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ADAPTACION DEL FRIJOL TIPO FLOR DE JUNIO A DIFERENTES AMBIENTES DE MEXICO
Authors: Acosta-Gallegos Jorge Alberto , Sanchez-Garcia B.M. , Jimenez-Hernandez Y. , Salinas-Perez R.A. , Rosales-Serna R. , Zandate-Hernandez R. , Gonzales-Rivas C.
Published: February 2025

The yield response of 14 bred lines and two commercial cultivars of the Flor de Junio bean type was studied in rainfed and irrigated environments of central Mexico with the aim of identifying high yielding lines of low genotype by environment interaction. The trial was established at 15 environments (site/year combination) under a 4x4-lattice design with four replications. At the rainfed environments sowing was done in july after the onset of the rainy season and at those irrigated in November or February depending on the location. Yield data were analyzed per trial and to determine the importance of each factor a combined analysis was conducted. In order to determine the genotype x environment interaction the multivariate AMMI model was used. By means of the combined analysis we found that 70.4 % of the phenotypic variation was due to the environment, 11.8 % to the GxE interaction and in third place the genotypic effect. Lines of high yield average were FJB 08061, FJB 08054 and FJB 08004, with 1800 kg ha-1, a yield slightly superior to the controls that out yielded more than half of the lines in the trial. The yield of line FJB 08004 was relatively high and stable across environments. Other lines displayed specific adaptation; hence their use should be at specific environments. The AMMI analysis allowed for the identification of environments with contrasting responses in Guanajuato, which should be utilized in the evaluation of improved germplasm in order to obtain reliable information at a low cost.
The Effect of US Trade Policy Changes on Indonesia's International Trade
Authors: Sugianto Dodi
Published: February 2025

Changes in United States trade policy, especially protectionist policies, have had a significant impact on Indonesia's international trade, especially in the textile and agricultural sectors. The imposition of high tariffs on several commodities has disrupted the dynamics of global trade, as shown by the decline in Indonesian exports to the United States based on data from the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia. This research aims to analyze the specific impact of United States trade policy on Indonesia's trade performance and provide strategic recommendations to reduce these negative impacts. The research method used is descriptive analysis with a case research approach using data from the World Bank and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The results show that United States protectionist policies have the greatest impact on small and medium enterprises in Indonesia's textile industry. As an implication, this research recommends diversifying export markets and increasing trade agreements with non-US countries to strengthen Indonesia's trade resilience. It is hoped that these findings will serve as a reference for policy makers in formulating adaptive and sustainable trade strategies.
FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI MOTIVASI PENDONOR SUKARELA UNTUK MENDONORKAN DARAH DI UTD-PMI KRAMAT RAYA JAKARTA PUSAT
Authors: Laeli Farkhah  , Marwan  , Emil
Published: February 2025

The importance of the availability of blood was to meet the need for blood transfusions that could been occurred anytime such as for accident victims, patients with major surgery such as heart disease, cesarean section, and for patients with blood diseases such as hemophilia and thalassemia. Therefore, it was very important to know what are the factors that could affected someone to donate blood voluntarily and regularly. This research used descriptive quantitative. The number of respondents in this studied amounted to 43 people with Accidental Sampling as the sampling technique, where the respondent was a person who routinely donated blood every three months and at least three times to donate blood. The results are presented in frequency distribution table. The results showed that based on the characteristics of most respondents aged 36-45 years (48,8%), most respondents were male (79,1%), the largest respondents had high school (48,8%), most respondents worked as a self-employed (37,2%). The sources of information respondents still quite lacking. There were (55,8%) respondents that had medium knowledge. The attitude of the respondents considered good (100%). Reference group and the intention was contributed to the actions of respondents. The respondents had a good action to donate blood (52.3%). From the research results suggested that the UTD-PMI, Health Department and Department of Education to further enhance the promotion of blood donation to the community and to voluntary donors that expect to maintain and improve measures to donate blood.
GAMBARAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN PENATALAKSANAAN DIABETES MELITUS
Authors: Desnita Fitri
Published: February 2025

The increasing number of people with diabetes mellitus can cause health problems for the community which can be caused by various factors, namely lack of knowledge. One of the efforts to reduce health problems is by increasing public knowledge about diabetes mellitus. Knowledge is a very important factor in determining the behavior of DM sufferers towards the disease they are experiencing. Knowledge is behavior based on a better knowledge than that which is not based on knowledge. For DM patients with good knowledge, they can find out how to prevent DM by managing DM to prevent complications. DM management consists of 3 pillars, namely dietary compliance, physical activity and regular medication. In the results of the study, the respondents' characteristics were mostly at the age of 46-55 years or old age, then the gender of the respondents was more in the female sex, and the education level of the respondents was more at the elementary education level. The results show that the respondents' knowledge is more on less knowledge, namely 23 people out of 30 respondents and more than 20 respondents out of 30 respondents do not comply with DM management.
HUBUNGAN PERAN DUKUNGAN KELUARGA TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN PEMENUHAN PERSONAL HYGIENE PADA LANSIA
Authors: Laeli Farkhah
Published: February 2025

