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Anti-Colonial Solidarity
Authors: Fourlas George N.
Published: February 2024

Anti-Colonial Solidarity: Race, Reconciliation, and MENA Liberation confronts the racialization of Middle-Eastern and North African (MENA) perceived peoples from a global perspective. George Fourlas critiques the ways that orientalism, racism, and colonialism cooperatively emerged and afforded the imaginary landscapes of the recently recategorized Middle East. This critique also clarifies possibility, both in a past that has been obscured by the colonial palimpsest, and in the present through exemplary cases of MENA solidarity that act as guideposts for what might be achieved through effective coordination and meaning-making practices. Hence, in confronting the problem of racialization, the author reflects on the conditions of the possibility of a solidarity amongst MENA peoples, and subjugated peoples more generally, that resists the cyclical character of violent domination which has defined colonial power since at least 1492.

Rather than offer a blueprint for a well-ordered free society, however, Anti-Colonial Solidarity explores what is required to enact an open-ended collectivity that resists rigid universalism, as well as reification, and prioritizes reciprocal relations with others and the environment. At once a rejection of orientalist narratives and a critique of solidarity that illuminates defensive possibilities for MENA people beyond the insufficient, yet still necessary, politics of recognition, Anti-Colonial Solidarity is a call to action for MENA people, and subjugated people more generally, to reclaim ourselves and our history from the trappings of colonial domination.
The Dubious Morality of Modern Administrative Law
Authors: Epstein Richard
Published: February 2024

Modern administrative law has been the subject of intense and protracted intellectual debate, from legal theorists to such high-profile judicial confirmations as those conducted for Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. On one side, defenders of limited government argue that the growth of the administrative state threatens traditional ideas of private property, freedom of contract, and limited government. On the other, modern progressives champion a large administrative state that delegates to key agencies in the executive branch, rather than to Congress, broad discretion to implement major social and institutional reforms. In this book, Richard A. Epstein, one of America’s most prominent legal scholars, provides a withering critique of how theadministrative state has gone astray since the New Deal.

First examining how federal administrative powers worked well in an earlier age of limited government, dealing with such issues as land grants, patents, tariffs and government employment contracts, Epstein then explains how modern broad mandates for delegated authority are inconsistent with the rule of law and lead to systematic abuse in a wide range of subject matter areas: environmental law; labor law; food and drug law; communications laws, securities law and more. He offers detailed critiques of major administrative laws that are now under reconsideration in the Supreme Court and provides recommendations as to how the Supreme Court can roll back the administrative state in a coherent way.
Greed in the Gilded Age
Authors: Hazelgrove William Elliott
Published: February 2024

Greed in the Gilded Age is a Gatsby-esque tale of mystery, money, sex, and scandal.

‘Millionaire’ had just entered the American lexicon and Cassie Chadwick was front page news, becoming a media sensation before mass media, even eclipsing President Roosevelt’s inauguration. Using these newspaper articles, Hazelgrove tells the story of one of the greatest cons in American history.

Combining the sexuality and helplessness her gender implied, Chadwick conned at least 2 million dollars, equivalent to about 60 million today, simply by claiming to be the illegitimate daughter and heir of steel titan, Andrew Carnegie. Playing to their greed, she was able to convince highly educated financiers to loan hundreds of thousands of dollars, on nothing more than a rumor and her word.

She was a product of her time and painting her as a criminal is only one way to look at it. Those times rewarded someone who was smart, inventive, bold, and aggressive. She was able to break through boundaries of class, education, and gender, to beat the men of the one percent at their own game.
Krav Maga and the Making of Modern Israel
Authors: Molle Andrea
Published: February 2024

This book examines the profound interplay of martial arts, combative, and self-defense disciplines with nationalism and ethno-religious politics through the analysis of Zionism, the birth of the State of Israel, antisemitism, and the life of the contemporary Jewish Diaspora in the United States. It connects martial arts studies and political science, spearheading the new field of political hoplology. Focusing on the complex formative process of national communities, their growth, resilience, and consequences for the individuals, Krav Maga and the Making of Modern Israel presents the unique case of Krav Maga (literally hand to hand combat), a self-defense system developed between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which is now considered a staple of Israeli culture and a prime self-defense practice. Through its chapters, the book provides strong evidence supporting the idea that physical violence is indeed needed as a unifying experience to allow national communities to emerge and thrive. Furthermore, it examines the growing importance of violence for modern democratic societies and suggests the existence of a “gladiatorial effect,” or the need for a certain level of violence to exist to maintain a harmonious, stable, and cooperative society.
Charlie Chaplin
Authors: Fawell John W.
Published: February 2024

Charlie Chaplin was a skilled comedian, filmmaker and composer, and the mission of this book is to educate readers on the wide variety of Chaplin’s artistry: the subtlety of his mimetic satire, the sophistication of his film direction, and his prodigious musical skill that resulted in some of film’s greatest orchestral arrangements. This encyclopedia also emphasizes the singular nature of Chaplin’s biography: his unprecedented renown, the wide list of notables in art and culture with whom he fraternized, and the controversies that seemed to dog each stage of his life, perhaps most notably in his run-ins with the FBI and the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, both of whom suspected him of communist leanings.

