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The Dog and the Wolf: Some Thoughts on Biological Shackles and the Trap of Humanism
Authors: Naherniak Craig
Published: August 2022

There are many different themes running through this Aesop fable which are applicable to trends in Western culture. One way to interpret this piece is to think of the Wolf as representing "wildness" and the Dog as representing "domestication."2 The collar and chain that rub around the neck of the Dog are like our own tie to the, Western technological mind-set. It appears that the Dog is living a comfortable, safe, easy life, just as we feel that the benefits of our technological world have brought us a similar security. The Wolf, in choosing not to accept the collar and chain of the Dog, maintains the freedom to follow his own will and purpose. He retains his wildness. The Dog has had this wildness, this independent purpose, bred out of him by the Master. His purpose is not his own, but that of the Master. We, in Western culture, tend to see ourselves as like the Master, possessing control over what purpose the rest of nature will serve for us. We fail to recognize that, nature, like the Wolf, has purpose independent from us. We also fail to recognize that the very mechanisms and techniques which we use to exert control, have placed us in the position, not of Master, but of the Dog. The trap of humanism, therefore, is that in attempting to domesticate nature, we domesticate ourselves.3
Lichens
Authors: Fabiani Louise
Published: August 2022

Poem.
Laying More Pipe
Authors: Weishaus Joel
Published: August 2022

With pick and shovel, find the brokencast iron pipe, pry out old lead,knock off rusty joints.20’ of 4” 40-schedule ABS sawedand coupled with rubber collarswith stainless steel braces,joined to pipe at next streamcrossing, joined to terra cottapipe under tea house site, joined to three lengths ironpipe cut three poems ago.1 lb brick of dull lead meltedin a pan becomes silver liquidpoured into iron bell-collars.Black cement smeared over allconnections is a waterproof coating.Taps turned and draining,toilets flushed... Give it all back.
Just Before The Wolf Came.
Authors: Patrick Darren
Published: August 2022

Just before the wolf came. Dorion, Ontario. Spring 2012. Darren Patrick.
(Mis)reading Revelations: Apocalyptic Visions and Environmental Crisis & Augury: Elegy
Authors: Young Michael , Barr Jessica Marion
Published: August 2022

(Mis)reading Revelations: Apocalyptic Visions and Environmental Crisis Michael Young The Falling Birds of Beebe, ArkansasIn punishing contrast to the soaring and singing bird as a symbol of freedom, the quiet or injured bird might be a perfect symbol for environmental crisis. Dead and dying birds have long been associated with warnings of danger, having been used since the early twentieth century to predict air contamination in coal mines. Often understood to be a good indicator of ecological decline, birds have also been central to depictions of environmental apocalypse, most notably in Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962). Images of oil-soaked, dying birds punctuated the visual media after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, despite the best efforts of BP and local and federal officials to prevent photographers from documenting the carnage (see “Critters of the Gulf Oil Spill” and Peters). Later that year, Lars Von Trier showed images of dead birds slowly falling across the sky in the opening fantasia of his apocalypse film, Melancholia. Then, sometime around the stroke of midnight on New Year’s morning, 2011, scores of red-winged blackbirds began mysteriously falling out of the sky over Beebe, Arkansas, a small town in the American Bible Belt. ....Augury: ElegyJessica Marion Barr Just before midnight on New Year’s Eve 2011, in Beebe, Arkansas, 4,000 or so blackbirds fell out of the sky, dead. Around the same time, several hundred grackles, redwing blackbirds, robins, and starlings dropped dead in Murray, Kentucky. A few days later, 500 dead blackbirds, brown-headed cowbirds, grackles, and starlings were found on a highway in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, while 200 dead American coots appeared on a bridge in Big Cypress Creek, Texas. On January 4, in Falköping, Sweden, 100 jackdaws were found dead in the street. And then on January 5, some 8,000 dead turtle doves rained down on the town of Faenza in Italy. Later that year, on October 23, 6,000 dead birds washed up on the southeastern shore of Ontario’s Georgian Bay, and then, remarkably, Beebe was again showered with the bodies of 5,000 blackbirds on New Year’s Eve 2012.It seems a little apocalyptic.One might well ask whether this series of mass deaths is a microcosm of humanity’s increasingly toxic impact on the non-human world. But we are not just poisoning an isolated wilderness “out there.” We are poisoning our ecosystems—our sources of food, water, and air; our only home. The warnings are everywhere, if we choose to see and heed them. Because those were a lot of canaries, and we’re all in this coalmine together.....AUGURY: ELEGY. Jessica Marion Barr.
Strange Natures: Futurity, Empathy, and the Queer Ecological Imagination
Authors: Butler Cameron
Published: August 2022

