bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Poxvirus under the eyes of electron microscope
Authors: Hyun Jaekyung
Published: November 2022

Zoonotic poxvirus infections pose significant threat to human health as we have witnessed recent spread of monkeypox. Therefore, insights into molecular mechanism behind poxvirus replication cycle are needed for the development of efficient antiviral strategies. Virion assembly is one of the key steps that determine the fate of replicating poxviruses. However, in-depth understanding of poxvirus assembly is challenging due to the complex nature of multi-step morphogenesis and heterogeneous virion structures. Despite these challenges, decades of research have revealed virion morphologies at various maturation stages, critical protein components and interactions with host cell compartments. Transmission electron microscopy has been employed as an indispensable tool for the examination of virion morphology, and more recently for the structure determination of protein complexes. In this review, we describe some of the major findings in poxvirus morphogenesis and the contributions of continuously advancing electron microscopy techniques.
An Ecocritical Look at Flint's Water Crisis and Afro-Gothic Liquidity
Authors: Thomas Tashima
Published: November 2022

In 2014, as a cost-saving measure, Flint, Michigan, switched its water supply to the Flint River — the unofficial toxic waste disposal site for meatpacking plants, car factories, and lumber and paper mills, as well as the city's depository of agricultural and urban runoff and untreated raw sewage. In what may be viewed as the Gothic trope of the “poisoned well,” the Flint water crisis has directly affected a mostly African American population where 45 percent of Flint's residents are living below the poverty line. This essay positions the Flint water crisis in conversation with artist Pope.L, who in 2017 created an installation/performance/marketplace in which he bottled the noxious water shuttled to Flint residents and sold it to willing buyers. I consider the aesthetics and performativity of Pope.L's Flint Water Project alongside the nautical world-building of Drexciya and the aquatic hybrid figures in Wangechi Mutu's work. This assembly offers a speculative approach to an Afro-Gothic liquidity through an understanding of black geophysics as an embodiment of alluvial monstrosities and aquatic refusals.
Revenant Motion
Authors: Cooksey Sybil Newton
Published: November 2022

Through sensitive engagement with the experimental films of Arthur Jafa, the flex choreography of Storyboard P, and performance of #BlackLivesMatter protests, this essay submits revenant motion as a concept through which to think about black being and phenomenology in this era. The entwined reflections on black life, death, and aesthetics offered up by Jafa, Claudia Rankine, Hortense Spillers, Elizabeth Alexander, and Sylvia Wynter shape these speculations toward a black creative, curatorial, and cultural practice attentive to the other(wise) worlds opened by uncanny reanimation. The suggestion here is that revenant motion might name a genre (à la Wynter) of the perennial danse macabre, which often figures Death dancing among the living as a reminder to too-worldly humans of its ever-presence and equalizing power. The creative and critical practices considered here also persistently foreground the melancholy possibilities and pleasures that our collective entanglements with black after/other/lives affords. This study of the macabre aesthetic as it manifests in latter-day memento mori sharpens our awareness of the proximity of horror and romance. In doing so it provides us with an occasion to think about how the gothic character of black life emerges in the sensual and sensorial performance of mourning and artful response to grief.
“Aestheticizing the Void”
Authors: Cooksey Sybil Newton , Thomas Tashima , Taylor Leila , Anderson Lea , Jennings John , Miller (DJ Spooky) Paul
Published: November 2022

The roundtable gathers specialists dedicated to thinking through the Afro-Gothic as a conceptual approach to black aesthetics and as a theoretical framework. In the spirit of camaraderie and intellectual curiosity, contributors consider meanings of the Afro-Gothic from various disciplines and diasporic perspectives. The participants discuss the ways in which horror, haunting, the uncanny, the monstrous, and the fantastic are manifest in black aesthetics and, in doing so, they conceptualize Afro-Gothic, indicate how its tenets manifest in each of their work, and indicate directions for future study.
Μέτρηση της αυχενικής διαφάνειας νωρίς στο πρώτο τρίμηνο της κύησης
Authors: Μίχος Γεώργιος
Published: November 2022

