the Turkish novelist Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar’s internationally acclaimed novel, The Time Regulation Institute (1961) in the form of visual representation. The purpose was not to illustrate the content but trigger an intermedial exchange: Tanpınar’s novel gives a detailed account a fictional modern institute, which serves no purpose other than synchronizing every clock in the country and fine those whose watches are running slow. But the complexity and eclectic character of the architecture, as well as the absurdity of its supposed function, compelled students to go beyond straightforward solutions and minimized the likelihood of ‘translating’ the content into familiar shapes and forms. By introducing one final project in more detail that explores translation as a central theme, the article discusses how such interactions between architecture and literature could be mobilized as an imaginative pedagogical tool. As the project illustrates, students have not only connected textual spaces to the ‘actual spaces’ informing the novel’s narrative structure but also critically resituated these spatial discourses within the mutually dependent social, political and cultural contexts in which they were imagined.
Running Punks: More than just turning up
Authors: King Pete , Morgan Ashley
Published: January 2025

This study explored why runners have joined an online running group called the Running Punks that was set up in 2020. Running Punks espouses running for pleasure and repudiates the ‘rules’ of running groups which are mainly concerned with speed and performance. This research aimed to discover, through semi-structured interviews, why people joined a group that differs so significantly from others. In total 44 semi-structured interviews were undertaken, and the data was analysed using thematic analysis. The results constructed three broad themes: belonging; connected; and catalyst for change which are discussed by applying two theoretical strands: community of practice (CoP) and self-determination theory (SDT). The results discovered that while individuals benefited enormously from being connected and related as part of a community, they identified as ‘Running Punks’ as they valued their autonomy as individuals.
Traducción y sostenibilidad cultural II: retos y nuevos escenarios
Authors:   Universidad de Salamanca,   Universidad de Salamanca,   Universidad de Salamanca,   Universidad de Salamanca,   Universidad de Salamanca, Schoer-Granado Susana ,   Universidad de Salamanca
Published: January 2025

El objetivo de este volumen es ofrecer reflexiones sobre los numerosos retos y nuevos escenarios (físicos, tecnológicos y también sociales y culturales) que se les presentan a las actividades profesionales, de investigación, mediación intercultural y enseñanza-aprendizaje de la traducción y la interpretación. Las aportaciones se han agrupado en secciones que dan testimonio de áreas diversas, multidisciplinares, relativas tanto a modalidades como a instrumentos y metodologías, aplicaciones, o perspectivas teóricas e investigadoras de gran consistencia científica y calado práctico o conceptual. Así, este volumen pone a disposición de sus lectores una recopilación de trabajos relacionados con la formación, la evolución y la práctica profesional de la traducción y la interpretación en distintos ámbitos y desde diferentes enfoques.
PRIMARY TYPE SPECIMENS OF THE MUSEUM ZOOLOGICUM BOGORIENSE (III)
Authors: SOMADIKARTA S. , KADARSAN S. , DJAJASASMITA M
Published: January 2025

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ON THE GENERA ALLIED TO LIOTHRIPS OF THE ORIENTAL FAUNA. II. (INSECTA-THYSANOPTERA)
Authors: PRIESNER Dr. HERMANN
Published: January 2025

abstract not available
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF BAGRID FISHES (SILUROIDEA : BAGRIDAE). 3.A SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNT OF THE JAPANESE, CHINESE, MALAYAN AND INDONESIAN GENERA
Authors: JAYARAM K C
Published: January 2025

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THE TYPES OF HOOGERWERFâ€™S NEW TAXA OF BIRDS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM ZOOLOGICUM BOGORIENSE, CIBINONG SCIENCE CENTRE BOGOR, INDONESIA
Authors: Sudaryanti Sudaryanti , Somadikarta Sukardja , Darjono Darjono
Published: January 2025

From 1962 to 1967 Hoogerwerf described 16 new taxa of birds fromJava and its satellite islands. His description of each new taxon was based on 3 to 34 specimens. Despite the regulations of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), which clearly stipulated to designate the type specimens, Hoogerwerf had designated two and in one case three â€œtypeâ€ specimens for each of the 14 out of his 16 new taxa, instead. In order to preserve stability of nomenclature, we reevaluate and designate the paratypes, lectotypes, paralectotypes of these Hoogerwerfâ€™s new taxa. These type specimens are deposited in the collections of MZB.Key words: Aves, type specimen, ICZN, Java, MZB
Violência de Estado e racismo
Authors: Vinuto Juliana , Cesar Ramos Paulo
Published: January 2025

