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Language competence of students of Belgrade Business Academy for applied studies in learning English for specific purposes: Case study
Authors: Kažanegra-Veličković Ana , Spasić-Stojković Milica
Published: April 2022

Growing globalization and continuous demographic changes impose the need for reviewing language programs that must follow modern trends and the needs of students that change in accordance with the requirements of the professional environment, both in the country and abroad. The development of language competencies, especially in the field of language for specific purposes, is a prerequisite for the success of a modern young man, thus giving him the opportunity to be competitive and functional both in education and in future professional activities. The theoretical part of this paper relies on the interpretations of basic postulates about learning English for General purposes and learning English for Specific Purposes, and discusses the importance of developing language competence in teaching English in the context of acquiring professional competencies of students in higher vocational education. The paper also gives an overview of the way in which all four language skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking) are developed in teaching of ELSP at Belgrade Business Academy for Applied Studies. The aim of this paper is to present the results of research concerning the needs and interests of students in higher vocational education in terms of learning ELSP, as well as to analyze students' attitudes about which language skills should be improved in teaching of ELSP, in order to approach the development of study programs and materials properly. The authors conducted empirical research with the use of a questionnaire as a research instrument. The analysis of data collected on a sample of one hundred students of Belgrade Business Academy for Applied Studies is seen in the context of further development of the curriculum of English language for specific purposes in higher vocational education.
On the Stojadinović-Pavelić Agreement from 1954: Facts and assumptions
Authors: Simić Bojan
Published: April 2022

The key figure among Serbian immigrants in Argentina was Milan Stojadinović, the former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, despite he did not take any official position in such emigrant organizations. Instead, he was rather a kind of consultant to both the organization Velika Srbija and their leading newspapers Srpska zastava. On the other hand, he used his influence acquired within the Serbian community in Argentina to negotiate with the representatives of socialist Yugoslavia during 1952 and 1953. The question of the Ustasha movement and his leader Pavelić, who has been in Argentina since 1948, was one of the main issues that troubled Yugoslavia-Argentine relations in the first decade after the Second World War. Argentina tolerated their activities which made Yugoslavia protest. They had their meetings and even formed a government in exile whose activities were aimed directly against the integrity of Yugoslavia. In 1951, the Yugoslav government issued an extradition warrant, but with no success. The response never arrived. Stojadinović and Pavelić met in Argentina during the 1950s, visited each other, but the product of this relationship remained uncertain and unclear. What is obvious is the fact that Stojadinović and Pavelić in 1954 reached some kind of agreement. That agreement provided for the break up of Yugoslavia and the formation of independent states of Serbia and Croatia. However, it was most likely left unsigned. The possible motivation for the agreement may lie in a series of factors, from foreign pressure against socialist Yugoslavia to personal agendas, a desire to return to power. Political changes in Argentina after the fall of Juan Peron in 1955 forced Stojadinović to distance himself from the Serbian emigrant community while Pavelić was forced to deny any connection with the Peron's regime. The agreement between the two left unresolved and became a kind of controversy for future research.
Directed communicative modelling as an ESP teaching strategy at tertiary level: Recontextualization and other issues
Authors: Milivojević Nataša , Radojičić Stanka
Published: April 2022

The paper presents an innovative "text-and-context" teaching methodology applied to develop multiple language and professional competencies in the LSP university classroom. We take the established principles of Directed Communicative Modelling (Dressen-Hammouda, 2003) and implement them into an LSP course for Optometrists, which is a three-year Bachelor Program of Applied (Vocational) Studies offered by the Physics Department at the Faculty of Sciences in Novi Sad. The presented LSP course for optometrists constitutes the following language segments: medical English, occupational English, technical English, and English for academic purposes, with a complex range of contextual specifications attached. Consequently, the present approach relies as much on building contextual knowledge as it does on building language and textual competencies. Having a specialized language competence is therefore principally about learning to manipulate and creatively and inventively recreate language structure within a proper context attached to its use. The power of the proposed teaching methodology lies in its potential constructing of the wide range of specialized knowledge structures involved in professional language communicative situations. The aim of the present study is twofold: to describe and explain a localized and recontextualized version of Directed Communicative Modelling, which is a largely Anglo-Saxon teaching practice, in the Serbian university system and to report on the defined practical outcomes of such an approach for the course where the main learning objectives for the students include (among others) the full capacity for independent professional work in the field of optics and optometry and reading the relevant literature in English as well as conducting academic and professional research. We conclude that, as a principled and defined teaching strategy, Directed Communicative Modelling integrates assumptions about both linguistic and social conditions for specialized discourses while aiming to get students to understand how to best use language as an effective and powerful textual and contextual tool.
The importance of the Narodna Prosveta publishing house and its founder Anatoly Ivanovich Pritzker in the history of Yugoslav book publishing
Authors: Božović Ivana
Published: April 2022