Εισαγωγή: Η ανίχνευση πρώιμων δεικτών για ανεπιτυχή έκβαση μιας αρχόμενης κύησης αποτελεί βασική παράμετρο της σύγχρονης Μαιευτικής και Εμβρυομητρικής Ιατρικής.Η μέτρηση της Αυχενικής Διαφάνειας μεταξύ της 11ης και 14ης εβδομάδας της κύησης αποτελεί σήμερα την εξέταση εκλογής για την ανίχνευση εμβρύων με χρωμοσωμικές ανωμαλίες στο πρώτο τρίμηνο. Παρ΄ όλα αυτά, η εξέταση υγρού από τον εξωεμβρυικό χώρο (coelomic fluid) πριν την 10η εβδομάδα αλλά και ο Μη Επεμβατικός Προγεννητικός Έλεγχος (NIPT) μετά τις 10 εβδομάδες, αποτελούν εναλλακτικές στην ανίχνευση ανώμαλων εμβρύων. Συνεπώς, μια τεχνική που θα μπορούσε να ανιχνεύσει τις κυήσεις με αυξημένη πιθανότητα κακής έκβασης ακόμα πιο νωρίς από τις παραπάνω μεθόδους, αποτελεί αντικείμενο της μελέτης μας. Ερευνήσαμε λοιπόν την μέτρηση της Αυχενική Διαφάνειας νωρίς στην κύηση, μεταξύ της 7ης και της 9ης εβδομάδας και προσπαθήσαμε να δούμε αν είναι εφικτή, αν συσχετίζεται με την μέτρηση της αυχενικής μετέπειτα στην κύηση (11-14 εβδομάδες) καθώς επίσης και αν συσχετίζεται με την πιθανότητα αποβολής.Υλικό και μέθοδοι: 307 εγκυμοσύνες συμπεριλήφθηκαν στη μελέτη και έγινε προσπάθεια μέτρησης της αυχενικής διαφάνειας νωρίς στην κύηση. Επιτυχώς μετρήθηκε σε 289 από αυτές (94%). Η μέση ηλικία των εγκύων γυναικών ήταν τα 31 έτη (range 18-43) και το μέσο κεφαλουραίο μήκος (CRL) ήταν 19,9 (range 10-29)mm.Αποτελέσματα: Επιτυχής μέτρηση επιτεύχθηκε σε 289 περιπτώσεις (94%). Δημιουργήθηκαν φυσιολογικές τιμές και πίνακες της αυχενικής διαφάνειας μεταξύ 7ης και 9ης εβδομάδας της κύησης σε συσχέτιση με το αντίστοιχο κεφαλουραίο μήκος του εμβρύου. Στατιστικά σημαντική αποδείχθηκε η σχέση μεταξύ της αυχενικής διαφάνειας που μετριέται μεταξύ 11-14 εβδομάδων της κύησης εκφρασμένες σε z-score και της αυχενικής νωρίς στην κύηση (7η-9η εβδομάδα) επίσης σε z-score (p<0.001).Συνολικά 17 αποβολές (n=17) παρατηρήθηκαν από γυναίκες που είχαν πραγματοποιήσει την πρώτη μέτρηση της αυχενικής. 8 από τις 17 είχαν αυξημένη αυχενική διαφάνεια (>90η εκατοστιαία θέση) που σημαίνει 47% ευαισθησία και 92% ειδικότητα (23/289 false positive). Δημιουργήθηκε μοντέλο λογιστικής παλινδρόμησης για την πρόβλεψη της αποβολής, χρησιμοποιώντας ως παραμέτρους την αυξημένη αυχενική διαφάνεια νωρίς στην κύηση (90η εκατοστιαία θέση), την ηλικία της μητέρας, την εμβρυική βραδυκαρδία και το κάπνισμα.Συζήτηση: Μέτρηση της αυχενικής διαφάνειας νωρίς στη κύηση, μεταξύ της 7ης και της 9ης εβδομάδας είναι εφικτή και συνδέεται στατιστικώς σημαντικά με την κλασική μέτρηση που πραγματοποιείται μεταξύ 11ης και 14ης εβδομάδος. Η υψηλή ειδικότητα της μεθόδου (92%) αποδεικνύει πως αν η τιμή της πρώιμης αυχενικής είναι πάνω από την 90η εκατοστιαία θέση, αποτελεί από μόνο του παράγοντα που μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί για την αναγνώριση κυήσεων που έχουν ρίσκο για παλινδρόμηση. Σε αυτές τις περιπτώσεις συμβουλευτική πρέπει να προσφερθεί στο ζευγάρι να προχωρήσει είτε σε παρακέντηση του εξωεμβρυικού χώρου (coelocentesis) πριν την 10η εβδομάδα είτε εναλλακτικά σε Μη Επεμβατικό Προγεννητικό Έλεγχο (NIPT), μετά τη 10η εβδομάδα.
The Frontline War: A Case-control study of risk factors for COVID-19 among health care workers
Authors: Sukumar Cynthia Amrutha , Bolanthakodi Nandakrishna , Venkatramanan Aarthi , Nagraj Ravishankar , Vidyasagar Sudha
Published: November 2022

Purpose:

The global pandemic of COVID-19 has infected several people worldwide. World Health Organization(WHO) has reported that an alarming number of health care workers (HCWs) have been affected and have also succumbed to this disease. Though health infrastructure can be boosted in a short period, the number of HCWs cannot. Hence understanding the risk factors that the HCWs are exposed to and strategically protecting them is of paramount importance.

Methods:

A case-control retrospective study was carried out on 116 HCWs at a tertiary care hospital treating COVID-19 patients in South India. We attempted to investigate and stratify the specific risk factors for COVID-19 transmission among HCWs. Data was collected regarding their exposure to COVID-19 patients, infection control precautions used, possible breaches in the protocol, and details of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) prophylaxis.

Results:

The demographics were equally distributed among the cases and controls. Exposure to surgical procedures on suspected/positive COVID patients was also found to affect contracting the COVID-19 illness. HCWs who wore face shields instead of eye goggles along with the use of scrubs and hospital gowns were found to have a lesser incidence of COVID-19 illness.

Conclusion:

This study helped us understand the varied risk factors that health care workers are exposed to while treating COVID-19 patients. It helped us contextualize and strategize our infection control practices to prevent further morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19.
Exploring causal relationships in proteomic profiles in Cytoscape using the CausalPath App
Authors: Saha Pritam , Babur Özgun , Sander Chris , Luna Augustin
Published: November 2022

Introduction: CausalPath compares experimentally measured changes in molecular profiles against curated biological pathways and infers causality between changes in measured features from profiling experiments (e.g., RNA-seq or proteomics from total or phospho-protein levels).

