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Harnessing the potential of tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus L.) for food and nutritional security, good health, and economic development of Ghana or Africa. A review
Authors: Novor Samuel , Donkor Esther Fobi
Published: September 2024

Tiger nuts (Cyperus esculentus L.) offer significant benefits for food security, health, and economic growth, particularly in Ghana and Africa. As a nutritious food source, they are rich in dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals such as iron, potassium, and magnesium. Additionally, they contain healthy unsaturated fats and phytochemicals like flavonoids, phenolic acids, and tannins, which combat inflammation, cancer, and act as antioxidants. Beyond their health benefits, tiger nuts have economic potential. They can be processed into value-added products like milk, flour, oil, and snacks. These products find markets both locally and internationally, aiding the economies of tiger nut-producing countries. They offer an alternative sweetener and dairy substitute, beneficial for those with lactose intolerance. Tiger nuts also contribute to agricultural sustainability. Their ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen improves soil fertility and crop productivity, benefiting small-scale farmers in developing countries. This can help reduce poverty and enhance food security. Despite these advantages, further research and investment are necessary to fully understand their health impacts and optimize cultivation and processing methods. Such efforts can promote tiger nut production and consumption, particularly in poorer nations, leading to sustainable development and improved livelihoods for farmers and communities. This review aims to highlight how tiger nuts (Cyperus esculentus L.) can enhance food security, health, and economic growth in Ghana and Africa. Tiger nuts are a valuable food source with untapped potential. This review examines the nutrition, health benefits, and economic impact of tiger nuts, especially for small-scale farmers and food availability. This paper underscores the importance of further research and investment in promoting tiger nuts as a valuable resource for Ghana, Africa, and the world.
Trade-offs between grain number, grain weight and fruiting efficiency of different bread wheat genotypes in response to anthesis drought stress
Authors: Ouhemi Hanane , Amamou Ali
Published: September 2024

Cereal crops in Morocco are mainly cultivated under rainfed conditions of dryland regions. Under these conditions, they are mostly exposed to drought stress that affects different yield components. We studied the effect of anthesis drought stress on the relationships among the components of grain number (GN), thousand grains weight (TGW), fruiting efficiency (FE) and yield. And we examined fruiting efficiency (FE= grains set per g of spike dry weight at anthesis) as promising trait for further increasing yield without compromising yield components. Greenhouse experiments were conducted on 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 cropping seasons. Two contrasting water regimes, irrigated and stressed treatments at anthesis growth stage were assessed. Results showed that anthesis drought stress affects negatively all components studied. Substantial decrease of 10%, 16%, 9% and 34% were recorded for GN, TGW, FE, and yield, respectively, under water stress compared to irrigated treatments. Two genotypes, namely 15/42 and Achtar, were found to be the most adapted to both stressed and irrigated conditions. Under stressed conditions yield becomes less correlated with GN (r = 0.36) and FE (r = 0.37) and more correlated with TGW (r = 0.56*). GN becomes less correlated with FE (r = 0.02) and TGW (r = -0.14). While, FE becomes more correlated with TGW (r = 0.73*). To the extent of this study, FE was found as promising selection criterion under stress conditions without compromising TGW component.
Maintenance of post-harvest antioxidant quality in ‘Niagara Rosada’ grape using salicylic acid
Authors: Neto Francisco José Domingues , Junior Adilson Pimentel , Simonetti Lilian Massaro , Modesto Lenon Romano , Putti Fernando Ferrari , Borges Cristine Vanz , Lima Giuseppina Pace Pereira , Tecchio Marco Antonio
Published: September 2024

Salicylic acid is a plant growth regulator used in grapes to maintain postharvest quality. ‘Niagara Rosada’, a table grape, although much appreciated for its flavor, has a short shelf life. We evaluated the influence of postharvest application of different doses of salicylic acid on the quality of ‘Niagara Rosada’ after harvest in an effort to control rates of berry drop and decay, as well as to maintain the quality of grape bunches during refrigerated storage. Freshly harvested bunches of ‘Niagara Rosada’ (Vitis labrusca x V. vinifera) were immersed in salicylic acid solutions at concentrations of 0.0, 0.28, 0.55, 0.83, and 1.10 g L-1, and then refrigerated (5 ± 1 °C and 95 ± 5 % RH) for 20 days. Physical and chemical analyses of grapes were performed at 5-day intervals. Salicylic acid maintained the postharvest quality of ‘Niagara Rosada’ grapes throughout storage. The lowest concentration of salicylic acid (0.28 g L-1) effectively induced the synthesis of phenolic compounds and improved the antioxidant capacities of both grapes and stems. High levels of salicylic acid (0.83 and 1.10 g L-1) resulted in an increase in anthocyanin content in fruit and enzyme activities (peroxidase and superoxide dismutase) in stems, enhancing conservation and reducing levels of decay and berry drop.
Emberá katío: un pueblo milenario que se niega a desaparecer tras un desplazamiento forzado que conlleva a su extinción física y cultural
Authors: Tuirán Martínez José Alfredo
Published: September 2024