The aim of this paper is to present the publishing idea of a Russian émigré, which proved to be an exceptional contribution to Serbian culture. This publishing endeavour was a rather unique one given the fact that unlike the abundant publishing activity of Russian emigration, which was primarily intended for Russian readers, the Narodna Prosveta Publishing House was primarily focused on Serbian culture, on two bases: it was made up of Serbian cultural activists and, above all, intended for Serbian readers. The status of the Narodna Prosveta in the history of Serbian book publishing has been burdened by unfounded charges against its founder A. I. Pritzker on suspicion of collaboration with the German occupier, as well as the absence of a well-deserved critical register - which is an additional motive to restore the Narodna Prosveta after a long period of silence to its rightful place - at the core of the interwar publishing and cultural activities.
Lik S. I. Čahotina kroz njegovu zbirku pesama "U Srbiji i o Srbiji"
Authors: Džonič Violeta
Published: April 2022

Predmet ovog rada je ukazivanje na postojanje veoma značajne zbirke pesama S. I. Čahotina, ruskog konzula u Srbiji krajem XIX i početkom XX veka, koja je bila sasvim slučajno otkrivena među njegovim diplomatskim spisima. Naime, gotovo niko nije znao da se ovaj veoma obrazovan čovek pored svoje glavne profesije bavi i poezijom. U radu je posebna pažnja posvećena liku S. I. Čahotina: detaljno se razmatraju biografske činjenice vezane za njegov život kako pre njegovog postavljenja za konzula Ruskog Imperatorskog konzulata u Srbiji, tako i posle njegovog dolaska u Niš, gde je obavljao svoju dužnost. Autor pažljivo analizira istorijsku situaciju u Srbiji i u Nišu koja je obeležila boravak i rad S. I. Čahotina u Srbiji i koja je imala veliki uticaj na njegovu političku aktivnost i nastanak njegove zbirke pesama "U Srbiji i o Srbiji". Rad ima ne samo lingvokulturološki značaj, već rezultati istraživanja mogu biti iskorišćeni u svrhu obogaćivanja istorijskih podataka o Srbiji i Rusiji kraja XIX i početka XX veka na miljeu doprinosa ruske emigracije u Srbiji.
Comunicação de moda em tempos de pandemia: conteúdos de empresas fast fashion e slow fashion em mídias digitais
Authors: Rios Marina Pereira , Freitas Silvia Helena Belmino
Published: April 2022

O ano de 2020 foi marcado pelo cenário da pandemia da Covid-19, um vírus que causou muitas mortes entre a população mundial e transformou o modo de interação e relacionamento social no mundo. A indústria da moda é responsável por uma significativa parcela do consumo mundial, sendo consequentemente afetada por esse contexto. Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar os conteúdos do site e rede social Instagram das empresas Riachuelo (modelo fast fashion de produção) e Flávia Aranha (modelo slow fashion de produção), no período de março a maio de 2020, para compreender quais estratégias foram utilizadas e como as empresas se posicionaram nas mídias digitais durante a pandemia. Os resultados indicaram similaridades em termos de comunicação e algumas diferenças no foco do conteúdo das empresas sobre essa temática. A Riachuelo e a Flávia Aranha, além da criação de conteúdos nas suas mídias online, realizaram ações sociais, publicitárias e a criação de produtos/serviços que se adequavam a esse período.
Educação ambiental e conservação do solo: uma proposta didática interdisciplinar para a educação básica
Authors: Silva Clécio Danilo Dias da , Almeida Luis Antônio Paulino de , Ferreira Naama Pegado
Published: April 2022

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo relatar uma experiência envolvendo a aplicação de uma Sequência Didática (SD) sobre os solos e sua conservação atrelado a Educação Ambiental (EA). A SD foi aplicada junto a 42 estudantes matriculados no 7º ano do ensino fundamental II de uma instituição privada de ensino, localizada em Natal, RN. A SD foi estruturada com base dinâmica dos Três momentos Pedagógicos sistematizada por Delizoicov, Angotti e Pernambuco (2011) e envolveu atividades como: i) uso de questões problematizadoras sobre o solo e sua conservação, ii) aula dialógica sobre as propriedades, tipos de solos, degradação, poluição e conservação do solo; e, aula de campo no entono da escola para coleta de poluentes e registros fotográficos dos solos, iii) elaboração e socialização de cartazes socioambientais sobre os solos. De modo geral, por meio da SD aplicada, foi possível trabalhar com o tema solo associada a atividades de EA, as quais contribuíram para que os estudantes compreendessem a importância do solo e a sua conservação.
Failing arguments for the presence of iron in Denmark during the Bronze Age Period IV.
Authors: Lyngstrøm Henriette , Jouttijärvi Arne
Published: April 2022

The dark squiggly lines of the razors from Kjeldbymagle and Arnitlund are often mentioned, along with the knife from Grødby, as the earliest examples of iron in Denmark. The razors can be dated to the early Late Bronze Age (Period IV) – around 1000 BC – due to their form and ornamentation, while the iron knife from Grødby is reported to have been found in a slightly earlier urn burial.
Recent metallurgical analyses have, however, shown that the squiggly lines are not in fact iron, but rather copper covered by a layer of iron-bearing corrosion, and that the knife’s context with the other grave objects must be considered uncertain. This means that there is no evidence for the presence of iron in Denmark until the very end of the Bronze Age – around 700–500 BC.
Foreword
Authors: Bek-Pedersen Karen , Bønding Sophie , Murphy Luke John , Nygaard Simon , Warmind Morten
Published: April 2022

