bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Uranio, ¿“la peor de todas las minerías”?
Authors: Piaz Agustín
Published: November 2024

Este artículo aborda el estudio exploratorio de resistencias a la minería de uranio en Argentina a partir de un estudio de caso representativo conformado por cuestionamientos públicos y episodios contenciosos que emergieron en la provincia de La Rioja, desde la reactivación de la actividad nuclear en 2006 hasta la actualidad. Partiendo de la articulación de literatura sobre Movimientos Sociales y Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología se describe y analiza el proceso de movilización, el rol de los conocimientos en las disputas, las formas en que se expresó la resistencia y sus impactos tanto en procesos resistidos como aquellos más extensivos vinculados a las formas de llevar adelante los reclamos. Se sostiene que las resistencias a la minería de uranio, así como los intentos de reactivación de estas actividades, se vinculan con históricos proyectos considerados estratégicos, y con más de cuatro décadas de resistencias a la producción de nucleoelectricidad en el país.
Forests of Finland 2019–2023 and their development 1921–2023
Authors:   Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), P.O.Box 68, FI-80100 Joensuu, Finland, Korhonen Kari T. , Räty Minna , Haakana Helena , Heikkinen Juha , Hotanen Juha-Pekka , Kuronen Mikko , Pitkänen Juho
Published: November 2024

In 2019–2023 the 13th Finnish National Forest Inventory (NFI) was implemented by measuring a total of 62 266 sample plots across the country. The methodology of the sampling and measurements was similar as in the previous inventory, but the proportion and number of remeasured permanent plots was increased to improve the monitoring of annual increment and other changes in the forests. Only 6.2 M ha (14%) of Finland’s total land area (30.4 M ha) is other land than forestry land. Productive and poorly productive forests cover 22.9 M ha (75%) of the total land area. The forest area has remained stable in recent decades but the forest area available for wood supply (FAWS) has decreased due to increased forest protection – 23% of the forestry land and 10% of the productive forest are not available for wood supply. Compared to the previous inventory, forest resources have continued to increase but the average annual increment has declined from 107.8 M m3 to 103.0 M m3. The quality of forests from the timber production point of view has remained relatively good or improved slightly. The area of observed forest damage on FAWS is 8.4 M ha (46% of FAWS area), half of these minor damages with no impact on stand quality. Although the area of forest damage has not increased, the amount of mortality has continued to increase, and is now 8.8 M m3 year–1. The amount of dead wood has continued to increase in South Finland, while in North Finland the declining trend has turned into a slight increase. Since the 1920s, the area of forestry land has remained stable, but the area of productive forest has increased due to the drainage of poorly productive or treeless peatlands. The total volume of growing stock has increased by 84% and annual increment has more than doubled.
Paul Auster's Early Works and The Fallacy of Critical Reception
Authors: Hegyi Pál
Published: November 2024

This book is an homage to Paul Auster, my hero, one of those artists whose oeuvre defies labeling. Decades ago, when I set out to write a monograph on his early work in Hungarian, The Invention of Solitude was my major source of inspiration. After last year, when I got the chance to translate it, I decided to publish everything I unearthed about the distinctive poetics conceived by an unsuccessful ‘bookish boy,’ who is now both revered as an acclaimed filmmaker and a prize-winning author with a profound literary legacy. My scholarly aspiration was simply to invite a wider readership to negotiate the critical controversies surrounding the literary achievements of a young, struggling artist.

With the help of his Hungarian publisher, I managed to reach out to Auster through his assistant and ask for a portrait for the cover that would resonate with the time period surveyed in this monograph. His kind generosity was just as touching as the picture he sent me is moving. The photograph on the cover captures a twenty-three-year-old Paul Auster—eyes glowing with ‘friendship and comraderie’—a poet, translator, essayist, playwright, who winks at the failing author and the future literary lion both. His radiant smile will surely stay with those who are connected by the uncanny and sublime experience of roaming the boundless realms he created—the Austerean space of writing.
A palavra cafone na obra Fontamara, de Ignazio Silone
Authors: Carneiro Leandro Vidal
Published: November 2024

Desenvolve-se uma análise da obra Fontamara a fim de identificar e compreender os aspectos linguísticos e socioculturais do lexema cafone, que ocorre 148 vezes na narrativa. A análise fundamenta-se sobre noções linguísticas de palavra, lexema, lexia e enunciado lexicográfico (Basílio, 2000; Biderman, 1978, 1998; Andrade, 2000). Outrossim, discutem-se as relações entre língua, sociedade e cultura (Coseriu, 1982; Calvet, 2002) e a etimologia da palavra cafone (Vinciguerra, 2023). Realiza-se um cotejo entre os sentidos do lexema na obra e os significados do lexema em verbetes de sete obras lexicográficas. Os resultados apontam para uma compreensão do lexema cafone como um nome cuja função é a designação de um fato da realidade ao qual os sentidos, dentro do contexto sócio-histórico-cultural fictício da obra, são atribuídos a partir de concepções de mundo diferentes e antagônicas: a do homem cafone e a do homem não cafone. Tratando-se de um embate entre dois povos que têm, cada um, sua própria língua, seu próprio modo de perceber, conceptualizar e categorizar o mundo, conclui-se que, na narrativa, ocorre a manifestação de dois lexemas cafone distintos: um pertencente à língua dos cafoni e outro pertencente à língua dos não cafoni. Os sentidos desse lexema registrados em Fontamara constituem-se como um documento de um processo histórico e sociocultural e os significados que o vocábulo possui nos sistemas linguísticos cotejados comprovam que, na evolução histórica de um lexema, o núcleo central de significação pode ser descolocado e uma significação periférica pode passar a ocupar o centro do campo conceitual.
Governance-Default Risk Relationship and the Demand for Intermediated and Non-Intermediated Debt
Authors: Aldamen Husam , Duncan Keith , Khan Safdar
Published: November 2024