El conflicto armado en Colombia, catalogado a través de los ins­trumentos internacionales de derechos humanos como un Conflicto Armado No Internacional (CANI), ha afectado a muchos sectores de la población. Desde hace más de cinco décadas, el país vive una guerra que con el paso del tiempo se ha tornado cruenta. Su surgimiento se origina en causas como: las políticas agrarias, la desigualdad en la posesión de las tierras, la lucha bipartidista y las diferencias de clases sociales; situaciones estas que dieron origen a grupos armados como las Farc y el Eln y a otros grupos surgidos a medida que el conflicto se agudizaba y se extendía por otras zonas geográficas del país. Los pueblos indígenas no escapan a este conflicto, es así que por su causa, los emberá katío en el Alto Sinú han sufrido un desplazamiento for­zado que los tiene al borde de su extinción física y cultural.
Violencia de género contra la población lgbti en el contexto del conflicto armado colombiano. Insuficiencias regulativas del ámbito de protección jurídico-penal
Authors: Rincón Angarita Dubán
Published: September 2024

A partir del reconocimiento de que la población LGBTI es vícti­ma de la violencia de género, se toma como nicho de análisis el ejer­cicio de tal forma de violencia contra esta población en el contexto del conflicto armado colombiano, que ha alcanzado notas dominan­tes de generalidad, ensañamiento y crueldad por parte de los actores armados. Así, se revisa el marco normativo de protección jurídico-penal de la violencia de género, con la finalidad de establecer su cobertura frente a esta forma de violencia en contra de la población LGBTI en la situación de conflicto, tomándose como hipótesis su in­suficiencia para hacer frente al referido flagelo. Y, en consecuencia, el problema de investigación se formula como ¿Cuáles son las razones que permiten afirmar que el ámbito de protección jurídico penal en Colombia es insuficiente para amparar adecuadamente las hipótesis de violencia de género en contra de la población LGBTI en el contex­to del conflicto armado? Se trata de una investigación cualitativa, basada en la revisión de fuentes secundarias sobre la materia. En suma, el artículo establece que se hace indispensable la actualización del ordenamiento jurídico colombiano en materia de violencia de género, con la finalidad de in­cidir en las esferas de sensibilización, sanción y acciones estatales en la prevención y eliminación de esta tipología de violencia en contra de la población LGBTI.
La Cruz Roja Colombiana: rol de un sujeto activo de la acción humanitaria en el posacuerdo colombiano.
Authors: Montaño Ordóñez Sebastián
Published: September 2024

La acción humanitaria está encaminada a emprender acciones dirigidas a prevenir y aliviar el sufrimiento de las personas víctimas de desastres naturales, conflictos armados u otras situaciones de violencia. El conflicto armado interno de más de cinco décadas entre el Estado colombiano y la otrora guerrilla de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) ha dejado cuantiosas consecuencias humanitarias que obstruyen o dificultan los esfuerzos aunados por parte del Estado, sociedad civil organizada, organismos regionales e internacionales, las ONG y el individuo mismo, entre otros, por impulsar y construir paz al interior del territorio Colombiano. Continuando con lo anterior, la Sociedad Nacional de la Cruz Roja Colombiana es una institución que lleva más de cien años desarrollando y realizando acción humanitaria en el país, en aras de salvaguardar la integridad física y moral -respeto por la dignidad humana- de las personas en toda circunstancia a través del empoderamiento de las comunidades, la abogacía por la protección, garantía y promoción de los Derechos Humanos y del Derecho Internacional Humanitario, el fomento de una cultura de paz, entre otras acciones. Es por eso que el presente artículo busca escudriñar el papel que puede desempeñar la Cruz Roja Colombiana de cara al desarrollo, fortalecimiento y construcción de la paz en el posacuerdo, por el cual está atravesando Colombia actualmente.
Corrupción a Gran Escala en clave democracia: Hacia la caracterización normativa
Authors: Garcés Medrano Alex , Duarte Molina Tirson Mauricio , Mambuscay Burbano Juan David
Published: September 2024

En la actualidad, los Estados y sus respectivos gobiernos deben afrontar múltiples desafíos que, en últimas, de no ser satisfechos, devienen en un impacto negativo sobre la capacidad de sus instituciones y la legitimidad que en ellas se observa. Entre tal variedad, la corrupción es postulada como una de las conductas que mayor incidencia sobre los sistemas políticos tiene, no solo por la debilidad tangible que provoca en los Estados al momento de vérselos imposibilitados la satisfacción de demandas sociales, sino también por las distintas caracterizaciones que posee, conteniendo cada una de ellas modalidades, actores y gravedad distinta; ejemplo, de esto es observable en lo denominado como Corrupción a Gran Escala. Lejos de observar en esta última un fenómeno altamente teorizado, la omisión de ser tipificada como un delito en los distintos ordenamientos jurídicos plantea serias amenazas para la democracia, en función del impacto negativo que genera sobre la sociedad. Con base en esto, el presente estudio observa en tal definición carente de análisis un momento preciso para el fortalecimiento de la democracia, a partir de la amplia interlocución en espacios de deliberación, siendo ello un momento previo al instante jurídico-normativo reflejado en el procedimiento legislativo y a través del cual se brinde una legitimidad discursiva de la norma resultante.
La aplicación de los principios generales del derecho procesal en el proceso ejecutivo en el marco del decreto 806 de 2020
Authors: Escobar Diaz Juan David , Alonso García Giovan Alejandro
Published: September 2024