Methods: We developed the CausalPath Cytoscape App, an app (i.e., plugin) for visualizing results from the CausalPath method within the Cytoscape Java-based desktop network analysis and visualization platform.

Use Cases:  Users are given instruction that represents use cases in multiple cancer research areas through the visualization of CausalPath analysis results generated from data by the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium.

Discussion: The CausalPath Cytoscape App visualizes the set of known interactions that are supported by molecular profiling data via the CausalPath method. This integration of CausalPath and Cytoscape benefits users interested in performing secondary analyses (e.g., module detection) on the sub-networks that result from CausalPath analysis by utilizing the many analytical features available in the Cytoscape software ecosystem.
The COVID-19 third wave in Myanmar following the military coup
Authors:   Spring Research Team
Published: November 2022

Background: COVID-19 seriously hit Myanmar between June and August 2021, a few months after the military coup, though the first and second waves in 2020 were managed effectively by the government. People in Myanmar experienced serious consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic precipitated by the disorganized health system under the military junta. This study aimed to analyse the situation of COVID-19 occurrence and death proportions during its third wave in Myanmar.

Methods: An online survey was conducted using a Google form. People with the symptoms of COVID-19 and those who died from COVID-19 between June and August 2021 were eligible to participate. The Google form was extracted into an Excel datasheet and analysed using Stata v16.1.

Results: Among the 29,171 participants, 76.7% were over 30 years old and 56.4% were female. A majority of participants were from highly populated regions: Yangon (17,220; 59%) (Business capital), Mandalay (3,740; 12.8%) and Sagaing (1,546; 5.3%). Participants sought health care from telegram/other online services (34%), home care by health care providers (22%), private clinics (13%) and public hospitals run under the military junta (5%). Overall, 15% of participants died, of which, 72% occurred at home and 17% at public hospitals. Significantly higher proportions of deaths were seen among participants over 60 years than other age groups and males (p<0.001). Death proportions at different weeks from June to August 2021 ranged from 12.4% to 17.3%, much higher than the military junta’s reports. Overall, 25% of participants received oxygen therapy.

Conclusions: Death proportions in different weeks were consistently over 12%. The majority of participants received tele/online and home treatment services. Most deaths occurred at home. Findings indicated the high COVID-19 case fatality rates with limited access to public hospital care during the third wave. The data suggests that the outcomes were adversely impacted by the military coup.
Perioperative care to patients living with HIV by theatre nurses at a South African tertiary hospital
Authors: Ngaledzani Rudzani Ifodia , Ndou-Mammbona Avhatakali Allga , Mavhandu-Mudzusi Azwihangwisi Helen
Published: November 2022

Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is one of the leading health challenges worldwide that influences the provision of quality patient care. Stigma and discrimination around this condition and the health care needs affect the health care provision. This study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of theatre nurses’ experiences in providing perioperative to patients living with HIV at a tertiary hospital in South Africa.

Methods: This study was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Tshwane district, South Africa. The study was underpinned by an interpretative phenomenological analysis design. Data were collected from 10 criterion purposively selected theatre nurses using in-depth individual interviews. Data were thematically analyzed and guided by an interpretive phenomenological analysis framework for data analysis.

Results: The study revealed that theatre nurses work in an under-resourced environment. The resources highlighted are human, materials, including personal protective equipment and life support. The situation negatively affects the perioperative care of HIV-positive patients, who are always prone to perioperative complications, such as profuse bleeding, and even death. The situation increases the occupational risk to the nurses.

Conclusions: The researchers proposed several recommendations targeted at improving the resources needed by theatre nurses when caring for people living with HIV perioperatively at South African tertiary hospitals. Findings will add to the body of knowledge of the Nursing profession about offering perioperative care to persons living with HIV.
Diversity of functional edaphic macrofauna in Musa acuminata x Musa balbisiana (AAB) agroecosystems
Authors: Zúniga-Gonzalez C. A. , Caballero-Hernández A. J.
Published: November 2022

Background: This study focused on evaluating the diversity and richness of the edaphic macrofauna in eight banana farms in the western zone of Nicaragua.

Methods: The sampling design was random and descriptive, it was divided into two phases, the first was the collection of the sample, and the second was the classification, coding, and storage of the extracted macrofauna populations. Subsequently, the indices of diversity and species richness, relative abundance, by functional groups were estimated.

Results: The results showed that the relative abundance of biodiversity was higher in the 0–20 cm soil depth stratum than in the branch and leaf biomass strata. The values ​​of the diversity indices of Dominion, Simpson, Shanon, Margalef, and Equity were in the normal range, with a tendency towards low diversity. Likewise, in the richness of species, the Dominant or most abundant genus were earthworms (Oligochaeta) and Hymenoptera (Solenopsis, Leptothorax, Camponotus, Pheidole), indicating the directly proportional relationship, that is to say, that the greater the number of earthworms the production increases and the greater the number of Hymenoptera it decreases, confirmed with the Pearson correlation coefficient with a reliability of 95%.

