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Des battements d’ailes aux ruminations d’une vache. Un entretien sur nos relations au vivant avec Anna Chirescu
Authors: Granger Caroline , Chirescu Anna
Published: December 2023

Dans cet entretien, nous nous concentrons, tout d’abord, sur l’expérience d’Anna Chirescu en tant que danseuse des chorégraphies de Merce Cunningham. Ses mots éclairent la spécificité de leurs reconstructions et l’engagement que celles-ci impliquent. Ensuite, nous interrogeons les outils mis en place par le chorégraphe afin d’échapper à une vision anthropocentrique. Nous discutons de l’influence de son attention portée aux animaux, et plus généralement aux non-humains et de son extraordinaire sens du temps dans l’élaboration de ses pièces. Par la suite, Anna explique comment ces éléments transmettent une sensation d’un « devenir autre ». En 2022, elle décide de créer VACA comme une poursuite de sa rencontre sensible avec les œuvres du chorégraphe. Cet entretien eut lieu quelques semaines avant la première. Il montre dans quelle mesure nos différentes approches s’entremêlent et révèlent combien nos expériences des chorégraphies de Merce Cunningham nous amènent à ressentir et à repenser nos relations aux animaux, aux non-humains et au vivant.
Troubles. Dans le sillage de trois performances de Trisha Brown et de Deborah Hay
Authors: Fontaine Geisha
Published: December 2023

Danser ? Parler ? Créer ?Dans les années 1970, Trisha Brown et Deborah Hay proposent trois performances « historiques » appartenant incontestablement à l’histoire de la danse. Dans quelles revendications, approches critiques, ou simples pistes d’expérimentation, ces propositions se sont-elles opérées ? Qu’en est-il aujourd’hui ? Qu’est-ce que les mots sont à la danse ? Est-ce que chorégraphier, c’est saper le langage, le détourner, l’amadouer ? Qu’est-ce que cela me fait, nous fait, de danser, parler, énoncer, taire, se taire ? S’agit-il de performer des discours ? Ou, plus subtilement, de subvertir ce qui est danse et ce qui est prise de parole ? En quoi, en ces années 2020, la chorégraphe, danseuse et chercheuse que je suis est-elle concernée par ces performances surgies il y a un demi-siècle ? Quelles empreintes ? Quelles lancées ?
En résonance d’une conférence sensible
Authors: Chourlin Lulla , Amarasingam Sarath
Published: December 2023

Le texte vise à présenter les enjeux de savoirs sensibles du corps en restituant des écrits qui ont constitué les protocoles de recherche et de création d’une performance intitulée Conférence sensible, créée en 2018 avec le danseur Sarath Amarasingam et Lulla Chourlin, chorégraphe praticienne enseignante en Body-Mind Centering® (BMC®). Le propos de cette Conférence sensible était de questionner ce que la pratique somatique du BMC® apporte au danseur pour affiner sa danse. Différents dispositifs faisant émerger la parole et l’écriture « avant-pendant-après » l’expérience des touchers et des danses ont été mis en place et exposés au public. Sont partagés ici six textes issus de ce processus de recherche-création, l’ensemble insistant sur l’importance d’une circulation de la sensation, du mouvement, de la parole orale et écrite pour qu’une incorporation sensible ait lieu au sein de la pratique du BMC® comme de la pratique de la danse.
Un regard sur Le Sacre du printemps « d’après Nijinski » de Dominique Brun à travers la parole de Loup Marcault, danseur de l’Opéra de Paris
Authors: Parelli Thais Meirelles
Published: December 2023

Le texte présente un entretien avec Loup Marcault, danseur du ballet de l’Opéra de Paris, que j’ai mené lors de mon accompagnement du processus de recréation du Sacre du printemps d’après Nijinski par Dominique Brun à l’Opéra entre octobre et décembre 2021. En amont, nous verrons comment j’ai pu, en tant que chercheuse, « donner la parole » à ce danseur, et surtout comment la chorégraphe elle-même a donné « place à la parole » des danseurs pendant les répétitions dans les studios du Palais Garnier, cela notamment autour des archives du Sacre du printemps. Au travers de ce témoignage, nous pourrons apprécier combien la « parole », le dialogue et l’échange ont eu un impact sur l’apprentissage des mouvements du ballet par les danseurs, sur la possibilité qu’ils inventent un « nouveau corps » et finalement sur la dimension de « recherche permanente » qui préside à ce processus de recréation, tel que l’ont investi Dominique Brun et son équipe.
«J’avais rêvé un peu mieux.» Les désillusions du jeune Antoine, linguiste et voyageur en Arménie en 1891
Authors: Gandon Francis
Published: December 2023

En 1891, Meillet entreprend un voyage de trois mois au Caucase, pour mettre en pratique et asseoir ses connaissances d’arménien. Durant ce séjour (Tiflis, Etchmiadzine, plaine de l’Ararat…), il se plaint constamment, dans sa correspondance et son journal, de la pauvreté des échanges, de la langue corrompue des journaux, de la faiblesse de la littérature. Il n’est pas jusqu’aux manuscrits du couvent d’Etchmiadzine qui ne soient décevants. Concomitamment, le jeune chercheur adopte, concernant l’histoire de la région et les tensions qui la travaillent, le superbe isolement de l’intellectuel impartial, renvoyant dos à dos les parties en présence (Arméniens et Turcs, Arméniens et Russes). De là un double paradoxe: un séjour désenchanté, qui a pourtant forcément joué un rôle illuminateur et cathartique vu la carrière ultérieure du savant «auquel il faut toujours revenir en matière d’arménologie» (R. Grousset) et dont l’œuvre est imprégnée d’arménien de manière quasi chronique et souvent dans des travaux improbables; une antithèse entre une langue conçue comme un objet neutre (non problématique) et une conception ultérieure de la langue comme «objet social», la linguistique cousinant désormais avec la sociologie. Ce dernier paradoxe conduit en réalité à une contradiction à peu près inexplicable qui s’apparente plus à une schize analytique qu’à une aporie méthodologique.
Antoine Meillet et Matteo G. Bartoli: la langue comme outil de civilisation au service de l’idéologie nationale
Authors: Jaboyedoff Vladimir
Published: December 2023

