bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
FACTOR ASSOCIATED WITH UNFAVOURABLE TREATMENT OUTCOME AMONG ADULT TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN AGRA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Authors: Dhaked Sonal , Kaushal Suneel , V. Patil Sachin
Published: January 2024

Background: Tuberculosis has remained a disease of public health importance since ages and is known to inflict large quantum of socioeconomic cost on the society. Risk of TB is high among population living in poverty, low socioeconomic groups, low income, immune-suppressed, and extreme age groups, certain ethnicity, migrants, and those exposed to animals.1,2Factors that delay diagnosis similarly increase the length of exposure to an infectious TB patient. Malnutrition increases the susceptibility to disease3,4. Aims and Objectives: In our study we identified the sociodemographic factor, knowledge and perception of the subjects about the disease that will cause the unfavourable treatment outcome. Material and Methods:The study was cross sectional study and conducted at designated microscopic centre of Sarojni Naidu medical college Agra.Total number of patients registered during the period of July to September 2017 were taken. Two follow up were done during the course of treatment. Result: The overall success rate (cure plus completed) in our study was 80.0%. The subjects who had no knowledge regarding curability have more unfavourable treatment outcome (43.7%) as compare to those subjects who had knowledge of curability (15.73%) (p value=0 .009). Conclusion: Symptomatic relief by medicine, side effect and forgetfulness of medicine directly affected the treatment outcome.
A comparative analysis of biometric parameters of optic nerves obtained by ultrasonic sensors of varied frequencies
Authors: Neroev V. V. , Kiseleva T. N. , Zaytsev M. S. , Baeva A. V. , Eliseeva E. K. , Ushakov A. I.
Published: January 2024

Purpose: a comparative analysis of biometric parameters of the optic nerve obtained by different diagnostic ultrasound sensors.

Material and methods. We examined 20 healthy volunteers with emmetropia aged 20 to 40 years (40 eyes), average age 30.5 ± 5.4 years, who had no complaints or ophthalmic pathologies. Ultrasound scanning was performed on a multifunctional Voluson E8 (GE) scanner (11–18 MHz linear sensor), ophthalmic ultrasound device Ellex Eyecubed (a conventional 10 MHz transducer) and an ophthalmic scanner Absolu «Quantel Medical» (a 20 MHz transducer). All examinations were carried out by one operator who used the same scanning technique and measured the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) and optic nerve diameter (OND) without sheaths in both eyes. Six consequent measurements of the ONSD and the OND parameters were performed to ascertain the reproducibility of the examinations and evaluate the variation coefficient.

Results. The analysis revealed no statistically significant differences in the ONSD and in the OND obtained with 11–18 MHz, 10 MHz and 20 MHz transducers in the B-mode (р > 0.05). The minimum variation coefficient of the optic nerve thickness parameters was registered using a high-frequency 20 MHz transducer on the ophthalmic scanner. The biometry obtained with a high frequency 20 MHz transducer could be considered as the most reproducible.

Conclusion. A high frequency 20 MHz transducer can be recommended for optimal visualization and precise evaluation of biometric parameters of the retrobulbar part of the optic nerve. Transducers of multifunctional scanners with the frequency range from 11 to 20 MHz can be used for measurements of the optic nerve sheath diameter.
Silicon-dried corneal graft crosslinking as a means to increase the effectiveness of urgent keratoplasty
Authors: Flora S. V. , Chentsova E. V. , Tselaya T. V.
Published: January 2024

Purpose: to evaluate the effectiveness of silicon-dried cornea, previously subjected to corneal collagen UVA crosslinking, for urgent keratoplasty.

Material and methods. 28 patients (16 males, 12 females), diagnosed with perforating corneal ulcer of various etiologies, underwent penetrating keratoplasty for eye-preserving purposes. 14 patients (the main group) underwent transplantation of a silicon-dried cornea, previously subjected to corneal collagen crosslinking according to the standard (Dresden) protocol while the remaining 14 patients (comparison group) underwent penetrating keratoplasty with not pre-treated silicon-dried cornea. In the postoperative period, we measured the time of primary complete epithelization of the graft and assessed the presence/absence of ulcers and erosions of the corneal graft 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the discharge from the hospital. For this purpose, all patients underwent corneal biomicroscopy with corneal surface preliminary stained with a 1% sodium fluorescein solution.

Results. Complete epithelization in both the main group and the comparison group was found to take place, on average, at the same time after surgery. However, over the entire observation period, the main group showed fewer relapses of ulcers and corneal graft erosions than the comparison group.