Conclusions: It was concluded that based on the estimates of the diversity indicators, two detritivore genus (earthworms and Hymenoptera) were the ones with the greatest presence, being important in the production of the banana agrosystem due to the decomposition of organic matter and its nutritional contribution to the plant. We observed a direct correlation with earthworms and an indirect relationship with Hymenoptera.
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF BIOFUNGICIDE METABACTERIN, WP IN THE PROTECTION OF GLYCINE HISPIDA MAXIM., AND PISUM SATIVUM L. FROM ASCOCHITOSIS AND SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L. FROM LATE BLIGHT IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE ALTAI OB REGION
Authors: Manylova Olga V. , Zharkova Stalina V. , Sokolova Liudmila V.
Published: November 2022

Continuous application of chemical crop protection products resulted in an agrocenosis imbalance. The number of pathogenic organisms does not decrease. Thus, one needs to search for newer and more effective active ingredients. New disease-resistant varieties quickly lose their resistance due to the high mutation activity of pathogenic organisms. In agriculture, the following fungal diseases are predominant: (1) Septoria blight, (2) Alternaria blight, (3) powdery mildew, (4) late blight, (5) rust, and others. Introducing biofungicides into plant protection systems can help reduce fungal infections in crops. For the first time in the conditions of the forest-steppe of the Ob region, the prospects of using the biofungicide Metabacterin, WP on soybean, pea, and potato crops are shown. The active ingredient in the product is a strain of the bacteria Methylobacterium extorquens Bousfieldand Green (1985), Streptomyces hygroscopicus Yüntsenetal. (19560, Bacillus subtilis Cohn (1872) and Validomycin. The paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the biofungicide Metabacterin, WP against Ascochyta blight on soybeans and peas, and late blight on potatoes in the forest-steppe of the Ob region of Altai. We evaluated the spreading, development, and biological effectiveness of the tested product and chemical fungicides according to the registration tests of fungicides in agriculture. We tested the product in an area of sufficient moisture. Weather conditions favored the growth and development of plants and the development of pathogens (particularly Ascochyta blight on legume crops and late blight on potatoes). Before the symptom expression of diseases, preventive spraying had greater biological effectiveness on peas and potatoes than treatment on soybeans (where the spraying of crops coincided with the appearance of the first symptoms of diseases). There is a high prevalence of Ascochyta blight (89.3%–90.7%). However, the intensity of development in the variants with biofungicide treatment was 10% lower than in the control variant. The potatoes showed high biological effectiveness of the product Metabacterin, WP, relative to the variant without protective treatment, and 5% higher than the variant with the use of chemical fungicides. The biofungicide Metabacterin, WP on potatoes, and peas had a long-lasting effect up to the ripening of the crop.
AGRICULTURAL LAND PROTECTION AS A BASIS OF SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT IN THE DRY STEPPES OF ALTAI KRAI
Authors: Tatarintsev Vladimir L. , Lisovskaya Yulia S. , Tatarintsev Leonid M.
Published: November 2022

Sustainable development of the entire biogeocoenosis area is considered a driving factor in ensuring agricultural land protection. The balance between the use of ecosystems, their anthropogenic transformation, and protection should be based on optimizing the use of the natural environment. Anthropogenic activity in agriculture is conducted within the boundaries of the formed landscapes that are subsequently transformed into agricultural landscapes. Agricultural landscapes, in turn, are not resistant to external and internal factors and, thus, need protection. More than 80% of agricultural land in Altai Krai subject to varying degrees of degradation need sustainable development. The nutrient inputs recommended by the regional agrochemical service have not been observed over the past 25 years of farming in rural areas. Moreover, there are no projects for organizing the plots of agricultural enterprises taking into account the landscape specifics. Unfortunately, there are no sufficient conditions for organizing organic land use. Adaptive landscape land management can serve as a basis for the protection of agricultural land and a viable mechanism for the sustainable development of agricultural land use. Based on the example of agricultural landscapes located in the arid steppes of Altai Krai, we revealed the trends of sustainable development of agricultural land use. At the first stage, we evaluated the agro-ecological role of the physical and geographical conditions of the territory and the state of agricultural landscapes. At the second stage, we carried out agro-ecological zoning of the research object. Finally, at the third stage, we proposed ways to optimize and protect agricultural land in the arid steppe.
IMPACT OF POLLUTANTS IN THE SOIL OF THE AGROLANDSCAPE OF THE RECULTIVATED LANDFILL ON CROPS
Authors: Tingayev Anatoly V. , Cheprunova Yuliya V.
Published: November 2022

After recultivation of municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills using sewage sludge, such landfills should become environmentally sustainable and productive agricultural landscapes. Sewage sludge significantly impacts the productivity of the newly created agricultural landscape and the quality of agricultural products when creating the arable layer of the recultivated MSW landfill. The research aims to study and analyze the influence of heavy metals and arsenic in the soil of the recultivated landfill on the yield and quality of agricultural products.

Perennial grasses on the reclaimed landfill are forced to adapt to adverse environmental conditions, which leads to a loss of plant resistance. The research was required due to the presence of heavy metals and other pollutants in the soil, which negatively impact agricultural products and their quality and are also associated with a wide range of physiological and biochemical changes in plants.

