bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pengaruh Kepadatan Kandang dan Kebersihan terhadap Tingkat Infeksi Koksidiosis Kelinci di Kecamatan Kembaran Kabupaten Banyumas
Authors: Wardani Ratna Ayu , Indrasanti Diana , Sufiriyanto Sufiriyanto
Published: December 2022

The study aims to determine the effect of cage density and cleanliness on the incidence of coccidiosis as well as to determine the level of coccidiosis infection in Kembaran District, Banyumas Regency. The targets of the research were rabbits raised by rabbit breeders in Kembaran District, Banyumas Regency. Rabbits used consisted of various species and ages by taking into account several criteria of cage density and cleanliness. The research method used was direct observation (survey) with a purposive sampling technique. Samples as many as 90 samples were taken, with each sample consisted of 3 grams of feces. The analysis used is descriptive analysis and Chi Square. The results of the analysis showed that there was an influence between cage density variables on coccidiosis (P<0.05) with X2count>X2table (7.57>3.841) and the influence between cleanliness variables on coccidiosis (P<0.05) with X2count>X2table (35.73>5.991). The total infection rate of rabbit coccidiosis in Kembaran District was 90 %. The rate of coccidiosis infection is non-pathogenic at 46.67 % and pathogenic at 53.33 %. The highest rate of coccidiosis infection was in Karang Tengah Village (40 %), while the lowest coccidiosis infection rate was in Sambeng Kulon Village (16.67 %).
Isolasi Bakteri Selulolitik Asal Saluran Pencernaan Rayap Dan Daya Hidupnya Pada Berbagai Substrak Yang Berasal Dari Limbah Pertanian Dan Perkebunan
Authors: Susanti Vivi , Mairizal Mairizal , Yurleni Yurleni , Adriani Adriani , Manin Fahmida
Published: December 2022

ABSTRACT
This study aimed to identify isolates that produce cellulase enzymes derived from cellulolytic bacteria from the digestive tract of termites and to determine the best type of substrate as the carrier and survival of these isolates. This research consists of 3 (three) stages. The first stage of research was the isolation of cellulolytic bacteria using descriptive data analysis. The second stage of research was to determine the best carrier for selected cellulolytic isolates, while the third stage was to determine the shelf life of the isolates with the selected substrate as the best carrier by analyzing data using analysis of variance. The results of the first phase of research obtained 3 isolates of cellulolytic bacteria from the best termite digestive tract based on the clear zone index test with isolate code VR52, VR61 and VR81 with clear zone index for each isolate 1.087; 2,250 and 1,710 mm. Based on Gram staining, the three isolates were gram-positive bacteria in the form of bacilli. Maximum enzyme activity in isolate VR61 (Bacillus sp) with its enzyme activity (19.91 µ/mL). The results of the second stage study showed that rice bran was the best sAubstrate based on total microbes with a value of 202 x 109 CFU / g. The results of the third stage research showed that the number of cellulolytic bacteria in the selected sub-extract (rice bran) at a storage temperature of 4oC (178.92 x 109 CFU / gr) was more than that of storage at 27oC (101.69 x 109 CFU / gr). This research concludes that the longer the storage time shows a decrease in the number of bacteria and pH in the sub-extract. The best interaction on rice bran sub-extract as a carrier at a storage temperature of 4oC in the second week with the number of cellulolytic bacteria 197.8 x 109 CFU / gr with a pH value of 6.46 and the fourth week of 167.85 x 109 CFU / gr with a pH value of 6.39.
 
Keywords: Cellulose, Cellulolytic Bacteria, Termites
Analisis Perbedaan Potensi Eksternal dan Internal Antara Pola Pemeliharaan Ternak Sapi di Kebun Sawit Kecamatan Sungai Bahar
Authors: Zulkarnaen Ade , Firmansyah Firmansyah , Farhan Muhammad
Published: December 2022

ABSTRAKTujuan penelitian adalah untuk menganalisis perbedaan potensi internal dan eksternal pola pemeliharaan ekstensif dan semi intensif ternak sapi di Kebun Sawit Kecamatan Sungai Bahar Kabupaten Muaro Jambi. Metode penelitian adalah metode survey, selanjutnya data dianalisis menggunakan uji t. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa menunjukkan bahwa pada potensi internal dari masing-masing pemeliharaan hanya faktor ketersediaan kandang, sistem perkawinan dan jenis pakan yang berbeda dengan nilai signifikansi lebih kecil dari 0,05 (P<0,05) dan nilai thitung lebih besar dari ttabel =1,70 (thitung > ttabel). Sementara itu, pada potensi eksternal faktor yang berbeda antara pola pemeliharaan ekstensif dengan semi intensif adalah faktor pembelian ternak, ketersediaan lahan hijauan dan kehilangan ternak dengan nilai signifikansi lebih kecil dari 0,05 (P<0,05) dan nilai thitung lebih besar dari ttabel =1,69(thitung > ttabel). Kesimpulan potensi internal dan eksternal pola pemeliharaan ekstensif dan semi intensif ternak sapi di Kebun Sawit Kecamatan Sungai Bahar Kabupaten Muaro Jambi menunjukkan hasil yang berbeda.Kata kunci : potensi internal dan eksternal, pemeliharaan ekstensif dan semi intensif
USE OF NATURAL WASTE CARRIER IN ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION: CATALASE IMMOBILIZATION ONTO EGGSHELL MEMBRANE
Authors: IŞIK Ceyhun
Published: December 2022