Conclusion. The use of silicon-dried cornea, subjected to corneal collagen cross-linking, increases the effectiveness of perforated corneal ulcer treatment in emergency surgical care.
Women in Healthcare Leadership- Maintaining Work-life Balance
Authors: Farrukh Khadija , Baqai Shehla
Published: January 2024

Women leaders are marginalized in higher healthcare leadership positions. Despite being higher percentage in medical colleges, only few females join healthcare force and even fewer reach top leadership positions. The main reason for this fallout is fixed gender roles in society which mandates female to take care of 1,household. 2 Women continue aspiring leadership positions in all spheres of governance both in public and private healthcare settings; however, they face many challenges in taking leadership positions. Social and cultural barriers hinder women from attaining leadership positions. From the lessons learnt from women leaders, young women entering and excelling in careers and attaining leadership positions should be appropriately educated. Main factors identified by research studies
are gender biased society and not maintaining work-life balance. The rigid mindset in male dominated culture denies women the opportunities to attain top management positions in healthcare settings. In response to these opposing factors women either leave healthcare force or opt for part-time opportunities.3,4 The objective of this article is to suggest strategies for advancing women
leaders in clinical and educational healthcare settings. Women leader may exclude themselves from being a leader as cost of leadership overweigh, its benefits.
Mental Health Stigma- An Additional Burden of Discrimination for Women in Healthcare System
Authors: Jamal Aruba , Hussain Syed Shafaat , Adil Noman
Published: January 2024

Madam, Stigma is defined as "an attribute regarded as undesirable and unpleasant and which distinguishes the stigmatised person from other members of the community to which they belong'' that leads to the segregation of such individuals from the society. Despite an advance in knowledge over the past 20 years, people who sought help for a mental health problem still had to deal with the stigmatising attitudes.1 Above 20 million Pakistanis i.e around 10% of population experience some sort of mental illness, which continues to be a substantial reason for concern. The country has just 400 psychiatrists and five psychiatric hospitals in a population of more than 180 million; one of the lowest psychiatrist to person ratio across the world, which highlights the full seriousness of this predicament.2
Gender Biases Influencing Female Medical Students' Career Choice in Orthopaedics!
Authors: Hussain Syed Shafaat , Adil Noman , Jamal Aruba
Published: January 2024

Madam, The choice of specialisation by medical students is influenced by a variety of factors, including the specialty's perceived credibility, parental influence, work-life balance, money, cultural background, rotations in the clinic, mentors' experiences, etc. In various medical professions gender disparity persists, in conventionally male-dominated specialties, despite rising numbers of women in medical schools and clinical practice regions globally. Inevitably, there were statistically substantial gender variations in the medical specialties chosen by male and female doctors, with the majority of men choosing surgery and orthopaedics.1
A Battle Within: Evaluating the Correlation Between Workplace Bullying and the Self-Awareness and Emotional Management among Female Healthcare Professionals in Punjab.
Authors: Yaseen Sadia , Qureshi Sadia , Arif Areesha , Saeed Alishbah , Sikander Fatima
Published: January 2024

Background:
Workplace bullying affects many people by its negative consequences on employers' mental health, employment satisfaction, and performance outcomes. Female Health care workers in particular are quite vulnerable to bullying.
Objectives: The aim of this study is to find the frequency of workplace bullying (WPB) and the correlation between workplace bullying and self-awareness among female healthcare professionals in Punjab.
Method: A cross sectional research design and convenient sampling was used in this study to choose female healthcare workers working in Punjab and history of mental disorder and criminal record were excluded. Data was collected using open access validated E questionnaires that contained measures of workplace bullying by negative act questionnaire-revised and self-awareness and emotional management by National Health Services questionnaire. Demographic information was also collected. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to identify the links between workplace bullying, self-awareness, and emotional management.
Results: Among the 447 participants, varying frequencies of work place bullying were reported female healthcare professionals in Punjab. The majority of respondents experienced workplace bullying "now and then," and a significant proportion reported weekly occurrences. The study revealed a moderate negative correlation between workplace bullying and self-awareness (r=-0.409), indicating that as bullying frequency increased, self-awareness decreased.
Conclusion:
The findings of this study demonstrate the significant impact of workplace bullying on self-awareness among female healthcare professionals in Punjab. The results underscore the need for interventions to address workplace bullying and create more respectful work environments for healthcare professionals. The study contributes to the existing literature on workplace bullying and emphasizes the importance of considering the psychological well-being of healthcare professionals.
Kebijakan Penanganan Kekerasan Terhadap Perempuan pada Dinas Pemberdayaan Perempuan dan Perlindungan Anak Kabupaten Malang
Authors:   Universitas Brawijaya, Utaminingsih Alifiulahtin , Fitri Nur Zanuba Arifa’ul ,   Universitas Brawijaya
Published: January 2024