Antoine Meillet (1866-1936) en France et Matteo G. Bartoli (1873-1946) en Italie travaillent simultanément à l’élaboration de leur linguistique respective: grammaire comparée et sociolinguistique pour le premier, et néolinguistique pour le deuxième. Revendiquant une certaine porosité à l’extralinguistique, ils apparentent la langue à un «instrument de culture nationale» identifiable à une civilisation spécifique. L’expansion, la régression ou la disparition d’une langue permettent dès lors au linguiste de témoigner des forces et des faiblesses des peuples, évaluables selon des critères souvent flous, comme l’unité et le prestige. En cette première moitié de XXe siècle mouvementée, ces conceptions communes structurent non seulement leur système théorique respectif, mais également des positions glottopolitiques. Il s’agit dès lors de saisir les modalités qui rendent l’avènement de ce type de discours possible. Quel impact les contextes nationaux et internationaux ont-ils? Quels présupposés théoriques communs sont à l’œuvre? L’examen de cette dialectique entre science et conditionnements d’époque offre l’occasion d’analyser et de mieux comprendre les accents semblables ou dissonants des raisonnements des deux linguistes.
Les comptes rendus doubles de Meillet
Authors: Shyldkrot Hava Bat-Zeev
Published: December 2023

Le but de cet article qui fait partie d’un travail de longue haleine est d’analyser les écrits de Meillet en nous focalisant sur ce que nous appelons ses «écrits mineurs». Ce terme inclut les comptes rendus, les préfaces, les notes, les actes de conférence, les chroniques de journaux, qui, tous, concernent les langues romanes et le français en particulier. Ce faisant, nous mettons en avant l’idée de «compte rendu double» qui concerne des livres que Meillet a recensés plus d’une fois, soit sur la même plateforme à l’occasion d’une nouvelle édition ou de la parution d’un volume supplémentaire, soit dans des revues différentes, probablement pour faire connaître le livre à un public varié. Nous expliquerons les raisons pour lesquelles un livre a été évalué plusieurs fois, démontrant ainsi l’importance que Meillet accordait à certains sujets ou chercheurs, définissant ainsi le domaine de la linguistique de son époque.
ἈKINHTA KAI KEKINHMENA: notes sur les études d’Antoine Meillet sur le grec et l’indo-européen*
Authors: Kölligan Daniel
Published: December 2023

Prenant comme exemples trois articles d’Antoine Meillet sur une question de reconstruction indo-européenne, sur une question de langue homérique et sur le développement des conjonctions, cet article montre que non seulement les questions abordées par Meillet, mais fréquemment aussi ses réponses sont encore pertinentes aujourd’hui, sinon toujours de dicto, du moins souvent de sensu, et que même sa présentation des données invite à une relecture profitable.
De la crise de l’éducation à l’éducation à la crise en Haïti
Authors: Govain Renauld
Published: December 2023

L’éducation haïtienne connaît une crise chronique provenant fondamentalement de deux facteurs principaux : le problème de gouvernance politique et administrative et la faiblesse des politiques éducatives qui en résulte. Un autre facteur crisogène est le choix initial de fonder cette éducation sur une expérience d’acculturation où les apprenants ont toujours été contraints d’être scolarisés en français, une langue qu’ils ne connaissent pas, tandis que tous maîtrisent le créole. Cette acculturation vient notamment du fait que les premiers éducateurs et responsables d’écoles de l’État d’Haïti étaient des Français qui enseignaient en français dans la négation du créole et qui sont à l’origine de la créolophobie qui perdure aujourd’hui encore. Mais il est quand même dommage que la prise en main de l’école par les nationaux n’ait pas permis de régulariser la situation. Il se pose dès lors le problème de l’inculturation de l’école notamment sur le plan linguistique. Que le système éducatif connaisse des crises n’est pas une fatalité. Au contraire. Les crises constituent un baromètre qui permet de prendre le vrai pouls de la situation. Elles offrent ainsi l’occasion d’amélioration, de redéfinition, d’ajustement, d’un nouveau départ. Le problème est d’être incapable de s’en sortir ou même de pouvoir reconnaître l’ampleur de la situation comme on en a l’impression depuis plusieurs décennies.
Crise sécuritaire et transformation des places marchandes traditionnelles dans l’économie informelle en Haïti
Authors: Jean-Gilles Sandra , Paul Bénédique
Published: December 2023