Foreword
Performing the Vikings
Authors: Price Neil
Published: April 2022

ABSTRACT: With a starting point in Jens Peter Schjødt’s studies of Ibn Faḍlān, this article explores the performative dimensions of late Iron Age ritual practice, as mediated especially through mortuary behaviour and ceremony. The interplay of textual and archaeological perspectives is in focus here, including a critical contribution to the interdisciplinary discussion on what has been termed the ‘performance turn’ in Viking studies. In several short case studies, notably the new work on the textile fragments from the Oseberg ship burial, the positive potential of this line of research is asserted as a source of considerable insight into Viking-Age world-views.

RESUME: Med udgangspunkt i Jens Peter Schjødts studier af Ibn Faḍlān, undersøger denne artikel de performative aspekter af den ældre jernalders rituelle praksis som den kommer til udtryk i begravelsesadfærd og -ceremoni. Samspillet mellem skriftlige og arkæologiske perspektiver er i fokus i denne artikel, inklusiv et kritisk bidrag til den interdisciplinære diskussion omkring det, der er blevet kaldt ’the performance turn’ i studier af vikingetiden. Gennem flere korte casestudier, især nyt arbejde omkring tekstilfragmenterne fra Oseberg-skibsbegravelsen, fastslås det positive potentiale i denne form for forskning som en kilde til betragtelig indsigt i vikingetidens verdenssyn.
The Ceremony of “King Taking” at the Swedish Mora Stone
Authors: Sundqvist Olof
Published: April 2022

ABSTRACT: There are no sources which explicitly describe the complete initiation ritual of a pre-Christian king in ancient Scandinavia. However, there are sources from Scandinavia and Europe more broadly describing medieval royal inaugurations that may be based on older ceremonies related to the initiations of pre-Christian rulers. Whether or not elements in the medieval royal inauguration at Mora, south of presentday Uppsala (Sweden), are based on pre-Christian traditions is an old research problem. This royal initiation ritual is visible in the medieval provincial laws of Sweden and other sources. This study argues that there are traces of older traditions behind the medieval versions of the ritual sequence called “king taking” (OSw taka konong) performed at the Mora Stone. Focus is on the location of the ritual site, the terminology used in the preserved textual sources, and the ritual actions and paraphernalia applied when performing this ceremony. A comparative method is applied, which includes archaeological finds and written sources related not only to ancient Sweden and Scandinavia, but also to the Germanic, Slavic, and Celtic areas of Europe. Finally, the question of the mythical dimensions of inaugurations are discussed and the study’s results are related to theories about cultic continuation during the transition to Christianity and theories about religious legitimation of rulership.

RESUME: Der er ingen kilder, som eksplicit beskriver en initiation af en førkristen konge i Skandinavien. Til gengæld er der kilder fra Skandinavien og andre dele af Europa, som beskriver kongelige indsættelsesritualer i middelalderen, ritualer som kan være baseret på ældre ceremonier knyttet til initiationer af førkristne herskere. Hvorvidt elementer af kongelige indsættelsesritualer ved Mora, syd for nutidens Uppsala (Sverige) er baseret på førkristne traditioner, er et gammelt forskningsspørgsmål. Dette studie argumenterer for, at der er spor af ældre traditioner bag de middelalderlige 90 Olof Sundqvist versioner af den ritualsekvens, som kaldes ”at tage konge” (OSw taka konong), som fandt sted ved Mora sten. Studiet fokuserer på ritualpladsens lokalitet, den terminologi, som anvendes omkring ritualet i de overleverede skriftlige kilder og de rituelle handlinger og genstande, som benyttes ved udførelsen af ceremonien. En komparative metode benyttes, idet studiet baserer sig på arkæologiske fund og skriftlige kilder, som knytter sig ikke blot til Sverige og Skandinavien, men også til de germanske, slaviske og keltiske områder af Europa. Til slut diskuteres den mytiske dimension af indsættelsesritualerne, og studiets resultater relateres til teorier dels om kultkontinuitet ved overgangen til kristendommen og dels om religiøs legitimering af herskerrollen.
The Sanctuaries in Uppsala and Lejre and their Literary Antecedents
Authors: Simek Rudolf
Published: April 2022

ABSTRACT: Much weight has been attached to the description of a pagan cult at Uppsala written about in Adam of Bremen’s Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae pontificum, although this description was already anachronistic by the time he wrote in the 1070s. Many scholars have tried to salvage some hard historical information both from Adam’s imaginative text and the even more fanciful information contained in the scholia to the text which were added later. Little attention, however, has been paid to the literary sources used by this well-read scholar who had a substantial library at his disposal, let alone oral sources. This paper tries to highlight the use Adam has made of a description about a cult at Lejre on Zealand in the Chronicon written by Thietmar of Merseburg three quarters of a century earlier. It also asks for the motivations behind those two descriptions.

