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The Impact Of Modern Information Technology Governance On The Quality Of Banking Service (Applied Research In A Sample Of Iraqi Banks)
Authors: Abed Jasim Layla
Published: January 2025

This research thus seeks to examine how modern information technology governance affects the quality of banking services through examining the relationship between the application of these principles when managing modern technologies and banking performance. The banking sector is one of the most dependent sectors which has been using information technology to provide excellent services to customers. With the further development of the usage of the modern technologies like cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and big data processing there is a need for proper IT governance to address the appropriate usage of the technologies. In this regard, the research considers understanding the need to promote an appropriate framework for managing IT governance in banking institutions. Incorporated in this framework is the development of policies and procedures to govern the utilization of contemporary technologies and checking their compliance on the strategic plan of the institution. I also established that IT governance influences the improvement of the quality of banking services as it relates to the security, speed, and accuracy of service delivery as well as the satisfaction of customers’ rising expectations. The study collects both archival data through literature review and survey data generated through case studies in banks that have adopted IT governance practices. The authors of the study prove that the enhancement of IT governance has an important positive impact on increasing the quality of banking services through increasing operation adaptability, better customer need satisfaction, and mitigation of technology risks. Besides, the research provides a framework of guidelines that banking institutions may use to properly adopt IT governance so as to harness the benefits of advanced technology with concomitant quality service delivery and customer satisfaction.
Assessing the Role of Digital Transformation in Enhancing Logistics Operation in Uzbekistan a Study of Industry 4. 0 Technology
Authors: Nurjaxonbegim Ravshan Ortiqova , Ogunmola Gabriel Ayodeji
Published: January 2025

This study investigates the role of Industry 4.0 technologies in enhancing the performance of logistics operations in Uzbekistan, a developing economy situated at the crossroads of significant economic transformation. The quantitative research design pursued by the authors evaluates the impact of such technologies as IoT, AI, cloud computing, blockchain, and big data analytics on different dimensions of the performance of logistics services-in efficiency, cost reduction, and customer satisfaction. Accordingly, the findings showed that IoT and cloud computing have a significant positive effect on operational efficiency, while AI influences cost reduction positively. Blockchain, though highly underutilized, has the potential to raise the level of trust and, consequently, contribute toward customer satisfaction. The moderators of interest, comprising government policies, technological infrastructure, and workforce capabilities, should help to shape the rate of diffusion and the magnitude of the impacts described above. These results will provide actionable insights to businesses, policymakers, and educational institutions regarding the strategic need to invest in digital infrastructure, building a better workforce, and supporting regulatory frameworks. The purpose of this paper is to add to this nascent literature on Industry 4.0 by exploring some of the unique challenges and opportunities of Industry 4.0 impinging on logistics companies in developing economies and to, therefore, set the stage for further research concerning digital transformation in emerging markets.
Ecometric Analysis Of Bank Assets Profitability
Authors: Togaev Salim Sobirovich
Published: January 2025

This article conducts an econometric analysis using a multivariate linear regression equation to identify significant factors affecting the return on assets of commercial banks in Uzbekistan, in particular, JSC Aloqabank. Also, based on the influencing factors, a forecast for 2024-2026 was developed.
Spectral EEG Biomarkers in Cognitive Characterization: Applications in VR, UXA, and Ergonomics
Authors: Casares Ángel David Blanco , Chugani Karan , Braboszcz Claire , Kroupi Eleni , Soria-Frisch Aureli
Published: January 2025

This study seeks to assess the applicability of EEG spectral biomarkers in application fields where cognitive characterization is required, e.g. Virtual Reality, User Experience Assessment (UXA), and Ergonomics. It aims to gauge users' cognitive states across varying task settings. We have gathered EEG data from three distinct datasets for this purpose. The first dataset encompasses EEG recordings from 36 participants under two conditions: at rest and while performing arithmetic operations. Additionally, participants were categorized as skilled or unskilled performers, making this dataset valuable for evaluating the effectiveness of different EEG features related to working memory. The second dataset comprises EEG data from 14 participants memorizing different quantities of characters (specifically, 2, 4, 6, or 8 characters) for three seconds. This dataset aims to replicate and assess how the identified biomarkers can distinguish between various levels of working memory within the same participant. The third dataset involves EEG recordings from 27 subjects engaged in a 90-minute Virtual Reality (VR) driving task, wherein they needed to maintain the car within the lane amid random deviations. This dataset serves the purpose of evaluating the descriptors' capacity to differentiate between states of high and low attention, as measured by their values before lane deviations. It also facilitates an exploration of how fatigue and time-on-task impact these markers. Our findings indicate that the Theta-to-Alpha ratio (TAR) measured at midline electrodes or as the ratio of frontal theta to parietal alpha effectively characterizes cognitive effort during mental arithmetic and memory tasks. In contrast, the Theta-Alpha-to-Beta Ratio (TA2BR) measured at temporal scalp locations emerges as the most efficient descriptor for assessing heightened vigilance states, particularly in tasks requiring external attention and rapid responses, such as the VR driving task. The influence of time-on-task on descriptor reliability varied depending on participants' performance levels.
An Agent-Based Model of Inter-Species Interactions in Agroforestry Systems
Authors: Comolli Luis Raul
Published: January 2025