The immobilization process improves the stability properties of enzymes and reduces production costs in industrial processes due to its reuse feature. In this study, catalase was immobilized onto eggshell membrane (ESM), which is a natural carrier macromolecule, via adsorption and cross-linking methods. Experimental parameters such as enzyme concentration, ESM amount, cross-linking agent concentration and adsorption time were determined. Then, optimization studies were performed for both free catalase and catalase immobilized ESM. It was observed that ESM improved the stability properties of catalase enzyme such as optimum temperature, thermal stability and optimum pH after the immobilization. Especially in alkaline conditions, catalase immobilized ESM showed higher activity than free enzyme. The catalase immobilized ESM was able to maintain more than 50% of its activity even after repeated 25 uses. In addition, characterization studies of ESM and catalase immobilized ESM were performed using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
Integrating Pool-seq uncertainties into demographic inference
Authors: Carvalho João , Morales Hernan , Faria Rui , Butlin Roger , Sousa Vitor
Published: December 2022

Next-generation sequencing of pooled samples (Pool-seq) is a popular
method to assess genome-wide diversity patterns in natural and
experimental populations. However, Pool-seq is associated with specific
sources of noise, such as unequal individual contributions.
Consequently, using Pool-seq for the reconstruction of evolutionary
history has remained underexplored. Here we describe a method to
simulate Pool-seq data, implemented in an Approximate Bayesian
Computation (ABC) framework to infer demographic history under models
with two and four populations. By jointly modeling Pool-seq data,
demographic history and the effects of selection due to barrier loci, we
obtain estimates of demographic history parameters accounting for
technical errors associated with Pool-seq. Rather than simulating
genome-wide data, we perform ABC on subsets of loci, using relative
summary statistics and parameter estimates. Our simulation study results
indicate Pool-seq data allows distinction between general scenarios of
ecotype formation (single versus parallel origin), and to infer relevant
demographic parameters (e.g., effective sizes, split times). We
exemplify the application of our method to Pool-seq data from the
rocky-shore gastropod \textit{Littorina saxatilis},
sampled on a narrow geographical scale at two Swedish locations where
two ecotypes (wave and crab) are found. Our model choice and parameter
estimates show that ecotypes formed before colonization of the two
locations (i.e., single origin) and are maintained despite gene flow.
These results indicate that demographic modeling and inference can be
successful based on pool-sequencing using ABC, contributing to the
development of suitable null models that allow for a better
understanding of the genetic basis of divergent adaptation.
Analysis of 4D seismic timeshifts overburden and its relation with the geomechanical model of reservoirs in a Campos Basin field
Authors: Cardoso Carlos Américo Reis , Moraes Fernando Sérgio de , Lima Kledson Tomaso de Pereira e
Published: December 2022

This paper seeks to interpret the 4D seismic timeshifts in the overburden of a conventional turbidite sandstone reservoir in the Campos Basin and to calculate an empirical factor of sensitivity between these 4D data and the geomechanical deformations.  Gaining information on how the production of the reservoir affects the surrounding rocks is of great interest for the management of oil fields, with impacts ranging from optimization of production to the safety of operations and workers. The study of timeshift anomalies are common in chalk fields and unconventional fields of high temperature or pressure. We used two techniques for timeshift calculations, cross-correlation and DTW, as well as structural attributes that are calculated to assist in interpretations. Then, we estimate the sensitivity factor, which allows the construction of synthetic 4D timeshifts from the deformations simulated by the geomechanical model. In most of the field regions there was agreement between simulated deformations and 4D anomalies, showing that it is possible to extract useful information for reservoir management. The estimate of the sensitivity factor indicates that the overburden studied is sensitive to deformations in the rocks, allowing that small deformations can be detected by the given 4D seismic.
Potentiometric and Bedrock Map Drawn from Vertical Electrical Soundings (VESs) and Considerations on the Investigation Depth
Authors: Gallas José Domingos Faraco
Published: December 2022

The article presents considerations on the depths achieved by Vertical Electrical Soundings (VES) as a function of electrode distances, and also on their quantitative interpretation. Besides the distances among electrodes, the effective achieved depths will depend on the resistivity distributions. At the request of environmental agencies, resistivity geophysical surveys were carried out in an area designed to the implementation of a residential complex which, would have to present a site hydrogeological study, including a potentiometric map among other requirements to be met. For the referred map elaboration, 18 VES were carried out in order to determine the depth of the water level at these points. In addition to this information, the works provided another additional data: the determination of the bedrock depth. Based on VES results, the potentiometric map and the bedrock depth map were elaborated in the study area. The cost reduction with the use of this indirect technique is significantly lower when compared to the costs of mechanical soundings, besides the reduction of the execution time.
Development of a Fuzzy Logic Predictive Model for Lassa Fever Risk Detection
Authors:   1Department of Computer Science, Hallmark University, Ijebu Itele, Ogun State, Nigeria 2Department of Computer Science, Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, Osun State, Nigeria *Email of Corresponding Author: ngoegejuru@yahoo.com, Egejuru Ngozi Chidozie , Omotayo Oluwatobiloba Victor , Uche, Omanma Chidima , Ajibola Sarumi Olusegun
Published: December 2022

