bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Towards a Biblical Theology of Satan's Kingdom
Authors: Rutherford J. Alexander
Published: July 2023

The Reformed and Anabaptist traditions ignore each other at the best of times, yet there are genuine contributions to be gained from bringing elements of these traditions into dialogue. Perhaps the Anabaptist attention to the association of Satan with earthly kingdoms in Scripture may enrich the Reformed understanding of antithesis. In this paper, the author makes efforts towards a Biblical Theology of Satan’s kingdom by examining the instances where Satan or the Devil is associated with earthly states in the Bible. For the purpose of this paper, a state refers to refer to a socio-political organisation of human beings in a physical location structured hierarchically and characterising an inward and outward dimension. It is argued that Scripture pervasively identifies not only unbelievers but also unbelieving institutions with Satan. The paper concludes with a reflection on the relationship between churches and the State via 2 Corinthians 6:15-7:1.
God's Gift for the Christian Life — Part 1: The Gift of Knowledge
Authors: Rutherford J. Alexander
Published: July 2023

How are Christians to think about the intellectual tasks that make up everyday life in the modern world? It is clear we are not to do so as the “world” does, but what does it look like to engage Christianly in our thinking? In the first part of the series, God’s Gifts for the Christian Life, J. Alexander Rutherford shows how the Bible equips us to confidently engage in the interpretation of and engagement with the Word of God and the world he has created. In God’s rich mercy, he has enabled us to know him, his word, and his world. In a world where it is preposterous and arrogant to claim to know anything certainly, we are in desperate need of renewed foundations. In God’s Gifts for the Christian Life, see some of the ways that God through his limitless power has made available to us everything necessary for life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). Originally published in four single volume paperbacks (The Gift of Knowing, The Gift of Reading — Part 1, The Gift of Reading— Part 2, and The Gift of Seeing), The Gift of Knowledge brings the whole first part of “God’s Gifts for the Christian Life” into a single, cohesive argument for that God has gifted us with the ability to know and attain knowledge through the Bible.
Images et mondes composite dans le projet de recherche-création Dés-œuvres de jeunesse (2017-2019)
Authors: Terno Fanny
Published: July 2023

Ce présent article vise à étudier les notions d’« images » et de « mondes composites » au prisme d’un projet de recherche-création intitulé « Dés-oeuvres de jeunesse », réalisé entre 2017 et 2020 par les artistes-chercheurs Fanny Terno et Thomas Vauthier. Le terme « compositing » sera utilisé pour situer le caractère hétérogène des matériaux vidéo, sonores, textuels, photographiques – assemblés en un seul cadre –, cela, dans un lissage englobant qui, même s’il est mis en variation, forme une image vraisemblable et « composite ». Les dimensions de malléabilité et de temporalité en seront ses conditions nécessaires.
Le regard composite
Authors: Duarte German A.
Published: July 2023

Les contributions fondamentales de Gilles Deleuze dans le champ de la cinématographie ont mis un point final à la longue discussion structuraliste qui prétendait analyser les mécanismes de création de sens de l’image cinématographique à travers les instruments de la linguistique. En effet, dans les volumes Cinéma 1 et Cinéma 2. Deleuze affirme que la narration, dans le champs de l’audiovisuel est une pure organisation spatiale, et, en conséquence, que « […] la référence au modèle linguistique est un détour dont il est souhaitable de se passer. » En abandonnant la terminologie et les approches linguistiques - par exemple les références aux soi-disant figures rhétoriques -, les analyses de Deleuze ont mis en lumière non seulement la nature géométrique de la narration audiovisuelle, mais aussi son caractère non euclidien. En considérant les espaces narratifs de Bresson comme des espaces riemanniens et ceux de Resnais comme des espaces topologiques, Deleuze a commencé à développer un nouvel instrument d’analyse apte à examiner l’image numérique, une image composite, et donc non-euclidienne par nature.
Dans ce texte, nous traiterons, grâce aux concepts des géométries non-euclidiennes, les phénomènes narratifs dérivant de l’introduction de nouveaux regards, ceux-ci produits par l’utilisation et la popularisation d’une nouvelle technologie. Nous proposerons, à travers la notion de regard, une analyse des relations existantes entre la base de données et l’interface, appelées auparavant, sous l’influence structuraliste, paradigme et syntagme. Nous étudierons également, à partir des concepts de la topologie et de la géométrie fractale, quelques phénomènes narratifs parus lorsque la technologie vidéo-électronique, et puis numérique, s’est popularisée et a commencé à faire partie du procès de création. Cet examen nous permettra de mieux comprendre la composition non euclidienne, donc multidimensionnelle (2D, 3D, 5D, Mixed Reality, notamment), des espaces narratifs audiovisuels. Ces espaces sont capables, aujourd’hui, de créer des réseaux hypertextuels où se fondent les mécanismes de production de sens qui appartiennent à d’autres media.
L’Expérience des biens communs en Italie
Authors: Vercellone Antonio
Published: July 2023