Charlie Chaplin: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works captures his life, and legacy. It features a chronology, an introduction that offers a brief account of his life, and a dictionary section listing entries on Chaplin’s childhood, career, family, and associates. The bibliography is one of the largest available of works concerning Chaplin.
Sex Trafficking of Children Online
Authors: Uitts Beatriz Susana
Published: February 2024

This book addresses child sex trafficking in the era of digital technology. As a global problem, human trafficking frequently victimizes the most vulnerable: children. Offenders often use the Internet as a vehicle for criminal activities, including acts to sexually exploit them. With Internet access growing exponentially, more children are online every day, increasing their risk of becoming involved in sexual exploitation or being treated as a commodity.

Inconsistent law among countries and the lack of adequate cooperation across borders make combating this issue increasingly difficult. Using a human rights approach, this book offers alternative solutions and recommendations, including establishing a legal protection framework to fight practices that sexually exploit children in cyberspace. In addition, it promotes multi-stakeholder collaboration in the context of corporate social responsibility to prevent and combat these offenses.

This book explores the intersection of children’s human rights, online sex trafficking, and international legislation. It provides helpful insights for lawmakers, legal practitioners, scholars, law enforcement officers, child advocates, and students interested in human rights law, criminal law, and child protection.
On Lynchings
Authors: Wells-Barnett Ida B.
Published: February 2024

Though the end of the Civil War brought legal emancipation to African-American people, it is a fact of history that their social oppression continued long after. The most virulent form of this ongoing persecution was the practice of lynching carried out by mob rule, often as local law enforcement officials looked the other way.

During the 1880s and 1890s, more than 100 African Americans per year were lynched, and in 1892 alone the toll of murdered men and women reached a peak of 161. In that awful year, the twenty-three-year-old Ida B. Wells, the editor of a small newspaper for blacks in Memphis, Tennessee, raised one lone voice of protest. In her paper she charged that white businessmen had instigated three local lynchings against their black competitors. In retaliation for her outspoken courage a goon-squad of angry whites destroyed her editorial office and print shop, and she was forced to flee the South and move to New York City. So began a crusade against lynching which became the focus of her long, active, and very courageous life.

In New York she began lecturing against the abhorrent vigilante practice and published her first pamphlet on the subject called "Southern Horrors". After moving to Chicago and marrying lawyer Ferdinand Barnett, she continued her campaign, publishing A Red Record in 1895 and Mob Rule in New Orleans, about the race riots in that city, in 1900. All three of these documents are here collected in this work, a shocking testament to cruelty and the dark American legacy of racial prejudice. Anticipating possible accusations of distortion, Wells-Barnett was careful to present factually accurate evidence and she deliberately relied on southern white sources as well as statistics gathered by the Chicago Tribune. Using the words of white journalists, she created a damning indictment of unpunished crimes that was difficult to dispute since southern white men who had witnessed the appalling incidents had written the descriptions. Along with her husband she played an active role in the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Due to her efforts, the NAACP launched an intensive campaign against lynching after World War I. Her work remains important to this day not only as a cry of protest against injustice but also as valuable historical documentation of terrible crimes that must never be forgotten.

This edition is enhanced by an introduction by Patricia Hill Collins is an American academic specialising in race, class and gender. She is a Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park.She is also the former head of the Department of African-American Studies at the University of Cincinnati, and a past President of the American Sociological Association.
Critical Concepts for the Creative Humanities
Authors: van der Tuin Iris , Verhoeff Nanna
Published: February 2024

This concise, precise, and inclusive dictionary contributes to a growing, transforming, and living research culture within both humanities scholarship and professional practices within the creative sectors. Its format of succinct starting definitions, demonstrations of possible routes of further development, and references to new and revisited concepts as “conceptual invitations” allows readers to quickly uptake and orient themselves within this exciting methodological field for didactic, scholarly and creative use, and as a starting point for further investigation for future contributions to the new canon of critical concepts.

Critical Concepts for the Creative Humanities is the first book to outline and define the specific and evolving field of the creative humanities and provides the field’s nascent bibliography.
A Visual Dictionary of Decorative and Domestic Arts
Authors: Odegaard Nancy , Crouse Gerry Wagner
Published: February 2024

A Visual Dictionary of Decorative and Domestic Arts provides a common and unambiguous vocabulary for the parts of handcrafted decorative, domestic, and artistic items. Terminology for a broad array of object types is presented alongside original 3D illustrations that facilitate objective referencing. The reference enhances learning, labeling, and discussing various craft items in great physical detail.