L’économie informelle est un sujet important dans de nombreux pays en développement, surtout dans lesquels les femmes jouent un rôle essentiel. En Haïti, ces femmes sont appelées les Madan Sara, en référence à l’oiseau migrateur qui cherche constamment de la nourriture partout où il va. Les Madan Sara haïtiennes remplissent le rôle crucial de lien commercial entre les producteurs et les consommateurs, en particulier les 30 % de la population qui vivent à Port-au-Prince. Étant donné que cette économie n’est pas officielle, elle est particulièrement vulnérable aux chocs sécuritaires. Les crises récentes en Haïti offrent une opportunité pour étudier comment les femmes Madan Sara s’organisent pour continuer leurs activités. Notre hypothèse de recherche se concentre sur la réorganisation des places marchandes pour faire face à la crise sécuritaire. Nous avons mené une étude empirique et documentaire, ainsi que des observations participantes pour étudier les principaux changements opérés. Parmi lesquels, on compte la création d’un nouveau centre commercial, l’utilisation de technologies permettant le commerce en ligne, le développement de nouveaux marchés transnationaux et l’augmentation du nombre de Madan Sara à la frontière haïtiano-dominicaine. Cette diversification des espaces et des lieux de transactions démontre une capacité d’adaptation de l’économie informelle et propose une passerelle de communication entre l’État et les principaux acteurs du commerce informel, tout en militant pour une meilleure représentation des acteurs transnationaux de l’économie informelle en Haïti. Nous recommandons également un meilleur encadrement du commerce transfrontalier avec la République dominicaine.
La transdisciplinarité pour une géographie décloisonnée
Authors: Tchékémian Anthony
Published: December 2023

Cet article fait suite à une introspection scientifique issue de l’observation de mon cursus et de mon cheminement professionnel, entre des études en environnement, aménagement et urbanisme, pour aboutir à une réflexion sur la géographie en tant que discipline universitaire, au cœur de mon métier d’enseignant-chercheur. Une première partie présente l’aménagement en tant que disciple visant à répartir et ordonner les composantes d’un territoire, dans une vision prospective. Une deuxième définit l’urbanisme, en tant que pratique, à la croisée de l’ingénierie, de l’architecture, de l’art et d’autres disciplines sœurs de la géographie que sont l’économie, la sociologie et le droit. Une troisième plaide pour l’importance de la transdisciplinarité en faveur d’une géographie décloisonnée. Enfin, l’hybridation entre science et vulgarisation permet de conclure sur l’évolution du métier, tout en soulignant les atouts et écueils sociétaux.
Ressources naturelles et stratégie de positionnement des « gangs » dans la Région Métropolitaine de Port-au-Prince (Haïti)
Authors: Pierre Alexandra V. D. , Prince Neptune
Published: December 2023

De plus en plus, des États luttent contre la disparition et la surexploitation des ressources naturelles. L’intérêt pour le sous-sol haïtien a été en 2013 évoqué par le Parlement haïtien au point d’inviter l’État à renforcer ses capacités de négociation et à s’informer de l’estimation réelle de ses minerais. Or, il arrive que, depuis 2018, les groupes armés opérant dans le département de l’Ouest se placent à des endroits où l’existence potentielle des ressources naturelles (depuis 1899) et des gisements (depuis 1937) ont été prospectés. S’agit-il des stratégiques territoriales mises en place par des acteurs ? Quels sens attribuer aux emplacements des groupes armés en termes de stratégies territoriales par rapport aux ressources potentielles ? Par un recours à la cartographie ancienne et des documents disponibles sur le sujet, les résultats d’une superposition des cartes ont permis de rendre compte des stratégies de positionnement des groupes armés sur des territoires historiquement stratégiques sur les plans économique et environnemental.
Impacts de l’insécurité sur le fonctionnement des écoles dans les quartiers urbains « chauds » à Port-au-Prince entre 2018 et 2022
Authors: Corgelas Audyl
Published: December 2023

L’exposition collective à des manifestations de violence à travers les médias est un vecteur clé du discours sur le phénomène de l’insécurité en Haïti. Ses impacts sur la gestion des écoles sont multiples. Entre 2018 et 2022, on constate une augmentation des crimes et délits contre des personnes, de la délinquance des mineurs, de l’accroissement des vols et des violences meurtrières à Port-au-Prince. Cette situation est marquée par l’activité incessante des groupes armés et l’incapacité persistante des autorités de l’État à bien protéger le droit à l’éducation et à la sécurité. Ce climat affecte directement et indirectement l’accès à l’éducation, notamment pour des enfants les plus vulnérables. Au moins, cinq lycées situant dans la région Métropolitaine de Port-au-Prince sont obligés de fermer leurs portes à cause des affrontements entre des groupes armés. Cet article se propose d’aborder les conséquences de l’insécurité sur le fonctionnement des écoles par le biais d’une analyse documentaire. C’est donc une technique qui permet de comprendre, d’interpréter et de décrire les résultats des recherches antérieures allant de 2006 à 2021. Les résultats ont montré que les impacts de l’insécurité sur la gestion scolaire sont nombreux. C’est en ce sens qu’on propose de concevoir l’école comme facteur d’intégration socio-économique, de doter l’école d’un cadre de sécurité, de favoriser la collaboration de tous les acteurs vers la promotion d’une éducation de qualité et inclusive, enfin, d’établir des politiques publiques claires en faveur des écoles fonctionnant dans les quartiers chauds.
Determinants of Solidarity Financing of Agriculture in Remote Areas: The Case Study of Jean Rabel, Haiti
Authors: Gabellus Kervline , Paul Bénédique
Published: December 2023

