bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Silicon multi-mode micro-ring modulator for improved robustness to optical nonlinearity
Authors: Liu Jiacheng , Du Jiangbing , Shen Weihong , Zhou Linjie , Zhang Wenjia , He Zuyuan
Published: June 2023

Due to the resonant nature and silicon’s strong optical nonlinearity, the system’s performance of silicon micro-ring modulators can be seriously affected by the input optical power. In this Letter, we proposed and experimentally demonstrated a multi-mode silicon micro-ring modulator to mitigate its optical nonlinear effects by operating in the TE1 mode. The TE1 mode features a high nonlinear threshold compared with the TE0 mode because of its larger waveguide loss and larger mode effective area. Under the condition of 10 mW optical input power, the resonance spectrum maintains a good symmetric Lorentz shape. The resonant wavelength shifts less than one resonance linewidth, showing an improved robustness to optical nonlinearity compared with regular silicon micro-ring modulators.
Knowledge graph embedding for profiling the interaction between transcription factors and their target genes
Authors: Wu Yang-Han , Huang Yu-An , Li Jian-Qiang , You Zhu-Hong , Hu Peng-Wei , Hu Lun , Leung Victor C. M. , Du Zhi-Hua
Published: June 2023

Interactions between transcription factor and target gene form the main part of gene regulation network in human, which are still complicating factors in biological research. Specifically, for nearly half of those interactions recorded in established database, their interaction types are yet to be confirmed. Although several computational methods exist to predict gene interactions and their type, there is still no method available to predict them solely based on topology information. To this end, we proposed here a graph-based prediction model called KGE-TGI and trained in a multi-task learning manner on a knowledge graph that we specially constructed for this problem. The KGE-TGI model relies on topology information rather than being driven by gene expression data. In this paper, we formulate the task of predicting interaction types of transcript factor and target genes as a multi-label classification problem for link types on a heterogeneous graph, coupled with solving another link prediction problem that is inherently related. We constructed a ground truth dataset as benchmark and evaluated the proposed method on it. As a result of the 5-fold cross experiments, the proposed method achieved average AUC values of 0.9654 and 0.9339 in the tasks of link prediction and link type classification, respectively. In addition, the results of a series of comparison experiments also prove that the introduction of knowledge information significantly benefits to the prediction and that our methodology achieve state-of-the-art performance in this problem.
Grouping promotes both partnership and rivalry with long memory in direct reciprocity
Authors: Murase Yohsuke , Baek Seung Ki
Published: June 2023

Biological and social scientists have long been interested in understanding how to reconcile individual and collective interests in the iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma. Many effective strategies have been proposed, and they are often categorized into one of two classes, ‘partners’ and ‘rivals.’ More recently, another class, ‘friendly rivals,’ has been identified in longer-memory strategy spaces. Friendly rivals qualify as both partners and rivals: They fully cooperate with themselves, like partners, but never allow their co-players to earn higher payoffs, like rivals. Although they have appealing theoretical properties, it is unclear whether they would emerge in an evolving population because most previous works focus on the memory-one strategy space, where no friendly rival strategy exists. To investigate this issue, we have conducted evolutionary simulations in well-mixed and group-structured populations and compared the evolutionary dynamics between memory-one and longer-memory strategy spaces. In a well-mixed population, the memory length does not make a major difference, and the key factors are the population size and the benefit of cooperation. Friendly rivals play a minor role because being a partner or a rival is often good enough in a given environment. It is in a group-structured population that memory length makes a stark difference: When longer-memory strategies are available, friendly rivals become dominant, and the cooperation level nearly reaches a maximum, even when the benefit of cooperation is so low that cooperation would not be achieved in a well-mixed population. This result highlights the important interaction between group structure and memory lengths that drive the evolution of cooperation.
Editor’s Introduction
Authors: Felando Cynthia
Published: June 2023

The ‘Editor’s introduction’ notes the two interviews and five critical/analytical articles included in issue 13.1, which include attention to the energy-focused Small File Media Festival; Richard Raskin’s book, The Yin and Yang of Short Film Storytelling (); Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s short films; two historical short film adaptations of the Ambrose Bierce story, ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’; the experimental short, Return to Forms; the Malaysian fiction short, Nor from the Second Level, and Portuguese science-fiction short Flores.
Spinal Cord Subependymoma: A Subanalysis of the Neurospinal Society of Japan’s Multicenter Study of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors
Authors: Yagi Takashi , Mizuno Masaki , Kageyama Hiroto , Tatebayashi Kotaro , Endo Toshiki , Takeshima Yasuhiro , Iwasaki Motoyuki , Kurokawa Ryu , Takai Keisuke , Nishikawa Misao , Hida Kazutoshi ,   for the Neurospinal Society of Japan Investigators of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors
Published: June 2023