This paper explores the impact of corporate governance on the demand for intermediated debt (asset finance, bank debt, non-bank private debt) and non-intermediated debt (public debt) in the Australian debt market. Relative to other countries the Australian debt market is characterised by higher proportions of intermediated or private debt with a lower inherent level of information asymmetry in that private lenders have greater access to financial information (Gray, Koh & Tong 2009). Our firm level, cross-sectional evidence suggests that higher corporate governance impacts demand for debt via the mitigation of default risk. However, this relationship is not uniform across all debt types. Intermediated debt such as bank and asset finance debt are more responsive to changes in governance-default risk relationship than non-bank and non-intermediated debt. The implication is that a firm’s demand for different debt types will reflect its governance-default risk profile.
Risk and Return in Hedge Funds and Funds-of-Hedge Funds: A Cross-Sectional Approach
Authors: Lee Hee Soo
Published: November 2024

The objective of this study is to examine whether the available data on individual hedge funds (HFs) and funds-of-hedge funds (FOHFs) can reveal the risk-return trade-off and, if so, to find an appropriate risk measure that captures the cross-sectional variation in HF and FOHF returns and compare the risk-return relationship in HFs and FOHFs. Using the “live funds” and the “dead funds” datasets provided by Hedge Fund Research Inc. (HFR), we concentrate on alternative risk measures such as semi-deviation, VaR, expected shortfall and tail risk and compare them with standard deviation in terms of their ability to describe the cross-sectional variation in expected returns of HFs and FOHFs. Firstly, the risk measures are analysed at the portfolio level of HFs and FOHFs by adopting the Fama and French (1992) approach. Secondly, the various estimated risk measures are compared at the individual HF and FOHF levels by using univariate and multivariate cross-sectional regressions. The results show that the available data on HFs and FOHFs exhibits different risk-return trade-offs. The Cornish-Fisher expected shortfall or Cornish-Fisher tail risk could be an appropriate risk measure for HF return. Although appropriate alternative risk measures for the HFs are found, it is difficult to determine the risk measures that best capture the cross-sectional variation in FOHF returns.
Partnership Versus Public Ownership of Accounting Firms: Exploring Relative Performance, Performance Measurement and Measurement Issues
Authors: Pickering Mark
Published: November 2024

Despite theoretical arguments that partnerships are the most efficient ownership form for professional service firms (PSFs), PSFs are increasingly moving to other ownership structures, such as publicly listed companies (PLCs). Research on the comparative performance of PSF, PLCs and partnerships is sparse with conflicting results suggesting that some segments of PSFs are moving to a less efficient form. This study explores the performance of two Australian accounting PLCs compared to a sample of similar sized mid tier accounting firms. The accounting PLCs achieved substantially higher revenue growth rates but lower productivity than the partnership sample. Measurement issues were identified in the use of closing resource numbers and different treatment of reporting merger and acquisition revenues which may partially explain the underperformance of publicly owned PSFs in prior studies. The need for research at a more detailed level exploring the market and service focus, organisational structures, resources utilised and resource costs across different PSF ownership forms is suggested.
The Effect of IFRS Adoption on the Financial Reports of Local Government Entities
Authors: Ahmed Kamran , Alam Manzurul
Published: November 2024

This paper aims to analyse the changes in accounting surplus (loss), equity and assets, and liabilities as a result of accounting policy changes from the Australian Accounting Standards (AAS) to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Australian local government entities. Using the reconciliation notes disclosed by 117 local government entities, evidence is provided on the effects of IFRS adoption by identifying the key items that of difference between IFRS and AASB. The results show some differences between two sets of accounts prepared under these different accounting standards. While the average surplus (loss) of local councils has decreased, their equities, assets and liabilities have increased, with no major significant changes in their overall financial position, except for liabilities. These results indicate the possible consequences of the adoption of IFRS by local government entities in other countries on performance indicators who have or are yet to implement these standards.
The Financial Coaching Advice Model: An Exploration into how it Satisfies Expectations of Quality Advice
Authors: Knutsen Julie , Cameron Robyn
Published: November 2024