Bajo el estado de emergencia sanitaria por la pandemia del COVID-19, se han dispuesto medidas especiales de salubridad pú- blica para el acceso a la justicia contemplada en la normatividad colombiana en el Decreto 806 de 2020. Por lo cual, es indispensable analizar las nuevas modalidades y medidas adoptadas con las cuales se busca que el sistema judicial opere de manera efectiva. Por estas circunstancias en ejercicio de sus facultades constitucionales y legales, la Presidencia de la República implementó el uso de las TIC (tecnologías de la información y comunicación) en la gestión y tramite de las actuaciones judiciales y asuntos en curso, con el fin de reanudar y agilizar los trámites ante las diferentes jurisdicciones, autoridades administrativas que ejerzan funciones jurisdiccionales y en los procesos arbitrales. En este orden de ideas, determinaremos la aplicación de los principios generales del derecho procesal en el proceso ejecutivo en la coyuntura del decreto 806 de 2020; por lo que debemos identificar qué es un principio en materia procesal, señalar los principios generales del derecho procesal contemplados en el código general del proceso. Para nuestro objeto de estudio hemos seleccionado los siguientes: el acceso a la justicia, igualdad para las partes, inmediación del juez en el proceso y el debido proceso, evidenciar cómo se aplicaban los principios generales del derecho procesal a la estructura del proceso ejecutivo de acuerdo a la ley 1564 de 2012, y así, poste- riormente, determinar si efectivamente se aplican a esa estructura del proceso con posterioridad al Decreto 806 de 2020.
The Reform and Evolution of ASEAN Human Rights Regime: A Communicative Action Perspective
Authors: Maulana Zain , Putra Husni Amriyanto
Published: September 2024

ASEAN has experienced significant progress since the initiation of the ASEAN Community Vision and the incorporation of human rights into its foundations. This development has ignited continuous scholarly discussions over the degree to which the ASEAN human rights framework shape regional identity and impacts member states’ behavior towards human rights. These debates often revolve around two key theoretical approaches: the logic of consequences and the logic of appropriateness. These logics pose challenges in fully understanding the complexity of state behavior, as they are often observed operating simultaneously and interchangeably within state actions. The article investigates the ASEAN human rights regime through the communicative action perspective and its logic of arguing. It employs a qualitative instrumental case study approach, focusing on the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and the ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance (AHA) Centre to illuminate the region's evolving human rights strategies. It is characterized by both deliberate reforms and informal adaptations, reflecting a complex interplay of traditional principles, and emerging human rights norms. The findings indicate that ASEAN states are open to being convinced and persuaded by ideas related to human rights instead of dismissing them outright. ASEAN's approach to human rights, while progressing gradually, suggests a shift towards more substantive engagement with global human rights norms, facilitated by the discursive processes embedded within the AICHR and AHA Centre.
Development of a Multianalyte Method for the Determination of Phenolic Compounds in Residues from Beverage Production Using a Cyclofructan-Based Column in HILIC-MS/MS
Authors: da Silva Mayara , D. Dolzan Maressa , A. Micke Gustavo , Vitali Luciano
Published: September 2024

This study expands and shows the versatility of applications in hydrophilic interaction chromatography coupled with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (HILIC-MS/MS) using a FRULIC-N column to determine 31 phenolic compounds in beverage industry residues (coffee, apple juice, beer, and wine). Optimization, via Doehlert design, determined the acetonitrile proportion (50-90%) and pH (3.0-7.0) in the mobile phase (MP). A 22 factorial design assessed the concentration of ammonium acetate (10-110 mmol L-1) in the MP and column temperature (20-60 °C). Injection volume (5-45 µL) was univariately optimized. Separations at 60 °C reduced chromatographic run time to less than 11 min. Gradient elution (500 µL min-1) employed an MP comprising acetonitrile and ammonium acetate (110 mmol L-1, pH 7). Validation demonstrated average coefficient of determination (R2 ) 0.9707, limit of detection 0.001-0.503 mg L-1 and quantification 0.004-1.524 mg L-1, precision < 12.2%, recovery 92.4-110.8%. The method was applied to five residues, indicating its viability for determining phenolics in beverage production residues.
Prince Dmitry Golitsyn’s Program Speech “On Drawing” (1769): The Origin of the Text and Its Historical and Aesthetic Significance
Authors:   Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Sechin Alexander G. , Abdullina Darina A. ,   Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia,   State Russian Museum
Published: September 2024