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics, treatment strategies, and surgical outcomes of subependymoma patients from the 2022 Neurospinal Society of Japan multicenter intramedullary spinal cord tumor study.Methods: Twenty-six patients with spinal cord subependymoma who were included in the index study of 1,033 patients were retrospectively analyzed.Results: Mean patient age was 49.4 years. Seventeen patients were men and 9 were women. Sensory disturbance was reported in 22 patients and motor weakness in 18. Median duration of symptoms was 24 months. The tumor was eccentrically located in 19 patients (73.1%) and unilateral in 17 (65.4%). Gross total resection was achieved in 6 patients (23.1%). The same rate for ependymoma patients in the index study was significantly higher (74.8%). Median follow-up was 40.5 months (interquartile range, 18–68 months). In 2 patients who underwent only partial resection, reoperation was required owing to progression 68 and 90 months after surgery, respectively. No recurrence occurred in patients who underwent gross total resection. Five patients experienced neurological worsening after surgery.Conclusion: Although spinal cord subependymoma can be difficult to distinguish from other intramedullary spinal cord lesions before surgery, it is characterized by an indolent clinical course and eccentric location. Surgical treatment should prioritize functional preservation because the prognosis is good even after subtotal resection.
Empower Novel CpG Methylation Biomarkers for Multi-Cancer Early Detection
Authors: Yeh Chen
Published: June 2023

The milestone to improving the clinical outcome in cancer patients is the urgently unmet need to detect the disease at its earliest possible stage, which translates into a survival benefit for the patients De regulation of DNA methylation is an early event in tumorigenesis CpG methylation markers for multi cancer early detection were conducted using genome wide methylation profiling Approximately 18 000 high confidence hits of differentially methylated CpG islands between early stage cancer and normal samples from 3 cancer types were identified Ten top performing cancer specific CpG loci with the lowest p values were selected for in silico validation in TCGA database of approx 1500 samples across 14 major cancer types.Analysis of TCGA data obtained with these 10 CpG loci yielded area under the ROC curve of 0 86-0 97 for discrimination of lung, colon, liver and kidney cancers, significantly outperforming randomly selected 10 CpG sites (AUC of 0 55 0 90 When removing one, two, three, four or five markers from the best performing 10 CpG panel, the AUC dropped to 0 63 0 84 AUC were between 0 48 0 88 with randomly selected 5 or 20 CpG markers The 10 CpG panel demonstrated a composite AUC of 0 895 for all 14 major cancer types The 10 CpGpanel thus achieved the best performance with no other panels outperforming this combination.The training and validation datasets demonstrated the robustness and accuracy of our 10 CpG classifier to effectively differentiate early stage tumor from the normal tissues.
Diciesiete
Authors: Novoa Pérez María Isabel , Pereira Domínguez Carmen
Published: June 2023

Héctor es un adolescente de 17 años. Con frecuencia se mete en problemas, por ello está en un centro de menores donde no se relaciona y se escapa con regularidad. Su actitud cambia cuando realizan una terapia asistida con perros y se encariña con uno de ellos llamado Oveja. Al poco tiempo este perro es adoptado, por eso decide fugarse para ir en su búsqueda con el apoyo de su hermano Ismael, quien cede y ayuda a Héctor a encontrar a Oveja. Pero antes, recogen a su abuela Cuca que vive en una residencia de mayores y está a punto de morir. Los tres juntos se van en la caravana en busca de respuestas a sus conflictos personales y emocionales. Se dirigen a la protectora de animales para localizar los datos de su perro; además, recogen a un perro con tres patas. Luego se encaminan al pueblo de la abuela para enterrarla en su nicho junto a su marido. Este viaje los ayudará a conocerse mejor, a solucionar sus problemas y a cultivar su amor fraternal.
Gomperzt non-linear model for predicting growth performance of commercial broiler chickens
Authors: Setiaji A. , Lestari D. A. , Ma'rifah B. , Krismiyanto L. , Agusetyaningsih I. , Sugiharto S.
Published: June 2023

An experiment was conducted to estimate growth parameters for commercial broiler chickens in Indonesia. The data was collected from July 2021 to June 2022. A total of 1,570 samples consisting of four strains of broiler chickens were collected from 74 houses. The samples were daily weighed from 0 to 7 days of age, and they were weekly weighed from 1 to 5 weeks of age. A nonlinear Gompertz growth model was fitted to the observed body weights (BW). The results for five growth parameters were as follows: the asymptotic value (A) of the mature live weight ranged from 3.733 to 5.044 kg; the turning point of growth (B) ranged from 4.499 to 4.561; the value growth rate constant (K) ranged from 0.049 to 0.059 kg/week; Inflection points in ranged from 25.292 – 30.970 days, and 1.373 – 1.855 kg for inflection age (IA) and inflection weight (IW), respectively. The model was an excellent fit for the growth data in the commercial broiler with a low Akaike information criterion (AIC), and high coeffi-cient determination (R2).
comparative study between Shami and Holstein cows for longevity and productive lifetime traits under subtropical conditions
Authors: Almasri O. , Abou-Bakr S. , Ibrahim M. A. M. , Awad M. A. A.
Published: June 2023