With the increasing frequency of extreme climate events and a growing public consciousness regarding global warming and the importance of ecosystem services, the stage is set for transformative approaches in agriculture. Agriculture is now a dominant force behind many environmental threats including excessive deforestation, loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, chemical pollution, and contributions to greenhouse gasses and global warming. These externalities can no longer be ignored. Agroforestry, the strategic integration of trees and shrubs into crop and livestock systems, presents a promising avenue towards a sustainable and resilient agricultural future. This practice advocates for a multifaceted food system that draws inspiration from natural ecosystems, emphasizing complexity, diversity, and recycling. By mimicking natural processes, agroforestry aims to maintain productive capacity while enhancing various ecosystem services, including soil health, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration. To understand and optimize these complex systems, Agent-Based Models can simulate key attributes of individual species, revealing emergent collective patterns that may inform management strategies and policy decisions. In a well-calibrated model, the predicted emergent behaviours of the models can help with the planning of the most appropriate architectures for the system, with the goal of preserving and enhancing biodiversity. Our Agent Based Model simulation represents a first step in capturing emerging properties at the population level. These may include for instance soil changes and synergistic growth patterns, which are relevant for guiding the management of the system. Our simulations demonstrate that with proper management, soil organic matter can increase 2-fold over 10 years while maintaining harvest yields above monoculture levels. Models can help to balance the concomitant goals of maximizing economic outcomes while promoting the self-sustainable restoration of biodiversity and soil fertility.
Open Source LLMs and Latent Concepts in Political Analysis
Authors: Mathevet Edgar , Trein Philipp
Published: January 2025

The proliferation of Large Language Models (LLMs) has transformed text analysis in political science, offering scalable tools for tasks such as annotation and classification. This study explores the potential and limitations of open-source LLMs in coding latent concepts—specifically, policy target groups—from unstructured textual data. Using a dataset documenting algorithmic applications in U.S. federal agencies, we employed two open-source LLMs, Llama-3.1 and Qwen2, and compared their performance to human coders. Despite promising results, LLM responses varied significantly depending on model parameters and prompts, with discrepancies from human coders ranging between 21.7% and over 40%. These findings underscore the necessity of human oversight for nuanced text analysis tasks. We further evaluated the efficacy of semantic similarity tools, finding moderate agreement between human and machine annotations (Cohen's kappa: 0.51–0.57). Our results highlight the utility of open-source LLMs for content analysis while emphasizing the need for continued refinement in prompt engineering and human-machine collaboration to enhance coding accuracy for complex, non-standardized tasks.
The State of the Art in User-Adaptive Visualizations
Authors: Yanez Fernando , Conati Cristina , Ottley Alvitta , Nobre Carolina
Published: January 2025

Research shows that user traits can modulate the use of visualization systems and have a measurable influence on users' accuracy, speed, and attention when performing visual analysis. This highlights the importance of user-adaptive visualization that can modify themselves to the characteristics and preferences of the user. However, there are very few such visualization systems, as creating them requires broad knowledge from various sub-domains of the visualization community. A user-adaptive system must consider which user traits they adapt to, their adaptation logic, and the types of interventions they support. In this STAR, we survey a broad space of existing literature and consolidate them to structure the process of creating user-adaptive visualizations into five components: Capture Input from the user and any relevant peripheral information. Perform computational User Modeling with this input to construct a User Representation. Employ Adaptation Assignment logic to identify when and how to introduce Interventions. Our novel taxonomy provides a road map for work in this area, describing the rich space of current approaches and highlighting open areas for future work.
Does treating emotional memories come at a price? Comparing the effects of Imagery Rescripting, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Imaginal Exposure on memory accuracy
Authors: Aleksic Milena , Ehring Thomas , Kunze Anna Elisabeth , Wolkenstein Larissa
Published: January 2025

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Imaginal Exposure (IE), and Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) are trauma-focused interventions aimed at reducing trauma-associated psychopathology. Despite their clinical effectiveness, concerns remain about the potential impact of these interventions on the accuracy of memories addressed in treatment. This study therefore examined the effects of EMDR, IE and ImRs on memory accuracy.Two hundred sixty-five healthy participants underwent the Trier Social Stress Test and received one of the three interventions or no intervention (NIC) on the following day. Memory accuracy was assessed one week later using a cued recall task.Contrary to expectations, the interventions showed no differences in their effects on memory accuracy; thus, the three interventions led to neither an improvement nor an impairment in memory compared to NIC. This aligns with recent findings indicating that ImRs and IE do not distort memory. Although there are studies suggesting that EMDR impairs memory accuracy, this could not be confirmed in our study. The findings challenge the notion that trauma-focused psychological treatments such as EMDR, ImRs, and IE cause memory alterations, which is particularly reassuring in legal contexts where accurate memory recall by trauma survivors is crucial. However, further research is needed to ensure that the results generalize to risk constellations and more complex, emotionally charged events in clinical samples.
How distinct Autism and Schizotypal trait dimensions influence neural predictive processing: An Event-related potential study
Authors: Mazer Prune , Pasion Rita , Fontes Melissa , Pires Cristiana , Silveira Celeste , Ferreira-Santos Fernando
Published: January 2025