Sixty-four 3D graphic illustrations provide an effective visual format for identifying the vocabulary/location of the parts on individual objects.

The dictionary is divided into five major sections:

Decorative Objects such as a basket, jar/jug, flatware

Domestic Furnishings such as a bed with bedding, upholstered chairs, tables

Artistic Works and Tools such as books, prints, paintings, photographs, and sculpture

Jewelry Adornment Items such as earrings, necklaces, pins, and watches

Accessory Articles such as a hat, pipe, comb, and fan

The thoroughness of the annotations makes this volume an essential tool for museum curators and conservators, librarians, connoisseurs, buyers and dealers; artists and crafts persons, collectors, designers, registrars and anyone with an interest in visual history.
Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan
Authors: Johnson Thomas H. , Adamec Ludwig W.
Published: February 2024

Afghanistan is an extremely complex and nuanced country that has been one of the centers of imperial conflict at least for 150 years. From the Czarist Russia’s march south in the 19th Century threatening British India, three Anglo-Afghan Wars, the Soviet Invasion and occupation of Afghanistan starting in December 1979 and the resulting anti-Soviet Jihad by the Afghan Mujahideen to Kabul’s and their allies’ (U.S. and NATO) conflict with the Taliban, Afghanistan has been one of the centers of important international and regional conflicts and events.

Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan, Fifth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Afghanistan.
Queering and Querying the Paradise of Paradox
Authors: Butterman Steven F.
Published: February 2024

This book provides readers with a study of the characteristics that make life unique for sexual minorities in Brazil while also viewing Brazil in relation to global LGBT sociopolitical movements. It critically assesses the complex relationship(s) between the visual arts and political activism, carefully analyzing artistic, cinematic, and photographic representations of LGBTQ identities. Brazil provides a useful case to example, with the cultivation of ambiguity in contemporary (re)constructions of queer life. In this book, the author conducts the first comprehensive discourse analysis of the dynamics and features of the largest LGBT Pride Parade in the world. This problematizes and analyzes the relationship between burgeoning critical socio-political movements and institutions and the language and new media discourses used to configure and conceptualize them.

The aim of this project is to create a theoretical scholarly framework promoting linkages between political activism and academic scholarship and by using discourse analysis, the intricacies of terminology Brazilian sexual minorities adopt and adapt, illustrating the development of LGBTQ identities through performative language use.
The Dictionary of the Book
Authors: Berger Sidney E.
Published: February 2024

From Library Journal's Starred Review: "This ambitious and entertaining update solidifies Berger’s volume as a must-have title for librarians, booksellers, collectors, and students of the book arts and book history."

This new edition of The Dictionary of the Book adds more than 700 new entries and many new illustrations and brings the vocabulary and theory of bookselling and collecting into the modern commercial and academic world, which has been forced to adjust to a new reality.

The definitive glossary of the book covers all the terms needed for a thorough understanding of how books are made, the materials they are made of, and how they are described in the bookselling, book collecting, and library worlds. Every key term—more than 2,000—that could be used in booksellers’ catalogs, library records, and collectors’ descriptions of their holdings is represented in this dictionary. This authoritative source covers all areas of book knowledge, including:

The book as physical object

Typeface terminology

Paper terminology

Printing

Book collecting

Cataloging

Book design

Bibliography as a discipline, bibliographies, and bibliographical description

Physical Condition and how to describe it

Calligraphy

Language of manuscripts

Writing implements

Librarianship

Legal issues

Parts of a book

Book condition terminology

Pricing of books

Buying and selling

Auctions

Items one will see an antiquarian book fairs

Preservation and conservation issues, and the notion of restoration

Key figures, presses / publishers, and libraries in the history of books

Book collecting clubs and societies

How to read and decipher new and old dealers’ catalogs

And much more

The Dictionary also contains an extensive bibliography—more than 1,000 key readings in the book world and it gives current (and past) definitions of terms whose meaning has shifted over the centuries.

More than 200 images accompany the entries, making the work even more valuable for understanding the terms described.
Doing Politics with Citizen Art
Authors: Plessner Fawn Daphne
Published: February 2024

This book examines how citizen art practices perform new kinds of politics, as distinct from normative (status, participatory and cosmopolitan) models. It contends that at a time in which the conditions of citizenship have been radically altered (e.g., by the increased securitization and individuation of bodies and so forth), there is an urgent drive for citizen art to be enacted as a tool for assessing the “hollowed out” conditions of citizenship. Citizen art, it shows, stands apart from other forms of art by performing acts of citizenship that reveal and transgress the limitations of state-centred citizenship regimes, whilst simultaneously enacting genuinely alternative modes of (non-statist) citizenship.

