bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew
Authors: Hossain Sanjeeda
Published: June 2023

What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist – the Facts of Daily Life in 19th-Century EnglandDaniel PoolNew York: Simon & Schuster, 1994 (1st Edition), pp. 416ISBN: 0-671-79337-3

The novel was the most significant literary genre during 19th-century England. English novels of this period document social history from the perspective of the novelists. These novels also present disparities among genders, classes, and environments; these function as a driving force behind their characters’ formation. The aristocrats enjoying remarkable achievements in the fields of science and education and, their negligence and injustice towards the underprivileged were the major issues dealt in them. However, bizarre customs and regulations, set by the powerful upon the weak, often breed insurmountable questions in ...
Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladesh
Authors: Mahbub Rifat
Published: June 2023

Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in BangladeshS.M. Shamsul AlamNew York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, pp. 215ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-137-53714-0

Perhaps a mere coincidence, yet I consider it a great intellectual benefit that while reading S.M. Shamsul Alam’s Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladesh, I was reading Rabindranath Tagore’s Ghare Baire and Shaheen Akter’s Talash. This simultaneous reading is beneficial since the texts, although in different forms and genres, interrogate the contested histories of Bengali nation, nationality, and the state, Bangladesh. Alam’s main focus is the state. Divided into ten chapters, ...
Bertha’s Intuitive Quest:
Authors: Chakraborty Keya , Yeasmin Nellufar
Published: June 2023

This article puts light on the unmasking of Bertha’s unawake self in Katherine Mansfield’s short story “Bliss” published in 1918. Mansfield unlocks the shackled and entangled experiences of sexuality and femininity in the narration of the story. The phases of development of Bertha’s conscience are metaphorically parallel to the way the story unfolds. The setting of the story too plays a dominant role in the projection of her cocooned self. The unrecognized personality in Bertha is reflected when she comes across Miss Fulton, her acquaintance as a foil in the form of a mask prepared beneath. The contradictions and dilemmas in her mind are concretized when she confronts the typical feminine essence in Fulton which later she finds to have attracted her husband, Harry. Furthermore, several instances in the story establish the gradual realization of Bertha. Her quest for a self is her inward struggle to set herself free from the stereotypical constraints of the society she lives in. Mansfield breaks the paradigm of seeing women through the patriarchal gaze. Hence, Bertha remains the insipient sojourner who never knowingly dares to rebel or submit to the worldly customs.
Nigerian Female Playwrights and the Question of Patriarchy
Authors: Owoeye Omolara Kikelomo
Published: June 2023

One issue that Nigerian female writers have had to contend with repeatedly in their works is that of male domination as the manifestation of a deep patriarchal tradition that has for centuries been part of a people’s culture, behavior, and attitude. In almost all the plays authored by women in Nigeria, there is an indubitable promotion of a sexist agenda based on the sufferings of women from their sexual counterparts, men. This study therefore employs the patriarchy theory in its interpretation of selected plays of Nigerian female playwrights and interrogates Hartmann’s claim of a despondent relationship between patriarchy and capitalism. Through a study of selected works of female playwrights like Zulu Sofola, Tess Onwueme, and Foluke Ogunleye, the study discovers that capitalism, though an instrument employed for the furtherance of patriarchal interests, will not suffice to deliver women from male hegemonic deportments
“She is a Jade”:
Authors: Po-Yu Rick Wei
Published: June 2023

This essay aims to study the images of a modern Faro lady in Georgette Heyer’s historical romance Faro’s Daughter. It is divided into three parts. The first part examines Faro ladies in the history and literature of Georgian England, and it compares Heyer’s heroine Deborah Grantham to them. The second talks about how Deborah embodies female virtues that are not appreciated by eighteenth-century gender law but are celebrated by feminist thinking such as Mary Wollstonecraft’s. The third shows that Deborah in Heyer’s work reflects the first-wave feminist thinking but does not follow all the trends of criticism and literary taste. The study juxtaposes Heyer’s heroine with one of the notorious Georgian female gamer Lady Albinia Hobart and argues that Deborah is a reformed Faro lady. The study also examines Deborah in Faro’s Daughter as a combination and rejection of eighteenth- and twentieth-century feminists such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Simone de Beauvoir, showing that Heyer finds her own path of feminist criticism. If historical romance is a sub-genre that revises history, Heyer’s heroine, as the essay tries to point out, represents a revision of feminist discourse.
Cross-linguistic Composition:
Authors: Shamsuzzaman Mohammad , Everatt John , McNeill Brigid
Published: June 2023

This article reports the findings of a study that intended to understand the development of L2 writing performances in English in the EFL context of Bangladesh. The 70 participants (male=42, female=28) of the study were freshmen at a private university in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. The age of the participants ranged from 17 to 24 years. The participants completed a background questionnaire, a grammaticality judgment, and a vocabulary test in English. The participants also completed writing tasks in their L1 (i.e., Bangla) and their L2 (i.e., English). At the end of both the L1 and L2 writing tasks, the participants completed the same questionnaires that gleaned information about their usual practices and perceptions of writing across two languages. One of the critical findings of the study was that scores in the essays in both languages correlated, which implied that a good or a poor writer in his first language is apparently the same in his L2. The study also discovered that L2 writing was significantly similar to and different from writing in L1 as far as the foci, purposes, and the times and areas of revision of essays of the participants were concerned. The study indicated that knowledge in grammar and vocabulary significantly predicted the performances in writing in English as an L2. The results implied that the teaching of L2 writing in English should be informed by characteristics common across languages as well as the essential differences between an L1 and an L2.
Teaching L2 Composition:
Authors: Torres Christina
Published: June 2023