Nesta apresentação do dossiê “Violência de Estado e racismo: discussões teórico-metodológicas”, propomos alguns tópicos de discussão que podem contribuir com o que tem sido chamado de “virada antirracista” nos estudos sobre violência, crime, punição e temas afins. Para tanto, partimos para uma análise crítica sobre o campo de estudos da sociologia da violência, inicialmente com base em panorama histórico dos pontos de contato entre esta e a sociologia das relações/desigualdades raciais, ressaltando a contribuição de fatores intra-acadêmicos, interinstitucionais e extra-acadêmicos. Em seguida, apresentamos alguns dos principais desafios metodológicos enfrentados em pesquisas empíricas que tratam da interface violência de Estado-racismo, argumentando que muitas destas adversidades metodológicas têm lastro na falta de diálogo teórico entre estes dois campos. Ao final, apresentaremos os demais artigos do dossiê ressaltando suas contribuições propriamente metodológicas aos estudos sobre violência de Estado e racismo.
Objeto a-nimista
Authors: Ingo Lenz Dunker Christian , Magalhães Lopes Pedro
Published: January 2025

Com base em um estudo histórico sobre o conceito de animismo, este trabalho propõe sua revisão e atualização na psicanálise contemporânea. Para tal, o conceito lacaniano de objeto a é explorado à luz do animismo e do perspectivismo ameríndio, elaborado aqui como um bom articulador entre psicanálise, pensamentos indígenas e antropologia. A fábula do louva-a-deus, explorada no ensino de Lacan, sugere que, mesmo em um mundo moderno desencantado, a dinâmica, nesse inconstante objeto a, entre identificação e angústia mantém uma indeterminação estranha [unheimlich] ao racionalismo moderno que demanda outras ontologias para sua melhor compreensão.
Continuing Medical Education Questions: February 2025
Authors: Shah Neha D.
Published: January 2025

Article Title: Diagnosis and Management of Clostridioides difficile in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Role of Tin Metal in Red Visible Light in Diesel Oil Desulfurization Process with Looping Process System
Authors: Dewantara Dino , Ismail Ismail , Bustan Muhammad Djoni , Haryati Sri
Published: January 2025

The conventional desulfurization process requires a considerable quantity of materials. It presents a significant challenge to control, both of which contribute to a higher cost of production for low-sulfur diesel fuel. The utilization of red visible light, a clean and environmentally health-friendly form of energy and can be employed under low operating conditions, represents an adequate substitute for the promising diesel oil desulfurization process. The potential of metallic catalysts to enhance the properties of red visible light in the desulfurization process was investigated. The red visible light desulfurization process demonstrated that diesel oil can be reduced in sulfur content under ambient operating conditions. The highest yield in this study was achieved at a catalyst height variation of 6 cm and an irradiation time of 25 h with a sulfur content of 737 ppm. Tin metal significantly enhances red visible light's photon energy, frequency, wavelength, and minimum kinetic energy.
Assessment of the Economy’s Prospective Labor Resources Needs: Scenario Experiments for the Russian Far East
Authors:   Economic Research Institute FEB RAS, Belousova Anna , Gritsko Maria ,   Economic Research Institute FEB RAS
Published: January 2025

The objective of this work was to assess the labor force needs of the Russian Far East economy to achieve its target program indicators. The study was conducted in the context of the northern and southern zones of the macroregion, which differ in economic structure and demographic dynamics. The northern zone is characterized by resource specialization of production and a higher share of the working-age population. The southern zone has a diversified economy and concentrates the bulk of the microregion’s population on its territory. A common version of the economic analysis apparatus of the neoclassical growth concept was used – the Cobb-Douglas production function. A quantitative analysis of its coefficients was carried out for seven large groupings of types of economic activity. Three scenarios of the socio-economic development of the Far East until 2030 were formed: inertial; optimal and forced, each of which assumed different variations in the volume and structure of gross added value and investment in fixed capital. The calculations yielded estimates of the employed population (labor demand) required to achieve the target parameters of the macroregion economy in 2030. The demographic forecast data developed by the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation until 2045 were used as a prospective estimate of the labor supply. A comparison of the estimates revealed a labor force deficit in the Russian Far East in 2030. The only case of satisfying the economy’s labor force needs at the expense of its own population was the inertial scenario for the development of the economy of the southern zone of the Far East, assuming an increase in investment flows and the transformation of their sectoral structure in accordance with the structure of gross value added
Dynamically tunable robust ultrahigh-Q merging bound states in the continuum in phase-change materials metasurface
Authors: Ren Hui , Liu Jietao , Jiang Zengxuan , Zhuang Lingyun , Jiang Botao , Xu Chunhao , Cheng Bo , Song Guofeng
Published: January 2025