This book offers a new formulation of citizen art—one that is interrogated on both critical and material levels, and as such, remodels the foundations on which citizenship is conceived, performed and instituted.
Historical Dictionary of Baroque Music
Authors: Swain Joseph P.
Published: February 2024

"Bravo! An invaluable source for scholars and concertgoers.” - Library Journal

In the history of the Western musical tradition, the Baroque period traditionally dates from the turn of the 17th century to 1750. The beginning of the period is marked by Italian experiments in composition that attempted to create a new kind of secular musical art based upon principles of Greek drama, quickly leading to the invention of opera. The ending is marked by the death of Johann Sebastian Bach in 1750 and the completion of George Frideric Handel’s last English oratorio, Jephtha, the following year.

The Historical Dictionary of Baroque Music, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 500 cross-referenced entries on composers, instruments, cities, and technical terms. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about baroque music.
Collection Management in the Cloud
Authors: Kipps Kayla , Jones Allison Kaiser
Published: February 2024

As remote work has become routine, cloud-based technology tools have become increasingly necessary to communicate with other library staff and with faculty and staff to continue providing seamless and uninterrupted access to library resources and collections for our campus community.

Cloud-based technology tools such as Google Forms and Google Sheets are used to gather faculty requests for collection development, tools such as Tableau are used to illustrate material budget balances, and platforms such as Trello have been adopted to track subscription renewal cycles and manage other projects.

This guide discusses the benefits of using these powerful cloud-based and little to no additional cost technology tools through the lens of a particular area in librarianship such as documentation, data and project management, communication, data storage, and data visualization. While the real-world examples provided throughout focus on technical services staff operations, specifically acquisitions and electronic collection management, each tool’s features and use cases are transferable among all areas of librarianship.

This guide provides insights into how collaborative, dynamic, and accessible these cloud-based solutions are for a technologically shifting workplace as well as considers the challenges to adopting cloud-based solutions such as administrative buy-in, aversion to change, and steeper learning curves as well.

Readers will gain practical experiential examples that have been instrumental in creating efficiencies in collection management workflows for technical services staff. The use cases illustrated exemplify enhancements that librarians can incorporate into their own collection management practices to further engage with their colleagues, their patrons, and their larger communities more effectively and efficiently.
The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia
Authors: Hischak Thomas S.
Published: February 2024

Thornton Wilder is one of America’s greatest writers, and the only author to win Pulitzer Prizes in both fiction and drama. Equally well known for his plays and novels, his unique and diverse body of work also includes essays, journals, lectures, and film and television scripts.

In The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia, Thomas S. Hischak exhaustively covers Wilder’s life and extensive career. Entries not only contain every one of his novels, plays, and scripts, but also his letters, journals, and all other existing works by Wilder, published or unpublished. In addition, this valuable reference features entries on the individuals who worked with Wilder and friends and family members who were a great influence on him.

With a biography of Wilder to introduce the work and a chronology and selected bibliography to augment the entries, The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive reference available on one of America’s greatest playwrights and finest novelists.
Fighting for Survival
Authors: Martin Christy
Published: February 2024

If you were riveted by the Netflix documentary Untold: Deal with the Devil, find out Christy Martin’s whole story in this fascinating autobiography.

Boxing legend Christy Martin was a trailblazer in the ring and continues to be an inspiration to female fighters across the globe. She is without a doubt the most important woman in the history of female combat sports. But behind the scenes Martin was in a losing battle, unable to express her true sexual identity and struggling to survive sexual and domestic abuse at the hands of her husband.

In Fighting for Survival: My Journey through Boxing Fame, Abuse, Murder, and Resurrection, Christy Martin recounts her harrowing yet inspiring story. Growing up in a small town in West Virginia, Martin felt forced to keep her sexual orientation hidden to please her family and the sports world, eventually agreeing to a sham marriage with coach Jim Martin. While she rose to prominence in the world of boxing, Martin was secretly contending with substance abuse, domestic violence, and an attempted murder by her husband, who left her to die on their bedroom floor.

Fighting for Survival reveals how Martin battled back to life from her near-death experience, how she overcame abuse, violence, addiction, and 40 years of living in the closet, and how she turned her pain into victory and debasement into triumph. Her story is one of hope and self-belief, an inspiration for anyone struggling to break the chain of abuse or who fears to be open about their sexual orientation. It is more than the story of a boxing champion; it is the story of a survivor.
Wonder Woman
Authors: Luttrell Regina
Published: February 2024

A remarkable exploration of Wonder Woman’s creation, mysterious identity, and evolution—and her extraordinary impact on her legions of fans.

For generations, Wonder Woman has been a symbol of equality and female empowerment, her complex saga deeply rooted within the feminist movement. A staple of the comic book industry, she is arguably the best-known female superhero of all time.