This study aimed to compare the longevity and productive lifetime traits between Shami and Hol-stein cows under subtropical conditions, in addition to assess the effect of age at first calving (AFC), first lactation milk yield (FLMY), year and season of first calving on the studied traits in both breeds. The available data included 495 records for Shami and 1129 records for Holstein from birth to disposal date during the period from 1982 to 2014.The studied traits were lifespan (LS), productive life (PL), cow efficiency index (CEI), number of calvings (NC), lifetime milk production (LMP), total lactation periods (TLP), lifetime daily milk production (LDMP), and total dry periods (TDP). The least squares means of LS, PL, CEI and NC were 96.3±1.80 months, 73.2±2.80 months, 64.9±0.008 % and 4.3±0.12 calving for Shami cows in respective order. The corresponding figures for Holstein cows were 66.1±1.81 months, 43.5±2.81 months, 56.4±0.012 % and 3.5±0.19 calving, respectively. The means of LMP, TLP, LDMP and TDP were 7713±563.38 kg, 787±33.43 days, 2.7±0.13 kg and 890±25.55 days for Shami cows and 14406±875.77 kg, 1049±51.96 days, 5.9±0.20 kg and 275±39.72 days for Hol-stein, respectively.The effect of breed was highly significant (P<0.01) on all studied traits. Cows for both breeds with AFC less than 24 months had more PL and NC. Also, cows with the highest average FLMY had the highest LMP, LDMP and TLP. It could be concluded that under the subtropical condi-tions, Shami cows exhibit superiority for longevity traits compared to Holstein ones.
Extraction of Silica (SiO2) from Rare-Earth Metal Zircon (ZrSiO4) as Lithium-Ion Battery Anode Material
Authors: Lestari Putri , Berliani Rhiska Aria , Pratama Erlangga Aria , Al-Jannata Ridwan Assabila , Pratiwi Desy Vita , Widiyandari Hendri
Published: June 2023

Zircon is a rare metal natural mineral composed of zirconia and silica. The silica content in zircon can be used as anode material for lithium-ion batteries because of the low cost and high theoretical capacity. Silica is obtained from the extraction process of zircon with 5M NaOH solution with aging time variation to determine the silica surface area. The SiO2/C composite was obtained from the solid state reaction process of a mixture of silica and graphite. The silica results obtained were tested for characteristics using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Surface area analyzer (SAA), and Scanning electron microscopy/Energy dispersive x-ray (SEM/EDX). Test the battery performance to find the number of cycles, capacity, voltage, and battery current using Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and Continuous discharging current (CDC) tests. The highest silica yield and optimal surface area were obtained at 24 hours aging time variation of 8,721 m2/g with percentages of O 36.48% and Si 18.04%, and battery performance test with the highest capacity of 222.7 mAh/g on silica aging time variation 18 hours.
Between the Politicisation and Juridisation of Constitutional Accountability in Poland
Authors: Kropiwnicki Robert
Published: June 2023

The article discusses the models of constitutional accountability as well as the personal and material scope. The Polish model of accountability is much closer to politicization than to juridization. The Constitution defines a closed circle of entities that may be held accountable before the State Tribunal, which adjudicates on three types of liability: 1. For a constitutional tort, i.e. a violation of the Constitution or a statute, however, without the characteristics of a criminal offence. 2. Criminal law unrelated to a constitutional tort, this applies only to the person holding the office of the President of the Republic of Poland. 3. Criminal for a constitutional delict meeting the criteria of a criminal offence, concerning an act committed in connection with the function performed.
Do parents get what they want during bad news delivery in NICU?
Authors: Wege Mirjam , von Blanckenburg Pia , Maier Rolf Felix , Knoeppel Carmen , Grunske Albrecht , Seifart Carola
Published: June 2023

Objectives

Little is known about parents’ preferences in breaking bad news (BBN) in neonatology. The study was aimed at comparing parents’ experiences with their first BBN discussion with a neonatologist/pediatric surgeon to their personal preferences.

Methods

We conducted a quantitative survey amongst 54 parents of hospitalized preterm or term infants with severe diseases in two medium-size and one small German neonatal units. Parents answered self-rated questions on how they perceived BBN during their infant’s hospital stay, asking for procedure and perception of BBN, their preferences and satisfaction with BBN.

Results

Overall satisfaction with BBN was moderate to high (median (min–max): 8 (1–10) on a 1–10-Likert scale). A compassionate way of disclosure correlated highest with overall satisfaction with BBN. Thorough transmission of information in an easy to understand manner emerged as another crucial point and correlated significantly to satisfaction with BBN, too. The study revealed that it was highly important for parents, that physicians had good knowledge of the infant and the course of his/her disease, which was only met in a minority of cases. Moreover, there was a major discrepancy between expected and observed professional competence of the delivering physicians. Additionally, physicians did not set aside sufficient time for BBN and parents reported a lack of transporting assurance and hope.