Au cours des dernières années, la catégorie des biens communs s’est imposée dans le débat européen, en constituant le pivot autour duquel s’organisent théories et expériences capables de dessiner, par le bas, des schémas alternatifs du rapport entre hommes et biens, par-delà le public et le privé, et ce en les fondant sur l’accès, la participation, la distribution et la démocratie. De ce point de vue, l’une des expériences les plus intéressantes est assurément celle italienne, où les biens communs ont représenté le cœur de batailles politiques réussies, tout en pénétrant dans les mailles de l’ordre juridique et ainsi bâtissant les présupposés pour des mécanismes institutionnels novateurs. La présente étude, d’une perspective principalement juridique, prend en examen l’expérience italienne des biens communs et des biens communs urbains, dans le but de montrer que cette dernière est en mesure d’indiquer les présupposés théoriques en vue d’une « rupture interne » de certaines catégories traditionnelles du droit civil occidental.
Honteux, désarmés, décidés !
Authors: Wormser Gérard
Published: July 2023

Une honte totale nous envahit, à proportion de la stupeur du 24 février dernier. Quatre millions de personnes, surtout des femmes et des enfants, ont fui le risque mortel et connaissent les affres de l’exil. Six millions d’Ukrainiens de plus durent abandonner leur maison pour un lieu moins menacé du territoire national. La Russie a gagné : l’Ukraine détruite a perdu sa souveraineté, le temps des zones d’influence et des pactes militaires est de retour. La nouvelle guerre froide sera arbitrée par les puissances asiatiques, tandis que les soutiens dévoyés à la Russie de Poutine devront ravaler leurs inepties criminelles.
L’enjeu de la sobriété numérique
Authors: Flipo Fabrice
Published: July 2023

L'objectif de cet article est de problématiser l'enjeu du numérique dans son rapport à l'écologie, tant d'un point de vue conceptuel qu'en terme d'identification des acteurs principaux qui en déterminent l’évolution. Alors que les tendances du secteur marquent une nette évolution vers une empreinte écologique fortement croissante, trois concepts et enjeux principaux ressortent : le « numérique vert » (Green IT), le « numérique pour la planète » (IT for green) et la sobriété (sufficiency). La question des modes de vie nous apparaît à la fois déterminante et sous-problématisée.
Voix indigènes, pistes pour un renouveau du Brésil
Authors: Barreto Junia
Published: July 2023

Le texte traite des origines et des rencontres qui ont conduit à l'élaboration du Dossier Voix indigènes, pistes pour refonder le Brésil. Face à un État qui, historiquement, ne les a pas valorisés et qui les a toujours traités comme de "bons sauvages ingénus", les peuples indigènes se sont organisés pour résister et pour que leur voix soit entendue. Et cette euphonie de chants et de maracas enfle progressivement et pénètre de nouveaux espaces. La rencontre Hallucination politique des écrans offre à Erisvan Bone Guajajara l’occasion de parler de son projet Mídia Índia. La tournée européenne des responsables de l’APIB Sang indigène, pas une goutte de plus, fut représentée au 29e Salon de la Revue, à des dîners privés à Paris et même à l’hommage annuel de la République française à Clemenceau, infatigable combattant pour la justice. Peu de temps après, les photos de Cláudia Andujar exposeront les modes d’existence et la lutte des Yanomami à la Fondation Cartier. Puis c’est à Brasília où La Marche des femmes et le Printemps indigène occupent l'Esplanade des ministères pour revendiquer leurs droits territoriaux. Une dynamique s’est enclenchée et les peuples indigènes sont en marche. Dans ce contexte, le Dossier est d’abord une réponse aux clameurs de ces peuples et de ces personnes : Sens public met ses bases à leur disposition pour qu’ils les occupent.
À propos des dessins de Renata Ribeiro Inahuazo
Authors: Ribeiro Inahuazo Renata
Published: July 2023

L’artiste Renata Ribeiro Inahuazo, une femme indigène vivant à São Paulo, partage ses réflexions sur l’art à travers lequel elle exprime ses préoccupations personnelles et politiques. Dans un entretien exclusif à Sens Public, elle nous raconte ce qui l’a inspirée pour créer les cinq dessins qui ouvrent ce dossier. À travers un récit puissant qui rassemble réflexion, ancestralité, mémoire de luttes et cosmologies indigènes, elle nous donne des pistes pour comprendre la complexité, la portée et la sensibilité de son travail.
Semences de la Terre
Authors: Kapukaja Apurinã Kowawa
Published: July 2023

« Les semences du monde sont dispersées par la bonté des êtres vivants, des animaux, des vents, par l’eau... ». Ainsi commence l’intervention de l’anthropologue et activiste indigène Kowawa Kapukaja Apurinã. Sous la forme d’un essai situé dans l’environnement forestier, et à travers un récit sensible et engagé, Kowawa nous guide vers une réflexion sur nous-mêmes. « Quelle graine dispersons-nous par le monde ? » Son invitation nous amène à considérer notre propre humanité comme imbriquée dans un cosmos qui va au-delà de notre existence : univers, rivière, plantes et arbres, nous sommes aussi des semences dans ce système.
2e Marche des Femmes Indigènes
Authors: Terena Cutiara , Terena Irineia
Published: July 2023