In Wonder Woman: Warrior, Disrupter, Feminist Icon, Regina Luttrell details this legendary superhero’s origins, history, and evolution, from an ambassador of peace and love to the fiercest warrior in the DC Universe. Luttrell reveals how Wonder Woman’s journeys are a reflection of each wave within the feminist movement and how her impact on culture and society continues to be felt today. Wonder Woman has become the epitome of technological sophistication, globalization, and modern-day feminism. She is truly a warrior, a disrupter, and a feminist icon.

Luttrell’s fascinating history includes the perspectives of famed feminist Gloria Steinem in her essay “Wonder Woman,” as well as personal interviews with creator William Moulton Marson’s surviving family members. Featuring a captivating examination of the oft-overlooked contributions of Marston’s life partners and inspirations Elizabeth Holloway Marston and Olive Byrne, Wonder Woman is an incredible, in-depth exploration of this iconic feminist superhero.
Marx after the Kyoto School
Authors: Kaye Bradley
Published: February 2024

Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945) is considered Japan’s greatest modern philosopher. As the founder of the Kyoto School, he initiated a rigorous philosophical engagement with Western philosophy, including the work of Karl Marx. Bradley Kaye explores the political aspects of Nishida’s thought, placing his work in connection with Marxism and Zen. Developing concepts of self-awareness, Basho, dialectical materialism, circulation, will, nothingness, and the state. Nishida’s thought offers an ethics of personal will that radical awakening that offers clarity in a seemingly hopeless world.
Poverty and Pacification
Authors: Solinger Dorothy J.
Published: February 2024

This groundbreaking book powerfully humanizes the little-known urban workers who have been left behind in China’s single-minded drive to modernize. Dorothy Solinger traces the origins of their plight to the mid-1990s, when the Chinese government found that state-owned factories were failing in large numbers in the face of market reforms just as the country was about to enter the World Trade Organization. Under these circumstances, leaders urged firms to lay off tens of millions of previously lifetime-employed, welfare-secure, under-educated, middle-aged employees. As these dislocated people were left without any source of livelihood, the regime settled on a tiny welfare effort, the Minimum Livelihood Guarantee (dibao), to provide some support and, most important from the viewpoint of the leadership, to keep them quiet so that enterprise reform could proceed peacefully. Solinger explores the induced urban poverty that resulted and relates the painful struggle for survival of these discarded laborers. She also details the history and workings of the dibao and its missteps, as well as changes in policy over time. Drawing on dozens of interviews, this book brings to life the urban workers who have been relegated to obsolescence, isolation, and invisibility by China’s quest for modernity.
Das Andere des Arbeitsrechts
Authors: Kocher Eva
Published: February 2024

Recht ist geprägt durch vergeschlechtlichte Machtverhältnisse: Marginalisiert wird, was nicht ›männlich‹, also ›anders‹ ist. Dies gilt in besonderer Weise für das Arbeitsrecht. Klassische Felder feministischer Interventionen wie Diskriminierung, Elternschaft und Sorgearbeit sind hier von unmittelbarer Bedeutung. Der vorliegende Band von Eva Kocher versammelt Beiträge aus mehr als zwanzig Jahren Forschung über »das Andere des Arbeitsrechts«. Die Texte weisen auf die Relevanz feministischer und queertheoretischer Debatten allgemein für das Recht hin und legen die Chancen, aber auch Schwierigkeiten einer interdisziplinären Rechtswissenschaft dar. Vor diesem Hintergrund werden konkrete Probleme der rechtlichen Normalisierung vergeschlechtlichter Lebens- und Arbeits­verhältnisse ebenso in den Fokus gerückt wie das gespannte Verhältnis von individuellen Arbeitsrechten und kollektiver Solidarität sowie Fragen des Antidiskriminierungsrechts.
Normal Portal Vein Diameter (PVD) and Peak Systolic Velocity (PSV) in Healthy Iranian Children
Authors: Yosefi Reihane , Khazaei Razieh , Zamani Fatemeh , Takhari Faeze , Pak Neda
Published: February 2024

Background: It is crucial to determine the normal portal vein diameter (PVD) and portal vein velocity (PSV) in different populations, and ages since changes in size and velocity of the vein are used as an index in diagnosis of some diseases. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate the PVD and Peak Systolic Velocity (PSV) in healthy Iranian children. Methods: The present descriptive-analytical study examined 250 healthy Iranian children who were visited in Imaging Center of the Children Medical Center of Excellence. The PVD and PSV were examined by a radiologist using a Doppler ultrasound. Children were classified into five age groups: Under one month, 1 month to 2 years, 2 to 6 years, 6 to 10 years, and 10 to 18 years, and the above-mentioned indices were measured and compared in them. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 26 employing the Mann-Whitney, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Kruskal-Wallis and wald chi-squared tests. Results: In children under one month, one month to 2 years, 2-6 years, 6-10 years, and 10-18 years of age, the mean values of PVD were 4.08, 5.64, 6.14, 7.50, and 8.32 mm, and the mean PSV values were 19.26, 22.20, 21.68, 22.86, and 21.48 cm/s respectively. The mean PVD and PSV increased with increasing age; however, no statistically significant difference was found between the mean values of the indices in both boys and girls (P = 0.18). Conclusions: The PVD and PSV in healthy Iranian children were relatively similar to their non-Iranian counterparts, and the mean values increased with age. Additionally, no significant difference was found between the mean values of PVD and PSV in boys and girls based on gender.
Our Treatment Experience in Poisoning With Calcium Channel Blockers: A Series of Twelve Cases
Authors: Talay Mehmet Nur , Orhan Özhan , Ozbek Mehmet Nuri , Kanğın Murat , Turanlı Eşe Eda
Published: February 2024

