bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Steps for the Realization of a Medium-power Photovoltaic Park
Authors: Deaconu Sorin Ioan , Topor Marcel , Blaj Alexandru Mihai , Bu Feifei
Published: October 2024

The design of photovoltaic parks has become in Romania, now, one of the most profitable and safe investments in the field of renewable energy sources, not only at present, but even more so in the future. Solar photovoltaic parks are favored by maximum exposure to solar radiation, a minimal impact on the environment, allowing the production of energy with a cost per kWp lower than that of other installations. The execution period of a photovoltaic park varies between 3-6 months depending on location and weather conditions. Romania has a high degree of solar radiation, suitable for investment in photovoltaic parks. There are three categories of documents required for the establishment of a photovoltaic park: those related of the land on which the park is build, the solution study for obtaining the technical approval for connection (ATR) to the electrical grid and obtaining the establishment authorization. The realization costs involved in building and designing a photovoltaic park are between 1.1-1.9 Euro/Watt. The quality of the equipment used in construction, the shape of the land, the costs of connection to the national electrical grid, are factors that can constitute the cost of realization. Another important factor in terms of income is the level of operational expenses, which is between 2% and 8% of the annual income and includes security, equipment and land maintenance, system monitoring. The paper will present a technical and economic calculation for a photovoltaic park with a power of 400 kW.
Ease of Articulation in Selecting First Names
Authors: AL-Siyami Alawiya
Published: October 2024

Investigating the ease of articulation in selecting names contributes to emphasizing the effect of articulatory features on speech perception and production. It explains why some names are distinctive among multi-semantic references and sociocultural dominance and are more likely appropriate for one sex than the other. This study explores how distinctive features of phonemes subconsciously derive our conception of first names, regardless of rich meanings or morphological endings. It argues that all selected names demonstrate articulatory-easy phonemes. Sex distinction is assumed to attribute phonemes of easier configurations to characterize girl names more than boy names. By inspecting a sample that exhibited no feminine suffixes or compounding structures, the study analyzed the phonemic components based on the articulatory-ease module. The findings justified equivalent preference of boy names and girl names to the ease of bilabial, coronal, voiceless features, and disyllabic structures. However, interest in names with easier anterior coronal sonorants, posterior distributed strident and glottal dominated the selected girl names in line with sound symbolism. Moreover, prominent everlasting names indicated a mechanism of articulatory ease that identified one essential unit to develop a unique smooth flow of phonemes. The distinctive characteristic features of this unit marked sex distinction and determined popularity.
KEYWORDS
articulatory mechanism, articulatory module, conserving effort, distinctive features, prominent names, sound symbolism
Modernisasi Pesantren Salaf Terhadap Transisi Kehidupan Sosial Dalam Tinjauan Filsafat Sosial
Authors: Nurmahmudah Nurmahmudah
Published: October 2024

Salaf pesantren is one of the Islamic educational institutions that has a great influence and contribution to Indonesia in encouraging the progress of science and character education. So it is appropriate to study the renewal carried out by these salaf pesantrens. The renewal carried out by these salaf pesantren is a form of answering the needs of a dynamic society. So the review conducted in this paper is to look at the innovation of Hidayatut Thullab pesantren in the review of social philosophy, so the question in this paper is how the social inetarchy relationship between the characters produced between the community or the pesantren family and the educational innovations it makes to society as a whole. The method used is a combination of literature studies and field studies, using the domain analysis method, componen analysis, taxonomy analysis, and cultural theme analysis, the purpose of this method is to find the construction of social situations clearly. The results of the analysis of this paper are, that this semi-modern salaf pesantren has been able to build its social culture clearly, because it is assisted by a curriculum, adequate Islamic material and the environment of pesantren life based on salaf culture, so that the character of social interaction is clearly illustrated as a family or pesantren community that has a strong Islamic identity, a thick cultural culture and tak'dzim to the kiaiKiyai. However, because the innovation is only limited to the digitalisation of online mass media-based da'wah communication, the impact is only in the field of da'wah, and the social environment is also still limited to the relationship network environment, not yet to a more famous national level, as we know that the world of digital communication still needs something unique so that it goes viral and is widely known and captures more people. While the pesantren's relationship with the surrounding community as a form of social interaction has not been carried out optimally, because it is still confined to the salaf pesantren system with a traditional classical paradigm, thus making the salaf pesantren movement more limited than modern pesantren, such as the lack of cooperation between pesantren as a whole as educational institutions to the government and NGOs in order to obtain integrated activities, adequate facilities, teacher support and so on.
Спасательная интрацитоплазматическая инъекцию сперматозоида (Re-ICSI) на следующий день после неудачи стандартного экстракорпорального оплодотворения
Authors: Сабинина Д.К. , Сверкунова Н.В. , Бобров К.Ю. , Архангельская И.Б.
Published: October 2024