Tingginya kasus kekerasan yang di alami oleh perempuan sangat membutuhkan perhatian dari pemerintah. Dibutuhkan kebijakan yang dapat memberikan perlindungan, penanganan, pencegahan dan memberikan fasilitas untuk membantu korban kekerasan. Sebagai upaya untuk mengatasi permasalahan kekerasan terhadap perempuan, Kabupaten Malang telah membentuk kebijakan perlindungan perempuan dari tindak kekerasan yang tertuang dalam Perda Nomor 3 Tahun 2009 tentang Perlindungan Perempuan dan Anak Korban Kekerasan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis bagaimana implementasi kebijakan penanganan kekerasan terhadap perempuan di Kabupaten Malang. Teori yang digunakan adalah Teori Implementasi Kebijakan oleh G. C. Edward III yang memiliki empat variabel, yaitu: komunikasi, sumber daya, disposisi, dan struktur birokrasi. |INTERAKTIF: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial Vol.15 No.2202398Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pelaksanaan implementasi kebijakan, sebagai berikut: 1) Pelaksanaan komunikasi yang dijalankan pihak DP3A secara internal serta dengan lembaga eksternal sudah cukup baik, namun terdapat hambatan yakni belum terjadi evaluasi sosialisasi yang telah dilakukan kepada kelompok sasaran; 2) Sumber daya masih terdapat kekurangan yakni pada SDM yang belum memadai, sarana prasarana berupa rumah aman (shelter), dan anggaran yang masih belum mencukupi; 3) Kecenderungan atau disposisi pelaksana dan pejabat sudah cukup baik, namun masih harus berprespektif gender; 4) Hierarki struktur birokrasi yang ada di DP3A tidak terlalu jauh namun masih perlu koordinasi yang lebih baik lagi antara pejabat kepada pelaksana agar implementasi kebijakan berjalan maksimal
Compliance With Safety and Self-Isolation Among Nursing Students Living in Dormitories During Pandemic
Authors: Lase Margaret , Bate’e Nisra , Waruwu John , Watania Lani Natalia , Fangidae Erniyati
Published: January 2024

Compliance is an attitude or behaviour as an effort to carry out requests or orders from others. Self-isolation also applies to students living in Western Indonesian Private University dormitories. It is intended for people with symptoms of COVID-19, such as coughing, shortness of breath, fever, sore throat, runny nose, other respiratory diseases, and a history of contact with suspected patients. Research This study aims to identify a description of nursing students' compliance in independent isolation in a dormitory at a private university in Western Indonesia. This study uses a retrospective type of research that takes data from March to September 2021 using quantitative research methods and a descriptive approach with sampling using the Purposive Sampling technique. The population in this study were final-year students with a sample size of 88 respondents. The measuring instrument in this study is a questionnaire with 11 questions. This questionnaire was tested for validity and reliability by 30 respondents who were final-year students. Researchers used univariate data analysis to describe student compliance in self-isolation. The results show that the level of compliance of the respondents was 59.1%, and non-compliance was 40.9%. In conclusion, most of the students were obedient in carrying out self-isolation. However, implementing health protocols should be maintained as preventive action for COVID-19.
Implementation of Health Protocol on Nursing Students in The Dormitory During Pandemic
Authors: Simamora Marya Listiana , Purba Tuti Melinda Anggreini , Leonardo Jose , Watania Lani Natalia , Diannita Catharina Guinda
Published: January 2024

Global prevalence data released by WHO (2021) shows a decrease in positive cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia by 18%. One of the government's policy efforts to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus is establishing health protocols, including physical distancing, wearing masks, and hand washing. There is an increase in the number of dormitory residents at one of the western Indonesian universities, which causes a decrease in the effectiveness of implementing health protocols. The study aims to identify the application of health protocols, including physical distancing, wearing masks, and hand washing among nursing students. This study uses descriptive quantitative research methods. The instrument used is an online questionnaire, a random sampling technique with univariate data. The results showed that the 2019 and 2020 nursing students, 232 respondents (99.1%) and two respondents (0.9%) did not apply health protocols properly. In conclusion, most nursing students in Western Indonesian universities applied health protocols. Suggestions for students are expected to be able to maintain and improve the implementation of health protocols in dormitories to prevent the increase in the spread of COVID-19 or other infections. For further research, we are expected to use bivariate analysis to suppress the increase in respiratory infection cases.
Distribution Analysis and Ranking Analysis of Poverty Data From Three Data Sources in Bekasi Regency
Authors: Cahyadie Beny , Juanda Bambang , Fauzi Akhmad , Kinseng Rilus A.
Published: January 2024

In implementing evidence-based policies, it is necessary to support poverty data that is precise, accurate, and consistent. The goal is that various assistance, such as social assistance, PKH, groceries, pre-employment, and other subsidies, will be right on target for people experiencing poverty. The diversity of poverty data sources will have implications for the inaccuracy of targeting social assistance recipients. Until now, there are still three sources of poverty data, namely the Statistics Indonesia, the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) with Integrated Data on Social Welfare (DTKS), and TNP2K, which is now under the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture (Kemenko KMK) which also releases data targeting the Acceleration of Extreme Poverty Elimination (P3KE). The purpose of this study is to analyze the distribution of poverty data and rank analysis of poverty data from three data sources in the Bekasi Regency. The analysis method used ArcGIS 10.4 software and the administrative map shapefile for the Bekasi Regency area. In the ranking analysis of poverty data from three data sources in each sub-district in Bekasi Regency, the Preference Ranking Organization Methods For Enrichment Evaluation (PROMETHEE) method was used. The results of the analysis showed that the distribution of P3KE data is 1,317,098 people spread by decile-1 to decile-4 in all sub-districts of Bekasi Regency. Statistics Indonesia data is 229,367 people spread across each sub-district, and the number of DTKS in Bekasi Regency is 1,035,402 people, with the most distribution of data in Babelan District, namely 110,867 people out of 34,009. While the best ranking of the three sources of poverty data is Central Cikarang, Pebayuran District (0.7273), North Tambun (0.6364), Cibitung and Karang Bahagia (0.4242), North Cikarang (0.3939), South Tambun (0 .3636), Sukatani (0.2121), Serang Baru (0.1515), West Cikarang (0.1212), Tarumajaya (0.0909), East Cikarang (0.0606).
Political Possibility of Temporality and Self-Esteem in Old Age: Focused on Old Age Novel by Park Wan Seo
Authors:   Korean Language & Literature, Kim Mi-young
Published: January 2024