La 2e Marche des femmes indigènes, qui s’est déroulée en 2021 dans la capitale fédérale du Brésil, a révélé la grande mobilisation féminine indigène. Des photos, des images et des témoignages de Cutiara et Irineia Terena caractérisent les revendications importantes de ce mouvement féminin indigène.
Ensino das Línguas Indígenas na Universidade de Brasília
Authors: Martins Melgueiro-Baniwa Edilson
Published: July 2023

Este trabalho é um estudo descritivo do tipo relato de experiências realizadas pelos acadêmicos/pesquisadores/professores indígenas no Ensino das Línguas indígenas na Universidade de Brasília através da disciplina “Línguas indígenas e suas Diversidade”, ofertada pelo Programa Permanente de Extensão UnB Idiomas. O objetivo é mostrar caminhos, desafios, avanços e perspectivas dessa experiência que se iniciou em 2018 na UnB. A partir dos relatos das ações, identificamos que os caminhos são árduos, que não há avanço e que há muitas limitações e desafios na discussão e ensino das línguas indígenas na Universidade de Brasília-UnB.
Sementes da Terra
Authors: Kapukaja Apurinã Kowawa
Published: July 2023

“As sementes do mundo são espalhadas pela bondade dos seres vivos, dos bichos, dos ventos, da água”. Assim inicia a intervenção da antropóloga e ativista indígena Kowawa Kapukaja Apurinã. Sob a forma de ensaio realizado no ambiente da floresta, e por meio de um relato sensível e engajado, Kowawa nos guia para uma reflexão sobre nós mesmos. “Quais sementes espalhamos pelo mundo?”, ela indaga. Seu convite nos leva a olhar para as nossas próprias humanidades como inseridas em um cosmos que vai além de nossa existência: universo, rio, plantas e árvores, também somos sementes nesse sistema.
Primavera Indígena
Authors: Darã Cacique , Awa Tenondegua Cacique , Anildo Awarokadju Cacique
Published: July 2023

O acampamento "Luta pela Vida", organizado pela Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB), realizado em 2021, na cidade de Brasília, constitui a maior mobilização indígena já realizada. Testemunhos, fotografias e vídeo revelam os principais momentos da manifestação, que reuniu seis mil indígenas, de 176 etnias, com o objetivo de lutar pelos direitos dos povos originários e pela demarcação de terras durante o governo de Jair Bolsonaro.
Transnational Activism in the Post‑Digital Networks of the Bound Art Book Fair and the Hackney Comic + Zine Fair
Authors: Preston Louisa
Published: July 2023

The author’s experiences of the Hackney Comic + Zine Fair (HCZF) and the Manchester‑based Bound Art Book Fair (BABF) are the point of departure for this article. The discussion focuses on the distinctiveness of these spaces of dissemination and the positioning of the agents involved. This article shows how virtual engagement at each fair became entangled with situated experiences and printed publications. The article also considers the significance of an autoethnographic approach within the post‑digital context, and its relationship to pursuing scholarly activism within twenty‑first‑century book studies. HCZF and BABF operate in post‑digital networks of artist‑ and self‑publishing; this positionality allows them to advocate for change and social justice. Transnational activism is evidenced through the accessibility, resources, and community empowerment that these fairs offer and generate for creative publishing practices. HCZF and BABF evidence resistance to major book fair networks, e.g., in Frankfurt, and London, whilst simultaneously influencing and infiltrating those very networks.
“I want Black children to know that they should never, ever, ever settle for things that society wants to give to them”: Self‑published Black French and Black German Children’s Literature as Blacktivism1
Authors: Malanda Élodie
Published: July 2023

In this paper, I analyze self‑published children’s books by Black French and Black German authors as a form of Blacktivism. I study how the authors’ comments about their work echoes with an activist narrative, and how they participate in a fight for racial justice, not only through the message of their children’s books, but through their choice of self‑publishing. First, I examine their motivations for writing and relate them to what I call “kidliteractivism,” to then show how self‑publishing can be a form of literary and racial insubordination, and finally I shed light on how self‑published children’s books by French and German authors of African descent are linked to broader Blacktivist movements in France and Germany.
How the Marketing and Selling of Books by Authors of Colour Produces Racial
Inequalities in Publishing
Authors: Saha Anamik , van Lente Sandra
Published: July 2023

Based upon a unique empirical study on diversity in UK publishing involving
over 110 interviews with publishers, this paper explores the obstacles facing
authors of colour. While the underrepresentation of authors from minoritized
backgrounds is generally seen as a problem of acquisition, we identify what
political economist Nicholas Garnham calls the “cultural distribution” stage as the
most critical for authors of colour. Specifically, we demonstrate how racialized
assumptions about audiences as articulated and mobilized by people working in
promotion, sales, and retail impede the progress of these authors. We argue that
racial inequalities in publishing are a product of how racially and ethnically
minoritized audiences are undervalued, culturally as well as economically. Adopting
a postcolonial cultural economy approach, we identify the areas where antiracist
activism needs to be focused in order to address racial inequalities in publishing
in a more impactful way.
Activism in the International Geography of Books: Small Publishing Houses from Argentina at the 2020 Virtual Frankfurt Book Fair
Authors: Riveiro María Belén , Szpilbarg Daniela
Published: July 2023