For 20 years, the financial planning sector in Australia has been transitioning from a sales-orientated force to a profession of qualified and skilled practitioners. Today, the potential for professional financial planning advice to benefit Australians financially, economically and psychologically is recognised by government. Financially, these benefits include increased savings, less interest expense through faster debt reduction, higher investment returns and appropriate levels of insurance. Economically, a more financially literate society has the potential for less reliance on an already burdened social security system. Psychologically, the benefits include the peace of mind that comes from an individual being confident in financial matters. However, despite this level of recognition and development, national surveys have reported that only a small percentage of the population actually seek professional financial advice. The factors attributing to these low percentages included the gaps in financial literacy limiting an individual’s engagement in financial matters and consumer’s current mistrust of the financial advice business models that remain dominated by commission-driven product sales. These deficiencies have led some financial planning firms to break from financial product sales as the primary advice model and focus on financial coaching. Exploratory interviews with the practitioners and clients of a selected financial planning firm have generated insightful discussion into how a financial coaching advice model is achieving the financial, economic and psychological benefits recognised by government as the potential outcomes of professional financial advice. The aim of this paper is to present the findings from that discussion and demonstrate the opportunities embedded within a financial coaching advice model. It is argued that this discussion offers a foundation for future research direction in an area currently under researched in academic literature.
Impresos Jesuitas mexicanos y limeños de los siglos XVI y XVII
Authors: Rodríguez Domínguez Guadalupe
Published: November 2024

Este artículo presenta el análisis de la producción editorial novohispana y peruana, en la que la Compañía de Jesús tuvo participación directa e indirecta. Con las tres líneas de análisis aplicadas: bibliográfica, textual y biblioiconográfica, se extrae nueva información acerca de la tipología textual de los productos editoriales novohispanos y peruanos a cargo de los jesuitas, así como de sus similitudes y sus diferencias. El cruce de los resultados ofrece nuevos matices para la comprensión del rico entramado social, cultural, religioso e intelectual en el que las obras fueron publicadas.
Anti-γ-aminobutyric acid-B receptor autoimmune encephalitis with syncope as the initial symptom: Case report and literature review
Authors: Zhang Dandan , Xu Zhigang , Wu Jing , Wei Wei , Li Xuezhong , Chen Xiaopeng
Published: November 2024

Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) associated with autoantibodies against γ-aminobutyric acid-B receptor (GABABR-AE) is frequently identified in middle-aged and elderly males. The disease is characterized by seizures, mental, and behavioral abnormalities, as well as recent memory decline. Anti-GABABR antibody-associated encephalitis, presenting with syncope as the first symptom is rare. Here we report a case of AE with syncope as the first symptom. A 55-year-old male presented to the emergency department with transient loss of consciousness, initially diagnosed as syncope. As the disease progressed, the patient exhibited seizures, abnormal mental behavior, and cognitive impairment. Ultimately, the patient was diagnosed with right lung small cell lung cancer. The initial atypical symptoms and the lack of clear imaging features of GABABR encephalitis hinder early diagnosis. This case highlights the importance of screening for the underlying etiology of syncope in middle-aged and elderly patients.
Dative subjects in Gothic
Authors: Bucci Giacomo , Barðdal Jóhanna
Published: November 2024

This article is devoted to the study of potential dative subjects in Gothic, the earliest attested Germanic language, focusing in particular on word-order distribution in the Gothic Bible, the Skeireins, and the Bologna Fragment. This entails a comparison between affirmative clauses, negated clauses, and interrogative clauses, contrasting nominative subjects with potential dative subjects across both translated and native Gothic passages. We expand Ebel’s (1978) methodology to the Bologna Fragment in order to confirm which syntactic structures are native to Gothic. A comparison of the word order found with nominative subjects and potential dative subjects in native Gothic passages reveals that potential dative subjects pattern unambiguously with nominative subjects in several respects. Earlier research has documented that potential non-nominative subjects in Gothic pass the control infinitive test (Barðdal & Eythórsson 2012). Here we adduce further evidence for their subject status based on word order and a hitherto undocumented example of long-distance reflexivization.
Evidence for a new pre-Proto-Indo-European sound law *-ē̆m > PIE *-ō̆m
Authors: Kloekhorst Alwin
Published: November 2024

Several PIE forms with a word-final sequence *-ō̆m would be morphologically better understandable if they ended in *-ē̆m. It is therefore proposed that, in its prehistory, Proto-Indo-European underwent a sound law *-ē̆m > *-ō̆m. This article will treat the relevant evidence in favor of this new sound law, as well as discuss an apparent counterexample. Moreover, it will offer some typological parallels for this development.
The life cycles of counterfactual mood in early Indo-European languages
Authors: Roi Ezra la
Published: November 2024

In this article, I argue that the counterfactual function of the optative was inherited from Proto-Indo-European and that its past-referring counterfactual function (e.g. in Vedic Sanskrit, Archaic Greek, and Gothic) seems to be the oldest preserved function of the optative in early Indo-European languages. In these and in languages where the optative underwent mood syncretism with other moods such as the subjunctive (e.g. Latin or Old English), the inherited counterfactual function extended its temporal reference to the non-past, following the life cycle of counterfactual markers. Over time, this mood, syncretized or not, lost its counterfactual function in most Indo-European descendants and was replaced by different mood formations at various speeds (typically by a past indicative or a past-like ‘conditional’ mood). First, I provide a functional history of the optative in Ancient Greek, from (1) past counterfactual to (2a) non-past counterfactual, and from there into (3a) non-past ‘hypothetical’ usage and from (1) past counterfactual into (2b) past habitual and (3b) past generic. Next, I internally reconstruct the developmental paths of the optative and its counterfactual replacements across Indo-European languages, concluding with a tentative diachronic typology of counterfactual mood strategies.
A missed regular sound change between Latin and French
Authors: Marr Clayton G. S.
Published: November 2024