Abstract- Although there is no vaccine to prevent Lassa fever, symptomatic therapy increases the patient's chances of survival. The antiviral medicine Ribavirin demonstrated being effective when administered early enough in the illness. Lassa fever clinical research is difficult. To lower the mortality and morbidity of Lassa fever, urgent research is underway. Through a search of pertinent literature and organized interviews with medical professionals, risk factors for Lassa fever were discovered. Fuzzy Logic Toolbox, MATLAB® R2009a, was used to create and simulate the model for predicting Lassa fever risk. The risk factors and target risk were created using triangle membership functions, which fuzzy inference engine inferred 384 rules from six risk parameters. The target class has No, Low, Moderate, and High risk as the linguistic labels. In the MATLAB environment, the validity of the inferred rules was tested. This work built and developed a model for predicting Lassa fever risk, which patient and non-medical specialists can use for early Lassa fever risk diagnosis. This will help decrease the mortality rate because early treatment aids in recovery. Keywords: Lassa fever, Rodent, Fuzzy Logic, Predictive Model, Simulation, Risk Factor.
Mill Creek Chert Hoes and Prairie Soils
Authors: Hammerstedt Scott W. , Hughes Erin R.
Published: December 2022

Population growth in the American Bottom after A.D. 1050 may have outstripped agricultural productivity. It has been suggested that farmers expanded agricultural practices into previously unused upland prairies to expand production. Historic accounts describe the difficulty that early settlers had with prairie, making this supposition questionable. However, experiments with replica Mill Creek hoes suggest that these tools were capable of converting prairie into farmland.
On the Age of Serpent Mound
Authors: Lepper Bradley T.
Published: December 2022

Radiocarbon dates reported by Romain and colleagues (2017) suggesting that Serpent Mound (33AD1) is an Adena effigy mound are problematic because they cannot be linked reliably to cultural activities associated with the original construction of the effigy mound. Additional arguments offered by Romain and colleagues (2017) in support of an Early Woodland age for Serpent Mound also are unconvincing. A Late Prehistoric age for Serpent Mound is supported by the radiocarbon dates reported previously, new radiocarbon dates, the relative abundance of serpent imagery in the Fort Ancient culture and the contemporaneous Mississippian Tradition, the virtual absence of serpent imagery in the Adena culture, and the fact that, whereas effigy-mound building is otherwise unknown in the Early Woodland period, it is well documented, if rare, for the Fort Ancient culture and in the not-so-terribly-far-away upper Midwest it is so common that it defines the broadly contemporaneous Effigy Mound culture.
Uncovering Huber Lifeways
Authors: McLeester Madeleine , Schurr Mark R.
Published: December 2022

This article reports on recent findings from the ongoing archaeological project at the single- component early seventeenth-century Huber phase site, Middle Grant Creek (11WI2739), located at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Will County, Illinois. Excavations and geophysical surveys conducted over the past four years are yielding valuable data that are expanding our understandings of this critical period just prior to European colonialism. Findings have revealed a wide range of protohistoric activities, including foodways, skilled craft production, and ceremonial activities as well as far-flung trade relationships that illustrate the endurance of Indigenous trade networks into at least the early seventeenth-century. This article introduces the latest findings from Middle Grant Creek and brings them into discussions of this key period in Midwestern archaeology.
Bladelets and Middle Woodland Situations in Southern Ohio
Authors: Miller G. Logan
Published: December 2022

Chipped-stone bladelets are common at Middle Woodland sites throughout Ohio and many other areas of the midcontinent, reflecting both broad patterns and local diversity characteristic of situations as explored in this special issue. In previous studies, bladelets were often viewed through dichotomous categories such as sacred and secular. In this article, I attempt to break down these artificial oppositions imposed by archaeologists and refocus the interpretation of these artifacts using notions of situations and assemblages. I argue that doing so provides new insights into the use of bladelets at sites throughout southern Ohio and beyond. The related concepts of citations and capacities help illustrate the connections between bladelets and other material elements of Middle Woodland institutions. Examination of bladelet use illustrates how situations lead to shared conditions of action while individuals engage in multiple outcomes during manifestations of Middle Woodland ceremonies.
How Did Whitehead Become Einstein’s Antagonist? On Poincaré and Whitehead
Authors: Desmet Ronny
Published: December 2022