The Predictive Processing (PP) framework provides a compelling model for understanding the neural mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD). In this study, we developed visual and auditory oddball tasks with two levels of target detection difficulty to effectively elicit event-related potential (ERP) components. A total of 122 participants from the community completed these tasks during an EEG recording and self-reports assessing their variations on autistic and schizotypal traits. Results revealed that task difficulty significantly reduced P300 amplitudes across both auditory and visual modalities. Higher Restricted Interests and Detail Orientation autistic traits resulted in enhanced N2 amplitudes in the difficult visual task. Our findings also indicated a trend-level reduction in visual P300 amplitude and modulation of the auditory complex N1-P2 for individuals with higher autistic scores regarding difficulties in communication. For positive schizotypal traits, an unexpected trend-level association with increased auditory P300 amplitude emerged. These findings highlight differential impacts of ASD and SSD dimensions, on predictive processing, with variations observed across sensory modalities, task difficulty, and ERP components. This study advances our understanding of neurophysiological variability in ASD and SSD, supporting dimensional approaches to neurodevelopmental disorders and emphasizing the need for symptom-specific research. Our findings contribute to the growing body of literature on predictive processing in ASD and SSD, suggesting pathways for more refined investigations into the neural variability associated with these traits.
Deep Brain Sound Stimulation for  Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Precision Auditory Stimulation
Authors: Dogan Ugur
Published: January 2025

Background: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) affects 1-2% of the global population, characterized by intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors (compulsions) that impair daily functioning. Traditional treatments like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and pharmacotherapy are effective but often limited by accessibility, cost, adherence challenges, and side effects.Objective: This study assesses the effectiveness and safety of Deep Brain Sound Stimulation (DBSS), a novel non-invasive auditory therapy, based on user-reported outcomes from individuals with OCD.Methods: We analyzed feedback from 219 users who completed DBSS therapy via the Vital Tones mobile application on the Apple App Store. Additionally, 14 participants provided detailed responses through in-app surveys evaluating symptom improvements in severity, cognitive control, and emotional regulation. Descriptive statistics were used to determine median effectiveness and satisfaction rates.Results: The therapy demonstrated a high user satisfaction rate of 99.09%, with a minimal refund rate of 0.91%. Survey respondents reported a median symptom improvement of 50% (95% CI: 22%–66%). DBSS was well-tolerated, with no severe side effects reported and only minor adverse effects in a small number of sessions.Conclusion: Preliminary findings indicate that DBSS is a promising non-invasive treatment for OCD, offering significant symptom improvement and high user satisfaction. However, the observational nature of the study, small survey sample, and reliance on self-reported data suggest that further controlled research is necessary to validate these results and establish DBSS's efficacy and safety.
Piloting Using CloudResearch for Collecting High-Quality Audio Recordings from a Clinical Population
Authors: Sokol Yosef , Andrusier Sarah , Wahl Yaakov , Glatt Sofie , Chen Megan
Published: January 2025

Background: CloudResearch is a popular platform for online research, but its potential for audio data collection remains relatively unexplored. This pilot study aimed to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of using CloudResearch for gathering audio data. Specifically, as a test case, we sought to capture the perceptions of recently suicidal individuals about their future selves.Methods: We recruited participants (N = 167) with varying levels of suicidal thoughts and/or behaviors via CloudResearch. Participants were instructed to record responses to 15 prompts about their future selves using Vocaroo, a user-friendly online voice recording tool. Bonus payments were provided for high-quality recordings.Results: Of the participants who attempted the recording task, 98% (N = 164) successfully recorded and submitted their audio responses, demonstrating the feasibility of using CloudResearch for high-quality audio data collection. The recordings were substantive, with an average total duration of 15 minutes and 40 seconds (median: 14 minutes and 8 seconds).Conclusions: Our findings suggest that CloudResearch can be effectively employed for audio data collection, enabling novel applications such as qualitative analysis and natural language processing. However, further refinement and consideration of identified limitations and areas for improvement are necessary to fully leverage the method's potential.
Trends in Daily Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorder Among Parents in the U.S., 2012-2023
Authors: Dontha Meghan , Waddell Jack T. , Kemp Emily C. , Patel Herry , Pelham William E. , Chitty Tia
Published: January 2025

This paper analyzes data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to study trends from 2012-2023 in cannabis use among U.S. parents with children <18 years old. We show that rates of daily or near-daily cannabis use have tripled since 2012. Today, 1 in 13 parents uses cannabis on the majority of days, compared to 1 in 39 parents in 2012. Back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest a lower-bound estimate of 5.7 million U.S. children now live with a parent who uses cannabis on the majority of days.
Errorless irrationality: removing error-driven components from the inverse base-rate effect paradigm
Authors: Dome Lenard , Wills Andy
Published: January 2025