Актуальность: Полная неудача оплодотворения (total fertilization failure, TFF) в циклах с оплодотворением методом стандартного экстракорпорального оплодотворения (ЭКО) по литературным данным происходит в 2,3-3,5% от всех выполненных программ. После TFF проводят позднюю спасательную интрацитоплазматическую инъекцию сперматозоида (rescue intracytoplasmic sperm injection, Re-ICSI). В изученной литературе нет единого мнения о целесообразности проведения Re-ICSI.
Цель исследования – анализ собственных данных по Re-ICSI и определение тактики ведения таких пациентов.
Материал и методы: Данное ретроспективное, когортное, обсервационное, одноцентровое исследование было проведено в клинике “АВА ПЕТЕР” (Санкт-Петербург, Россия) с 2009 по первое полугодие 2023 года. Анализировались циклы с полным отсутствием оплодотворения после проведения стандартного ЭКО. В исследовании пациентки были разделены на две возрастные группы: первая группа младше 35 лет, вторая группа 35 лет и старше. Возрастной диапазон пациенток 21-45 лет (средний возраст – 34,3 года).
Результаты: Доля циклов с TFF в программах со стандартным ЭКО, составила в первой группе 1,9%, во второй группе 3,9%. Количество эмбрионов доступных для переноса или криоконсервации в программах с Re-ICSI составляло 30,8%. В первой группе 69,5% программ заканчивались переносом или криоконсервацией, во второй группе – 42,9% (р <0,05).
Частота наступления клинической беременности (ЧНБ) после проведения Re-ICSI составила 27,1% и 8,2% для первой и второй групп, соответственно (р<0,05). Частота живорождения на 108 выполненных Re-ICSI составила 13%, в том числе 18,6% и 6,1% для первой и второй групп, соответственно (р<0,05). При переносе в свежих циклах ЧКБ – 24%, при переносе в крио циклах ЧКБ – 37,5% (р<0,05).
Заключение: Re-ICSI может быть рекомендовано в случае TFF при оплодотворении методом ЭКО. Полученные зиготы следует культивировать до стадии бластоцисты, замораживать и переносить в криоциклах. Эффективность процедуры зависит от возраста пациентки и значительно снижается для группы 35 лет и старше.
Второй эмбрион низкого качества на перенос: влияние на исход программы ВРТ
Authors: Полумискова А.О. , Джусубалиев Н.М.
Published: October 2024

Актуальность: На сегодняшний день успех программы ВРТ определяется, как рождение одного здорового ребенка. Многоплодная беременность рассматривается как неблагоприятный исход, связанный с ВРТ, что приводит к высоким показателям материнской и перинатальной смертности и заболеваемости. В целях сокращения рисков наступления многоплодной беременности, нужно уменьшить количество эмбрионов на перенос. Учитывая высокую частоту живорождения после переноса бластоцист, многие клиники по лечению бесплодия отказываются от применения переноса двух эмбрионов (double embryo transfer, DET) в пользу переноса одного эмбриона (single embryo transfer, SET).
Цель исследования – установление влияния бластоцист низкого качества и отстающих эмбрионов в развитии, при переносе вместе с бластоцистой хорошего качества на исходы беременности.
Материалы и методы: В настоящем исследовании были проанализированы данные пациенток возрастом до 34 лет, прошедших программу ЭКО-ИКСИ с января 2015 года по декабрь 2020 года. Сравнивались исходы «свежих» переносов на пятый день развития: 1 бластоциста хорошего качества (SET-БХК), 1 бластоциста хорошего качества + 1 бластоциста низкого качества (БХК+БНК), 1 бластоциста хорошего качества + 1 ранняя бластоциста или морула (БХК+РБМ), 2 бластоцисты хорошего качества (DET-БХК) – контрольная группа.
Результаты: Достоверной разницы в частоте наступления клинической, прогрессирующей беременности и живорождения при сравнении группы SET-БХК с группами БХК+БНК, БХК+РБМ не обнаружено. Частота многоплодия (2 и более плодов  на 6 неделях беременности) была достоверна ниже в группе SET-БХК в сравнении с группами БХК+БНК, БХК+РБМ.
Заключение: Перенос дополнительного эмбриона низкого качества (бластоциста низкого качества, ранняя бластоциста или морула пятого дня развития) не позволяет повысить частоту наступления клинической беременности и живорождения, однако значительно увеличивает частоту многоплодных беременностей.
Detection of Chemical Contaminants in Water for Irrigation Systems: A Systematic Review
Authors: Zainurin Siti Nadhirah , Wan Ismail Wan Zakiah , Ismail Irneza , Jamaludin Juliza
Published: October 2024

Water pollution is a detrimental issue that occurs when there are bad changes in water quality parameters. It directly disrupts water usage and poses a danger to society, environment, economy, and agriculture. Water quality should be monitored to alert authorities on water pollution, so that action can be taken quickly. Improper water management pollutes rivers and lakes in Malaysia such as Klang River, Semenyih River, Kim Kim River, Slim River, and others. Various techniques are introduced to detect contaminants in water such as electronic sensors, biosensor approaches, laboratory analysis, and optical techniques. The functionality tool varies depending on the specific contaminants or parameters that are targeted, and the resources allocated. Several common contaminant types are found in polluted water including heavy metals, organic and inorganic chemicals, industrial pollutants, suspended solids, and others. The objective of the review is to study various non-optical and optical contaminant detection methods in water to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the methods. In this review, water pollution problems mainly due to the agricultural sector in several countries are discussed. Besides, conventional, and modern methods are compared in terms of parameters, complexity, and reliability. We believe that conventional methods are costly and complex, whereas modern methods are also expensive but simpler with real-time detection. Recent contaminant detection methods in water are also reviewed to study any loopholes in the latest methods. We found that the spectroscopy method based on light propagation theory is suitable and one of the promising methods for chemical contaminants detection for water quality analysis. This method offers fast analysis time, high sensitivity detection, non-invasive analysis, provides reliable data, and others. Undoubtedly, some contaminants in water can be challenging to be identified rapidly and confidently even though there are numerous tools and techniques available for water quality analysis. Thus, the review is important to compare previous methods and to improve current chemical contaminants detection analysis in terms of reliability with a minimum operating system and cost effectiveness.
Effectiveness of the Application of the Six Sigma Model for the Productivity of an Organic Banana Exporting Company
Authors: Cruz Salinas Luis Edgardo , García Juárez Hugo Daniel , Garay Robles Gerardo , Mantecón Licea Oscar
Published: October 2024

