bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effects of strength training and detraining considering maturity status in youth highly trained basketball players
Authors: Gonzalo-Skok Oliver , Arede Jorge , Dos’Santos Thomas
Published: February 2025

The study analyzed whether maturation affects young basketball players’ strength training and detraining adaptations. Thirty-five youth male basketballers (U-13 to U-15) performed eight weeks of strength training twice weekly, followed by eight weeks without strength training, maintaining their basketball practices. Changes in performance were assessed in three maturity groups based on years from/to age of peak height velocity (PHV): pre-PHV (-1.51 ±  0.62, n  =  9), mid-PHV (0.11 ±  0.45, n  =  17), and post-PHV (1.31 ±  0.42, n  =  9). They were tested on bilateral-vertical countermovement jump, unilateral vertical and horizontal jumping, unilateral triple horizontal jumping (3HJ), sprinting (25-m), and change of direction (COD) ability over single and multiple angles. All groups significantly (p  <  0.05; ES  =  0.42–1.10) improved unilateral horizontal jumping ability between pre-and post-test. Unilateral vertical jumping significantly improved in mid-PHV and post-PHV between pre- and post- (p  <  0.05; ES  =  0.46–0.61) and pre- to detraining (p  <  0.05; ES  =  0.51–1.01). Pre-PHV and mid-PHV significantly enhanced 3HJ between pre- and post- (p  <  0.05; ES  =  0.72–1.15) and de-training (p  <  0.05; ES  =  0.61–1.11). COD ability significantly improved in mid-PHV between pre- and post- and detraining (p  <  0.05; ES  =  0.47–0.80). Left horizontal jumping at post-test and detraining was significantly (p  <  0.05; ES  =  1.56 – 1.73) greater in post-PHV and mid-PHV than pre-PHV. The combined training had favorable outcomes for most unilateral jumps, particularly those with a horizontally oriented force vector, independent of maturity status. Moreover, the subsequent detraining period positively affected specific high-intensity actions, albeit variations were noted across different maturation stages. These findings can help practitioners to design effective strength training programmes during competitive basketball season for youth male basketballers.
Assessing the efficacy of cash incentive policies in enhancing remittance inflows: Evidence from Bangladesh
Authors: Farabi Muhammad Nafis Shahriar , Mobin Mahadee Al , Khan Asir Newaz
Published: February 2025

The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) first implemented the cash incentive of 2 percent in July 2019 and continued the scheme with some modifications amid the pandemic to enhance remittance inflows through formal channels and ensure macroeconomic stability in the country. This study examines the impact of the cash incentive introduced by the GoB to boost remittance inflow using the Interrupted Time Series (ITS) analysis along with the Chow test for structural stability. While ITS analysis has been employed by numerous studies in the healthcare sector, but this paper uses such analysis for the first time in any type of migration study in Bangladesh. We have used ITS as it is most effective in measuring the impact of policy interventions that are expected to act either quickly after an intervention or within a stipulated time frame. The study is also the first to examine the region wise efficacy of policy intervention in the country. Monthly Remittance Inflow data from July 2013 to December 2021 has been used for the analysis. Chow test results conclude that the policy intervention had a significant impact while the ITS analysis findings demonstrated that the cash intervention significantly increased both aggregated and region-specific remittance inflows, highlighting the significance of the action. The overall findings revealed that the introduction of cash incentive in July 2019 resulted in an immediate, sustained increase of 6.68 percent in remittance inflows, with a further increase of 0.25 percent every month. Region wise analysis shows that the impact was highest in the USA & UK region and lowest in the Middle Eastern region, which signifies issues related to prevalence of hundi market, skillset of migrant workers, average monthly salary, and remittance sending costs. Our research provides policymakers with significant information to implement customized policies that ensure macroeconomic stability by enhancing remittance inflows through formal channels.
Analysis and early warning management of resource and environmental carrying capacity in agricultural provinces: A case study of Henan Province
Authors: Chen Weidong , Lian Meng
Published: February 2025

Resources and Environmental Carrying Capacity (RECC) is a comprehensive concept that encompasses the interactions between resources, the environment, and human activities, serving as the foundation for social development strategies. To adequately reflect this complex relationship, a multi-level, multi-dimensional evaluation indicator system must be developed. This paper constructs a regional soil environmental evaluation system incorporating PM2.5 indicators, which is in line with relevant environmental protection policies and planning orientations in our country from 2014 to 2023. It analyzes the level and development trend of RECC in Henan Province and proposes measures for effective management. The results indicate the following: (1) The RECC in Henan Province demonstrates a downward trajectory, marked by temporary fluctuations over time. It hit its nadir in 2019, subsequently undergoing a gradual resurgence; (2) Analysis of individual dimension indicators reveals that the natural carrying capacity has declined from a medium to a relatively weaker level. Meanwhile, environmental carrying capacity has shown a slight downward trend but has generally remained stable. In contrast, socio-economic carrying capacity has demonstrated an upward trend, rising from a medium to a relatively strong level. In terms of early warning measures, it is essential to establish a red warning zone, implement a credit record accountability system, and develop a monitoring warning database along with an information technology platform. This paper demonstrates that the indicator system is effective for evaluating RECC across different dimensions and holds significant reference value for assessing RECC in similar regions.
Az ókori druidák az antik források tükrében
Authors: Kapi Péter
Published: February 2025

