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Sports in the Metaverse
Authors: Mohamad Muhamad Danial Asyraf
Published: January 2023

The goal of this chapter is to present information on sports technology, specifically how the metaverse will affect the sports world and how well sports will adapt to life in the metaverse. The findings of the study conducted for the literature review have been described in the chapter, and the chapter has also investigated all the possible target outcomes. It has been proven that the sports industry is ready to enter the metaverse and has already taken action to do so as it guides the sporting world into the future.
Dystopia and Heterotopia
Authors: Wei Jason Tan Jian , Asl Moussa Pourya
Published: January 2023

The traditional classification of city spaces in Afghan literature in English as either utopian or dystopian overlooks the possibility of other spaces existing within the same spatial structure. This chapter argues that although Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns is widely known to be teeming with exclusively dystopian elements, the novel depicts the functioning of alternative spaces within the same spatial realities. The authors use Foucault's notion of heterotopia to examine how the actuality of such different spaces throughout the novel allows the reimagining of alternate ways of life for the female characters. Drawing upon Foucault's six principles of heterotopia, the analysis underlines that despite the predominantly dystopian portrayal of the country in the novel, multiple physical and imaginary heterotopias are shown as operating whereby the characters, especially the female ones, are able to reimagine themselves away from the dreads of the chaotic reality.
Inside and Outside the Hijab
Authors: Sandhya Devi N. K.  , Nittali Kirankumar
Published: January 2023

The plight of Pakistani women has been normalized under the hegemonic patriarchal rule. As public and urban spaces are gendered, women are normally confined to domestic and private spaces. This chapter explores Samra Habib's autobiographical narrative We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir (2019) to examine the ways in which the spaces and spatialities in South Asian and Western urban spaces are portrayed. Drawing upon the theoretical perspectives of feminist and queer geography, the chapter argues that the Western urban spaces function as a space of utopia that overcomes the exclusionary practices of Pakistani society. Feminist geography attempts to include women as the primary subjects in the public space, and queer geographies delineate how queer individuals have been ostracized by Pakistani society in public and private spaces. Further, the study reveals that Western urban spaces liberate and provide a normative non-discriminatory environment that empowers women and queer individuals to celebrate femininity and sexuality as it did in the case of Samra.
Re-Making the City for Women
Authors: Chatterjee Srestha , Mukherjee Anushyama
Published: January 2023

A city is a place that consists of several diverse categories of individuals surviving together. In such a setting, the creation of cooperation and equal opportunity of competence is expected in order to excel or progress towards a level of sustenance and development. However, if the level of equal access to spaces and resources are not validly applied to all individuals, then that city requires a change of lens and perspective. Building an inclusive city involving all its inhabitants is a crucial starting point. Re-imagining a city from the lens of the silenced requires an active step towards remaking the manifesto of constructing spaces. Through the perspective of a feminist lens and the theory of “Right to the City,” this chapter seeks to explore an attempt to re-make the city of New Kolkata.
Editor’s Note
Authors: Kannan N.
Published: January 2023

No abstract available
Relationship between Anti–SARS-CoV-2 S Abs and IFN-λ3 Levels in the Administration of Oxygen following COVID-19 Vaccination
Authors: Takeshita Yuichiro , To Yasuo , Kurosawa Yusuke , Kinouchi Toru , Tsuya Kota , Tada Yuji , Tsushima Kenji
Published: January 2023

Although the effectiveness of vaccination at preventing hospitalization and severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been reported in numerous studies, the detailed mechanism of innate immunity occurring in host cells by breakthrough infection is unclear. One hundred forty-six patients were included in this study. To determine the effects of vaccination and past infection on innate immunity following SARS-CoV-2 infection, we analyzed the relationship between anti–SARS-CoV-2 S Abs and biomarkers associated with the deterioration of COVID-19 (IFN-λ3, C-reactive protein, lactate dehydrogenase, ferritin, procalcitonin, and D-dimer). Anti-S Abs were classified into two groups according to titer: high titer (≥250 U/ml) and low titer (<250 U/ml). A negative correlation was observed between anti–SARS-CoV-2 S Abs and IFN-λ3 levels (r = −0.437, p < 0.001). A low titer of anti–SARS-CoV-2 S Abs showed a significant association with oxygen demand in patients, excluding aspiration pneumonia. Finally, in a multivariate analysis, a low titer of anti–SARS-CoV-2 S Abs was an independent risk factor for oxygen demand, even after adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, aspiration pneumonia, and IFN-λ3 levels. In summary, measuring anti–SARS-CoV-2 S Abs and IFN-λ3 may have clinical significance for patients with COVID-19. To predict the oxygen demand of patients with COVID-19 after hospitalization, it is important to evaluate the computed tomography findings to determine whether the pneumonia is the result of COVID-19 or aspiration pneumonia.
Anti-Inflammatory Role of TRPV4 in Human Macrophages
Authors: Atsumi Yukiko , Toriyama Manami , Kato Hiroko , Nakamura Motoki , Morita Akimichi , Takaishi Masayuki , Saito Kaori , Tanaka Miku , Okada Fumihiro , Tominaga Makoto , Ishii Ken J , Fujita Fumitaka
Published: January 2023