RESUME: Stor vægt er blevet tillagt beskrivelsen af en hedensk kult i Uppsala, der beskrives i Adam af Bremens Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae pontificum, selvom denne beskrivelse allerede var anakronistisk, da han skrev i 1070'erne. Mange forskere har forsøgt at redde nogle hårde historiske oplysninger ud af både Adams fantasifulde tekst og den endnu mere fantasifulde information indeholdt i scholia til teksten, som blev tilføjet senere. Der har dog været ringe opmærksomhed omkring de litterære kilder, der blev brugt af denne lærde mand, som havde et betydeligt bibliotek til rådighed samt mundtlige kilder. Denne artikel forsøger at fremhæve den brug, Adam har gjort af en beskrivelse af en kult ved Lejre på Sjælland i Chronicon skrevet af Thietmar fra Merseburg trekvart århundrede tidligere. Også motivationerne bag disse to beskrivelser undersøges.
Visualiseringsstrategier og erindringsarkitektur i Snorri Sturlusons Edda
Authors: Hermann Pernille
Published: April 2022

ABSTRACT: This article investigates Snorri Sturluson’s Edda seen in light of medieval memory theory. It is argued that the pagan myths that are treated in bookish culture are adjusted to ideas about memory that circulated in the 13th century. It is shown that important mnemonic principles, such as spatiality and visuality, have put their stamp on the Edda and other mythological texts, which seem to describe and transmit to their readers comprehensive memory architectures and topographies. The mnemonic dimensions of the texts are important to include in source critical discussions, when the medieval texts are used as sources to pre-Christian mythology.

RESUME: Denne artikel undersøger Snorri Sturlusons Edda i lyset af antik og middelalderlig erindringsteori. Der argumenteres for, at skriftkulturens behandling af de hedenske myter har medført en tilpasning til ideer om erindringen, som cirkulerede i 1200-tallet. Det bliver vist, at centrale erindringsprincipper, såsom spatialitet og visualitet, har sat deres præg på Edda og andre mytologiske tekster, som beskriver og formidler omfattende erindringsarkitekturer og –topografier til deres læsere. Teksternes erindringsmæssige dimensioner er væsentlige at medtænke i den kildekritik, som de underlægges, når de bruges som kilder til den før-kristne nordiske mytologi.
Three Women, Three Roots, Three Times, One Tree
Authors: Gunnell Terry
Published: April 2022

ABSTRACT: This article considers the potential connections between the three nornir mentioned in Vǫluspá and the three roots of Yggdrasill mentioned in Grímnismál st. 31 and Gylfaginning which, like the nornir themselves, may have been seen (by some) as being connected with time. This raises the possibility that, at some point and for some people, the jǫtnar were closely connected with the world of death and the underworld (which, for some, may have been associated with the east from whence the sun rises). It also raises questions about whether Urðr should be seen as referring to the past, rather than the future, and reconsiders the earlier posited idea that life, death and time were seen as being a circular process much like the natural year.

RESUME: Denne artikel omhandler den potentielle forbindelse mellem de tre nornir, der nævnes i Vǫluspá, og Yggdrasills tre rødder, der nævnes i Grímnismál st. 31 samt Gylfaginning. Ligesom nornerne selv kan de tre rødder være blevet set (af nogle) som forbundet med tid, hvilket kan betyde, at jætterne, i nogles øjne, var tæt forbundet med dødsriget og underverdenen (der, for nogle, kan have været associeret med retningen øst, hvor solen står op). Det åbner ligeledes for den mulighed, at Urðr snarere skal ses som forbundet med fremtiden, ikke fortiden. Artiklen genovervejer også en tidligere fremsat teori om, at livet, døden og tiden blev set som cirkulære processer på samme måde som årets gang.
The Damaged Bone and the Lone Mushroom
Authors: Bek-Pedersen Karen
Published: April 2022

ABSTRACT: The article carries out a comparative exercise focusing on the Norse myth about Þórr slaughtering and then reviving his goats. It has sometimes been argued that the myth is a borrowing from a Christian legend about Saint Germanus. This is, however, problematic since similar traditions are found in Alpine, Caucasian, Sámi and even Native American contexts, in all cases with a non-Christian flavour. The article concentrates on those analogues that are closest to the Norse myth in terms of the central details and considers what might lie behind this seemingly odd distribution. The suggestion is that the central motif constitutes a shared tradition across the northern hemisphere that has its roots in the very deep layers of human history.

