bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Awareness of entrepreneurial mindset among physiotherapy students of Delhi: An observational study
Authors: Choudhary Avi , Kalra Nidhi
Published: February 2025

BACKGROUND:

Entrepreneurship plays a crucial role in determining the economic fate of nations by generating wealth and employment opportunities, providing various products and services, and contributing to government revenues through taxation. Consequently, there is a strong correlation between entrepreneurship and the economic development of a country. Therefore, we conducted this study to evaluate the level of awareness about entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial opportunities in physiotherapy among physiotherapy students.

METHODS:

It was an observational study conducted on 123 students of Delhi. A pilot-tested self-administered questionnaire was formulated and circulated to the 3rd and 4th year BPT students and interns to gather data on demographic profiles, awareness levels, knowledge, future career plans in entrepreneurship, and the need for entrepreneurship development (ED) activities at the institutional level. Data synthesis was performed on SPSS 21.0 v and analyzed using a descriptive analysis method.

RESULTS:

The descriptive data analysis showed that the students were aware of the term “entrepreneurship,” but only 55% were aware of the entrepreneurial opportunities in physiotherapy. However, they were not aware of the characteristics of entrepreneurs, funding opportunities, legal formalities for startups, and entrepreneurial supporting schemes of the government. Results of the study revealed that students were willing to know more entrepreneurial career opportunities in the field of physiotherapy and they also showed interest in joining training program of ED.

CONCLUSION:

Physiotherapy students were not found to be aware of the entrepreneurial opportunities. Hence, we need to incorporate such training programs in our curriculum to make them aware of such opportunities. Curriculum development will help tailor support systems for empowering future leaders.

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS:

By having such knowledge, physiotherapy students will be able to start their venture with innovation in treatment techniques and their application.
Transformation of the Gibbs measure of the cubic NLS and fractional NLS under an approximated Birkhoff map
Authors: Genovese Giuseppe , Lucà Renato , Montalto Riccardo
Published: February 2025

We study the Gibbs measure associated to the periodic cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation. We establish a change of variable formula for this measure under the first step of the Birkhoff normal form reduction. We also consider the case of fractional dispersion.
Derived equivalences constructed by Milnor patching
Authors: Hu Wei , Xi Changchang
Published: February 2025

New derived equivalences of algebras are constructed from given ones by the pullbacks of tilting complexes. This leads to three explicit constructions of derived equivalences by gluing vertices, unifying arrows and identifying socle elements.
The Calderón problem for a nonlocal diffusion equation with time-dependent coefficients
Authors: Lin Yi-Hsuan , Railo Jesse , Zimmermann Philipp
Published: February 2025

We investigate the Calderón problem for a nonlocal diffusion equation depending on a globally unknown isotropic coefficient

\gamma(x,t)

. The forward problem is posed on

\Omega\times (0,T)

for a domain

\Omega

that is bounded in one direction. We first show that the
Dirichlet-to-Neumann map

\Lambda_{\gamma}

determines

\gamma

in the measurement set. By studying various properties of the related
nonlocal Neumann derivatives

\mathcal{N}_{\gamma}

, we prove that both quantities

\langle\Lambda_{\gamma} f,g\rangle

and

\langle \mathcal{N}_{\gamma} f,g\rangle

carry the same information as long as

f,g\colon \mathbb{R}^{n}\setminus\overline{\Omega}\to\mathbb{R}

have disjoint supports and

\gamma

is known in

\operatorname{supp}(f)\cup\operatorname{supp}(g)

. We obtain the desired global uniqueness theorem using a suitable integral identity for 

\mathcal{N}_{\gamma}

and the Runge approximation property. The results hold for any spatial dimension

n\geq 1

. In conclusion, the main observations of this article are twofold: (1) the information of

\Lambda_{\gamma}

is needed for exterior determination for

\gamma

, (2) the knowledge of

\mathcal{N}_{\gamma}

and

\gamma

in the measurement set is enough to recover

\gamma

in the interior.
فاعلية تكنولوجيا الواقع المعزز في تنمية الوعي بمفاهيم الوسطية لدى طلاب المرحلة الثانوية
Authors: الحلفاوي وليد سالم محمد , زكي مروة زكي توفيق
Published: February 2025