Conclusions

In BBN physicians should draw greatest attention to ensure understanding in parents, with good knowledge of child and disease and sufficient time in a trustworthy manner. Physicians should focus on transporting competence, trust and gentleness.
The Absence of Redemption: A Twentieth-Century Jewish Political Theology
Authors: Batnitzky Leora
Published: June 2023

This article argues that Leo Strauss gives voice to a twentieth-century Jewish theology of the absence of redemption. Using the term “political theology” to characterize Strauss’s thought is unexpected. But this is only surprising because the reception of Strauss remains ensnared with that of Carl Schmitt. The first and last task of this article is to disentangle Strauss from Schmitt. In between the opening and closing frames of separating Strauss from Schmitt, the article fleshes out three points about the political theology of the absence of redemption, each of which brings Strauss into conversation with one of his German-Jewish contemporaries. These points and Strauss’s conversation partners are: 1. the rejection of Christian triumphalism: Franz Rosenzweig; 2. deferral and the possibility of justice: Gershom Scholem; and 3. martyrdom, morality and the seriousness of life: Fritz Baer. The conclusion considers three ways in which a Jewish political theology of the absence of redemption might begin to dislodge Schmitt’s hold on the category of “political theology.”
Contra Schmitt: Walter Benjamin, Leo Strauss and Carl Schmitt
Authors: Liska Vivian
Published: June 2023

This joint essay puts Leo Strauss and Walter Benjamin into conversation regarding their respective relationship to Carl Schmitt. That such a dialogue between the political philosopher regarded as a precursor of neo-conservativism and the idiosyncratic Marxist who continues to inspire the contemporary left can benefit from a comparison of their respective relationships to Carl Schmitt is far from self-evident. Yet, investigating the purported proximity of both Strauss and Benjamin to certain aspects of Schmitt’s thought harbors the promise of illuminating not only their divergent approach to political theology, but also the current interest in Schmitt’s anti-liberal thought. Saving Benjamin and Strauss from their purported proximity to Schmitt allows us to think of their legacies anew. Most importantly in the context of this essay, disentangling Benjamin and Strauss from Schmitt invites us to question the legitimacy of Schmitt’s towering role in the realm of political theology and to highlight these German-Jewish thinkers’ contribution to a twentieth-century Jewish political theology.
The crystal structure of (E)-4-fluoro-N′-(1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)propylidene)benzohydrazide, C16H15FN2O2
Authors: Li Xiaohua , Zhao Xin , Tang Wenqiang
Published: June 2023

C16H15FN2O2, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 14.6825(16) Å, b = 11.7155(11) Å, c = 8.8285(7) Å, β = 102.753(10)°, V = 1481.2(2) Å3, Z = 4, Rgt
(F) = 0.0670 wRref
(F
2) = 0.1669, T = 293 K.
What kind of phonation causes the strongest vocal fold collision? – A hemi-larynx phonation contact pressure study
Authors: Scheible Florian , Lamprecht Raphael , Schaan Casey , Veltrup Reinhard , Semmler Marion , Sutor Alexander
Published: June 2023

This paper presents a measurement setup which is able to measure the distribution of small scale pressure on an area of 15.2 mm × 30.4 mm with a sample rate up to 1.2 kHz. It was used to investigate the contact pressures of vocal folds during phonation. This was performed in ex vivo experiments of 11 porcine larynges. The contact pressure at the medial surface and other phonation parameters, as the glottal resistance and the closing velocity of the vocal fold, were measured at different adduction and elongation levels and air flow rates. A statistical analysis was carried out. It could be shown that the contact pressure rises, when the vocal fold is manipulated or when the flow rate is increased.
CARTOGRAFIA SOCIAL NO ENSINO DE GEOGRAFIA: COM A PALAVRA, OS/AS ALUNOS/AS / CARTOGRAPHY SOCIAL AT THE TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY: WITH WORD, THE STUDENTS
Authors: De Souza Camila Paula , Dias Liz Cristiane
Published: June 2023

O presente artigo tem como objetivo evidenciar algumas reflexões sobre o processo de ensino e aprendizagem da Cartografia por meio de uma intervenção pedagógica utilizando a Cartografia Social como ferramenta metodológica com os alunos de uma turma do Ensino Médio da Escola Técnica Estadual Profª. Sylvia Mello, localizada na cidade de Pelotas-RS. Para tanto, os alunos realizaram mapeamentos dentro da escola e a confecção de mapas, considerando algumas particularidades e caracteríticas deste contexto escolar, dentre elas: a divisão dos espaços na escola e suas variadas formas de apropriações pelos alunos. Sendo assim, a prática metodológica é dividida em três etapas de realização, a qual teve como cerne a protagonização dos alunos por meio da construção de mapas. Neste estudo, verificou-se a Cartografia Social como uma ferramenta potencializadora ao articular o contexto vivido dos alunos com o ensino da Cartografia e os conceitos geográficos e, além disso, de sólida contribuição para a superação do distanciamento da Cartografia do restante dos conteúdos da disciplina escolar de Geografia.ABSTRACTThe present article aims to highlight some reflections about the teaching and learning process of Cartography through a pedagogical intervention using Social Cartography as a methodological tool with the students of a high school class of the State Technical School Profª. Sylvia Mello, located in the city of Pelotas-RS. In order to do so, the students carried out mapemetry within the school and the making of maps, considering some peculiarities and characteristics of this school context, among them: the division of spaces in the school and its various forms of appropriations by students. Thus, the methodological practice is divided into three stages of realization, which had as its core the protagonism of the students through the construction of maps. In this study, Social Cartography was verified as a potential tool in articulating the lived context of the students with the teaching of Cartography and the geographic concepts and, in addition, a solid contribution to overcome the Cartography distancing from the rest of the contents of the discipline school of Geography.Keywords: Maps; Geography; School
CARTOGRAFIAS SOCIAIS EM DIFERENTES CONTEXTOS DE APRENDIZAGEM / SOCIAL CARTOGRAPHIES IN DIFFERENT LEARNING CONTEXTS
Authors: Girardi Gisele
Published: June 2023