The article is dedicated to the speech “On Drawing” by the honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Arts, Prince Dmitry Alekseevich Golitsyn (1734–1803), which he delivered in July 1769 at a solemn public meeting of the Academy. Its text was discovered in the Russian State Historical Archive in the middle of the 20th century and was long considered his original work, written first in French and then translated into Russian. The main outcome of the research conducted by the authors of this article was the discovery of the original source of this text by Golitsyn, namely the beginning of the dialogue of the same title from the French edition of the book by the English traveler and writer Daniel Webb “Recherches sur les beautésde la peinture” (1765). Since the Englishman’s book was the result of his tour to Rome, where he has met the scholar J. J. Winckelmann and the painter A. R. Mengs, an amateur art historian, Webb, retelling in his essay the thoughts of German theorists about imitation of ancient artists, unwittingly became a transmission link in the arrival of neoclassical ideas to Russia. Denis Diderot got acquainted with the French translation of Webb’s book before Golitsyn, wrote an essay about it for F. M. Grimm’s “La Correspondance littéraire” and, apparently, recommended it to the prince. However, Golitsyn did not copy word-for-word Webb’s text, but adapted it for his purpose — to compose a program speech to the high assembly of Russia’s main educational institution in the field of fine arts, which is gaining strength. Unlike Wincklemann and Webb, who appealed exclusively to the past, the Russian aristocrat, following Diderot, saw the future progress of modern art not in blind imitation of ancient masters, but in the revival of the emotional and intellectual power of ancient art through the efforts of free artists. The political conditions of the Russian Empire during the reign of Catherine II predetermined the laudatory tone of his speech in the spirit of the absolute monarchy of Louis XIV.
The Portrayal of the Holy Convicts from the 5th Step of the Ladder of John Climacus in the Russian Art of the 16th Century
Authors:   Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Titov Georgii V.
Published: September 2024

In the art of Rus’ of the Late Middle Ages there is a certain number of scattered pieces of art that share an iconographic cycle of the Monastic Feats — images of different sorts of self-torture that are described in the 5th logos of the Ladder of John Climacus. This chapter of the Ladder was copied not only as a part of the whole treaty, but on its own as well and inspired a ramified iconographic tradition first in the Byzantine Empire and then, since the 16th century, in Rus’. These monks resort to the mortification of the flesh for their ultimate absolution. In the article, all the examples of the Monastic Feats iconography which survived from the 16th century are taken to examination and analysed. As a result, two new attributions are proposed, one for the illuminated manuscript of the Ladder from the collection of the riznitsa of Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius and another for the vita icon of John Climacus from the Rybinsk Museum Reserve. From their analysis within the relative artistic context stems a suggestion of their Novgorod origin. In addition, a different and more early dating is proposed for the Rybinsk icon in relation to its identification with an image mentioned in the inventory of the Antoniev monastery in Novgorod. Some ideas are expressed about the choice of the subject of the Monastic Feats for the galleries of the Annunciation Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin that were repainted after the fire of 1547. The conclusion of the article is that the spread and development of the iconography of the Monastic Feats should be ascribed to the art of Novgorod at the era of archiepiscopacy Macarius or soon after. Therefore, it is the Novgorod art that played a decisive role in the creation of the visual representation of the 5th logos of the Ladder, one of the most expressive and impactful pieces of text in the Slavic literacy.
The Religious Theme in the Work of Grigory Gurkin
Authors:   Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Shchebrova Svetlana Ya. ,   Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences — Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: September 2024

The article explores the religious theme in the works of Grigory Ivanovich Gurkin (1870–1937), the first professional artist of the Altai Mountains. A talented master of landscape, a pupil of Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin, Gurkin became widely known after his first solo exhibition in Tomsk in 1907. During the February Revolution he was elected chairman of the Altai Mountain Duma, for which he was politically persecuted by the Bolsheviks and had to hide in Mongolia and Tuva from 1919 to 1925. Homesickness forced Gurkin to return to the Altai Mountains, but he remained politically unreliable for the Soviet authorities, and in 1937 he was shot by the NKVD. After his rehabilitation in 1956, Gurkin’s life and work became the subject of many studies, and after the establishment of the Altai Republic in 1992, Gurkin became a figure-symbol of national and cultural identity. In the conditions of reconstruction of Burkhanist and shamanistic practices in the Republic, it is relevant to study Gurkin’s pictorial and graphic works depicting religious beliefs that existed in the Altai Mountains in the late 19th — early 20th centuries. As a result of culturological and semiotic analysis, the interpretation of the artist’s works on religious themes is supplemented. The first painting on the theme of shamanism “Sacrificial Night” or “Kamlanie” (1895) revealed profane and sacred elements: the peculiarities of the material culture of the Kumandins and the theme of the sacred tree, the mirror-like surface of water and the symbolic unity of the worlds of the shamanic universe. From this work, reality in Gurkin’s painting and graphics is supplemented by mythological representations. In the painting “The First Ray of Christianity in Altai” Gurkin combined Orthodox and pagan pictures of the world to show the contradictory nature of the Christianisation process. Chet Chelpanov’s portrait contains a psychological characterisation of the leader of Burkhanism, and Gurkin’s detailed comments help to determine the time of the emergence of new phenomena in the religious culture of the Altai Mountains.
Faience Art Item’s Stylistic Analysis in the Context of Its Complex Investigation (As Exemplified by a 19th Century Tureen)
Authors:   LLP “NTVP Poverkhnost”, Shlykova Tatyana V. ,   St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture
Published: September 2024