The inverse base-rate effect is a robust irrational bias that arises when people face ambiguity. The most prominent theories of this irrational bias depend on prediction error. In this study, we gradually removed elements of a predictive learning design to test the extent to which error-driven processes underlie this bias. In our first experiment, we removed explicit feedback by implementing the inverse base-rate effect in an observational learning procedure. In our second study, we further removed any causal relationship between stimulus features and category labels by moving towards an unsupervised learning procedure. This removed any information participants could use to identify category labels. In both experiments, the inverse base-rate effect persisted and remained robust. This outcome suggests that this irrational bias is independent of supervised learning procedures. We propose that any theories and models of the inverse base-rate effect must manage information encoding and connection updates without explicit prediction error. We end by proposing two clear paths for future investigations.
Communicating causal effect heterogeneity
Authors: Vuorre Matti , Kay Matthew , Bolger Niall
Published: January 2025

Advances in experimental, data collection, and analysis methods have brought population variability in psychological phenomena to the fore. Yet, current practices for interpreting such heterogeneity do not appropriately treat the uncertainty inevitable in any statistical summary. Heterogeneity is best thought of as a distribution of features with a mean (average person’s effect) and variance (between-person differences). This expected heterogeneity distribution can be further summarized e.g. as a heterogeneity interval (Bolger et al., 2019). However, because empirical studies estimate the underlying mean and variance parameters with uncertainty, the expected distribution and interval will underestimate the actual range of plausible effects in the population. Using Bayesian hierarchical models, and with the aid of empirical datasets from social and cognitive psychology, we provide a walk-through of effective heterogeneity reporting and display tools that appropriately convey measures of uncertainty. We cover interval, proportion, and ratio measures of heterogeneity and their estimation and interpretation. These tools can be a spur to theory building, allowing researchers to widen their focus from population averages to population heterogeneity in psychological phenomena.
Partisan Communities and Affective Polarization
Authors: Smiley Adam Herschel , Kaiser Cheryl
Published: January 2025

American communities have become increasingly politically homogenous (Bishop & Cushing, 2008), with affective polarization, a form of animosity between political groups, concurrently on the rise (Iyengar et al., 2019). We hypothesized that individuals living in areas with greater proportions of out-partisans would report lower levels of affective polarization. In Study 1, 2016 American National Election Study respondents (N = 3,378) living in counties with more out-partisans averaged lower levels of party-directed affective polarization, controlling for partisan, policy, and demographic factors. In Study 2 (N = 362 via Prolific), similar analyses revealed that American partisans with more out-partisans in their counties and precincts reported lower levels of social distance from out-party members and greater cross-party contact, but not significantly lower voter-directed affective polarization. Cross-party contact mediated the relationship between the percentage of out-partisans in a community and affective polarization, highlighting the intersection of place and psychology in understanding this societal challenge.
The Mindfulness Internal Attention (MIA) Framework: Uncovering the Attentional Mechanisms of Mindfulness Training
Authors: Hadash Yuval , Dar Omer , Amir Iftach , Braver Todd Samuel , Bernstein Amit
Published: January 2025

Attention is theorized to have a definitive role in mindfulness and its salutary effects. Yet, extant findings from more than two decades of research testing this central theoretical premise have been surprisingly mixed. To account for this paradoxical disparity between theory and findings, we propose the Mindfulness Internal Attention (MIA) framework. We theorize and review initial findings suggesting that mindfulness training primarily targets internal attention processes which operate on internally generated or stored representations and experiences. Additionally, we theorize and review findings suggesting that mindfulness training affects executive functions and working memory processes shared between internal attention and late-stage external attention. In contrast, we theorize and review findings suggesting that mindfulness training does not affect early-stage external attention processes, which do not share cognitive resources with internal attention. Finally, we propose methodological innovations and outstanding questions for future research to advance understanding of the attentional mechanisms of mindfulness training.
Laboratory Investigation on Improving Strength of Weak Subgrade Soil using Saw Dust Ash with Stone Dust
Authors: Dhimal Suman , Gautam Gopal
Published: January 2025