This paper presents evidence for a regular sound change in 12th-century Old French where word-initial /k/ voiced to /ɡ/ before /la/ or /ra/. My treatment is the first to propose a unified account, as due to a regular sound change, for 13 reflexes of inherited etyma and 4 reflexes of Germanic borrowings that all exhibit velar onset voicing (VOV) contemporaneously. A dating in the late 12th century for VOV is supported by both corpus evidence and how it is bled, counterbled, and fed by other sound changes whose dating is established in prior literature. The ultimate origins of this Old French velar onset voicing most likely lie in an older and phonetically conditioned synchronic voicing process that originally operated both word-internally and at boundaries. Word-internally, where conditioning was static, the alternation became a phonemic difference and thereafter lost productivity relatively early. But synchronic alternation continued at boundaries, where its conditioning continued to depend on the adjacent word. It survived in a progressively reshaped manner word-initially, until the late 12th century, when this voicing alternation, now much narrower in scope, gave rise to VOV as a regular diachronic sound change. Previous treatment of the words in question considered each only in isolation, bypassing the chance to consider the proposed regular sound change as a possibility. Thus, this study shows the importance of considering both lexically focused approaches and the probing for regular sound changes as necessarily complementary methods.
Exosomes derived from Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell promote hair regrowth in C57BL6 mice through upregulation of the RAS/ERK signaling pathway
Authors: Mao Yongcui , Liu Pinyan , Wei Jiayun , Xie Ye , Zheng Qiuxia , Hu Xuekai , Yao Jia , Meng Wenbo
Published: November 2024

Background and Objectives

Androgenetic alopecia is one of the common types of hair loss and has become a medical and social problem due to its increasingly young onset. Existing therapies, although effective, have serious side effects and therefore better treatments need to be sought. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia and to investigate the mechanism of exosome regulation of hair growth.

Methods

First, we randomly divided 20 C57BL/6J mice into blank group, model group, positive control group and exosomal hydrogel group, and mice were treated with hair removal on the back. The mice were injected intraperitoneally with dihydrotestosterone solution except for the blank group. At the end of the experiment, new hairs were collected and the differences in length, diameter and number of hair follicles were compared among the groups; the histopathological changes of hair follicles were observed by HE staining; the expression of androgen receptor mRNA and protein in skin tissues were compared; and the skin tissues were analyzed by real-time PCR, western blotting, immunofluorescence staining and transcriptome sequencing. Finally, the results of transcriptome sequencing experiments were verified by real-time PCR, western blotting and other techniques for the corresponding genes and proteins.

Results

Compared with the blank group, mice in the model group had shorter hair length and reduced hair diameter, and pathological observation showed that the total number of hair follicles was significantly reduced and the hair follicles were miniaturized; compared with the model group, mice in the positive control and exosome groups had longer hair length, larger hair diameter and more hair follicles; the androgen receptor mRNA content and protein expression in the skin tissue of mice in the model group were significantly higher than those in the blank group, and the protein expression in the exosome gel group was lower than that in the model group. Similarly, compared with the model group, the expression of stemness-related proteins K15 and CD200 in the skin tissues of mice in the exosome group increased, and the expression of PCNA, a protein related to cell proliferation, increased. The KEGG data showed that the differential genes were mainly enriched in the RAS/ERK pathway.

Conclusions

In this study, we demonstrated the therapeutic effect of umbilical cord MSC-derived exosomes on androgenetic alopecia and verified that exosomes regulate hair follicle stem cell stemness through the RAS/ERK pathway to promote hair proliferation and thus hair growth in mice with androgenetic alopecia, providing a potential therapeutic strategy for androgenetic alopecia.
Die ausgetilgte Handschrift am Kreuz (Kolosser 2,14)
Authors: Steiger Johann Anselm
Published: November 2024

This article deals with a prominent emblem composition by the Stettin theologian Daniel Cramer, which is based on Colossians 2:13-14, one of the most important basic texts of the New Testament that deals with the fundamental relevance of the death of Jesus Christ on the cross for salvation. This article first locates Cramer’s emblem in the context of Martin Luther’s theology and early modern Lutheranism. Furthermore, it examines the heterogeneous way in which the symbol was adapted, interpreted, and disseminated in early modern church furnishings is examined. The focus here is on the analysis of a double change of media: Firstly, it is the metaphor of the sinner’s promissory note, which is transformed in an engraving. In this change of media, however, another change of media takes place. Through God’s activity of writing with the blood of Christ as ink, the certificate of debt becomes the opposite of itself: a carte blanche.
Polemologie als Theorie und kulturanalytische Methode
Authors: Berger Demian
Published: November 2024