Whitehead was critical with respect to Poincaré’s conventionalism. However, Whitehead stood closer to Poincaré than Bertrand Russell when Russell invoked Poincaré’s conventionalism to highlight that the choice between Arthur Eddington’s orthodox interpretation of Einstein’s general theory of relativity on the one hand, and Whitehead’s alternative interpretation on the other, is not a matter of empirical fact, but a matter of convention. Whitehead shared two of the premises of Poincaré’s conventionalism: the physics-independence of geometry, and the choice of a physical geometry amongst geometries of constant curvature. This contributed significantly to his philosophical critique of Einstein, who held that the geometry of space-time depends on the physical distribution of matter, and that the non-homogeneity of this distribution (e.g., at the scale of the solar system) implies that the appropriate physical geometry is variably curved. Russell’s conventionalism, contrary to Whitehead’s view, did not take Poincaré’s premises into account, was shared by the logical positivists, and led to a philosophical defense of Einstein.
Marcuse and Eternal Objects
Authors: Moore Duston
Published: December 2022

This essay presents what is at stake in Marcuse’s reference to Whitehead’s theory of eternal objects in chapter eight of One-Dimensional Man. There is a fecund philosophical affinity between Marcuse’s Critical Theory and Whitehead’s metaphysical alternative. The introduction parses Marcuse’s citation of Whitehead, explaining how the Critical Theory employs eternal objects. Thus a correlate aim of this essay is to provide a charitable reading of Marcuse with attention to Whiteheadian undercurrents and concerns.
Non-Rigid Forms: Retractions and Revisions
Authors: Ford Lewis S.
Published: December 2022

In "Non-Rigid Forms" I characterized possibilities as indefinite forms, in contrast to the definite forms (eternal objects) of actualities. This did not do justice to the atemporality of eternal objects. Indefinite forms ought to be construed as dense clusters of eternal objects. By progressive definition God specifies relevant possibilities to the occasion, which determines one to become actual.
Introduction
Authors: Robinson Keith
Published: December 2022

Isabelle Stengers’ work on Whitehead is amongst the most important in Europe today. The contributors here—Isabella Palin, Stephen Meyers, Didier Debaise, and Andrew Goffey—offer a range of perspectives on Stengers’ effort to "think with" Whitehead. Stengers’ detailed response is included.
A Letter of Grateful and Affectionate Response to David Ray Griffin’s "Whitehead’s Radically Different Postmodern Philosophy: An Argument for Its Contemporary Relevance"
Authors: Neville Robert C.
Published: December 2022

David R. Griffin’s new Whitehead’s Radically Different Post-modern Philosophy: An Argument for Its Contemporary Relevance (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2007) contains a chapter-long Whiteheadian response to several criticisms I have leveled against process theology. While encouraging his attempt to promote Whitehead as a preferred alternative to foundationalist modernism and postmodernism, I undertake to rebut Griffin’s arguments through discussions of the following topics: the one and the many (which Whitehead does not treat adequately), the finite versus infinite character of God, creation ex nihilo, the nature of determinateness and the need for every determinate thing to have a creator, the applicability of the Ontological Principle to explaining a complex of first principles, the inclusion of time within ontological eternity, the goodness versus wildness of God, the nature of religious experience, and the uses of religious language.
Minjung Messiah and Process Panentheism
Authors: Kim Hiheon
Published: December 2022

This paper attempts to reinterpret the idea of minjung messiah, a major doctrine of Korean minjung theology, in order to reveal its nondualistic understanding of Christian eschatology, by using process non-substantialist metaphysics. In a dialogue with process panentheism, minjung theology gets philosophical languages to articulate its organic ideas of the relationships between historical liberation and eschatological salvation, minjung’s self-transcendence and divine providence, and history and the Kingdom of God.
Is Mutual Transformation Possible?: The Dialogue Between Process and Evangelical Theologies
Authors: Culp John
Published: December 2022

The absence of clear definitions for both "evangelical" and "process" theology opens the way for dialogue. The dialogue can be expanded beyond past dialogues and previous types of relationship. Two essays in this section propose creative conceptualities of God’s relationship to the world that seek to overcome limited evangelical and process understandings by drawing upon resources within each tradition. The other two essays suggest adding voices to the discussion that have not been heard clearly previously.
The World’s Participation in God’s Trinitarian Life
Authors: Powell Samuel M.
Published: December 2022

Like process theism, Christian theology affirms the immanence of God in the world and of the world in God. Unlike process theism, it also affirms the ontological priority of God over the world. As a result, Christian theologians will object to describing God’s relation to the world by analogy with the mind’s relation to the body or in terms of whole-part relations. In Christian history, the God-world relation has been more often described in terms of "participation." The world is said to participate in God, keeping in mind that this language is highly metaphorical. The idea of participation is a development of themes enunciated by Plato and Aristotle, but adapted by Christian theologians to trinitarian ends. The created world participates in God by reflecting the trinitarian life of identity and difference. This establishes an organic and internal relation between God and the world.
On the Trail of Whitehead: Part One: The Spy Who Came in to Take Notes (with Apologies to John le Carré)
Authors: Lucas George R.
Published: December 2022

A young Canadian mathematician and philosopher, Winthrop Bell, who was Edmund Husserl’s first doctoral student from North America, taught as a postdoc at Harvard in the 1920s, where he took a complete set of notes in the first class at Harvard taught by Alfred North Whitehead during the 1924-1925 academic year. These notes, missing for over 80 years, have recently been found. The notes transform scholarship concerning the early development of Whitehead s mature metaphysical views, while the note-taker’s own career illuminates a remarkable collaboration between the pragmatists in the U. S. and Canada and the early phenomenology movement in Europe, an intellectual exchange that was shattered during the tumultuous events of World War I and its aftermath.
Processes of Aging: Ontogenetic Perspectives on Life, Nutrition, and Longevity
Authors: Campolina Alessandro Gonçalves
Published: December 2022