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are localized states within the radiative continuum that exhibit high quality-factor (Q-factor) resonance, which significantly boosts light–matter interactions. However, out-of-plane radiation losses can arise from inherent material absorption and inevitable technological imperfections during fabrication process. Merging BICs have been introduced as a solution to address the issue of out-of-plane radiation losses. By merging BICs, it is possible to expand the area of high Q-factor resonance in momentum space, thereby enhancing the system’s robustness against external perturbations. However, achieving this enhancement is contingent upon altering the geometrical parameters of the structure, which inherently restricts its dynamic tunability. Here, we propose an emerging approach that integrates phase change materials (PCMs) into photonic crystal slabs (PCs) metasurface, enabling dynamically tuning of merged BICs. By utilizing low-loss Sb2S3 as a tunable PCMs, we demonstrate that altering its phase state can merge BICs, leading to a substantial increase in the high Q-factor across an extended range of wave vectors space. Furthermore, this study validates the universality and robustness of merging BICs against common unit-cell topology fabrication defects. Additionally, by twisting the square holes to break in-plane symmetry, asymmetric merging and inversion of topological charge at the
Γ
-point are achieved. This approach leverages phase-transition states of PCMs to enable reconfigurable polarization distribution of radiation field without scale and parameter changes, which is tunable and offers promising potential applications in optical vortices and nano-lasers.
Crystal structure of (1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-κ
4
N,N
′,N
″,N
‴)palladium(II) tetrabromidopalladate(II), C10H24Br4N4Pd2
Authors: Ha Kwang
Published: January 2025

C10H24Br4N4Pd2, monoclinic, C2/c (no. 15), a = 13.784(7) Å, b = 8.985(5) Å, c = 16.006(12) Å, β = 113.429(17)°, V = 1819.0(19) Å3, Z = 4, Rgt
(F) = 0.0388, wRref
(F
2) = 0.1202, T = 223 K.
Crystal structure of (1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-κ
4
N,N′,N″,N‴)palladium(II) bis[trichlorido(dimethyl sulfoxide-κS)platinate(II)], C14H36Cl6N4O2PdPt2S2
Authors: Ha Kwang
Published: January 2025

C14H36Cl6N4O2PdPt2S2, triclinic, P

1
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$\overline{1}$

(no. 2), a = 8.714(2) Å, b = 9.270(2) Å, c = 9.525(2) Å, α = 68.940(6)°, β = 87.786(7)°, γ = 77.327(7)°, V = 699.9(3) Å3, Z = 1, Rgt
(F) = 0.0153, wRref
(F
2) = 0.0351, T = 223 K.
“Don’t worry, be a senior?” The metaphorical labelling of late-life depression in Australian news media
Authors: Szabó Lilla Petronella , Benczes Réka , Burridge Kate , Allan Keith , Lindgren Mia
Published: January 2025

Since the late 1980s, there has been a reconceptualization of ageing, which is also reflected in how older adults are referred to. Research on Australian English indicates that while the label seniors activates positive associations of health and well-being, the characteristics related to the label the elderly are generally negative. The question is whether this difference in semantic stereotyping is also extended to how a heavily stigmatized and little-researched mental illness, late-life depression, is conceptualized, depending on which label for older adults, i.e., seniors or the elderly, is used in the media. Relying on the Metaphor Identification Procedure (MIP; Pragglejaz Group. 2007. MIP: A method for identifying metaphorically used words in discourse. Metaphor and Symbol 22(1). 1–39), we examined 26 articles containing the keywords “seniors” and “depression” and 83 articles with the keywords “the elderly” and “depression” published in eight leading Australian newspapers between 1987 and 2022. The analysis found that alternative conceptualizations of late-life depression do emerge, depending on which label is used: while seniors activates a less permanent state of late-life depression over which those affected have some degree of control, the elderly elicits a lasting state where those affected have very little control over their condition. Such findings clearly demonstrate the framing effect of figurative language as used in the media to shape the perception of a debilitating condition such as depression: how mental illness is metaphorically conceptualized can serve to intensify or help disperse the fears and taboos surrounding it.
desarrollo de los derechos socioeconómicos en el marco jurídico internacional
Authors: Estrada Tanck Dorothy
Published: January 2025

Superada en gran medida la tradicional división entre derechos civiles y políticos, por un lado, y derechos económicos, sociales y culturales (DESC), por otro; así como el reconocimiento jurídico actual de los segundos como derechos de igual jerarquía y significación, se abre un nuevo espacio para profundizar en su análisis. Este artículo aborda la evolución conceptual y el marco jurídico de los DESC en el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos, centralmente, en el sistema de Naciones Unidas, a través de una revisión comparativa de los sistemas regionales en el ámbito interamericano, europeo y africano de derechos humanos. Frente a la realidad escandalosa de la pobreza y la apabullante desigualdad socioeconómica global, se exploran oportunidades paradigmáticas que ofrece este escenario jurídico renovado para la utilización de estos derechos como avenida a fin de lograr la justicia socioeconómica para millones de personas en el mundo, especialmente aquellas en condición de mayor vulnerabilidad y marginación.
Probreza y Empobrecimiento de la Justicia Penal en México
Authors: Nájera Gónzalez Xavier
Published: January 2025

El presente trabajo analiza los diferentes tipos de pobreza y sus causas, lo que nos permite entender esta situación, como un factor que incide negativamente en la manera que se tiene el verdadero acceso a la procuración e impartición de justicia. No obstante que la gratuidad de tales servicios está garantizada en la Constitución, lo cierto es que. debido a prácticas de corrupción, la pobreza todavía constituye un factor que dificulta enormemente el acceso a la justicia de forma debida.
Functional Connectivity of the Scene Processing Network at Rest Does Not Reliably Predict Human Behavior on Scene Processing Tasks
Authors: Watson David M. , Andrews Timothy J.
Published: January 2025