The pathology of skin immune diseases such as atopic dermatitis is closely related to the overproduction of cytokines by macrophages. Although the pathological functions of macrophages in skin are known, mechanisms of how they detect the tissue environment remain unknown. TRPV4, a nonselective cation channel with high Ca2+ permeability, is activated at physiological temperatures from 27 to 35°C and involved in the functional control of macrophages. However, the relationship between TRPV4 function in macrophages and skin immune disease is unclear. In this study, we demonstrate that TRPV4 activation inhibits NF-κB signaling, resulting in the suppression of IL-1β production in both human primary monocytes and macrophages derived from human primary monocytes. A TRPV4 activator also inhibited the differentiation of human primary monocytes into GM-CSF M1 macrophages but not M-CSF M2 macrophages. We also observed a significant increase in the number of inducible NO synthase–positive/TRPV4-negative dermal macrophages in atopic dermatitis compared with healthy human skin specimens. Our findings provide insight into the physiological relevance of TRPV4 to the regulation of macrophages during homeostasis maintenance and raise the potential for TRPV4 to be an anti-inflammatory target.
TNF-α Limits Serological Memory by Disrupting the Bone Marrow Niche
Authors: Aaron Tonya , Laudermilch Ethan , Benet Zachary , Ovando Luis Jose , Chandran Kartik , Fooksman David
Published: January 2023

Both infection and autoimmune disease can disrupt pre-existing Ab titers leading to diminished serological memory, yet the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. In this article, we report that TNF-α, an inflammatory cytokine, is a master regulator of the plasma cell (PC) niche in the bone marrow (BM). Acute rTNF-α treatment depletes previously existing Ab titers after vaccination by limiting PC occupancy or retention in the BM. Consistent with this phenomenon, mice lacking TNF-α signaling have elevated PC capacity in the BM and higher Ab titers. Using BM chimeric mice, we found that PC egress from the BM is regulated in a cell-extrinsic manner, by radiation-resistant cells via TNF-α receptor 1 signaling, leading to increased vascular permeability and CD138 downregulation on PCs. PC motility and egress in the BM are triggered within 6 h of recombinant TNF-α treatment. In addition to promoting egress, TNF-α signaling also prevented re-engraftment into the BM, leading to reduced PC survival. Although other inflammatory stimuli can promote PC egress, TNF-α signaling is necessary for limiting the PC capacity in the BM. Collectively, these data characterize how TNF-α–mediated inflammation attenuates the durability of serological memory and shapes the overall size and composition of the Ab-secreting cell pool in the BM.
LINC00926 is involved in hypoxia-induced vascular endothelial cell dysfunction via miR-3194-5p regulating JAK1/STAT3 signaling pathway
Authors: Jiang Yong , Xu Chun-hui , Zhao Ying , Ji Yun-han , Wang Xin-tao , Liu Ying
Published: January 2023

Vascular endothelial cell (VEC) dysfunction is associated with the development of coronary heart disease (CHD). Long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 926 (LINC00926), a kind of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), has been found to be abnormally expressed in CHD patients. However, the biological role of LINC00926 has not been reported. In our research, we intended to explore the regulatory mechanism of LINC00926 in hypoxia-exposed HUVEC cells (HUVECs). In our in vitro study, HUVECs were exposed under hypoxic conditions (5% O2) for 24 h. RT-qPCR and Western blotting assay were used to detect the mRNA and protein levels. CCK-8 assay, flow cytometry, transwell assay and in vitro angiogenesis assay were performed to measure cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration and tube formation, respectively. Bioinformatics analysis was applied to predict the target of LINC00926 and miR-3194-5p, which was verified by dual-luciferase reporter assays. The results showed that LINC00926 was highly expressed in CHD patients and hypoxia-exposed HUVECs. LINC00926 overexpression suppressed cell proliferation, migration and tube formation and increased cell apoptosis. MiR-3194-5p was a target of LINC00926 and can target binding to JAK1 3’UTR. LINC00926 could up-regulate JAK1 and p-STAT3 levels via miR-3194-5p. In addition, overexpressed LINC00926 suppressed cell proliferation, migration and tube formation and increased cell apoptosis via miR-3194-5p/JAK1/STAT3 axis. In summary, LINC00926 aggravated endothelial cell dysfunction via miR-3194-5p regulating JAK1/STAT3 signaling pathway in hypoxia-exposed HUVECs.
Provision of Concussion Information From Coaches and the Presence of Athletic Trainers: Findings From the 2021 YouthStyles Survey
Authors: Daugherty Jill , Waltzman Dana , Sarmiento Kelly
Published: January 2023

Coaches play an important role in concussion safety, and their views on concussion influence those of their athletes and the athletes’ reporting behaviors. In this 2021 survey of youth, we examined how often coaches provide concussion safety information to their athletes and the association between coaches’ provision of concussion information to athletes and the presence of athletic trainers (ATs) at a team’s games and practices. More than 4 in 10 youth who played sports reported that their coaches did not provide any sort of concussion education or information to them in the past 12 months. Among those youth who always or sometimes had ATs at practices or games, 76.3% received some type of coach education on concussion in the past 12 months, compared with 31.9% of those who rarely or never had ATs at practices or games (P < .0001). Increasing access to ATs and adapting current concussion training and educational materials for coaches to increase coach-athlete communication may be beneficial.
Men with and without Alcohol Dependence
Authors: Nedungottil Chandana , Agrawal Jyotsna , Sharma Mahendra Prakash , Murthy Pratima
Published: January 2023

Context:

Indian models of personality are seldom explored in relation to alcohol dependence.Trigunais an Indian model of personality originating from theSankhyaphilosophy, whereby threegunas,Sattva,RajasandTamasdescribe personality features. Additionally, the trait of Non attachment which is a concept discussed extensively inBhagavad Gitais also studied along withTriguna. Aims: The current study discusses these concepts and attempts to explore their relationship with personality and subjective well-being, among men with and without alcohol dependence.