Learning how to write is a complex task in any language, but learning to write in a nonnative language presents its own special set of challenges. Teaching second language (L2) writing is about more than just creating lesson plans. It is about grounding classroom decisions in pedagogical principles supported from the research literature. Teaching L2 Composition: Purpose, Process, and Practice by Ferris and Hedgecock (2013) provides valuable information for a wide range of L2 professionals. Currently in its third edition, the book makes a useful reference to pre-service and in-service L2 writing professionals as well as writing centers which serve an L2 population.
Strategi Kspps Bmt Syamil Ampel Menuju Ekspansi
Authors: Ismunawan  , Arif Nugroho R  , Amy Wulandari  , Eko Triyanto  , M. Djalari
Published: June 2023

Tujuan KSPPS BMT Syamil Ampel untuk tetap bertahan, mampu bersaing dan terus berkembang. Oleh karena itu untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut salah satu langkah yang harus dilakukan adalah penetapan strategi Ekspansi secara tepat. Pelaksanaan dilakukan dengan pelatihan dan pedampingan dengan menggunakan metode presentasi materi dan dilanjutkan dengan diskusi serta tanya jawab. Evaluasi dari tahapan ini dilakukan dengan megumpulkan dan menyimpulkan data-data dari masing-masing tahapan kegiatan. Hasil dari kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat menunjukan tingkat keberhasilan dengan adanya kesuaian topik materi dengan informasi yang diperlukan oleh KPPS BMT Syamil Ampel dalam menghadapi ekspansi. Adanya pengabdian ini membuat KSPPS BMT Syamil mampu menentukan target ekspansi tidak hanya berdasarkan angka saja, tetapi juga memperhatikan jumlah aset yang dimiliki perusahaan.
Problems, genre features, composition and artistic images of Tejelli Serjan Sirman's novel “The tree of knowing good and evil”
Authors: Sharifova Salida
Published: June 2023

Tejelli Serjan Sirma is one of the modern Turkish writers that the Azerbaijani readers are not deeply acquainted. Tejelli Serjan Sirma, who started his artistic career with the story “Poor Kadir”, manages to visualize the process of how war changes human life in his novel “The tree of knowing good and evil”. The author was able to touch on the main reasons for the war in the novel and to give a generalized assessment of the wars in the world.The fact that the Armenians attacked the Turkic peoples, reflected in the novel in with short episodes, reflects the fact that the historical memory has not been forgotten. The author managed to present the genocide committed by the Armenians against the Turkic peoples as a tragedy of society. Serkan Sirman's novel “The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil”, along with the factor of historical memory, reflects attitudes towards different religions throughout the novel. türk xalqlarına qarşı törətdiyi soyqırımı cəmiyyətin faciəsi kimi təqdim etməyi bacarıb. Serkan Sirmanın “Xeyirlə Şəri tanıyan ağac” romanı tarixi yaddaş amili ilə yanaşı, roman boyu müxtəlif dinlərə münasibəti əks etdirir.
 
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Los testimonios numismáticos de Julia Mamaea: continuidad y ruptura en la política imperial de Alejandro Severo
Authors: Conesa Navarro Pedro David
Published: June 2023

This paper aims to study the ideology transmitted in Severus Alexander’s government through the coins in which Julia Mamaea appeared. To this end, we will not only analyse the inscriptions, but also the iconographic motifs expressed on each of the testimonies. Following a defined chronological and typological order, we will show how, although other Augustae previously used motifs different to this one, Julia Mamaea was also used for issues related to the military sphere. This demonstrates the importance of the princeps’ mother during this period, as well as the unstable situation that prevailed.

En este trabajo pretendemos estudiar la ideología transmitida en el gobierno de Alejandro Severo a través de las monedas en las que apareció Julia Mamaea. Para ello, no solo se analizarán las leyendas, sino también los motivos iconográficos expresados en cada uno de los testimonios. Siguiendo un orden cronológico y tipológico definido, podremos comprobar cómo, aunque se siguieron empleando motivos dados con anterioridad por otras Augustae, también se utilizó a Julia Mamaea para cuestiones relacionadas con el ámbito militar. Ello demuestra la importancia que tuvo la madre del princeps durante este período, además de la situación inestable que se vivió
“Mi historia ha sido un cántico a mis maestros”. Entrevista a Germán Ramallo Asensio.
Authors: De la Peña Velasco María Concepción , Espí Forcén Carlos
Published: June 2023

Interview with Professor of Art History Germán Ramallo Asensio

Entrevista al catedrático de Historia del Arte Germán Ramallo Asensio
КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТ БУДУЋИХ УЧИТЕЉА ЗА САДРЖАЈЕ УЧЕЊА У НАСТАВНИМ ПРЕДМЕТИМА РАЗРЕДНЕ НАСТАВЕ
Authors: Бранковић Драго , Јењић Славиша
Published: June 2023