The essay outlines a future ›polemology‹ based on a novel model of polemics. Polemics are ideally understood as ubiquitous, constitutively public, argumentative modes of speech that, using a wide variety of means (especially aesthetic ones) pursue the dual purpose of object annihilation and audience differentiation as polarization. Polemics are characterized by epistemic, aesthetic, and politicalsocial productivity, by theatrical and imaginary features, by their non-dialogical character, by their great situational and historical variability, reflexivity, as well as pronounced morality. The methodological relevance of a general polemology derives from its potential to integrate approaches from the history of ideas as well as social and cultural history. The multiform and paradoxical connection between polemics and artistic autonomy, the medial binding of polemics, and their role in the production of the literary public sphere result in the possibility of a special polemology of literary studies.
KOSÁRLABDÁZÓK SPORTSTRESSZ-SZINTJÉNEK MÉRÉSE VIRTUÁLIS VALÓSÁG ALKALMAZÁSÁVAL
Authors: Varga Gábor , Trpkovici Melinda , Makai Alexandra , Prémusz Viktóri , Rátgéber László , Ostojic Sergej , Ács Pongrác
Published: November 2024

A szorongás kezelése fontos feladat a sportolók mentális felkészítésében. A sportpszichológusok számos stresszkezelési technikát használnak, mely a rendelkezésükre áll. Ezek közül az egyik legsikeresebb a „stressz-inokulációs” tréning (SIT), amelyet egyre gyakrabban alkalmaznak a szorongás csökkentésére és a sportteljesítmény javítására. Kutatásunk célja az volt,hogy megvizsgáljuk, milyen pszichés válaszokat vált ki sportolókból az általunk létrehozott virtuális valóságban történő stresszhelyzet, összehasonlítva azzal, amit a sportolók tétmérkőzéseken tapasztalnak.
Alpha Traveling Waves during Working Memory: Disentangling Bottom-Up Gating and Top-Down Gain Control
Authors: Zeng Yifan , Sauseng Paul , Alamia Andrea
Published: November 2024

While previous works established the inhibitory role of alpha oscillations during working memory maintenance, it remains an open question whether such an inhibitory control is a top-down process. Here, we attempted to disentangle this issue by considering the spatiotemporal component of waves in the alpha band, i.e., alpha traveling waves. We reanalyzed two pre-existing and open-access EEG datasets (
N
 = 180, 90 males, 80 females, 10 unknown) where participants performed lateralized, visual delayed match-to-sample working memory tasks. In the first dataset, the distractor load was manipulated (2, 4, or 6), whereas in the second dataset, the memory span varied between 1, 3, and 6 items. We focused on the propagation of alpha waves on the anterior-posterior axis during the retention period. Our results reveal an increase in alpha-band forward waves as the distractor load increased, but also an increase in forward waves and a decrease in backward waves as the memory set size increased. Our results also showed a lateralization effect: alpha forward waves exhibited a more pronounced increase in the hemisphere contralateral to the distractors, whereas the reduction in backward waves was stronger in the hemisphere contralateral to the targets. In short, the forward waves were regulated by distractors, whereas targets inversely modulated backward waves. Such a dissociation of goal-related and goal-irrelevant physiological signals suggests the coexistence of bottom-up and top-down inhibitory processes: alpha forward waves might convey a gating effect driven by distractor load, while backward waves may represent direct top-down gain control of downstream visual areas.
Ocular lesions in systemic lupus erythematosus: An overview
Authors: Nallagula Unnathi , Kharel Ranju , Biswas Jyotirmay
Published: November 2024

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a life-threatening, multisystemic, chronic autoimmune disease. Ocular manifestations of SLE are diverse, affecting any part of the eye. It is a potentially blinding disease with ocular manifestations as the presenting feature. The prevalence of retinal involvement is estimated to be 3% to 29% and it tends to be bilateral and asymmetrical. Retinal signs often concur with the severity of systemic inflammation. Microangiopathy in SLE mimics diabetic and hypertensive retinopathy, moderately severe SLE can have presentation that mimic Purtscher-like retinopathy with a prevalence of 0.14%. Vaso-occlusive disease can either have isolated/combined, retinal artery or vein occlusion. Associated antiphospholipid antibody also increases the risk of vaso-occlusion.  The occurrence of optic neuritis and ischemic optic neuropathy is rare in SLE. Presence of peripheral ulcerative keratitis, and scleral, orbital, retinal, choroidal, and neurological manifestations require immediate systemic therapy. Hydroxychloroquine >6.5 mg/kg for 5 years is associated with high risk of toxicity. Modern imaging techniques like fluorescein angiography (FA), indocyanine green angiography (ICGA), optical coherence tomography (OCT) and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) help in diagnosis and monitoring of disease activity.
China en América Latina: inercias actuales de la Guerra Fría
Authors: Ramón Sánchez Álvaro
Published: November 2024