ABSTRAK
 
Personal hygien berasal dari bahasa yunani yang berarti personal yang artinya peroranagan dan higiene berarti sehat. Kebersihan perorangan adalah suatu tindakan yang dilakukan untuk memelihara kebersihan dan kesehatan seseorang untuk kesejahteraan fisik dan psikis. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan dukungan keluarga pada lansia dalam pemenuhan personal higiene di RT 09 Bojong Raya Jakarta Barat. Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah desain potong lintang (cross sectional). Sampel berjumlah 73 orang dan diambil dengan cara random sampling. Pengumpulan data menggunakan instrumen penelitian berupa kuesioner. Analisis data menggunakan analisis univariat berupa distribusi frekuensi dan proporsi serta analisis bivariat berupa uji beda dua proporsi (chi-square). Dari 73 responden hasil rata-rata lansia memiliki dukungan keluarga baik sebanyak 61,6%, sedangkan  lansia yang melakukan pemenuhan personal higiene rata-rata dalam kategori tidak baik sebanyak 60,3%. Ada hubungan yang bermakna antara dukungan keluarga dengan pemenuhan personal higiene pada lansia (p value = 0,01).
Kata kunci : Dukungan Keluarga, Personal Hygiene, Lanjut Usia
 
ABSTRACT
Personal hygiene comes from the Greek language which means personal which means individual and hygiene means healthy. Personal hygiene is an action taken to maintain the cleanliness and health of a person for physical and psychological well-being. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between family support for the elderly in fulfilling personal hygiene at Posyandu Mawar 03 Bojong Raya, West Jakarta. The research design used was a cross-sectional design. The sample amounted to 73 people and was taken by random sampling. Collecting data using a research instrument in the form of a questionnaire. This research was conducted at Posyandu Mawar 03 Bojong Raya, West Jakarta on August 22, 2017. Data analysis used univariate analysis in the form of frequency and proportion distribution and bivariate analysis in the form of two-proportion difference test (chi-square). From 73 respondents, the average result of the elderly having good family support was 61.6%, while the elderly who fulfilled personal hygiene were on average in the bad category as much as 60.3%. There is a significant relationship between family support and the fulfillment of personal hygiene in the elderly (p value = 0.01).
Keywords: Family Support, Personal Hygiene, Elderly
European Football in Black and White
Authors: Kassimeris Christos
Published: February 2025

European Football is Black and White offers an engaging interpretation of a disturbing phenomenon in Europe's favorite sport: football violence fueled by racism. While many fans across Europe have used football to further destructive, ethnocentric agendas, there are also Europe-wide initiatives in the football stadium to combat the almost endemic problem. Christos Kassimeris analyses political ideologies that have influenced football supporters, drawing attention to the increasing politicization of football and the footballization of politics. He also considers the contributions of nationalism, social class, and media coverage before assessing attempts by various groups, from the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network to the European Union itself, to rectify the problem. Ultimately, football needs to be dissociated from both racism and politics for the sport to flourish. Unlike more traditional attempts to explain the football violence and racism, this book seeks to establish a Europe-wide as well as national explanatory framework for this racism from a political perspective. This study will draw the interest not only of scholars across the Humanities and Social Sciences, but also of ordinary football supporters.
The Persistence of Subsistence Agriculture
Authors: Waters Tony
Published: February 2025

The story told by The Persistence of Subsistence Agriculture begins 8,000 years ago as humans began using the land and weather to provide themselves with food, housing, and clothing. Productive farmers took care of most daily needs within the small conservative world in which they lived. This world organized around small-scale subsistence farming is ending as the ancient world of farmers has given away to that dominated by the modern marketplace. This book is about how the modern market world transformed these remote agricultural farmers. Waters uses diverse examples to illustrate how the modern market economy captured persistent subsistence farmers and forever altered life in 18th century Scotland, 19th century United States, 20th century Tanzania, and indeed, the entire modern world.
Autonomy and the Situated Self
Authors: Haliburton Rachel
Published: February 2025

Bioethics tells a heroic story about its origins and purpose. The impetus for its contemporary development can be traced to concern about widespread paternalism in medicine, mistreatment of research subjects used in medical experimentation, and questions about the implication of technological developments in medical practice. Bioethics, then, began as a defender of the interests of patients and the rights of research participants, and understood itself to play an important role as a critic of powerful interests in medicine and medical practice. Autonomy and the Situated Self argues that, as bioethics has become successful, it no longer clearly lives up to these founding ideals, and it offers a critique of the way in which contemporary bioethics has been co-opted by the very institutions it once sought (with good reason) to criticize and transform. In the process, it has become mainstream, moved from occupying the perspective of a critical outsider to enjoying the status of a respected insider, whose primary role is to defend existing institutional arrangements and its own privileged position. The mainstreaming of bioethics has resulted in its domestication: it is at home in the institutions it would once have viewed with skepticism, and a central part of practices it would once have challenged. Contemporary bioethics is increasingly dominated by a conception of autonomy that detaches the value of choice from the value of the things chosen, and the central role occupied by this conception makes it difficult for the bioethicist to make ethical judgments. Consequently, despite its very public successes, contemporary bioethics is largely failing to offer the ethical guidance it purports to be able to provide.