Performance of Flexible Pavement depends on the functions of the component layers especially subgrade. Subgrade is natural layer of soil which takes all load of pavement as well as load coming to pavement. Stability of pavement depends upon stability of subgrade. The conventional approach of stabilization of soft subgrade is to remove the soft soil, and replace it with soil of high strength. The high cost of replacement of weak soil has caused highway agencies to assess alternative methods to construct the highway over weak subgrade. Soil stabilization is one of the most suitable alternatives which are widely used in pavement construction. Soil stabilization can be achieved by treating it with various admixtures. Different solid wastes such as rice husk ash, saw dust ash and fly ash can be used to stabilize soils in place of (or in addition to) cement or lime. In this research Saw Dust Ash (SDA) and Stone Dust (SD) has been selected as a stabilizer. The California bearing ratio (CBR) and unconfined compression strength (UCS) test is conducted by making the specimens of weak sub-grade by adding the variable percentages of mixture of SDA and stone dust. First the soil is mixed up with SDA up to 8% by weight with an increment of 2%. Then an optimum value at 4% of SDA was determined on the basis of some geotechnical properties of mixture and weak sub-grade soil. Again, the test soil samples were prepared by mixing with varying proportion of stone dust from 10% to 30% at 4% optimum value of SDA constantly. The CBR, UCS and maximum dry density values were determined of modified soil. The soaked CBR and UCS value of weak subgrade soil increased 2.1 and 2.16 times respectively after modified by 20% stone dust with constant 4% SDA and total pavement thickness decreased to 775 mm. The minimum pavement construction cost per square meter with combination of 4% SDA and 20% SD which is economical by 1.73% than conventional method. Hence, strengthening by SDA and SD is found economical.
Perception of Participants towards Prevention and Control HIV/AIDS: A Qualitative Study
Authors: Bhandari Khimananda , Giri Surendra
Published: January 2025

This qualitative study explores the perceptions and experiences of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) in Rupandehi, Nepal, focusing on awareness, stigma, and preventive strategies. Using a qualitative approach, data were collected from 40 respondents through Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) at four VCT centers. The findings reveal a significant shift in perceptions, with most participants demonstrating awareness of symptoms, transmission modes, and prevention methods, attributed to counseling and medical advancements. However, stigma and discrimination persist, especially among women, with negative attitudes from families, communities, and even healthcare providers. Socio-economic challenges, including migration, poor living conditions, and limited resources, were identified as critical factors contributing to vulnerability. Despite these challenges, respondents believed that HIV/AIDS prevention is possible through education, economic stability, healthcare access, and societal support. The study underscores the need for holistic interventions addressing structural inequalities, reducing stigma, and empowering PLHA to foster prevention and improved quality of life.
Reliability evaluation of Two cells wireless ad-hoc network using Markov process
Authors: Alyouzbaki Yasameen , H. Abdalameer Wedian , A. Ali Enaam
Published: January 2025

This paper focuses on modeling and assessing the dependability of an ad-hoc networks, which are wireless communication systems with two communicating stations and routers at their intersections. This network's reliability was assessed using the Markov approach, which gives the reliability engineer the freedom to use a range of hypotheses and behaviors in estimates for system failure probability and repair.
In order to determine the reliability indices of three routers and demonstrate the availability and reliability of this wireless system, a computer program is created in this study using the programming language MATLAB. This allows for the best possible design for a wireless network. Reliability of the system will be with the system where the reliability will be (0.99999683), and for long time (100000 hours), with a steady state availability (0.82223) after (1000000 hours).
The relational plant: Spiraea Söösken among the Tyva Pastoralists
Authors: Peemot Victoria Soyan
Published: January 2025

This paper explores Indigenous knowledge about plants among nomadic pastoralists in the Tyva Republic, North Asia. It focuses on the Rosaceae family's genus Spiraea which is represented by several species in Tyva and corresponds with the taxon söösken in the folk nomenclature. The study reveals factors that inform the Tyva pastoralists’ relationship with söösken, its uses for different purposes, and challenges in correlation of the folk taxon söösken with different genera and species in linguistic and ethnographic sources. This paper investigates how the pastoralists’ understandings of söösken are embedded in their relationship with sentient and superordinate homelands.
A Research-co-Creation of Care: Feminist Speculation, Collaboration, and Curation in the Decameron 2.0 Virtual Gallery
Authors: Tschofen Monique , O’flynn Siobhan , Armstrong Jolene , Fan Lai-tze , Fisher Caitlin , Pruska-Oldenhof Izabella , Joosse Angela , Maaren Kari , Egan Kelly
Published: January 2025

This paper presents the evolving work of the Decameron Collective, a group of women Canadian scholars and artists who, during the early COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2022), built a body of creative works as an interactive, virtual gallery of visual, audio, and textual media inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron (1353). More than a gloss on Boccaccio’s text, Decameron 2.0 is a feminist project of collaborative and curational worldbuilding. We describe our practice of co-creating and curating, making a case for interdisciplinary praxis-led approaches of research-creation that embody both a mode of inquiry and a practice of feminist ethics and care. We describe the world of Decameron 2.0 – its courtyards, caves, and rooms of spells, and the affordances of the webGL spatial navigation that contributes to the intermediality within and between the works. The intertextual spatialization of works in Decameron 2.0 and the non-linear exploratory affordances of the virtual environment extend into our academic thinking/theorizing through centripetal and centrifugal frames. In homage to the polyphony of mediaeval manuscript culture, and as an intervention against the flattening of so much academic discourse, we use illustrations, hyperlinks, margins, page layout, and metacommentary. This paratextuality illustrates what we call thinking-together and honours the differences among our individual voices and perspectives. This paper contributes to current critical and cultural understandings of making, care, communication, and feminist practice and models how multi-institutional collaboration can be reshaped in the era of and after COVID-19.
Nietzsche y Landauer. Influencia y crítica
Authors: González Gómez Alberto Elías
Published: January 2025