Review of Strange Natures: Futurity, Empathy, and the Queer Ecological Imagination by Nicole Seymour (2013, Illinois UP).
Queer Ecologies: Sex, Nature, Politics, Desire
Authors: Lindsay Sarah May
Published: August 2022

Review of Queer Ecologies: Sex, Nature, Politics, Desire by Catriona Mortimer-Sandilands and Bruce Erickson, eds. (2010, Indiana UP).
Excerpt from "The Tale of the Sarnia Nose" (a toxic comic book)
Authors: Hobbs Peter
Published: August 2022

The Tale of the Sarnia Nose is one of three comic book chapters that appear in Chemical Intimacies and Toxic Publics, Hobbs' 2016 dissertation. This text mixes archival research, ethnography, and comic book drawings to produce a creative hybrid: part political critique, part environmental activism, and part artist publication...Find full piece in .pdf below.
Design and Simulation of a Multistages Common-Emitter, Common-Collector, AC Voltage Amplifier
Authors: Wardhana Arief Wisnu , Ramadhani Yogi , Priswanto Priswanto
Published: August 2022

The main function of the ampifier is to increase the signal strength, in terms of its voltage or current. In this research, a multistages ac voltage common-emitter amplifer and common-collector amplifier with a single supply of +15 V was designed. The objective is to design an amplifier for amplifying a small ac signal from a transducer. The transducer has an output impedance of 10 k. The amplifier will have a small-signal gain in order of about 1500 and a small-signal bandwith ranging from 100 Hz to 20 kHz. It will drive a load of  300 Ω. The entire circuit consists of a first stage  common-emitter configuration gain amplifier, another second stage common-emitter configuration gain amplifier, and a third stage buffer unity gain common collector amplifier. The three-stages was capacitor coupled. The overall gain of the entire amplifier is the product of the first-stage gain, the second-stage gain, and the third-stage gain. A method called short-circuit time constants was used to determine the apropriate coupling and bypass capacitors. The overall circuit was then simulated by using NI Multisim. The magnitude of the overall gain of the circuit was obtained by performing an interactive analysis and simulation. The frequency response of the amplifier was obtained by performing an AC sweep analyses and simulation. It can be showed that the amplifier’s overall gain obtained from simulation is in agreement with the calculated results. The simulated result for the frequency responses were also in agreement with the requirement
ANALISIS ESTIMASI BIAYA PEMBANGUNAN RUMAH EKONOMIS DAN RAMAH LINGKUNGAN UNTUK MASYARAKAT BERPENGHASILAN RENDAH
Authors: Maskur Atep
Published: August 2022

Estimasi biaya pembangunan rumah ekonomis dan ramah lingkungan merupakan hal yang penting untuk memberikan gambaran pada pemerintah dan masyarakat sebagai acuan dalam pertimbangan menentukan berbagai pemilihan material bangunan yang ekonomis dan ramah lingkungan. Estimasi biaya pembangunan rumah ekonomis dan ramah lingkungan dapat pula dijadikan sebagai alternatif untuk kebutuhan rumah bagi masyarakat yang berpenghasilan rendah dalam pemenuhan kebutuhan papan yang ekonomis dan ramah lingkungan.

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menghitung estimasi anggaran biaya pembangunan rumah yang ekonomis dan ramah lingkungan untuk kebutuhan masyarakat yang berpenghasilan rendah.

Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode analisis harga satuan yaitu dengan melakukan identifikasi masalah dengan cara menganalisis gambar teknik untuk mendapatkan volume pekerjaan, dan melakukan analisis anggaran biaya berupa analisis harga satuan setiap item pekerjaan sebagai bahan acuan untuk melakukan analisis. Pengumpulan data adalah suatu cara atau proses yang sistematis dalam pengumpulan, pencatatan, dan penyajian fakta untuk mencapai tujuan tertentu.

Berdasarkan hasil penelitian didapat harga bangunan rumah tinggal yang ekonomis dan ramah lingkungan sebesar Rp. 88.054.000,- (delapan puluh delapan juta lima puluh empat ribu rupiah). Dengan menggunakan metode analisis harga satuan didapat rincian satuan bahan material, upah dan alat setiap item pekerjaan pembangunan rumah ekonomis dan ramah lingkungan. Harga bahan material, upah dan alat tersebut dapat dipilih dan ditentukan sendiri sesuai dengan kebutuhan dan kemampuan keuangan.
PENGARUH FAKTOR SOSIAL EKONOMI DAN MANAJERIAL TATAKELOLA PETERNAKAN TERHADAP KEBERHASILAN USAHA TERNAK SAPI PERAH (Suatu Kasus Pada Peternak Sapi Perah di Kecamatan Cipanas, Kabupaten Cianjur, Jawa Barat)
Authors: Mustofa Ary Ridho , Dasipah Euis , KS Karyana
Published: August 2022

This research aims to find out the influence of socio-economicactors of breeders and managerial breeders on the success of dairy farming efforts. The unit of   analysis is a dairy farmer in Cianjur Subdistrict, Cianjur Regency. Respondents were taken in a census of 65 people. Analytical techniques are used pathanalysis. The results of the study obtained the state of the socio-economic factors of dairy farmers consisting of aspects / indicators: age, formal education, knowledge, experience, burden of dependents, motivation usaha, business scale and capital show good criteria with achievement of 71.54%. Managerial governance of dairy farmers consists of dimensions/ indicators: data collectionrecords, milking techniques, livestock health, feed, marriage, business governa nce, trade, labor and marketing show good criteria with an achievement of 78.88%. Against the managerial aspects of the breeder, the aspect / dimension of livestock health and business governance shows excellent criteria. The success of dairy farming business consisting of dimensions:   Productivity of cows; Production costs; and efficiency of farming. During lactation the average dairy product produces milk reaching 22 liters / tail / day, the average production cost is Rp 2,250 / liter and the average business efficiency of 1.98. The success rate of dairy farming is 75.64%. There is a strong and tangible positive relationship between the socio-economic factors of breeders and managerial governance of breeders. The strong relationship between the two variables is indicated by the pearson correlation coefficient = 0.533. Socio-economic factors of breeders and managerial governance have a positive and real influence on the success of dairy farming efforts. Contribution of socio-economic factors 15.54% and managerial governance 45.14%. Much bigger.
KOMPETISI PRODUK PERKEBUNAN KELAPA SAWIT INDONESIA DENGAN NEGARA PESAING DI PASAR INTERNASIONAL
Authors: Nurjanah Danik
Published: August 2022

This study aimed to determine the level of competition and the similarity of the export structure of Indonesian palm oil products with competing countries in the international market. Secondary data is used in this study which includes export data from Indonesia and its competitors (Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Colombia) in 2014-2020 sourced from UN Comtrade. Methods of Analysis to measure the level of competition in the trade of Indonesian palm oil products in the international market using the Export Overlapping Index (IEO) and the Export Similarity Index (ESI) are used to measure how much similarity is in the composition of exports of Indonesian palm oil products in the international market. The results showed that trade in palm oil products before and during the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant increase in the value of the level of similarity in exports from Colombia, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia. The highest level of competition for Indonesian palm oil exports is between Indonesia and Malaysia.
PERSEPSI KONSUMEN TERHADAP KUALITAS PELAYANAN DALAM PROSES PEMBELIAN BERAS HITAM ORGANIK PRODUKSI GAPOKTAN WANGUNSARI CISAYONG TASIKMALAYA
Authors: Hatami Wima , Kusno Kuswarini , Sadeli Agriani Hermita , Wiyono Sulistyodewi Nur
Published: August 2022