Agriculture is the main activity of rural households in most developing countries. However, farmers do not have access to banking services to finance their farming operations. In the case of Haiti, they then create their own self-managed solidarity financing organizations called “Associations de Base de Cotisations et de Prêts (ABCP)”, in French. It has already been demonstrated that the financing of these self-help groups represents an important alternative financing. But few if any studies were focused on their ability to finance agriculture. Meanwhile, in remote areas where traditional finance organizations are absent, ABCP extend financial services to the poor, facilitating their agricultural and commercial activities. This study aimed to study what characteristics are associated with this new and under-documented agricultural solidarity financing. We surveyed two hundred and two (202) farmers in the municipality of Jean Rabel. The results of econometric analysis showed that farmer’s location, farm size, type of crop, and credit costs were the main characteristics significantly linked with the amount of financing received from ABCP in 2021. The study also revealed that solidarity financing accounted for 36% of all farm expenses. These results confirm previous research arguing that ABCP are alternative finance organizations. They are therefore an important source of agricultural and rural credit. Finally, we provide recommendations for future research on solidarity agricultural finance and ABCP refinancing.
Sperimentare l’impegno nella poesia contemporanea. Alessandra Carnaroli: curare con la katana
Authors: Tosatti Ada
Published: December 2023

Il presente contributo intende affrontare la questione dell’impegno in quella tendenza della poesia italiana che, non disdegnando la lezione ricavata dalla Neoavanguardia, pone al centro del suo fare il rapporto tra ideologia e linguaggio. In questa poesia che tenta di contrapporsi all’inciviltà del mondo contemporaneo partendo da un decentramento dell’io lirico, si delineano metodi e approcci stilistici diversi, tra cui quello di Alessandra Carnaroli (Femminimondo, 2011; Poesie con katana, 2019; 50 tentati suicidi più 50 oggetti contundenti, 2021) che sarà qui oggetto di analisi.
Metterci la faccia: soggettività politica e “io” testimoniale in Zerocalcare
Authors: Mazzi Beatrice
Published: December 2023

Questo articolo si concentra sull’opera del fumettista Zerocalcare (Michele Rech) per mettere in evidenza come nel suo lavoro la testimonianza diventi una modalità cruciale per confrontarsi con gli eventi del nostro tempo e una forma politica tra parola e immagine. In particolare vengono esaminati Kobane Calling (2017) e No Sleep Till Shengal (2022), in quanto opere rappresentative sia dello spazio testimoniale creato dall’autore, sia dell’uso di una forma popolare per contribuire a ridefinire il rapporto fra la cultura e il sociale.
Forme di resistenza “obliqua” nei segnali ecosemiotici. Cinema naturale di Gianni Celati
Authors: Massafra Sara
Published: December 2023

In questo contributo si intende utilizzare l’approccio ecosemiotico per comprendere il processo di relazione con il paesaggio che ha luogo in Cinema naturale (2001) di Gianni Celati. L’impegno di Celati si definisce come un nuovo atteggiamento di apertura verso la percezione del dato esterno e dell’alterità che si realizza attraverso la narrazione.
Raccontare il disagio psichico. Riflessioni preliminari su quattro romanzi italiani
Authors: Lapia Roberto
Published: December 2023

Negli ultimi anni numerosi autori italiani contemporanei, attraverso la parola letteraria, hanno tentato di esternalizzare la condizione di soggetti colpiti da disturbi psichici, mettendo in luce, attraverso le loro esperienze personali, le caratteristiche odierne di quei disagi nell’ottica della società italiana contemporanea. Questo articolo intende dunque soffermarsi sull’importanza e sulla difficoltà insita in questo gesto – che è anche politico – di presa della parola di cui si fanno portatori tra gli altri Andrea Pomella, Simona Vinci, Violetta Bellocchio e Fuani Marino.
Il racconto della storia e la memoria del fascismo. Le strategie narrative di Valerio Evangelisti e Antonio Scurati
Authors: Vinale Adriano
Published: December 2023

L’articolo intende indagare il rapporto tra la nuova fortuna del romanzo storico italiano e la riflessione sulla memoria collettiva. In particolare, l’attenzione verrà rivolta a due cicli di romanzi: quello di Valerio Evangelisti, Il Sole dell’Avvenire (2013-2016), e quello di Antonio Scurati, M (2018-2022), i quali affrontano e problematizzano la memoria del fascismo da prospettive diverse e attraverso l’impiego di diverse strategie narrative.
Ritorno alla realtà, ritorno alla storia. Nuove retoriche dell’impegno nella narrativa italiana dell’estremo contemporaneo
Authors: Amelii Niccolò
Published: December 2023

Alla base di questo saggio vi è il tentativo di verificare le caratteristiche principali mediante cui le scritture dell’estremo contemporaneo, poste di fronte alla “crisi dell’esperienza”, tornano a interrogarsi sulla realtà e a rivolgere uno sguardo critico sul passato storico in nome di rinnovate istanze civili che paiono muoversi da un’urgenza etica posta al di là di specifiche o rivendicate appartenenze politiche, facendo particolare riferimento a due autori paradigmatici di questo impegno post-ideologico come Janeczek e Orecchio.
“Quegli anni che spiegano l’oggi”: letteratura e impegno negli scritti di Rossana Rossanda
Authors: Restuccia Valeria
Published: December 2023

Il presente saggio si propone di analizzare in una selezione di scritti di Rossana Rossanda, pubblicati negli anni Duemila, una forma atipica di letteratura “impegnata”. Questi testi di natura diversa costituiscono non solo opere di alto valore letterario ma soprattutto strumenti originali per affrontare nodi ideologici e politici fondamentali del nostro tempo, invitando a una riflessione sul presente attraverso il racconto del passato personale e collettivo.
Implications of Nutricereals on Consumers
Authors: Prabhu Usha , Sathyanarayana N. , Srikumar Madireddi S. S. V. , Sayyed Nazneen
Published: December 2023