Whiteheadian concepts of life, food, "empty" and "occupied space" provide a theoretical basis to unpack an ontogenetic perspective on aging. Focusing on the so-called "Selective Optimization with Compensation" (SOC) strategy, this work will explore this concept in relation to some scientific evidence in the fields of "epigenetics" and molecular nutrition. Further, the role of caloric restriction in health and longevity will be discussed as a SOC strategy, based on the metabolic theory of aging. SOC strategy applied to the processes of aging, when linked with Whiteheadfs philosophy of organism, makes it possible for us to think about life as a selective process provided by "empty space." A continuum within the physical field optimizes a "living society," which evolves in permanent social deficit, by means of compensation by nutritional metabolism.
A Process Interpretation of Aztec Metaphysics
Authors: Weber Michel
Published: December 2022

This article is a review essay on James Maffie’s recent book titled Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion. I try to understand the nature and significance of Aztec philosophy when interpreted as a version of process philosophy.
Chora and Identity: Whitehead’s Re-Appropriation of Plato’s Receptacle
Authors: Mingarelli Eleonora
Published: December 2022

The chora is one of the most perplexing as well as neglected concepts in Whitehead’s metaphysics. Explicitly drawing on Plato’s Receptacle Whitehead reinterprets the chora as the place, in between physics and meta-physics, where connections among actual entities happen. However, the relation between Whitehead’s and Plato’s chorai remains widely unexplored. This article aims to correct this oversight. By comparing the two philosophers, I intend to argue that, differences aside, the two philosophers adopted the chora to answer the common question as to how things can be identified in the flux of events. In this way, I hope not only to clarify the obscure role of the chora in Whitehead’s metaphysics and its relation to Plato, but also to explore the complex process of identification.
A Postmodern China in the Making
Authors: Wu Weifu , Wallace Gene
Published: December 2022

This article supplements the article by Fubin Yang in vol. 39 (2010) of this journal. The goal is to account for the recent surge of interest in process thought in China.
Explorations and Emendations
Authors: Ford Lewis S.
Published: December 2022

These seven short essays record several recent explorations together with some corrections to earlier views which need revision in the light of further evidence. Topics considered include temporal atomism, a critique of nontemporal concresence, divine subjectivity and conceptual activity, a re-examination of physical purpose and negative prehension, and an alternate theory of life and mind.
God Almighty and God All-Loving: A Review Article of David Ray Griffin’s "God Exists But Gawd Does Not"
Authors: Viney Donald Wayne
Published: December 2022

Griffin’s book contributes to the literature of cumulative arguments for God’s existence, revealing the deficiencies of the "God Almighty" of traditional theism (i.e., Gawd) and the strengths of a Whiteheadian process theism (i.e., God). Since the concept of omnipotence is central, it is imperative to note that there are three ideas of divine power in traditional theism, not always carefully parsed by Griffin. Evolutionary theory requires rethinking theism, but, contrary to Griffin, many of the problems posed by the theory are less for belief in Gawd than for fundamentalism. Nevertheless, an interactive dipolar deity fits most naturally with evolutionary thinking to provide a concept of God All-Loving. Griffin is at his best discussing the ground of abstract truths. He does not, however, avail himself of some of the best arguments against traditional theism found in Hartshorne’s work; there is also the question whether Griffin would accept Hartshorne’s idea of the modal coincidence of God’s existence and all possibility and how this would affect his cumulative case.
Bad with Names: Replacing "Animal" with Whitehead’s Insistent Particularity of Bodies
Authors: Donaldson Brianne
Published: December 2022

In the history of Western thought the "animal" is a general idea devoid of the details of particularity. Whitehead poses a nuanced challenge to us: how to perceive each abstract "animal" as a concrete body. To becom "bad with names" is an invitation to exchange reductionist designations with new language for individual creatures that populate the amorphous category of "animal." Derrida, Deleuze, and Guattari, along with Whitehead, suggest ways in which we might understand the idea that there are no "animals," only radically particular bodies.
Process-Relational Theology, Pentecostalism, and Postmodernism: Opportunities for Socio-Religious Transformation
Authors: Reichard Joshua D.
Published: December 2022