Objetiva-se nesse artigo contribuir com a visibilidade sobre cartografias sociais e termos equivalentes, tais como mapeamentos participativos, cartografias radicais, dentre outros, apresentando alguns enfoques da cartografia crítica contemporânea no que se refere à apropriação social dos mapeamentos, para o embasamento de discussões no campo da cartografia escolar. O texto é constituído a partir de revisão de literatura e de levantamento, tratamento e análise de dados sobre as áreas do conhecimento que se dedicam à cartografia social a partir de dados da Plataforma Lattes do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). São abordados: o contexto de origem do termo cartografia social; fatores que, a partir dos anos 1990, modificaram as conjunturas social e acadêmica que têm pautado o fortalecimento de experiências de mapeamento por setores sociais, que sustentam as recentes proposições sobre “cartografias sociais radicais”; e algumas considerações acerca da relação da prática social de mapeamento com os contextos de aprendizagem, incluindo o escolar. Conclui-se que cartografias sociais radicais podem compor com contextos de aprendizagem variados, criando experiências muito produtivas e interessantes para se pensar a espacialidade contemporânea.ABSTRACTThe aim of this paper is to contribute to the visibility about social cartographies and equivalent terms, such as participatory mapping, radical cartography, among others, presenting some approaches from contemporary critical cartography with regard to the social appropriation of mappings, to support discussions in the field of school cartography. The text is based in literature review and a survey, treatment and analysis of data on the areas of knowledge dedicated to social cartography with data from the Plataforma Lattes of the brasilian council for scientific and technological development (CNPq – Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico). The following are addressed: the context of origin of the term social cartography; factors that, since the 1990s, modified the social and academic conjunctures that have guided the strengthening of mapping experiences by social sectors, that supports the recent propositions about “radical social cartographies”; and some considerations about the relationship between social mapping practice and learning contexts, including school. It is concluded that radical social cartographies can compose with varied learning contexts, creating very productive and interesting experiences to think about contemporary spatiality.Keywords: School Cartography; Mapping; Contemporary Critical Cartography
DISCURSOS E DISPUTAS SOBRE O SENTIDO DA PARTICIPAÇÃO NA VENEZUELA: UMA ANÁLISE DA ORIGEM E DO DESENHO DOS CONSELHOS COMUNAIS
Authors: Baggia Francesca
Published: June 2023

O presente trabalho investiga a criação das leis dos Conselhos Comunais (CC) na Venezuela para tentar avaliar que tipos de ideias e concepções de participação orientaram sua elaboração e quais as consequências destas ideias para o desenho destes mecanismos de participação. A análise desenvolvida ao longo do texto visa mapear os atores envolvidos no processo de criação das leis dos CC, suas ideias e discursos sobre essas instituições participativas, assim como avaliar quais destes discursos e ideias foram incorporados nos textos das duas leis. A partir da análise de entrevistas foi possível distinguir diferentes posições sobre a origem e o conteúdo da lei: por um lado, membros da sociedade civil apontaram para a existência de importantes reivindicações populares como principal motivo da criação dos CC; por outro lado, deputados e militantes do PSUV colocaram em primeiro plano a necessidade de criar mecanismos que permitissem driblar as ineficiências e problemas de outras instituições. Por sua vez, a análise da legislação relativa aos CC permitiu destacar que as diferenças e tensões entre ideias e propostas desses distintos atores se refletem nas leis. Isso leva a que, apesar do desenho dos CC permitir importantes aberturas para a participação efetiva da sociedade civil, algumas das características da lei abram brechas para que o executivo possa exercer influência e algum grau de controle sobre essas instituições.
Discursos do Perfil Docente nas Políticas de Formação de Professores
Authors: Figueiredo Marize Peixoto da Silva
Published: June 2023

Nesse estudo realizou-se uma análise dos discursos do perfil docente em textos da produção acadêmica, interpretando o contexto de sua produção, tendo por base a teoria do discurso como formulada por Ernesto Laclau e Chantal Mouffe.Defende-se que o protagonismo docente sedimentado nos textos alcança hegemonia, articulando demandas diferenciais na relação com um antagonismo constituído no discurso – o gerencialismo docente. Os significantes que assumem centralidade não representam uma essência de professor preexistente ao discurso, mas se constituem na contingência, em resposta ao que é significado como o que bloqueia tais demandas. Pensar o perfil docente como discurso constituído na contingência problematiza a ideia de uma racionalidade, de um projeto de formação, que antecipe e controle a significação da docência. Os discursos do perfil docente e os projetos curriculares para a sua formação se constituem na decisão razoável, uma possibilidade de resposta à diferença. Ressalta-se a produtividade da diferença, do conflito, do dissenso, para a emergência de alternativas na significação do perfil docente e de sua formação.
O Fim da Onda Rosa e o Neogolpismo na América Latina
Authors: Pereira da Silva Fabricio
Published: June 2023