The perception of scenes is associated with processing in a network of scene-selective regions in the human brain. Prior research has identified a posterior–anterior bias within this network. Posterior scene regions exhibit preferential connectivity with early visual and posterior parietal regions, indicating a role in representing egocentric visual features. In contrast, anterior scene regions demonstrate stronger connectivity with frontoparietal control and default mode networks, suggesting a role in mnemonic processing of locations. Despite these findings, evidence linking connectivity in these regions to cognitive scene processing remains limited. In this preregistered study, we obtained cognitive behavioral measures alongside resting-state fMRI data from a large-scale public dataset to investigate interindividual variation in scene processing abilities relative to the functional connectivity of the scene network. Our results revealed substantial individual differences in scene recognition, spatial memory, and navigational abilities. Resting-state functional connectivity reproduced the posterior–anterior bias within the scene network. However, contrary to our preregistered hypothesis, we did not observe any consistent associations between interindividual variation in this connectivity and behavioral performance. These findings highlight the need for further research to clarify the role of these connections in scene processing, potentially through assessments of functional connectivity during scene-relevant tasks or in naturalistic conditions.
Serum tissue plasminogen activator after cycling with blood flow restriction
Authors: Landers Josh B , Allen Melissa , Oladele Ibrahim , Lowe Leah , Ali Nawab , Rainey Jacquie , Fletcher James , Landers Korben
Published: January 2025

Blood flow restriction exercise (BFRE) is a therapeutic approach traditionally used to facilitate muscular strength and hypertrophy. Emerging evidence has identified its benefits on other systems and metabolic processes. The emphasis of this study was to examine potential impact of BFRE on serum levels of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). Eighteen healthy adults (nine males, nine females; mean age: 34.44 ± 9.97) were randomized into groups to perform cycling either with or without blood flow restriction (BFR). Blood samples were collected before and after exercise to analyze serum concentrations of tPA. Significance in tPA between exercise groups did not reach significance but did show a large effect size (0.14) in favor of the BFR group. The trend suggests that this study was underpowered to reach significance. Further research should continue examining the impact of BFRE on serum levels of tPA. This methodology could be adapted to other populations to increase generalizability of results.
Pilot study of a CBT-based intervention for promoting spiritual experience among men in residential addiction treatment
Authors: Chatlos John Calvin , Piedmont Ralph L , Cooperman Nina A , Ray Suchismita , Zechner Michelle
Published: January 2025

Objective: Previous studies claim a healing effect on psychological and medical symptoms beyond the biopsychosocial construct of medicine to include a “spiritual” aspect with added experience of wholeness and well-being. A recommendation for the development of a human ontological model for research of this spiritual domain has been suggested. The objective of this study was to test feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a non-psychedelic CBT-based psychotherapeutic intervention in men with long-term substance use and a history of incarceration as such a model.

Methods: Fifteen male residents of a long-term residential addiction treatment program received a 10-session manualized group psychotherapy intervention focused on opening experience to a spiritual level and providing emotional healing and greater well-being. Effects were measured with pre- and post-intervention psychological, healing, well-being and spiritual/mystical/ numinous assessments. The Intervention was done sequentially on two cohorts to assess replicability. Scales included ASPIRES (Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments Scale), NMI (Numinous Motivation Inventory), Hood Mysticism Scale, NIH-HEALS (NIH-Healing Experience of All Life Stressors Scale), WEMWBS (Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale).

Results: All scales’ Total scores showed statistically significant improvements post-intervention. The pattern and magnitude of change was similar for both treatment groups with 14 of 15 men self-reported a Very Strong (4 on scale of 1-5) or Extreme spiritual experience with this intervention.

Conclusions: This study demonstrated feasibility and preliminary efficacy of CBT-based model for a short-term group psychotherapeutic intervention to promote spiritual experience with emotional healing characteristics in men with addiction and post-incarceration in a residential treatment setting. Demonstration of this intervention, that impacts a spiritual level of experience, provides a foundation from which to study the extent of its abilities, compare with current treatments, and identify its unique healing elements. This study adds to the body of knowledge of identifying the role of spirituality in the biopsychosocial model of medicine. Results similar to studies with psychedelic medications suggest usefulness in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Inability to provide a control group limits specificity of results and determining the extent of efficacy and inclusion of only male participants with addiction and incarceration in a residential treatment program limits the scope of feasibility determination.
Telemedicine 2025: More Questions and Answers
Authors:   American Academy of Pediatrics
Published: January 2025

This article offers answers to questions about reporting the 2025 telemedicine evaluation and management (E/M) service codes 98000–98015, including questions on the following topics:

Total time Levels of medical decision-making (MDM) Telemedicine visits leading to in-person visits
Coding Hotline
Authors:   American Academy of Pediatrics
Published: January 2025