This article is a critical exploration of compatibilities between Pentecostal-Charismatic theology and Process-Relational theology. The purpose of the investigation is to identify similarities that provide sufficient ground for mutual dialogue and transformation between the two traditions. Postmodernism is identified as a context in which such dialogue can occur, insofar as both the Pentecostal-Charismatic movements and Process-Relational theology are understood as reactions to modernism. The theological theme of "concursus," the way in which God and humanity interact, is briefly explored as a point of contact. Several social and ecclesial implications of mutual transformation are identified. Ecclesial implications of mutual transformation include a renewal of Process-Relational spirituality, an intellectualization of Pentecostal-Charismatic experience, ecumenical dialogue between evangelical and mainline denominations, and tempered operation of the charismata for Pentecostals. Social implications of mutual transformation include the possibility for positive social change, concern for healing and justice, and an increased cosmic concern. Ultimately, inasmuch as Pentecostalism is identified as an "experience in search of a theology," Process-Relational theism is identified as a "theology in search of an experience." Through dialogue and engagement, both the Pentecostal-Charismatic and Process-Relational traditions may gain a stronger and more holistic sense of humanity, God, and reality.
The Plight of a Theoretical Deity: A Response to Suchocki’s "The Dynamic God"
Authors: Conner David Emory
Published: December 2022

In Process Studies 39.1 Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki draws renewed attention to one of the formative issues within early process theology—the question of whether God may best be understood as a single actual entity, as Whitehead had said, or as a serially ordered or personally ordered society of occasions. Suchocki’s support for Whitehead’s original thinking is a welcome event. Unfortunately, Suchocki employs the term "dynamic" to disguise an unresolved incompatibility between temporal and non-temporal process in God. This makes her overall position unstable, if not untentable. A second criticism is that methodologically Suchocki relies almost entirely on logical inferences drawn from previously accepted concepts, making her argument insufficiently empirical. Some brief suggestions are offered as hints for ways in which these problems might be resolved.
Flux and Openness: Dissolving Fixity in Whitehead’s Vision of Process
Authors: Santilli Nicolo
Published: December 2022

In his various lectures and writings, Whitehead articulates an evolving metaphysical vision in which process and relationship, rather than stasis and independent fixity, are primary. In so doing he performs a valuable philosophical service, pointing the way towards liberation from certain constraining assumptions and habits of thought. However, there are components of his vision that retain elements of fixity and separateness. I find these to be the aspects of his philosophy that are the most problematic, both in respect to internal conceptual coherency and in relation to my own philosophical and spiritual vision. My intention is to elucidate some of the ways in which these components of his philosophy are problematic, and to present an alternative vision in which these elements of fixity and ontological separateness dissolve into a dynamic openness of flux and interrelationship.
A Critique of Whitehead in Light of the Buddhist Distinction of the Two-Truth Doctrine
Authors: Aramaki Noritoshi
Published: December 2022

We need to distinguish systematically what is culturally creative from the degenerative forces that now rule the world. Whitehead comes closest to defining the creative when he identifies it as freedom on the human side and peace on the divine. Buddhist meditation can go deeper to realize the zerodimension of the communal life-as-such, which corresponds to Whiteheadean freedom-and-peace as the ultimate wellspring of cultural creativity.
Landing the Plane in the World of Finance
Authors: Cobby John B.
Published: December 2022

Because so little work in most fields of thought has been done from a Whiteheadian perspective, bringing that perspective to bear often highlights what has been little noticed. This essay seeks to contribute to the understanding of the financial crisis and to propose responses from a Whiteheadian perspective. At the same time it reflects explicitly on the difference that this perspective makes as well as the continuing dependence on the work of those who have approached matters from other perspectives.
All Causality Occurs in a Present: G.H. Mead’s Proposal to Process Philosophy
Authors: Towne Edgar A.
Published: December 2022

G.H. Mead and A.N. Whitehead agree that all causation occurs in a present, that the self is social, and that philosophical description of the new physics of relativity and quantum mechanics is a complicated task. I explore this complexity in relation to the knowledge of events unable to be observed here and now, especiallypast historical events. The integration of the two philosophers’ views is shown in reference to Whitehead’s criteria of respect for facts and coherence. By reference to the work of Palmyre Oomen I show the inconsistency of Whitehead’s treatment of the prehensibility of God’s consequent nature with his claim that God is not an exception to the metaphysical principles. The integration of Mead’s and Whitehead’s views permits plausible talk about past, present, and future consisent with our scientific knowledge.
The Multiverse Conjecture: Whitehead’s Cosmic Epochs and Contemporary Cosmology
Authors: McHenry Leemon
Published: December 2022

Recent developments in cosmology and particle physics have led to speculation that our universe is merely one of a multitude of universes. While this notion, the multiverse hypothesis, is highly contested as legitimate science, it has nonetheless struck many physicists as a necessary consequence of the effort to construct a final, unified theory. In Process and Reality (1929), his magnum opus, Alfred North Whitehead advanced a cosmology as part of his general metaphysics of process. Part of this project involved a theory of cosmic epochs which bears a remarkable affinity to current cosmological speculation. This paper demonstrates how the basic framework of a multiverse theory is already present in Whitehead’s cosmology and defends the necessity of speculation in the quest for an explanatory description.
Levinas and Whitehead: Notes Toward a Conversation To Come
Authors: Simmons J. Aaron , McDaniel Jay
Published: December 2022