González Gómez, Alberto Elías. Nietzsche y Landauer. Influencia y crítica. Gustav Landauer fue una de las voces más importantes del anarcosocialismo del siglo XX. Su pensamiento bebe de fuentes como la mística y la filosofía alemana de los siglos anteriores. De entre estas fuentes, destacan las ideas de Friedrich Nietzsche. Este artículo busca ofrecer una aproximación a la influencia nietzscheana en la obra de Landauer, concentrándose sobre todo en las diferencias y semejanzas generales, la noción de lo antipolítico, la crítica al lenguaje, el llamado a la creatividad libre de valores y las propuestas sociales que emanan de sus filosofías. El objetivo de este texto es contribuir a la recepción castellana del pensamiento de Landauer, autor escasamente traducido y estudiado en nuestro idioma.
La construcción de la sociedad: entre competencia y cooperación. Lectio brevis – ITESO, 2018
Authors: Corona Cadena Rubén Ignacio
Published: January 2025

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Metronidazole-Induced Encephalopathy: A Case Report
Authors: Saleh Khaled
Published: January 2025

Metronidazole is a widely used drug in day-to-day gastro-enterology practice. It is prescribed for conditions like Crohn’s disease, intra-abdominal abscess, infection with Helicobacter pylori, hepatic encephalopathy, and Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis (RPC). Metronidazole is fairly safe and well tolerated but can induce toxicity of the central nervous system, which is also referred to as metronidazole-induced encephalopathy.
The Effect of the Natural Preservatives and Meat Preservation Against the Foodborne Pathogens and The Spoilage Microorganisms
Authors: A. Shaltout Fahim
Published: January 2025

The Meat and the meat products are excellent sources of the nutrients for the humans. The Meat and the meat products also provide a favorable environment for the microbial growth. In order to prevent the microbiological contamination of the livestock foods, the synthetic preservatives, including the nitrites, the nitrates, and the sorbates, have been widely used in the food processing due to their low cost and the strong antibacterial activity. The Use of the synthetic chemical preservatives is recently being considered by the customers due to the concerns related to the negative health issues. The demand for the natural substances as the food preservatives has increased with the use of the plant origin and the animal origin products, and the microbial metabolites. The natural preservatives inhibit the growth of the spoilage microorganisms or the foodborne pathogenic microorganisms by increasing the permeability of the microbial cell membranes, the interruption of the protein synthesis, and the cell metabolism. The Natural preservatives can extend the shelf-life and inhibit the growth of the microorganisms. The natural preservatives can influence the food sensory properties, including the flavor, the taste, the color, the texture, and the acceptability of the food. To increase the applicability of the natural preservatives, a number of the strategies, including the combinations of different preservatives or the food preservation methods, such as the active packaging systems and the encapsulation, have been explored. The applications of the natural preservatives for the meat and the meat products.
Viruses and Leukaemia, Is leukaemia preventable?
Authors: Denis Solomons Hilary
Published: January 2025

The Human T-lymphotropic virus Type 1 (HTLV-I) is a human RNA retrovirus that is known to cause a type of cancer, referred to as adult T-cell leukaemia and lymphoma, and a demyelinating disease called HTLV-I associated myelopathy / tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP).
In Vitro And In Vivo Approaches to Evaluate Uncaria Tomentosa Bark Extract Loaded FDOFS on Osteoarthritis Models
Authors: Naga Sowjanya J.
Published: January 2025

Osteoarthritis is one the leading health concerns worldwide affecting two third million with no proper treatment ensured to restore the normal function and completely relieving the joint pain. Oral fast dissolving films have promising action and targeted delivery with high drug loading capacity. The present investigation involves the study the invitro and in vivo activity of developed Oral fast dissolving films of U. tomentosa bark extract with optimized F5 and F13 formulations. For invitro evaluation a three-dimensional OA model was prepared with first passage chondrocytes grown on trypsin EDTA media in 1: 3 ratios. The OA agarose model was prepared with C20A4 chondrocytes on agarose gel (25 ± 5oC) in phosphate buffer solution. Cultivation of chondrocytes was done with 1 mL of RPMI-1640 (10% FBS) which was added with 20% (IL-1β) solution on third day of incubation and media was replaced time to time. The incubated cell line with 20,000 cells/well in 96-well plates were treated with 5 µL of 0.5% MTT reagent on fifth day of incubation and absorbance was measured at 570 nm. The effects were studied for 7, 13, 27, 35 days for the study effects of FDOFs on the cell lines were (Control, IL-1β, F5, and F13 treated IL-1β injected types). The chondrocytes in agarose constructs cultured only in media (RPMI-FBS) without IL-1b, served as control. The GAG, HYP and DNA quantitation analyses along with DNA content assay were performed to study the arthritic effect of optimized FDOF’s i.e., F5. For in vivo studies Mon iodoacetate (MIA) induced arthritis models which is well established to understand weight bearing and response to tactile stimuli though the ongoing procedure is not known. The in vivo protocol was performed in seven-week-old male wistar rats with negative control of MIA and positive control as Celecoxib. The assessment of pain and thickness of the knee were estimated to be indicators of osteoarthritic potential. The study results revealed the F5 formulation has efficacy on the OA models which need a clinical investigation in humans.
Aging and Sleep Disturbance in Older People
Authors: Chalise Hom Nath
Published: January 2025