This month’s Coding Hotline answers questions regarding ankyloglossia, ultrasonographic follow-up, a history of preterm birth, and monitoring a newborn exposed to opioids.
VALORES PRIMARIOS DE BIOINDICACIÓN PARA EXUVIAS PUPALES DE CHIRONOMIDOS HABITANDO EN QUEBRADAS URBANAS ALTOANDINAS TROPICALES EN BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
Authors: Rodríguez-Soto Wolfang Andres , González-Trujillo Maritza Milena , Longo Magnolia , Ospina-Torres Rodolfo
Published: January 2025

Los géneros y las especies de la familia Chironomidae se han considerado tradicionalmente como bioindicadores de mala calidad de agua o estado ecológico deplorable, lo que se evidencia en puntajes bajos para esta familia en índices como BMWP para Europa y sus adaptaciones para Latinoamérica. Dada la diversidad y abundancia de esta familia, es necesario identificar los requerimientos de hábitat de cada género. Por tanto, el objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar la diversidad de quironómidos así como los valores de óptimos y tolerancias, a condiciones ambientales en cinco quebradas localizadas sobre los cerros orientales de Bogotá. La captura de exuvias pupales se llevó a cabo en tres temporadas, registrando también variables ambientales. Con base en los datos de densidad de las exuvias y su asociación dependiente con las variables ambientales, se determinaron los puntajes de óptimos y tolerancias, así como las variables ambientales más influyentes en la composición y densidad. Se encontraron 16 géneros, siendo Chironomus el biondicador de condiciones críticas en relación con la calidad ecológica; Cricotopus y Orthocladiinae Mf1 fueron euritolerantes; Parakieffirella, Limnophyes, Nanocladius, Riethia y Orthocladiinae Mf6, fueron estenotolerantes a la contaminación. Las variables fisicoquímicas determinantes de la presencia y densidad fueron conductividad eléctrica, turbidez, temperatura, pH, DBO5, nitrógeno total, cloruros, dureza total y cobertura de vegetación ribereña. La buena gestión por parte de las autoridades locales ambientales sumado a la participación ciudadana en el cuidado de las zonas de ribera, favorece la biodiversidad y el buen estado de los ecosistemas.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF DESMIDS (ZYGNEMATOPHYCEAE, STREPTOPHYTA) IN A TROPICAL LAKE (COLOMBIA)
Authors: Donato Rondón John Charles
Published: January 2025

I here describe 24 taxa of desmids from the Colombian Oriental Plains (Orinoquía). Docidium undulatum var. dilatatum (Cleve) West & G.S. West; Micrasterias arcuata var. robusta O. Borg; Micrasterias radiata var. gracillima. G.M. Smith; Micrasterias torreyi var. curvata. Willi Krieger; Pleurotaenium constrictum var. laeve Irénée-Marie; Pseudomicraterias arcuata (Bailey) C.B. Araujo, C.E.M. Bicudo, Stastny & Skaloud; Spondylosium pulchrum  (Bailey) W. Archer 1861; Staurodesmus wandae var. longissimus (Borge) Teiling, and Staurastrum subindentatum var. brasiliense Borge 1918, are reported for the first time in Colombia. The richness and coexistence of desmid species found is remarkable because they are bioindicators of oligotrophic conditions, geographic isolation, and the well-developed littoral zone properties in the lakes of the Orinoquía. Desmids are early warning indicators for the significance of this environment for biodiversity and conservation.
RECOMENDACIÓN 2. SALUD INTERCULTURAL: INCLUSIÓN DE LOS CONOCIMIENTOS, PRÁCTICAS Y SABERES ANCESTRALES DE LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS Y COMUNIDADES LOCALES (PiCl)
Authors: Rodríguez Jeyver , Guzmán Piedad , Molina-Flores Baldomero , Cediel Becerrra Natalia
Published: January 2025

Los pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales (PiCl) poseen conocimientos, prácticas y saberes ancestrales que incluyen una amplia variedad de dimensiones, entre las que se pueden destacar la espiritualidad, la biodiversidad territorial y cultural, la interdependencia y la reciprocidad. Estos valores relacionales vinculados a la naturaleza pueden integrarse a lo que hoy se denomina Una Salud, un enfoque integrador y comprensivo que articula la salud de las personas, los animales y los ecosistemas (Cediel-Becerra et al., 2022; Pollowitz et al., 2024; Riley et al., 2021). Estos conocimientos y prácticas de salud y conservación de la biodiversidad desarrollados por diferentes PiCl de todo el mundo han evolucionado a lo largo del tiempo, transmitiéndose de boca en boca y a través de prácticas comunitarias arraigadas en los territorios. Desafortunadamente, tales conocimientos están en peligro de extinción debido a los rápidos cambios que afectan a las PiCl, lo que supone una gran amenaza para su rescate, estudio y difusión. Con algunas excepciones, la mayoría de las políticas públicas, no solo no apoyan estos conocimientos, prácticas y saberes ancestrales, sino que impiden o dificultan su conservación. Las lenguas indígenas contienen conocimientos esenciales para la protección y conservación a largo plazo de ecosistemas clave. Además, expresan la identidad, diversidad y cosmovisión de sus pueblos, lo que es fundamental para la sostenibilidad y conservación de la biodiversidad, beneficiando a todas las formas de vida (UN, 2023).
ECOLOGÍA TRÓFICA DE Potamotrygon magdalenae (Potamotrygonidae) EN EL EMBALSE DEL GUÁJARO (RÍO MAGDALENA), COLOMBIA
Authors: Ansorena Leire , Blanco Saúl , Becares Eloy , Castellanos Karina
Published: January 2025