Alfred North Whitehead and Emmanuel Levinas are not often considered together in the contemporary philosophical literature. There are clearly sensible reasons for this. While Whitehead is a systematic thinker who explicitly engages in metaphysical philosophy within the tradition of process thought and who does not focus primarily on ethics, Levinas is resistant to systematic metaphysics and works within the phenomenohgical tradition in order to argue that ethics is first philosophy. Despite these significant points of contrast between Whitehead and Levinas, in this paper we argue that the two might stand as resourcesfor each other in various ways. Since this paper is meant to be explorative and suggestive rather than comprehensive and conclusive, we argue for just two possible points of resonance between these important philosophers: (1) Both Levinas and Whitehead develop an account of selfhood that is intrinsically relational and concerned with responsibility—we term this account "Ethical Subjectivity;" and (2) Both Levinas and Whitehead operate according to what we call a "Hermeneutics of the Other" that stresses epistemic humility and dialogical openness.
Quine and Whitehead on Ontological Reduction: Properties Reconsidered
Authors: Holmgren Christine , McHenry Leemon
Published: December 2022

W.V.O. Quine and A.N. Whitehead shared a dualistic ontology of concrete and abstract objects but differed sharply on the status of properties. In this essay, we explore Whitehead’s reasons for admitting properties into his ontology and Quine’s objections. In the course of examining Quine’s position we demonstrate some deficiencies in his position and conclude that in spite of his claims, neither space-time coordinate systems nor classes can do all the ontological work of properties.
Contextualizing Mississippian Migration in Early Fort Ancient Villages
Authors: Comstock Aaron R. , Cook Robert A.
Published: December 2022

The transition to sedentary village life and maize agriculture was an important turning point in the prehistory of the American midcontinent. This article presents the results of excavations at the Turpin site, one of the earliest agricultural villages in the Middle Ohio Valley, located just east of Cincinnati, Ohio. Although earlier researchers suggested that Turpin was occupied later during the Fort Ancient period, our work confidently anchors the site to the inception of the Fort Ancient archaeological culture. Excavations reported here produced evidence of two Mississippian-style walltrench structures, each of which dates between AD 1050 and AD 1275, demonstrating the early and nonlocal nature of occupation at the site. Material culture further supports the interpretation that the Turpin site reflects a community that included nonlocal peoples and traditions. Our findings provide archaeological support for recent biological studies suggesting that the inception of Fort Ancient culture along the Middle Ohio River was linked, at least in part, to an influx of people from neighboring Mississippian regions.
miR-210-3pPromotes Obesity-Induced Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by Targeting SOCS1-Mediated NF-κB Pathway
Authors: Patra Debarun , Roy Soumyajit , Arora Leena , Kabeer Shaheen Wasil , Singh Satpal , Dey Upalabdha , Banerjee Dipanjan , Sinha Archana , Dasgupta Suman , Tikoo Kulbhushan , Kumar Aditya , Pal Durba
Published: December 2022

Under the condition of chronic obesity, an increased level of free fatty acids along with low oxygen tension in the adipose tissue creates a pathophysiological adipose tissue microenvironment (ATenv), leading to the impairment of adipocyte function and insulin resistance. Here, we found the synergistic effect of hypoxia and lipid (H + L) surge in fostering adipose tissue macrophage (ATM) inflammation and polarization. ATenv significantly increased miR-210-3p expression in ATMs which promotes NF-κB activation–dependent proinflammatory cytokine expression along with the downregulation of anti-inflammatory cytokine expression. Interestingly, delivery of miR-210-3p mimic significantly increased macrophage inflammation in the absence of H + L co-stimulation, while miR-210-3p inhibitor notably compromised H + L–induced macrophage inflammation through increased production of suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1), a negative regulator of the NF-κB inflammatory signaling pathway. Mechanistically, miR-210 directly binds to the 3′-UTR of SOCS1 mRNA and silences its expression, thus preventing proteasomal degradation of NF-κB p65. Direct delivery of anti–miR-210-3p LNA in the ATenv markedly rescued mice from obesity-induced adipose tissue inflammation and insulin resistance. Thus, miR-210-3p inhibition in ATMs could serve as a novel therapeutic strategy for managing obesity-induced type 2 diabetes.
Real-World Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Remission in a U.S. Insured Population Using a Large Administrative Claims Database
Authors: Sheils Natalie E. , Jarvis Megan S. , Bangerter Lauren R. , Asch David A. , Clark Callahan N.
Published: December 2022

Objective

A 2021 international consensus statement defined type 2 diabetes remission as A1C <6.5% measured at least 3 months after cessation of glucose-lowering therapy. We aimed to investigate whether retrospective claims-based data can assess remission based on this definition, whether three increasingly strict alternative definitions affect the prevalence of remission and characteristics of remission cohorts, and how cohorts with and without sufficient data to assess for remission differ.

Research design and methods

We used de-identified administrative claims from commercially insured and Medicare Advantage members, enriched with laboratory values, to assess diabetes remission. We used alternative glycemic, temporal, and pharmacologic criteria to assess the sensitivity of remission definitions to changes in claims-based logic.

Results

Among 524,076 adults with type 2 diabetes, 185,285 (35.4%) had insufficient additional laboratory and/or enrollment data to assess for remission. While more likely to be younger, these individuals had similar initial A1C values and geographical distribution as the 338,791 (64.6%) assessed for remission. Of those assessed for remission, 10,694 (3.2%) met the 2021 consensus statement definition. The proportion of individuals meeting the three alternative definitions ranged from 0.8 to 2.3%. Across all criteria, those meeting the remission definition were more likely to be female, had a lower initially observed A1C, and had a higher prevalence of bariatric surgery.