У савременој педагошкој и методичкој литератури посљедњих деценија воде се нaучнокритичке расправе о формирању и развијању (идентификација и класификација) општих професионалних компетенција наставника. У мањем броју радова објављенe су и расправе о компетенцијама које се формирају у оквиру курикулума мултидисциплинарног учитељског студија. У овом раду презентована су новија теоријска сазнања о методичким компетенцијама и резултати емпиријског истраживања о компетентности будућих учитеља за садржаје учења у разредној настави. Емпиријско истраживање проведено је на узорку од 101 студента учитељских студија (Бања Лука, Бијељина, Бео- град, Нови Пазар, Вршац). Истраживање је проведено електронским путем (креиран је онлајн упитник). Циљ истраживања дефинисан је као сагледавање самопроцјена студената о њиховој компетентности за садржаје учења (про- грамски садржаји) у разредној настави основне школе. Резултати истражи- вања показују да постоје разлике у познавању садржаја учења, да не постоји статистичка значајност између успјеха у средњој школи и познавања садр- жаја учења, али да постоји значајна веза између година студија и познавања садржаја учења у разредној настави.
Erkki Melartin: life marked death, music for life
Authors: Sycheva Galina Sergeevna
Published: June 2023

The object of research of this article is the Finnish musical culture. The subject of the study is the life and work of composer, teacher, conductor and educator Erkka Melartin (1875-1937).The purpose of the article is to recreate the personal and creative portrait of E. Melartin as one of the outstanding musicians of Finland in the first half of the twentieth century. The author examines in detail the biography of the composer in close connection with all types of his activities, gives a description of the main directions of the composer's creativity. The author pays special attention to the administrative activities of E. Melartin as the head of the Helsingfors Music Institute (now the Sibelius Academy), his conducting and pedagogical work. The main conclusions of the study: Erkki Melartin made a tremendous contribution to the development of culture and musical professional education in Finland; his impressive compositional heritage (with many influences of other composers and folklore of Karelia) has bright and distinctive features; E. Melartin is the author of the first national opera ("Aino") and the first large-scale national ballet ("Blue Pearl"). Among his students: Aarre Merikanto, Jurje Kilpinen, Vyane Raitio, Ilmari Hannikainen, Uuno Klami, Sulho Ranta and Helvi Leiviska – those who later formed the elite of the Finnish school of composition of the twentieth century. The article for the first time in Russian musicology publishes detailed information about the life, work and social activities of the composer.
Moscow Jazz School of the 1950s and 1960s: leading soloists and collectives
Authors: Ovchinnikov Pavel , Zaitseva Marina Leonidovna
Published: June 2023

The subject of the study is the creativity of the leaders of the Moscow jazz school of the 1950s and 1960s: the variety orchestra at the Moscow State Orchestra under the direction of E. Rosner, the jazz orchestra of the Central Chamber of Artists Yu. The Saul Variety Orchestra conducted by O. Lundstrom. The article summarizes the results of the study of the domestic jazz art of the 1950s and 1960s, substantiates the trend in the development of instrumental jazz, and characterizes the repertoire policy of Moscow jazz ensembles. The hypothesis of the influence on the development of the national jazz art of the 1950s and 1960s of those innovations that were formed in American and European jazz of the 1940s and 1950s is substantiated. The characteristics of the performing styles of the leading metropolitan soloists and collectives are given, their role in the development of the Moscow jazz school is determined. The scientific novelty lies in the analysis of the performing styles of the leading Moscow jazz soloists and ensembles of the 1970s and 1980s, which allowed us to substantiate the hypothesis of the influence on the domestic jazz art of trends formed in American and European jazz of the 1940s and 1950s. They are based on the principle of dominance of small groups of participants, the desire to improve technical and expressive capabilities all instruments of the ensemble, based on the use of the artistic potential of the solo parts. The peculiarity of the Moscow jazz ensembles, which along with Leningrad and Baltic ensembles were the flagships of the national jazz art of the 1970s and 1980s, was the strengthening of experimental orientation in the field of expanding the timbre palette of ensemble sound through the use of electronic instruments and sonoristics techniques. The tendency of advancing the timbre-coloristic aspect of musical sound to the forefront of creative searches brings the sphere of jazz and academic art of the second half of the XX century closer.
Archetypal Literary Criticism and Structuralism
Authors: Kuang Xiuli , Yang Chen'bei
Published: June 2023