Dolgozatomban a druidákkal foglalkozó írott forrásokat, és azok szakirodalmi értelmezését vizsgálom. Ennek során a következő fontosabb eredményekre jutottam. A Strabónnál megemlített tiltás kapcsán arra jutottam, hogy téves a nála olvasható adatokat az Augustus-kori, vagy a Tiberius-kori tiltáshoz kapcsolni. A szerző vagy a Kr. e. 97-ben hozott emberáldozatokat betiltó senatus consultumra, vagy pedig az emberáldozatokat szintén tiltó lex Cornelia de sicariis et veneficisre utalhatott művében. Az utóbbi lehetőségre eddig nem figyelt fel a druidákkal foglalkozó szakirodalom. Azzal a széleskörben elfogadott véleménnyel szemben, mely szerint Mela Kr. u. 43–44-ben, azaz Claudius uralkodása alatt írta a művét, amellett érveltem, hogy a mű Caligula-kori keletkezése is elképzelhető. A mű keletkezésére ezért Kr. u. 40 és 44 között kerülhetett sor. A Claudius-kori druidák ellen hozott tiltás esetében rámutattam arra, hogy alaptalan az uralkodó fellépését egyedül Suetoniusra hivatkozva Kr. u. 54-re keltezni. Az esemény valójában nem datálható a forrásaink alapján. A De chorographiában szereplő állítások vélhetően nem a druidák ellen hozott tiltásokhoz kötődnek. Mela a Kr. e. 97-ben hozott, emberáldozatokat betiltó senatus consultumra, vagy a lex Cornelia de sicariis et veneficisre utalhatott. A Naturalis historia XXX. könyvének a 13. paragraphusában végig a mágiáról van szó, ezért elvethető az a szakirodalmi értelmezés, hogy Plinius egy olyan hagyományt ismeretet, mely szerint a druidák tanai a kontinensen keletkeztek, és onnan kerültek át Britanniába. Plinius druidákra vonatkozó forrása Sextius Niger lehetett. Emellett nem tartom valószínűnek, hogy Plinius a druidákra vonatkozó adatait Poseidóniostól vette át. Bár Cicero druidának nevezte a haeduus Diviciacust, a rendelkezésre álló forrásaink alapján valószínűnek tartom, hogy Diviciacus inkább abba a csoportba tartozhatott, melyeket a görögök szerzők mantis, uateis, vagy euhages néven említettek. Nem igazolható továbbá az a vélemény sem, hogy Diviciacus vergobretusként járt Rómában, valamint az sem, hogy király volt
LAGOMARSINI, Claudio. 2023. L’invenzione dell’intreccio. La svolta medievale nell’arte narrativa.
Authors: Viscidi Benedetta
Published: February 2025

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HUGHES, Michael. 2024. Feliks Volkhovskii: A Revolutionary Life.
Authors: Garzonio Stefano
Published: February 2025

Review.
K otázce utváření vztahu práva, morálky a náboženství od minulosti k dnešku
Authors: Maršálek Pavel
Published: February 2025

Throughout the centuries, law, morality and religion – the three essential normative systems operating in society – have substantially changed their relations and proportions. While at the dawn of human civilisation, they represented a single whole, in later periods the three systems co-existed concurrently, though not entirely separate one from another. They shared a lot of common aspects. These consisted (a) in their regulatory role in the society, and (b) in shared elements in their contents or – put in other words – overlapping, as well as (c) the mode of their operation in the society, and (d) the guarantees provided (currently these rest particularly in the associated ethos of human rights). It was after the modem society was born that the proportion of the three systems changed alongside other processes occurring in the society (especially the process of individualisation from which all other developments resulted). Following many historical events, law and morality emancipated from religion which, over centuries, had been a source for the former systems. Law ceased to be a safeguard of uniform religious world opinion. As a result of disintegration of traditional social structures and the continuing differentiation in the society (accompanied by other impacts), the relationship between law and morality was somewhat modified. Law turned to be a universal regulator in the society and a guarantor of its integrity. Morality, on the other hand, lost its general applicability, the internal link between the two, however, continuing. All these facts make increased demands on law and they are, coupled with some new problems that law has to cope with (e.g. changes resulting from the scientific and technological progress, shifts in the moral views in the society, disintegrating impact of postmodernism, etc.). In some countries, the position of law is also made difficult by the “heritage” of the communist era which especially rests in lack of confidence placed by people in law and a number of week points to be traced in the law-making process as well as in application and enforcement of law.
Zásady mezinárodního práva životního prostředí
Authors: Šturma Pavel
Published: February 2025