Public awareness of the importance of healthy living and increasing environmental sustainability has also encouraged some people to consume organic food, one of which is organic black rice. Gapoktan Wangunsari is one of the producers of organic black rice. The price of organic black rice produced by Gapoktan Wangunsari is relatively cheap. The organic black rice has four organic certifications, pesticide-free food and chemical fertilizer certification. It should be able to attract consumers' interest, but in fact, only a few consumers are interested in. Perceptions of good service quality will have an impact on loyalty and repeat purchases by consumers. In addition, the quality of service is difficult to imitate by other manufacturers. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of consumers and to analyze consumer perceptions of service quality in the process of purchasing organic black rice produced by Gapoktan Wangunsari. The research design uses a quantitative design with survey techniques. The results showed that the majority of consumers live in rural areas, are female, aged 56 years, have secondary education, work as farmers and belong to the lower middle income class, namely < IDR 2,600,000 per month. Consumer perceptions of service quality in the process of purchasing organic black rice are very good. Wangunsari Gapoktan should do promotions and sales online so that the number of consumers increases.
PERAN INFLUENCER PADA MEDIA SOSIAL INSTAGRAM DAN BRAND IMAGE TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN FRUTIVEZ
Authors: Fakhira Nabilla Vynka , Kastaman Roni , Pujianto Totok
Published: August 2022

The use of social media as a marketing tool provides a lot of convenience for consumers to get information about the products they need or want. Marketing through social media is also known as digital marketing. The purpose of this research is to determine whether there is a positive and significant influence between influencer marketing and brand image on buying decision. Descriptive quantitative methods were used in this research by distributing questionnaires for research data collection and randomization using purposive sampling technique to collect respondents who had bought products and followed Frutivez’s Instagram. Multiple regression analysis was used on the data obtained to determine the influence exerted by influencer marketing and brand image on consumer buying decisions. The results of this research show that influencer marketing, brand image, and the combination of the two variables have a positive and significant influence on consumer buying decisions with a strong influence based on the results of hypothesis testing in this study which shows that: (1) Influencer marketing has a positive and significant effect on buying decisions with a regression coefficient value of 0.581 ; (2) Brand image has a positive effect on buying decisions with a regression coefficient value of 0.298, and (3) Influencer marketing and brand image simultaneously have a positive effect on buying decisions, as evidenced with the coefficient of determination value of 0.705 indicating that the ability of the independent variables in explaining the variation of the dependent variable is 70.5%. This proves that the number of product sales from September to October is due to the influence of influencer marketing and brand image which has a positive and significant influence on consumer buying decisions to increase sales of Frutivez’s products.
FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI PARTISIPASI PETANI DALAM PROGRAM ASURANSI USAHA TANI PADI (AUTP) DI KECAMATAN PENGANDONAN
Authors: Maryani Maryani , Munajat Munajat , Oktarina Yetty
Published: August 2022

This study aims to determine the factors that influence farmer participation in the rice farming business insurance program (AUTP) in Pengandonan District. The methodology of this research was carried out with qualitative methods. Where the research uses statistical analysis using logistic regression analysis. Data obtained by distributing questionnaires and data obtained from farmers directly and equipped with secondary data, namely the relevant agencies. The results of this study are the factors that influence farmers' decisions in participating in the rice farming insurance program (AUTP), namely there are seven factors including: age, education, farming experience, land area, income, planting calendar and premiums. Of the seven factors, six factors have a significant effect on farmers' decisions in participating in the rice farming insurance program, namely age, education, farming experience, land area, income, and premiums. And one factor that has no significant effect on farmers' decisions in participating in the rice farming insurance program is the planting calendar factor. Keywords: Participation, insurance, farming, rice
Statistical approaches to make sense of data in biology and medicine
Authors: Prakash S. S.
Published: August 2022