The study of literature from the point of view of the search for archetypal images and the study of artistic creativity from the standpoint of structuralism are two important trends. Both of these trends have emerged in the contexts of different scientific paradigms. The origin of archetypal criticism is associated with the figure of Herman Northrop Fry, and the basis of archetypal criticism is psychology, namely the concept of psychoanalysis, founded by Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung. While the origin of structuralism is associated with linguistics and the name of Ferdinand de Saussure, who first began to consider language as a system of signs in which each element defines other elements and is itself determined by them. With all the difference in origin, in general, both theories do not contradict each other - on the contrary, they complement each other. Archetypal literary criticism and structuralist theory of art have deep internal theoretical connections in several ways: both theories look for repetitive elements in literature, both consider literature as a space of memory about the past. Archetypal literary criticism and the structuralist theory of art direct the appeal to the psychology of man as the creator of works of art. Both directions are also largely based on the idea of binary oppositions: within the framework of the archetypal criticism of the pair, many archetypes are grouped into pairs, whereas within the framework of structuralism, the idea of structure itself is based on elementary concepts opposed to each other; finally, both methods have been criticized for the same shortcomings, such as the denial of author subjectivity and the denial of human progress. This article attempts to show that the theory of archetypes in literature and the structuralist theory of art complement each other, and how exactly this complementarity is achieved.
Paving the Way Ahead: A Systematic Literature Analysis of Inclusive Teaching Practices in Inclusive Classrooms
Authors: Singh Aarti , Pallai Pratima
Published: June 2023

Classroom deliberations in an inclusive environment is challenging yet rewarding. Teaching students with varied needs under the same roof provides the teachers with the opportunity to bring out their best and to help students to attain an optimum level of learning. The purpose set for this paper is to conduct a rigorous review of inclusive teaching-learning practices across countries to understand and present the best ways of conducting an inclusive classroom. To explore the stated objective the researchers opted for an extensive desk review method to review the available related literature in a systematic manner. As a result of conducting a systematic review analysis, certain themes have emerged under which plausible inclusive practices have been presented as a finding of the research. The study presented five categories of best teaching practices that emerged from the review. This paper presented a concise and accumulated version of the best practices and methods adopted by the practitioners in inclusive education across the world. Amalgamated findings present that using ICT, individualised learning and various classroom management techniques, collaboration and curriculum adaptations provide the best ways to promote inclusion.
Resolving the origins of secretory products and anthelmintic responses in a human parasitic nematode at single-cell resolution
Authors: Henthorn Clair R , Airs Paul M , Neumann Emma K , Zamanian Mostafa
Published: June 2023

Nematode excretory-secretory (ES) products are essential for the establishment and maintenance of infections in mammals and are valued as therapeutic and diagnostic targets. While parasite effector proteins contribute to host immune evasion and anthelmintics have been shown to modulate secretory behaviors, little is known about the cellular origins of ES products or the tissue distributions of drug targets. We leveraged single-cell approaches in the human parasite Brugia malayi to generate an annotated cell expression atlas of microfilariae. We show that prominent antigens are transcriptionally derived from both secretory and non-secretory cell and tissue types, and anthelmintic targets display distinct expression patterns across neuronal, muscular, and other cell types. While the major classes of anthelmintics do not affect the viability of isolated cells at pharmacological concentrations, we observe cell-specific transcriptional shifts in response to ivermectin. Finally, we introduce a microfilariae cell culture model to enable future functional studies of parasitic nematode cells. We expect these methods to be readily adaptable to other parasitic nematode species and stages.
Phase separation-mediated actin bundling by the postsynaptic density condensates
Authors: Chen Xudong , Jia Bowen , Zhu Shihan , Zhang Mingjie
Published: June 2023

The volume and the electric strength of an excitatory synapse is near linearly correlated with the area of its postsynaptic density (PSD). Extensive research in the past has revealed that the PSD assembly directly communicates with actin cytoskeleton in the spine to coordinate activity-induced spine volume enlargement as well as long-term stable spine structure maintenance. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the communication between the PSD assembly and spine actin cytoskeleton is poorly understood. In this study, we discover that in vitro reconstituted PSD condensates can promote actin polymerization and F-actin bundling without help of any actin regulatory proteins. The Homer scaffold protein within the PSD condensates and a positively charged actin-binding surface of the Homer EVH1 domain are essential for the PSD condensate-induced actin bundle formation in vitro and for spine growth in neurons. Homer-induced actin bundling can only occur when Homer forms condensate with other PSD scaffold proteins such as Shank and SAPAP. The PSD-induced actin bundle formation is sensitively regulated by CaMKII or by the product of the immediate early gene Homer1a. Thus, the communication between PSD and spine cytoskeleton may be modulated by targeting the phase separation of the PSD condensates.
Psychological changes in athletes infected with Omicron after return to training: fatigue, sleep, and mood
Authors: Tan Chenhao , Wang Jinhao , Cao Guohuan , He Yelei , Yin Jun , Chu Yudan , Geng Zhizhong , Li Longji , Qiu Jun
Published: June 2023

Background

This study aims to analyze the changes of approximately 1 month in fatigue, sleep, and mood in athletes after returning to training following infection with the COVID-19 Omicron strain and provide recommendations for returning to training after infection.

Methods

Two hundred and thirty professional athletes who had returned to training after being infected with COVID-19 in December 2022 were recruited to participate in three tests conducted from early January 2023. The second test was completed approximately 1 week after the first, and the third was completed about 2 weeks after the second. Each test consisted of completing scales and the exercise-induced fatigue measure. The scales included a visual analog scale, the Athens Insomnia Scale for non-clinical application, and the Depression-Anxiety-Stress scale. The exercise task was a six-minute stair climb test, and athletes evaluated subjective fatigue levels before and after exercise using another Visual Analog Scale and the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale.