Within any legal system, one can distinguish between general concepts and principles on the one hand, and specific, detailed rules on the other hand. Since the term “principles” seems to be used as homonym by the doctrine of International Law, it is vital to make a clear distinction of its different meanings. In fact, international legal documents as well as the doctrine usually refer to principles of International Environmental Law in two or three meanings. The first one includes the principles representing – in generalized expression – binding legal norms (lex lata). They include (a) the principle of state sovereignty and nonharmful use of environment outside the national jurisdiction; (b) the principle of protection and conservation of the environment and natural resources; (c) the principle of international cooperation in environmental protection; (d) the principle of exchange of information on activities involving a risk of environmental harm; (e) the principle of prevention; (f) the principle of equitable use of the shared natural resources. Of a different nature seems to be the principle of international responsibility and liability for damage to environment. It appears in Principle 22 of the 1972 Stockholm declaration merely as a pactum de contrahendo. Its normative content is not yet well established in general international law and depends on provisions of the specific international treaties. Another set of principles can be called general concepts and principles of International Environmental Law de lege ferenda. Having mostly the nature of recommendation or programme, those principles reflect the recent achievements and stimulate the future development in this particular field of law. They include (a) the concept of sustainable development; (b) the precautionary principle; (c) the principle of common concern of humanity; (d) the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities; (e) the principle “polluter pays”. The actual role of the principles should be neither overestimated nor underestimated. They are not able to replace a normative function of the specific legal rules. However, they make easier the systematization and interpretation of various branches of law. This is true especially in International Environmental Law, which has today developed in a very large and dynamic branch. This corpus juris may be even considered as a laboratory used for testing new institutions, concepts and techniques of International Law.
Combination of PSInSAR and GPS for stress and strain tensor estimation in Afar
Authors: Nigussie Andnet , Eshagh Mehdi , Ashagrie Andenet
Published: February 2025

This article investigates the strain and stress tensors of the Afar region using the integration of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and persistent scatterer interferometric synthetic aperture radar (PSInSAR) data. We first estimated the three-dimensional displacement field of the Afar area using combined GPS and PSInSAR data for the period 2006–2009. Secondly, the variance component estimation is applied to the heterogeneous GNSS and PSInSAR data and the displacement field is computed. Then, the behaviour of crustal movement within the study area is investigated by dividing the region into several small triangles or tetrahedrons using the Delaunay triangulation and applying the finite element method (FEM) to estimate the strain and stress tensors for each tetrahedron. The average stress tensor elements

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of the study area are 0.067, 0.121, and 0.126 MPa in the North, East, and Up coordinates, respectively. The result also shows that the nearby post-diking deformation has been followed by the Afar Tectono-Magmatic Event that happened in September 2005.
Risk factors and outcomes of uterine rupture before onset of labor vs. during labor: a multicenter study
Authors: Nie Qingwen , Luo Shujuan , Chen Bingjun , Wang Lu , He Fang
Published: February 2025

Objectives

This study aims to reveal the distinctions between uterine rupture (UR) that occurs before onset of labor and during labor.

Methods

This multicenter study was conducted across three tertiary hospitals in South China involving obstetrical UR from January 2009 to April 2022. Cases were categorized into two groups based on the timing of UR: prelabor and labor.

Results

Among the cases of UR, 42 were classified in the prelabor group, and 27 in the labor group. The prelabor group had a higher prevalence of histories of myomectomies, ectopic pregnancy surgeries, congenital uterine anomalies, and prior URs. Among these ruptures, 45.2 % were located at cesarean section (CS) scars, compared to 81.5 % of cases during labor. Ruptures before onset of labor occurred across all gestational intervals, whereas those during labor, except one, occurred after 32 weeks. The median gestational age was 33 and 39 weeks in each group. Notably, prelabor cases demonstrated longer symptom-to-delivery intervals. Placenta percreta was more common in the prelabor group (16.7 vs. 3.7 % in the labor group). Among labor-related cases, 16 of the 27 occurred during trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC), and four were identified following vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC).

Conclusions

URs differ by timing relative to labor. Ruptures before onset of labor more often resulted from scars other than CS and placenta percreta, occurring at earlier gestational weeks. This finding highlighted challenges in diagnosis and management. In contrast, ruptures during labor mostly occurred after 32 weeks and were strongly associated with TOLAC/VBAC.
Displaying luxury on social media: Chinese university students’ perception of identity, social status, and privilege
Authors: Skulsuthavong Merisa , Wang Ziyuan
Published: February 2025

Study purpose

This study draws on theories of conspicuous consumption, cultural capital, and impression management to explore how Chinese university students perceive the display of luxury goods consumption on social media as a means of communicating identity, social status, and privilege.

Design/methodology/approach

A mixed-methods approach was employed, using an online survey with open-ended questions to gather qualitative and quantitative data from 329 Chinese university students. Thematic analysis was conducted to identify critical patterns in participants’ perceptions of the display of luxury goods on social media.