Conclusion

This study demonstrates the feasibility of laboratory-value enriched claims-based assessments of type 2 diabetes remission. Establishing stable claims-based markers of remission can enable population assessments of diabetes remission and evaluate the association between remission and clinical outcomes.
Gerontologia versus Genética: o debate da velhice como doença
Authors: Felix Jorgemar Soares
Published: December 2022

Resenha do livro "Tempo de vida - Por que envelhecemos e por que não precisamos", do biólogo David A. Sinclair, professor da Universidade Harvard, no qual é defendida a ideia do envelhecimento como uma doença a ser pesquisada e curada pela genética, uma visão oposta a da gerontologia.
Influência da mídia na representação social da atividade física para idosas
Authors: Griebler Eliane Mattana , Gonçalves Andrea Kruger
Published: December 2022

O objetivo foi analisar a representação social da atividade física para idosas na mídia. Realizou-se estudo com abordagem qualitativa com grupo focal como instrumento. Fizeram parte do estudo seis idosas de um programa de extensão universitária. Utilizou-se a análise de conteúdo com categorias temáticas. As manifestações da mídia ao longo do processo de formação da representação social estão relacionadas à forma como veem sua imagem veiculada pelos diferentes meios, bem como ao sentido dado à prática.
Caracterização da sarcopenia e doenças autorrelatadas em idosos domiciliados no interior do Amazonas
Authors: Siqueira Pâmella Cunha , De Checchi Maria Helena Ribeiro , Campos Hécules Lázaro Morais
Published: December 2022

Caracterizou-se a presença de sarcopenia e doenças autorrelatadas em idosos avaliados em domicílios no interior do estado do Amazonas, Brasil. Estudo transversal descritivo com 81 idosos, em que se correlacionou a sarcopenia (SARC-F) e o Índice de Comorbidade Funcional (ICF). A correlação foi positiva e fraca =0,2194. Os idosos deste estudo apresentam sinais de sarcopenia, elevados índices de comorbidades e risco de fragilidade, que são agudizados pelas condições sociodemográficas que apresentam.
A relação de enfrentamento de eventos estressantes com a qualidade de vida e desempenho físico em idosos longevos
Authors: Santana Gisllaine de Jesus , Witter Carla , Lima Adriana Machado Saldiba de , Bastos Marta Ferreira , Castro Leila Regina de , Queiroz Illana Patricia da Silva , Brech Guilherme Carlos , Alonso Angelica Castilho
Published: December 2022

A singularidade existente no processo de envelhecimento nos faz refletir sobre a força de eventos estressores e seus impactos na saúde física e mental do idoso. O presente estudo busca compreender a relação de enfrentamento de eventos estressantes com a qualidade de vida e desempenho físico de idosos com mais de 80 anos. Como métodos: O estudo foi composto por 104 idosos com idade ≥ 80 anos, de ambos os sexos. Os instrumentos utilizados foram: questionário sociodemográfico; questionários de qualidade de vida, Whoqol-Brief e Whoqol-Old; questionário de enfrentamento de eventos estressantes; e Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), que avalia desempenho físico: equilíbrio, marcha e força muscular de membros inferiores. Como resultados, houve correlação negativa entre desempenho físico e finitude r = -283(0,006) e transição r = -210 (0,042) e correlação positiva entre participação social r=, 291(0,009). No que se refere à QV, houve correlação negativa entre domínio físico e bem-estar (r = 260 (0,01) e meio ambiente r = -237(0,02) e correlação positiva entre autonomia e finitude (r = 303(0,009). Conclui-se que um bom desempenho físico está ligado a uma melhor qualidade de vida, uma vez que ambos são capazes de afetar a maneira com que o idoso vai lidar com eventos estressores. O desempenho físico também está atrelado à capacidade de sociabilidade, uma vez que o afeto construído na participação das atividades físicas tem a capacidade de promover motivação entre os idosos.
Protótipo de aparelho para detecção de quedas em idosos
Authors: Marques Márcio Alexandre , De Campos Guilherme Stenico , Do Nascimento Augusto Voltaire
Published: December 2022

Foi construído um acessório vestível e um circuito externo com um alarme, para detectar de forma automática a queda de um idoso, e permitir, também, que ele utilize um botão de emergência em uma situação urgente. Caso uma queda ocorra, um alarme é disparado através de um buzzer e um LED é aceso. O dispositivo foi avaliado em quatro situações: queda, deambular, sentar e deitar, e teve êxito nos resultados em todos os casos avaliados. Já o botão de emergência, sempre que pressionado, acionou o buzzer e acendeu o LED. Conclui-se que o sistema de alerta implementado está com todos os seus parâmetros perfeitamente calibrados, é confiável, e funcionou para todas as situações analisadas, disparando o alarme apenas nas situações de queda, o que corrobora o fato de que essa tecnologia deve ser cada vez mais empregada no auxílio e na melhoria da qualidade de vida dos idosos.