The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) has declared 2023 as the ‘International Year of Millets' to promote millets' nutritional, health, environmental, and economic advantages. Millets' unique qualities and advantages have made them important contributors to numerous sustainable development goals (SDGs). Prioritizing millets can lead to a sustainable and inclusive future. Millets are small-seeded grasses with great nutritional value and environmental resistance, surviving drought and flood. Millets were the first cereal grain cultivated, making it one of the oldest agricultural cereals. From historical records, millets were the first cereal grain to have been domesticated, making it one of the oldest farmed grains in the world.
Smart Security System for Women's Safety
Authors: Ganesan Sangeetha
Published: December 2023

The issue of security is paramount in society, especially to the women who are being illtreated in this prevailing era. Thus, the authors intend to aid security by bringing up a smart security system for women safety. This system involves an EEG sensor, heartbeat sensor, GPS sensor, and GSM module along with an Arduino. This proposed system purely depends on the psychology of a woman which deals with measuring of brainwaves and heartbeat rate within a given limit. And on further exceeding, the data will be detected depending on the level of waves emitted. These values would trigger the GSM to receive the data and thereby it sends an automatic popup alert in the form of message along with the location. The entire system will be activated to safeguard woman in all aspects.
Creating an Ecosystem for Start-Up Scalability
Authors: Burdenko Elena Viktorovna , Bykasova Elena Vyacheslavovna
Published: December 2023

The chapter is devoted to the study of ecosystems for scaling startups in the United States, the European Union, and Russia. It is shown that the elements of the ecosystem are universities, government agencies, large corporations, financial and scientific organizations. To create an ecosystem, coordination and interaction of all elements is necessary. This is achieved by organizing technoparks. When forming an ecosystem for scaling startups in Russia, both the positive experience of other countries and the established structure of scientific activity in Russia were used. Therefore, a study was conducted on the organization of Russian technoparks from 1990 to 2023. Attention is paid to the analysis of the effectiveness of technoparks. Currently, the ecosystem is being formed both at the state level and in large companies. As an example, the ecosystems of such companies as Beber, Tinkoff, VTB, Yandex, and Skolkovo are considered.
Improving the Conditions for Business Startups in the Republic of Serbia
Authors: Ilic Biljana S. , Djukic Gordana P.
Published: December 2023

The aim of the chapter is to establish a mechanism for recognizing the various actors of the startup ecosystem for the rapid and successful growth of startups in Serbia, with an emphasis on improving business conditions. The strategy for the development of the startup ecosystem of the Republic of Serbia (2021-2025) contains five specific goals, but the authors focused on the fourth special goal of the strategy, which is related to the improvement of conditions for startup businesses. The subject of the work will be the implementation of necessary measures and GovTech programs in Serbia, management, as well as on raising the competencies of employees in the public administration in Serbia for successful leadership in the startup ecosystem.
Technology and Sustainable Business Practices as Enablers for Startups Scalability
Authors: Rajagopal Kannan , Mahajan Vaishali
Published: December 2023

Overcoming the traditional process and practices, the new generation start-ups have set themselves into the track of success with the effective utilization of the technology and allied interventions. Technology and sustainable business practices has helped the start-ups to balance and levelling the field and making the availability of the resources profusely for them to utilize for new businesses effectively than ever before. The optimum utilization of technology and sustainable business practice adherences of the start-ups has not only provided an efficient solution for their business problems but have also and served as a crisis interventional tool that has helped to scale up their business to the greater heights and have been a differentiator themselves. On this context, the research is being proposed to understand through various secondary data resources to identify how the adherence of technology and sustainable business practices is meaningful and contextual in helping the start-ups to scale high.
Critical Success Factors for Higher Education Turnaround From a Sustainable Ecosystem Perspective
Authors: Dzingirai Mufaro
Published: December 2023

Recently, the essence of institutions in any development agenda is a topical issue in development discourse across the world. Surprisingly, poor performance of higher education institutions has been witnessed in many developing countries. Furthermore, turnaround management in the context of the higher education sector as an area of research has been neglected. Accordingly, this chapter aims to establish the critical success factors for higher education turnaround from a sustainable development ecosystem. A critical literature review established 10 critical success factors for higher education turnaround from a sustainable ecosystem perspective, that is, stakeholder collaboration, leadership commitment, innovative culture, skilled staff, financial restructuring, effective communication, compelling restructuring plan, clear implementation matrix, monitoring and evaluation, and international affiliations, as well leadership replacement. The findings from this study help higher education leaders, education practitioners, and policymakers.
Virtual Exchange as a Transformational Third Space for English Language Teacher Education
Authors: Orsini-Jones Marina
Published: December 2023

This article discusses Vietnam Virtual EXchange for English Language Teaching (ViVEXELT), a project funded by the British Council - Vietnam (Digital Learning Innovation Fund Pilot – Response to COVID-19). It makes a substantial contribution to the theorization of Virtual Exchange as a fertile and inclusive knowledge-sharing Third Space. ViVEXELT proposes a distinctive internationalization of the curriculum (IoC) model, where students and staff involved in formal ELT courses in higher education collaborate with ELT practitioners from other ELT educational sectors to co-construct Sustainable Development Goals-inspired ELT materials. ViVEXELT attracted over 200 participants from 46 different educational level institutions between June 2021 and March 2022. The rich qualitative data collected illustrate that ViVEXELT supported its participants with developing online interactional and intercultural competence, while also providing them with opportunity to reflect on the learning gains from the pandemic for their future ELT practice, such as the effective use of breakout rooms.
Does the Design of Investor Relations Section Affect Enterprise Performance?
Authors: Li Tianxin , Liu Hua
Published: December 2023