Subjects and Methods:

A cross-sectional survey method was adopted, with a sample of 84 men from the community without alcohol dependence, screened through alcohol use disorders identification test and 30 men diagnosed with alcohol dependence. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants.

Statistical Analysis Used:

The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent samplet-test, and Mann–WhitneyU-test.

Results:

Men without alcohol dependence scored significantly higher on variables such asSattva, extraversion and conscientiousness, positive affect, and life satisfaction, than men in the clinical group. Men who were diagnosed with alcohol dependence, scored significantly higher onTamas, neuroticism, and negative affect.

Conclusions:

This novel understanding of the personality structure of patients with alcohol dependence from theTrigunaperspective may be helpful in the development of indigenous psychological interventions for alcohol dependence.
Immediate Effect of Pranava Pranayama on Fetal and Maternal Cardiovascular Parameters
Authors: Vasundhara Vasudevan Rajalakshmi , Ramanathan Meena , Ghose Seteesh , Bhavanani Ananda Balayogi
Published: January 2023

Introduction:

Maternal stress responses play an important role in the etiology of fetal and maternal disorders other than biomedical risks. The surge of emergency evidence that yoga as adjuvant therapy can have significant beneficial effects in the prenatal period and in the fetus.

Aim:

The aim of this study was to evaluate the immediate effect of Pranava Pranayama on maternal and fetal cardiovascular parameters.

Materials and Methods:

Three-way cross-over study was done on 3 consecutive days in 60 pregnant women (3rd trimester) with 10 min of breath awareness, listening to OM, and performing Pranava Pranayama. Maternal heart rate (MHR) and systolic and diastolic pressures were measured before and after each session, and cardiovascular indices were derived with formulae. Fetal heart rate (FHR) was obtained from nonstress test tracing. Data were assessed using GraphPad InStat version 3.06. Student's t-test was used for intragroup comparisons while repeated measured ANOVA with Tukey–Kramer multiple comparison tests were done for intergroup comparison.

Results:

Significant changes (P < 0.001) were found in MHR and FHR immediately after all three interventions. Delta% changes showed the greatest fall in MHR (P = 0.03) after Pranava as compared to the other two while in FHR, both OM group and Pranava were significant (P < 0.001).

Conclusion:

There were significant changes found in MHR, FHR, and cardiovascular responses rate-pressure product and double product after a single session of intervention. Yogic breathing techniques Pranava may enhance cardiovascular hemodynamics of the maternal–fetal unit. Reduction in maternal and fetal cardiovascular parameters attributed to reduced sympathetic activity coupled with enhanced vagal parasympathetic tone. Such changes in cardiac autonomic status may enhance placental circulation and lead to healthier fetal development.
Religion-based interventions for mental health disorders
Authors: Kurhade Chhaya Shantaram , Jagannathan Aarti , Varambally Shivarama , Shivanna Sushrutha
Published: January 2023

Religion-based psychotherapy is therapy formulated based on the norms and values of one particular philosophy or ideology of a religion. Many studies have shown that religion and spirituality play an essential role in helping people with mental health issues. This is the first systematic review of five religion-based interventions (including five major religions: Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Sikhism) for people with mental health disorders. The five electronic databases included PubMed (MEDLINE), ProQuest, EBSCO-host Google Scholar, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews to retrieve eligible studies (randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and case studies). Published studies between 1st January 2000 to 30th June 2020 examined the efficacy of mental health outcomes based on religion-based psychotherapy. Two researchers independently screened studies, extracted data, and assessed the risks of bias. The total number of articles identified through [MeSH] terms was 87160. After sorting out the duplicates, 13073 articles remained. 12727 articles were excluded for not meeting the inclusion criteria; 12678 were out of topic, and 49 included spiritual interventions. A total of 346 full-text articles were assessed, out of which 318 had methodological issues, and the authors were contacted by email; despite that, 5 failed to respond. 23 articles were found eligible, out of which 17 were case studies and 6 were intervention studies. Surprisingly, we were unable to find any intervention studies based on Hinduism. Results from included studies show that religion-based therapies have led to effective ways in managing anxiety, depression, psychological stress, and alcohol dependence. The findings of this review suggest a lack of experimental studies based on Hinduism, which is an area that needs exploration. Nevertheless, results from included studies show that religion-based psychological interventions are feasible and have the potential to improve anxiety, depression, psychological stress, and alcohol dependence. However, the included religion-based intervention studies have shown poor replicability and a high risk of bias due to a lack of standardization and methodological rigor. Thus, religion-based interventions need to follow standardized methods to enhance the quality of evidence.
Metformin use and Occurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review
Authors: Lingaraj Achal Ganiga , Havangi Shisheer , Satheesha Anish Bandalore , Naidu Arjun , Garg Ketan , Garg Bhawna
Published: January 2023

Objectives:

There is not much clarity on the metformin's preventive effect in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to determine the association between metformin use and HCC.