Results

After returning to training, athletes’ physical fatigue decreased initially but increased as training progressed. Cognitive fatigue did not change significantly. The exercise task led to elevated levels of physical fatigue after a longer duration of training. Sleep quality problems decreased rapidly after the start of training but remained stable with prolonged training. Depression levels continued to decline, while anxiety levels only reduced after a longer duration of training. Stress levels decreased rapidly after the start of training but did not change with prolonged training.

Conclusion

Athletes who return to training after recovering from COVID-19 experience positive effects on their fatigue, sleep, and mood. It is important to prioritize anxiety assessment and interventions during the short period after returning and to continue monitoring fatigue levels and implementing recovery interventions over a longer period of time.
Caso Vem Gerir: os dilemas da busca e das fontes de financiamento para startups
Authors: De Almeida Thiago Gomes , Soares Fabrício Pereira , Dusi Cristina Sayuri Cortes Ouchi
Published: June 2023

O Caso Vem Gerir tem como objetivo permitir que os estudantes vivenciem e discutam aspectos iniciais do processo empreendedor, através do debate sobre validação de modelos de negócios e fontes de financiamento de startups. O caso permite que os estudantes vivenciem os papéis dos personagens, dois sócios que avaliam a captação de recursos junto a investidores para financiar estágios iniciais da montagem de uma empresa de tecnologia da qual são os fundadores, mas que vivenciam um dilema por possuírem pontos de vista diferentes em relação a forma de financiar a startup.
Integrated report, information asymmetry, and cost of equity
Authors: Ghofar Abdul
Published: June 2023

This research ran to examine the effect of Integrated Report (IR) on Information Asymmetry (IA) and the Cost of Equity (COE) of companies. The sample companies were those registered in the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) database from 2013 to 2015. The test results using multiple linear regression proved that IR affected IA negatively and that each part of IR, namely Guiding Principles and Content Elements, had a direct negative impact. The higher IR, the lower both IA and COE. The results of this study may contribute on the increasing information quality in Indonesia.
Penaeus vannamei challenged with a Vibrio parahaemolyticus AHPND strain shows hepatopancreatic microbiota imbalance
Authors: Zermeño-Cervantes Lina Angelica , Barraza Aarón , González-Ponce Herson Antonio , Martinez-Diaz Sergio Francisco , Cardona-Félix César
Published: June 2023

White shrimp, Penaeus vannamei, farming represents one of the most important aquaculture activities in the world with a high growth rate. However, intensification processes induce negative side effects on the health of the organism, associated with a dysbiosis phenomenon. Consequently, illnesses, mainly attributable to Vibrio genus bacteria, have been reported in shrimp ponds. Studying the diversity and ecology of the associated bacteria in aquaculture systems is essential to prevent and control diseases. Therefore, the present study analyzes the bacterial load and microbial population variation in P. vannamei hepatopancreases infected with a pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus strain (so-called CVP2) associated with acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) under controlled conditions. The results showed an important change in the microbial community structure of the P. vannamei hepatopancreas. Furthermore, the presence of the Vibrio genus considerably increased and clearly dominated compared with the control. Dysbiosis of the hepatopancreatic microbiota and constrictions in the hepatopancreatic tubules (characteristic signs of in the early stage of AHPND) could be observed before the visible manifestation of the disease.
Clinical Features of Post Fever Retinitis and Visual Outcomes with Oral Corticosteroids: A Retrospective Study
Authors: Patil Sanjanashree S , . Vishalakshi , Gejapati Charushila V
Published: June 2023

Introduction: Post Fever Retinitis (PFR) is an infectious or parainfectious uveitis presenting with visual impairment after a fever episode. The condition can cause potential visual impairment in these patients. There is no national guideline for treatment of PFR. Hence, there is a need to study the clinical features and visual outcomes with the use of corticosteroid therapy. Aim: To describe the clinical features of patients presenting with PFR and visual outcome with the oral corticosteroid therapy. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study conducted in the Outpatient Department (OPD) of Ophthalmology at SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. The duration of the study was 35 months, from January 2019 to December 2021. A total of 23 eyes of 13 patients treated with oral corticosteroids were included. Data collected included patients’ demographic details including name, age, sex, hospital identification number, duration of vision loss, detailed ophthalmic examination findings, including visual acuity testing with Snellen’s chart, slit lamp examination findings and fundus examination findings including detailed fundus drawings, Optical Coherence Tomogram (OCT) and fundus photographs. Visual Acuity (VA) at the time of presentation and after steroid therapy were recorded. Data was entered in microsoft excel spreadsheet and descriptive analysis was done. Results: Age of the study participants ranged from 15 years to 52 years with an average of 29.6 years. A total of 23 eyes of 13 patients were included in the present study. At the time of presentation, two eyes had visual acuity better than 6/12 on Snellen’s chart. Five eyes had mild vision impairment, five eyes had moderate vision impairment and eleven eyes had vision <3/60, according to the visual impairment classification of World Health Organisation (WHO). Macular oedema was the other most common finding seen in 12 (52.17%) eyes. All the patients showed beginning of resolution of retinitis by 2-3 weeks after starting oral corticosteroids. A total of 23 eyes, 8 (34.7%) eyes recovered vision >6/12, out of which 6 eyes (26.08%) recovered with 6/6 vision. Conclusion: PFR affects predominantly young immunocompetent individuals. Treatment outcomes with oral steroids is found to be satisfactory
Kounis Syndrome: Is it a Heralder or Just a Mimicker of Acute Coronary Syndrome?
Authors: Kamalesh Tagadur Nataraju , Nishanth Somashekar , Akanksh Mandya Doddachary , Naveen Karthik
Published: June 2023