En este artículo se examina si la política de alianzas de la Guerra Fría se mantiene durante las dos primeras décadas del siglo XXI en América Latina, pero partiendo de la sustitución de la Unión Soviética por China como potencia alternativa a Occidente. No se trata de realizar ningún estudio de caso, una tarea que ha cobrado un interés creciente y sirve de apoyo para la elaboración del hilo conductor de este trabajo, que emplea en su lugar una perspectiva más macro. El objetivo es presentar algunas de las características principales de las complejas relaciones interregionales en clave del enfrentamiento por la hegemonía del sistema internacional de estados. Para ello, se realiza una elaboración de las ideas de “geopolítica ideológica”, de John Agnew, y “Nueva Guerra Fría”, una periodización empleada por diferentes autores. A partir de este marco teórico se analizan algunos de los aspectos más relevantes de las relaciones entre China y Latinoamérica, estableciendo una clara diferenciación entre las esferas política y económica. Esta decisión se justifica porque cada una emplea sus propias herramientas metodológicas, más cualitativas en el primer caso y cuantitativas en el segundo, y también porque su comportamiento no sigue las mismas lógicas. En el apartado de las relaciones políticas se examinan cuestiones relativas al reconocimiento mutuo de estados y de gobiernos y, más brevemente, a las visitas oficiales y la colaboración institucional en materias diversas. Por su parte, las relaciones económicas se limitan por razones prácticas a los intercambios comerciales a través de los datos bilaterales entre países y de la región en su conjunto con el gigante asiático. Las relaciones políticas se ajustan mucho más a la división de Latinoamérica en los bloques capitalista y postcomunista, mientras que en las económicas apenas hay distinciones en función del color político de los gobiernos de cada país, por lo que la hipótesis solo se cumple parcialmente. Esta doble dimensión permite extraer conclusiones acerca de las estrategias seguidas por ambas partes y, en una escala superior, sobre los equilibrios de poder entre grandes potencias, pudiendo servir el ejemplo latinoamericano para comprender mejor dinámicas similares en otras regiones del planeta.
ВЕГЕТАТИВНОЕ И СЕМЕННОЕ ПОТОМСТВО РЕДКИХ ФОРМ СОСНЫ СИБИРСКОЙ В КРАСНОЯРСКОЙ ЛЕСОСТЕПИ
Authors: Г.В. КУЗНЕЦОВА
Published: November 2024

Представлены результаты исследования роста и генеративной структуры у вегетативного и семенного потомства редких форм сосны сибирской ( Pinus sibirica Du Tour) (кедра сибирского), созданных на территории опытного экспериментального хозяйства «Погорельский бор» в Красноярской лесостепи (Емельяновский район Красноярского края). Материнские деревья вегетативного потомства произрастают в оптимальных условиях для кедра сибирского в низкогорье Западного Саяна, семенного - в предгорье Хамар-Дабана бассейна оз. Байкал. Для редких форм деревьев кедра сибирского помимо двухлетнего семеношения характерно развитие мегастробил в год цветения, на год раньше, чем у типичных форм. По результатам исследования выявлено что вегетативное потомство кедра сибирского наследует однолетний и смешанный типы семеношения материнского дерева (808) саянской популяции; семенное потомство байкальской популяции выделяется по ростовым показателям (повышенным числом семядолей, длинной хвоей, числом латеральных побегов, высотой, приростом), характерным также для материнских деревьев. Выявленные признаки у вегетативного и семенного потомства кедра сибирского редких форм в Красноярской лесостепи характерны для гибридных растений, проявляющихся как гетерозис роста.

The results of a study of the biology of the development of vegetative and seed progeny of rare forms of the Siberian stone pine ( Pinus sibirica Du Tour), created under new testing conditions in the experimental forestry “Pogorelsky Bor” in the Krasnoyarsk forest-steppe, are presented. Mother trees of vegetative offspring grow in optimal conditions in the low mountains of the Western Sayan, and seed trees in the foothills of Khamar-Daban and the Lake Baikal basin. Rare forms of the Siberian stone pine trees are characterized, in addition to the two-year seeding period, by the development of megastrobiles in the year of flowering, a year earlier than in typical forms. According to the results of the study, it was revealed that the vegetative offspring of the Siberian stone pine inherits the annual and mixed type of seed production of the mother tree (808) of the Sayan population; The seed offspring of the Baikal population are distinguished by growth indicators (increased number of cotyledons, long needles, number of lateral shoots, height, growth), which are also characteristic of mother trees. All identified signs of vegetative and seed progeny of the Siberian stone pine rare forms created in the Krasnoyarsk forest-steppe are characteristic of hybrid plants, manifested as growth heterosis.
Slavica Vilnensia I–II
Authors: Michailova G.
Published: November 2024

Tarptautiniai Pirmieji ir Antrieji studentų skaitymai. Mokslinių straipsnių rinkinys
Linguistic landscape in russian-speaking schools of Visaginas
Authors: Shliachtenko Jevfrosinija
Published: November 2024

The article describes the sociolinguistic situation in Visaginas, while also introducing the main theoretical provisions and terms of sociolinguistics (sociolinguistic situation, language policy, linguistic landscape, enculturation, etc.). The analytical part examines specific data – cultural signs compiled in the Russian-speaking schools in Visaginas – allowing the linguistic landscape to be examined through the lens of enculturation. The linguistic landscape analysis and the comparison approach were applied within the course of work. 1,142 units ‒ symbols of Russian and Lithuanian cultures compiled in three educational institutions with the Russian language of tuition – were analyzed. The material that had been classified in accordance with the groups (visual, complex, textual signs) allowed us to establish the predominance of the Lithuanian culture in the educational institutions of Visaginas Town. It also showed the presence of the signs of culture of different types.The importance of this research stems from the understudied language landscape, particularly in educational institutions. Furthermore, it should be noted that the educational linguistic environment of Visaginas has never been studied before.
Review, or reflections on the new economic critique and its horizons
Authors: Skomorovskiy Grigory
Published: November 2024