Materials and Methods:

An electronic search was carried on Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed/MEDLINE, from January 2010 to January 2022, for 12 years. Case–control and cohort studies were part of the eligible studies. Data were extracted by two independent reviewers. The Newcastle–Ottawa scale was used to check the quality of studies.

Results:

A total of 928 (872 + 56) studies were identified in our search, among which a total of 623 articles were analyzed after removing the duplicates. After the retrieved papers were analyzed for their titles and abstracts, a total of 575 articles were excluded on the basis of inclusion criteria, respectively. Forty-eight full-text articles were assessed for final data extraction, of which 11 articles were selected. The pooled analysis of included studies showed a combined odds ratio of 0.87; 95% confidence interval 0.86–0.89 for the association between HCC and the use of metformin. It was noticed that all the studies found nonmetformin therapy to entail a higher risk of HCC in comparison to therapy with metformin with the funnel plot showing asymmetric distribution, with Egger's test showing P < 0001.

Conclusions:

Metformin use reduces the HCC development risk, and therefore, it may be used in diabetics for the prevention of HCC.
Does the COVID-19 XBB Omicron subvariant signal the beginning of the end of the pandemic?
Authors: Ngiam Jinghao Nicholas , Al-Mubaarak Abdurrahmaan , Maurer-Stroh Sebastian , Tambyah Paul Anantharajah
Published: January 2023

All pandemic viruses have eventually adapted to human hosts so that they become more transmissible and less virulent. The XBB Omicron subvariant is rapidly becoming the dominant strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Singapore from October 2022 and is one of several variants circulating globally with the potential to dominate autumn/winter waves in different countries. The XBB Omicron subvariant has demonstrated increased transmissibility through an apparent propensity for immune evasion. This is to be expected in the natural evolution of a virus in a population highly vaccinated with a vaccine targeting the spike protein of the original Wuhan strain of the virus. This review explores the important implications of the rising prevalence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant for public health in Singapore and beyond.
Genomic Characteristics and the Potential Clinical Implications in Oligometastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
Authors: Liao Rongxin , Chen Kehong , Li Jinjin , He Hengqiu , Yi Guangming , Huang Mingfeng , Chen Rongrong , Shen Lu , Zhang Xiaoyue , Xu Zaicheng , Yang Zhenzhou , Peng Yuan
Published: January 2023

Purpose Oligometastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients have been increasingly regarded as a distinct group that could benefit from local treatment to achieve a better clinical outcome. However, current definitions of oligometastasis are solely numerical, which are imprecise because of ignoring the biological heterogeneity caused by genomic characteristics. Our study aimed to profile the molecular alterations of oligometastatic NSCLC and elucidate its potential difference from polymetastasis.Materials and Methods We performed next-generation sequencing to analyze tumors and paired peripheral blood from 77 oligometastatic and 21 polymetastatic NSCLC patients to reveal their genomic characteristics and assess the genetic heterogeneity.Results We found ERBB2, ALK, MLL4, PIK3CB, and TOP2A were mutated at a significantly lower frequency in oligometastasis compared with polymetastasis. EGFR and KEAP1 alterations were mutually exclusive in oligometastatic group. More importantly, oligometastasis has a unique significant enrichment of apoptosis signaling pathway. In contrast to polymetastasis, a highly enriched COSMIC signature 4 and a special mutational process, COSMIC signature 14, were observed in the oligometastatic cohort. According to OncoKB database, 74.03% of oligometastatic NSCLC patients harbored at least one actionable alteration. The median tumor mutation burden of oligometastasis was 5.00 mutations/Mb, which was significantly associated with smoking, DNA damage repair genes, TP53 mutation, SMARCA4 mutation, LRP1B mutation, ABL1 mutation.Conclusion Our results shall help redefine oligometastasis beyond simple lesion enumeration that will ultimately improve the selection of patients with real oligometastatic state and optimize personalized cancer therapy for oligometastatic NSCLC.
Associations between digital media use and lack of physical exercise among middle-school adolescents in Korea
Authors: Kim Gyeongmin , Jeong Hyunsuk , Yim Hyeon Woo
Published: January 2023

OBJECTIVES:The reported effects of digital media overuse on physical activity among adolescents are inconsistent. This study examined the association between hours of digital media use and lack of moderate-intensity physical exercise (mPE) according to the type of digital media.METHODS: This study included 1,837 middle school students from the iCURE (Internet user Cohort for Unbiased Recognition of gaming disorder in Early Adolescence) study conducted in Korea. Hours spent using digital media were measured by self-reported daily usage time for Internet games, messengers, social media, and watching game streaming on weekdays. Lack of mPE was defined as performing a minimum of 30 minutes at a time less than twice weekly. Multivariable logistic regression analysis stratified by sex was performed.RESULTS: Among male students, the group with the highest hours of using either Internet games or watching game streaming was more likely to lack mPE than each non-user group. In contrast, among male students, the group using either messengers or social media had a higher rate of mPE compared to each non-user group. Female students showed no association between hours spent using Internet games, messengers, social media, or watching game streaming and a lack of mPE.CONCLUSIONS: Among male middle school students in Korea, the excessive use of Internet games or watching game streaming was associated with a lack of mPE. Thus, guidelines should be established regarding adolescent use of internet games and watching game streaming.
La Moncloa en Twitter: un análisis cuantitativo en la era post COVID
Authors: Pulido Polo Marta , Sánchez González María Dolores del Mar , Mesa Göbel José Manuel , Vázquez-González Jose
Published: January 2023