The results of the chemical analysis of Triticosecale, Bromus inermis Leyss, and Festulolium showed low levels of mercury, cadmium, lead, arsenic, copper, and zinc, as well as their suitability for feed. Physico-chemical analysis showed that the most significant amount of crude protein (27.5 g/kg) from the studied samples is contained in Bromus inermis Leyss, crude fiber – in Triticosecale (Option 3) (35.04 g/kg), crude ash – in Festulolium (Option 3) (11.7 g/kg).
EFFECT OF FARMING TECHNOLOGIES INTENSIFICATION ON WHEAT YIELD IN THE DRY STEPPE OF SIBERIA: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON THE METHOD OF PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING
Authors: Tarasov Kirill O. , Ponkina Elena V. , Nugumanova Aliya B.
Published: November 2022

The study examines the effect of crop production technology intensification on wheat yield under drought conditions. The causal effect of fertilizers and herbicides usage was quantified based on a dataset of reports from 196 farms located in the Kulunda Steppe in Altai Krai. To quantify causal effects, the various methods were tested – Two Means Comparison tests and Linear regression. Due to the not experimental nature of the data, Propensity Score Matching was used to balance the sample based on the main indicative signs (covariates).

We refined the effects of crop technologies intensification based on the balanced sample. The results showed that, according to all considered methods, intensification of agriculture even in the dry climatic conditions resulted in the expected growth of wheat yield. The average causal effect of intensive farming was +2.02 dt/ha. The results also showed that it is possible to obtain more correct estimates of causal effects based on balanced samples. Using simple approaches like Two Means Comparison methods lead to underestimation or overestimation. Finally, we highlighted some limitations and peculiarities of the Propensity Score Matching method. However, the Propensity Score Matching can be considered a good and prospective tool for developing digital services in agricultural analytics.
Managerial Work in Consumer Cooperation: Features and Problems
Authors: Drozdova Marina , Kapelyuk Zoya , Gorodkova S.
Published: November 2022

The article presents the authors' view on managerial work in consumer cooperation, the peculiarity of which is the dual nature. It consists in the fact that the cooperative, firstly, carries out economic and financial activities as a business structure and uses managerial labor to organize production processes at its enterprises and bring manufactured products and goods to consumers, meeting the needs of shareholders, and, secondly, it is an association of cooperative members who are in In accordance with the principles and values of the International Cooperative Movement, we must take part in its activities. The expansion of the social base of cooperation – the number of shareholders – is achieved by the organizational work of specialists of the management staff of the Chairman of the Council. It does not have a direct impact on the results of the cooperative organization's activities, but it has a significant indirect impact on them. Currently, in most district and regional cooperative organizations, work with shareholders is not carried out due to the lack of specialists who are able to promote the ideas, principles and values of cooperation, inform them about the forms and effects of participation in the activities of the cooperative, that is, to conduct educational work among both shareholders and the non-cooperative population. The solution to the problem of such a deficit is seen in the need to improve cooperative education by adding professional disciplines to the curricula of specialties and areas of training in higher and secondary professional educational organizations. In the course of the research, methods of reviewing literature sources, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, induction, deduction, analysis and synthesis were used. The purpose of the study is to identify the features of managerial work in consumer cooperation due to the dual nature of cooperation. The objectives of the study include the characterization of managerial labor; demonstration of the place of organizational labor as an integral part of managerial labor due to the dual nature of cooperation; the author's formulation of the definition of organizational labor in consumer cooperation; justification of the need for professional training of specialists who are carriers of organizational labor in educational organizations of consumer cooperation.
Innovative Digital Transformation for Dynamic Information Service Sustainability in University Libraries in Nigeria
Authors: Ikenwe Iguehi Joy , Udem Obiora Kingsley
Published: November 2022

Aim: Technologies have ushered in a significant innovative digital transformation to sustain dynamic information services in modern libraries. This has prompted the assessment of innovative digital transformation for dynamic information service sustainability in university libraries in Nigeria. Specifically, the research examined the nature of digital transformation, universities and digital transformation, innovative digital transformation in university libraries, dynamic modern information services in university libraries for sustainability, and the essentials for dynamic information service sustainability in university libraries. 
Conclusion: Libraries globally, and particularly in developing countries, must be re-positioned in this era of digital transformation due to technology adoption to offer valuable information services for their sustenance and to retain their relevance in the lives of the public. Moreso, there is a great need for innovative digital transformation in libraries to sustain modern information services as well as to increase their efficacy in information use as part of their mandate to leverage digital technology systems. The study, therefore, recommends that more sophisticated technologies are used in university libraries. University libraries in developing countries like Nigeria need more funding to fully exploit the opportunities introduced by digital technologies. Thus, university management should work hand in hand with libraries to enable them to fully connect to the opportunities of the digital era. The continuous human resource development is necessary to equip universities with appropriate digital competencies useful in the digital context.
Sprawozdanie z międzynarodowej konferencji naukowej Communication Research in the Era of Neo-Globalisation: Reorientations, Challenges and Changing Context, organizowanej przez International Association for Media and Communication Research, Pekin (Chiny),
Authors: Leśniczak Rafał
Published: November 2022

W dniach 11-15 lipca 2022 r. w Pekinie miała miejsce międzynarodowa konferencja naukowa Communication Research in the Era of Neo-Globalisation: Reorientations, Challenges and Changing Contexts. Organizatorem spotkania było międzynarodowe towarzystwo naukowe International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Celem konferencji była analiza bezprecedensowych wyzwań związanych z nowymi mediami i topografią kulturową w popandemicznej erze zmienności, niepewności, złożoności i niejednoznaczności, w tym między innymi kwestii związanych z publicznym zdrowiem, zmianami klimatycznymi i zrównoważonym rozwojem. Głównymi prelegentami konferencji byli m.in. prof. Manuel Castells (University of Southern California, USA), prof. Changfeng Chen (Tsinghua University, China), prof. Jantima Kheokao (Asian Network for Public Opinion Research, Thailand), prof. Dadang Rahmat Hidayat (Padjadjaran University, Indonesia), prof. Yu-li LIU (City University of Hong Kong, China).
Duszpasterstwo wojskowe na obszarze diecezji chełmińskiej w pierwszej połowie XIX wieku
Authors: Jodkowski Marek
Published: November 2022