This article sheds light on the marginalization of elderly characters in Wan-Seo Park's novels about old age, a phenomenon attributed to their illness and disability. The elderly characters find themselves ensnared in the normative time path, helplessly subjected to the violence of preemptive attack and alienation imposed upon them. On the other hand, some people recognize aging as a disease and disability and even embrace their identity as a person with a disability. This article analyzes the intersectionality of aging and disability and explore the potential for resistance among those who confront discriminatory violence through temporal and affective lenses.
In 「Twilight」, an elderly character is referred to as “old man” in a preemptive manner that compels them to acknowledge his shameful existence. Through this, it was affirmed that life in old age is governed by the impact of existential power, which preemptively controls and manages society and culture as a whole. In contrast, the characters in 「Reunion of Evening」 and 「The Twilight at Dusk」 derive the strength to embrace themselves by means of positivity and pride in their own bodies. This study has found that the affirmation of the ‘sick body’ and appropriation of the sense of heterogeneity or queerness within the community can be a means of resisting the violence of healing.
Wan-Seo Park's novel about aging attempts to challenge the dominant system that excludes the sick elderly body by redefining the female body. Moreover, the suggestion is put forth that when the elderly body is acknowledged as an entity with its own temporality, the perception of disability identity in old age can undergo a transformation.
Review of literature subjects and curriculum to develop community and interpersonal competencies: Focusing on the 2015 revised Literature textbook and the 2015 and 2022 revised literature subject curriculum
Authors:   Korean Language & Literature, Baek Yun-kyung
Published: January 2024

This paper was written for the purpose of exploring educational directions for cultivating community and interpersonal competencies in the literature subject of the 2022 revised curriculum to be implemented in the future. To this end, Chapter 2 reviewed the ‘community’-related units and sanctions included in the 2015 revised Korean language curriculum Literature textbook, and Chapter 3 compared and reviewed the 2015 revised and 2022 revised ‘Literature’ subject curricula.
In Chapter 2, despite its status, ‘community/interpersonal competency’ is briefly covered within the unit of ‘living literature’, and its content is also treated from the perspective of ‘self-reflection’ and ‘understanding of others’. Confirmed. This is closely related to the fact that the meaning and nature of the competency was set somewhat ambiguously.
As a result of reviewing the 2022 revised curriculum in Chapter 3, it was confirmed that the approach to community and interpersonal competencies was clearly established across characteristics, goals, content system, and achievement standards when compared to the 2015 revision.
Above all, it is noteworthy that community and interpersonal competencies are focused on participatory attitudes based on learner initiative. Therefore, when seeking specific educational methods according to the future curriculum, selection of works containing topics that can promote understanding of community problems through literature and participation in problem solving and detailed setting of specific educational methods for this purpose are necessary. This is needed.
In particular, it is important to note that in the achievement criteria, ‘community’-related elements are separated from ‘living in literary activities’ and are specifically presented as ‘attitudes to understanding community problems and participating in problem solving.’ Therefore, in selecting the composition and sanctions of related units, a new direction that is different from the 2015 revised curriculum must be approached.
The core competencies of the 2015 revised and 2022 revised Korean language curriculum are the same, and the overall outline of the content system is similar. Therefore, in the process of textbook writing and learning design according to the 2022 revised curriculum, it is highly likely that the current textbook content will be used as basic data for future textbook writing. However, it needs to be adjusted based on the results and performance of learning implemented in actual educational settings. Above all, activities and learning activities that focus on reading/appreciating works should be designed to reflect changed achievement standards and foster community and interpersonal competencies required in today’s era.
A Vocabulary and Linguistic Culture Phenomenon of Popular Songs in the 1930s: Focusing on Kim Hae-song's song
Authors:   Korean Language & Literature, Gang Yeon-im
Published: January 2024