Introducción: El fin de la fase aguda de la pandemia, inicia una vuelta a la normalidad en convivencia con el Coronavirus. Así, se inicia un periodo de transición e incertidumbre social, política y económica que, para la OMS y el FEM, podría implicar un reinicio de carácter mundial desde principios más equilibrados. El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar las claves que marcan el comportamiento relacional del Gobierno de España en Twitter desde su cuenta oficial @Desdelamoncloa, en relación con estos principios y los intereses de la población. Metodología: se realiza un análisis cuantitativo (análisis de contenido) multivariable en SPSS (coeficiente alfa de Krippendorff = 0,867) sobre un corpus de 2735 tuits emitidos entre el 1 de abril de 2021 y el 30 de marzo de 2022. Resultados: los resultados muestran una mayor prevalencia de contenido con carácter institucional y económico, el empleo de un lenguaje formal/solemne, y regularidad en la frecuencia de emisión por fecha y hora (Jordan, 2017; Acebes y Montanera, 2019). Discusión y conclusiones: Twitter se consolida como una poderosa herramienta de gestión de las relaciones en el ámbito institucional (Marcos-García, 2021; Castillo-Esparcia et al., 2020a) orientada a generar confianza en la opinión pública (Greenhill, 2020; Hucker, 2020), pero se observa: a) un relevante desajuste entre las temáticas de los mensajes emitidos y los intereses de la población en este periodo de transición y, b) consolida las tesis que destacan una infrautilización institucional de su potencial interactivo (Rivas-de-Roca et al., 2021).
Case Report: Chagas Disease in a Traveler Who Developed Esophageal Involvement Decades after Acute Infection
Authors: Beatty Norman L. , Alcala Rodrigo F. , Luque Nelson A. , Radetic Mark , Joshi-Guske Priti , Alakrad Eyad , Forsyth Colin J. , Hamer Davidson H.
Published: January 2023

Travelers to Chagas disease endemic regions of Latin America may be at risk for Trypanosoma cruzi infection. We report a 67-year-old woman who screened positive for T. cruzi infection while donating blood. The patient had a history of an unusual febrile illness and marked swelling of the face sustained at age 10 after camping in northern Mexico that led to a 3-week hospitalization without a diagnosis. More than 4 decades later, rapid diagnostic tests and commercial and confirmatory serology for Chagas disease were all positive for T. cruzi infection. On evaluation, the patient described a progressive chronic cough, gastroesophageal reflux, and dysphagia for > 10 years. There was no evidence of any cardiac complications. However, esophageal manometry demonstrated significant dysmotility, with 90% of swallows being ineffective with evidence of esophageal pressurization and retrograde peristalsis in several swallows, suggesting early autonomic disruption due to Chagas disease esophagopathy. In this report, we highlight the importance of travel-related Chagas disease among travelers to endemic regions and the need to further identify potential risks of transmission among this at-risk population.
Foreword
Authors: Petrovčič Mateja
Published: January 2023

The linguistic clumsiness of tourists and students might be the price we pay for the linguistic genius we displayed as babies, just as the decrepitude of age in the price we pay for the vigor of youth.
(Steven Pinker)
 
…, however, from the viewpoint of a linguist, it is definitely worth having it all.
The articles for the summer 2022 issue mainly involve topics either on second language learning and acquisition or historical language changes and the motives for them. They were carefully picked up from numerous proposals, and we are very grateful to every single contributor and also to the reviewers.
This issue opens with the article “Examples of Corpus Data Visualization: Collocations in Chinese” in which Ľuboš GAJDOŠ and Elena GAJDOŠOVÁ lightheartedly share a highly beneficial practical procedure that can be used in the visualization of language data, especially in language pedagogy.
In a very similar manner to the visualization, DENG Qi presents a tangible example from Japanese in the article “Choice Between the Synonymous Pairs of Sutoppu and Teishi: A Case Study on Synonyms of Western Loanwords and Sino-Japanese in Modern Japanese Based on Corpus”, discussing their usage and functions.
Yet another article “The Roman Alphabet Within the Japanese Writing System: Patterns of Usages and Their Significance” by Hironori NISHI explores the usages of the Roman alphabet within the present writing system of Japanese, which is, as the author suggests, induced by more and more frequent horizontal writing and the ever-increasing international interaction.
The following article was written by GUO Qingli and CHEW Fong Peng and is entitled “Liushu-based Instruction and Its Effects on the Motivation and Intended Learning Efforts: The Case of Laos Learners of Standard Chinese”. It introduces the Liushu-based instruction and examines its effects on the students' motivation and intended learning efforts.
LIU Sha wrote the article “Exceptions vs. Non-exceptions in Sound Changes: Morphological Condition and Frequency”, in which the author tries a unique approach to locate factors that explain exceptions in the diphthongization of [i] to [ei] in Mandarin.
Last but not least, Nina GOLOB in her article “Word-Prosodic Typology: The Traps of Seemingly Similar Japanese and Slovene” offers a brief review of research trends on prosody, and by introducing the phonetic properties of the two languages and acquisition difficulties by Slovene speakers of Japanese questions the typological similarity between Japanese and Slovene.
 