Awareness of the importance of studying faience art industry of the 19th century reveals itself in the increasing researchers’ attention to this material. In this regard, a faience tureen with overglaze monochrome painting applied by transfer printing technique produced by the Creil factory (France) aroused interest. Stylistic analysis and the search for analogues allowed to confirm production place and time of the item, to assess its artistic merits, to identify the pictorial sources of its decoration, and to analyze features of transferring a two-dimensional image to a three-dimensional ceramic surface using the transfer printing technique. Revealing the sources of pictorial decoration on ceramic objects is recognized as a valuable result of art history research, since the question of relationship between pictorial motifs on ceramic art items and contemporary graphics is not elaborated enough both in Russian and foreign art history. For the same reason, investigation on the issues of adapting a two-dimensional original image to a curved shape, i. e. of coordinating the shape and decoration of a ceramic item, are also valuable: these aspects are also presented extremely scarcely in art historical studies. Stylistic analysis is not sufficient very often for attributing ceramic art objects; therefore, other research methods such as archival heuristics and expertise using natural science methods are often involved for this purpose. Both archival documents and production casts and molds of the Creil factory have been lost. The shape and size of the object are difficult for instrumental study. Under such conditions, stylistic analysis turns out to be the leading method for studying items of the kind. Realizing all the limitations of this method, we demonstrate its capabilities where the use of others is significantly difficult or impossible.
The Image of Gregory the Illuminator in Romanian-Armenian Icon Painting
Authors:   Yerevan State University, Manukyan Seyranush S. ,   Institute of Arts of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Devrikyan Shoghakat V. ,   Institute of Arts of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia,   Matenadaran — Mesrop Mashtots Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts
Published: September 2024

Icon painting has been one of the most important aspects of the cultural heritage of Romanian Armenians, contrasting with historical Armenia, where icon paintings were not widespread. Among more than ten iconographic forms of St. Gregory popular in Armenian art of the 18th century, only three are found in the icons created in Romania. The most common of these three forms created in Romanian-Armenian art, similar to Armenia itself and the Armenian colonies of the Diaspora, depicts the baptism scene of the Armenian royal family. Comparable icon paintings in the Romanian environment depict King Tiridates III of Armenia, Queen Ashkhen, and Princess Khosrovidukht kneeling before the Illuminator. In contrast to Armenia, the tortures of Gregory the Illuminator were often depicted in European art. In the 18th–19th centuries, a group of icons was also created in the Romanian-Armenian church environment, illustrating St. Gregory’s tortures and the martyrdom of St. Hripsime. Romanian-Armenian art portrays several biblical and pan-Christian worshipful saints as intercessors before the Mother of God, including St. Gregory. Alongside other saints of the General Church, St. Gregory served as the intercessor of the Armenian people. The Romanian-Armenian icons of Moldova exhibit a diverse range of styles, reflecting the various influences from Eastern European Orthodox and Catholic art during the 17th to 19th centuries. This article delves into the distinctive features of each iconographic type, comparing their versions within the same theme to unveil commonalities and differences. Details of the icons dedicated to St. Gregory’s life are described and analyzed based on biographical narratives.
Book-album “Choreography” by Vladimir Stepanov in the Formation of Classical Dance Method in Russia
Authors:   Saint-Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory, Menshikov Leonid A. ,   Vaganova Ballet Academy, Zhirova Violetta V. ,   Vaganova Ballet Academy
Published: September 2024

The article focuses on the unveiling of Vladimir Stepanov’s “Choreography”, which is preserved in the Cabinet of History of Russian Ballet, named after M. Frangopulo at the Vaganova Ballet Academy. However, this book has not been previously discussed in scholarly literature and memoiristics. It serves as a manual and photographic guide to Stepanov’s dance notation. The research revealed that at the age of 15, while he was still a student at the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet School, he began assisting in the rehearsal process, which was the starting point in developing his dance notation. It hypothesizes that Jean-Martin Charcot and his photographic method of recording movements influenced Stepanov’s “Choreography”. Through biographical and historical analysis, the article attempts to establish the date of its creation. During the research, the biography of E. A. Kuzmina, a graduate of the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet School, posing in the photographs of the book-album, was reconstructed. The illustrations in “Choreography” also provide valuable supplementary material for interpreting V. Stepanov’s 1895 classical dance curriculum, as demonstrated through a stylistic analysis of the seven arm positions and arabesques that reveal the distinct characteristics of the late 19th-century classical dance aesthetics. The pictures presented in “Choreography” are of particular value, forming a unique systematized illustrated classical dance manual.
Prediction of aeration performance of different types of piano key weirs using different machine learning models
Authors: Narwal Niyati , Bansal Nipun , Singh Deepak , Kumar Munendra
Published: September 2024

Aeration is a cost-effective and efficient method for increasing the available oxygen or dissolved oxygen content in water bodies, which is crucial for the existence of aquatic life. However, conventional techniques for estimating aeration in different hydraulic structures are time-consuming and incorrect ways to approximate aeration. Therefore, new, computationally more efficient, and more accurate methods are required. In this article, three machine learning models are presented: (1) ELM (extreme learning machine) model, (2) online sequential extreme learning machine model, and (3) I-ELM (incremental extreme learning machine) model. These models assess the air conditioning capacity of the three variants of Piano Key Weirs (PKWs), denoted as A, B, and C, about Cd, Cs, and Cu, which are the three most important parameters for aeration efficiency at different temperatures. The model performance is evaluated and compared based on mean squared error, root-mean-square error, correlation coefficient, mean absolute error, and Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency. This research concludes that I-ELM is the best-performing model for complete available data that are time invariant.
Research on the synergy of the water–energy–food composite system in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region
Authors: Wang Jing , Cui Xiaoyi , Zhao Mengru , Zheng Tao , Tu Chuang , Zhang Ying
Published: September 2024