W 1810 r. na obszarze Prus Zachodnich regularną posługę duszpasterską 856 katolickim żołnierzom zapewniali księża należący do różnych diecezji. Garnizony bez opieki pastoralnej znajdowały się w diasporze katolickiej, pozbawionej struktury parafialnej. Po ogłoszeniu bulli Piusa VII De salute animarum w 1821 r., znaczna część zachodniopruskiej prowincji znalazła się w granicach diecezji chełmińskiej. Od 1832 r. ustanawiano duszpasterzy w garnizonach. Na ogół nie byli oni jednak etatowymi pracownikami wojska. Garnizonami usytuowanymi w diasporze katolickiej opiekowali się najczęściej zamiejscowi księża.
Konferencja naukowa pt. „ARTYLERIA – Bóg Wojny (taktyka, uzbrojenie, dowódcy)”, Muzeum Twierdzy Toruń, 25 maja 2022 r.
Authors: Tuszyńska Daria , Brzyski Piotr
Published: November 2022

Sprawozdanie z konferencji naukowej pt. „ARTYLERIA – Bóg Wojny (taktyka, uzbrojenie,dowódcy)”, Muzeum Twierdzy Toruń, 25 maja 2022 r.
El rastro de Giges. Una secular controversia filosófica sobre el problema de la corrupción / The trail of Gyges. A secular philosophical controversy on the problem of corruption.
Authors: Giusti Miguel
Published: November 2022

Utilizo el legendario relato sobre el anillo de Giges de la República de Platón para hacer una reflexión de mayor alcance sobre el modo en que se ha concebido en la historia de la filosofía el problema de la conducta humana corrupta: de sus motivaciones, sus presupuestos, sus consecuencias y también de las formas de combatirla. Me refiero a dos grandes tradiciones: en primer lugar, a la que llamo la tradición escéptica y estratégica, partidaria en líneas generales de la tesis de Glaucón, y, en segundo lugar, a la tradición opuesta, la defendida por Sócrates en el diálogo, y que podría considerarse, por contraste con la anterior, filantrópica y cívica. Concluyo con una reflexión ligada a nuestra época, apoyándome en las tesis de Richard Rorty en su último libro Forjar nuestro país
La dimensión cosmopolita de la protección jurídica en Kant: algunas consecuencias de la “posesión común de la tierra” en la Doctrina del derecho / The cosmopolitan dimension of legal protection in Kant: some consequences of the “common possession of the land” in the Doctrine of Law.
Authors: Sánchez Madrid Nuria
Published: November 2022

Este artículo examina la protección jurídica resultante del derecho cosmopolita en Kant con el fin de arrojar luz sobre su articulación con la protección ofrecida por el derecho político estatal. En primer lugar, analizaré el tratamiento de la equidad en la Doctrina racional del Derecho, como un espacio normativo que, sin recurrir a la coacción legal, transmite al sujeto la obligación en que se encuentra con los individuos más desfavorecidos económicamente. En segundo lugar, comentaré algunos textos en que Kant se ocupa del respeto legal que merecen los pueblos sin Estado. La reflexión kantiana sobre la vulnerabilidad jurídica en estos dos casos me permitirá sostener que el planteamiento de la protección legal en clave cosmopolita funciona como un operador regulativo en el derecho político kantiano, llamado a orientar la conducta de Estados y ciudadanos en el trato que deparan al resto de sujetos que habitan la Tierra. Por ello mismo, esta interpretación subraya el hecho de que el derecho cosmopolita en Kant aparezca como un derecho privado de coacción en la filosofía política de Kant.
Estado, sociedade e meio ambiente no Brasil em 200 anos de Independência
Authors: Horta Duarte Regina
Published: November 2022

Este artigo intenta apresentar uma visão panorâmica da complexidade histórica das relações entre sociedade, estado e meio ambiente no Brasil. Argumenta que a genealogia dessas relações evidencia uma trajetória não linear, multifacetada e conflituosa. Há diversas tradições no palco dos confrontos políticos atuais: o Brasil se destaca por uma longa história de destruição, que remonta ao início da colonização do território, mas também por uma fértil tradição de pensamento conservacionista, significativas lutas socioambientais, e pelo pioneirismo nas pautas globais em prol do ambiente. Recuperar e valorizar a complexidade das relações entre sociedade e ambiente pode ser um ato decisivo na construção de caminhos futuros diversos para a questão socioambiental no Brasil, projetando e demonstrando a riqueza e o vigor de diferentes atores e práticas dissonantes.
Saúde pública na capital do império do Brasil: escravidão, epidemias, assistência
Authors: Salgado Pimenta Tânia
Published: November 2022