Editors and Editorial board wish the regular and new readers of the ALA journal a pleasant read full of inspiration, and a rise of new research ideas inspired by these papers.
The Contribution of Contrastive Analysis to the Development of Spanish Language Competence and Awareness in Serbian University Students
Authors: Pejović Andjelka
Published: January 2023

The paper is based on the idea of the usefulness of contrastive linguistics and linguistic awareness for the development of competence and (meta)linguistic awareness in Spanish at university level, in the case of Serbian university students. The concept of linguistic awareness is briefly presented, based on the works of Schmidt 1990, Hawkins 1999, Rieder 2000, Bailini 2009, De Villa 2018 among others. The term is understood as a cognitive activity or a capacity for metalinguistic reflection, on the one hand, and, on the other, as an approach to foreign language learning (halfway between a structuralist and a communicative approach), which allows students to become “highly motivated self-taught” individuals who as such “enjoy a greater power of adaptation at the cultural level through the use of critical reflection” (De Villa 2018: 163, 172). Therefore, we advocate a cognitive approach to languages in contrastive linguistics classes to raise students’ awareness concerning the use of their own language as well as a foreign language (in this case Spanish). In order to test our hypothesis, we conducted an anonymous survey among students on the approach and usefulness of the course “Introduction to Spanish-Serbian Contrastive Analysis” taught at the University of Belgrade. The results show a very high satisfaction with the method used in class.
Técnicas de manipulación en la propaganda negacionista durante la Covid-19
Authors: Macías Couso Alba
Published: January 2023

La persuasión y sus diferentes manifestaciones están presentes en multitud de discursos que llegan a nosotros por vías diferentes, siendo uno de los tópicos más estudiados dentro de la comunicación. En este trabajo queremos centrarnos en un discurso que ha obtenido especial relevancia debido a la crisis social y sanitaria provocada por la Covid-19: se trata del discurso negacionista. Las redes sociales representan uno de los ámbitos de uso de la lengua en la que este discurso ha podido expandirse con bastante comodidad. Es por eso que, en este trabajo, recopilaremos un conjunto de publicaciones extraídas de diferentes medios como Facebook, Instagram y Twitter, con el objetivo de analizar cuáles son los mecanismos persuasivos que utilizan estos grupos. Mediante su análisis veremos que estas estrategias son similares a las que se utilizan en publicidad y política, ya que su finalidad es convencer al receptor apelando factores emocionales como el miedo o la incertidumbre. Precisamente, es en estos dos ámbitos donde encontramos más estudios acerca de la persuasión, y de donde obtendremos la teoría que aplicaremos a nuestro análisis, siendo novedosa su aplicación al negacionismo.
‘Jigsaw fit’ analysis: The key to solving difficult forensic cases
Authors: Świętek Maciej
Published: January 2023

This paper presents ‘jigsaw fit’ analysis, which is an aspect of mechanoscopy (tool mark examination) helpful in solving difficult forensic cases. Its use can lead to categorical conclusions in the reconstruction of the course of an incident. Examinations of this kind entail the matching of items separated due to breakage, fracture or tearing. The task of an expert in this field is to resolve the question of whether or not the items belonged together before they were separated. This paper describes three examples of cases involving ‘jigsaw fits’.
Instrumenty programowania wymiaru miejskiego polityki spójności Unii Europejskiej na lata 2021–2027 na przykładzie Polski
Authors: Salamon Jeremiasz
Published: January 2023

Celem niniejszego artykułu jest przedstawienie instrumentów programowania wymiaru miejskiego polityki spójności oraz zasad i warunków ich wdrażania w Polsce w ramach perspektywy finansowej UE na lata 2021–2027. Dotyczy to w szczególności wykorzystywanych w ramach tej polityki zintegrowanych inwestycji terytorialnych oraz tzw. innych instrumentów terytorialnych. W ocenie autora instrumentarium przygotowane na szczeblach UE oraz krajowym (Polski) w związku z kolejną unijną perspektywą finansową będzie przyczyniać się do dalszej terytorializacji polityki spójności, w tym zwłaszcza poprzez umacnianie jej wymiaru miejskiego. Wykorzystując metodę desk research, autor poddał analizie europejskie, krajowe oraz regionalne dokumenty strategiczno-programowe oraz akty powszechnie obowiązującego prawa stanowiące formalną podstawę wspierania przez UE zrównoważonego rozwoju miast w latach 2021–2027. Instruments for programming of the urban dimension of the EU Cohesion Policy 2021–2027 on the example of Poland This article aims to present the instruments for programming of the urban dimension of the Cohesion Policy as well as the principles and conditions for their implementation in Poland within the EU financial perspective for 2021–2027. This applies in particular to integrated territorial investments and the so-called other territorial tools. In the author’s opinion, the instruments prepared at the EU and national (Poland) level in connection with the next EU financial perspective will contribute to the territorialisation of the Cohesion Policy, including by strengthening its urban dimension. Using the desk research method, the author analysed European, national and regional strategic and program documents and acts of generally applicable law constituting the formal basis for EU support for sustainable urban development in the programming period for 2021–2027.
Józef Wyrobek (1850-1924). Przyczynek do biografii na marginesie edycji jego listów do Kazimierza Bartoszewicza
Authors: Więch Arkadiusz Stanisław
Published: January 2023

Józef Wyrobek (1850-1924). A contribution to the biography based on editing his letters to Kazimierz Bartoszewicz