International Book Fairs are vital for the international geography of books and allow the researcher to observe the relations of domination and the defiant practices that shape book production. This article draws on a survey and in‑depth interviews with small publishing houses from Argentina to analyze their participation in the 2020 Virtual Frankfurt Book Fair, and complements this data with an online observation of the fair. While Argentine history is rich with cases of publishers closely related to politics, we pose the question on the forms activism adopts in the twenty‑first century. This analysis engages in current debates on the links between publishing and politics, centers and peripheries, power dynamics, and on how these phenomena shift in the virtual sphere. This participation is theorized as activism practices, i.e. (i) resistance from dominant practices, (ii) an enthusiastic approach to the virtual sphere, and (iii) cooperation and reliance on institutions.
La relecture sensible : vers une conscientisation du « savoir‑lire éditorial » ?
Authors: Tréhondart Nolwenn
Published: July 2023

S’il est en plein essor aux États‑Unis, le métier desensitivity readerest encore marginal en France. À partir d’entretiens semi‑directifs menés avec 14 professionnel·le·s concerné·e·s (relecteur·trice·s sensibles, éditeur·trice·s, agent·e·s littéraires), nous proposons dans cet article de mieux cerner les spécificités de cette activité émergente du point de vue de celles et ceux qui sont amené·e·s à l’exercer ou qui la promeuvent. Nous montrons les interrogations concernant l’émergence d’un « savoir‑lire éditorial » spécifique, où le vécu discriminatoire et l’affirmation d’un « savoir situé » sont au centre de l’expertise. Nous concluons sur le rôle d’intermédiaire de l’éditeur·trice, qui cherche à promouvoir une pratique encore invisibilisée dans les maisons d’édition.
Reading for Normal: Young People and YA Fiction in the Time of Covid‑19
Authors: Waller Alison , Dashwood Rita J.
Published: July 2023

The Reading for Normal project discussed in this article sought to
interrogate some of the assumptions about “normality” that underpin everyday life,
and to understand how reading fictional representations of ordinary life might help
young readers better manage periods of uncertainty and instability. Using data from
a small‑scale UK‑based reading group project that ran from December 2020 to
May 2021, we explore the affordances of authenticity, belonging, and connection that
emerged when teens were offered opportunities for a “common dwelling in fictional
ordinariness with a generational cohort”. We consider the ways in which reading and
talking about young adult (YA) fiction helps teenage readers address questions about
the changing world around them.
Toward a Poetics of Disappearance: The Vanishing Commons in John Clare's "The Lament
of Swordy Well"
Authors: Collings David
Published: July 2023

This essay suggests that various ideas emerging in recent ecological critique – such
as the Anthropocene, the near-term extinction of humanity, and the world without us – take
for granted a future human observer, even though these ideas put the existence of such a
person in doubt. To take the prospect of human erasure seriously, thought must go further
and think its own dissolution. It may do so in part by exploring a poetics of disappearance,
a model for which this essay finds in the final stanza of John Clare's "Lament of Swordy
Well."
The Butter Bump, a Magpie, John Clare
Authors: Swann Karen
Published: July 2023

The strategies of natural history are distancing ones, and, since Michel Foucault’s
The Order of Things, the genre has been the subject of powerful modes of distanced reading.
A corollary, perhaps, is that any instance of natural history writing, and especially, any
single entry in a natural history compilation, can seem closed to “close” reading: in the
field guide as in the taxonomic systems that inform its organization, the highly codified
general descriptor, structurally equivalent to every other general descriptor in the set,
swallows up the situated, the particular, the near. Within this arena, John Clare’s natural
history writing is, in Sara Guyer’s phrase, “hyperbolically local.” Readers have variously
praised Clare’s writing on natural subjects for its decentering of an anthropomorphizing
perspective, for its mimetic fidelity to an experienced local environment, for what has been
described as its proto-environmental or –ecological awareness. This essay pursues the forms
of local attentiveness displayed in Clare’s natural history writing in a different
direction, to explore how his work engages in close, critical readings of the operations of
natural history. My essay tracks Clare’s pursuit of two odd birds, “the” butter bump and “a”
magpie, each of which makes a “strange noise” that reverberates through its world,
traversing borders, confounding equivalencies, and sounding both the power and the limits of
an already-arrived natural order of things.
The influence of N. V. Gogol's satire on Sha Yesin's comedy "If I were Real"
Authors: Wang Zhuangchu
Published: July 2023