With the development of the major e-commerce platforms in recent years, China's logistics enterprises have entered a stage of rapid development. A large number of logistics enterprises have resorted to external capital to seek development. Related research about website investor relations management arises at the historic moment. Based on the analysis of website content of listed logistics enterprises, this paper constructed an evaluation index of the website investor relationship management. The index includes motivating information factor, health information factor, and information transmission channels factor. Then the authors analyze and test the value effect of the website investor relations management of the listed logistics companies. The results show that health information factor has a positive impact on the current performance of enterprises, and this effect presents inverted u-shaped characteristics. The influence of incentive information on performance is characterized by u font. Information transmission channel factors have no significant impact on company performance.
A Novel Deep Federated Learning-Based Model to Enhance Privacy in Critical Infrastructure Systems
Authors: Sharma Akash , Singh Sunil K. , Chhabra Anureet , Kumar Sudhakar , Arya Varsha , Moslehpour Massoud
Published: December 2023

Deep learning (DL) can provide critical infrastructure operators with valuable insights and predictive capabilities to help them make more informed decisions, improving system's robustness. However, training DL models requires large amounts of data, which can be costly to store in a centralized manner. Storing large amounts of sensitive critical infrastructure data in the cloud can pose significant security risks. Federated learning (FL) allows several clients to share learning data and train ML models. Unlike centralized models, FL does not require the sharing of client data. A novel framework is presented to train a VGG16 based CNN global model without sharing the data and only updating the local models among clients using federated averaging. For experimentation, MNIST dataset is used. The framework achieves high accuracy and keep data private using FL in critical infrastructures. The benefits and challenges of FL along with security vulnerabilities and attacks have been discussed along with the defenses that can be used to mitigate these attacks.
A Network Intrusion Detection Method for Information Systems Using Federated Learning and Improved Transformer
Authors: Zhou Qi , Wang Zhoupu
Published: December 2023

A network intrusion detection method for information systems using federated learning and improved transformer is proposed to address the problems of long detection time and low security and accuracy when analyzing massive data in most existing intrusion detection methods. Firstly, a network intrusion detection system is constructed based on a federated learning framework, and the transformer model is used as its universal detection model. Then, the dataset is divided and an improved generative adversarial network is used for data augmentation to generate a new sample set to overcome the influence of minority class samples. At the same time, the new samples are input into the transformer local model for network attack type detection and analysis. Finally, the authors aggregate the detection results of each local model and input them into the Softmax classifier to obtain the final classification prediction results.
Neutrophil extracellular traps mediate neuro-immunothrombosis
Authors: Lou Jianbo , Zhang Jianning , Deng Quanjun , Chen Xin
Published: December 2023

Neutrophil extracellular traps are primarily composed of DNA and histones and are released by neutrophils to promote inflammation and thrombosis when stimulated by various inflammatory reactions. Neutrophil extracellular trap formation occurs through lytic and non-lytic pathways that can be further classified by formation mechanisms. Histones, von Willebrand factor, fibrin, and many other factors participate in the interplay between inflammation and thrombosis. Neuro-immunothrombosis summarizes the intricate interplay between inflammation and thrombosis during neural development and the pathogenesis of neurological diseases, providing cutting-edge insights into post-neurotrauma thrombotic events. The blood-brain barrier defends the brain and spinal cord against external assaults, and neutrophil extracellular trap involvement in blood-brain barrier disruption and immunothrombosis contributes substantially to secondary injuries in neurological diseases. Further research is needed to understand how neutrophil extracellular traps promote blood-brain barrier disruption and immunothrombosis, but recent studies have demonstrated that neutrophil extracellular traps play a crucial role in immunothrombosis, and identified modulators of neuro-immunothrombosis. However, these neurological diseases occur in blood vessels, and the mechanisms are unclear by which neutrophil extracellular traps penetrate the blood-brain barrier to participate in immunothrombosis in traumatic brain injury. This review discusses the role of neutrophil extracellular traps in neuro-immunothrombosis and explores potential therapeutic interventions to modulate neutrophil extracellular traps that may reduce immunothrombosis and improve traumatic brain injury outcomes.
Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor activation: anti-inflammatory effects in the brain
Authors: Diz-Chaves Yolanda , Maastor Zainab , Spuch Carlos , Lamas José Antonio , González-Matías Lucas C. , Mallo Federico
Published: December 2023