RESUME: Artiklen præsenterer en komparativ øvelse med fokus på den norrøne myte om Thor, der slagter sine geder og derpå vækker dem til live igen. Den teori er flere gange blevet fremsat, at myten er lånt fra en kristen helgenlegende om Sankt Germanus. Dette er imidlertid problematisk, idet lignende traditioner findes i Alperne, Kaukasus, Sápmi og endda indfødte canadiske kulturer, i alle tilfælde uden kristen forklædning. Artiklen fokuserer på de parallelle fortællinger, som følger den norrøne myte tættest med hensyn til de centrale detaljer, og overvejer, hvad der kan ligge til grund for denne løjerlige spredning. Forslaget er, at det centrale motiv udgør en fælles tradition på tværs af den nordlige halvkugle med rødder i den meget dybe historie.
The Sacrificial Festival at Uppsala
Authors: Hultgård Anders
Published: April 2022

ABSTRACT: The source value of Adam of Bremen’s description of the pre-Christian sacrificial ritual at Uppsala is hotly debated. Some scholars emphasize that it rests on the account of an eye-witness, others that it is a compilation of Christian stereotypes of pagan cult in general. The aim of the present study is to find out what derives from genuine sacrificial cult among the Svear and what is drawn from Christian polemics. A critical analysis of Adam’s text is presented, and the sparse information from other sources on Scandinavian ritual practices is discussed. However, the essential thing is to compare with sacrificial texts, especially inscriptions, from the religions of ancient Europe and western Asia. It is shown that some details in Adam’s description may derive from oral tradition by local informants.

SAMMANDRAG Trovärdigheten i Adam av Bremens notiser om offerkulten i Gamla Uppsala är omdiskuterad. Omdömena varierar alltifrån ett ögonvittnes skildring till ett sammanplock av stereotyper om hednisk kult. Föreliggande studie granskar kritiskt innehållet i Adams notiser. Syftet är att skilja ut vad som bygger på autentisk tradition om svearnas offerpraxis och vad som utgör medeltida schabloner och kristen polemik. Uppgifter i andra källor om förkristen skandinavisk offerkult lyfts fram. Det väsentliga är dock jämförelsen med rituella texter från Europas och Västasiens gamla religioner, särskilt inskrifter. Det visar sig att vissa detaljer i Adams beskrivning kan bygga på muntlig tradition från tillförlitliga informanter.
Arkaisk religion, komparation, norrøn og mesopotamisk
Authors: Lundager Jensen Hans J.
Published: April 2022

SUMMARY: The contribution departs from the conceptual dilemma between ‘primary religions’ and ‘archaic religions’ relative to the trifunctional paradigm of Dumézil. Jens Peter Schjødt has shown that in the Scandivian triad of deities in Uppsala, the paradigm can be seen as abstract relations, but not through the individual gods. The trifunctional paradigm is present as an implicit inspiration, realized in an independent and original constellation. Similarly it is attempted to demonstrate the existence of the trifunctional paradigm in Mesopotamian religion, where the functions are even actually represented by deities.

RESUME: Bidraget tager udgangspunkt i det begrebslige dilemma imellem ‘primære religioner’ og ‘arkaiske religioner’ i forhold til Dumézils trefunktionelle skema. Jens Peter Schjødt har vist, at i den norrøne gudetriade i Uppsala foreligger skemaet som abstrakte relationer, men ikke gennem de enkelte gude-skikkelser. Trefunktionsskemaet er til stede som en bagvedliggende inspiration, der realiseres som en selvstændig og original konstellation. På tilsvarende vis forsøges forekomsten af det trefunktionelle skema påvist i mesopotamisk religion hvor funktionerne endda faktisk repræsenteres af gudeskikkelser.
Transforming, Transgressing and Terrorizing
Authors: Raudvere Catharina
Published: April 2022

ABSTRACT: The article discusses some werewolf motifs in Swedish ballads, which tell of shapeshifters of ambiguous character that change between a human and a non-human body, dwell in spaces on the fringe of the human world, and have potential to intrude into the world of humans. Some of them represent a harsh untamed wilderness, others dangers, threats, or misbehaviour inside the human community. All religious imaginaries have fantastic things to tell: myths from before time, truths about the present, and hopes for the future. But no worldview can move beyond a recognizable everyday world, and the problems presented must be relevant. Did people believe in the content of the supernatural ballads? We should rather ask whether people were able to mirror their lives and nightmares in them.

SAMMANDRAG: Artikeln diskuterar framställningen av varulvar de framträder i några svenska ballader. Dessa förmedlar bilder av varelser med tvetydig karaktär och som kan skifta mellan mänsklig och icke-mänsklig kropp, uppehålla sig på gränsen mellan det djuriska och mänskliga och med potential att tränga långt in i människornas värld. Några av dem representerar det otämjt vilda, andra faror, hot och missgärningar i den mänskliga gemenskapen. Alla religiösa bildvärldar har fantastiska saker att förmedla: myter från före tidens gryning, sanningar om det nuvarande och hopp om framtiden. Men ingen världsbild kan röra sig bortom det vardagligt gripbara och problemen som formuleras måste vara relevanta. Trodde människor verkligen på de övernaturliga tematikerna i balladerna? Vi kanske hellre ska fråga om de kunde spegla sina liv och mardrömmar i dem.
From Barbarian to Lord
Authors: Nordvig Mathias
Published: April 2022

ABSTRACT: The chapter investigates the influence of Männerbund-theories on Neopagan, alt-right author Jack Donovan’s literature from 2012 to 2021. As an author and opinion-maker, Donovan has proposed a radical deconstruction of American society and rebuilding in male tribal gangs. This anarcho-libertarian vision for society, coupled with strong misogynist tendencies, has been a core element in the so-called ‘manosphere’ discussions in the rise of the American alt-right, and Donovan’s associations with these groups has earned him a reputation as a white supremacist. This chapter discusses the historical influences on Donovan’s thinking in a perspective that looks beyond attempts to categorize the author’s political position.