The article is dedicated to reviewing the publication by Polina de Mauny titled Monetary Aspects of the Writer-Publisher Relationship in the Correspondence of Ivan Turgenev and Jules Hetzel (Versus magazine, 2022). De Mauny focused on the economic aspects of the circulation of I. S. Turgenev’s texts in France. Our article provides additional insights into the financial aspects of the literary life in Paris during the second half of the 19th century. These insights are based on analysis of Guy de Maupassant’s correspondence.
Nikolay Gumilev’s The lost tram: literary-mythological and historical-biographical contexts of the tram route
Authors: Lukashova Alina
Published: November 2024

The article discusses various interpretations of Nikolai Gumilev’s poem The Lost Tram. Attention is paid to the nuances of the use of ancient plots in the poem. Important questions about the date of writing the work are raised. Particular attention is paid to the mysterious route through three bridges. The three rivers mentioned in the poem – the Neva, the Nile, and the Seine – are usually regarded as symbols of radical transformations in the life of people and society (the October Revolution, the exodus of Jews from Egypt, and the Great French Revolution). The article suggests that the event associated with the Nile could not have been a page from the Jewish history, but rather the revolution in Egypt in the first half of the 20th century. Thus, the symbolism of the tram expands to the symbol of an abstract world revolution.
Book video content: towards а question of multimodality of the mediatised literary field
Authors: Makarova Anastasija
Published: November 2024

The article deals with the specificity of new forms of communication in the modern mediatised literary field. The author reveals the problematics of book video content functioning as a metatext centred around a literary text. On the examples of book blogs posted in the platforms TikTok and YouTube, the features of book video content through the prism of multimodality are considered. The author concludes that the ability to post video content allows bloggers, through the use of multimodality, to interpret books in a creative way. However, the book recommendation video content on TikTok and YouTube is specific.
Incidence, Risk Factors and Predictors of Phantom Shocks in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: State-of-the-art Review
Authors: Elenizi Khaled , Alharthi Rasha
Published: November 2024

Background: Extensive research has been devoted to ICDs, but there is still a significant gap in the literature regarding phantom shocks (PSs). Understanding the frequency, predictors, risk factors, management and health implications of PSs is essential. This review aimed to comprehensively investigate PSs in patients with ICDs up to the present day. Specifically, the review explores the incidence of PSs, identifies risk factors that may increase their likelihood and determines predictive factors to help anticipate their occurrence. By addressing these points, the study aimed to enhance the understanding and management of PSs in ICD patients. Methods: This study reviewed central databases from their inception up to March 2024. The primary objective was to examine the occurrence of PSs in patients with ICDs. Data were gathered on patient demographics, incidence rates, and various risk factors and predictors that might affect the occurrence of PSs. Then, a detailed analysis of the collected data was conducted to identify significant associations between these risk factors, predictors and the incidence of PSs. Results: This review identified a significant association between prior ICD shocks, defibrillation threshold testing, the presence of depression and anxiety for the occurrence of PS in patients with ICDs. This underscores the importance of thoroughly evaluating and managing these factors to improve the care of individuals with ICDs. Conclusion: PSs are often associated with various factors, such as previous shock therapy, defibrillation threshold testing, depression, anxiety and higher levels of education. It is crucial for healthcare providers to acknowledge these correlations and provide personalised care to patients experiencing PSs.
O protagonismo feminino nas lutas por liberdade e igualdade social
Authors: Loureiro Andretta Bárbara , Ferrari Montemezzo Luciana
Published: November 2024

O presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar o protagonismo político feminino na peça de teatro Mariana Pineda, de Federico García Lorca, considerando os imbricamentos políticos e históricos presentes na referida obra. A obra literária em questão destaca-se por apresentar uma protagonista feminina muito forte em momentos social e politicamente agitados da história espanhola. Esta pesquisa justifica-se pela relevância de se resgatar o papel e a atuação das mulheres, na literatura, em um conturbado período da história, bem como revisitar os fatores que levaram o autor a produzir uma obra que destacava a luta de uma mulher pela liberdade e pela igualdade. A análise da obra permitiu identificar que, em Mariana Pineda, apesar de a protagonista viver uma grande paixão, a jovem viúva assume a luta política por acreditar em um ideal revolucionário. Entende-se que o autor fez de sua escrita um espaço de denúncia para as injustiças vivenciadas pelas mulheres espanholas oitocentistas e, também, um espaço de destaque para suas lutas e reivindicações.
Nivel de proteína cruda en la dieta y de calcio suplementado en gallinas de postura
Authors: Santos-Ricalde Ronald , Segura-Correa José , Sarmiento-Franco Luis , Aguilar-Pérez Carlos
Published: November 2024