This paper examined the vocabulary of Kim Hae-song's song to understand the characteristics of vocabulary use in the lyrics of the 1930s. Kim Hae-song was a singer, songwriter, and performer representing the 1930s. Since he wrote lyrics in various fields regardless of the genre of music, he can grasp the phenomenon of language and culture in the 1930s through his vocabulary of lyrics.
First, the use of vocabulary in Kim Hae-song's song was examined. The lyrics of Kim Hae-song's song have various vocabulary reflecting the language and cultural phenomena of the 1930s. In this era, traditionally, not only Chinese characters close to the superstrum and native languages corresponding to the substratum were mixed, but also Japanese was forced against one’s will. On the other hand, due to the influx of Western culture, Western languages, including English, have flooded in. The vocabulary of Kim Hae-song's lyrics also reflects the situation of the times, taking on complexity. In other words, native, Chinese, and foreign languages are used in combination in the lyrics of Kim Hae-song's song.
Second, the vocabulary expression aspect of Kim Hae-song's song was examined. Kim Hae-song's lyrics were diverse by reflecting the language culture of the times. This is because it was necessary to select such a vocabulary and express the object convincingly. It can be divided into descriptive expressions of characters, figurative expressions of love, and playful expressions of objects. Descriptive expressions of characters were expressed as if they were describing characters aiming for old and new culture as in narrative literature. In the figurative expression of love, the expression of affection was not dealt directly, but the emotion of love was added to the image of the audiovisual by comparing it to the object. In the playful expression of the object, the lyrics are added with fun through the method of humor and joke.
Third, the language-cultural phenomenon of the vocabulary of Kim Hae-song’s song was surveyed. Representative examples include the expansion of awareness of everyday language, universal use of negative expressions, and ambivalent attitudes toward old and new culture. It can be said that the expansion of awareness of everyday language was established when the words of the time encountered a new language. In the universal use of negative expressions, in a society at the time when old and new cultures were mixed, those who value tradition disapproved of admiring Western culture, and those who pursue Western culture could criticize those who adhere to traditional culture, so negative expressions were commonly used. The ambivalent attitude toward the object is generally treated negatively for tradition, but it is concentrated on women, and it is often positive for Western culture, and in that case, it is common to evaluate men positively.
Responding to Doxing in Australia: Towards a Right to Informational Self-Determination
Authors: Corbridge Åste
Published: January 2024

Doxing is the term used to describe the act of publicly revealing an individual’s personal information without their permission. It is a problem that concerns informational privacy and data protection. This article argues that the Australian Parliament should provide individuals with a right to informational self-determination and adopt a holistic approach to personal data protection. Part I defines the different aspects of doxing and identifies the adverse effects that doxing can have on victims. Part II considers the right to informational self-determination, before Part III examines solutions to the doxing problem. This article concludes that the Australian Parliament should consider enacting a statutory cause of action for a serious invasion of privacy that provides redress for doxing victims and introduces personal data protection regulations modelled on Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation.
Power Is Everywhere—An Interpretation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go on Foucault’s Discipline Power
Authors: Wen Zhihan
Published: January 2024

The present paper attempts to interpret Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go in the framework of Foucault’s discipline power and investigates how those clones are transformed to be docile organ donors. It is found that Hailsham, Cottage, and recovery center are all disciplinary establishments in the shape of a Panopticon, where discipline power is exercised upon the clones constantly through three instruments: hierarchical observation, normalizing judgement, and examination. These subtle disciplinary elements fill every corner of their lives, and they are effectively observed, manipulated, and trained to behave “normally” as human society expects.
Developing GANs for Synthetic Medical ImagingData: Enhancing Training and Research
Authors:   Department of Data Sciences Harrisburg University of Science & Technology, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Thakur Abhishek , Thakur Gopal Kumar ,   Department of Data Sciences Harrisburg University of Science & Technology, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Published: January 2024

Medical imaging has become integral to modern healthcare, enabling non-invasivevisualization and assessment of anatomical structures. However, medical imagingdatasets are often limited in size and diversity, constraining development of robust analysis algorithms. Meanwhile, generative adversarial networks (GANs) haveachieved remarkable synthetic image generation capabilities. This paper comprehensively reviews contemporary GAN techniques and evaluates their effectiveness producing synthetic medical images to augment scarce training data. Six prevalent GAN architectures were trained on diverse medical imaging datasets. A systematic hyperparameter optimization strategy coupled with quantitative imageanalysis reveal substantial variability in output fidelity and diversity. Downstreamsegmentation task performance provides further domain-specific assessments on theutility of the generated datasets. The study reveals that while select advanced GANscan produce seemingly realistic medical images, the synthetic data consistentlyunderperforms real datasets on specialized tasks. The results caution against indiscriminate use of GAN-produced medical images but highlight paths for developing tailored GAN solutions for enhanced training. Keywords deep learning; generative adversarial networks; medical imaging; synthetic data
Prácticas y creencias de mujeres indígenas evangélicas migrantes en torno a la violencia de género
Authors: Aguilar de la Cruz Hedilberto
Published: January 2024