Water, energy, and food are interdependent and mutually restrictive, and changes in any one resource may have an impact on the others. In order to promote the sustainable utilization of resources, it is important to study the synergy of the water–energy–food composite system (WEFCS). Taking the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region as an example, this study adopts the composite system synergy degree model to quantitatively measure the synergy degree of WEFCS from 2011 to 2021, then constructs an evolutionary model to identify the interactions between the subsystems, and finally analyzes the interactions dynamically by using the panel vector autoregression model. The results show that the WEFCS synergy level in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region is generally basic and shows low stability during the study period. Regional subsystems are more dependent than collaborative or competitive. Moreover, the regional water subsystem has a short-term positive impact on the energy subsystem, the energy subsystem has a short-term negative impact on the food subsystem, and the food subsystem has a delayed and complex influence on the water and energy subsystems, with the water subsystem being particularly affected. This study provides a decision-making basis for policymakers to optimize resource allocation.
Predicting Spinal Cord Injury Prognosis Using Machine Learning: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Preprint)
Authors: Zhong Linxing , Huang Qiying , Zhang Hao , Xue Liang , Chen Yehuang , Wu Jianwu , Wei Liangfeng
Published: September 2024

BACKGROUND

Spinal cord injury is complicated and varied conditions that receive a lot of attention. However, the prognosis of patients with spinal cord injury is increasingly being predicted using machine learning techniques.

OBJECTIVE

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and caliber of machine learning models in forecasting the consequences of spinal cord injury.

METHODS

Literature searches were conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, PROSPERO, Scopus, Cochrane Library, CNKI, CBM, and Wanfang databases. Meta-analysis of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of machine learning models was performed to comprehensively evaluate their performance.

RESULTS

A total of 1254 articles were retrieved, and 13 eligible studies were included. Predictive outcomes included spinal cord function prognosis, postoperative complications, independent living ability, and walking ability. For spinal cord function prognosis, the AUC of the Random Forest (RF) algorithm was 0.832, the AUC of the Logistic Regression (LR) algorithm was 0.813 (95% CI: 0.805, 0.883), the AUC of the Decision Tree (DT) algorithm was 0.747 (95% CI: 0.677, 0.802), and the AUC of the XGBoost algorithm was 0.867. For postoperative complications, the AUC of the RF algorithm was 0.627 (95% CI: 0.441, 0.812), the AUC of the LR algorithm was 0.747 (95% CI: 0.597, 0.896), and the AUC of the DT algorithm was 0.688. For independent living ability, the AUC of the CART model was 0.813. For walking ability, the model based on the VM algorithm was the most effective, with an AUC of 0.780.

CONCLUSIONS

Machine learning models predict spinal cord injury outcomes with relative accuracy, particularly in spinal cord function prognosis. They are expected to become important tools for clinicians in assessing the prognosis of spinal cord injury patients, with the XGBoost algorithm showing the best performance. Prediction models should continue to advance as large data is used and machine learning algorithms develop.
Reflections on the Use of Corporal Punishment to Curb Indiscipline of Learners in a School Setting
Authors: Matthew Ige Akindele
Published: September 2024

Although there are different strategies for tackling the issue of indiscipline of learners, the use of corporal punishment has been very popular and contentious. While many people favour its use to curb the indiscipline of learners, due to the associated advantages, another school of thought views it to be too harsh for learners and thus should be banned. In this paper, the meaning of corporal punishment, its forms, causes, and advantages, particularly, the fact that it can deter a learner from indulging in wrong behaviour and help him/her learn better, among others, are discussed. The disadvantages inherent in the use of the approach, such as the injury it inflicts on learners, among others, are also examined. The paper recommends the use of other approaches to curb the indiscipline of learners, while a regulated corporal punishment that will not violate the rules and strategies to achieve effective management of the indiscipline of learners, is also recommended for the schools’ administrators.
Effect of special horticultural practices on physical and chemical parameters in fruit of mango (Mangifera indica L.) cv. Ratna
Authors: Aghav R.D. , Haldankar P.M. , Malshe K.V. , Parulekar Y.R. , Saste H. A. , Samant A. P.
Published: September 2024

The investigation was conducted on mango at College of Horticulture, Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri (MS) during the year 2020-21 to assess the effect of special horticultural practices on physical and chemical parameters in fruit of mango (Mangifera indica L.) cv. Ratna. The experiment was laid out in RBD with three replications and ten treatments viz; girdling on first fortnight of October (T1), girdling on first fortnight of November (T2), girdling on first fortnight of October and November (T3), girdling on first fortnight of October and tip pruning (T4), girdling on first fortnight of November and tip pruning (T5), girdling on first fortnight of October and November and tip pruning (T6), tip pruning (T7), removal of new shoots below old shoot (T8), smudging (T9) and control (T10). Treatment girdling on first fortnight of October and November and tip pruning resulted highest fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter, pulp weight, pulp stone ratio at harvest stage and ripe stage. The chemical parameter TSS, reducing sugar, total sugar, acidity, pH and ascorbic acid were non-significant at both stages.
Politics as Sacralization
Authors: Attias Basso Aarón
Published: September 2024