يواجه طلاب التعليم العام عديد من التحديات التي تؤثر على وعيهم بمفاهيم الوسطية ودجة ممارستهم لهذه المفاهيم، وهو ما يستلزم ضرورة العمل على وجود برامج نوعية تعمل على تعزيز الوعي بمفاهيم الوسطية لديهم. ونظرًا لما تمتلكه تكنولوجيا الواقع المعزز من إمكانات فإن البحث الحالي يستهدف التحقق من الفاعلية الكمية والنوعية لتكنولوجيا الواقع المعزز في تعزيز الوعي بمفاهيم الوسطية. تم استخدام منهج البحث المختلط القائم على الدمج بين المناهج الكمية والنوعية من أجل الوصول لفهم أفضل بشأن تأثير الواقع المعزز على الوعي بمفاهيم الوسطية. تم استخدام المنهج شبه التجريبي للمقارنة بين المجموعتين التجريبية التي تستخدم تكنولوجيا الواقع المعزز والضابطة التي تستخدم الطريقة الاعتيادية. المنهج الفينومينولوجي استخدم للوصول إلى فهم كامل بشأن تأثير تكنولوجيا الواقع المعزز على الوعي بمفاهيم الوسطية من وجهة نظر الطلاب. تكونت عينة البحث في الدراسة الكمية من (60) طالبًا من طلاب المرحلة الثانوية. المشاركون في الدراسة النوعية بلغ عددهم ستة طلاب تم اختيارهم قصديًا من أعلى الطلاب الحاصلين على درجات في مقياس الوعي بمفاهيم الوسطية. تم تطوير مقياس للوعي بمفاهيم الوسطية تكون من عدد ثلاثة محور، بإجمالي ثلاثين مفردة. وأظهرت النتائج أفضلية المجموعة التجريبية التي استخدمت تكنولوجيا الواقع المعزز بالمقارنة مع المجموعة الضابطة فيما يتعلق بتنمية الوعي بالوسطية. كما أظهر التحليل النوعي لآراء الطلاب عن أهم إمكانيات تكنولوجيا الواقع المعزز التي تسهم في تعزيز الوعي بمفاهيم الوسطية من خلال ثلاثة محاور وهي: التطبيقات، والطبقات الافتراضية، والمهمات.
Альтернативно полные системы и фреймы в задаче восстановления по модулям измерений
Authors: Izbiakov Ilya Mikhailovich , Novikov Sergey Yakovlevich , Terekhin Pavel Aleksandrovich
Published: February 2025

Рассмотрены системы элементов гильбертова пространства, которые позволяют восстановить вектор по модулям его скалярных произведений с выбранными элементами. Обсуждена взаимосвязь задачи восстановления со свойствами альтернативной полноты и переполненности системы, а также возможность построения гильбертовых и банаховых фреймов с названными свойствами на основе воспроизводящего ядра пространства Харди.
Мультипликаторы для конструкции Кальдерона-Лозановского
Authors: Berezhnoi Evgenii Ivanovich
Published: February 2025

На основе нового подхода для конструкции $\varphi (X, L^{\infty})$ Кальдерона-Лозановского, построенной по произвольному идеальному пространству $X $, пространству Лебега $ L^{\infty}$ и вогнутой функции $\varphi$, приведено точное описание пространства мультипликаторов $M(\varphi_0 (X, L^{\infty}) \to \varphi_1 (X, L^{\infty}))$ при условии, что отношение ${{\varphi_0(\cdot, 1)} /{\varphi_1(\cdot, 1)}}$ не возрастает. А именно, показано, что выполнено равенство $M(\varphi_0 (X, L^{\infty}) \to \varphi_1 (X, L^{\infty}))=\varphi_2 (X, L^{\infty})$, где функция $\varphi_2 $ строится по функциям $\varphi_0, \varphi_1 $ конструктивно. Отсутствие ограничений на идеальное пространство $X$ и точное описание функции $\varphi_2 $ позволяет применить полученные результаты для широкого класса идеальных пространств, не являющихся симметричными и не сводящимся к симметричным введением весовых функций, например, для пространств Морри.
Библиография: 23 названия.
Об определяемости топологических пространств	полугруппой непрерывных бинарных отношений
Authors: Vechtomov Evgeniy Mikhailovich , Volkov Mikhail Vladimirovich
Published: February 2025

Исследуются вопросы определяемости топологических пространств $X$ новым производным алгебраическим объектом - полугруппой $CR(X)$ всех непрерывных бинарных отношений на них, рассматриваемой с операцией композиции бинарных отношений. Получены результаты об определяемости $T_1$-пространств $X$ полугруппой $CR(X)$ и произвольных топологических пространств $X$ алгебраическими системами, связанными с полугруппой $CR(X)$. Доказано, что каждое конечное топологическое пространство $X$ абсолютно определяется своей полугруппой $CR(X)$.
Библиография: 8 названий.
Равномерно выпуклые множества в банаховых пространствах
Authors: Ivanov Grigorii Evgen'evich
Published: February 2025

Получена формула, выражающая модуль гладкости опорной функции множества через модуль выпуклости этого множества.
Данная формула обобщает известную формулу Й. Линденштрауса, выражающую модуль гладкости сопряженного пространства через модуль выпуклости исходного пространства.
Получена точная зависимость между показателем равномерной выпуклости множества, показателем Гeльдера для производной его опорной функции, показателем гладкости этой опорной функции и другими показателями, характеризующими данное множество.
Библиография: 18 названий.
Об устойчивости равновесий в псевдоримановом пространстве
Authors: Kozlov Valery Vasil'evich
Published: February 2025

Изучается устойчивость положений равновесия систем, у которых кинетическая энергия представляет собой псевдориманову метрику на конфигурационном пространстве. Положения равновесия совпадают с критическими точками потенциальной энергии. Для линейной системы с двумя степенями свободы построена диаграмма устойчивости и указаны бифуркации собственных значений. Точки максимума и минимума потенциальной энергии в псевдоевклидовом случае будут неустойчивыми равновесиями. Этот же вывод справедлив и для нелинейных аналитических систем с двумя степенями свободы. Указаны условия устойчивости для многомерных линейных систем в псевдоевклидовом пространстве. В частности, равновесие устойчиво тогда и только тогда, когда линейные уравнения движения приводятся к "натуральной" системе с положительно определeнной кинетической энергией и при этом новая потенциальная энергия имеет в положении равновесия строгий минимум. Исследовано влияние диссипативных и гироскопических сил на устойчивость равновесий в псевдоримановом пространстве. Доказана неустойчивость изолированного равновесия при добавлении диссипативных сил с полной диссипацией энергии. Вычислена степень неустойчивости линейных диссипативных систем. Указаны условия устойчивости линейных систем при добавлении больших гироскопических сил.
Библиография: 40 названий.
The fine print of competition: the use of jury instructions in labor-related cases to modify the standard of proof
Authors: Bank Jeffrey C. , Steiner Jordanne M.
Published: February 2025