The highly competitive landscape of current markets forces companies to adopt effective models to improve their processes and increase their production levels. This study was carried out in an organic banana exporting company, to determine the impact on productivity when applying the Six Sigma methodology. The study had a quantitative approach, applied modality, with a pre-experimental design and an explanatory level. The techniques for collecting information were observation and documentary analysis. After implementing the five phases of the model, an increase of 24.7% in productivity was obtained; Likewise, it was observed that the process capacity would have gone from 0.60 to 1.16, and the Sigma level would have increased from 2.9 to 3.8, causing a lower number of defects per million opportunities in production.
Research on the Delineation Method of Urban Community Living Circle Based on Transportation Network Analysis in Yuanping, China
Authors: Ma Xiaoting , Utaberta Nangkula , Zainordin Nadzirah
Published: October 2024

In the context of accelerating global urbanization and the demands for high-quality and sustainable development, the exploration of an urban community living area delineation method based on traffic network analysis offers a fresh perspective for defining urban living areas. This paper employs a traffic network analysis method rooted in objective analysis. It leverages open-source big data on Points of Interest (POI) from public facilities and road network data obtained from relevant urban planning to construct a comprehensive road network dataset for the central urban area. Following the construction of the road network dataset, the paper conducts a service area and accessibility analysis of public facilities, which serves as an initial step in outlining the boundaries of the urban community living area. Subsequently, the delineation is further refined by considering factors such as development boundaries, as well as natural and man-made constraints such as rivers, railways, and major roads. The boundaries of the urban community living area undergo further adjustments, taking into account the scope of the development boundary and various constraining elements such as rivers, railways, and main roads. A final revision is made by considering subjective factors, where the boundaries of the ten-minute urban community living area are ultimately determined through extensive communication and coordination with various stakeholders. This approach is aimed at meeting the current societal development needs, which include breaking down segregation, fostering social interactions, strengthening neighbourly relationships, enhancing overall quality of life, promoting sustainable development, and creating a more humane and sustainable city. Its ultimate goal is to enable residents to feel a sense of belonging and happiness within the bustling urban environment.
Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Adaptively Reused Historical Ecological Buildings in Egypt: The Case of Wekalet Al-Ghoury
Authors: Shamseldin Rewan , Ezzeldin Sherif
Published: October 2024

Ecological historical buildings were originally designed to maintain acceptable Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) for their users and their intended activity. The adaptive reuse of these buildings is considered a great potential opportunity. As a result, these structures and their passive applied strategies might be no longer as effective as they once were. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the user satisfaction with IEQ in an adaptively reused historical ecological building; Wekalet Al-Ghoury. This post-occupancy evaluation was conducted using a mixed method approach that involved the use of a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. Quantitative results of the questionnaire were statistically evaluated using SPSS software and interviews were thematically analyzed. The questionnaire was first use to capture responses’ diversity among staff and tenants, the semi-structured interview has then helped to discuss and justify quantitative findings. Occupants were generally satisfied with thermal and acoustic conditions and dissatisfied the most with the low level of IEQ control, poor indoor air quality and inconsistent light distribution. On the other hand, the interview has reflected responsive occupant behaviour to perform their work where occupants are free to change their place, change their working hours and introduce some movable lighting and ventilation equipment.
Bibliometric Computational Mapping Analysis of Publications of Marine and Fisheries Education using VOSviewer
Authors: Satibi Ahmad , Rudi Mad , Rouf Ahmad Beni , Yulda  , Cahyadi Ferry Dwi , Arifin Willdan Afrizal , Nurulpaik Iik , Supriatna Encep
Published: October 2024

This study investigates the research development in marine and fisheries engineering education employing a bibliometric approach with VOSviewer analysis. The article data was obtained from the Google Scholar database using the Publish or Perish Reference Manager application. The search method is guided by the title and abstract of the publication, which refer to the terms "Mechanical Marine and Fisheries in Education". A total of 800 relevant papers, indexed by Google Scholar, were discovered throughout a 10-year period from 2012 to 2022. The results show that marine and fishery engineering research in the field of education is categorized into eight clusters. The first cluster, focused on marine engineering education, has a total link strength of 748 terms. The second cluster, centred around management marine fishing, has a total link strength of 872 terms. The third cluster, related to mechanical damage, has a total link strength of 81 terms. The fourth cluster, concerning mechanical properties, has a total link strength of 275 terms. The fifth cluster, dedicated to marine ecosystems, has a total link strength of 711 terms. The sixth cluster, focused on fishing grounds, has a total link strength of 444 terms. The seventh cluster, centred around national marine fisheries, has a total link strength of 195 terms. Lastly, the eighth cluster, related to fishing resources, has a total link strength of 200 terms. The number of publications from 2012 to 2016 exhibited an upward trend, with the values being 46, 55, 58, 75, and 77, respectively. In 2017 the number of publications decreased to 66. From 2018 to 2021, it increased again (67, 87, 97, 100). By mid-2022, there were 59 publications. We conducted an extensive analysis of numerous published articles on marine and fisheries engineering in education, focusing specifically on issue areas, using VOSviewer. This research serves as a foundation for future investigations.
SBAC-SDN: A Scalable Blockchain-based Access Control in Northbound Interface for Multi-Controller SDN with Load Balancing Mechanism
Authors: Zainal Zulkarnain , Abdullah Azizol , Hakim Fahrul , Abdullah Muhammad Daniel Hafiz
Published: October 2024