Coronary vasospasm of allergic aetiology is a heavily underdiagnosed condition. Very few instances of this phenomenon are reported. This is a case of a 55-year-old male, with an unusual presentation, where a bee sting triggered an allergic inflammatory reaction, leading to release of inflammatory cytokines resulting in coronary vasospasm. This is evidenced by ST segment elevations at the time of presentation. This ST segment changes resolves on taking antihistaminic and corticosteroid medication. The resolution of symptoms and Electrocardiogram (ECG) findings after treatment with antihistaminic and corticosteroid proved that, the symptoms were primarily caused by an allergic reaction. The present case report explained that, coronary vasospasm can occur due to hypersensitivity reactions and can be treated promptly with antihistaminic and immunosuppressive (hydrocortisone) drugs.
Response to Growth and Yield of Purple Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) Yufita F1 Variety on the Mutiara NPK Fertilizer and Kayabio Biological Fertilizer
Authors: Napitupulu Marisi , Rahmi Abdul , Ismanto  , Sutejo Hery , Fatah Abdul
Published: June 2023

The aims of this study were: (1) to determine the response of the growth and yield of the purple eggplant variety Yufita F1 to the application of Mutiara NPK fertilizers and KayaBio biological fertilizers and their interactions and (2) to obtain appropriate doses of Mutiara NPK fertilizer and KayaBio biological fertilizers to produce good growth and yield of purple eggplant of the Yufita F1 variety. This research was conducted from March to June 2020 at the Experimental Garden of the East Kalimantan Institute for Agricultural Research and Technology, Jalan Gunung Lingai, Kelurahan Gunung Lingai, Sungai Pinang District, Samarinda City. The study used a 4x4 factorial experiment in a randomized block design (CRBD). The first factor was the dose of Mutiara NPK fertilizers (N) consisting of 4 levels, namely: without Mutiara NPK (n0), 200 kg ha-1 (n1); 300 kg ha-1 (n2), and 400 kg ha-1 (n3). The second factor was the dose of KayaBio biological fertilizers consisting of 4 levels, namely: without KayaBio biological fertilizer (k0), 20 kg ha-1 (k1), 25 kg ha-1 (k2), and 30 kg ha-1 (k3). Overall there were 16 treatment combinations, each repeated three times. The results showed that: (1) response to plant height at 14, 28, and 42 days after planting, number of fruits per plant, fruit length, fruit diameter, fruit weight per plant, and fruit production were significantly different to very significantly different from fertilizer application Mutiara NPK. The highest fruit production was produced in the 300 kg ha-1 (n2) treatment, namely 16.59 tons ha-1, and the lowest was produced in the treatment without Mutiara NPK fertilizer (n0), which was only 10.53 tons ha-1; (2) the response of plant height at 14, 28, and 42 days after planting, the number of fruits per plant, fruit length, fruit weight per plant, and fruit production were not significantly different. In contrast, the response of fruit diameter was highly different from the application of KayaBio biological fertilizers. The highest fruit production was produced in the 25 kg ha-1 (k2) treatment, namely 16.18 tons ha-1, and the lowest was produced in the treatment without KayaBio biological fertilizers (k0), which was only 12.57 tons ha-1; and (3) the response of plant height aged 14, 28, and 42 days after planting, number of fruits per plant, fruit length, fruit diameter, fruit weight per plant, and fruit production were not significantly different to the interaction between Mutiara NPK fertilizer and KayaBio biological fertilizer.
BAMAKO E A TAREFA POLÍTICA DO CINEMA: A CENA DO TRIBUNAL E A PALAVRA EM DISPUTA
Authors: Fagioli Julia , Borges Gabriela
Published: June 2023

Por meio de uma análise de Bamako (2006), buscamos investigar a possibilidade de reparação histórica de povos explorados e negligenciados através da escritura fílmica. O filme se passa na cidade homônima, na qual se instaura um julgamento ficcional. O que está em jogo são medidas legais da sociedade africana contra o Banco Mundial e o FMI. Tomamos como referência o pensamento de Jacques Rancière (1996), para quem a política é o conflito em torno da existência de uma cena comum. De maneira próxima àquilo que postula Rancière, o gesto de Sissako é o de colocar em disputa a possibilidade de que o povo africano seja ouvido por grandes instituições opressoras que cobram uma dívida.
OS ESTUDOS FOLKCOMUNICACIONAIS NO BRASIL A PARTIR DA REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE FOLKCOMUNICAÇÃO: CARTOGRAFIA INSTITUCIONAL E GEOGRÁFICA
Authors: Adam Felipe , Furtado Kevin Willian Kossar , Schoenherr Rafael
Published: June 2023