The subject of the research in the article is the peculiarities of the influence of N. V. Gogol's satirical comedy "The Inspector" on the work of the Chinese playwright of the XX century Sha Yesin "If I were real". The methods of comparative and structural-semiotic analysis using elements of cultural analysis are used in the work, the method of interpretation of a separate text, the analysis of individual stylistic elements is also used. In this paper, we will be interested in productive reception, which, unlike reproductive reception, is associated with the entry of N. V. Gogol's satirical works as foreign texts into the work of Chinese writers. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that the name of the famous Chinese playwright and screenwriter Sha Yesin and his comedy "If I were Real" are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time in the aspect of the reception of N. V. Gogol's satirical traditions. The peculiarities of the influence of N. V. Gogol's satirical traditions on Sha Yesin's comedy "If I were Real" are due to the internal political situation in China in the 1970s of the XX century and the influence of national traditions of Chinese literature. In this regard, Sha Yesin followed the traditions of Gogol's satire to the extent that it was necessary to express the main idea of the comedy of the Chinese playwright, in connection with the trends of the time that coincided with the ideological content of the "Auditor" – exposing the vices of officials. To solve the set artistic task, Sha Yesin consciously followed the plot of Gogol's comedy, which explains the borrowing of plot techniques from the "Inspector" ("the deceiver involuntarily", "double exposure", "incriminating letter"). Comparison of N. V. Gogol's comedy "The Inspector" and Sha Yesin's play suggests that the reception of Gogol's satire allowed Sha Yesin to create an original comedy that enriched Chinese literature.
Budget Impact Analysis for Proton Beam Therapy for pediatric population in Poland
Authors: MOĆKO PAWEŁ , RUDŹ RADOSŁAW , SIWIEC JACEK , KAWALEC PAWEŁ , KOPERNY MAGDALENA , PEŁECH PATRYCJA
Published: July 2023

Objective: Proton beam therapy (PBT) is increasingly used as an alternative radiotherapy for cancer. It is often used in cases where the position of the tumor in relation to critical structures, sensitive to radiation, significantly limits or prevents the use of classical radiotherapy. Use of the PBT minimizes long-term negative effects of radio-therapy, which is especially important in the treatment of children. The aim of the analysis was to assess the budget impact of using PBT from perspective of public payer in Poland. Methods: The analysis was carried out in a 3-year time horizon. Cost data reflect the estimated costs incurred by the public payer (NHF) in providing health benefits. The estimation of the financial consequences was based on the Polish current tariffs for the included health benefits. Sources of data, including patient population, were opin- ions of clinical experts, scientific evidence, NHF. Results: The analysis was carried out in the base, minimum and maximum scenario. In the base case 102 patients in 9 cancer indications were included. Total incremental costs were: €1.560 million, €1.769 million and €2.045 million in each year of analysis. There were no differences in the model parameters related to the costs of health services. Costs in the minimum scenario were approximately 30% lower and in the maximum scenario 10% higher than in the base case within 3 years. Conclusion: PBT generated additional cost for treatment of pediatric populations with 9 oncological indications for public payer in Poland. Our findings can be used by decision makers in Poland.
Analysis of Post-Pandemic Outsourcing Practices in Dubai Healthcare Sector
Authors: SKIBINSKA EDYTA , KOBROSSY SAMER
Published: July 2023

One of the strategies of healthcare service providers to deal with current challenges is outsourcing some operations. The key stakeholders of healthcare sectors are government, patients, healthcare sector staff, suppliers, and outsourcing firms. The Healthcare service providers and governments are found in favor of outsourcing, but on the other hand, the three groups of stakeholders are showing varying degrees of dissatisfaction with outsourcing options. The lack of enough alignment among the interests of various stakeholder groups is reducing the chances of success of outsourcing practices in Dubai’s healthcare sector. The research objective is to analyze the types, benefits, and challenges of outsourcing in Dubai’s healthcare sector, in order to propose an effective outsourcing model. The Mixed method approach was used to explore the conceptual framework and to propose hypotheses. The data was collected through questionnaires and interviews. The survey data was collected from 252 respondents. Three semi-structured interviews were conducted with senior leadership of the hospital, an official in the Ministry of Health, and a patient with longer treatment history. The study proposes that the business arrangements with outsourcing companies should be carefully finalized so that the interests of key stakeholders are addressed. The role of leadership is important in protecting the stakeholders’ interests. Hospital management can influence the three stages, first when pre-qualifications of outsourcing firms are undertaken, second when the contract is written, and third at the stage of final decision grating contract to the shortlisted firms. The stakeholder analysis process must be completed before taking the outsourcing firm on board.
Infrarrepresentación, excepcionalización, periferización. Androcentrismo relacional en la construcción narrativa de clubes de fútbol: el caso del Athletic Bilbao
Authors: Gutiérrez-Chico Fernando , González-Fuente Iñigo
Published: July 2023

Within the sociocultural framework of sport, this research focuses on the androcentric hierarchy of mediated narratives in football. We explore the approach of these narratives from a gender and club level perspective. Specifically, we investigate the presence and role of female footballers in the discursive construction of professional clubs. To do so, we selected Athletic Bilbao as a case study, a pioneering club in the development of women’s football in Spain. The methodology employed is based on content analysis of the covers of four Spanish newspapers (As, Mundo Deportivo, El Correo, and Deia) over three complete seasons (2018/19, 2019/20, and 2020/21). A total of 357 covers published between August 2018 and June 2021 were collected. These covers correspond to the days when both the women’s and men’s teams of Athletic Bilbao played their respective league, cup, and super cup matches, as well as the immediately following day, known as the post-match day. The results are presented as an interdependent relational system in terms of information selection and omission at three levels: sequential, normative, and positional. Significantly, this system highlights the need to examine the content dedicated to both women and men. In the particular case of Athletic Bilbao, the recorded information clearly demonstrates a sexist relationality based on the underrepresentation, exceptionalization, and marginalization of women’s sports practices. These interpretations invite reflection on sports, particularly football, as a discursive field that reinforces the construction of narratives in which men are the social norm, the inevitable protagonists, while women are presented as social deviants, disposable antagonists.
Broadband one-dimensional range profiles characteristic of rough surface in terahertz band
Authors: Gegen Tana , Zhong Kai , Qiao Hong-Zhan , Zhang Xian-Zhong , Li Ji-Ning , Xu De-Gang , Yao Jian-Quan ,   School of Precision Instruments and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China,   Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Published: July 2023