Though research on violence against women at the hands of their male partners has significantly increased, few studies examine indigenous migrant and evangelical women in the cities. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of how women in patriarchal religious groups manage and, acting as agents, use some symbolic and practical elements to face violence. Based on an ethnography and a series of thirteen in-depth interviews conducted between 2015 and 2017 with Quechua-speaking women in Lima and Mesoamerican women in Mexico City, this paper presents findings that show how these agents use ecclesial support networks and the image of Christ to submit themselves to him as a true man when their spouses lose legitimacy through violent behavior.
Historia de las ocupaciones humanas durante el Holoceno tardío en una terraza de Barrancas, Provincia de Jujuy
Authors: Hoguin Rodolphe , Samec Celeste , Rouan Sirolli Mercedes , Merler Carbajo Julia , Morales Marcelo , Oxman Brenda , Alvarez Luciana , Castillo Agustín , Cunietti Gianni , Kohan Patricio , Mamaní Humberto , Yacobaccio Hugo
Published: January 2024

This paper presents the results of the analyses of different lines of evidence (lithic, fauna, ceramics, architecture, chronology) from three archaeological sites located on a terrace in the Barrancas-Abdón Castro Tolay Municipal Reserve in the Dry Puna, Jujuy Province. The results corroborate that this was the site of a major hunter-gatherer camp at the beginning of the late Holocene period; this was probably a continuance of occupation during the mid-Holocene period. After a hiatus, the place was again occupied as a stopover for llama caravan traffic between the IX and XIII centuries. During and after the arrival of the Spanish, a small group of camelid herders dwelled on the site, which remains the case today. Analysis of formation and taphonomic processes show disturbances of anthropic origin from ca. 1000 years cal BP onwards in some sectors. The marked differentiation in the deposition of materials and the formation of archaeological strata is noteworthy.
Pozuelo
Authors: Tantaleán Ynga Henry , Stanish Charles , Román Vargas Ronald José , Bergmann Christine
Published: January 2024

This article describes our archaeological research at Pozuelo, one of the earliest ceramic archaeological sites in the Chincha Valley, located on the southern coast of Peru. Our research confirms the stylistic relationships of Pozuelo ceramics with contemporaries from other sites on the south, central and north coast in the VIII and V centuries B.C. Coincidentally, this period also produced the most ceramics known in archaeological literature as “Chavinoid” or “Janabarroid.” Pozuelo represents the earliest manifestation of sedentarization, the production of social and labor spaces in the Chincha Valley, and endogenous social development. It is also associated with the more extensive Chavín phenomenon in the Andean area.
La conferencia de escritor en Buenos Aires (1880-1914). Representaciones de una práctica cultural
Authors: Giaccio Laura
Published: January 2024

En Buenos Aires, las condiciones culturales del fin de siglo XIX condujeron a la emergencia de una práctica cultural: la conferencia de escritor. De presentaciones en círculos, ateneos y universidades, la conferencia de escritor fue transformándose en un espectáculo teatral con un éxito inesperado. La prensa periódica argentina fue el espacio de divulgación de esta actividad, ya que eran eventos exhibibles: un teatro, un conferencista reconocido, un público y un texto. En este artículo se definen y periodizan las conferencias, y también se analizan los modos en que diarios y revistas argentinas las representaron e hicieron visibles al público lector entre 1880 y 1914, momento en que se convirtió en una práctica cultural de moda, que fue popularizándose, y que pasó de tener gran aceptación a recibir críticas de la prensa misma.
Structural Relationship among Coaching Leadership, Teacher Trust, and Class Flow in Middle School Physical Education Teachers
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Park Ji-Heum , Park Jong-Lyoul
Published: January 2024

Objectives The purpose of this study is to introduce the concept of coaching leadership into school sports to ex-amine how physical education teachers' coaching leadership affects teacher trust and class attitude, and to verify whether teacher trust mediates the relationship between coaching leadership and class flow.
Methods To this end, 372 copies of data were collected from 400 middle school students attending 8 middle schools in S City, and 351 copies, excluding 21 copies, including questionnaires that responded faithfully, were used for analysis. Technical analysis was conducted using the SPSS 28.0 program, and confirmatory factor analy-sis and structural equation model were applied using the AMOS 29.0 program.
Results First, it was found that the coaching leadership of physical education teachers had a positive effect on teacher trust. Second, teacher trust was found to have a positive effect on class flow. Third, coaching leadership was found to have a positive effect on class flow. Fourth, teacher trust was found to have a mediating effect in the relationship between physical education teachers' coaching leadership and class flow.
Conclusions The results of the study confirmed that physical education teachers' coaching leadership, students' trust in teachers, and class flow have a positive effect on each other, which means that coaching leadership can also be applied in school sports and can help students improve teacher trust and class flow. In addition, it can be presented as a reference for the right leadership and guidance methods to physical education teachers who guide students.
The Importance of Soft Power in Türkiye’s Foreign Policy in 2002-2022
Authors: Yenokyan Artyom V.
Published: January 2024