O presente trabalho compõe a pesquisa A Folkcomunicação e a produção bibliográfica contemporânea sobre mídia e cultura popular: levantamento e retrato das 40 primeiras edições da Revista Internacional de Folkcomunicação, que identifica as principais contribuições dos estudos folkcomunicacionais no Brasil a partir das publicações da Revista Internacional de Folkcomunicação (RIF) de 2003 a 2020 e realiza um levantamento de identificação empírica, de formatos, autoral, regional, teórica e metodológica do periódico. Este texto se concentra na localização institucional (instituição de ensino superior) e geográfica (região do Brasil ou país) dos autores – no momento da produção para o periódico – que publicaram nas primeiras 40 edições da revista. A pesquisa conferiu todos os 467 trabalhos disponíveis. O estudo traz um panorama atualizado das últimas duas décadas da folkcomunicação no Brasil. A região Nordeste se destaca nas produções científicas. A região Sul, nas produções técnicas. Constata-se a baixa presença de autores oriundos do Centro-Oeste e do Norte. Chama a atenção a pequena e restrita presença de pesquisadores de fora do Brasil na RIF.
AVALIAÇÃO DE MODELOS DIGITAIS DE ELEVAÇÃO PARA ANÁLISE ESPACIAL DE BACIAS HIDROGRÁFICAS
Authors: Zanetti Sidney Sara , Scárdua Marcelo Dan Scárdua , Roberto Avelino Cecílio Roberto Avelino Cecílio , Alexandre Rosa dos Santos Alexandre Rosa dos Santos , Marco Aurélio Costa Caiado Marco Aurélio Costa Caiado
Published: June 2023

Objetivou-se com o presente trabalho avaliar Modelos Digitais de Elevação (MDE’s) para análise espacial de bacias hidrográficas. Foram utilizados três tipos de MDE’s: a) MDEI: obtido por interpolação de dados cartográficos do IBGE; b) MDEA: ASTER GDEM; e c) MDET: TOPODATA. Foram utilizados os MDE’s originais e refinados usando o algoritmo AGREE (MDEIr, MDEAr e MDETr). Foram comparadas as hidrografias numéricas (HN’s) e as delimitações automáticas das bacias. Sobre as HN’s sem refinamento, a gerada com o MDET apresentou melhor desempenho que o MDEA. Os MDEs refinados proveram delimitações mais acuradas que os não refinados. Nas delimitações sem refinamento, a derivada do MDEI foi a que mais se aproximou da delimitação de referência, seguida pelo MDET e MDEA. Sobre as delimitações obtidas com os MDE’s refinados, a de melhor qualidade foi obtida com o MDEIr, seguida do MDEAr e MDETr, sendo os resultados relativamente próximos.
Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy in the US in 2021
Authors: Lundeen Elizabeth A. , Burke-Conte Zeb , Rein David B. , Wittenborn John S. , Saaddine Jinan , Lee Aaron Y. , Flaxman Abraham D.
Published: June 2023

Importance

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common microvascular complication of diabetes and a leading cause of blindness among working-age adults in the US.

Objective

To update estimates of DR and vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy (VTDR) prevalence by demographic factors and US county and state.

Data Sources

The study team included data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2005 to 2008 and 2017 to March 2020), Medicare fee-for-service claims (2018), IBM MarketScan commercial insurance claims (2016), population-based studies of adult eye disease (2001 to 2016), 2 studies of diabetes in youth (2021 and 2023), and a previously published analysis of diabetes by county (2012). The study team used population estimates from the US Census Bureau.

Study Selection

The study team included relevant data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System.

Data Extraction and Synthesis

Using bayesian meta-regression methods, the study team estimated the prevalence of DR and VTDR stratified by age, a nondifferentiated sex and gender measure, race, ethnicity, and US county and state.

Main Outcomes and Measures

The study team defined individuals with diabetes as those who had a hemoglobin A1c level at 6.5% or more, took insulin, or reported ever having been told by a physician or health care professional that they have diabetes. The study team defined DR as any retinopathy in the presence of diabetes, including nonproliferative retinopathy (mild, moderate, or severe), proliferative retinopathy, or macular edema. The study team defined VTDR as having, in the presence of diabetes, severe nonproliferative retinopathy, proliferative retinopathy, panretinal photocoagulation scars, or macular edema.

Results

This study used data from nationally representative and local population-based studies that represent the populations in which they were conducted. For 2021, the study team estimated 9.60 million people (95% uncertainty interval [UI], 7.90-11.55) living with DR, corresponding to a prevalence rate of 26.43% (95% UI, 21.95-31.60) among people with diabetes. The study team estimated 1.84 million people (95% UI, 1.41-2.40) living with VTDR, corresponding to a prevalence rate of 5.06% (95% UI, 3.90-6.57) among people with diabetes. Prevalence of DR and VTDR varied by demographic characteristics and geography.