Abstract The rapid adoption of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has not only revolutionized network management but also presented challenges in scalability and security, particularly in multi-controller environments. This paper introduces a load balancing technique aimed at enhancing the scalability of the Northbound interface, a critical component often susceptible to performance bottlenecks. The experimental setup utilized Mininet and Ryu to create a simulated multi-controller SDN environment, where SBAC-SDN was thoroughly evaluated based on CPU and memory usage, response times, and error rates. The results showed substantial improvements in critical performance indicators, confirming the effectiveness of the load balancing technique in addressing scalability challenges. The findings indicate that the system can be scaled without excessive resource consumption, as CPU usage peaked at 60.3% and memory usage remained below 8 GB even with eight controllers. The stable average response times were consistently below 1 s, and the high throughput, ranging from 4.34 to 4.67 requests per second, further demonstrates the efficiency of the system. The error rate remained 0.0% across all configurations, highlighting the robustness of the implemented security measures. This study contributes to ongoing efforts to improve the scalability and overall robustness of SDNs, aligning with the broader goals of reliability and efficiency in network management.
Harnessing the Power of Technology in Statistics Education: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Study
Authors: Irawan Edi , Rosjanuardi Rizky , Prabawanto Sufyani
Published: October 2024

This study aims to conduct a bibliometric mapping of research articles on technology in statistics education. The articles under analysis are those published in English-language journals and indexed in the Scopus database. VOSviewer and Bibliometrix software were employed in the data analysis. The search yielded 59 relevant articles published since 1985, with a 1.84% annual growth rate, an average of 11.02 citations per document, and an average document age of 13.7 years. The publications involved 135 authors from 31 countries, with an average of 2.44 co-authors per document. The research findings revealed the formation of five clusters through networking visualization. Based on the thematic map using Bibliometrix, we identified that "higher education" and "R" are themes that have shown significant development and are crucial for shaping the technology field in statistics education. This bibliometric analysis provides ideas and references for selecting current, potential, and evolving research themes related to technology in statistics education.
Implementation of Electrical Engineering Curriculum in the Era of Industry 4.0 in Indonesia: Stakeholder Participants Qualitative Interviews
Authors: Wulandari Ike Yuni , Mulyanti Budi , Widiaty Isma , Andriana  , Indroasyoko Narwikant , Atasi In’ya Yuri
Published: October 2024

The rapid development of science and technology has led to fundamental changes in terms of qualifications, competencies, and requirements to enter the industrial world. This has led to the adjustment of the effectiveness of collaboration between industry and higher engineering education, thus necessitating further consideration of engineering higher education curricula that are oriented towards the industrial revolution. The aim of this study is to examine how the electrical engineering curriculum can be adjusted and improved to be more relevant to the technological advancements and industrial demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution era in Indonesia. This qualitative descriptive study utilizes the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) method and semi-structured online interviews. Stakeholder participants including the heads of Electrical Engineering programs in the top twenty universities in Indonesia have been involved in this study. We explore perspectives on the implementation of the electrical engineering curriculum, its rationale, objectives, methods, and challenges in its execution. Herewith, curriculum revisions are deemed necessary while still adhering to the fundamental principles based on accreditation institution guidelines. The findings highlight that incorporating the latest technologies with a focus on practical skills relevant to the development of Industry 4.0 is essential. The latest technology supporting practical skills for electrical engineering students needs to be improved. Active involvement from all parties in the curriculum implementation is the key to producing competent graduates prepared to face global challenges in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Public Transport Delay Prediction using Deep Learning
Authors: Mohd Rum Siti Nurulain , Meor Yusoff Meor Muhammad Nazmi , Mahdi Amalia
Published: October 2024

A system of trains, buses, subways, ferries, and other vehicles that are accessible to the public is referred to as public transportation, also known as public transit or mass transit. These networks are usually run by private or public organisations are made to efficiently transport large numbers of people in urban and suburban areas. It usually operates on set schedules and routes and has a listed fare for each journey. Long wait periods and lengthy travel times resulting from delays are two problems that frequently plague public transportation services. There are several things that can cause a delay in public transport, such as an excess of passengers, heavy traffic, accidents, and other unforeseen circumstances. The availability of a more accurate delay prediction for public transportation might increase users’ confidence and their willingness to pay more for transit services. Over the past two decades, a number of studies on prediction algorithms for transportation data have been proposed. Most of the work is on machine learning model development, focusing on delay prediction and taking into account several factors such as weather conditions and infrastructure issues. This paper proposes a deep learning model to predict public transportation delays using data from public transportation and the weather. The results obtained from this research work are compared with several other existing works. Our experiment has demonstrated that the deep neural network (DNN) is the best model to predict transit delay compared to several other machine learning and deep learning models.
потенциально токсичные цианобактерии в водоемах северо-востока Русской равнины
Authors: Кутявина Т. И. , Кондакова Л. В. , Ашихмина Т. Я.
Published: October 2024