Józef Wyrobek (1850-1924) is regarded to be the first historian of Dębica, a former Galician town, where he was a secondary school teacher for 20 years. So far no biography of his has been created. His two letters to Kazimierz Bartoszewicz (1852-1930), a well-known Galician author, bookseller and publisher, preserved in the State Archive, have become a pretext to having a look at that figure.
Są spotkania, które muszą się zdarzyć. Profesorowi Andrzejowi Chwalbie
Authors: Czartoryska Jolanta
Published: January 2023

Some encounters are meant to happen. To Professor Andrzej Chwalba

The author shares her reflections on reading books by Prof. Andrzej Chwalba and on her personal encounter with him. She starts from her own student memories and her own, different from Prof. Chwalba’s, fates, until the 2011 conference in Przemyśl dedicated to an eminent lawyer and Member of Parliament, Herman Lieberman. The author expresses her admiration for Prof. Chwalba’s hard work, ingenuity and diversity of interests.
PhD Dissertation Progress Report
Authors: Marton Gellért Ernő
Published: January 2023

The aim of this paper is to present a report about the status of the author’s ongoing doctoral dissertation. Since the author’s first publication had been published in Rocznik Przemyski. Historia in 2019, further archival research was made as well as other publications were finished concerning the Habsburg–Ottoman territorial negotiations in Szécsény and Buda in 1628–1629. In the following, one can find information regarding publications related to the topic of the dissertation, and information regarding the first partial results. Streszczenie Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie raportu o stanie bieżącej pracy doktorskiej autora. Od czasu ukazania się pierwszej publikacji autora w „Roczniku Przemyski. Historia” w 2019 roku, prowadzono dalsze kwerendy archiwalne oraz zakończono kolejne publikacje dotyczące habsbursko-ottomańskich negocjacji terytorialnych w Szécsény i Budzie w latach 1628–1629. Poniżej znajdują się odnośniki dotyczące publikacji związanych z tematyką rozprawy oraz informacje dotyczące pierwszych wyników cząstkowych.
Homogeneous non-split superstrings of odd dimension 4
Authors: Bashkin Mikhail
Published: January 2023

Let $\mathbf L_k$ be the holomorphic line bundle of degree $k \in \mathbb Z$ on the projective line. Here, the tuples $(k_1 k_2 k_3 k_4)$ for which there does not exists homogeneous non-split supermanifolds $CP^{1|4}_{k_1 k_2 k_3 k_4}$ associated with the vector bundle $\mathbf L_{−k_1} \oplus \mathbf L _{−k_2} \oplus \mathbf L_{−k_3} \oplus \mathbf L_{−k_4}$ are classified. \\For many types of the remaining tuples, there are listed cocycles that determine homogeneous non-split supermanifolds. \\Proofs follow the lines indicated in the paper Bunegina V.A., Onishchik A.L., Homogeneous supermanifolds associated with the complex projective line.neous supermanifolds associated with the complex projective line. J. Math. Sci. V. 82 (1996)3503­--3527.
A organização Local do Objeto Áreas de Figuras Planas no 6º ano do Ensino Fundamental Estabelecida por uma Professora
Authors: Moura Almir Pereira de , Bellemain Paula Moreira Baltar
Published: January 2023

Este artigo, que apresenta parte da nossa pesquisa de mestrado, tem como objetivo modelizar a organização local posta à vida pela professora durante a abordagem do saber áreas de figuras planas no 6º ano do ensino fundamental. Para isso, recorremos às contribuições dos aspectos teórico e metodológico da Teoria Antropológica do Didático desenvolvida por Chevallard (1999) e seus colaboradores, e adotamos a abordagem da área enquanto grandeza em conformidade com o modelo teórico proposto por Douady e Perrin-Glorian (1989). Se tratando de uma pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, recorremos aos instrumentos: videogravação e transcrição para fazermos os registros das aulas destinadas à abordagem do saber e as devidas análises. Os resultados apontam que a organização local posta à vida pela professora durante o ensino do saber área se concentra em três tecnologias: equivalência de figuras, aditividade de áreas e configuração retangular. Os resultados também revelam que a aditividade de área e a configuração retangular são utilizadas para justificar as técnicas do ladrilhamento e aplicação de fórmulas para o cumprimento das tarefas dos subtipos: determinar a área do retângulo e determinar a área de uma figura que pode ser decomposta em retângulos (quadrados e não quadrados), respectivamente.
Ensino de Cálculo a Alunos com Deficiência Visual: a Importância do Professor e do Uso de Recursos de Tecnologia Assistiva
Authors: Silva Mariane de Almeida da , Segadas-Vianna Claudia Coelho de
Published: January 2023

Este artigo apresenta um recorte de uma pesquisa de Mestrado (SILVA, 2021) que investiga como os recursos de Tecnologia Assistiva (TA) contribuíram para a aprendizagem de conteúdos de Matemática de um aluno com deficiência visual incluído, atualmente, no Ensino Superior. Como base para a pesquisa, apresentaremos os aspectos legais da Educação Especial na perspectiva da educação inclusiva, abordaremos algumas pesquisas sobre os recursos de Tecnologia Assistiva para o ensino de Matemática, e exporemos os recursos de TA utilizados pelo aluno e seu professor de Cálculo 1. Por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, da escuta de um estudante cego incluído em um curso de exatas (e seu professor), descobrimos o modo pelo qual os recursos foram utilizados. Por fim, concluímos que a adequada utilização dos recursos de TA e a dedicação do professor em aprender estratégias que favorecessem o aprendizado do seu aluno, promoveram um ambiente acadêmico acessível para outros estudantes cegos.
Reconhecimento de Funções Afim em seus Registros Gráfico e Algébrico: falsidades e ausências no processo de conversão
Authors: Araújo José Robson de , Teles Rosinalda Aurora de Melo
Published: January 2023