Authors Jeffrey C. Bank and Jordanne M. Steiner provide new insight into the evolving legal standard applicable in no poach cases and wage-fixing cases. The authors begin by providing a brief history of the US antitrust laws as applied to labor markets and an overview of the generally applied legal standards in US antitrust law (per se and rule of reason), before describing the Department of Justice’s recent efforts in no poach and wage-fixing matters. The authors analyze the jury instructions given in each case, comparing them to jury instructions given in more traditional, alleged counterpart claims (market allocation for no poach cases and price fixing for wage-fixing cases). Ultimately, the authors conclude that, although courts have ordered that the per se standard should apply to the alleged labor conduct, the jury instructions in the no poach cases reflect a willingness to consider evidence more typically relevant in rule of reason cases.
Economic evidence on trial: how courts are crunching the numbers in cartel damages proceedings
Authors: Gannon Oliver
Published: February 2025

Economic evidence typically plays a crucial role in a court’s decision-making process on the question of quantum in cartel damages proceedings and, especially, estimating the cartel overcharge. However, as many practitioners in this field will attest, the consideration of economic evidence in courts can lead to drawn-out expert battles amongst multiple parties to the litigation causing lengthier legal processes – in the most extreme cases and subject to the role of the expert in a jurisdiction, this can generate substantial costs and potentially hinder out-of-court settlements. Thus, this article seeks to assess where the areas of contention in economic evidence arise using, as an example, recent court decisions in English and Welsh courts, how a major litigation hub, Germany, is seeking to overcome drawn-out expert battles and provides some proposals to improve the status quo in how courts consider economic evidence. Given these developments across Europe, some key lessons for practitioners are provided when considering economic evidence at the start of and/or during litigation.
Województwo lubelskie w okresie Drugiej Rzeczpospolitej 1918–1939
Authors: Zugaj Leszek
Published: February 2025

Artykuł przedstawia województwo lubelskie w latach 1918–1939. Informuje o kwestiach administracji lokalnej, gospodarki, oświaty, bezpieczeństwa i innych sprawach. Przedstawia sytuację ludności na terenach wiejskich i w miastach ówczesnego województwa.
Primary Care Perspectives on Surgical Interventions for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Authors: Ogbeide Angel , Munk Devan , Clemow Justin , Ogbeide Stacy
Published: February 2025

The main source of diagnosis and treatment of OSA is through primary care, namely family medicine. Since the family medicine physician is typically the main source of medical knowledge for most patients, the knowledge base of family medicine residents on surgical treatment options to address OSA should be considered of paramount importance. The lack of knowledge regarding surgical treatment options limits patient care and favorable treatment outcomes. The purpose of this project is to assess the knowledge base of family medicine residents in ACGME accredited programs in the surgical treatment options available for management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea to further provide training institutions information on modifying resident education in the fields related to sleep medicine. This project was conducted by providing a 20-question survey to family medicine residents at ACGME accredited programs. A total of 28 responses were received from family medicine residents throughout the United States. Residents generally feel comfortable in screening patients for OSA. However, there is a distinct knowledge gap regarding the surgical treatment options available to patients. More integrated educational opportunities through grand rounds, collaborative rotations, or even CME lectures can address these knowledge gaps and thus improve patient care.
Correlation of Schmidt Hammer Rebound Numbers with Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity and Slake Durability Index of Dolomitic Limestone of Khyber, North Pakistan
Authors: Qureshi Javed Akhtar , Abbasi Naeem , Mir Zahid , Khan Asghar
Published: February 2025

The ultrasonic pulse velocity and slake durability index are the indirect techniques used widely for rock strength determination. Various experimental studies like slake durability apparatus, ultrasonic pulse velocity and Schmidt hammer have been conducted on dolomitic limestone. The correlation of Schmidt hammer rebound number has been developed with these properties. The uniaxial compressive strength has been determined using the correlated rebound number. Statistical analyses were conducted and the most suitable models were recommended. The linear model was suited in correlation of Schmidt hammer and durability while exponential model appeared best fit with pulse velocity. Most of the tested samples show pulse velocity in the range of 1800-3800m/s. The mean value of pulse velocity was 2751 m/s while the rebound hammer value was 45. Using the correlations from literature the compressive strength calculated by rebound hammer and pulse velocity was 146MPa and 66MPa respectively.
Geology, Petrographical Features and Ore Mineralization of Volcanic Hosted Iron Ore Deposit in the Mashki Chah Area Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Authors: Ahmed Shoaib , Ghaffar Abdul , Ullah Inayat , Murad Fida , Rehman Habib Ur , Ahmed Jalil
Published: February 2025