For the first time, a search for potentially toxigenic cyanobacteria was carried out in the Belokholunitsky and Omutninsky reservoirs of the Kirov region, used for cultural, domestic and recreational purposes, using molecular genetic approaches. In the summer phytoplankton of the studied reservoirs, 54 species were identified, including 15 species of cyanobacteria. Successful amplification of sections of the mcyE and anaC genes in «planktonic» DNA samples confirmed the presence in water of cyanobacteria that are dangerous to humans, potentially capable of producing microcystins and anatoxin-a. The likely producers of cyanotoxins in the studied reservoirs may be cyanobacteria of the genera Microcystis, Dolichospermum, Aphanizomenon and Cuspidothrix, found in all surveyed areas of the reservoirs. Genetic markers for the production of cylindrospermopsin and saxitoxins were not detected in water samples from the studied reservoirs.
ГЕЛЬМИНТОКОПРОСКОПИЯ ДИКОГО СЕВЕРНОГО ОЛЕНЯ И ОВЦЕБЫКА В МАГАДАНСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ
Authors: Логинова О. А. , Сипко Т. П. , Эрнандес-Бланко Х. А. , Плотникова Ю. К.
Published: October 2024

In 2022, 21 samples of wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus phylarcus) feces and 27 samples of muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) feces were collected in the Magadan Region, Russia. The material was examined in accordance with GOST R 54627-2011 «Agricultural ruminants: Methods for laboratory diagnosis of helminth infections». Larvae of Protostrongylinae were found in one of the samples from reindeer. These larvae meet criteria for the lung worm Orthostrongylus macrotis previously found in wild reindeer from Taimyr. This finding contributes to the suggestion that Orthostrongylus was not introduced to Palearctic from Nearctic with muskoxen, and that reindeer indeed can be final hosts for Protostrongylins. No other worms were found in the rest sample set. This might be a result of age-related immunity of both reindeer and muskoxen. As reindeer inhabit isolated mountain area, and muskoxen were brought to Zavyalov Island in 2018–2020, it is doubtful that their helminth fauna could influence each other.
Gescheiden werelden? De etnische signatuur van vrijetijdscontacten van minderheden
Authors: Dagevos Jaco , Iedema Jurjen , Schellingerhout Roelof
Published: October 2024

Sociaal-culturele integratie kan zichtbaar worden gemaakt door te kijken in hoeverre leden van etnische minderheden in hun vrije tijd contacten onderhouden met autochtone Nederlanders. Etnische groepen blijken wat dit betreft sterk teverschillen: Turken zijn het meest gericht op contacten binnen hun eigen groep, terwijl Surinamers het vaakst een gemengde vriendengroep hebben. De afstand tussen allochtonen en autochtonen is de afgelopen jaren niet afgenomen. Turken en Marokkanen hebben in de afgelopen tien jaar zelfs minder sociale contacten met Nederlanders gekregen. Jaco Dagevos verklaart deze groeiende socialeafstand uit toenemende ruimtelijke segregatie: hierdoor is de kans kleinergeworden dat leden van verschillende etnische groepen elkaar tegenkomen.
De socioloog als schizofreen
Authors: Schinkel Willem
Published: October 2024

De socioloog als schizofreen
De nieuwe wereld van de mediasport
Authors: van den Heuvel Mark
Published: October 2024

Boekbespreking: Ruud Stokvis (2003) Sport, publiek en de media. Amsterdam: Aksant.
Geen clubbers en politiek activisten, maar sporters: over het ontstaan en de relevantie van een homolesbische sportbeweging
Authors: Sylvain Ferez , Agnes Elling , Kirsten Beukenkamp
Published: October 2024

Homosportorganisaties vormen een alternatief voor reguliere, heteronormatieve, sportverenigingen, maar ook voor de homolesbische subculturen die meer gericht zijn op politiek activisme, en de meer hedonistische en consumptieve fitness- en uitgaanscultuur. Ferez, Elling en Beukenkamp laten zien hoe binnen de homolesbische sportbeweging sprake is van reproductie en uitdaging van stereotype beelden van het lichaam, seksualiteit en politieke betekenisgeving. Leden van homolesbische sportorganisaties onderhandelen tussen diverse identiteiten als ‘activisten’, ‘clubbers’ en ‘sporters’.
Geuren van mannelijkheid: de verbreiding van parfumgebruik door mannen in de twintigste eeuw
Authors: Marcello Aspira
Published: October 2024

Het gebruik van parfums heeft geruime tijd vrijwel exclusief behoord tot het vrouwelijke domein, maar vanaf de jaren vijftig van de vorige eeuw is dat gaan veranderen. Inmiddels is het gebruik van parfums door mannen wijdverbreid. Dit artikel beschrijft deze trend en interpreteert haar als manifestatie van nieuwe opvattingen over mannelijkheid, waarin meer ruimte is ontstaan voor voorheen als vrouwelijk beschouwde voorkeuren en gedragswijzen.
Analogieën, bestaanstechnologieën en oppermachtige goden in voorindustriële samenlevingen
Authors: Nienke Moor , Wout Ultee , Ariana Need
Published: October 2024