In addition to providing a critique, this book offers an alternative framework that is designed to allow bioethicists to address the concerns that led to the creation of bioethics in the first place. This alternative framework is oriented around a conception of autonomy that works within the ethical guidelines provided by a contemporary form of virtue ethics, and which connects the value of autonomous choice to a conception of human flourishing.
A Wittgensteinian Way with Paradoxes
Authors: Read Rupert
Published: February 2025

A Wittgensteinian Way with Paradoxes examines how some of the classic philosophical paradoxes that have so puzzled philosophers over the centuries can be dissolved. Read argues that paradoxes such as the Sorites, Russell’s Paradox and the paradoxes of time travel do not, in fact, need to be solved. Rather, using a resolute Wittgensteinian ‘therapeutic’ method, the book explores how virtually all apparent philosophical paradoxes can be diagnosed and dissolved through examining their conditions of arising; to loosen their grip and therapeutically liberate those philosophers suffering from them (including oneself). The book contrasts such paradoxes with real, ‘lived paradoxes’: paradoxes that are genuinely experienced outside of the philosopher’s study, in everyday life. Thus Read explores instances of lived paradox (such as paradoxes of self-hatred and of denial of other humans’ humanity) and the harm they can cause, psychically, morally or politically. These lived paradoxes, he argues, sometimes cannot be dissolved using a Wittgensteinian treatment. Moreover, in some cases they do not need to be: for some, such as the paradoxical practices of Zen Buddhism (and indeed of Wittgenstein himself), can in fact be beneficial. The book shows how, once philosophers’ paradoxes have been exorcized, real lived paradoxes can be given their due.
Negotiating Capability and Diaspora
Authors: Khasnabish Ashmita
Published: February 2025

Negotiating Capability and Diaspora: A Philosophical Politics scrutinizes Indian economist cum philosopher Amartya Sen’s theory of capability, which rose as a critique of the modern American philosopher John Rawls’s theory of primary goods. Ashmita Khasnabish develops Sen’s theory of capability as a leitmotif throughout the book. She focuses on the following themes: 1) how Amartya Sen’s theory of capability offers strength to immigrants and underdogs; 2) the significance of John Rawls’s theory for Sen’s theory of capability; 3) two aspects of Sen’s theory: on the one hand it exposes the asymmetry between people of power and the powerless due to the discrepancy of resources, and on the other hand it shows how the powerless or the underdogs or the minorities could exert their will-power through the paradigm of choices to overcome; 4) finally, Sri Aurobindo’s theory of democracy, which intersects with John Rawls’s theory of comprehensive doctrines and political justice. Khasnabish also discusses authors Amitav Ghosh, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Toni Morrison, whose novels illustrate different facets of the theory of capability.

Negotiating Capability and Diaspora develops themes that will be of great interest to students and scholars of political philosophy, feminist philosophy, postcolonial studies, literary studies, Diaspora studies, and world literature.
Child Custody and Visitation Disputes in Sweden and the United States
Authors: Pranzo Diane
Published: February 2025

What are the social and cultural features that have the most impact on the interpretation of the legal standard, “best interest of the child”? One method for answering this question is through a comparison of two societies, Sweden and the United States, both of which apply the same legal standard to similar contested custody and visitation cases. This study views love, law, and knowledge as separate discourses. Love encompasses the interpretations of the actors whose claims arise from the emotions associated with care, concern, and relationships, namely parents, the children who are the subject of a case, and other family members. Justice encompasses the interpretations and claims which are made by judges, but its discourse includes the legal process and legal policies. Knowledge is encompassed by the concerns and claims of professionals and/or experts including social science discussions of care, welfare, and psychology and the interpretations and descriptions given by the professionals and experts regarding the actors in the cases. This book hypothesizes that a comparison of two societies that focuses on the interaction between the discourses of love, justice, and knowledge, in the process of decision-making in best interests of the child disputed custody cases, reveals features of decision-making that would be unavailable to researchers studying custody disputes in only one society.
Policy Metamorphosis in China
Authors: Ding Xiaojiong
Published: February 2025

China has been experiencing great economic and social changes since the late 1970s when the Reform and Opening-Up policies were accepted. While some Sinologists argue that such changes have made the Chinese structure of authority fragmented and discrepant, and have weakened the directive power of the Central Government, a few others emphasize that despite a certain degree of economic decentralization and segmentation of public power, the Central Government has been seeking ways to hold the nation together. Consequently, while the former argue that due to the centrifugal nature of the political system, policy implementation is bound to deviate from the route specified by the Central Government, the latter hold that national policies are carried out faithfully, with minor deviations only in certain circumstances.

This book studies the processes of policy implementation in contemporary mainland China by taking minban/private education at the level of basic education in Shanghai as an example. Based on 65 interviews conducted during 2001 and 2004, three moduses of policy implementation are proposed, and the Model of Structural Fracturation is advanced as the prevailing modus of policy implementation in contemporary China. The model argues that policy metamorphosis during implementation is not something random; in contrast, it is determined by structural factors that no single policy actor can manipulate. The pyramid of Chinese politics is a loose construction, with vertical and horizontal fracturations between different layers. The model highlights the fact that governments at the county/district level are remote from and beyond the control of the Central Government and the provinces. They deserve more attention than they have received.