After a difficult path of criticism and justification, the concept of soft power has found its place in the international academic environment and has given a new breath and creative motivation to important scientific research in the field of international relations, which aims to create new concepts that can respond to the challenges of the modern world order. Along with the world powers, this concept was thoroughly taken up by Türkiye, which had the historical, cultural and geographical resources to put it into practice. A large number of neighbors and a complicated history of relations force Ankara not only to rely on traditional ways of diplomacy, but also to find other forms for the successful realization of its foreign policy interests. Compared to Turkish foreign policy before 2002, Türkiye’s soft power has increased significantly since the Justice and Development Party came to power and has become one of the priorities of its foreign policy strategy. It is important to emphasize that state and non-state institutions, which are the main instruments of this policy, do not compete with each other but successfully complement each other. Türkiye has ambitiously sought to create its own original model of “soft power,” with an emphasis on historical heritage and cultural commonality. Türkiye’s toolkit for realizing its soft power is quite extensive. Türkiye adopts the best practices of leading international actors and actively implements its own approaches and understandings with a focus on culture, state and non-state organizations, and education policy. In this context, soft power policy for Türkiye has proven to be very viable and attractive. Türkiye’s soft power potential, which has been successfully manifested from the Balkans and the Middle East to the Caucasus and Central Asia, has serious cultural and historical foundations and contributes to the promotion of Turkish interests in areas of special interest. Over the past two decades, Türkiye’s soft power policy, which is based on historical-cultural and religious traditions, geographical and economic resources, has become one of the main directions of its foreign policy.
Activities of the Turkish Maarif Educational Foundation in Confrontation with the Hizmet Movement
Authors: Chedia Anri R.
Published: January 2024

Educational programs can be a valuable tool in the cultural diplomacy of modern countries. As a soft power tool, organizations seek to expand their geographic reach by opening educational institutions in different parts of the world in order to spread the influence of their state. In Türkiye, such an organization has long been the Hizmet movement, and in recent years it has been a state-owned the Maarif Foundation . In the study, for the first time in Russian Oriental Studies, an analysis of the activities of the Turkish state Maarif educational foundation in the confrontation with the banned in Türkiye and a number of countries’ Hizmet movements is conducted. Since the declaration of this structure as a terrorist organization on the territory of Türkiye, the Maarif Foundation has been reassigning educational institutions around the world. The most important event in this regard is the coup attempt of July 15, 2016, in which Fethullah Gülen, the ideological mastermind of the movement, was accused. As a result, all schools associated with the Hizmet movement were closed in Türkiye. The relevance of the study is determined by the fact that it considers almost the only case in history of confrontation between two organizations, which are instruments of “soft power” of a country. The purpose of the study is to examine the current issues of the Maarif Foundation’s activities as part of the confrontation with the Hizmet movement. The work includes a qualitative analysis of the official documents of the Turkish state foundation, the laws of the Republic of Türkiye, as well as a discourse analysis of Hizmet’s media products. As a result, it was revealed that despite the rather successful work of the Turkish state educational organization in question, it is not necessary to speak about the complete defeat of Hizmet by the beginning of 2023. By now Maarif state foundation regulates the activity of educational institutions in 49 countries, while according to our calculations the Gülen movement retains a high status in 60 states. It has been revealed that Hizmet’s activities directly or indirectly influence Türkiye’s interstate relations with those countries where Gülen schools operate. It has been established that the demands of the Turkish side to close the institutions of the movement have led to short-lived diplomatic crises between Ankara and some of the host countries. It has been shown that the emergence of Maarif in a particular country does not necessarily lead to the closure of Gülen institutions.
Applied Quantitative Analysis of R.T. Erdogan’s Multi-Vector Foreign Policy in 2014-2022
Authors: Vokhmintsev Igor V. , Guzaerov Razil I.
Published: January 2024

The study is devoted to the applied analysis of the concept of multi-vector in the foreign policy of Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his presidency from 2014 to 2022. Türkiye’s foreign policy is of particular interest to researchers. Ankara is actively involved in regional and world politics. Turkish foreign policy is characterized as multi-vector, but different approaches to the definition of Turkish multi-vector are used in scientific research. The purpose of the study is to identify the main vectors of R.T. Erdogan’s personal diplomacy during his presidency. The relevance of the work lies in the application of a quantitative method that allows identifying the main vectors of R.T. Erdogan’s foreign policy on the basis of the collected database of his foreign policy contacts. The method is different in that it is free from the influence of the researcher’s personal preferences in analyzing foreign policy and the influence of individual high-profile, but isolated events. The database covers the entire period of the presidency of R.T. Erdogan from 2014 to the end of 2022 and includes all foreign policy contacts published on the website of the President of Türkiye. The developed methodology allows not only to see the main vectors of foreign policy, but also to assess their depth on the basis of mathematical calculations. As a result of the analysis, the main macro-regional vectors and countries in each of the vectors were identified, and the depth and quality of contacts with these countries were measured and presented. It was also found that the Turkish President actively interacts with the local level of government. Moreover, he implements the diplomacy of the second track. It covers the main macro-regional vectors from the side of public diplomacy. The database and the method allow us to assert that the policy of the Turkish president is indeed multi-vector, but the multi-vector nature of this policy is much deeper and goes beyond relations with countries. During the work, promising areas for future theoretical and applied research were identified.
Turkish-Israeli Relations: Partnership, Problems, Perspectives
Authors: Shakovskaya Marina A. , Barnashov Oleg V. , Malakhovsky Alexey K. , Danilov Vitaly A.
Published: January 2024