Este artigo faz um balanço do ciclo dos chamados “governos progressistas” na América Latina, comumente denominado de “onda rosa”. Analisa o esgotamento do referido ciclo, sugere terminologias a partir das quais se pode compreender o fenômeno, e aborda as alternativas conservadoras que vão se impondo. Trata-se em grande medida de uma análise de conjuntura, acrescida de alguns apontamentos mais gerais em torno do conceito de “neogolpismo” e suas variantes. Para que fazer uma análise de conjuntura? Para discutir a realidade em seu momento e buscar intervir nela, o que os cientistas sociais latino-americanos procuraram fazer ao longo de quase toda sua história de intelectuais em países periféricos e profundamente desiguais – no entanto, quase não o fizeram nas últimas décadas. Ainda que sabendo que nossa capacidade de influir na realidade e de prevê-la é reduzida, em grande medida porque os óculos das nossas disciplinas e em particular da Ciência Política nem sempre foram fabricados para nossas realidades específicas, muitas vezes distorcendo-as.
OS “GESTORES” NA POLÍTICA: UM ESTUDO SOBRE A MOBILIZAÇÃO DA COMPETÊNCIA EMPRESARIAL NA CARREIRA POLÍTICA EM QUATRO BIOGRAFIAS
Authors: Engler Icaro
Published: June 2023

Este trabalho tem dois objetivos principais: i) demonstrar a valorização de uma competência econômica associada a um discurso de “gerenciamento” dentro do espaço político brasileiro e ii) relacionar este “trunfo” com os recursos sociais de origem familiar e trajetória profissional anterior a candidatura política. O universo de pesquisa foi composto dos 4 casos que seguem: Alexandre Kalil, Carlos Amastha, Hildon Chaves, João Dória. Todos estes casos, além da atual posição política, também declararam a profissão de empresário. Os resultados apontam para um fortalecimento de um discurso de negação da política, valorizando assim uma lógica de se fazer política como “gestão” de recursos públicos, associada a uma competência empresarial ou econômica da figura do manager. A partir dessa configuração política é possível demonstrar um “uso” estratégico de recursos advindos do espaço econômico, tanto simbólicos como materiais, como forma de legitimação de candidaturas e de competência para se desempenhar os cargos políticos. Por sua vez, a capacidade de mobilização desses recursos, está condicionada a origens e trajetórias sociais específicas, que passam por relações familiares e de atuações de prestígio ao longo da vida.
Revisiting the Role of Public Exposure and Moral Beliefs on Feelings of Shame and Guilt: Replication Registered Report of Smith et al. (2002)’s Study 1
Authors: Zhang Yikang , Cheung Fung Chit , Wong Hei Tung , Yuen Lok Yee , Sin Hui Ching , Chow Hiu Tung Kristy , Feldman Gilad
Published: June 2023

Shame and guilt are unpleasant self-conscious emotions associated with negative evaluations of oneself or one’s behavior. Smith et al. (2002) demonstrated that shame and guilt are distinct and are impacted differently by public exposure, that is, the (potential) exposure to disapproving appraisals of one’s misdeeds by others. The impact of public exposure (compared to no exposure) was greater for feelings of shame than for feelings of guilt. We conducted a direct replication (N = 1272) of Smith et al. (2002)’s Study 1 and found that exposure increased both feelings of shame (ηp2 = .14, 95%, CI [.11, .17]) and guilt (ηp2 = .13, 95% CI [.10, .16]) compared with the private condition. Moreover, people who were in the high moral conditions reported both higher shame (ηp2 = .33, 95% CI [.29, .37]) and guilt (ηp2 = .36, 95% CI [.32, .39]). Shame and guilt both had moderate-to-high correlations with the shame-related and guilt-related reactions and both exposure and moral belief manipulations had effects on shame-related and guilt-related reactions. Our results suggest a failed replication: public exposure and moral belief influence both shame and guilt, so we cannot conclude that shame and guilt can be distinguished from each other solely based on public exposure, which diverges from the target article’s main theory and findings. All materials, data, and code are available at https://osf.io/j3ue4/
The state of agroecology in Brazil: An indicator-based approach to identifying municipal “bright spots”
Authors: James Dana , Blesh Jennifer , Levers Christian , Ramankutty Navin , Bicksler Abram J. , Mottet Anne , Wittman Hannah
Published: June 2023

Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a pathway for agricultural transformation that can mitigate environmental harms and improve social equity. Yet, the lack of broad-scale assessments that track agroecological indicators in distinct contexts has been identified as a challenge to scaling agroecology out and up. Here, we identify and assess indicators of agroecology based on the Food and Agriculture Organization’s 10 Elements of Agroecology and Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation. We created an agroecological index representing the status of agroecological practices and outcomes on farms in Brazil and mapped the results at the municipal level (the smallest autonomous administrative territorial unit in Brazil) using data from the 2017 agricultural census. We found that the extent of agroecological practice across Brazil’s 26 states exhibited strong spatial variability. Within states with low average levels of agroecological practice, we identified “bright spots” of agroecology, or municipalities that performed better than their state average. Bright spot analyses may provide insights on how other municipalities could improve their agroecological status, as well as illustrate potential factors inhibiting agroecological transitions elsewhere. Based on the analysis of local contexts through a literature review, we found that bright spots corresponded to areas with highly visible activities of grassroots farmer networks and nongovernmental organizations, access to public policies and programs, proximity to urban markets, and maintenance of traditional agricultural practices. This suggests that additional institutional investment and support should be directed toward strengthening these enabling factors for agroecology.
Making Sense of Violence in Latin America: Social Scientists and Networks of Expertise in Colombia and Mexico
Authors: Rojas Cabal Sebastián
Published: June 2023

The intensity and varied nature of violence in Latin America has confronted social scientists with an urgent object of study. This essay examines how, by studying different processes of violence, social scientists have become embedded in wider networks of expertise spanning across civil society and the state. By participating in these networks, Latin American students of violence have enacted important intellectual and political interventions. I examine how the expert commissions for the study of violence launched by the Colombian state in 1958 and 1987 made landmark contributions to Colombian social sciences and produced representations of the country’s past that amplified calls for the transformation of the political regime as it existed in the 1950s and 1980s. I also analyze how, by putting forth the concept of feminicide to describe the violence faced by women and girls in Mexico, feminist scholars opened the door for holding the state accountable for its inaction against these crimes, paving the way toward reshaping the country’s criminal code and the implementation of social policies that adequately protect women’s lives. Investigating these interventions in the context of wider networks of expertise evidences how the study of violence in Latin America has pushed social scientists out of the ivory tower, moving them to engage other social actors not only as informants but also as partners and allies.
Narcissistic Fiction: Music Theater of the Everyday in Édouard Dujardin’s Les Lauriers sont coupés (1887)
Authors: Heck Adeline
Published: June 2023

The Symbolist novella Les Lauriers sont coupés (1887) by Édouard Dujardin (1861–1949) is the first work of fiction in Western literature to be entirely written as an interior monologue. Yet it took more than thirty years for Dujardin’s innovation to be recognized thanks to James Joyce acknowledging Les Lauriers as an important formal influence for Ulysses (1922). Subsequently, Dujardin claimed in the essay “Le monologue intérieur” (1931) that his goal had been to transpose Wagnerian procedures into writing. Since then, scholars have either denied or confirmed the novel’s Wagnerian inspiration. The latter interpretation has become the consensus in scholarship. However, in their efforts to connect Les Lauriers with Wagner, previous studies have neglected the constant presence of French musical theater references in the novel, presumably because their presence represents a form of paradox for a devout Wagnerite like Dujardin. This article is the first to analyze them. It also ties these references together with Symbolism’s interest in metafiction, that is to say, in fiction that reflects on its own existence as fiction. I argue that Dujardin was eager to follow the model of the Wagnerian novel proposed by his friend Teodor de Wyzewa in the Revue wagnérienne, that of setting on paper the poet’s entire existence by depicting his/her every emotion, sensation, and thought. In his discovery of the difficulty involved in performing such a task, Dujardin switched his focus to what his mentor Mallarmé called a “Type”: a depersonalized character, who is supposed to stand in as a representative of France’s youth. Hence, the protagonist of Les Lauriers sont coupés being an average character, with musical tastes that are illustrative of his time. Thus, the numerous musical references peppering Les Lauriers are not connected to the elitist world of Wagnerism in the 1880s, but rather to what were then beloved favorites like François-Marie Boieldieu’s La Dame blanche (1825), or Edmond Audran’s La Mascotte (1880). But there is an added twist, as Dujardin did not let go of Wagner’s influence entirely and used Audran’s operetta as a springboard with which to experiment with Wagnerian leitmotifs in literature. Ultimately, I show that the musical references in Les Lauriers are systematically divorced from real-life performance in order to become strictly mental creations that highlight just how isolated and self-absorbed the protagonist—and, by extension, the author himself in the act of creation—really is.
Nuevas aportaciones a la flora vascular de humedales de Galicia
Authors: Romero Bujan Maria Inmaculada , Amigo Vázquez Javier
Published: June 2023

Presentamos datos de interés corológico sobre algunas especies de flora vascular no conocidas o que cuentan con pocos registros en los humedales de Galicia. Se incluyen dos novedades para la flora gallega: Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis y Sicyos angulatus, y otras novedades provinciales como Myosotis debilis y Potamogeton pectinatus; las demás especies que se incluyen o son muy escasas, o no hay referencias bibliográficas de su presencia en el territorio en el último medio siglo.
Old and new differences: social (re)integration after the war
Authors: FADIEIEV Volodymyr
Published: June 2023