Background: Intoxications with cardiovascular system drugs constitute a small percentage of all poisoning cases. Calcium Channel Blockers (CCBs) are the most common drug poisoning in this group. Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments for CCB poisoning and add to the current body of literature by outlining the clinical treatments we employ for bradyarrhythmia, hypotension, and resistant vasodilation resulting from CCB poisoning, as well as sharing our clinical insights in this field. Methods: Twelve patients, ranging in age from 1 month to 18 years, were admitted to the Tertiary Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for treatment of medication poisoning related to the CCB group. Patients who ingested several drugs that caused CCB were not allowed to participate in the trial. Results: Twelve patients were followed up in the PICU due to poisoning with CCB group drugs. Of the patients, 7 were male and 5 were female. Five of the patients had taken CCB medication with the purpose of committing suicide, and 7 of them accidentally. All of the patients who received CCB to commit suicide had taken verapamil. Five patients whose hypotension and bradycardia continued were administered inotropes. In addition to PI, calcium gluconate, intravenous lipid, glucagon, insulin, bicarbonate, and methylene blue were given as therapy to our symptomatic patients. Plasmapheresis was applied to a patient who was hospitalized in the PICU due to a sudden loss of consciousness. Conclusions: In the management of patients with CCB poisoning, the use of hyperinsulinemia euglycemia, intravenous lipid emulsion treatment, glucagon treatments, and treatments including methylene blue and extracorporeal life support should be considered in cases of resistant hypotension, bradycardia, and coma in the early period.
Ambulatory Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Initial Series in Iran
Authors: Shakiba Behnam , Shekofteh Zahra , Faegh Ali , Maghsoudi Robab , Mehravaran Kaveh , Etemadian Masoud , Soleimanifard Niloofar
Published: February 2024

Background: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) procedures in the United States typically cost between 9000 to 16000 USD. In developing countries like Iran, healthcare performance is hindered by issues such as high bed occupancy rates. Therefore, performing PCNL in an outpatient setting could significantly reduce surgical costs and improve healthcare outcomes by reducing bed occupancy and associated complications. Objectives: This study aimed to explore the feasibility of same-day discharge for selected PCNL patients. Methods: Out of 142 patients, 32 were discharged within 12 hours post-operation (Study Group), while 32 randomly selected patients from the remaining 110 served as the control group. Same-day discharge criteria included stable vital signs, tolerance to oral intake, appropriate mobility, and normal laboratory results. Exclusion criteria encompassed the need for red blood cell transfusion, hemoglobin drops exceeding 2 mg/dL, and abnormal post-operative laboratory findings. Results: Patient characteristics and medical histories did not significantly differ between the study and control groups. Additionally, stone laterality (P-value = 0.606), location (P-value = 0.731), size (P-value = 0.334), and density (P-value = 0.065) showed no significant differences between the two groups. The post-surgical observation period in the study group (mean: 7.88 hours) was significantly shorter than that in the control group (mean: 62 hours) (P-value < 0.001). The mean hemoglobin level change was 1.48 mg/dL (SD: ± 1.02) in the study group and 1.31 mg/dL (SD: ± 0.91) in the control group. Similarly, the change in creatinine levels was 0.13 ± 0.04 in the study group and 0.23 ± 0.03 in the control group. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that outpatient PCNL procedures are feasible without increasing perioperative complications. However, careful patient selection based on strict criteria is crucial for successful implementation.
Wirausaha Inovasi Produk Puding Ubi Unggu Dengan Penambahan Vla Gula Merah
Authors: Anita Yuti , Elsafa Vineza , Alfikri Naufal Aziz , Saputra Jejen Pratama , Sucipto Wahyu , Sumartono Eko
Published: February 2024