The one-dimensional (1D) range profile is an important back scattering characteristic of objective, which reveals the longitudinal distribution of radar cross section (RCS) along the detection beam. Since the shape and posture can be reflected by the 1D range profile, it is of great significance in military to determine the target orientation, velocity and whether it is armed. In this paper, broadband terahertz 1D-range-profile measurement system is built based on the time-domain spectroscopy (TDS) system. It is in bistatic configuration (bistatic angle of 9°) and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is 34.5 dB, with a gold mirror used as a reflector. Benefiting from the ultrashort terahertz pulse width (full pulse width of 0.52 ps), the bandwidth covers the frequency range from 0.1 THz to 2.5 THz (peaked at 0.9 THz), corresponding to the range resolution on a submillimeter scale.

Firstly, the 1D range profiles of several objects in different shapes are measured, including the step, cylinder, step cone and their combination, which indicates that the geometric profile of the target in the detection direction is adequate to identify the shape feature of the target and proves the reliability of the 1D range profile measuring system based on TDS. Secondly, aluminum plates with different surface roughness in a range of 0–25 μm are also characterized. The Kirchhoff approximation theory and small perturbation method (SPM) are introduced to illustrate the characteristics of broadband terahertz 1D range profile related to the surface roughness of target. It is found that the scattering characteristic of metal object in the terahertz range is sensitive to surface roughness. If the surface roughness of the object is larger, the peak intensity of the 1D range profile will be weaker and the echo signal pulse width becomes wider. The rule is also applicable for the cases with different incident angles. Furthermore, it is revealed that the time delay of the 1D range profile in the bistatic system is related to the rotation direction of the target, which is useful in estimating the posture of the target. In summary, the characteristics of 1D range profile for metal objects relating to shape, surface roughness and posture are studied. The conclusions have certain guiding significance for the target detection and recognition of terahertz radar.
First-principles study of influence of Si on γ phase in Inconel 718 alloy
Authors: Liu Zhi-Cheng , Zhou Jie , Chen Fan , Peng Biao , Peng Wen-Yi , Zhang Ai-Sheng , Deng Xiao-Hua , Luo Xian-Zhi , Liu Ri-Xin , Liu De-Wu , Huang Yu , Yan Jun ,   School of Physics and Materials, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China,   Institute of Space Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China,   Dexing Copper Mine of Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd., Dexing 334200, China,   Jiangxi Depu Mining Equipment Co., Ltd., Shangrao 334699, China
Published: July 2023

Inconel 718 (IN 718) is the most widely used nickel-based high-temperature alloy today. It is widely adopted in important fields such as aerospace, energy and chemicals, and is also one of the few high-temperature alloys, of which some can be fabricated by using additive manufacturing. There is a lack of research on the effect of Si on the structure and properties of IN 718 alloy on a microscopic scale. In this paper, the effect of Si doping on the γ phase in IN 718 alloy is investigated by first-principles calculations through using the CASTEP package. The lattice constants, total energy, defect formation energy, formation enthalpy, cohesive energy, density of states, and electron density difference of the γ phase are calculated before and after Si doping, and population analysis is performed. The calculation of the lattice constant reveals that the doping of Si atoms expands the cell volume of the γ phase supercell, which contributes to a certain solution strengthening effect, and is conducive to the improvement of the hardness of the alloy. The energy and electronic structure calculations show that the Si atoms prefer to occupy the Ni atomic positions in the γ phase. The number of valence electrons between the atoms, the distribution of the charge density, and the strength of the bonds between the atoms also change with Si doping, thus modifying the interaction of the atoms within the γ phase, reducing the stability of the γ phase, and favouring the precipitation of the second phase. Besides, uniform and dense IN 718 coatings with low-coat Si doping are successfully fabricated by using plasma cladding. The experimental results demonstrate that Si doping has no significant effect on the type of matrix structure of IN 718 coatings, but causes a slight expansion of the lattice of the alloy, which is consistent with the calculation result. The addition of Si can result in a transformation of the alloy coating from columnar crystal to equiaxed crystal, refining the grain size of the alloy, while reducing the volume fraction of the γ phase and increasing the volume fraction of the second phase. Moreover, the addition of Si exacerbates the segregation of Nb and Cr elements in the IN 718 coatings.
Effect of dislocation on helium irradiation defects in low-activation martensitic steel
Authors: Dong Ye , Zhu Te , Song Ya-Min , Ye Feng-Jiao , Zhang Peng , Yang Qi-Gui , Liu Fu-Yan , Chen Yu , Cao Xing-Zhong ,   Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China,   University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
Published: July 2023