Contrary to Western perspectives which regard the structural fracturation in the Chinese polity as dangerous for national stability and unity, this book takes the fracturation as an important and delicate element of the Chinese mode of governance, and suggests that the very strength of the state lies in its capacity to tolerate local deviation and to embrace it into national institutions.
J. M. G. le Clézio
Authors: Moser Keith
Published: February 2025

This monograph represents the first comprehensive study of the multifaceted representations of the complex phenomenon of globalization in the diverse repertoire of the 2008 Nobel Laureate in Literature. This interdisciplinary investigation explores the initial euphoria related to the ambivalent concept of the ‘global village’ and how this evaporated dream can perhaps be reappropriated to create a better global society for both the human and Cosmic Other through the lens of Le Clézio’s fiction.

Chapter one offers a conceptual framework for understanding the Franco-Mauritian author’s nuanced ideas concerning globalization. It also probes the original ambivalence of McLuhan’s celebrated notion of a global village in addition to its euphoric reception. Chapter two explores the current state of the interconnected, interdependent modern world in which many disenfranchised and marginalized individuals are living a recurring nightmare. Chapter three examines Le Clézio’s deconstruction of the simplistic ideology of consumerism that is indicative of contemporary consumer republics. This section also underscores the intricate systems of hegemonic domination, such as the media, created by the transnational corporations that dominate the global economic landscape to sustain their supremacy. Chapter four delves into Le Clézio’s ecocentric humanism that extends to all other living creatures by debunking Manichean dualities that separate human beings from elemental matter and the rest of the universe. The final chapter examines recent texts, such as Raga, Ourania, and Histoire du pied et autres fantaisies, which encourage the reader to envision what a more just and egalitarian global village might encompass. These works dismiss neoliberal fantasies and consumerist ideology that have justified the systematic exploitation of everyone and everything in the name of progress, but they also urge the modern subject to be resilient in the face of tremendous adversity. Instead of accepting the imposition of a monolithic, socioeconomic model that is riddled with inequality and injustice and which serves the interests of the Happy Few, Le Clézio suggests that the first step is to resist integration into the global village by stoically confronting reality and having the necessary courage to propose another vision which counterpoints McLuhan’s misguided one.
The Teacher in Ancient Rome
Authors: Maurice Lisa
Published: February 2025

The Teacher in Ancient Rome: The Magister and His World by Lisa Maurice investigates a particular aspect of education in ancient Rome, namely the figure of the teacher. After identifying and defining the different kinds of teachers in the Roman education systems, Maurice illuminates their ways of life both as both professionals and members of society. This text surveys the physical environment in which teachers worked, as well as the methods, equipment, and techniques used in the classroom. Slavery, patronage, and the social and financial status of the various types of teachers are considered in depth. Maurice examines ideological issues surrounding teachers, discussing the idealized figure of the teacher and the frequent differences between this ideal and actual educators. Also explored are the challenges posed by the interaction of Greek and Roman culture—and later between paganism and Christianity—and how these social clashes affected those responsible for educating the youth of society. The Teacher in Ancient Rome is a comprehensive treatment of a figure instantly recognizable yet strikingly different from that of the modern teacher.
The Biopolitics of Race
Authors: Yeng Sokthan
Published: February 2025

Many political figures insist that their anti-immigration sentiments have nothing to do with race and racism. Americans seem largely unconvinced, which is why politicians must protest so loudly and often. In order to deflect accusations of racism, public figures evoke the neo-liberal principle that calls for protection of state health and resources. Yet contemporary philosophers such as Hanna Arendt, Michel Foucault, and Giorgio Agamben argue that neo-liberal ideology is racist. Sokthan Yeng applies their analysis to the debate over immigration policies to show that neo-liberalism not only recodes traditional racist rhetoric but also expands systemic racism. Politicians can say that their anti-immigration policies are meant to protect the nation’s economy and strength. It is no coincidence, however, that the populations most affected by these regulations are ethnic and cultural minorities such as Mexican and Muslim immigrants.

The analysis presented in The Biopolitics of Race will be valuable to philosophers and other scholars or students interested in critical race theory, feminism, and queer theory. It also has implications for anyone working in public health, bioethics, or migration studies.
Moroccan Immigrant Women in Spain
Authors: Pham T. Thao
Published: February 2025

Immigrant Moroccan Women in Spain: Honor and Marriage provides an ethnographic study of Moroccan Muslim immigrant women in Spain that captures the predicaments and strategies used in their adaptation to Spanish society. Moroccan immigrant women’s social and emotional connections to honor and duty affect familial relations, identity, and the sense of belonging. Although the women have kept transnational ties to friends and families Morocco, the establishment of new relationships and networks presents them with information, ideas, and opportunities that result in a complex process of altering their imported ideas and practices. This book also reveals and explores the geopolitical tension that affects these women’s interactions and negotiations with various Spanish institutions and how the representations of Islam affect the Spanish reception and treatment of Moroccans. Working as domestic workers and agricultural laborers in Spain, Moroccan immigrant women illuminate the problems associated with gender, labor, modernity, and globalization.
From Honto Jin to Bensheng Ren
Authors: Tzeng Shih-jung
Published: February 2025