The glucagon-like peptide 1 is a pleiotropic hormone that has potent insulinotropic effects and is key in treating metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Glucagon-like peptide 1 exerts its effects by activating a membrane receptor identified in many tissues, including different brain regions. Glucagon-like peptide 1 activates several signaling pathways related to neuroprotection, like the support of cell growth/survival, enhancement promotion of synapse formation, autophagy, and inhibition of the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines, microglial activation, and apoptosis during neural morphogenesis. The glial cells, including astrocytes and microglia, maintain metabolic homeostasis and defense against pathogens in the central nervous system. After brain insult, microglia are the first cells to respond, followed by reactive astrocytosis. These activated cells produce proinflammatory mediators like cytokines or chemokines to react to the insult. Furthermore, under these circumstances, microglia can become chronically inflammatory by losing their homeostatic molecular signature and, consequently, their functions during many diseases. Several processes promote the development of neurological disorders and influence their pathological evolution: like the formation of protein aggregates, the accumulation of abnormally modified cellular constituents, the formation and release by injured neurons or synapses of molecules that can dampen neural function, and, of critical importance, the dysregulation of inflammatory control mechanisms. The glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist emerges as a critical tool in treating brain-related inflammatory pathologies, restoring brain cell homeostasis under inflammatory conditions, modulating microglia activity, and decreasing the inflammatory response. This review summarizes recent advances linked to the anti-inflammatory properties of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor activation in the brain related to multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, vascular dementia, or chronic migraine.
Interplay between microglia and environmental risk factors in Alzheimer's disease
Authors: Zhang Miaoping , Liang Chunmei , Chen Xiongjin , Cai Yujie , Cui Lili
Published: December 2023

Alzheimer's disease, among the most common neurodegenerative disorders, is characterized by progressive cognitive impairment. At present, the Alzheimer's disease main risk remains genetic risks, but major environmental factors are increasingly shown to impact Alzheimer's disease development and progression. Microglia, the most important brain immune cells, play a central role in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis and are considered environmental and lifestyle “sensors.” Factors like environmental pollution and modern lifestyles (e.g., chronic stress, poor dietary habits, sleep, and circadian rhythm disorders) can cause neuroinflammatory responses that lead to cognitive impairment via microglial functioning and phenotypic regulation. However, the specific mechanisms underlying interactions among these factors and microglia in Alzheimer's disease are unclear. Herein, we: discuss the biological effects of air pollution, chronic stress, gut microbiota, sleep patterns, physical exercise, cigarette smoking, and caffeine consumption on microglia; consider how unhealthy lifestyle factors influence individual susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease; and present the neuroprotective effects of a healthy lifestyle. Toward intervening and controlling these environmental risk factors at an early Alzheimer's disease stage, understanding the role of microglia in Alzheimer's disease development, and targeting strategies to target microglia, could be essential to future Alzheimer's disease treatments.
Plasma cell myeloma with double M bands on Serum protein electrophoresis: A diagnostic conundrum?
Authors: Misra Sunayana , Singh Anu , Kumar Vijay
Published: December 2023

Plasma cell myeloma (PCM) is a monoclonal gammopathy (MGM) characterized by proliferation of abnormal clone of plasma cells infiltrating the bone marrow with consequent end organ damage. The clonal plasma cells secrete a single clone of immunoglobulins (Ig) leading to presence of M-protein in the serum and/or urine. The M-protein is appreciated as a discrete band on serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) in the gamma globulin region, also called the M-band. Biclonal gammopathy (BGM) occurs due to neoplastic transformation of a plasma cell clone undergoing Ig class switching or due to an independent neoplastic transformation event yielding proliferation of unrelated plasma cell clones, therefore resulting in two distinct M-bands on SPE. It is, however, vital to distinguish a true BGM from an apparent one (MGM presenting with two distinct bands on SPE) so as to make an accurate diagnosis. Hereby, we report a case of a 61-year-old man, diagnosed with PCM and presenting with two discrete bands on SPE (simulating a BGM) which turned out to be monoclonal in nature.
Prognostic significance of nadir PSA value and time to nadir PSA in patients with metastatic castration-naive prostate cancer receiving first-line hormonotherapy
Authors: İnci Bediz Kurt , Gürler Fatih , Sütcüoğlu Osman , Baştuğ Vural , Yazıcı Ozan , Üner Aytuğ , Özet Ahmet , Özdemir Nuriye
Published: December 2023

Background:

The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of the time duration to reach the lowest prostate-specific antigen (PSA) from the onset of first-line hormonal treatment (time to nadir PSA, TTNpsa) on survival in castration-naive metastatic prostate cancer (CN-MPC) patients.

Methods:

Eighty patients who had PSA response >80% with first-line hormonal therapy (luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, LH-RH analog +/- bicalutamide) were included in this study.

Results:

Under androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), a significant positive correlation was found between TTNpsa, nadir PSA (Npsa) duration, and progression-free survival (PFS) (p < 0.001) and overall survival (OS) (p < 0.001). There was no correlation between TTNpsa and Npsa duration. TTNpsa and Npsa durations were independently correlated with PFS and OS. In patients with TTNpsa value ≥19 weeks, the median PFS was 126 (95% CI, 68–184) weeks compared with TTNpsa <19-week group in which the median PFS was 44 (95% CI, 26–62) weeks (p = 0.033). In patients with TTNpsa value ≥19 weeks, the median OS was 242 (95% CI, 169–315) weeks compared with TTNpsa <19-week group in which the OS was 156 (95% CI, 89–223) weeks (p = 0.018). The median nadir PSA value was 1 ng/mL. The median PFS was significantly longer in the patient group with ≤1 ng/mL (137 weeks, 95% CI, 50–224) compared with the group with >1 ng/mL (41 weeks, 95% CI, 34–48) (p < 0.001). The median OS was significantly longer in the patient group with nadir PSA ≤1 ng/mL (296 weeks, 95% CI, 220–272) compared to the group with >1 ng/mL (131 weeks, 95% CI, 84–178) (p = 0.002). In patients with nadir PSA ≤1 ng/mL (n = 40), there was no relationship between TTNpsa and Npsa duration with both PFS and OS. However, in patients with nadir PSA >1 ng/mL (n = 40) subgroup, there was a significant positive correlation between TTNpsa and PFS, and OS (p < 0.001, P = 0.016, respectively).