This article aims to demonstrate that the dimension of the sacred is constitutive of politics. First, abandoning any substantive view of the sacred that confines it to the exclusive jurisdiction of religions is necessary, reaching a broad and non-essentialist conception based on developments from Durkheim to Bataille. In this way, the sacred can be considered the center and common foundation of all society, present both in its glorious manifestations and its excremental ones, which will be referred to as pure and impure heterogeneous elements, respectively. Furthermore, contrary to those who speak of the “sacralization of politics” —a formula that implies an external relationship between politics and sacredness and a rejection of their contamination— this article proposes to understand politics as the practice of sacralization —of people and processes, of events, objects, and places— which aims to construct objectivity, that is, to stabilize the principal meanings within a social set.
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Este artículo tiene como objetivo mostrar que la dimensión de lo sagrado es constitutiva de la política. En primer lugar, es preciso abandonar toda mirada sustantiva de lo sagrado que lo sitúe como jurisdicción exclusiva de las religiones, para así llegar a una concepción amplia y no esencialista a partir de los desarrollos desde Durkheim hasta Bataille. De este modo, lo sagrado puede pensarse simultáneamente como centro y fondo común de toda sociedad, presente tanto en sus manifestaciones gloriosas como en aquellas excrementales, que serán nombradas como heterogéneas puras e impuras respectivamente. A continuación, en contra de quienes hablan de la “sacralización de la política”, fórmula que supone una relación de exterioridad entre política y sacralidad y un rechazo de su contaminación, en este artículo se propone entender por política la práctica de sacralización —de personas y de procesos, de acontecimientos, objetos y lugares— que apunta a construir una objetividad, es decir, a estabilizar de los principales sentidos al interior de un conjunto social.
Obstáculos hacia otras formas de paternidad y maternidad: la vigencia de los roles de género
Authors: García-Faroldi Livia , García de Diego José María
Published: September 2024

Actualmente han ganado visibilidad nuevos discursos que cuestionan los roles de género tradicionales vinculados a la maternidad y a la paternidad. De igual manera, hay un debilitamiento del rol de proveedor económico del padre y una mayor demanda de una paternidad más involucrada y cuidadora para lograr una corresponsabilidad real de los cuidados entre hombres y mujeres. Este trabajo analiza cuáles son las imágenes predominantes de ser padre y ser madre en la sociedad española. Para ello se ha utilizado la Encuesta Social General Española (cis, 2018). Los datos ponen de relieve que la percepción social de los encuestados es que los roles de género tradicionales siguen vigentes en la sociedad: mientras el padre se vincula a un rol de proveedor económico, la madre tiene un perfil más diversificado, pero sigue siendo responsable en mayor medida que su pareja de las tareas más rutinarias. Esta percepción, sin embargo, no está implantada en igual medida en todas las categorías sociales. Los roles tradicionales son más mencionados por las personas menos religiosas, las mujeres y quieres tienen un nivel de estudios e ingresos más altos. Estos resultados sugieren algunas implicaciones políticas que se vinculan a su vez a la demanda social de una mayor corresponsabilidad.
Hegemonía mundial en el siglo XXI: bifurcaciones frente a la constelación global de la crisis
Authors: Rico Becerra Cesari Irwing
Published: September 2024

Los cuestionamientos en torno a la situación de la hegemonía mundial en las dos primeras décadas del siglo xxi han sido múltiples y cada vez más recurrentes. La posición de Estados Unidos como superpotencia ha mostrado una cada vez mayor vulnerabilidad debido a sus contradicciones sociales y económicas internas, así como a la renovación de la competencia geoestratégica mundial. La crisis de hegemonía no se ha expresado solamente en el ámbito de la competencia entre sujetos hegemónicos, sino fundamentalmente a través de los signos de agotamiento en la capacidad de gestión, organización y ejecución del sistema capitalista como horizonte civilizatorio a lo largo y ancho del planeta. Es así como el nuevo siglo se inaugura como un momento histórico en donde asistimos a una profunda crisis de hegemonía, expresada principalmente en las tensiones y contradicciones propias de su reproducción sistémica, en donde se abren posibilidades de bifurcación para repensar la categoría relacional de la hegemonía en sus distintas escalas. El presente artículo buscará abonar a la reflexión de la hegemonía como categoría relacional, la cual se encuentra en constante transformación y adaptación a sus propias condiciones de posibilidad, con la finalidad de proponer líneas de análisis para la comprensión de un mundo complejo, incierto, riesgoso y desigual en donde la crisis de hegemonía contemporánea destapa la posibilidad de rearticulaciones estratégicas y bifurcaciones sistémicas en pugna por un nuevo horizonte civilizatorio en escala mundial.
La tríada pueblo-élites-líder: reflexiones sobre la relación entre moral y discurso populista
Authors: Villanueva Jurado Elizabeth
Published: September 2024