The world population is aging rapidly and the older population will dominate the age composition of the population in the coming days. Sleep deprivation is a considerable public health concern in older people. More than 50 percent of older people suffer from insomnia. Insufficient sleep can directly affect a person’s feelings during their working hours - slow thinking, reduced attention span, worsened memory, poor or risky decision-making, lack of energy, and mood changes. Long-term consequences of insomnia include hypertension, dyslipidemia, weight gain, metabolic syndrome, and the risk of many other non-communicable diseases. Finally, insufficient sleep forces people to live low quality of life. Walking is recognized as a sustainable exercise that does not need professional instructions to perform. Studies show a regular walking is a good instrument to improve the sleep quality of many older people.
Influence of variety on sensory properties of cherry juices
Authors: Salina E. S. , Levgerova N. S. , Sidorova I. A. , Gulyaeva A. A.
Published: January 2025

The paper presents data characterizing the biochemical and sensory properties of juice obtained from cherry varieties ‘Grechanka’, ‘Konfityur’, ‘Kupina’, ‘Shpanka Bryanskaya’, ‘Uifehertoi Furtosh’, and ‘Turgenevka’ (control), included in the bioresource collection of the Russian Research Institute of Fruit Crop Breeding, located in Oryol Oblast, Russia. The study proposes a sensory panel for organoleptic evaluation of cherry juice based on previously developed descriptor dictionaries and analyzes a number of biochemical parameters characterizing its flavor properties. In order to facilitate the rapid assessment of the organoleptic properties of cherry juice, a grading system for color, flavor, and aroma indicators was presented for each sensory level based on selected descriptors rated on a 5-point scale. Sensory analysis revealed that the juice from all studied varieties exhibited a typical rich ruby-red color for cherries, with the exception of the juice from the ‘Shpanka Bryanskaya’ variety, which was characterized by a light red color with brownish tones. The analysis showed significant differences in flavor and aroma compared to appearance. The ‘Konfityur’ and ‘Kupina’ varieties displayed the most harmonious flavor (sweeter, without sharp sourness). The juice from the ‘Uifehertoi Furtosh’ variety had the most astringent and sour flavor, while the juice from the ‘Grechanka’ variety was considered to have a flat flavor. The juices from ‘Turgenevka’ and ‘Uifehertoi Furtosh’ varieties were found to be the most aromatic. The physical and chemical characteristics of juices from all varieties met the requirements of Technical Regulations on Fruit and Vegetable Juice Products (TR CU 023/2011). The highest content of soluble solids was noted in the juices from the ‘Konfityur’ and ‘Grechanka’ varieties, while the highest content of phenolic compounds was found in the juice from the ‘Konfityur’ variety. The ‘Konfityur’ and ‘Kupina’ varieties exhibited lower levels of titratable acids. Moreover, the juice from ‘Konfityur’ demonstrated the highest value of sugar-acid index and anthocyanin content among the studied varieties. The study shows a correlation between the sensory and biochemical parameters of the juice. Thus, the content of soluble solids, titratable acids and anthocyanins has the greatest influence on the flavor. The obtained results are instrumental in developing products with specified parameters and predicting their quality.
Учение свт. Григория Паламы об «умном чувстве» в интерпретации С. С. Хоружего
Authors: Елиманов Вадим Евгеньевич
Published: January 2025

В данной статье рассматривается интерпретация учения свт. Григория Паламы об «ум­ном чувстве», осуществлённая знаменитым российским исследователем традиции иси­хазма С. С. Хоружим. В начале даётся краткий обзор реконструкции учения свт. Григо­рия об «умном чувстве» в рамках парадигмы тварного боговидения (прот. В. Асмус, М. М. Бернацкий, М. Кнежевич, Д. Блэкстоун, А. Хулиарас, Д. С. Бирюков) и парадигмы нет- варного боговидения (прот. Думитру Станилоае, протопресв. Иоанн Мейендорф, Гер­хард Подскальски и др.). Отмечается оригинальность подхода С. С. Хоружего и его не- сводимость к указанным парадигмам. При изложении концепции С. С. Хоружего особое внимание уделяется описанию следующих базовых категорий, характеризующих поня­тие «умное чувство»: панперцепция (метаперцепция, синэстезис, всевосприимчивость), панэстезис, холистическая интенциональность акта боговидения, соматический и диа­логический аспекты созерцания нетварного света. Подробно рассматривается аскетиче­ский аспект достижения боговидения и раскрывается значение понятия «асимметрич­ность синергии», описывающего неравнозначное участие Божественной и человеческой энергий на пути к обожению. Также отмечается различие, проводимое С. С. Хоружим, между паламитской и плотиновской мистикой.