Findings

The findings reveal that participants perceive the display of luxury goods on social media as a strategy for self-presentation and identity construction. This practice is influenced by cultural norms, particularly the concept of “face” (mianzi), which refers to maintaining social reputation and gaining respect within one’s community. While some participants associate luxury displays with elevated social standing and economic power, others critque them as performative acts and disconnected from authentic markers of privilege.

Social implications

The study highlights the role of social media in shaping cultural narratives of identity and privilege, particularly in collectivist societies like China. It underscores how digital platforms mediate the performance of luxury consumption, reflecting both global trends and localized cultural dynamics.

Practical implications

Marketers and social media practitioners can leverage these insights to design culturally relevant strategies that align with Chinese consumers’ motivations for luxury consumption.

Originality/value

This study contributes to the literature by integrating global theories of luxury consumption with the unique cultural constructs of Chinese society. It explains how social media shapes the intersection of identity, status, and privilege in digital spaces.
Encapsulation at Fifty Years: Results from a Survey of United States Paper Collections
Authors: Gates Glenn A. , McGuiggan Patricia Marie
Published: February 2025

A survey of the document preservation technique referred to as encapsulation was conducted of United States institutions with catalogued archives and paper collections. The purpose of this survey was to inform: an estimation of the proportion and type of materials and documents encapsulated, the popularity of various methods and the materials used for encapsulation creation, and the condition of encapsulation materials and encapsulants in collections. The survey responses provided the first data pertaining to the state of encapsulation approximately fifty years after encapsulation for preservation was formally developed. Survey results suggest that: encapsulation is well-established and highly valued in the toolbox of preservation strategies yielded by conservators and collection managers; that most encapsulation construction materials used during the past fifty years evidence few deterioration problems such as yellowing or embrittlement; that it is not a frequent occurrence that conservation treatments like deacidification, washing or the introduction of pollution sorbents is common; and that there is general satisfaction with encapsulation as a preservation method for weakened paper, maps and posters, whether the encapsulation is used in an archival or exhibition environment. Several text responses from survey participants expressed that future research on polymeric material stability and permeability may alleviate some concerns regarding future use of encapsulation.
Investigation on cutting of CFRP composite by nanosecond short-pulsed laser with rotary drilling method
Authors: Sheng Liyuan , Cheng Xiangyu , Jiang Shilong , Zhao Chaochao , Liu Jingdong , Jing Chenghu , Wang Jiale , Xu Liangjie , Xiao Yinan , Wang Bin , Jiao Junke
Published: February 2025

In the present research, the nanosecond short-pulsed laser with rotary drilling method was designed to process carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite plate. The hole dimension, surface morphology, heat-affected zone (HAZ), and mechanical properties were analyzed. The results reveal that the CFRP composite plate could be rapidly drilled with highly qualified processing surface by the nanosecond short-pulsed laser with rotary drilling method. The figures such as circle, square, triangle, and regular hexagon could be processed with minimum hole diameter of 0.1 mm. The changing of laser scanning speed and laser power could result in the variation in diameter of hole entrance and exit, which fluctuates in scope of 35 μm. The calculated biggest taper angle is about 0.43°, but the smallest taper angle is about 0.12°. The laser drilling on CFPR composite decreases the tensile strength by about 9%, which should be ascribed to the damage of continuous carbon fiber, but it is still acceptable. The nanosecond short-pulsed laser with rotary drilling method generates a small HAZ on hole entrance but almost no HAZ in hole exit. The surface roughness of laser processed CFRP ranges from 2.925 to 4.226 μm. Comparatively, the laser scanning speed between 800 and 1,000 mm/s and laser power around 28 W would be the optimal choice, which could realize the best balance between surface quality and efficiency.
Carnap's Scientific Humanism
Authors: Damboeck Christian
Published: February 2025

Scientific humanism is the formula by which Rudolf Carnap positions science as the best tool for improving life. Science allows us to maximize the rational character of human decisions on the basis of meta-values that include epistemic values and values for rational decision making. These values are politically neutral in that they are not tied to any partisan political position, but deeply political because they allow us to avoid irrational reasoning and to make the right use of science for our political and moral decisions. Maximizing rationality does not mean, for Carnap, that we must think and calculate before every action. Rather, the overall noncognitive character of values and decisions leads to a decisionist momentum, which means that we must find the right balance, both personally and politically, between sharp thinking and following our attitudes, because science is a signpost, not a leader, in life. Carnap’s views are rooted in the intellectual currents of early twentieth-century Central Europe, including Max Weber’s scientific value-neutrality, the German Life Reform and Youth Movement, Lebensphilosophie, the decisionism of the 1920s, and the empiriocriticist branch of Austrian social democracy.
Modeling Herd Immunity
Authors: Eade Amber M. , Dean Cortney , Hrizo Stacy L.
Published: February 2025