Neste artigo pretendemos analisar a organização da regulamentação e fiscalização de atividades relacionadas à saúde pública, atentando para as mudanças no contexto histórico. Em nossa investigação, apontamos a importância das primeiras grandes epidemias de febre amarela e de cólera no Brasil em meados do século XIX que contribuíram para a centralização das ações do governo imperial. Também consideramos as mudanças na oferta de assistência à saúde, identificando os grupos sociais mais vulneráveis na sociedade escravista. Documentos governamentais, legislação e escritos médicos do período constituem as principais fontes sistematizadas e analisadas.
Da usina ao assentamento: as lutas dos boias frias no século XX entre invisibilidades e releituras
Authors: Botta Ferrante Vera Lucia Silveira , Carmona Duval Henrique , Aly Junior Osvaldo
Published: November 2022

O artigo apresenta as lutas dos trabalhadores rurais boias frias no Brasil, valorizando sua riqueza e protagonismo em momentos históricos em que elas eram invisibilizadas tanto pela ditadura como por visões pré-concebidas de quem seriam os sujeitos das lutas por reforma agrária. O universo empírico da pesquisa é a região de Ribeirão Preto e Araraquara, no estado de São Paulo, representativa das contradições entre uma agricultura produtivista e a proletarização de um amplo contingente de trabalhadores. A partir deste contexto, propõe-se uma metodologia centrada nas especificidades das lutas, não deduzidas das condições objetivas, mas marcada pelas experiências vividas pelos trabalhadores e pela identificação de seus interesses.
Estudio del texto de Gibbon. Forma y escala de una nueva edición de sus escritos
Authors: Womersley David
Published: November 2022

Edward Gibbon es generalmente considerado el mejor historiador en lengua inglesa. Durante su vida fue también una figura literaria con reputación en toda Europa. Desde su muerte, la Declinación y caída ha mantenido su estatus como una de las pocas obras de historia –quizás incluso la única– de la que puede esperarse que una persona bien informada la haya al menos examinado. Resulta, pues, sorprendente que nunca se haya proyectado una edición completa y uniforme de los escritos y la correspondencia de Gibbon, y mucho más que se hubiera completado. Una edición exhaustiva y académica de los escritos y la correspondencia de Gibbon plantea retos particulares y requeriría un número insólitamente grande de volúmenes. Sin embargo, también proporcionaría una abundante cantidad de nuevos hallazgos y estimularía y apoyaría nuevas investigaciones, no solo sobre el propio Gibbon, sino sobre el siglo XVIII británico y la Ilustración europea en general.
Apprendre à vaincre en le regardant faire. Lo que Gibbon aprendió de Justo Lipsio
Authors: Ballesteros Juan R.
Published: November 2022

Justo Lipsio publicó en 1598 la primera ed. de Admiranda sive de magnitudine romana libri IV, una de las fuentes bibliográficas del Decline and Fall de Gibbon. El trabajo presenta las relaciones entre ambos proyectos historiográficos y revisa el análisis que de esa relación realizó J. G. A. Pococken Barbarism and Religion. VolumeThree. TheFirst Decline and Fall (2003).
Gibbon y Guizot: razones de una filiación compleja
Authors: Adrià i Montolío Joan Josep
Published: November 2022

Guizot aprendió el oficio de historiador preparando con su esposa, Pauline de Meulan, una edición crítica en francés de Decline and Fall de Gibbon. Las personalidades históricas de Gibbon y Guizot fueron muy distintas. También sus respectivos “estilos de historia”. Pero en las obras de Guizot, en especial en su Historia de la civilización en Europa, es reconocible el legado de Gibbon. Así, en la eliminación de la barrera entre historia civil y historia religiosa, en la amplitud temática, en la ambición cronológica y en una idea de Europa concebida como algo más que la suma de sus partes. Asimismo en la adopción de la misma palabra civilización y en el hecho de que la interpretación guizotiana de la historia europea hunda sus raíces en tres factores presentes en Gibbon: lo que sobrevivió de las instituciones romanas, el impacto del cristianismo y el aporte germánico.
Thermomechanical constitutive equations for glass and numerical simulation on automobile glass forming technology
Authors:   Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd, Li Jianwei
Published: November 2022

To establish a comprehensive numerical model for automotive glass forming, firstly, this paper conducts material tests of 3·2 SG glass to obtain detailed material properties. Through thermal expansion experiments, the thermal expansion coefficients including glassy and liquid states are obtained; then by using three-point bending stress relaxation and differential scanning calorimetry experiments, the stress relaxation and structural relaxation properties of the glass are obtained. Finally, a comparison analysis of the simulation and the actual spherical deviation for an actual automobile glass product is carried out. The result shows that the product simulation and the actual product spherical deviation correspond. The maximum value of the spherical deviation is within 0·94 mm between simulation and the actual product spherical deviation. The accuracy can meet the design requirements, and the established numerical model is reliable.
Polarization calibration assessment for a broadband imaging polarimeter based on a division of aperture architecture
Authors: Peña-Gutiérrez Sara , Royo Santiago
Published: November 2022

This article intends to provide all the experimental insights and analyze the best polarimetric calibration method for a division of aperture polarimetric imager considering the different implications it has on the experimental set-up and its performance. Polarimetric cameras require careful calibration for the correct measurement of polarization information. The calibration methods are introduced, intermediate results are presented, and the ability of the set-up to estimate Stokes vectors and Mueller matrices of the samples in passive and active imaging modes is evaluated. Polarization information recovery achieves accuracy errors below the 10% for all polarization modes when the Data Reduction Matrix or the Eigenvalue Calibration Method are used. Such performance, however, degrades significantly when using the Polarizer Calibration Method. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time such a detailed comparison of calibration methods is presented in the literature, and it is also the first time the Polarizer Calibration Method is applied to a division of aperture polarimeter.
Constant hue loci in different color spaces for stimuli in Rec. 2020 color gamut and HDR conditions
Authors: Wang Hongbing , Wei Minchen , Qu Xinchao
Published: November 2022