This article examines the issues of social (re)integration in Ukraine, which were actualized during the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2014-2022. The first part of the article is devoted to the consideration of theoretical issues related to the conceptualization of social integration in the social sciences and the role of the state in reproducing social relations. The author assumes that during the last decades, ideas about the role of the state in these processes have changed significantly, which was caused by the departure of the governments of developed democratic countries from the policy of the welfare state. This caused a reorientation of the state towards policies of inclusion, that is, targeted support and assistance to the most vulnerable social strata. The second part of the article is devoted to the consideration of the processes of social integration of migrants and refugees during the war in Ukraine. The author concludes that during the first full-scale invasion, processes of rethinking one's own national identity intensified in Ukrainian society. The armed confrontation and the catastrophic consequences caused by it contributed to the nationwide consolidation of Ukrainians and neutralized socio-cultural differences, which for a long time became the cause of political opposition and electoral divisions. Instead, the long stay of part of the territory and citizens of Ukraine under occupation under conditions of repressive and propaganda pressure, violent mobilization to the armed forces of the self-proclaimed republics and participation in the armed confrontation on the side of the occupiers revealed new divisions between Ukrainians who were on different sides of the front line. These divisions will obviously become an obstacle to the successful reintegration of Ukrainians after de-occupation, which will require a balanced and careful integration policy from the state authorities during the post-war reconstruction.
Natural kinds and a posteriori necessities: Putnam pro Kripke, Putnam versus Kripke
Authors: SEPETYI Dmytro
Published: June 2023

Most contemporary analytic philosophers of language and mind accept the view that there is a wide class of terms, “natural kind terms”, which includes names of substances (the most common example is “water”), of species of animals, and of many other kinds of things in nature, whose meaning and reference is determined in the way explained by the theory developed in the 1970s by Saul Kripke and Hilary Putnam. The theory is often referred to as “the Kripke-Putnam theory” and is supposed to have such achievements as the overthrow of the earlier dominant Fregean theory of word-meanings (dubbed “descriptivism” by Kripke) as determined by the concepts in our minds, providing support for the “externalist” approach to linguistic meanings (in line with Putnam’s claim that “"Meanings" just ain’t in the head”), and the discovery that there is a wide class of truths (such as that water is H20) that are both a posteriori and necessary. Although the priority in the development of this theory belongs to Kripke, it could hardly gain such a wide acceptance without contributions by Putnam, which turned out to be very influential. However, the habitual idea of “the Kripke-Putnam theory”, as one theory, tends to play down the differences between Putnam’s and Kripke’s approaches and to hush up the fact that in his late works, of 1983 and 1990, Putnam revised and abandoned pretty much of his “Kripkean” views of 1970-ies; in particular, repudiated the pride of Kripke’s theory, the idea of necessary a posteriori truths. This article makes critical analysis and evaluation of Putnam’s ideas and arguments usually credited as important contributions to “the Kripke-Putnam theory”, and highlights the main points of the revision in late Putnam’s works. The case is made that Putnam's famous argument for externalism about meanings, the Twin-Earth thought experiment, is question-begging, fails to do justice to likely changes in the meanings of words with the development of knowledge, and conflicts with the linguistic practice in the relevantly similar case of “jade”. Putnam's argument for externalism from the division of linguistic labour is not cogent too, because “semantic deference” is itself a matter of what is there in “heads” - of some (non-expert) heads deferring to other (recognised as expert) heads. Eventually, on close inspection and in the light of Putnam's later reexplanation and revision, his account of meaning and reference turns out to be a sophisticated variety of conceptualism/internalism.
The modern interpretation of happiness and its applicability to Ukraine
Authors: GARDASHUK Tetiana
Published: June 2023

The article is dedicated to the analysis of modern approaches to the definition, conceptualization, and interpretation of happiness to outline the conditions of a happy life for Ukrainians (Ukrainian happiness). This is important for the development of a vision of a post-war future, the definition of the integral goal of post-war development, and the role of the policy of happiness in it. The article considers subjective and objective, internal and external conditions of happiness, including the dependence of happiness on both economic and environmental conditions in their interconnectedness. The relevance of such an analysis is conditioned by the global situation (the global environmental crisis, growth of the environmental threats and challenges, diminishing of the total natural capital, etc.) and the national reality (environmental damage as a result of Russian aggression and the challenges of post-war restoration). Special attention is paid to the non-linear influence of material well-being and its effect on happiness, as well as the dependence of happiness on the quality of the environment. The analysis of this issue is based on the consideration of: 1) Easterlin paradox; 2) Layard’s “The Big Seven factors affecting happiness” (family relationships, financial situation, work, involvement in the community and friendship, physical and mental health, personal freedom and personal values); 3) the methodology of “conversion” of natural capital into a long, comfortable, and happy life for people (Happy Planet Index); 4) hypothesis of biophilia as the evolutionarily determined psycho-emotional connection of man with nature and as a precondition of well-being and happiness (E. Wilson, S. Kellert). It is concluded that for Ukraine it is important not only to estimate the economic and environmental losses caused by Russian aggression but also the economic and environmental cost of post-war reconstruction. A strategy for harmonizing economic, social, and environmental policies as components of an integral policy of happiness should be worked out. Nature should be considered not only as a source of economic growth but also as a basis for satisfying non-material human needs and feelings of biophilia.