The Mashki Chah iron ore deposits are located in the western Chagai magmatic belt and hosted withinandesitic rock units in the Late Cretaceous Sinjrani Volcanic Group. Geometry, morphology, and structure of iron orehave massive, thin to thick-bedded and veins type of iron. The major ore type including magnetite as primarymineralization of iron ore and hematite, siderite, goethite, and limonite are secondary mineralization of iron ore.Petrographically, the iron ore is hosted within the basic to the intermediate type of units (Basaltic Andesite, Andesite,and Dacite) within the Late Cretaceous Sinjrani Volcanic Group. Major constituents of basaltic andesitic units arecomposed of clinopyroxene and amphibole with minor constituents of quartz. Andesitic units consist of plagioclase,hornblende, k-feldspar, quartz and biotite. The dacitic unit is comprised of quartz, albite, k-feldspar, biotite, andmuscovite. SEM-EDX and BSE analysis of ore mineralization of iron ore to identify the mineral crystal structure,texture, and elemental composition of iron ore. BSE images indicate the crystal morphology of magnetite and hematitehave well-developed cubic and octahedron crystal shapes with a coarse grain texture. Elemental composition isidentified by the EDX graph that is indicated the high peaks of Fe and O elements associated with the high peak rockforming minerals elements Si and O with sub-peaks of Al, Na, K, and Ca and as well as have sub-peaks of ore-formingmineral elements are include a Cu, Ag, Ti, and Sn. The total iron reserve in the deposit area is approximately about 45to 50 million tons and an average percentage of magnetite is 86.16% and hematite is about 69.40 %. These ore deposithas significant value for economic purpose and as well as economically the Mashki Chah iron ore deposit is viable foriron ore mining.
Legal Framework to Control at Disposal Point Source Urban and Industrial Effluents of Hyderabad City into Pinyari (Old Phulleli) Canal off-taking from Kotri Barrage, Sindh
Authors: Mahessar Ali Asghar , Shah Sardar Ali , Arain Ghulam Murtaza
Published: February 2025

Pinyari (old Phulleli) canal off-takes from left bank of Kotri barrage is last Hydraulic structure on Indus river. This canal is passing from periphery of Hyderabad city and its design discharge is 13,636 cusecs which supplies fresh water not only for agricultural, industrial purpose and drinking purpose for the several towns and villages because groundwater in its command area is highly saline and not drinkable. The cottage factories and Hyderabad industrial area are located on nearby banks of canal. Hence, effluents from city and industrial SITE area are directly disposed off into the canal. The disposal of untreated wastewater created health and environmental safety problem. This paper presents that the analyzed results of water quality parameter ie pH, TDS, EC, Na, hardness, K, Mg, Mn, DO and BOD of collacted samples exhibit TDS 6%, K 20%, DO 67% and BOD 54%, respectively exceeded permissible limit. While pH, Na, hardness and Mn found within prescribed limits. Total coliform /E.coli (MPN/100ml) were found positive. Furthermore, the result of Water Quality Index (WQI) model reveals that water quality of canal of collected samples varies from excellent to very poor that reveals canal water is unsuitable for drinking purpose and aquatic life and also causes various waterborne diseases. Therefore, the local people are facing serious health problem by consuming water canal. With an attempt to ensure enforcement of environmental water laws in Sindh province of Pakistan for preventing degrading clean water. These environmental water laws have already been framed, but due to lake of enforcement, water pollution problems are increasing day by day. The enforcement of environmental water laws are very essential to control water pollution for safety of human health, and ecology in Sindh, Pakistan.
Clay-Iron Nanocomposite for the Removal of Sulfur as Toxic Pollutant from Fuel by Catalytic Oxidative Desulfurization
Authors: Ahmed Haris , Zahir Erum , Asghar Muhammad A.
Published: February 2025

The current environmental pollution has great impact on climate change and the present study was aimed at removal of sulfur as a pollutant for environment on combustion of kerosene fuel using clay, namely attapulgite and magnetic iron (ATP)-Fe3O4 nanocomposite. To lower the toxic sulfur and to enhance the property of reduced sulfur fuel specifically the electrical conductivity (EC) was also improved by the addition of quality improver additives. The (ATP)-Fe3O4 nanocomposite was synthesized by co-precipitation method and the structure, and morphology were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The average size of Fe-NPs which helps in the oxidative desulfurization was found to be <100 nm, and the toxic sulfur content in fuel was reduced up to 71% from its original using 05mg/mL of nanocomposite at 150°C for 30 min along with CH3COOH and H2O2 proceed with water washing. The EC of the oxidative desulfurized (ODS) fuel was enhanced by the addition of (0.5, 0.7 and 1.0ppm) STADIS 450 additive as compared to MEROX kerosene fuel (untreated). The ODS kerosene showed greater stability of EC over MEROX kerosene.
Land Degradation Due to Jamuna Riverbank Erosion: A Case Study at Shahjadpur, Sirajganj District, Bangladesh
Authors: Khaleda Afrin , Nazwanul Haque Md. , Nazrul Islam Syed , Rintu Roy , Abedin Shakik Minhazul
Published: February 2025