RESUME: Dette kapitel undersøger indflydelsen fra Männerbund-teorier på den neopaganistiske, amerikanske alt-right-forfatter Jack Donovans litteratur i perioden 2012 til 2021. Som forfatter og meningsdanner har Donovan foreslået en komplet omkalfatring af det amerikanske samfund til en tilstand bestående af mandsdominerede stammesamfund. Denne anarko-libertarianske vision for et samfund har sammen med forfatterens omfattende misogyni været et kerneelement i den såkaldte ‘mandesfære’- debat, der har fulgt den amerikanske alt-right-bevægelse fra begyndelsen. Donovans associationer med alt-right-grupper og individer har resulteret i, at han har fået et ry som fortaler for hvidt herredømme. Dette kapitel diskuterer de historiske indflydelser på Donovans tænkning i et perspektiv, der ser udover forskellige forsøg på at kategorisere forfatterens politiske tilhørsforhold.
Anmeldelse af Karen Bek-Pedersen, Guder og gudinder i nordisk mytologi
Authors: Schjødt Jens Peter
Published: April 2022

Anmeldelse af Karen-Bek Pedersen, Guder og gudinder i nordisk mytologi
Digital creation: possible (and achievable) futures
Authors:   Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, González Paloma
Published: April 2022

During the last year, science and technology have been playing an indispensable role in a difficult and complex context. All areas of our lives have been forced to adapt to digital processes at an accelerated pace. Faced with an obvious economic and social transformation, we want to consider the state of culture and creation, one of the sectors hardest hit by the crisis. Specifically, we are interested in focusing on the particular situation of digital creation, devastated especially by the lack of protection and funding, by the closure of galleries and specialised spaces. It is not a question of starting from scratch. Future possibilities must be presented as opportunities. First, by analysing what has been learned, experienced and discussed so far before and during the pandemic. From there, we must identify, on the one hand, the direct consequences of the pandemic, and on the other, the problems arising from the acceleration of the digital transformation. Especially in those aspects that allow us to relaunch and promote new lines of work, heterogeneous initiatives, or new methodologies while always bearing in mind that this knowledge and experience has to settle and survive under the rules of the digital economy. Both the creation and consumption of content requires new digital, communication, entrepreneurial and commercial skills. Let us look for new perspectives, let us face the transversality that the hybridisation between art, science and technology can offer. Let us analyse and share with all those involved in all the creative processes and avoid going back into a loop. We are facing a complicated and risky, but exciting project. It is more necessary than ever to learn from mistakes, and to extract the value of certain experiences related to digital art. And, above all, let us not forget two of the most important components: to value the creators, to recover the public, and to attract those who have never felt attracted by these types of artistic practices. Let us look for and share the way to encourage and promote new contents and scenarios.
Using Traffic Simulation for Level of Service Traveller Perception Studies
Authors: PIVA Fernando Jose , SETTI José Reynaldo , WASHBURN Scott
Published: April 2022

Level of service (LOS) classifications of traffic oper-ational conditions play a significant role in roadway-im-provement funding decisions. Traveller perception of LOS should be consistent with traffic analysis values to avoid undermining the public confidence in the transpor-tation agency decisions. Research methods to study trav-eller perceptions range from in-vehicle videos to focus groups and surveys. These methods have different advan-tages, but all suffer from time and/or cost inefficiencies for collecting data sets across a wide range of operating conditions. This paper describes a novel method to study this topic with increased time and cost efficiency. This new method combines traffic microsimulation and 3-D visualisation capabilities. The focus of this paper is to provide guidance on how to apply traffic microsimula-tion and computer 3-D visualisation to evaluate highway trip quality from a traveller’s perspective. It discusses the creation of the simulation environment to produce a real-istic view from the vehicle’s cabin interior, including the network creation, landscaped area, dashboard speedom-eter, and rear-view mirror. The authors also propose an automated method for choosing an appropriate vehicle within the simulated traffic stream, such that the desired overall traffic stream conditions are conveyed to the trav-eller vehicle within the field of view.
Lattice wave solution and its dispersion relation of two coupled Frenkel-Kontorova chains
Authors: Su Rui-Xia , Huang Xia , Zheng Zhi-Gang ,   Department of Physics, School of Science, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China,   School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China,   College of Information Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
Published: April 2022