Teaching epidemiology, particularly more advanced concepts such as vaccine efficacy and herd immunity, can be very challenging in science classes geared for non-science majors. Nevertheless, as became quite evident during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, a thorough understanding of such topics is highly important to all individuals due to its role in informing future decision-making related to public health. One method for easing comprehension of difficult science content is to employ hands-on activities that engage students in critical thinking while visually demonstrating difficult concepts. While introductory activities illustrating the spread of disease through unprotected populations already exist, those that model the more advanced topics of vaccination and herd immunity are limited. In addressing this gap, the present manuscript describes an activity that expands on prior exercises through the addition of common biological buffers (MOPS and HEPES) mimicking vaccination status. Further, detailed exploration of buffer concentrations and interaction conditions during the development of this activity underscores potential avenues for class discussion of real-world outcomes. This includes the concept that exposure to a pathogen does not invariably result in illness, and vaccination does not always guarantee immunity against infection. Overall, the resultant activity creates avenues to enrich student comprehension of epidemiology, providing valuable insights into disease transmission, effectiveness of vaccination, and the dynamics of herd immunity.
Undermining Scientific Progress
Authors: Silva Heslley Machado
Published: February 2025

The removal of the theory of biological evolution from school curricula in India represents a concern for the integrity of education and the country’s progress. It compromises its ability to cope with climate change, undermines vital areas such as agriculture and health, and undermines its scientific and technological potential. Demonstrating the negative impacts is crucial to reversing this decision in India and setting a global example against religious influences on evidence-based education. Reconciling religious beliefs and accepting the theory of evolution is possible. Protecting the integrity of science education is essential to meet the challenges of the modern world. It is also important to consider that other countries, such as the USA and Brazil, have had their science and biological evolution education threatened by various forms of interference, therefore what is happening in India should serve as a warning and prepare reactions to this type of threat.
Evidence for Macroevolution
Authors: Hoskinson Joshua S. , Wideman Jeremy G.
Published: February 2025

The teaching and learning of macroevolutionary processes have received limited attention in the evolution education literature despite their importance in evolution acceptance and evolution understanding. This necessitates the development of pedagogical content knowledge, including best practices in curriculum and instruction, on macroevolutionary processes that support student understanding and acceptance of macroevolution. One promising approach is to consider macroevolution at the microbiological level by teaching endosymbiotic theory while capitalizing on pre-existing pedagogical content knowledge of tree thinking and bioinformatics. Here, we present a computational laboratory activity that guides students through the construction of a phylogeny based on the universal small subunit ribosomal RNA gene. The resulting phylogenetic tree demonstrates that the photosynthetic organelles of the protist Paulinella chromatophora evolved independently of the chloroplasts of plants and algae. This not only addresses the need for pedagogical content knowledge in macroevolution in an interdisciplinary and integrative fashion, but also serves as a foundation for future research into the teaching of endosymbiosis. This activity is designed for a 15–20 student introductory/intermediate biology laboratory.
An Immigrant Teacher’s Politic Account of Revising Their Becoming as an Outsider
Authors: Yan Dave
Published: February 2025

This autoethnography focuses on the entanglements of how various forms of “rejection” and/or “exclusion” hit the embodied knowing of the immigrant “I” and their multiple ways of being and doing. In examining a multiplicity of selves, the author expresses their inner experiences as an outsider across various times and places. Through a poetic space, certain life events, emerging from the language’s performativity, permit us to read life-writing texts not as a record but as the liminal space where a sense of self is realized or, in some instances, de-realized. The author questions whether it is even possible for the rejected individuals to articulate their realities in academy. This work encapsulates the theme of searching for a place, both physically and metaphorically. This article calls for the ethical necessity of writing personal experiences as felt knowledge, rectifying the prevailing discourse about an/other’s being and knowing.
The Mayhill Project
Authors: Gullion Jessica Smartt
Published: February 2025

February 2020, one month before the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns, I was admitted to a PHP (partial hospitalization plan) at [Redacted] Behavioral Center for mental illness. PHP meant that I stayed at the hospital during the day but could leave late in the afternoon to go home. I had the weekends off. Every day, I had group therapy in the mornings, saw a psychiatrist, saw an individual counselor, and then had lunch (they could not deal with my being gluten free, so I usually brought an energy bar and some fruit and nuts). After lunch we meditated, and then there was another group. This time, group had some educational component. We had yoga every other day. There was not enough room for everyone to do it, but that was okay because a lot of people thought yoga was stupid. I was in the program for one month before it effectively got shut down by Covid. They attempted to do group therapy online, but it didn’t work well. I stopped going after the second online session. Going from a mental hospital into Covid quarantine was surreal. I entered with a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and drug-resistant major depression. I left with a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and bipolar II. I am a little suspicious of the bipolar diagnosis because I don’t seem to fit the stereotype, plus almost everyone came out with a diagnosis of bipolar I or II. But the bipolar medication works better than the other medications and could explain why my depression was drug resistant. I am normally high functioning. I work as a college professor and writer. I entered the program because I needed a break. I was no longer functioning well. This had begun a few months earlier when a colleague committed suicide at work. It is not her fault, but her suicide was triggering for me. I brought a notebook with me every day and took notes and journaled during the sessions and at lunch. This piece was created from “found poems” from that notebook.1 I recognize that much that was said during group therapy was said with the expectation of privacy. I have thus changed people’s names and identifying details. This work is situated within the field of Mad Studies.2 Mad Studies centers patient experience, patients who are mad (a reclamation of the term) or mentally ill. The work includes a critique of the power held by psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners and an emphasis on the mad telling our own stories.3
The Eulogy as Spiritual Autoethnography
Authors: Ellis Carolyn
Published: February 2025