Climate Change in Bangladesh is an extremely crucial issue. Bangladesh is one of the worstly affected countries by the impacts of Climate Change in coming decades. The climate change in Bangladesh causes the degradation of land resources. High intensity and recurrence of floods are due to irregular rainfall and glacier melting of the Himalayas intensified river bank erosion throughout the year. High yielding land resources on the river bank are degraded each year. This study was conducted for riverbank shifting detection, morphodynamics assessment, and estimation of eroded and accreted land by the Jamuna river at Shahjadpurupazila, Sirajganj district, Bangladesh. The investigation is based on multispectral satellite imagery interpretations using ArcGIS software, followed by a field check. Interpretations show that the Jamuna river in the study area has continuously shifted its path from east to west from 1956 to 2020, resulting in a total loss of 51.68 km2 of landmass. The rate of engulfment was 0.95km2/year whereas the accretion rate was 0.15km2/year. The maximum rate of river shifting on the right bank of Jamuna river in the ShahjadpurUpazila is 84.38 meters/year and the minimum shifting is 31.25 meters/year. This study will help to understand the scenario of land degradation by river erosion in the study area. It may be also helpful to the decision-makers to take the proper mitigation measures regarding riverbank erosion and protection
Groundwater Quality Assessment for Drinking Purpose of Taluka Chachro, Thar Desert, Pakistan; Using Water Quality Indices, and Geospatial Techniques
Authors: Samtio Muhammad Soomar , Hakro Asghar A A D , Mastoi Abdul Shakoor , Rajper Riaz Hussain , Aghim Muhammad Hassan , Lashari Rafique Ahmed
Published: February 2025

Groundwater quality of taluka Chachro was investigated by analyzing thirty-two groundwater samples for drinking purpose. Multivariate statistical approaches with GIS interpolations (IDW) were applied for the identification of significant geochemical processes governing the groundwater quality.. Results showed the concentrations of physiochemical parameter in the study area exceeded the prescribed level of WHO guidelines. The EC and TDS varied from 2593-18950 µS/cm and 1659-12128 mg/l, respectively. The Ca, Mg, Na, and K range from 36-288, 17-272, 420-3280, and 9.5-101 mg/l, respectively. While, Cl, HCO3, SO4, and NO3 varied from 539-5738, 210-1150, 79-870, and 6.66-17.13 mg/l respectively. The mean values of EC, TDS, Na, Cl, HCO3, SO4, and NO3 were higher than the prescribed level of WHO 2011. Higher concentrations above the acceptable limits were recorded for K 96.15%, SO488.46%, and HCO3 82.16% of analysed samples. Multivariate statistical analysis suggested that the input of natural processes have influenced groundwater quality which resulted in changing the groundwater chemistry of taluka Chachro. The results revealed the dominant trend among the cations was Na>Ca>Mg>K while among the anions it was Cl>HCO3>SO4. Based on the drinking water quality index 50% were unsuitable for drinking.
Estimation of Calorific Value of Lignite Field in Kütahya-Gürağaç (Turkey) by means of Artificial Neural Network
Authors: Toraman Sedat , Şensöğüt Cem
Published: February 2025

Artificial neural networks are generally information processing systems that mimic the working principles of the human brain or central nervous system. Artificial neural networks are a method that gives successful results in solving many daily life problems such as classification, modeling and prediction. Artificial neural networks accomplish this by adjusting the connection weights between neurons. It can solve prediction and classification problems with back propagation algorithm, which is widely used in artificial neural networks with multilayer perceptron. In this study, unknown calorific values were tried to be estimated by using the analysis values (depth, ash, moisture, sulfur, calorific value) of the drillings realized in the Kütahya -Gürağaç lignite field. An artificial neural network was created for this purpose. First, 8 neurons were used in the hidden layer of the network, and 10 neurons were used secondarily. In the artificial neural network, the learning function is sigma, the learning rate is 95%, and the network is trained using Levenberg-Marquardt as the training algorithm. The network with 10 neurons converged at the desired margin of error (1e-07) and was completed after 271 iterations. The relationship between actual calorie values and predicted calorie values with network training reached a high ratio of R2=0.97. After the training of the network is completed, the network is simulated for the estimation of seams with unknown caloric values. As a result, caloric values were determined with an average of 97% confidence interval for the unknown coal seams of the field.
Appraisement of the Pernicious Status of Drinking Water Exposed to Precambrian Rocks of Chenab Nagar Area, Punjab, Pakistan
Authors: Shamroz Zainab , Munir Misbah , Iram Shazia , Ahmed Mirza Nasir , Sultana Rashida
Published: February 2025

Natural and anthropogenic indulgence in the form of industrialization, urban sprawl, and population increase deplete the water resources that entails immediate consideration. So, contemplating this need for eco-rehabilitation, drinking water quality predicted in contemporary research for surface and groundwater in proximity of Precambrian rocks (Chenab Nagar, Punjab) revealed poor water quality status. Physical parameters (EC, TDS, and temperature), chemical (pH, carbonates, bicarbonates, chlorides, and heavy metals) and microbiological (total coliforms, fecal coliforms, and the absence or occurrence of E. coli) distinctiveness of water were determined in forty-two samples, collected from study area. The mean values of pH, EC, TDS, carbonates, bicarbonates, chlorides, and temperature for water samples fluctuated discretely in all months. Likewise, heavy metals depicted an increasing trend as the concentration of cadmium and lead was high among all analyzed metals. Microbiological study shows that large number of the samples had elevated concentration of fecal coliforms and E. coli bacteria thus making water harmful for human consumption.
Remediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) through Bio and Phytoremediation in the Environment: A Review Study
Authors: Wassay Sunila Abdul , Shafeeq Sehrish , Jameel Ahmed , Butt Jawad Abdullah
Published: February 2025