Se estudiaron los hábitos alimentarios y parámetros morfométricos de Potamotrygon magdalenae en el Embalse del Guájaro, localizado en la cuenca baja del río Magdalena, departamento del Atlántico, Colombia. Fueron recolectados 24 individuos durante el mes de abril de 2018 mediante pesca tradicional y su contenido estomacal se evaluó mediante el índice de vacuidad, método numérico, método de frecuencia de ocurrencia, índice de Levin estandarizado y índice de electividad de Ivlev. Se reconocieron cinco familias de presas entre artrópodos, anélidos y moluscos, dentro de las cuales las familias de Polymitarcidae, Chironomidae y Thiaridae fueron las más representativas. Se encontró un patrón de electividad claro de preferencia hacia las presas de Polymitarcidae y Chironomidae junto con el rechazo de las presas Thiaridae. No se encontraron diferencias significativas entre sexos y estadios de madurez en el patrón alimentario. Presentaron un índice de vacuidad nulo (0 %). Los resultados alcanzados en este estudio muestran que la raya del Magdalena presenta unos hábitos dietarios bentónicos detritívoros con una dieta especialista basada principalmente en las presas de Polymitarcidae y Thiaridae.
Culture-specific Writing Styles in Postgraduate Students’ Research Proposals
Authors: Boginskaya Olga
Published: January 2025

Academic communication occurs in a multicultural world with different culture-specific academic writing standards, intellectual styles and discourse expectations. Yet despite these differences, globalization of scholarship has considerably levelled out the standards on academic writing. The study aims to explore the impact of intellectual styles on choosing metadiscourse resources by non-native English writers from different cultural backgrounds in the context of globalized higher education. The participants were 116 engineering students who were taking a postgraduate course. To investigate hedges and boosters in students’ research proposals, the methods of quantitative and contextual analysis were adopted. Research proposals by Asian and East European postgraduate students were taken for the cross-cultural study based on Galtung’s and Hind’s theories of writing styles. Findings revealed that research proposals by Slavic students exposed to Teutonic writer-responsible culture featured a larger number of hedges. Asian-authored writing that is considered to be influenced by Nipponic reader-responsible culture and often regarded as indirect featured far more boosters than Slavic-authored texts considered to be precise and clear.
Preliminary data on nematode infections in guinea pigs in the province of Cajabamba (Cajamarca, Peru)
Authors: Tacilla K. , Rojas-Moncada J. , Torrel T. , Quispe W. , Vargas-Rocha L.
Published: January 2025

In the absence of local studies, the current study was conducted in four villages located in the province of Cajabamba (Cajamarca, Peru) to demonstrate and determine the point prevalence of enteric nematodes in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) raised in a family-commercial breeding system. A total of 384 faecal samples were collected from guinea pigs and processed using the Sheather Sugar method. The eggs of P. uncinata, Trichuris spp., and Capillaria spp. were identified in guinea pigs from all four villages, resulting in an overall prevalence of 66.15±4.73%. Among the villages, the highest prevalence was observed in Naranjos, with a prevalence of 78.16±8.68% (68 out of 87 guinea pigs). This was followed by Malcas with a prevalence of 67.24±8.54% (78 out of 116 guinea pigs), Ogosgуn-Paucamonte with a prevalence of 64.08±9.27% (66 out of 103 guinea pigs), and La Esperanza with a prevalence of 53.85±11.06% (42 out of 78 guinea pigs). Furthermore, it was found that 66.54±5.80% of guinea pigs had a single nematode, 28.35±5.54% had two nematodes, and 5.12±2.71% had three nematodes. Thus, the presence of enteric nematodes in guinea pigs raised in a family-commercial breeding system from four villages in the Cajabamba district was established.
The Influence of Students’ Aptitude on Students’ Career Choice in Technical Secondary Schools in the South West Region of Cameroon
Authors:   Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Buea, Cameroon., Kai Walburga Ndum , Njungwa Zinkeng Martina ,   Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Buea, Cameroon.
Published: January 2025