The entrepreneurial activity of product ivonation "Purple Sweet Potato Pudding with the Addition of Brown Sugar Vla" was carried out in November and December 2023 at Dehasen University Bengkulu, aiming to analyze the feasibility of the business, production costs of income and profits from the product ivonation. By utilizing local foods in the Bengkulu region such as purple sweet potatoes and palm sugar.  Product innovation is carried out by students of the Agricultural Product Technology Study Program, Faculty of Agriculture, Dehasen University Bengkulu. This activity was carried out by direct marketing method at the bazaar activity carried out by Dehasen University Bengkulu. After analyzing the data, it is hoped that the product innovation of Ubi Unggu Pudding with the Addition of Brown Sugar can become a viable entrepreneurial endeavor.
Pemanfaatan Media Sosial Instagram Dalam Membangun Brand Image Pada Klub Internal Persebaya Amatir
Authors: Ariyanto Idris , Supriyono Supriyono
Published: February 2024

This research provides in-depth insight into optimizing the use of Instagram as an effective branding tool, with an emphasis on high-quality visual content to maintain brand consistency that is able to stimulate more active consumer interaction. As a football club, Persebaya Amateur feels the need to expand its reach and interaction with its audience, especially through social media as the main communication channel. The main focus of this research is on the Instagram platform, which is the main media used by the club. To obtain accurate data and information, careful research methods are used. The findings from this research can provide a deeper insight into the club, especially within the internal scope of Persebaya Amateur, to understand consumer behavior on social media and design branding strategies that are more targeted. This strategy involves consistent branding activities, focuses on the club's identity values, and can increase audience interaction and engagement. Practically, the results of this research can guide amateur football clubs and similar organizations in designing more effective branding strategies through social media, with the aim of increasing audience interaction and involvement, as well as strengthening the club's identity and image.
Kewirausahaan Pembuatan Piscok Mini Lumer Dalam Kegiatan One Day Enterpreneur Di Universitas Dehasen Bengkulu
Authors: Yuliansyah Yuliansyah , Sari Yosita Tri Purnama , Anjaly Ana , Parton Dolly Madya , Ilahi Muhammad Dandi , Sumartono Eko
Published: February 2024

In this increasingly modern era, culinary trends continue to develop rapidly. One of the latest trends that is currently popular is melted mini piscok. Piscok mini melt is a variant of banana chocolate which has a smaller size and delicious filling. In 2023, melted mini piscok is predicted to become increasingly popular and become one of people's favorite foods. In 2023, melted mini piscok will experience various innovations and taste improvements that will make it even more contemporary. Various new flavors such as chocolate cheese, matcha chocolate and strawberry chocolate are a special attraction for sweet food lovers. Apart from that, the variety of shapes and appearances is also increasingly attractive with toppings such as nuts, Oreos and sprinkles which make it even more beautiful and appetizing. In facing the melted mini piscok trend in 2023, producers and sellers must be able to keep up with developments and maintain product quality they. This needs to be done to maintain consumer satisfaction and win competition with other competitors. In facing this challenge, producers must continue to carry out research and development to create new innovations that can follow consumer tastes and trends. In conclusion, piscok mini melted will become one of the popular culinary trends in 2023. Innovation and improving taste are factors main role in maintaining the popularity of this food. Apart from that, the unique and modern concept in presentation is also its own attraction. With innovation and quality improvements, it is hoped that mini melted piscok will continue to be popular and become one of the favorite foods in the years to come.
Left Bundle Branch Optimized Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (LOT-ICD) implantation in a Patient with Myotonic Dystrophy
Authors: Kara Suleyman Cihan , Dogan Mert , Canpolat Uğur
Published: February 2024

Left bundle branch (LBB) optimized implantable cardioverter defibrillator (LOT-ICD) is a recently emerged alternative to the standard biventricular pacing - ICD (BiVp-ICD). The IS-1 connector pin of the ICD lead was closed with a protective cap and the LBB pacing (LBBP) lead was inserted into the ICD generator at the ventricular P/S hole. Herein, we presented a myotonic dystrophy patient who underwent LOT-ICD device implantation because of a high degree of atrioventricular block and heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction. A DDD-ICD (DF-1) was implanted in our patient which has been attached to the atrial lead (RA hole), the LBBP lead (ventricular IS-1 hole), and the ICD lead (ventricular DF-1 hole). The IS-1 pin of the ICD lead was closed accordingly. The LOT-ICD should be considered an option to standard BiVp-ICD associated with lower cost, lower procedure time, and no phrenic nerve capture.
Pengaruh Penempatan Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai Pada Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Soppeng
Authors: Sumarno Sumarno  , Yusran Yusran  , Marayuni Marayuni
Published: February 2024

This study aims to determine the magnitude of the effect of work placement on employee performance at the Soppeng District Health Office, using a quantitative research approach survey type. Employee Placement is one of the variables that plays a major role in determining Employee Performance. The right placement according to the ability of employees is one of the supports for increasing performance at the Soppeng District Health Office. The results of this study indicate that work placement has a positive and significant effect on employee performance at the Soppeng District Health Office. These results show that the level of acquisition of the Job Placement and Employee Performance variables is on average good with an ideal score.
Pengaruh Penyelesaian Sengketa Tanah Terhadap Pengadaan Tanah Dalam Kegiatan Pembangunan Bendungan Paselloreng Kecamatan Gilireng Kabupaten Wajo
Authors: Syamsiar Syamsiar  , Zulfachri Zulfachri  , Nur Avni Dhuha
Published: February 2024

Land disputes hampered the process of providing compensation for land acquisition and created legal uncertainty over land ownership for the construction of the Paselloreng Dam, Gilireng District, Wajo Regency.