This book attempts to use numerous volumes of mostly unpublished diaries for examining issues of Taiwanese identity. Using the diaries of two Taiwanese intellectuals, the author examines how the Taiwanese national consciousness emerged and was reconstructed under the Japanese and Chinese Nationalist rule between 1920 and 1955, suggesting that a multi-dimensional Taiwanese national consciousness was created in the 1920s. Nevertheless, between 1937 and 1945, it was reconstructed by the imperial war mobilization. It then underwent a further reconstruction during and after the regime change from Japan to China, leading to the emergence of the bensheng ren (native Taiwanese) consciousness. The emerging international Cold War environment enabled the creation of a de facto independent state based on Taiwan-size governance, which had an impact on shaping the bensheng ren identity.
Afrasia
Authors: Adem Seifudein , Mazrui Ali A.
Published: February 2025

Is there a new scramble for Africa involving China, Japan, and India in competition with each other and with the Western world? In the second half of the twentieth century, Mao’s China and Jawaharlal Nehru’s India were political players in Africa, while Japan limited itself to trade and investment in Africa. Africa and Asia have historically been allies against Western exploitation and have also been rivals as producers of raw materials. India and West Asia have led the way in the soft power of culture and religion in Africa while Japan and China have engaged in the harder disciplines of the economy and the construction of infrastructure. This book explores the historical and unfolding dynamic interactions among China, India, Japan, and Africa and their ramifications.
Tales of and about Jewish Youth During the Fin-De-si#232cle Era
Authors: Ginsburg Lawrence M.
Published: February 2025

This is the story of Jewish youth in upstate New York during the fin-de-siZcledecade of the nineteenth century. Ginsburg details periods of transition for these youths, such as exploring life at various Jewish orphanages, where children were sheltered, educated, and taught trade skills to support themselves thereafter. He profiles The Jewish Tidings, a weekly journal that ran from 1887 to 1897, which heralded itself as 'A Fearless Exponent of Progressive Judaism!' and polarized Eastern European Jewish immigrants from the predominantly German-Jewish brethren. Ginsburg rounds out his examination of Jewish life during the fin-de-siZcle era by profiling figures such as a rabbi and a Jewish match peddler in Syracuse, as well as the Young Men's Hebrew Association and the Jewish Chautauqua Association. Ginsburg, a native of Syracuse, New York, delves into the history of Jewish youths during this era with interest and enthusiasm.
On the Existence of God
Authors: Geis Robert
Published: February 2025

The existence of God raises many questions. Geis' work addresses queries that arise from the gratuitous claims of empiricism in Hume, unfounded assumptions in Kant, presumptions of science, and the improbabilities it identifies in Darwinism. By focusing on number and proportion as intrinsic to material and atomic constituency, any argument from chance as instrumental to the cosmos' emergence and sustainability becomes invalidated. The arguments from contingency and the nature of intellection provide more clarity than the ratio Anselmi for acknowledging a transcendent causality, taking the reader to the problem of evil and present-day nihilism. These concepts present great, but not insuperable, difficulty for theism. Geis argues that evil, when one uses it as a means to the betterment of oneself and the world, takes on the rTle commensurate with the doctrine of an omnibenevolent deity. Accordingly, one can use evil as a means to a greater understanding of God, Providence, and eternal destiny.
Teaching in Special Education
Authors: Ferrelli Lisa A.
Published: February 2025

Teaching In Special Education: Managing the Chaos addresses the question-how do special education teachers function in general education settings? The text describes the experiences of special education teachers in diverse settings at a time when federal law and assessment requirements drive educational policy. Ferrelli uses interviews and observation to tell the stories of six special education teachers as they go about the business of teaching, illuminating the elements of special education teacher practice and documenting the tensions manifested in the interaction between special education and general education teachers. Such tensions create a distinct sense of separation between the practices that constitute special education, and those of general education that are typical of American educational policy and practice today. In providing voice for these teachers, this text fills a vacancy in the currently existing studies of teacher practice.
School Administrators and Technology
Authors: Connor Bridget M. , Farley Danea A. , Wise Gregory A.
Published: February 2025

As institutions of higher learning strive to develop strong 21st century educational leaders, they must meet the needs of administrators in light of the role technology plays in teaching and learning. School Administrators and Technology prepares prospective school administrators to embrace opportunities and face challenges of promoting forward-thinking technology use in the educational setting. Standards-based, meaningful activities are included, mirroring real-world practice, with scoring tools that clarify and reinforce the evaluation of those established standards. The book fosters a vision for teaching and learning, promoting excellence in educational technology innovation through a systematic approach to standards-based professional growth.
Running Is Life
Authors: Fleming Bruce
Published: February 2025

Running feels good. It also centers the runner in the world, solves the problems implied by the Cartesian split between body and soul, and establishes an active relationship between the self and others. Running takes the motion we are all born with (that is the essence of life) and with the individual providing the impetus, projects us into the world of others. When we run, we transcend ourselves and place ourselves in the world. Running is Life is set in many places—Cairo, the Eastern Sierras, Las Vegas, New York's Adirondack Mountains, and Barcelona, among others—but always in the moving body of the runner hurtling both through and into the world. Running is Life is both a hymn to human motion and an explanation of its sweetness.
Haskalah and Beyond
Authors: Pelli Moshe
Published: February 2025