One of the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) utilized globally between the 1930s and 1980s was polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Even though their usage has been severely constrained, a lot of PCBs are still present in the environment, including soils and air. This local, national, international and governmental organizations regarding polychlorinated biphenyls and how can resolve and treat the problem sustainably. This can be achieved if seriously working on degrading persistent organic pollutants, especially polychlorinated biphenyls biologically via thorough research and sound implementation. The methods opted for remediation by the use of choosing suitable types of microorganisms and plants. These methods are practically active for the identification of the source, concentration level and effects on the ecosystem. It would help in developing appropriate strategy and data generation in formulating the inventories for the management of polychlorinated biphenyls in the future. It is also noted through numerous research that polychlorinated biphenyls are also found in human blood commonly analyzed by indicator congeners such as PCB 138,153, 180, and in air and soil markers of PCBs pollution include PCB congeners 28, 52,101,138,153 and 180 as well. The methods and mechanisms described for degrading the persistent pollutant in this research review the solutions for mitigating PCB pollution in an environment. The best option is to strictly ban it in Pakistan or weightage its usage with its multiple benefits and disadvantages. Promote biological treatment if the payback is healthy and environmentally sustainable.
Delineation of Ground Water Recharge Potential Zones in Lahore District, Punjab, Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques
Authors: Raza Irfan , Farooq Bakhtawar , Khalid Perveiz , Khuram Shahzada , Ehsan Muhammad Irfan , Muhammad Shahbaz
Published: February 2025

Lahore is the provincial capital of Punjab and the second most populous city in Pakistan. Aquifer recharge rates have been continuously decreasing over a long period of time, which has caused a significant decline in the water table level. Rapid population growth, urban development, and industrialization have all raised the demand for water supplies. Due to significant infrastructural development, a considerable portion of the land is now impervious and rainfall now drains as surface runoff rather than recharging the aquifer level. Average annual rainfall, one of the primary sources used to replenish the Lahore aquifer, is insufficient to prevent the depletion of the water table, and River Ravi stays almost dry except in rainy seasons. Geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) techniques are used to find suitable areas for replenishment in the Lahore aquifer system in order to enhance sustainability and prevent decreasing groundwater levels. Distance from the water channel, land use/land cover (LULC), slope, geology, drainage density, rainfall, lineament density, and soil type are the eight layers that have been integrated with the GIS overlay analysis. Thematic maps are generated using both conventional and remote sensing data. These maps are eventually converted to raster data. Very good, good, moderate, poor, and very poor are the five zones that have been delineated. A good to very good suitable part was found to constitute 46.34% of the total study area.
Research as Respect: Elevating the Knowledge and Stories of Men at an Aboriginal-Controlled Residential Alcohol and Drug Recovery Service
Authors: Hammersley Mark , Stanley Uncle Les , Smith Greg
Published: February 2025

This conversation between an Aboriginal Elder, an Aboriginal senior manager/practitioner, and a non-Aboriginal narrative therapist/groupworker centres on a social research project they undertook with men residing in an Aboriginal men’s alcohol and other drug recovery service in Melbourne, Australia. The men were invited to contribute accounts of what was important in their lives and the practices that supported positive developments in their time at the facility. The men, manager, and a community Elder directed a research process that prioritised the use of these accounts to contribute to the lives of other men. The men resident at the facility provided access to transcripts of narrative therapy counselling and groupwork sessions, which were then examined using a narrative inquiry methodology. The men described the importance to them of identities as Aboriginal men, fathers, and family and community members. They gave accounts of how the service had contributed to significant developments in these identities. Key themes included the Aboriginal-managed nature of the service, providing an environment free from judgment, supporting recovery, healing, and re-connection with culture. Relationships with staff differed from those experienced by the men in other services: including respect for culture, being “on the same level,” sharing of experiences, and different approaches to role boundaries. As an outcome of the research, training materials were produced from the words of participants to promote respectful support and therapeutic practices. The project also illuminated the contributions that people subject to therapy, casework, and research make to the professional and personal lives of practitioners and researchers. In the words of Elder Les Stanley, “In a research project like this, everyone changes.”
Narrative Practice Research Network Special Issue Introduction: Qualitative Research Meets Narrative Therapy and Community Work: A Confluence of Practice and Politics
Authors: Denborough David , Nettle Claire , St. George Sally , Wulff Dan
Published: February 2025

This special issue, a collaboration between The Qualitative Report and the Narrative Practice Research Network, is a rich and diverse collection of papers linking Narrative Therapy/Community Work and qualitative research. In four sections, authors explore narrative practice research innovations, practitioners doing research and influencing practice via Research as Daily Practice, insider knowledge/insider research towards broader social movement politics, and research in service of broader change. The special issue organizers and contributors hope this collection leads to more conversation and collaboration.
Research as Seeking Help: Searching for Liberative Knowledge - An Interview with Taimalieutu Kiwi Tamasese
Authors: Tamasese Taimalieutu Kiwi , Denborough David
Published: February 2025

Indigenous methodologies have been transforming social science research. In this interview, Pasifika researcher, policy analyst, and community worker, Taimalieutu Kiwi Tamasese, speaks with narrative therapist David Denborough about the Just Therapy Team’s significant contributions to developing Pasifika research methods that resist colonizing assumptions and honour culture and relationship. Rather than seeking to establish the researcher as knowledge holder, The Just Therapy Team’s research is guided by values of liberation, sacredness, and belonging to seek solutions to issues affecting communities. Taimalieutu describes the development of innovative research methods capable of eliciting Indigenous knowledges about gender relations and mental health in Samoa to support communities in addressing interpersonal violence. This involved finding ways to work beyond text, embracing art and spirituality, and grappling with the complexities of translation.
Continuing to Meet Qualitative Researcher’s Needs: Johnny Saldaña’s Developing Theory through Qualitative Inquiry
Authors: Chenail Ronald J.
Published: February 2025