In this article, I focus on the eulogy as spiritual autoethnography. I present three eulogies I delivered over a two-year period, reflecting on their contexts, content, and the process of constructing them. I show how autoethnographic and ethnographic sensibilities assisted me to tell a story in each eulogy that resonated with and felt meaningful to me and to those gathered to listen. As a form of autoethnography, a eulogy connects a person’s loss to a wider community, offering a way to explore meaning at the end-of-life and to reflect on changes across the life cycle. Although I was different in important ways from those to whom I was speaking in these eulogies, I reached out to grieving communities to recall our memories, honor relationships, speak from the heart, and connect about personal, emotional, and spiritual aspects of our lives. Spiritual autoethnography focuses on bringing meaning to our lives in the face of death and loss, and the importance of communicating across political, social, and class boundaries to cope with the challenges grief and loss create in our lives. In analyzing these events and taking them now to an academic audience, I aspire to bring compassion and emotional meaning, connected to spiritual concerns, to our lives and work as autoethnographers.
Matisse the Phytophile
Authors: Novaković Milovan
Published: February 2025

This article aims to unveil the vegetal and vegetative forces underlying the creative process of Henri Matisse, arguing that phytophilia influenced every aspect of his painterly method. Drawing from the artist’s statements and broader philosophical studies of plant life, the article posits four key and closely related assertions: firstly, Matisse’s approach to his subjects required him to sink into an unconscious, vegetative state of mind, whereby the perceived entities appear to him as flows of vegetal energies rather than fixed entities. This state of mind is achieved through the cumulative act of painting and drawing, through which Matisse’s works become budding pictorial assemblages. Secondly, Matissean composition implies a vegetal organization characterized by multifocality, chromatic intensity, and spatial expansibility. Furthermore, owing to their plant-like swelling and dilation, his works have a soothing effect on the beholder and elicit his vegetative soul. Ultimately, in this article, Matisse emerges not just as a painter whose works are inhabited with vegetal shapes, but as a phytosopher whose profound knowledge of plant life permeates and informs all the constructive elements of his compositions.
Art as Ecosophy
Authors: Ćatović Kristina
Published: February 2025

Teza ovog rada počiva na tome da suvremene hibridne umjetničke prakse teže transformaciji svoje svrhe k održavanju ravnoteže između političkih i ekoloških infrastruktura, čineći tako društvena i pitanja životne sredine uočljivim i zagovarajući načine ljudskog postojanja u integrativnom odnosu sa svojim okruženjem. U doba koje se suočava s razornim posljedicama tehnološkog razvoja, zloupotrebom znanosti u svrhu profita i antagonizmima ekonomske dinamike, umjetnička djela predlažu alternativne i raznovrsne načine postojanja unutar kolektiva, u pokušaju da rekonfiguriraju veze između ljudske subjektivnosti i vanjskog svijeta. Odabrana studija slučaja za ovaj tekst umjetnički je projekt s nazivom Suočavanje s vegetalnom drugošću: Fitoteratologija čiji je autor Špela Petrič. Dva argumenta na koja se ovaj rad fokusira jesu koncept ekozofije Félixa Guattarija kao okvir za hibridne umjetničke strategije i argument Donne Haraway iz knjige When Species Meet o potrebi da se destabiliziraju tradicionalne hijerarhije moći među vrstama. Cilj ovog rada jest pokazati kako umjetnost ima moć da destabilizira antropocentrične perspektive. U tekstu se rabi transdisciplinarni pristup, a primijenjene su istraživačke metode: analiza, sinteza, opservacija i komparativna analiza tekstova.
The Relationship Among Dietary Habit, Physical Fitness and Stress to the Obesity Condition of Indonesian National Police (Polri) Personnel
Authors: Putra Novi Setyawan , Rahayu Tandiyo , Yuwono Cahyo
Published: February 2025