The research examined the relationship between students’ aptitude on students’ career choice in Technical Secondary Schools in the South West Region of Cameroon. This study was predicated on the understanding that technical secondary school students face numerous challenges during making a career choice earlier in the academic ladder necessitating specific intervention to enhance a stable career choice. The researchers hypothesized that diagnosing and appropriately directing students’ aptitude could serve as a fundamental framework for developing clarity and certainty among technical secondary schools students. Methodologically, the study employed a mixed-methods approach with a concurrent nested design, encompassing both quantitative and qualitative elements. The research sample comprised of 20 students and 45 guidance counsellors selected from the South West Region of Cameroon with selection criteria based on document analysis for students and the division with most populated guidance counsellors. Data collection was facilitated through questionnaires, and the analysis incorporated both descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The Likelihood ratio test was used in testing the hypotheses from data collected from the guidance counsellors. Independent Sample T-test was also used to compare how students in both the control and experimental group at pre-test and post-test level differ in their mean score. The qualitative data derived from open ended questions were analysed using the thematic analysis approach with the aid of themes. Descriptive findings revealed compelling evidence that students’ aptitude have a very strong and significant effect on students’ career choice. A substantial majority of the guidance counsellors 90.8% with a high mean value of 3.45 on a scale of 1-4 were of the opinion that students’ aptitude influence students’ career choice as indicated by a high contingency value of 0.783 on a scale 0 to 1, p-value 0.000< 0.05. This suggest that career choice is stable when aptitude is diagnosed and appropriately directed. Based on these findings, the researchers proposed several recommendations emphasizing the critical role of students’ aptitude. Career educators were advised to engage in producing an individualized aptitude enhancement plan for better management of students with inconsistent career choices, encourage students develop greater aptitude in careers within their trade
Konsekwencje nieprawidłowego gospodarowania wodą
Authors: Staszewska Magdalena
Published: January 2025

Artykuł jest zestawieniem kilku przykładów następstw nieprawidłowego gospodarowania wodą. Przy wyborze opisanych przypadków posłużono się kluczem różnorodności typu obszaru gospodarki wodnej (zapory wodne, użytkowanie wody, zanieczyszczenia), poprzez zasięg odczuwania skutków decyzji, do zwrócenia uwagi na wpływ na dziedziny życia społecznego. W artykule poruszono zagadnienie katastrofy ekologicznej Jeziora Aralskiego, Zapory Trzech Przełomów, kompleksu tam w Turcji, katastrofy przerwania tamy w brazylijskiej kopalni żelaza oraz Wielkiej Pacyficznej Plamy Śmieci.
Ocena wpływu bobra europejskiego Castor fiber na środowisko przyrodnicze Poleskiego Parku Narodowego w obszarze oddziaływania Lubelskiego Zagłębia Węglowego
Authors: Czyżowski Piotr , Wójcik Mariusz , Beeger Sławomir
Published: January 2025

W pracy zaprezentowano wykorzystanie zdjęć wykonanych przez drony do oceny wpływu działalności bobra europejskiego Castor fiber na ekosystemy Poleskiego Parku Narodowego (PPN). Badania potwierdzają ścisły związek obecności bobrów na tym terenie z wielkością powierzchni lustra wody, co oznacza pozytywny wpływ działalności bobrów na retencję zlewni. Dzięki obecności i działalności tych zwierząt drastyczny spadek poziomu wód powierzchniowych, spowodowany suszą meteorologiczną, nie spowodował suszy glebowej. Może o tym świadczyć wzrost powierzchni roślin zielnych w okresie jesiennym na terenach, na których wykazano całkowity spadek lustra wody. Wraz ze wzrostem powierzchni i liczby żeremi spadała powierzchnia zajmowana przez roślinność suchą. Może to potwierdzać pozytywny wpływ obecności bobrów na retencję wody i roślinność na badanych powierzchniach, szczególnie w warunkach występowania skutków suszy atmosferycznej.
Processing-induced modifications in bioactive compounds of black garlic: a comparative analysis with white garlic
Authors: Binici Halil İbrahim , Savaş Adem , Erim Burak
Published: January 2025

This study aimed to examine the differences in chemical and bioactive components between black garlic and white garlic under various processing conditions. The processing conditions significantly lowered the pH of black garlic while increasing its total acidity and organic acid levels, with citric acid being the dominant organic acid. Total phenolic compounds (TPC) and antioxidant activity in black garlic increased as a result of processing conditions. Notably, aging caused a significant increase in the levels of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and S-allyl-L-cysteine (SAC). Mineral analyses showed that magnesium and selenium levels in black garlic rose with extended aging. Correlation and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) revealed that the health-beneficial components of black garlic were significantly enhanced through processing, differentiating it from white garlic.
Assessing Temporal Changes to CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index (SVI): Longitudinal analysis and interpretation of changes across biannual SVI versions
Authors: Lewis Brian , Rockhil Sarah , Conner Alexandra , Lavery Amy , Valenzuela Claudia
Published: January 2025

This white paper describes a deep dive analysis of two years of Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) data. The aim is to examine the expected variation in a community’s SVI rank over time and to evaluate the potential impact that SVI version selection has on identification of the most vulnerable communities.
Motif of Hunting in M. M. Prishvin’s “Mystical” Stories of the 1900s and the Novel The Chain of Kashchey: Epistemological Aspect
Authors:   Altai State Pedagogical University, Barnaul, Khudenko Elena A.
Published: January 2025