Reduced-activation martensitic steel is a main candidate structural material for key components of advanced nuclear energy systems because of its good mechanical properties at room temperature, low neutron activation characteristics and satisfactory radiation resistance. In this work, we study the interaction between dislocations and helium-irradiation-induced defects in the steel and the effect of dislocations on the behavior of helium migration and desorption. The well-annealed samples are pre-deformed to 10% and 20% reductions in thickness by using cold rolling mill. After pre-deformation, samples are heat-treated to remove vacancy defects and retain dislocation defects. Then, the samples with reserved dislocations are irradiated with helium at room temperature (50 keV, 1×1017 He/cm2). After irradiation, the samples are characterized by synchrotron radiation grazing incident X-Ray diffraction, positron annihilation Doppler broadening spectroscopy, and thermal desorption spectroscopy. The results show that dislocations hinder the diffusion of helium and helium-vacancy complexes, and reduce the accumulation of radiation damage. Such an effect becomes more significant with the increase of dislocation density. The BCC → FCC phase transition of low activation martensitic steel occurs at 1179 K. The increase of dislocation density will lead to the forward shift of helium desorption peak induced by phase transition. The retention of helium in the undeformed sample, 10% deformed sample and 20% deformed sample is 10.3%, 15.7% and 17.9%, respectively, indicating that high density dislocations promote the retention of helium.
Landscape drives zoonotic malaria prevalence in non-human primates
Authors: Johnson Emilia , Kumar Sharma Reuben Sunil , Cuenca Pablo Ruiz , Byrne Isabel , Salgado-Lynn Milena , Shahar Zarith Suraya , Lin Lee Col , Zulkifli Norhadila , Mohd Saidi Nor Dilaila , Drakeley Chris , Matthiopoulos Jason , Nelli Luca , Fornace Kimberly
Published: July 2023

In wildlife and humans, parasite infection has been linked to land conversion and fragmented habitat. However, zoonotic disease dynamics in wildlife hosts are rarely quantified at macroecological scales due to the lack of systematic surveys. Non-human primates (NHPs) host
Plasmodium knowlesi,
a zoonotic malaria with increasing public health impact and the main barrier to malaria elimination in Southeast Asia. Understanding of regional
P. knowlesi
infection dynamics in wildlife is limited. Here, we systematically assemble reports of NHP
P. knowlesi
and investigate how landscape impacts prevalence. Meta-analysis of 6322 NHPs from 148 sites highlights that prevalence is heterogeneous across Southeast Asia, with low overall prevalence and high estimates for Malaysian Borneo. Broadly, we find that regions exhibiting higher prevalence in NHPs overlap with human infection hotspots. By assembling remote sensing data and fitting generalised linear mixed models to prevalence at multiple spatial scales, we identify novel relationships between
P. knowlesi
in NHPs and forested landscapes. Preliminary evidence suggests that higher prevalence may be contingent on habitat complexity, which might explain geographic variation in parasite burden. Findings address critical gaps in understanding
P. knowlesi
epidemiology and indicate that prevalence in simian reservoirs may be a key spatial driver of human spillover risk.
Analysis and comparison of improved concrete with the addition of different types of materials
Authors: Benel Ramírez D.
Published: July 2023

The present analysis was developed by creating a detailed analysis of each article selected for the corroboration of the information and the subsequent comparison between them in order to encourage research of alternative methods of concrete production that will allow the reduction of pollution and will improve the quality and efficiency of concrete. The materials used were nanosilica, pozzolana, and recycled crushed brick that were subjected to laboratory studies with the goal of knowing their properties and of developing mix designs with different content percentages to have a broad study population and achieve representative results. These mix designs were used to create specimens that were tested in different periods to analyze their behavior in various situations. After testing, it was possible to determined that the addition of these materials are effective, in creating concrete of greater strength in the case with the addition of nanosilica, in the case of pozzolana, greater strength can be obtained at a reduced cost due to it being a natural material with various deposits where the material can be obtained in this country and throughout the world, and in the case of the addition of crushed brick, concrete with a similar strength to a conventional type can be obtained at a reduced cost of fabrication due to being a recycled
Influencia de la calidad del diseño en el desperdicio de materiales en proyectos de edificación residencial
Authors: Mahamid Ibrahim
Published: July 2023

Este estudio tiene como objetivo identificar los principales factores que afectan la calidad del diseño, identificar los principales factores que afectan el desperdicio de materiales y abordar la relación entre la calidad del diseño y el desperdicio en los sitios de construcción en proyectos de edificación residencial en Palestina. Para identificar los principales factores de la calidad del diseño y el desperdicio de materiales, se realiza una encuesta. Quince (factores de calidad de diseño y 15 factores de desperdicio de materiales se identifican a partir de la revisión de la literatura y la retroalimentación de expertos locales. Se diseñó un cuestionario para incluir estos factores. La población objetivo incluyó contratistas y consultores que tienen experiencia en proyectos residenciales. Cuarenta y cinco contratistas y 35 consultores clasificaron los factores identificados según su importancia. El estudio revela que los principales factores de la calidad del diseño son: falta de experiencia del personal, tiempo inadecuado para el diseño, demora en los pagos por los servicios de diseño, licitaciones de adjudicación de los propietarios para el diseñador de bajo costo. Incluyen: errores de diseño, cambios tardíos en el diseño, reelaboración, falta de experiencia laboral y compra de materiales que no cumplen con las especificaciones. Datos recopilados de 33 proyectos de construcción, se establece un modelo predictivo que indica una buena relación entre el desperdicio de material y la calidad del diseño.
Combination of the Modified TOPSIS and ITARA in Housing Assistance and Building Assessments Autores/as
Authors: Semaan N.
Published: July 2023