Voorindustriële samenlevingen verschillen in de godsbeelden die mensen hanteren. Om deze godsdienstige verscheidenheid te verklaren, verbinden de auteurs het ecologisch evolutionisme van Lenski met de these van Topitsch dat mensen het onbekende duiden naar analogie met het bekende. Hierbij kan het bekende bestaan uit vitale processen, maatschappelijke verhoudingen en technische vaardigheden. Uit de combinatie van deze twee theorieën worden hypothesen over verbanden tussen samenlevingskenmerken en godsbeelden afgeleid, die worden getoetst met gegevens uit Murdocks Standard Cross-Cultural Sample.
Secularisation: religious and political
Authors: Randall Collins
Published: October 2024

Secularisering kan in conflict-dynamische termen worden begrepen: dat is het uitgangspunt van Randall Collins in deze verstrekkende beschouwing over de parallellen en samenhangen tussen religieuze en politiek-ideologische ontwikkelingen. Religieuze secularisering en politieke pacificatie worden beide bezien als fasen in een cyclisch proces waarin een periode van polarisatie, toenemende militantie en geweld telkens wordt afgewisseld door een van matiging, opportunisme en compromisbereidheid. Collins onderbouwt deze these met diverse historische voorbeelden, inclusief de Amerikaanse reactie op de gebeurtenissen van 11 september 2001.
Sociologie van de volte
Authors: Kees Schmidt
Published: October 2024

‘Vol = vol’ roepen de tegenstanders van een in hun ogen te ruimhartig immigratie- en asielbeleid. Maar ook zonder ‘allochtonen’ zou Nederland ‘vol’ dan wel ‘druk’ zijn geweest. En wat is ‘vol’? Kun je objectief bepalen wanneer een ruimtelijke eenheid vol is? Of zit het in de mensenmaatschappij allemaal ‘tussen de oren’, is het allemaal relatief en zijn mensen te flexibel voor een dergelijke absolute grens? Een sociologische beschouwing die een geheel ander licht werpt op de problematiek van de volte dan het huidige, op immigratie toegespitste publieke debat.
Over vriendschap en gelijkheid in Engeland en Duitsland: Introducing versus Duzen
Authors: Cas Wouters
Published: October 2024

Waarom zijn de sociale regels voor vriendschap en de omgang op voet van gelijkheid zo verschillend in Duitsland en Engeland? In dit artikel laat Wouters zien dat beide landen verschillende formaliteit-informaliteitsmarges kennen. In Engeland is die bandbreedte relatief smaller: mits in goed gezelschap, gewaarborgd door een verfijnd systeem van introduction, is ook in formele situaties informeel gedrag toelaatbaar, terwijl in informele situaties niet-geïntroduceerde strangers met formeel aandoende reserves bejegend kunnen worden. Duitsland kent een bredere marge: het publieke terrein vereist formele en van hiërarchie doordrongen omgangsvormen terwijl de informaliteit en gelijkheid van Bruderschaft alleen mogelijk is in het privédomein. Wouters verklaart de sociogenese van deze verschillende regels uit veranderingen in de nationale klassenstructuur, nationale integratie en patronen van emotieregulering.
Adagia van verantwoordelijkheid en macht: Kees Schuyt als socioloog en moralist
Authors: Willem Witteveen
Published: October 2024

In deze bijdrage volg ik de rode draad van het denken over verantwoordelijkheid en macht in het veelvormige oeuvre van Schuyt. Ik ga daarbij vooral in op de retorische strategie die van deze sociale wetenschapper ook een aansprekende moralist maakt. Schuyt blinkt uit in gedegen sociologische, historische en conceptuele analyses van maatschappelijke vraagstukken, maar zet op passende momenten de hoed op van de moralist (in de positieve zin van het woord) en richt zich dan tot de lezer door middel van adagia van verantwoordelijkheid en macht.
De sociaaleconomische integratie van immigranten in de EU: een analyse van de effecten van bestemmings- en herkomstlanden op de eerste en tweede generatie
Authors: Fenella Fleischmann , Jaap Dronkers
Published: October 2024

Tot nu toe weigert men in het Europese immigratiebeleid rekening te houden met de landen van herkomst van de verschillende migranten. Neem deze uitspraak van het PvdA-kamerlid Karin Adelmund uit september 2005: ‘Hier hebben wij te maken met een Turks of Marokkaans kind, dus die zal het waarschijnlijk slecht doen op school, terwijl dat Chinese vluchtelingetje hartstikke goed is. Dat is gewoon niet waar, het kan ook andersom.’ Ook wordt verondersteld dat de Europese landen van bestemming min of meer gelijkwaardig zijn en dat de openheid van hun arbeidsmarkt (ontslagrecht) niet het succes van de immigranten beïnvloedt. Ook de individuele godsdienst van immigranten wordt het liefst buiten beschouwing gelaten. Deze analyse van Europese data laat zien dat dit valse aannamen zijn.
Fok de macht: Nederlandse popcultuur als karaoke-amerikanisme
Authors: Jaap Kooijman
Published: October 2024