El centro del discurso populista contiene la simplificación del panorama político a una lucha dicotómica entre el pueblo como víctima histórica y la élite como corrupta e incorregible. Sin embargo, a pesar de que, constantemente, se enfatiza esta diferencia en términos morales, poca atención se ha puesto en las implicaciones que plantea el uso de la moral como referente discursivo o como factor explicativo para la forma en que los discursos populistas permean de manera eficiente el espacio público. Este artículo presenta un análisis sobre el ser humano como animal moral, desde los argumentos de Christian Smith, que permitirá dilucidar su acercamiento a las instituciones como empresas moralmente normadas, argumentando su importancia para el análisis de instituciones como la democracia o fenómenos como el populismo. A partir de ello, se identifican las dimensiones morales que entretejen la tríada pueblo-élites-líder populista y que permiten entender la manera en que los individuos reciben, adhieren e interiorizan el discurso, y cómo esto afecta su toma de decisiones y participación política.
Espacios de excepción y tecnosecuritización de la movilidad humana en Norteamérica. Del control corpóreo al algorítmico-digital
Authors: Morales Mena Agustín
Published: September 2024

El propósito de este artículo es identificar y analizar los usos y abusos relacionados con innovaciones tecnológicas empleadas para la gobernanza de la movilidad humana en Norteamérica en la última década. A partir de rastreo de procesos y análisis de contenido se desarrollan tres objetivos: 1) se formula una cartografía para el estudio del estado de excepción migratorio y de refugio, cuya evolución ha incorporado en años recientes los entornos de gobernanza algorítmica y tecnológica; 2) se examinan dispositivos de gestión y contención relacionados con big data, algoritmos, aprendizaje automatizado, inteligencia artificial y otras tecnologías que reproducen violaciones a derechos humanos a partir de su convergencia con fronteras inteligentes, fronteras virtuales, discriminación algorítmica, vigilancia permanente y privatización de la excepción; y 3) se propone el neologismo tecnosecuritización. El prefijo tecno-, no se refiere sólo al uso de herramientas digitales. Coloca en el centro de la discusión la narrativa vinculada a la tecnificación, y sus supuestos de imparcialidad, eficiencia, transparencia y empoderamiento que permiten legitimar la criminalización y la negación de derechos de personas migrantes y refugiadas en el siglo xxi.
Intercambio de baterías: elemento clave para una electromovilidad sustentable
Authors: Sánchez Silva José Tomás , Correa Solis Natalia , Godinez Torrez Eduardo Sebastián , Cedano Villavicencio Karla Graciela , del Río Portilla Jesús Antonio
Published: September 2024

En este libro se plantean y discuten las ventajas de la electromovilidad. Se enfatizan las características y beneficios en el transporte público eléctrico. Se analiza con detalle las ventajas del intercambio de baterías y sus posibilidades de introducción con beneficios sociales y oportunidades de negocios.
Guardia Nacional. Una definición de su arquitectura institucional en el orden jurídico mexicano a partir de los criterios de interpretación empleados en la sentencia del Pleno de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación dictada en la controversia constitucional 137/2022
Authors: Otero Varela Juan Manuel
Published: September 2024

A pesar del diseño constitucional de la Guardia Nacional como una institución de seguridad pública de naturaleza civil, adscrita a la Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana, en septiembre de 2022, se publicó un paquete de reformas legales por las que se buscó transferir el control operativo y administrativo de este órgano a la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, con el objetivo de dotar a las fuerzas armadas de mayores facultades de intervención sobre dicha institución, perturbando su arquitectura constitucional.
La dignificación plena del trabajo doméstico asalariado: pasos adelante y tareas pendientes. Un repaso a las últimas reformas en España desde la perspectiva del feminismo jurídico
Authors: Guamán Hernández Adoración
Published: September 2024

En el trabajo doméstico asalariado confluyen diversos ejes de subordiscriminación —feminización, informalidad y condición migratoria— que exigen un análisis interseccional de su realidad y de los elementos de regulación, como vía imprescindible para abordar las reformas necesarias de los marcos normativos que lo encuadran. Así, el Convenio 189 sobre las trabajadoras y los trabajadores domésticos de 2011, fue una norma fundamental cuyo desarrollo a nivel estatal debe ser evaluado a la luz de la perspectiva de género, y con los postulados del feminismo jurídico. Para  efectos de plasmar este análisis en un caso concreto, se revisa el caso español; en concreto el Real Decreto-ley 16/2022, de 6 de septiembre, para la mejora de las condiciones de trabajo y de seguridad social de las personas trabajadoras al servicio del hogar. Se indican los avances y las metas que aún quedan por alcanzar para la consecución de la eliminación de las discriminaciones sexogenéricas, que se mantienen respecto de esta relación laboral. Esta revisión es imprescindible para la construcción de un “derecho del trabajo feminista”, que consiga la igualdad de género real y efectiva en el ámbito de las relaciones de trabajo.
Una propuesta para convertirnos en detectives espaciales del derecho laboral: hacia una espacialización del derecho del trabajo
Authors: Rodríguez Morales Andrés
Published: September 2024

Desde los años setenta, la propuesta de espacializar el derecho se ha agrupado bajo la etiqueta de geografía legal, y participa en el campo de los estudios socio-jurídicos. Pese a ello, no existe un trabajo que realice una revisión de la literatura académica que ofrezca una lectura de los puntos de encuentro entre derecho laboral y geografía legal. En este artículo, presento nueve conexiones posibles a la hora de pensar el derecho del trabajo, desde una perspectiva espacial. Partiendo de mi propia posicionalidad, así como de mi proyecto de tesis doctoral, argumento que espacializar el derecho laboral permite comprender mejor la materialidad del trabajo y la forma en la que el derecho participa en su construcción.