This study aims to determine how good the effect of land dispute settlement on land acquisition in the construction of the Paselloreng Dam, Gilireng District, Wajo Regency.

The type of research used is census research using a quantitative associative approach with descriptive study methods. Data collection techniques used are questionnaires/questions, documentation and observation.

The population of this study is the people who are in dispute and a sample is drawn. The results of this study indicate that land disputes are in a fairly good category and there is a positive influence between land disputes on land acquisition for the construction of the Paselloreng Dam, Gilireng District, Wajo Regency.
Pengaruh Iklim Organisasi Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai Negeri Sipil Pada Kantor Kecamatan Bola Kabupaten Wajo
Authors: Asmanurhidayani Asmanurhidayani , Darwis Darwis  , Satriani Satriani
Published: February 2024

This research is based on the idea that every organization, both government and private, has goals to be achieved. Where the cooperation of leaders and those who are led can carry out tasks and functions within the structure of the existing organizational environment. Human resource management requires open communication and relationships within the limits of authority and responsibility of each existing employee, so that the influence of Organizational Climate on employee performance provides goals and benefits for the benefit of the organization.

The population of this study were all civil servants in the Bola District Office, Wajo Regency, totaling 13 people. Data collection was carried out using a questionnaire while the data analysis technique was carried out using a quantitative descriptive analysis approach.

The results showed that the score obtained from Organizational Climate at the Bola District Office, Wajo Regency was in good criteria. The performance of Civil Servants at the Bola District Office, Wajo Regency, is in good criteria. Organizational Climate at the Bola District Office, Wajo Regency, is positively related to employee performance and the relationship is quite strong.
Efektivitas Penanganan Stunting Pada Balita di Puskesmas Kecamatan Bagan Sinembah Raya Kabupaten Rokan Hilir
Authors: Winda Elviana  , Dedi Kusuma Habibie
Published: February 2024

Stunting is failure to thrive in toddlers caused by chronic malnutrition so that children are too short for their age. Malnutrition occurs since the baby is in the womb in the early days after the baby is born however, stunting only appears after the baby is 2 years old. To tackle stunting, the government is aggressively making programs on stunting management. The government has given instructions to all groups, both from the government and the community, to help run the stunting management program, including the Bagan Sinembah Raya Subdistrict government, which has been the locus of stunting since 2021. The government and the Bagan Sinembah Raya District Health Center are working together in terms of stunting management in Bagan Sinembah District. Raya. The main problem is the high number of stunting cases caused by parenting styles and the lack of parental awareness of stunting. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of handling stunting in Bagan Sinembah Raya District. This study uses Theory from Budiani (2007) Effectiveness with indicators of Accuracy in Targeting, Program Socialization, Program Objectives, and Program Monitoring. This study used a qualitative research method with a descriptive approach, the required data such as primary and secondary data were obtained through a purposive sampling data collection technique used, namely literature study, interviews, documentation, and observation. The results of the study show that the implementation of stunting management with programs that have been implemented has not been effective. The inhibiting factors are that the program has not met the target, socialization is still lacking and also the facilities and infrastructure in running the program are still inadequate so that it becomes an obstacle in handling stunting in Bagan Sinembah Raya District.
Kinerja Pegawai Pelayanan Gawat Darurat Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Teluk Kuantan Kabupaten Kuantan Singingi
Authors: Pangendra Dio , Tua Harapan
Published: February 2024

The goal of health development applies to all hospitals in Indonesia, one of whichis the Regional General Hospital. Regional General Hospital is a hospital established and managed by the Regional Government in Law no. 44 of 2009 article 7. At Teluk Kuantan Hospital for emergency services there are still public complaints regarding employee performance that is not in accordance with the Minimum Service Standards, so the hospital received a warning from the local government. So, researchers want to know how the performance of the Employees of the Teluk Kuantan Regional General Hospital for Emergency Services is. The theoretical concept used in this study is an employee performance indicator by Riduwan (2008). The research method used is a qualitative research method with a descriptive approach through interviews and documentation. The results of this study are that the performance of employees at the Emergency Service Regional General Hospital is still not optimal and not in accordance with the Duties and Functions that have been made. The inhibiting factors for performance are the lack of infrastructure, lack of employee skills and lack of human resources.