Sinds 9/11 en de moorden op Pim Fortuyn en Theo van Gogh lijkt het politieke debat in Nederland volledig gericht te zijn op hoe de nationale identiteit bedreigd wordt door moslimfundamentalisme en het vermeende mislukken van het etnisch integratiebeleid. De angst dat de nationale identiteit ondermijnd zou kunnen worden door het cultureel imperialisme van amerikanisering is geheel van de politieke agenda verdwenen. Dit is niet alleen zichtbaar in het ‘serieuze’ publieke debat, maar ook in de popcultuur. De commerciële rapnummers van Raymzter, Ali B, Lange Frans & Baas B en Salah Edin laten zien hoe pop en politiek vermengd zijn, en zijn bovenal goede voorbeelden van amerikanisering als een vorm van actieve culturele toe-eigening.
Thuisvoelen in stedelijke vernieuwing: buurthechting in Nederlandse achterstandswijken
Authors: Peter van der Graaf , Jan Willem Duyvendak
Published: October 2024

Bij het transformeren van probleemwijken naar ‘prachtwijken’ is veel aandacht voor zowel de fysieke, de sociale als de economische aspecten van achterstand. Geen herstructurering is compleet zonder sociale en economische activering van de bewoners. Maar weinig is bekend over de relatie tussen achterstand en emotionele binding: voelen bewoners in achterstandsgebieden zich minder thuis in hun wijk, waardoor ze het liefst zo snel mogelijk willen vertrekken? Of is hun verbondenheid met de buurt, ondanks fysieke en sociale verloedering, een potentiële hulpbron die stedelijke vernieuwers kunnen aanboren om bewoners te mobiliseren voor de verbetering van hun buurt? In dit artikel beantwoorden wij deze vragen op basis van twee dimensies van ‘thuisvoelen’: sociale en fysieke buurthechting.
Patronen van waardering voor beeldende kunst: horizontale en verticale culturele grensoverschrijdingen
Authors: Michaël Berghman , Koen Van Eijck
Published: October 2024

Het gegeven dat culturele omnivoren hoge en lage cultuur combineren, wordt vaak opgevat als een genadeloze kritiek op het werk van Bourdieu. Maar had Bourdieu het eigenlijk niet vooral over een ander soort grens, namelijk die tussen een behoudende bourgeoisie en een kritische avant-garde? Wordt deze ‘horizontale’ grens eveneens overschreden en, zo ja, gebeurt dat dan door dezelfde personen die het onderscheid tussen highbrow en populair aan hun laars lappen?
Wantrouwen in wetenschap: een kwestie van reflexiviteit of maatschappelijk onbehagen?
Authors: Kobe De Keere
Published: October 2024

De wetenschap en haar legertje van wetenschappers zijn niet meer uit onze samenleving weg te denken. Ze genezen ons van ziektes, voorspellen het klimaat en analyseren ons stemgedrag. De wetenschap lijkt, van buitenaf en oppervlakkig gezien althans, stevig haar eigen koers te varen. Recht naar de waarheid en ongeacht de gevolgen van haar onthullingen. Maar de vraag die gesteld moet worden is: wat vindt de samenleving zelf van deze wetenschap? Wie vertrouwt haar zonder morren en wie benadert haar argwanend?
Van God los: post-Christelijk cultureel conflict in Nederland
Authors: Willem de Koster , Peter Achterberg , Dick Houtman , Jeroen van der Waal
Published: October 2024

Internationale waarnemers verbazen zich al tijden over het verhitte integratiedebat dat in Nederland woedt. Ze vragen zich af hoe zoiets mogelijk is in een land dat bekendstaat als baken van seculiere tolerantie. Dit roept de vraag op hoe etnische tolerantie en afwijzing van traditionele christelijke stellingnamen over morele vraagstukken zich tot elkaar verhouden. In dit artikel onderzoeken we daarom of en waarom het aanhangen van een post-Christelijke moraal voor sommigen leidt tot etnische intolerantie, terwijl het voor anderen samengaat met etnische tolerantie.
The role of regional competence centers in local economic development
Authors: Tafra Vitomir , Gardašević Jovana
Published: October 2024

Regional Centers of Competence (RCC) play a key rolein local economic development by enabling better education,increased employability, and economic growth. These centers providetraining in skills demanded by the labor market, thus increasing theemployability of participants. The integration of practical trainingthrough collaboration with industry helps students acquire real workskills. Successful RCCs often have strong partnerships with localcompanies, allowing for training aligned with labor market needs.Providing internships and apprenticeships facilitates the transitionfrom education to employment. Funding for RCCs comes from varioussources, including EU funds, state incentives, and employers. Theinfrastructure and technological resources in RCCs support the learningprocess through adequate facilities, equipment, and qualified staff.Various types of support are available to participants, such as careercounseling and mentorship during and after education. Research showsthat RCCs have a significant role in local community development, buttheir success depends on effective management, sustainable funding,and close cooperation with industrial partners. Recommendations forfurther research are aimed at achieving synergistic effects of RCCs,educational institutions, and industry to ensure their long-term successand positive impact on the local community.
Introduction
Authors: Jones Phil
Published: October 2024

The introduction establishes the scope of the book, positioning it within the general arena of reception studies and also within the specific field of Johnsonian scholarship. It describes what the book means by ‘reading’, ‘representation’ and ‘reception’, and how its overall approach from the methods adopted by other scholars, including Harold Bloom, and Wolfgang Iser. It explains why Johnson attracted the attention of a wide range of major writers over two centuries and provide brief summaries of each chapter’s main arguments, describing how thematic linkages support the book’s synchronic structure. It shows how later writers’ relationship to Johnson was dynamic: impacting both our understanding of Johnson but also their own literary practice and cultural centering.
Johnson and the Moderns
Authors: Jones Phil
Published: October 2024