El porcentaje de postura y el peso del huevo se ven afectados por el nivel de proteína cruda (PC) en la dieta; así como el nivel de calcio (Ca) repercute en el peso del cascarón y el porcentaje de huevo roto. En este experimento, el cual se llevó a cabo en las instalaciones avícolas de la Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, México, se midió el efecto de dos niveles de PC (16% y 18%) y 4 niveles de Ca suplementado en partículas de 2 mm (0, 2, 4 y 6 g/gallina/día) sobre la producción y calidad del huevo. Se emplearon 192 gallinas de 68 semanas de edad al inicio del experimento. Los animales estuvieron en jaulas; se asignaron al azar tres jaulas con dos gallinas y seis jaulas con tres a cada tratamiento. Las dietas se elaboraron con 4,0% de Ca fino. Las aves tuvieron libre acceso al alimento y se suplementaron cada segundo día con Ca adicional, de acuerdo con el tratamiento correspondiente. El experimento duró 8 semanas y cada segunda semana se midieron indicadores productivos y características del huevo. El diseño experimental fue completamente al azar en un arreglo factorial y con medidas repetidas donde la jaula fue la unidad experimental; el Error A fue experimental, estando la jaula dentro del tratamiento (combinaciones de PC y Ca), y el Error B fue residual. Se descubrió que el peso del huevo y de la clara fueron mayores (p < 0.05) en la dieta con 16% de PC (63,9 y 39,0 g, respectivamente), en comparación con las de 18% (62,5 y 38,0 g, respectivamente). El peso de la cáscara fue menor (p < 0.05) con 6 g de Ca, en comparación con los otros niveles de Ca (el peso de la cascara fue de 5,8 g; 5,8 g; 5,9 g; 5,4 g para los tratamientos 0, 2, 4 y 6 g de Ca suplementado, respectivamente). En conclusión, no se observó ningún beneficio en incrementar el nivel de PC en la dieta ni en suplementar calcio en el alimento en las gallinas de postura con más de 68 semanas de edad.
First record of the stingless bee Tetragonisca buchwaldi (Friese, 1925) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) in Colombia
Authors: Alonso-Alarcón Jair , Guevara Diego A. , Gutiérrez-Chacón Catalina
Published: November 2024

The stingless bee Tetragonisca buchwaldi (Friese, 1925) is documented in Ecuador (1925), Costa Rica (1962), and Panama (1983). This study presents new records for two provinces in Panama and the ﬁrst-ever report of the species in Colombia. This last record was obtained in September 2022 in Chocó Department using pan traps, which were exposed inside the forest. These new records contribute to the general knowledge of Meliponini, mainly in the biogeographic Chocó region where these bees are undersampled.
Virtual Reality Headset Implementation on Parsec Cloud Gaming Platform
Authors: Rahadiansyah Muhammad Fadhil , Muldina Ridha , Sussi Sussi
Published: November 2024

Virtual reality (VR) based games are a type of game that provides immersive gaming experience, allowing players to dive into the virtual world of the game being played. VR-based games require a high minimum computer specification, so thin clients cannot play VR-based games properly. This research aims to see how to enable thin computers to play VR-based games by utilizing cloud gaming technology. Using a high specification computer as a server, an android device as a VR headset, this Final Project implements a VR headset device so that it can be used in conjunction with cloud gaming services to be able to play VR-based games on thin computers and see how well the implementation by seeing the result from computer resources used and the Quality of Services. With Parsec cloud gaming services, the application carried out in this Final Project can run well on computers with low specifications. CPU usage on the client computer when the service is running is high at 91% usage, with 2818 MB RAM usage. Quality of Service is obtained when setting the highest quality preset, with a throughput of 16MB with a delay of about 2 ms. VR games that are played can run well with a minimum bandwidth of 15 Mbps selected from the Frame per Second (FPS) results obtained to reach 56 FPS with medium quality settings.
Making Mind Real
Authors: Shabalina Anastasiia
Published: November 2024

Tanya Luhrmann’s notable contribution to the cognitive study of religion consists of demonstrating that religious experience is based on purposeful practice of the believer. Through this practice, the objects of religious doctrine – gods and spirits – eventually begin to be perceived as more real and present. However, considering realness only in the context of encounters with invisible beings limits the theory to theistic religious traditions. This paper suggests that the process of transforming doctrine into real experience is also evident in Buddhist meditation practice, where encounters with gods and spirits are not the primary goal. Therefore, Luhrmann’s theory of real-making can potentially be extended by examining patterns common to both theistic and non-theistic religions in the transformation of religious ideas into concrete embodied experiences.
Evaluating some in vitro bioactivities of ethanol extract from Ageratum conyzoidesin L. leaves collected in Vietnam in supporting skin wound treatment
Authors: Can Nguyen Minh , Trinh Trinh Thi My
Published: November 2024

Ageratum conyzoides L. is widely used for the treatment of skin wound in some communities in Asia, Africa, and South America, including in Vietnam. In this study, we demonstrated that the 70% ethanol extract of A. conyzoides L. leaves collected in Bidoup National Park, Nui Ba, Lam Dong, Vietnam had some properties that would be advantageous for the treatment of skin wounds. Firstly, we found that the extract contained 64.9±2.58 mgGAE/gE polyphenols and 79.33±1.03 mgQE/gE flavonoids, and had antioxidant activity with the IC50 of 131.74±2.67 µg/mL. This extract was also proven to have antimicrobial activities against some pathogenic bacteria, including S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, E. faecalis, and E. coli. We also demonstrated that this extract could inhibit the generation of nitric oxide in LPS-activated Raw 264.7 cells, indicating its in vitro anti-inflammatory activity. And finally, for the first time, we found that the ethanol extract of A. conyzoides leaves could promote the proliferation of fibroblast NIH-3T3 cell line. All together, these findings support the traditional use of this plant in skin wound treatment.