Haskalah and Beyond deals with the Hebrew Haskalah (Enlightenment) — the literary, cultural, and social movement in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe. It represents the emergence of modernism and perhaps the budding of some aspects of secularism in Jewish society, following the efforts of the Hebrew and Jewish enlighteners to introduce changes into Jewish culture and Jewish life, and to revitalize the Hebrew language and literature. The author classifies these activities as a 'cultural revolution.' In effect, the Haskalah was a counter-culture intended to modify or replace some of the contemporary rabbinic cultural framework, institutions, and practices and adopt them for its own envisioned 'Judaism of the Haskalah.' The pioneering work of the 'founding fathers' of the early Haskalah had greatly impacted the later developments of the Haskalah in the 19th century. Its reception in that century is studied as is the reception of one of the major figures of the early Haskalah, Isaac Euchel, and of one of the important German Enlightenment poets and philosophers, Johann Gottfried Herder, in the 19th-century Haskalah. The study of reception continues on the language of the sublime and the poetic imagery used in Haskalah, melitzah, as well as on the three major journals of Haskalah as instruments of change and of disseminating the Haskalah ideology. Finally, the aftermath of the Haskalah is addressed.
Insight into Two Biblical Passages
Authors: Wilshire Leland E.
Published: February 2025

This work comprises new insights into two Biblical passages. The first study, titled 'The Anatomy of a Prohibition,' uses the TLG computer database to offer a new interpretation of I Timothy 2:12. The author provides insight that the TLG computer, with its data selections from 200 BC/BCE to 200 AD/CE, supports the interpretation of one of the key words 'authentein' as 'committing violent action,' not 'having authority.' It then explores the effect of this interpretation on exegesis, gender pronouncements, hermeneutics, tradition, theology, and relevance. As a supplement, it offers a history of traditional translations, mistranslations, and interpretations. The second insight study discusses seeing the 'suffering servant' of Isaiah 40-55 as the city of Jerusalem. This 'Servant City' study is based upon a comparison with the material outside the songs and with other ANE city descriptions that are also in the first millennium.
Corruption in Nigeria
Authors: Oji Mazi A. Kanu , Oji Valerie U.
Published: February 2025

Corruption in Nigeria addresses the effects of corruption in Nigeria and provides a concise overview for a lasting solution. Offering insight from the authors' original thinking and experiences, the book traces corruption from colonial rule through nearly fifty years of successive civilian and military government, counter coupes, and ethical reform programs that were launched using Mazi A. Kanu Oji's ideas. The experience of Nigeria, as the most populous country in Africa with great potential for becoming one of the world's leading nation-states, is relevant to African studies, political science, public administration, and leadership studies, as well as U.S. and global policy interests on health and human rights, ethical leadership, and governance in Africa.
Citadel Values II
Authors: Freer Robert E.
Published: February 2025

From the author: When Citadel Values went to press, we began looking for an educational tool to capture the lessons and fortify our students in the greater world beyond the Lesesne Gate. Also, answering prompting calls for a longer book with more essays of comfort and wisdom, we created a publication that has accomplished more than we sought. This book is the result. It reflects my thinking and writing during tumultuous economic times and of great stress on our body politic. Stress is often the time of greatest growth. I am hopeful, as we traverse these 'bumps in the road,' that our American Ark will come out the better. What I can assure you is that The Citadel will continue on its path of producing men and women of distinction and character to lead the next generation.
The Transformation of Judaism
Authors: Neusner Jacob
Published: February 2025

Jacob Neusner describes, analyzes, and interprets the transformation of one system of the Israelite social order by a connected but autonomous successor-system. He characterizes the successive systems classifying the one as philosophical and the other as religious. He explains the categorical account of each and sets forth the outcome of a number of topical studies on the category-formations of Rabbinic Judaism with special attention to the social order: politics, philosophy, and economics. These systems emerged as [1] autonomous when viewed synchronically, [2] connected when seen diachronically, and [3] as a continuous construction when seen at the end of their formative age. In their successive stages of categorical autonomy, connection, and finally continuity, the three distinct systems may be classified, respectively, as philosophical, religious, and theological, each one taking over and revising the definitive categories of the former and framing its own fresh, generative categories as well. The formative history of Judaism is the story of the presentations and re-presentations of categorical structures. In method, it is the exegesis of taxonomy and taxic systems. Now, after more than two decades, Neusner has decided to review the initial statement. Since the book summarizes ten years of work, from 1980 to 1990, on the Rabbinic category formations of social science politics, philosophy, and economics in the setting of the law and theology of Rabbinic Judaism from the Mishnah through the Bavli, 200-600 C.E., it seemed well worth the effort to recapitulate the original work. The revised introduction explains the omission of theology in his category-formation philosophy-religion-theology; Neusner's account of the Bavli produced the decade after this title was completed did not make possible the continuous description of the unfolding of the Rabbinic system. The pattern that appealed to Neusner from philosophy to religion to theology has not yet come to a satisfactory account. In the twenty years of work on the third layer of the canon up to the Bavli, a series of monographs clarified the theological system that sustained Rabbinic Judaism.
For the Glory of God
Authors: Jones Richard H.
Published: February 2025