Obesity is a physical condition that is of great concern to Polri Personnel. Apart from having an excessive anthropometric impact, it can also result in less optimal physical condition performance. This research aims to find out how big is the relationship: 1) between dietary habit and the obesity condition of Polri personnel, 2) between physical fitness and the obesity condition of Polri personnel, 3) between stress and the obesity condition of Polri personnel, and, 4) among dietary habit, physical fitness, and stress on the obesity condition of Polri personnel. This research is a type of correlational research. This research was conducted with subjects totaling 584 Polri personnel. Instruments used in the research were dietary habit instrument using the Food Frequency Questionnaires for Adults, physical fitness instrument using the National Police Physical Fitness Test, and stress instrument using the Police E-Mental Application. Data analysis techniques in the research involved product moment  correlation test analysis, multiple correlation with the regression line equation, prerequisite test and hypothesis test as well as univariate and bivariate analysis. This research shows that: (1) there is a relationship between dietary habit and the obesity condition of Polri personnel with a p-value of 0,631 with significance value of 0,000, (2) there is a relationship between physical fitness and the obesity condition of Polri personnel with a p-value of 0,433 with significance value of 0,000, (3) there is a relationship between stress and the obesity condition of Polri personnel with a p-value of 0,429 with significance value of 0,000, (4) there is a relationship among dietary habit, physical fitness, and stress on the obesity condition of Polri personnel by obtaining an Fcount value of 13,143 and an Ftable value of 8,532 marked by an R value of 0,537 with a significance level of 0,000. Based on the research results above, it can be concluded that there is a fairly strong relationship among dietary habit, physical fitness, and stress on the obesity condition of Polri personnel, and it can be seen that dietary habit has the most significant influence compared to physical fitness and stress. Suggestion: Polri needs to adopt programs that encourage healthy dietary habit for the personnel, It is important for the Regional Police (Polda) physical fitness bureau to implement a comprehensive and sustainable physical fitness program, and for the Polda psychology bureau to provide programs or periodic checks that can help managing and reducing stress in the workplace.
ВЕЙВЛЕТЫ ЧЕБЫШЕВА ВТОРОГО РОДА ДЛЯ РЕШЕНИЯ ДРОБНОГО УРАВНЕНИЯ ЛАНЖЕВЕНА
Authors: БАРГАМАДИ Э. , ТОРКЗАДЕ Л. , НУРИ К.
Published: February 2025

В статье предлагается эффективный численный метод решения дробного уравнения Ланжевена, основанный на вейвлетах Чебышева второго рода. С использованием этой операторной матрицы интегрирования дробного порядка вейвлетов Чебышева второго рода исходная задача преобразуется в систему алгебраических уравнений, которая может быть решена методом Ньютона. После анализа метода оценивается граница ошибки. Кроме того, эффективность метода оценивается с помощью нескольких численных примеров.

This paper aims to provide an efficient numerical method based on the second Chebyshev wavelets for solving the fractional Langevin equation. Applying this operational matrix of fractional-order integration of second Chebyshev wavelets converts the original problem into a system of algebraic equations, which could be solved by the Newton method. After analyzing the method, the error bound is estimated. Moreover, the method's efficiency through a few numerical examples is evaluated.
МАТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ И ЧИСЛЕННОЕ МОДЕЛИРОВАНИЕ ГЕННОЙ СЕТИ ПОДДЕРЖАНИЯ ПЛЮРИПОТЕНТНОСТИ СТВОЛОВОЙ КЛЕТКИ
Authors: ГОЛУБЯТНИКОВ В.П. , ТАТАРИНОВА Е.А.
Published: February 2025

Рассматриваются нелинейные динамические системы, моделирующие взаимодействие компонент генной сети, которая регулирует раннюю стадию функционального состояния эмбриональных стволовых клеток. Проведён параметрический анализ рассматриваемых динамических систем и исследованы вопросы единственности и устойчивости их стационарных точек, что позволило описать критерий существования периодических траекторий в окрестностях этих точек и локализовать положение таких осцилляций в фазовых портретах систем уравнений, моделирующих указанные процессы. Разработаны облачные ресурсы для проведения вычислительных экспериментов с такими моделями.

We consider nonlinear dynamical systems as a model of interaction of components of a gene network which regulates early stages of an embryonic stem cells state. A parametric analysis of these dynamical systems is performed in order to describe the (non)uniqueness and stability of their equilibriums. We have obtained a criterion of existence of periodic trajectories near these points and localized these oscillations on the phase portraits of dynamical systems which describe these processes. A special software for cloud numerical experiments with these systems has been elaborated.
О МАТРИЦАХ С КОКВАДРАТОМ JK(1) ⊕ JL(1)
Authors: ИКРАМОВ Х.Д.
Published: February 2025

Рассматривается задача о рациональных способах проверки конгруэнтности комплексных матриц. При этом рациональными считаются конечные алгоритмы, использующие только арифметические операции. Важную роль в проверке конгруэнтности невырожденных матриц играют их коквадраты. Проверка осложняется, если в спектре коквадратов присутствуют унимодулярные собственные значения, и особенно, если такие собственные значения дефектны. Наиболее продвинутым результатом в этом направлении является рациональный алгоритм для матриц A и B, имеющих коквадратом прямую сумму Jm (1) ⊕ Jm (1) . В данной статье этот алгоритм переносится на случай, когда коквадрат есть прямая сумма двух жордановых клеток различных порядков. Этот перенос существенно опирается на установленные в статье дополнительные факты относительно решений матричного уравнения X - JΤm(1) XJm(1) = 0.