We obtain the lattice wave solution and the dispersion relation of the lattice vibration equation of the two identical coupled Frenkel-Kontorova (FK) chains, and we study the lattice vibration characteristics of the coupled FK chains. The results show that the dispersion relation of coupled FK chain contains an acoustic branch and an optical branch. The spectral range and frequency band gap are related to the coefficient of restoring force of each chain and the inter-chain coupling strength, and it is also related to the depth of the on-site potential for the low temperature case and finite temperature case. Moreover, it is found that there is no frequency band gap for weak inter-chain coupling. The frequency gap appears when the inter-chain coupling strength exceeds a critical value, and the frequency band gap will become bigger with the inter-chain interaction increasing. This is because the optical branch moves towards high frequency region with the inter-chain coupling increasing. We also find that the critical inter-chain coupling strength of frequency band gap is always twice the restoring force coefficient of FK chain, and it does not depend on temperature. In addition, we study the effect of temperature on the dispersion relationship of coupled FK chain with a fixed inter-chain coupling strength. These results provide a theoretical basis for analyzing the effects of inter-chain coupling and temperature on the vibrational characteristics and physical properties of lattice, and thus providing an important guide for the energy transport, thermal management and other practical applications.
Dynamic behavior of oligomers formed by “十” shaped self-propelling agents
Authors: He Jing-Xi , Qin Chao-Ran , Xu Tian-Liang , Chen Kang , Tian Wen-De ,   Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics & Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China,   School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
Published: April 2022

In recent years, active matter has attracted tremendous research interest. Active matter displays many phenomena, such as super-diffusion, huge fluctuation and collective motion. The shape of active agent plays a critical role in the self-assembly of active matter. Understanding the oligomers’ dynamics of active agents is the first step to study the self-assembly of massive agents. Here, we design a self-properlling particle with the “十” shape using the Hexbug robot and investigate the dynamics of oligomers composed of these particles. To track the position of particles, the top of the particles is marked by black cards with white dots in the center. We find that these particles can agglomerate together to form stable oligomers consisting of two, three, or four particles. We study the dynamics by analyzing the trajectory, mean-square displacement, angular velocity, angular velocity distribution and the curvature distribution. We find that the dynamics can be divided into two types. One is the combination of eccentric rotation with small circular radius and irregular translation, which occurs in the system with the zero resultant force and nonzero torque. The other is the eccentric rotation with a large circular radius, which appears in the system in which both the resultant force and torque are not zero. In addition, we find that the translational dynamics of oligomers displays a super diffusion on a short time scale, influenced by the confirguration of oligomers. Further, the larger torque and the smaller moment of inertia result in the bigger angle speed of oligomers. Moreover, we investigate the curvature distribution of the trimer and find that the faster the angle speed of the trimer, the bigger its curvature is.
Chaotic characteristics of output light from semiconductor laser with self-chaotic phase modulation and optical feedback
Authors: Pang Shuang , Feng Yu-Ling , Yu Ping , Yao Zhi-Hai ,   Department of Physics, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
Published: April 2022

Distributed feedback semiconductor lasers (DFB-SLs) are the class B lasers, and would output chaotic laser under the external disturbances, such as external optical feedback and optical injection. Chaotic laser are widely used in many fields, including optical fiber sensing, chaotic laser secure communication, and better entropy sources for generating high-speed random number. However, the chaotic laser outputted from the semiconductor lasers with external cavity optical feedback produces a time delay signature (TDS) , which limits the applications of chaotic laser. On the other hand, the bandwidth (BW) of chaotic carrier signal plays the important role in determining the transmission rate of information signal. Therefore, the TDS and BW are two important parameters that will affect chaotic laser’s applications, and they are usually used to describe the chaos characteristics of chaotic laser.

In this paper, we present a new scheme used to describe the TDS and investigate the BW of chaotic laser from semiconductor laser. For this scheme, the output laser from a DFB-SL with external single optical feedback is injected in double ways into another DFB-SL with phase modulation optical feedback by self chaos light. Thus they form a semiconductor laser system with external double optical injection and phase modulation optical feedback by self chaos light (SL-EDOI-PMOFBSCL). We investigate numerically the influences of the system parameters on TDS, such as the injection coefficient and feedback coefficient. Then the suppression effects on TDS are contrasted and analyzed with two other systems, that is to say, the semiconductor laser with external double optical injection and optical feedback (SL-EDOI-OF) and the semiconductor laser with external single optical injection and phase modulation optical feedback by self chaos light (SL-ESOI-PMOFBSCL). The results indicate that the proposed scheme in this work has the better suppression effect on TDS. Then the BW of the chaotic laser is investigated under the parameters conditions of effectively suppressing TDS. The simulation results show that the scheme proposed in this work can enhance the BW of chaotic laser by appropriately selecting the parametric values, and the maximum BW value of the obtained chaotic laser reaches about 16 GHz.
Dynamic calibration of linear shear spatial modulation snapshot imaging polarimeter
Authors: Cao Qi-Zhi , Tang Jin-Feng , Pan Yang-Liu , Jiang Min , Jiang Si-Yue , Zhang Jing , Jia Chen-Ling , Fan Dong-Xin , Deng Ting , Wang Hua-Hua , Duan Lian ,   School of Physics and Electronics, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530023, China,   China (Xi’an) Institute for Silk Road Research, Xi’an University of Finance and Economics, Xi’an 710100, China,   Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710054, China,   Key Laboratory of Environment Change and Resources Use in Beibu Gulf, Ministry of Education, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530023, China
Published: April 2022