For the Glory of God addresses key questions regarding the connection between religion and science. Richard H. Jones investigates whether ideas from the Bible and Christian theology have played a significant role in the development of modern scientific theories. If so, has the role always been positive or negative? In this regard, does religion have the epistemic right to control science or to offer an alternative “Christian” science to mainstream science? Is creationism or intelligent design a “science” on the same footing with neo-Darwinism? Is the integrity of science today in danger of religious control? In this volume, Jones provides an illuminating history of the role of Christian ideas in the physical and biological sciences from the Middle Ages to today. He reveals the failure of the popular “war” and “harmony” models for the relation of religion and science and shows that a “control” model does work to explain the complex history of religion and science.
Democracy in the Making
Authors: Meyers Arthur S.
Published: February 2025

In 1908, a remarkable direction in community learning began in Boston and spread across the country, becoming the Open Forum lecture movement. These locally planned, trans-denominational lectures, followed by periods for questions, were characterized as “the striking of mind upon mind.”

This study recovers the movement and shows what can be applied to our time. George W. Coleman brought a deep commitment to free speech in developing the Forum and Mary Caroline Crawford was essential in implementing it.

Understanding this initiative broadens our awareness of personal and community courage and democratic planning. We can regain this informed, reflective, respectful approach, and achieve an America “to be”—a democracy in the making.
Leadership Without Limits: The Relevance of Self-Leadership and Informal Leadership
Authors: Van den Berg B J
Published: February 2025

Aim: Self-leadership and informal leadership have been widely researched in recent years, as organisations increasingly move towards less hierarchical structures, emphasising shared leadership and team-based work. This semi-structured literature review explores the relevance of these concepts in the contemporary landscape. One key objective is to examine how both leadership concepts function outside the realm of formal leadership. This raises the question of how self-leadership and informal leadership manifest beyond formal organisational settings and what implications their emergence has at an individual level.
Methods: Through a thematic analysis of the literature and the identification of key themes, this review aims to assess the significance of these concepts and identify research gaps.
Results: While both self-leadership and informal leadership coexist alongside formal leadership, they differ in focus: self-leadership emphasises self-motivational strategies, whereas informal leadership involves exerting influence without formal authority. As a result of the shift towards a knowledge-based economy, organisations are becomming less hierarchical and adopting shared leadership, which increases the relevance of self-leadership and informal leadership. However, research has mainly focused on the application of these concepts in formal settings.
Conclusion: Understanding how the emergence of self-leadership and informal leadership impacts informal settings such as family or volunteer work environments, contributes to a deeper understanding of leadership development.
Recommendation: The review highlights the need for further research to understand how self-leadership and informal leadership impact individuals in both organisational and informal settings.
AI-Powered Face Mask Detection Utilizing MobileNetV2 for Health Monitoring
Authors: Misinem Misinem , Agustini Eka Puji , Ulfa Maria
Published: February 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical need for face masks to prevent virus transmission. Ensuring consistent mask usage in crowded public spaces remains a challenge, especially with manual monitoring methods that are inefficient and prone to error. To address this, this research introduces a real-time face mask detection system leveraging MobileNet-V2, a lightweight and efficient deep learning model known for its high performance in image classification tasks. The system utilizes a dataset from Kaggle comprising 11,792 images, divided into training (10,000), validation (800), and testing (992) sets. MobileNet-V2 was fine-tuned for this task, using its inverted residual layers to extract features and enhance performance effectively. Data augmentation techniques were applied to improve the model’s ability to generalize across diverse scenarios. The MobileNet-V2 model achieved an impressive 98.69% accuracy on the testing dataset, demonstrating exceptional reliability in identifying individuals wearing masks versus those without. Standard evaluation metrics, including precision, recall, and a confusion matrix, confirmed its robustness. This system’s ability to operate in real-time makes it ideal for public health surveillance in environments such as airports, shopping malls, and public transport. The proposed face mask detection system is both accurate and scalable, offering an efficient solution for enforcing mask-wearing protocols in public spaces. The system’s integration of advanced deep learning techniques ensures its reliability in real-time monitoring, contributing to better public health management. Future work will focus on further optimizing the model and expanding its application to other health-related monitoring tasks, enhancing its value for public health surveillance.
El reconocimiento de prácticas comunitarias: percepciones de los estudiantes de enfermería del Eje Cafetero, Colombia
Authors: Ocampo-Restrepo Daniela , Betancurth-Loaiza Diana Paola , Orozco-Castillo Liliana , Pico-Merchán María Eugenia
Published: February 2025