Hue is an important attribute for characterizing a color stimulus, which is also an output in various color spaces. The investigations on the hue linearity and constant hue loci for different color spaces were generally conducted using conventional CRT displays or surface color samples, in which the color stimuli were within small color gamuts and viewed under standard dynamic range conditions. With the development of imaging technologies, the hue linearity and constant hue loci need to be investigated for wide color gamuts and high dynamic range conditions, which is critically important for image processing (e.g., gamut mapping and tone mapping). In this study, we carefully carried out a hue matching experiment using high-power LED devices. The color stimuli almost reached Rec. 2020 color gamut with the luminance above the diffuse white luminance (i.e., a high dynamic range condition). The results suggested that the hue linearity of ICTCP color space was the best among the nine color spaces. Twenty-one constant hue loci were derived for each of these nine color spaces, which can be used for hue correction when performing image processing and to further revise the color spaces.
Rectified Bloch oscillations in dynamically modulated waveguide arrays
Authors: Zhan Kaiyun , Kang Xinyue , Dou Lichao , Zhao Tingjun , Chen Qixuan , Zhang Qian , Han Guoxia , Liu Bing
Published: November 2022

We study the dynamics of excitations in dynamically modulated waveguide arrays with an external spatial linear potential. Longitudinally periodic modulation may cause a significant change in the width of the quasi-energy band and leads to the dynamical band suppression with a linear dispersion relation. This substantially affects the Bloch oscillation dynamics. Novel dynamical phenomena with no analogue in ordinary discrete waveguides, named rectified Bloch oscillations, are highlighted. Due to the interplay between directional coupling between adjacent waveguides and diffraction suppression by the introduced onsite energy difference, at odd times of half Bloch oscillations period, the new submodes are continuously excited along two opposite rectification directions and experience same oscillation evolution, and eventually lead to the formation of a diamondlike intensity network. Both the amplitude and direction of the rectified Bloch oscillations strongly depend on the coupling strength. When coupling strength passes the critical value at which dynamical band suppression with a linear dispersion relation occurs, the direction of Bloch oscillations is inverted.
Device-independent verification of Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen steering
Authors: Zhao Yuan-Yuan , Zhang Chao , Cheng Shuming , Li Xinhui , Guo Yu , Liu Bi-Heng , Ku Huan-Yu , Chen Shin-Liang , Wen Qiaoyan , Huang Yun-Feng , Xiang Guo-Yong , Li Chuan-Feng , Guo Guang-Can
Published: November 2022

Entanglement lies at the heart of quantum mechanics, and has been identified as an essential resource for diverse applications in quantum information. If entanglement could be verified without any trust in the devices of observers, i.e., in a device-independent (DI) way, then high security could be guaranteed for various quantum information processing tasks. In this work, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a DI protocol to certify the presence of entanglement based on Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen (EPR) steering. We first establish the DI verification framework by taking advantage of a measurement-device-independent technique and self-testing, which is able to verify all bipartite EPR-steerable states. In the scenario of three-measurement settings per party, the protocol is robust in tolerance of inefficient measurements and imperfect self-testing. Moreover, a four-photon experiment is implemented for verification beyond Bell nonlocal states. Our work enables further insight into quantum physics and could facilitate realistic implementation of secure quantum information processing tasks.
Single-shot measurement of wavelength-resolved state of polarization dynamics in ultrafast lasers using dispersed division-of-amplitude
Authors: Wu Qiang , Gao Lei , Cao Yulong , Wabnitz Stefan , Chang Zhenghu , Liu Ai , Huang Jingsheng , Huang Ligang , Zhu Tao
Published: November 2022

Characterization of the state of polarization (SOP) of ultrafast laser emission is relevant in several application fields such as field manipulation, pulse shaping, testing of sample characteristics, and biomedical imaging. Nevertheless, since high-speed detection and wavelength-resolved measurements cannot be simultaneously achieved by commercial polarization analyzers, single-shot measurements of the wavelength-resolved SOP of ultrafast laser pulses have rarely been reported. Here, we propose a method for single-shot, wavelength-resolved SOP measurements that exploits the method of division-of-amplitude under far-field transformation. A large accumulated chromatic dispersion is utilized to time-stretch the laser pulses via dispersive Fourier transform, so that spectral information is mapped into a temporal waveform. By calibrating our test matrix with different wavelengths, wavelength-resolved SOP measurements are achieved, based on the division-of-amplitude approach, combined with high-speed opto-electronic processing. As a proof-of-concept demonstration, we reveal the complex wavelength-dependent SOP dynamics in the build-up of dissipative solitons. The experimental results show that the dissipative soliton exhibits far more complex wavelength-related polarization dynamics, which are not shown in single-shot spectrum measurement. Our method paves the way for single-shot measurement and intelligent control of ultrafast lasers with wavelength-resolved SOP structures, which could promote further investigations of polarization-related optical signal processing techniques, such as pulse shaping and hyperspectral polarization imaging.