This article considers one of the structure-forming motifs of M. M. Prishvin’s work, i.e. the motif of hunting. A close examination of the material from the early “mystical” stories of the 1900s (The Beast of Krutoyarsk, Bird Cemetery, and Woman’s Puddle) reveals the presence of two distinct types of characters, as analysed through the lenses of motif and typology approaches. These characters are categorised as “successful hunters” and “unlucky hunters”. In all the three works, Prishvin implements the same typological scheme: unsuccessful hunt — acquisition — loss. The aim of this paper is to show that the functioning of the hunting motif in Prishvin’s texts is based on an ontological motif: hunting is conceptualised as a way of “getting” and learning the truth (through a Platonic perspective), while unsuccessful hunting is viewed as the loss of man’s integral (kinship) ties with the world. Moreover, Prishvin unfolds hunting not only as an epistemological but also as a love act, closely linking the plots of unsuccessful hunters with the love lines in the narrative. The plot scheme “lost” by the writer in his early work returns and acquires new meanings in the autobiographical novel The Chain of Kashchey. The hunting motif is realised in the chapters Gusek, Marital Flight, and Living Night. The chapter about the unsuccessful hunt is connected with the memories of the boy Kurymushka; the unlucky hunter complex is realised in the love story about Inna Rostovtseva, and then overcome through the feeling of co-creative connections with the world, turning into a literary hunt for plots — “the hunt for happiness”. The final part of the article draws a conclusion about the life-building and literary-centric nature of the hunting motif in the creative heritage of the writer.
“Jokes Get Mixed up with Reality”: Rumours and Observations of Citizens on the Eve of the Monetary Reform of 1947 (Based on Ego-Documents)
Authors:   Institute of History and Archaeology UB RAS , Ekaterinburg, Klinova Marina A.
Published: January 2025

This article analyses the diary entries of residents of the cities of the RSFSR in order to identify judgments, rumours and economic expectations of the population associated with the monetary reform of 1947. The source basis of the study is the materials of the diaries of 22 citizens. The indication in the diary entries of citizens for the time and the general content and reasons for the reform (similar to those stated in the text of the Resolution on Reform) makes it possible to talk about the fact of information leakage. At the same time, the most important conditions of the reform (the exchange rate, the difference in the exchange rate of cash and deposits, etc.) did not become public knowledge. The situation was fertile ground not only for various rumours, but also actualised a variety of saving strategies implemented by the population in the post-reform period — purchases of goods, withdrawal of deposits, opening of deposits, etc. The uncertainty of the economic situation on the eve of the reform made it possible to reveal the problem of material inequality existing in postwar Soviet society. Regarding the consequences of the reform, citizens expressed rather optimistic expectations, associating it with an increase in living standards. The specifics of the post-reform reasoning of citizens allow us to speak about the prevalence in the Soviet postwar society of an adaptive model of judgments that helps interpret the lived reality, “mitigating” the severity of the problem being explained. The prevalence of this model of judgments determined by postwar hopes for a better future makes it possible to speak about the loyal attitude of the population to the regime existing in the postwar USSR.
Emotional Tone of the Supertext of the Coronavirus Social Poster
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Vepreva Irina T. , Zhibing Yang ,   Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Published: January 2025

This article analyses the modal category of emotionality in the coronavirus advertising discourse, characterising the linguistic means and speech techniques used to convey a textual modality, generally formed on the basis of three functional and semantic subfields: emotional evaluation, volition, and intensity. The study is based on a corpus of 1,500 Russian social advertising posters related to the coronavirus, which is considered by the authors as a single supertext characterised by an integral modal attitude. The article shows the dual nature of the subfield of emotional evaluation, formed by appealing to the semantically opposite emotions of hope and fear in one coronavirus supertext. The hypothesis is put forward that the change of the dominant emotions of hope and fear contributes to an increased propensity among the population to implement the proposed preventive measures.
The manifestation of a mobilising and intimidating modality is consistently analysed within the framework of an ambivalent emotional matrix constructed in the supertext. For each type of modality, a different set of language tools and speech strategies for emotional impact are used. Thus, the hope for a favorable outcome and a life-affirming worldview is created through the use of the lexemes победить (to win), победа (victory), бороться (to struggle), уверенность (confidence), солидарность (solidarity), the predicative unit мы вместе (we are together), as well as through the implementation of techniques of emotional outburst, stroking, infection, and empathy. The manifestation of the emotion of fear is carried out within the boundaries of shock advertising, which removes the taboo on the direct use of lexemes that cause a feeling of fear: смерть (death), смертельно (deadly), умирать (to die), убивать (to kill), and похоронные службы (funeral services). Rhetorical questions in shock advertising directly appeal to the addressee, forming a sense of guilt in them, giving them a chance to correct the situation with the help of vaccination. The degree of effectiveness of presenting autonomous clusters of emotions in the advertising supertext of the COVID-19 pandemic period, which are opposite in semantics, requires further study.