Man-made and natural disasters destroy the buildings and render their habitable and operational functionalities unsafe and inappropriate. Thus, stakeholders shall respond to these catastrophes, assess their damages and assign suitable measures to overcome them. Despite several constraints in their implementations, multi-criteria decision-making is of paramount necessity to bridge the gaps between the adopted measures and the requested assistances. Therefore, this thesis will focus on the selection of criteria to conduct the objective and professional assessment. Chapter 1 will underline the topic importance and the primordiality to create a unified guideline for DMs to test the properties and help their residents. Therefore, chapter 2 reviews the numerous approaches and articles to specify their failures in satisfying the stakeholders and contribute in a JIT support. The condition assessments classes and types differ among fields and properties; thus, DMs shall apply the appropriate and accurate tool in examining and scoring their distresses. In the light of multiple techniques, extensions and combinations, this document introduced the first combined method, ITARA-R- modified TOPSIS, for weights eliciting, consistent buildings assessing and categorizing. The R-TOPSIS grants the accuracy and independence from rank reversal problems. Chapter 3 prepared the MCDM process by evaluating the current tools and techniques and result in the creation of a new MCDM modular approach. Thereafter, the modification of this classical TOPSIS approach by adding threshold alternatives discriminates among housing assistance classifications. On the other hand, the thresholds are also determined in weights allocations as well via the indifference threshold-based attribute ratio analysis. The proposed method is based on indifference thresholds and threshold alternatives scores on the selected. The assessment and evaluation of the previous publications and papers resulted in detecting the gaps in their approach and to orient the DMs toward a reliable yet flexible MCDM extension. Thereafter, its application prior Beirut blasts damaged buildings validate its contribution in the decision-making field and investigates its methods’ performance. The results validate its goals satisfactions and accomplishments; hence, modification of the combined tools enables its application for multiple catastrophes, situations, assets and stakeholders. Chapter 4 and 5 validate the work efficacity and flexibility and introduce a new methodology in housing support.
Educação financeira para crianças
Authors: De Faveri Dinorá Baldo , Kroetz Marilei , Valentim Ilda
Published: July 2023

A falta de um planejamento financeiro pode ocasionar sérios problemas na vida de um indivíduo prejudicando sua relação com a família e sociedade. Levando em conta a relevância que a educação financeira tem na família e na sociedade iniciou-se um projeto de extensão para conscientizar os alunos de duas escolas municipais do município de Ibirama-SC, sobre a utilização apropriada dos recursos financeiros familiares. Além disso, sensibilizá-los de que o dinheiro faz parte da vida de todas as pessoas e que deve ser adquirido de forma honesta e ética analisando as diferentes formas de se portar frente ao consumismo e mostrar as alternativas de poupança. Nesse sentido, foram propostas atividades para desenvolver habilidades e competências para entender como administrar os recursos discutindo o planejamento financeiro como forma de melhorar a qualidade de vida da família. Observou-se que as atividades desenvolvidas envolvendo informações sobre assuntos financeiros, bem como as discussões, ajudaram os alunos a tomarem decisões de forma mais consciente alterando suas atitudes a partir dos conhecimentos adquiridos contribuindo assim para planejar seu futuro visando bem-estar e liberdade financeira.
Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome of the Extremities- A Report of Two Cases
Authors: Basaboina Yashaswini , Avantsa Rohini
Published: July 2023

Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome (KTS) is a rare disorder, with an incidence of 1 in 100,000 people worldwide. The hallmark features of this syndrome include venous malformations, capillary malformations, and soft tissue hypertrophy. There is no gender or racial predilection and it manifests in childhood. It usually involves one limb, predominantly the lower limb. But, in rare incidences, upper limb involvement is also reported. The common presentation of KTS is pain with spontaneous cutaneous haemorrhage, soft tissue enlargement, venous thrombosis, leg length discrepancy, cortical thickening, macular patches and phleboliths. The present case report described two patients (both females) with KTS, who visited the hospital. One of them was an adult female, presented with left lower limb swelling. Computed Tomography (CT) showed, multiple dilated lower limb veins, draining into the internal iliac and deep femoral veins. Following this, the patient had undergone one cycle of Ultrasound Guided Sclerotherapy (UGS) and was advised to follow-up. The patient underwent subsequent two cycles of UGS at an interval of three months. Another patient was of the paediatric age group, presented with swelling and pain in the left lower limb. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) revealed, multiple veno-capillary malformations with a Persistent Sciatic Vein (PSV). Liposuction of the bilateral gluteal region was performed with the application of topical Neosporin and was advised to follow-up. After five months, Ultrasonography (USG) of the bilateral gluteal region was done, which was normal with no obvious residual disease.