Conclusions and Relevance

US prevalence of diabetes-related eye disease remains high. These updated estimates on the burden and geographic distribution of diabetes-related eye disease can be used to inform the allocation of public health resources and interventions to communities and populations at highest risk.
Urinary microRNA profiling in pregnant women identifies placental microRNAs that are candidate biomarkers for monitoring placental health
Authors: Inno Rain , Laan Maris
Published: June 2023

MicroRNAs are among the key modulators of placental transcriptome dynamics. This study aimed at comparative profiling of urinary (sampling at 228–230 gestational days, g.days), serum (217–230 g.days), and placental (279–286 g.days) microRNAs in three healthy pregnant women using miRNome sequencing. Placenta showed significant enrichment of microRNAs compared with serum and urine (1174, 341, and 193, respectively; P < 10−5). All sample types shared 153 microRNAs, representing candidate biomarkers for placental health. Urine samples contained eight of 56 transcripts from the placenta‐specific chromosome 19 microRNA cluster C19MC and one of 91 transcripts (miR‐432‐5p) from the chromosome 14 cluster C14MC. These data suggest an active filtering at the maternal–fetal interface in passing through only selected microRNAs. Urine represents a valid source to monitor the signature of placenta‐expressed microRNAs that are differentially expressed in pregnancy complications.
On the Role of the Sr3−xCaxAl2O6 Sacrificial Layer Composition in Epitaxial La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Membranes
Authors: Salles Pol , Guzman Roger , Barrera Aleix , Ramis Martí , Caicedo Jose Manuel , Palau Anna , Zhou Wu , Coll Mariona
Published: June 2023

The possibility to fabricate freestanding single crystal complex oxide films has raised enormous interest to be integrated in next‐generation electronic devices envisaging distinct and novel properties that can deliver unprecedented performance improvement compared to traditional semiconductors. The use of the water‐soluble Sr3Al2O6 (SAO) sacrificial layer to detach the complex oxide film from the growth substrate has significantly expanded the complex oxide perovskite membranes library. Nonetheless, the extreme water sensitivity of SAO hinders its manipulation in ambient conditions and restricts the deposition approaches to those using high vacuum. This study presents a pioneering study on the role of Ca‐substitution in solution processed SAO (Sr3−xCaxAl2O6 with x ⩽ 3) identifying a noticeable improvement on surface film crystallinity preserving a smooth surface morphology while favoring the manipulation in a less‐restricted ambient conditions. Then, the study focuses on the effect of the sacrificial composition on the subsequent ex situ deposition of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO) by pulsed laser deposition, to obtain epitaxial films with a variable degree of strain. Finally, epitaxial and strain‐free LSMO membranes with metal‐insulator transition at 290 K are delivered. This study offers a hybrid and versatile approach to prepare and easily manipulate crystalline perovskite oxide membranes by facilitating ex situ growth on SAO‐based sacrificial layer.
Multisite Synergism‐Induced Electron Regulation of High‐Entropy Alloy Metallene for Boosting Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Authors: Mao Qiqi , Mu Xu , Deng Kai , Yu Hongjie , Wang Ziqiang , Xu You , Li Xiaonian , Wang Liang , Wang Hongjing
Published: June 2023

Designing the high‐entropy alloys (HEAs) electrocatalysts with controllable nanostructures is of great significance for the development of efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts. In this study, an ultrathin HEA‐PdPtRhIrCu metallene with abundant lattice distortions and defects is prepared via a facile one‐step hydrothermal method. The synthesized HEA‐PdPtRhIrCu metallene exhibits superior HER performance in a 1 m KOH solution, where the required overpotential of HEA‐PdPtRhIrCu metallene is only 15 mV to reach a current density of −10 mA cm−2 while possessing a low Tafel slope for 37 mV dec−1. Density functional theory calculations further prove that the synergistic effect of the five elements can optimize the electronic structure to enhance the HER activity of the catalysts. In particular, the strong coupling effect and the strong bonding arising from the interaction between the multi‐metal components can facilitate the electron transfer of the surface and high electroactivity. Moreover, the optimized Pt electronic structure in HEA‐PdPtRhIrCu metallene promotes the optimal PtH binding at the Pt site, thus promoting HER performance.
Rational Design and Efficacy of Glucose‐Responsive Insulin Therapeutics and Insulin Delivery Systems by Computation Using Connected Human and Rodent Models
Authors: Yang Sungyun , Yang Jing Fan , Gong Xun , Weiss Michael A. , Strano Michael S.
Published: June 2023

Glucose‐responsive insulins (GRIs) use plasma glucose levels in a diabetic patient to activate a specifically designed insulin analogue to a more potent state in real time. Alternatively, some GRI concepts use glucose‐mediated release or injection of insulin into the bloodstream. GRIs hold promise to exhibit much improved pharmacological control of the plasma glucose concentration, particularly for the problem of therapeutically induced hypoglycemia. Several innovative GRI schemes are introduced into the literature, but there remains a dearth of quantitative analysis to aid the development and optimization of these constructs into effective therapeutics. This work evaluates several classes of GRIs that are proposed using a pharmacokinetic model as previously described, PAMERAH, simulating the glucoregulatory system of humans and rodents. GRI concepts are grouped into three mechanistic classes: 1) intrinsic GRIs, 2) glucose‐responsive particles, and 3) glucose‐responsive devices. Each class is analyzed for optimal designs that maintain glucose levels within the euglycemic range. These derived GRI parameter spaces are then compared between rodents and humans, providing the differences in clinical translation success for each candidate. This work demonstrates a computational framework to evaluate the potential clinical translatability of existing glucose‐responsive systems, providing a useful approach for future GRI development.