Rational techniques for verifying the congruence of complex matrices are discussed. An algorithm is said to be rational if it is finite and uses only arithmetical operations. An important part in verifying the congruence of nonsingular matrices play their cosquares. The verification gets complicated if there are eigenvalues of modulus 1 in the spectrum of cosquares; this is especially true if such eigenvalues are defective. In this direction, the most advanced result is the rational algorithm for matrices A and B whose cosquare is the direct sum Jm (1) ⊕ Jm (1). Here, this algorithm is extended to the case where the cosquare is the direct sum of two Jordan blocks of distinct orders. This extension is heavily dependent on additional facts concerning the solutions to the matrix equation X - JΤm(1)XJm(1) = 0. found in the present paper.
Transition from formaldehyde-based wood adhesives to bio-based alternatives
Authors: Ghahri Saman , Yang Long , Du Guanben , Park Byung-Dae
Published: February 2025

Bio-based wood adhesives are increasingly receiving greater attention than those of synthetic formaldehyde-based adhesives from petroleum sources in response to climate change. In this respect, this editorial provides an overview on the transition of formaldehyde-based adhesives to bio-based adhesives for the bonding of wood. This transition is underway in academia and industry for practical applications. Bio-based adhesives offer low toxicity, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and increased sustainability with circular economy by promoting renewable and degradable sources, which generates a driving force for the transition.
Accumulated dose stability parameters in p-type and n-type silicon diodes
Authors: Pascoalino Kelly , C. Gonçalves Josemary A. , De Camargo Fabio , Bueno Carmen C.
Published: February 2025

This work investigates the influence of doping type on the dose responses and the accumulated dose stability of n- and p-type silicon MCz diodes. The operating principle of diode-based dosimeters relies on measuring the radiation-induced currents delivered by non-polarized diodes throughout the exposure time. An electrometer promptly reads the current signal, linearly dose rate dependent. The offline integration of the current signal provides the charge generated in the sensitive volume of the diode, expected to be proportional to the absorbed dose. The experimental approach involves analyzing the repeatability of the current signals, the dose responses of both pristine and pre-irradiated diodes, the correspondent charge sensitivities, and the sensitivity decay with increasing doses. For doses up to 175 kGy, the results reveal a linear dose response of the MCz(p) diode, characterized by a charge sensitivity of 3.1 µC/Gy.  Within the same dose range, the response of the MCz(n) diode is visibly saturated and given by a fourth-order polynomial function. This saturation effect is likely linked to radiation damage effects manifesting in the current decay with increasing accumulated doses. This surmise is confirmed in this work by a less pronounced drop in sensitivity of the p-type diode than that recorded for the n-type diode when both are subjected to 175 kGy. This behavior is ascribed to the working principle of the diode in the short-circuit current mode and the differences between the diffusion lengths of minority carriers in n- and p-type silicon materials. The diodes' response stability and dose lifespan remain to be further investigated.
Цивілізаційна трансформація соціокультурного середовища: взаємодія {людина} – [машина] в умовах SMART-цифровізації
Authors: Гончарова O. Є.
Published: February 2025

Актуальність проблеми полягає у зростаючому розриві досконалості та швидко зро-стаючих можливостях техніки і сучасних інформаційних технологій на тлі зменшення вимог до особистих можливостей кожної людини. Техніка вдосконалюється експоненціально, тоді як людський потенціал експоненціально не активується. І все це відбувається на тлі пригнічення природного середовища людини. Гостро стоїть проблема самоідентифікації людини та людства в умовах надмірності інформації за допомогою експоненціального вдосконалення машин, враховуючи пластичну крихкість людської свідомості. Мета статті – дослідити трансформації соціокультурного середовища через удосконалення машин та поширення smart-цифровізації; показати місце людиномірності в науці для розкриття творчого потенціалу особистості. Основні результати. Надшвидка технізація (заміна фізичної праці людини, що призводить до гіподинамії) та smart-цифровізація (за-міна розумової праці, наслідком чого є гіпокогнітія) викликають необхідність в освоєнні інноваційного інтелекту – синергетична мережа природного інтелекту зі штучним для постійного удосконалення людського інтелекту, що зумовить нові можливості наукового пізнання. У нових умовах важливим є формування культури цінності самої людини, а не машинних алгоритмів (МА). Це означає удосконалення людських уявлень за допомогою штучного інтелекту, використовуючи конфабуляцію людини для динамічного усклад-нення та оновлення картини світу, а не її спрощення. Вкрай необхідним є збереження та розвиток природної людиномірністі, яка постійно відтворюється і вдосконалюється за рахунок взаємодії людського раціонального та ірраціонального, розвиток почуття міри, тонких відчуттів та розрізнень, відновлення здатності людини сприймати ВСЕ і ВІДРАЗУ. Нові соціокультурні трансформації спричинять появу цифрового етосу (цифрової ети-ки), цифрового пафосу (цифрової естетики), цифрового логосу. Потрібне осмислення та інтеграція технологій штучного інтелекту у життя людини таким чином, щоб вони служили розширенню людського досвіду, а не його пригніченню чи заміні.