In his 2024 book, Developing Theory through Qualitative Inquiry, Johnny Saldaña has added an impressive work to his already expansive collection of guides to meet the needs of qualitative researchers and qualitative data analysts. Starting from the definition of theory and moving into the realm of theory-based qualitative research, in his new book, Johnny shares his unique perspective as a research methods educator and qualitative data analyst to teach us the fundamentals of theory development. Each chapter contains clear learning objectives, abundant examples, ample exercises, helpful definitions, and loads of suggested readings; so much so you will think he has somehow managed to fit an entire research library into one book. Given that he has included close to 500 one-sentence theories, definitions of theories, and metatheories, you will soon see my library-in-a-book is not an exaggeration. I encourage you to add this work to your own qualitative research library, and even if you are your only student leaning to develop and evaluate theory in a class of one, Johnny Saldaña is the only teacher you will need.
OD ROMANTIZMA KA MODERNI(ZMU): JEDNO (PROIZVOLJNO) ZVEZDANO PUTOVANJE KROZ SRPSKU POEZIJU
Authors:   University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Philology and Arts, Serbia, Radovanović Đorđe R.
Published: February 2025

In this work we are analyzing astropoetic evolution of modern serbian poetry, begining with romanticism, with poetry of Branko Radičević, Laza Kostić and Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, towards modernism and the first signs of a new astropoetics (in Milan Rakić’s poetry). Keeping in mind that this theme is too diffuse and impossible to reach in its totality, poetry and poets that have been chosen are selected not only by epochal criteria and criteria of history of literature, but also by the personal affinities, so hermeneutical approach in this text has all the deficiencies which are typical in astropoetics, and it means that the cosmic space in all its vastness and every star-sign in it couldnt be either seen, or poetically reached or interpreted except in a partial way. Forced to choose our hermeneutical prirorities we chose those phenomenons which are dominant in astropoetics of romanticism and early modernism: phenomenons of glance, time, trace, cosmic distances and depths, of metaphorization, alegorisation and poetic reflection of stars as literary symbols
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Authors: Rajičić Perić Svetlana M.
Published: February 2025

The indigenous avant-garde art movement from the former Yugoslavia – zenitism, was the first and only movement within our literature that not only in its name but also in its creative principles took the Sun as its poetic credo. In this paper, we examine the nature of the solar principle that came to the ideological creator of zenitism, Ljubomir Micić, and his followers through the philosophical ideas of Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche, the scientific principles of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, Tesla’s inventions, the discoveries of electricity and the light bulb, ancient Zoroastrianism, visual constructivism, and Bergson’s postulates on the unconscious and transrational in artistic creation. Ue zenitist’s interest in the astral field is neither original nor accidental. Namely, this eclectic movement is aligned with modernist and avant-garde authors who, especially at the beginning of the 20th century, turned their poetic searches towards the pre-existential cosmic principle and the astral spiritual horizon (like Dučić, Dis, Crnjanski). Ue zenitist Sun in its Zenith finds its equivalent in Nietzsche’s Übermensch, and it is a symbolic marker for the vertical of the spirit, an inner ascent on an ethical plane, and a counterpart to Zarathustra’s Great Noon. The dual nature of the Sun, both Promethean (positively connoted) and Archimedean (negatively connoted), is equally evident in zenitist creation. Unlike most writers of earlier eras, who primarily chose the sun’s properties of light and warmth, zenitists focus on its energetic properties. In this sense, the energetic imperative of zenithosophy, as a transrational philosophy, is the creative drive that “synthesizes all phenomena into the highest and most fundamental forms of life and worlds” (Micić 1924: 2).
SUNCE U PRIČAMA INES AREDONDO
Authors:   University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, Serbia, Todorović Jovana B.
Published: February 2025

This paper explores the motif of the sun in the narrative works of Mexican writer Inés Arredondo (1928–1989). The
corpus of the investigation consists of short stories from the collections The Sign (La señal, 1965) and The Mirrors (Los
espejos, 1988). The sun motif is examined as part of a broader solar symbolic and associative network, which also includes the
subordinate motifs of light, heat, summer, and fire. The analysis focuses on how this motif is incorporated into the stories,
drawing upon William Freedman’s theory of the role and effectiveness of motifs in literary works as a theoretical foundation. It
demonstrates that the setting of the stories is predominantly solar, with an atmosphere of heat that either irritates or awakens
the repressed desires and impulses of the characters, where the sun has the power to illuminate everything that is hidden or
insufficiently conscious. The sun is simultaneously a sign of consciousness, reason, and hierarchy, but it is also closely linked to tabooed desires and experiences. Solar motifs in Arredondo’s stories are generally frequent, associatively close, and most often appear at key moments, thus deserving the reader’s attention. They function as a subtle suggestion for uncovering deeper
meanings of the stories and represent a combination of intellectual and affective receptivity. The aim of the paper is to offer an
interpretation of the selected motif, to examine its meanings, significance, and function, as well as to draw scholarly attention to the work of Inés Arredondo, as she occupies a significant place in the history of Mexican literature.
FROM FALLEN LONDON TO SUNLESS SKIES: REINVENTING ALBION IN THE STARS
Authors:   University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Sciences, Serbia, FRANCUSKI Boško B. , ĐORIĆ FRANCUSKI Biljana Đ. ,   University of Belgrade,  Faculty of Philology, Serbia
Published: February 2025