This article deals with the interpretation of St. Gregory Palamas’ doctrine of «intel­lectual perception» by the famous Russian scholar of the tradition of hesychasm, S. S. Horu­zhy. At the beginning we give a brief overview of the reconstruction of St. Gregory’s doctrine of «intellectual perception» within the paradigm of the created vision of God (archpriest V. Asmus, M. M. Bernatsky, M. Knezevic, J. Blackstone, A. Chouliaras, D. S. Biriukov) and the par­adigm of the uncreated vision of God (prot. Dumitru Staniloae, protopr. John Meyendorff, Gerhard Podskalsky, etc.) on the problem of the way of seeing the uncreated light in pala- mite theology. The originality of S. S. Horuzhy’s approach and its irreducibility to these para­digms are noted. In presenting S. S. Horuzhy’s concept, special attention is paid to the descrip­tion of the following basic categories characterising the concept of «intellectual perception»: pan-perception (metaperception, synesthesis, all-perception), panesthesis, holistic inten- sionality of the act of the vision God of vision, somatic and dialogical aspects of the vision of the uncreated light. The ascetic aspect of the attainment of the vision of God is consid­ered in detail and the meaning of the concept of «asymmetrical synergy» is revealed, which describes the unequal participation of Divine and human energies on the path to deifica­tion. S. S. Horuzhy’s distinction between palamite and plotinian mysticism is also described.
Основные идеи политической теологии Давора Джалто в контексте современной православной мысли
Authors: Солонченко Александр Александрович
Published: January 2025

Это третья статья автора, посвящённая политической теологии Давора Джалто. В ней проводится компаративный анализ ключевых идей политической теологии Д. Джал­то, которые остались без рассмотрения в предыдущих статьях. В первой части ста­тьи обнаруживаются сходства концепции Д. Джалто с «мистическим анархизмом» Н. А. Бердяева. Во второй части автор сравнивает концепцию Д. Джалто со «священной анархией» Афанасиоса Н. Папафанасиу. Третья часть статьи посвящена сопоставле­нию идей Д. Джалто со взглядами Пантелиса Калаицидиса. В следующей части выяв­ляются сходства и различия «христианского анархизма» Д. Джалто с «открытым уни­версализмом» Е. Намли. Далее автор анализирует «политику обожения» Аристотеля Папаниколау и отвечает на вопрос, можно ли назвать Д. Джалто «политическим несто­рианством»? В итоге автор приходит к выводу, что предлагаемый политической тео­логией Д. Джалто подход даёт возможность богословию перестать быть инструментом политики, а Церкви — из положения объекта политики перейти в позицию субъекта по­литики и при этом остаться верной христианским принципам свободы, любви и мира.

This article is the third author’s article on the political theology of Davor Dzal- to. It provides a comparative analysis of the key ideas of Dzalto’s political theology, which were left without consideration in previous articles. The first part of the article reveals sim­ilarities between Dzalto’s concept and the «mystical anarchism» of N. A. Berdyaev. In the second part, the author compares the concept of Jalto with the «sacred anarchy» of Atha­nasios N. Papathanasiou. The third part of the article is devoted to a comparison of Jalto’s ideas with the views of Pantelis Kalaitzidis. The next part reveals the similarities and dif­ferences between Dzalto’s «Christian anarchism» and E. Namli’s «open universalism». Next, the author analyzes the «politics of deification» of Aristotle Papanikolaou and answers the question whether Dzalto’s concept can be called «political Nestorianism»? As a result, the author comes to the conclusion that the approach proposed by Dzalto’s political theology makes it possible for theology to cease being an instrument of politics, and for the Church to move from the position of an object of politics to the position of a subject of politics, and at the same time to remain faithful to the Christian principles of freedom, love and peace.
Реакция духовенства Орловско-Севской епархии на декрет «Об отделении Церкви от государства и школы от Церкви»
Authors: Арцабович Павел
Published: January 2025

Данная статья посвящена анализу взаимоотношений духовенства Орловской епар­хии и Советской власти в первые месяцы после принятия «Декрета об отделении церк­ви от государства». Опираясь на материалы губернской, а также центральной цер­ковной печати, автор приходит к выводу о том, что декрет «Об отделении Церкви от государства» вызвал крайне негативную реакцию всего населения Орловской гу­бернии, не желавшего выведения Церкви из общественной жизни Орловской губер­нии. В отдельных местах этого региона негативные реакции народа на Декрет вылива­лись в протесты и беспорядки, которые жестоко подавлялись большевистской властью.

This article is devoted to the analysis of the relationship between the clergy of the Oryol diocese and the Soviet government in the first months after the adoption of the Decree on the separation of the Church and the state. Based on materials from the provincial as well as the central church press, the author comes to the conclusion that the decree «On the Separation of the Church from the State» caused an extremely negative reaction from the entire population of the Oryol province, who did not want the Church to be removed from the public life of the Oryol province. In some places of the Oryol province, the negative reactions of the people to the De­cree resulted in protests and riots, which were brutally suppressed by the Bolshevik authorities.