O presente artigo faz um recorte da pesquisa intitulada "Conversão entre os registros de representação gráfico e algébrico da função afim: análise a partir da interpretação global de propriedades figurais", desenvolvida no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Matemática e Tecnológica da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Com aporte da Teoria dos Registros de Representação Semiótica, discute especificamente o reconhecimento da função afim em seu registro gráfico a partir de seu registro algébrico, e vice-versa, realizado por estudantes do Ensino Médio de duas escolas da rede pública de ensino. O método da pesquisa consistiu na análise de conteúdo de Bardin (2016), onde os dados passaram por uma pré-análise, selecionados de acordo com suas características comuns e em seguida codificados. Os resultados apontam que os estudantes apresentam dificuldades em identificar as variáveis visuais dos registros gráficos tais como, sentido da inclinação da reta e o ângulo formado com o eixo das abscissas e os seus respectivos valores. Também foi observado o desconhecimento dos estudantes no que diz respeito à relação existente entre a intersecção do traçado com o eixo das ordenadas e o valor do coeficiente linear presente no registro algébrico, como também utilizam como principal estratégia de conversão a abordagem ponto a ponto com tratamento na expressão algébrica.
Formação Inicial do Professor de Matemática: Aspectos, Problemas e Visões de Ensino
Authors: Aires Jose Maria de Queiroz
Published: January 2023

Este artigo faz parte de uma pesquisa de mestrado e objetiva analisar e entender o que pensam os docentes de um curso de licenciatura em matemática de uma universidade pública sobre como está ocorrendo a formação inicial de futuros professores nesse curso. O aporte de dados foi obtido através de entrevistas semiestruturadas com sete docentes efetivos do curso de graduação. A análise dos dados ocorreu por meio de uma abordagem qualitativa. Entre as questões apontadas pelos sujeitos da pesquisa que dificultam o bom andamento do curso de graduação em matemática, estão a dissociação de ação entre os professores da área de matemática pura e os de educação matemática, os problemas relacionados à estrutura física que dá suporte às aulas, o déficit de conhecimentos dos alunos procedentes da educação básica e a precarização da mão de obra docente na instituição. Os depoimentos também sugerem que as práticas pedagógicas e os estágios comecem desde o início do curso.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Formação Inicial de Professores. Licenciatura em Matemática. Dificuldades.
Sequências Didáticas Envolvendo o Software GeoGebra no Ensino de Funções Trigonométricas: um mapeamento em artigos acadêmicos
Authors: Garcia Fernanda dos Santos , Denardin Luciano
Published: January 2023

Este trabalho teve como objetivo identificar e caracterizar artigos científicos que abordavam comotemática o uso de sequências didáticas envolvendo o GeoGebra no contexto do ensino de funçõestrigonométricas no Ensino Médio. O método utilizado foi o mapeamento teórico, realizado à luz dospressupostos teóricos de Biembengut. Para isso, a busca por produções foi realizada no repositórioGoogle Acadêmico, utilizando os seguintes descritores e operadores booleanos “GeoGebra” AND“Funções Trigonométricas”. Aplicou-se um filtro temporal de 2016 a 2020 e foram levados a efeitoapenas artigos acadêmicos publicados em periódicos com QUALIS/CAPES, no quadriênio 2013-2016e extratos A1, A2, B1 e B2. A partir destes critérios de inclusão, foram selecionados e analisados dezartigos. Como principais resultados, identificou-se que o uso do GeoGebra agrega no ensino damatemática, motivando, facilitando e auxiliando na aprendizagem e que, de maneira geral, é usadopelos estudantes para resolverem exercícios e não para a construção de materiais que auxiliem naresolução de qualquer exercício que se relacione ao mesmo conteúdo. Ademais, ele émajoritariamente utilizado na revisão de conteúdo ou por meio de oficinas e não para a introdução doassunto.
A Competência de Observar com Sentido - Um Experimento Na Formação Inicial De Professores De Matemática
Authors: Groenwald Claudia Lisete Oliveira , Rafael Charlâni Ferreira Batista , Llinares Salvador
Published: January 2023

Buscando contribuir para a formação inicial dos acadêmicos do curso de Licenciatura da Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB), Campus IX, Barreiras/BA, desenvolveu-se esta pesquisa, a fim de investigar as possibilidades didáticas que podem contribuir para o desenvolvimento da Competência de Observar com Sentido de estudantes de Licenciatura em Matemática da UNEB, explorando a unidade temática Números nos anos finais do Ensino Fundamental. Como metodologia, optou-se pela pesquisa qualitativa com enfoque de estudo de caso, recorrendo ao agrupamento dos dados, coletados durante a execução de um curso de extensão, em categorias para realizar a análise. Os resultados mostraram que é possível o desenvolvimento da Competência de Observar com Sentido, que caracteriza-se como identificar, interpretar e tomar decisões de ação no ensino, desde que haja um planejamento e replanejamento de atividades observando os níveis de demandas cognitivas.