The aim of this paper is to analyse the elements of the alternate history genre and intertextuality in the trilogy of video games consisting of: Fallen London, Sunless Sea, and Sunless Skies, developed by Failbetter Games Studio. The plot of these three games follows the destiny of London and its inhabitants in the time of Queen Victoria: starting with the nexus point when the city fell under the ground where it is deprived of the Sun’s light in the first game, then travelling through the dark underground sea in the second game, and all the way until it soars high into the skies in the third one and becomes New London, as the capital of reinvented Albion. One question that has intrigued people throughout history is: What would happen if the brightest and the most important star for Earth disappeared? Would life on our planet become a hellish nightmare? Science has shown that this is a real possibility and it has already happened to mankind several times – there has even been a lengthy period of a year and a half without sunlight, but the purpose of this paper is to explore this possible reality in the alternate history depicted by the Fallen London video games.
MOTIV ZVEZDE U SAVREMENOJ SRPSKOJ TEOTOKOLOŠKOJ POEZIJI
Authors: Rončević Tanja M.
Published: February 2025

Through the artistic act, the poet wants to perfect the imperfect, to create a symbiosis of the religious and the artistic through which he would reach God within himself. The divinely-inspired subject is tormented by temptations, and the confession of sinful suffering is reminiscent of the topos of the texts of prayer present in the medieval poetics. The inner
state is accompanied by the need to overcome the trials of our spiritually disorientated everyday life. And when the Doors of
forgiveness and salvation remain closed to the supplicant before the Lord, the Mother of God hears, forgives, intercedes before the Son; that is why the tradition of theotokological poetry in Serbian literature has been present since its very beginning, in an unbroken creative line, until today. All the events in the Virgin’s life, according to Christian tradition, were mystical, she conceived without sin and became free from the weight of original sin. She is, therefore, the Eternal Virgin, to the greatest
extent conformed to the Lord and is associated with the Wisdom that was before all ages. Old and New Testament texts glorify her, and several dozens of akathists were sung in her praise, which lend a rich body of theotokons to theotokological poetry, including those with a star in the center. The motif of the star is part of the prayerful supplications to the Mother of God, in an invocative form; it is incorporated into a rich eulogy that is part of the tripartite structure of the poetic prayer. In contemporary
Serbian theotokological poetry, we find the motif of the star in the works of Bishop Nikolaj, Ivan V. Lalić and Milosav Tešić,
so with the metaphors “eastern star”, “morning star”, “star of the sea”, everything that the star as light attracts into its semantic field is transferred to Mother of God, because, of the all existing thing there is nothing more valuable and noble than light. The star motif is part of polyvalent poetic images, interpersonally and intertextually transferable meanings. Our poets who were inspired by the Holy Mother of God fit into the long poetic tradition of processing the image of the Mother of God, which ensures a spiritual and historical duration to their work.
„VAZDUHOPLOVAC PRI NESTALNOM VREMENU” (KROZ VASIONU I VEKOVE M. MILANKOVIĆA – O JEZIKU I STILU)
Authors:   University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Education in Jagodina, Serbia, Čutura Ilijana R. , Čutura Mara I. ,   University In Geneva
Published: February 2025

The aim of the research in this paper is to point out one of the many aspects of the complexity and hybridity of Milanković’s work Kroz vasionu i vekove – the linguistic and stylistic means by which the balance of scientific and poetic expression is achieved. In the paper, we single out those stylistic and syntactic dominants that “animate” the phenomena that Milanković
writes about, whether they belong to the sphere of astronomical science, history or culture in the broadest sense.
In the paper, we consider the characteristic properties of personification, metaphor, simile and apostrophe. In addition, we also analyze syntactic means of additional identification and qualification, primarily apposition, but also other determinations (attributive, relative dependent clause). These syntactic units enable Milanković to present the essential characteristics of
important historical figures as well as his contemporaries to the reader, to clarify scientific laws, facts and phenomena, both in an economical, concise, and stylistically dynamic manner.
„SAZVEŽĐA... TO NEBO PUNO SVETLOSTI? DA LI JE MOGUĆE DA JE SVE TO JEDNA BEZDANA PRAZNINA?”: O PSIHOLOŠKOJ PROJEKCIJI ZVEZDA U ROMANU SEOBE MILOŠA CRNJANSKOG
Authors:   State University of Novi Pazar, Gemaljević Marija S.
Published: February 2025

The paper deals with the symbolic connections between the stars and the psychological states of the heroes in Crnjanski’s novel Migrations. The interpretation of the novel on a general level assumes a connection with the circle and the star, but beyond the given circle and the star that becomes a light motif, there appear on different levels of the starry sky, stars that are
hidden by darkness and constellations that the heroes notice at the turning points of their own paths. Therefore, the aim of the
work is to show what the stars tell us or, on the other hand, what the heroes tell us through the connection with the sky. Does the sky speak of the unspoken or hide the forbidden words spoken in solitude? The work tries to show how melancholic states are connected with the stars where heaven and earth meet, collectively and personally, publicly and intimately.