Since the second half of the 20th century the Turkish-Israeli relations have developed in an uneven and unstable manner. Depending on the current situation in the conflict-torn Middle East, these relations tended to normalize, or descended into mutual hostility. During the 21st century, we could observe several rounds of confrontation and cooperation between the two states. Thus, the events of 2010 (the Freedom Flotilla incident) and 2017 (the transfer of the capital of Israel to Jerusalem) finally led to a rupture in relations between the two countries. A new round of stabilization has been marked since March 2022 and is associated with the visit of the President of Israel to Ankara at the invitation of the Turkish President R.T. Erdogan. The authors of the article see this step as the beginning of the process of finding agreements on achieving stability in relations between the countries of the Middle East region. The article attempts to analyze the evolution of the modern Turkish-Israeli cooperation, taking into account the patterns of their development since Türkiye has recognized the state of Israel. Using a comparative historical approach, the authors analyze the political problems of the modern bilateral relations, and consider the impact of such factors as the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Iranian nuclear program, the consequences of the “Arab Spring,” the foreign policy activities of the US Democratic and Republican administrations in the Middle East region, as well as the crisis over the status of Jerusalem. The authors underline that despite the pragmatic character of Türkiye’s foreign policy, any tension caused by the Palestinian issue will have an impact on Turkish-Israeli relations, which in turn might start a new round of conflict between the two sides. The authors have concluded that Turkish-Israeli relations are characterized by instability, which depends largely on the current balance of power in the Middle East region. It is obvious that the normalization of Turkish-Israeli interaction is a positive factor for the intensification of integration processes in the Middle East region as a whole.
Book Review: Degterev, D. A., & Aghazada, M. M. (Eds.). (2023). The Greater Mediterranean as an Emerging Subsystem of International Relations. Moscow: Aspekt Press publ., 664 p. (In Russian)
Authors: Prokhorenko Irina L.
Published: January 2024

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Book Review: Balci, B., & Monceau, N. (Eds.). (2021). Turkey, Russia and Iran in the Middle East: Establishing a New Regional Order. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 255 p.
Authors: Sokov Ilya A.
Published: January 2024

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Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy and Disaster Preparedness Cooperation: The Cross-Sectoral Partnership in Practice
Authors: H. YANG​ Alan
Published: January 2024

Natural disasters are common challenges faced by Asian countries and seriously threaten people’s lives and social stability. Therefore, more adequate regional cooperation is needed to jointly respond. As Taiwan has actively promoted the people-centered New Southbound Policy (NSP) since 2016, various initiatives and plans to strengthen social resilience and common interests have been implemented one after another. Among them, the NSP cooperation with specific focus on disaster prevention and HADR is of specific importance. The initiative is a positive and pragmatic move to promote partnership between Taiwan and its neighboring countries. This article delineates the common challenges and threats facing the Asian region - natural disasters. It - with the analysis of how the NSP serves as a facilitator for Taiwan’s cooperation with partner countries in disaster prevention thereby fostering forge resilient partnerships. In fact, academic research on this critical topic remains relatively scarce. Since the NSP’s cooperation on disaster preparedness encompasses the cross-sectoral partnership, mirroring the essence of the identical to the P-P-P-P modality. This aspect merits thorough investigation and deeper exploration, it is indeed worthy of in-depth investigation. Hence, this article is structured into four parts. The first part works as the introduction, the second part delves into introduces the rationale behind the NSP, focusing on that is, the P-P-P-P cross-sectoral partnership., while the third part addresses how the
An Evaluation of the Trade Outcomes between Taiwan and Malaysia under the New Southbound Policy (NSP)
Authors: Thean Bee SOON
Published: January 2024

Upon assuming office in 2016, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s administration revitalized the Southbound Policy (SP), rebranding it as the New Southbound Policy (NSP). While both the SP and NSP share a common objective — to reduce Taiwan’s heavy reliance on the Chinese market — the NSP, unlike its predecessor, places a dual emphasis on enhancing economic ties and concurrently spreading Taiwan’s soft power across the designated markets. Despite being one of the target markets under the NSP, Malaysia did not consistently experience a surge in the proportion of Taiwan’s total trade volume as a result of the policy. This paper aims to assess the performance of Taiwan-Malaysia trades in the context of NSP initiatives and elucidate how the soft power that Taiwan has implemented in Malaysia since the 1950s contributed to such an outcome. The trading outcomes between Taiwan and Malaysia indicate that Taiwan did not receive substantial support from the entities it targeted with its soft power initiatives. This suggests that the China complex within the Chinese ethnic population in Malaysia is challenging to uproot due to their historical and cultural ties with China. Keywords: New Southbound Policy, Malaysia, Taiwan, China, soft power