The final chapter explores how Eliot, Beckett and Borges were drawn to an author who appeared their polar opposite. All re-imagined Johnson, however, as an oddly modern figure. Eliot conscripted Johnson to his critical revolution, to help support his anti-Romantic animus and to underpin his attack on Milton’s poetry, which he, like Johnson, linked to the English Civil War, which, for both writers, represented a breach of the natural order of things. They shared a sense of the inadequacy of experience. Johnson’s elegiac tone may have seeped into Eliot’s verse. Beckett looked to a darker, stranger Johnson. In the 1930s, Beckett wrote an aborted play about Johnson and filled notebooks with examples of Johnson’s aberrant psychology and mathematical obsessions. These themes surfaced in Beckett’s later fiction and drama. Jorge Luis Borges found in Johnson a precursor who, in Rasselas, had produced an anti-realist, weightless fiction akin to his own post-modernist narratives. Borges’ fascination with the double enabled him to re-frame the relationship of Boswell and Johnson, a relationship recapitulated in Borges’ friendship with Adolfo Bioy Casares, who maintained a journal of Borges’s conversation modelled on Boswell’s approach.
The Gentleman Dancing-Master
Authors: Thorp Jennifer
Published: October 2024

This book is a study of the life and work of the most significant dancing-master at the English court throughout the reign of Queen Anne. Francis Thorpe, better known as Mr Isaac, adopted his father’s professional name both as a dancer in Paris and London and subsequently as dancing-master at the court of Princess, later Queen, Anne. Isaac’s career is discussed within the wider context of court culture in late-Stuart London and includes reprints of his twenty-two surviving ball-dances, created either to celebrate Queen Anne’s birthdays or named after individual courtiers or important political events. Isaac championed the new French system of recording dances, now known as Beauchamps-Feuillet dance notation, and was the first in London to commission notators to turn his dances into a publishable form. In due course most of these notations were sold through the music firm of Walsh and Hare, who not only preserved them within the music book trade in London but also attributed much of their music to the court musician James Paisible. Using new information from extensive archival sources, the book follows Isaac’s career as a dancer, teacher, and choreographer of sophisticated danced duets, some of which were also performed in the theatre. By also considering the extant dances from the point of view of a dancer, this study also throws light on Isaac’s elegant, sometimes humorous, and invariably individualistic approach to creating prestigious dances for his day.
Changing Times and Isaac’s Last Years
Authors: Thorp Jennifer
Published: October 2024

Isaac lost his close connection with the royal court after the death of Queen Anne in 1714 but was able to see his brother-in-law Anthony L’Abbé appointed formally to the post of dancing-master to King George I’s eldest grand-daughters. Meanwhile Isaac himself continued to create annual ball-dances from 1715 to 1718; two of these survive in notated form, plus one more for which only the title survives. In 1719, however, Isaac fell mentally ill, and a Lunacy inquiry judged that he was unable to care for himself or manage his own affairs or his property in Paris. No mention was made of his illegitimate son, the violinist Matthew Dubourg. Isaac’s next of kin was his widowed sister Mary Foucade, by now married to Anthony L’Abbé, and they must have taken care of Isaac until he died. His savings in the Bank of England remained untouched, and the L’Abbés arranged his burial in January 1721. Appraisals of his work and eulogies of his character were published within that decade by his dance colleagues John Weaver, Edmund Pemberton and John Essex; others followed in later years.
“An Equal Right to Universal Fame”
Authors: Thorp Jennifer
Published: October 2024

Writing in the late-1720s, Soame Jenyns considered Mr Isaac’s contribution to dance as deserving equal status to Raphael’s art and Virgil’s poetry. Isaac arguably made crucial contributions to three important aspects of dance culture in England. The first was his championing of recording and commercially publishing dances in high-quality notation – something which had not been feasible in England before 1706 – and thereby enable new dances, for performance or pedagogic purposes, to be available more widely and preserved for longer. His second contribution was to provide a sense of continuity tempered by development in English court culture by being the second of three generations of royal dancing-masters in London between the 1660s and the 1730s (Gohory, Isaac, and L’Abbé), all linked by marriage yet each responding in his own way to changes in musical culture. Isaac’s third and most important contribution for us today was to have created a group of remarkable and individualistic ball-dances, twenty-two of which survive.
The Gothic Peckinpah
Authors: Williams Tony
Published: October 2024

This book attempts to argue for the importance of Gothic in understanding one of the key elements within the films of Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984. Although occasionally noted in the past, the Gothic has been generally overlooked when most critics consider the work of Sam Peckinpah with the exception of the Freudian based Crucified Heroes (1979) by Terence Butler. This work not only examines the films made after that date, especially the often dismissed The Osterman Weekend (1983) and the two music videos he made for Julian Lennon but also places the director within the context of the developing work on Gothic that has since appeared. Like Orson Welles (1915-1985), Peckinpah has been identified as the director of one undisputed masterpiece The Wild Bunch as Welles was with Citizen Kane (1941). Afterwards, it was supposedly “downhill all the way.” Recent scholarship on Welles has disputed this “fact”. Similarly, this is not the case with Peckinpah. By focussing on the key role, Gothic plays in most of the director’s work, my intention is to suggest the way forward to see Peckinpah beyond The Wild Bunch and the Western and instead view him as a director who had the potential of evolving further, had circumstances permitted, to continue his critique of American life within the developing lens of the Gothic.