The spatially modulated snapshot imaging polarimeter (SMSIP) can measure two-dimensional state of polarization through using the spatial carrier to encode the Stokes vectors in a single image. The traditional reference calibration is not suitable for dynamic environment (such as temperature change), and the dynamic calibration of linear shear spatial modulation snapshot imaging is proposed in this paper. In the dynamic calibration used are two modified Savart polariscopes with shear along the same direction as the core modulation device. In addition, the thickness ratio of the two modified Savart polariscopes is 1∶2. The spatial modulation phase factor generated by the core modulation device can be deduced from the interferogram and thickness ratio so as to demodulate all the polarization information of the target. The significant advantage of the dynamic calibration is that the target detection and the system calibration are carried out simultaneously. The reference target is not required in the process. In this work, the detailed theoretical analysis of the dynamic calibration is presented. In addition, a laboratory experiment and numerical simulation are conducted to demonstrate the validity of the proposed dynamic calibration. The present study provides a new idea for calibrating the spatially modulated snapshot imaging polarimeter, and effectively promotes its applications in engineering under dynamic environment.
Implementation of unsupervised clustering based on population coding of magnetic tunnel junctions
Authors: Zhang Ya-Jun , Cai Jia-Lin , Qiao Ya , Zeng Zhong-Ming , Yuan Zhe , Xia Ke ,   Center for Advanced Quantum Studies, Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China,   Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China,   Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
Published: April 2022

Developing suitable algorithms that utilize the natural advantages of the corresponding devices is a key issue in the hardware research of brain-inspired computing. Population coding is one of the computational schemes in biological neural systems and it contains the mechanisms for noise reduction, short-term memory and implementation of complex nonlinear functions. Here we show the controllable stochastic dynamical behaviors for the technically mature spintronic device, magnetic tunnel junctions, which can be used as the basis of population coding. As an example, we construct a two-layer spiking neural network, in which groups of magnetic tunnel junctions are used to code input data. After unsupervised learning, this spiking neural network successfully classifies the iris data set. Numerical simulation demonstrates that the population coding is robust enough against the nonuniform dispersion in devices, which is inevitable in fabrication and integration of hardware devices.
Influence of nonlinear effects on forward stimulated Brillouin scattering distributed sensing
Authors: Yang Yu-Lian , Liu Li-Ming , Deng Qing-Xue , Jia Xin-Hong , Liang Wen-Yan , Jiang Li , Song Wei-Jie , Mou Xin-Yang ,   College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610101, China
Published: April 2022

The influences of nonlinear effects on sensing performance of forward stimulated Brillouin scattering (FSBS) are investigated using opto-mechanical time-domain analysis sensor, which is taken for example. The excitation of FSBS often requires high pulse power (at Watt level) because of the lower gain coefficient. Owing to the co-propagation of reading pulse and scattered light, high-power activation pulses will induce various nonlinear effects in an FSBS sensing system. Using the reported method based on activation-reading time-domain separation, the influences of nonlinear effects due to activation pulses can be effectively avoided. However, the nonlinear effects of reading pulses directly affect the sensing performance. Based on this consideration, we study the influences of nonlinear effects on FSBS sensing and their physical mechanisms under different values of peak power of reading pulses; the variation process of the 1st- and 2nd-order FSBS spectrums along ～4.7 km standard single-mode fiber are revealed in detail. Finally, the optimal region is found, in which a perfect FSBS local spectrum is obtained, and the sensing distance can be extended.
Note on some sequences having periods that divide (formula)
Authors:   Zian Achour University of Djelfa, Benyattou Abdelkader , Mihoubi Miloud ,   Faculty of Mathematics, USTHB
Published: April 2022

In this paper, we use the properties of the classical umbral calculus to determine sequences related to the Bell numbers and having periods divide (formula).
Neural excursions from manifold structure explain patterns of learning during human sensorimotor adaptation
Authors: Areshenkoff Corson , Gale Daniel J , Standage Dominic , Nashed Joseph Y , Flanagan J Randall , Gallivan Jason P
Published: April 2022

Humans vary greatly in their motor learning abilities, yet little is known about the neural mechanisms that underlie this variability. Recent neuroimaging and electrophysiological studies demonstrate that large-scale neural dynamics inhabit a low-dimensional subspace or manifold, and that learning is constrained by this intrinsic manifold architecture. Here, we asked, using functional MRI, whether subject-level differences in neural excursion from manifold structure can explain differences in learning across participants. We had subjects perform a sensorimotor adaptation task in the MRI scanner on 2 consecutive days, allowing us to assess their learning performance across days, as well as continuously measure brain activity. We find that the overall neural excursion from manifold activity in both cognitive and sensorimotor brain networks is associated with differences in subjects’ patterns of learning and relearning across days. These findings suggest that off-manifold activity provides an index of the relative engagement of different neural systems during learning, and that subject differences in patterns of learning and relearning are related to reconfiguration processes occurring in cognitive and sensorimotor networks.