Conclusion:

In CN-MPC who received first-line ADT, especially in the group with the nadir PSA value >1 ng/mL, the duration of TTNpsa was positively correlated with PFS and OS.
The clinical impacts of the prognostic nutritional index for the esophageal cancer patients who received curative treatment
Authors: Aoyama Toru , Atsumi Yosuke , Kawahara Shinnosuke , Tamagawa Hiroshi , Tamagawa Ayako , Maezawa Yukio , Kano Kazuki , Murakawa Masaaki , Kazama Keisuke , Numata Masakatsu , Oshima Takashi , Yukawa Norio , Masuda Munetaka , Rino Yasushi
Published: December 2023

Background:

We investigated the impact of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) on esophageal cancer survival and recurrence after curative treatment.

Methods:

This study included 120 patients who underwent curative surgery followed by the adjuvant treatment for esophageal cancer between 2008 and 2018. The risk factors for overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) were identified.

Results:

The PNI of 49 was regarded to be the optimal critical point of classification considering the 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year survival rate. The OS rates at three and five years after surgery were 47.4% and 36.0% in the PNI low group, respectively, and 62.5% and 56.5% in the PNI high group, which amounted to a statistically significant difference (P = 0.020). The RFS rates at three and five years after surgery were 31.0% and 24.8% in the PNI low group, respectively, and 50.9% and 42.8% in the PNI high group, which amounted to a statistically significant difference (P = 0.020). A multivariate analysis demonstrated that the PNI was a significant independent risk factor for the OS and a marginally significant independent risk factor forRFS.

Conclusion:

The PNI was a risk factor for survival in patients who underwent curative treatment for esophageal cancer. It is necessary to develop the effective plan of the perioperative care and the surgical strategy according to the PNI.
Clinicopathological profile and survival analysis of esophageal carcinoma: A retrospective study in a tertiary care hospital in Northeast India
Authors: Baidya Kishalay , Devi Yumkhaibam Sobita , Rai Hari K. , Devi Ningthoujam D. , Sinam Neeta , Kilari Gowtham L. T.
Published: December 2023

Background:

Esophageal cancer (EC) is an extremely aggressive tumor with one of the highest geographic, ethnic, and gender variations. Various factors including tobacco consumption, unhealthy diet, and socioeconomic status have been implicated in the etiology of EC. Despite the advent of modern treatments, the prognosis of EC is dismal. This study has been undertaken to review the clinical and pathologic profiles, treatment approach, and survival pattern in patients with EC in a tertiary care hospital in northeast India.

Materials and Methods:

A retrospective descriptive study was done with 179 EC patients presented to our department between January 2013 and December 2020. Statistical analysis was done by using IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 21. P- value <0.05 was considered significant.

Results:

The majority of the patients presented in the sixth decade of life from rural areas with male to female ratio of 3.7:1. Dysphagia was the most common presenting feature. High incidence of tobacco and alcohol use was found. Mid-esophagus is the most common site and squamous cell carcinoma is the most common type. Fifty-two (29.1%) and 71 (39.6%) patients presented in stages III and IV, respectively. Twenty-four (13.4%) patients presented with metastatic disease, the lung being the most common site. Patients were treated with surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or combination of any of these. Overall median survival for the EC patients was 6 months. Patients treated with concurrent chemoradiation had better survival.

Conclusion:

EC is a serious malignancy with a dismal prognosis due to the advanced stage at presentation. Larger clinical trials using new therapeutic strategies are the need of the hour.
Rate of propagation for the Fisher-KPP equation with nonlocal diffusion and free boundaries
Authors: Du Yihong , Ni Wenjie
Published: December 2023

In this paper, we obtain sharp estimates for the rate of propagation of the Fisher-KPP equation with nonlocal diffusion and free boundaries. The nonlocal diffusion operator is given by

\int_{\R}J(x-y)u(t,y)\,dy-u(t,x)

, and our estimates hold for some typical classes of kernel functions 

J(x)

. For example, if for

|x|\gg 1

the kernel function satisfies

J(x)\sim |x|^{-\gamma}

with

\gamma>1

, then it follows from [Y. Du et al., J. Math. Pures Appl. 154, 30–66 (2021)] that there is a finite spreading speed when

\gamma>2

, namely the free boundary

x=h(t)

satisfies

\lim_{t\to\infty}h(t)/t=c_{0}

for some uniquely determined positive constant

c_{0}

depending on

J

, and when

\gamma\in (1, 2]

,

\lim_{t\to\infty}h(t)/t=\infty

; the estimates in the current paper imply that, for

t\gg 1

,

c_{0}t-h(t)\sim
\begin{cases}1&\text{ when $\gamma>3$,}\\
\ln t&\text{ when }\gamma=3,\\
t^{3-\gamma}&\text{ when }\gamma\in (2, 3),\\
\end{cases}
\qquad
h(t)\sim
\begin{cases}
t\ln t&\text{ when }\gamma =2,\\
t^{1/(\gamma-1)}&\text{ when }\gamma\in (1,2).
\end{cases}

Our approach is based on subtle integral estimates and constructions of upper and lower solutions, which rely crucially on guessing correctly the order of growth of the term to be estimated. The techniques developed here lay the groundwork for extensions to more general situations.