Objetivo principal: comprender las percepciones de los estudiantes de enfermería sobre las prácticas comunitarias en el contexto de la Atención Primaria en Salud, en cinco universidades del Eje Cafetero, Colombia. Metodología: estudio cualitativo con enfoque hermenéutico, diseño de orientación etnográfica. Participaron 42 estudiantes de enfermería que cumplieron los criterios de inclusión. Se recopiló información mediante entrevistas etnográficas, observación participante y grupos de discusión con previo aval ético de las Universidades participantes. Resultados principales: se estructuraron en tres aspectos: (1) Las dinámicas, enfoques y desafíos de la práctica, (2) Entre luces y sombras: los sentimientos y concepciones frente a las prácticas, y (3) El proceso de educación y aprendizaje en campo. Estas experiencias en las prácticas permitieron a los estudiantes valorar la empatía y el cuidado, lo que generó sentimientos positivos a pesar de enfrentar obstáculos y emociones mixtas. Lo anterior facilitó el aprendizaje profundo y un reconocimiento de la enfermería comunitaria como disciplina distintiva y esencial. Conclusión principal: para los estudiantes es fundamental ser valorados por la comunidad en las esferas del amor, derecho y solidaridad en una dinámica continua que configura relaciones socialmente reconocibles y que les permite verse a sí mismos como dignos de afirmación en su identidad profesional.
การเปรียบเทียบฤทธิ์ต้านเชื้อ Staphylococcus aureus ของสารสกัดจากกระเทียมในระบบน้ำและอิมัลชัน
Authors:   , อนันตวิรุฬห์ นนทพัทธ์
Published: February 2025

ในปัจจุบันโรคที่เกิดจากอาหารเป็นหนึ่งในปัญหาด้านสาธารณสุขที่สำคัญ หนึ่งในเชื้อที่เป็นสาเหตุสำคัญ คือ Staphylococcus aureus กระเทียมเป็นหนึ่งในพืชที่มีฤทธิ์ต้านเชื้อหลากหลายสายพันธุ์ อีกทั้งมีราคาถูกและหาซื้อได้ทั่วไป งานวิจัยนี้จึงมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาฤทธิ์การยับยั้งเชื้อจุลินทรีย์ S. aureus ATCC 25923 ของสารสกัดจากกระเทียม โดยเปรียบเทียบฤทธิ์ของสารสกัดกระเทียมในระบบน้ำและอิมัลชัน (น้ำมันมะกอก 10, 20 และ 30%v/v, 1%w/v soy protein isolate และ 0.5%v/v Tween 80) โดยทำการสกัดกระเทียมที่ความเข้มข้น 25, 50 และ 75%w/v ด้วย shaking water bath ที่อุณหภูมิ 70 องศาเซลเซียส เป็นเวลา 3 ชั่วโมง ทดสอบฤทธิ์การยับยั้งเชื้อด้วยวิธี macro broth assay กับเชื้อเริ่มต้นที่ 4 log10 CFU/ml บ่มที่อุณหภูมิ 37 องศาเซลเซียส พบว่าสารสกัดกระเทียมในระบบน้ำที่มีความเข้มข้นกระเทียม 75%w/v สามารถลดจำนวนเชื้อจุลินทรีย์ S. aureus ได้ โดยที่เวลา 0.5, 3, 6 และ 24 ชั่วโมง มีเชื้อเท่ากับ 4.65 ± 0.07, 4.73 ± 0.18, 4.38 ± 0.06 และ 2.63 ± 0.12 log10 CFU/ml ตามลำดับ ส่วนในระบบอิมัลชันน้ำมัน 10%v/v ที่ความเข้มข้นกระเทียม 75%w/v มีจำนวนเซลล์เท่ากับ 4.69 ± 0.09, 4.80 ± 0.09, 4.63 ± 0.14 และ 4.44 ± 0.07 log10 CFU/ml ตามลำดับ และไม่เห็นผลแตกต่างในระบบอิมัลชันของน้ำมัน 20 และ 30 %v/v ซึ่งจะเห็นว่าการใช้สารสกัดจากกระเทียมในระบบน้ำมีฤทธิ์ในการต้านเชื้อ S. aureus ที่ดีกว่าในระบบอิมัลชัน แต่อย่างไรก็ตามยังไม่สามารถฆ่าเชื้อได้หลังจากบ่ม 24 ชั่วโมง ดังนั้นจึงทำการศึกษาฤทธิ์ต้านเชื้อของสารสกัดกระเทียมในระบบอิมัลชันน้ำมัน 10%v/v ร่วมกับกรดซิตริกที่ความเข้มข้ม 0.192, 0.384, 0.768, 1.536 และ 3.072%w/v จากผลการทดลองจะพบว่าที่ความเข้มข้นกระเทียม 75%w/v ในการสกัด เมื่อเติมกรดซิตริกความเข้มข้น 3.072%w/v จะทำให้มีฤทธิ์ต้านเชื้อดีที่สุด โดยมีจำนวนเซลล์ที่เวลา 0.5, 1, 3, 6 และ 24 ชั่วโมง เท่ากับ 4.45 ± 0.06, 4.17 ± 0.14, 3.77 ± 0.13, 2.19 ± 0.17 log10 CFU/ml และตรวจไม่พบเชื้อที่ 24 ชั่วโมง ตามลำดับ จากงานวิจัยนี้พบว่าเมื่อนำสารสกัดในระบบอิมัลชันมาใช้ร่วมกับกรดซิตริกจะทำให้มีประสิทธิภาพเพิ่มขึ้นอย่างมีนัยสำคัญ (p<0.05)