There are four major paradigms in statistics: Frequentist, Bayesian, likelihood, and modeling. A quadrangle approach that makes use of all these four paradigms is proposed to get a complete understanding of any biological phenomenon. Each of these paradigms can be used to study different aspects of a biological phenomenon. The elements are defined here as an observer, observed, and context, and the model generated should have information derived from these three elements. They can be analyzed, respectively, by Bayesian, frequentist, likelihood, and modeling methods. There is a continuous debate on frequentist and Bayesian approaches in statistics. Biologists often use frequentist methods whereas clinicians are interested in Bayesian methods. In this article, the debate on both these approaches has been discussed in light of understanding uncertainty. The Dempster-Shafer theory addresses the relationship between belief and plausibility but has been criticized for producing counterintuitive results in conflict situations. It is argued here that this can be resolved by inferring that frequentist and Bayesian approaches are inverse to each other.
Matchmaking and Betrothal Rites Among the Don Cossacks: The Dynamics of Tradition in the Soviet Period
Authors: Гревцова Татьяна Евгеньевна
Published: August 2022

В статье рассматриваются обряды сватовства и обручения у донских казаков, их региональные особенности, а также трансформация в XX в. Привлеченные для анализа дореволюционные описания и полевые материалы разных лет, зафиксированные в районах Ростовской и Волгоградской областей, территория которых до революции входила в состав Области войска Донского, позволили охватить период заключения браков от первой половины XIX в. до конца XX в. Актуальность исследования определяется малоизученностью традиционной обрядности Дона в советское время и необходимостью научного осмысления большого массива экспедиционных материалов, содержащих мемораты о свадьбах этого периода. Установлено, что сватовство хорошо сохранялось в структуре обряда вплоть до 1960-х гг. Устойчивость до середины XX в. демонстрируют обрядовые речевые формулы, шуточный поиск невесты, манипуляции с принесенным сватами угощением и ритуальные действия, символизирующие закрепление договора о браке. Предварительный приход представителей жениха в дом невесты до сватовства, бытовавший, по-видимому, до революции лишь в отдельных донских районах, и в полевых материалах встречается редко. Обручение было значительно редуцировано в советское время. Представляется, что еще до революции берет начало тенденция его слияния со сватовством. Трудные 1930-1940-е гг. ускорили утрату обручения в структуре донской свадьбы.

This article deals with the matchmaking and betrothal rites of the Don Cossacks, their regional peculiarities, as well as their transformation in the twentieth century. Traditional rituals of the Don Cossacks in Soviet times are poorly studied and the large array of expeditionary materials containing recollections about weddings of this period call for scholarly scrutiny. The author uses pre-Revolutionary descriptions and field materials of various years from the Rostov and Volgograd regions - territory that was a part of the Don Cossack Host before the Revolution - to analyze marriages from the first half of the nineteenth century until the end of the twentieth. The author determines that matchmaking was well preserved in the structure of the ritual up to the 1960s. Ritual speech formulas, the comical search for a bride, manipulations with treats brought by matchmakers and ritual actions that symbolize the consolidation of the marriage contract demonstrate its stability until the mid-twentieth century. The preliminary visit of the groom’s representatives to the bride’s house before matchmaking which was apparently common in certain Don districts before the revolution is rarely mentioned in the field materials. The process of betrothal was significantly reduced in Soviet times. The tendency to merge it with matchmaking apparently had its origins even before the Revolution, and the difficult years of the 1930s-1940s accelerated the decline of the betrothal ritual in the structure of wedding ceremonies.
The Reflection of Psycho-Emotional States in Spatial and Body Codes in Wedding Lamentations of the North
Authors: Поздеев Вячеслав Алексеевич
Published: August 2022

В статье рассматривается отражение в поэтике русских и финно-угорских свадебных причитаний психоэмоциональных состояний невесты. Используется комплексный подход к изучению пространственных и телесных кодов в свадебных причитаниях. Показано, как психоэмоциональные состояния невесты и других участников свадебного обряда отражают их внутриличностный конфликт. Выделяется эмотивная лексика в текстах причитаний как маркер этих состояний. По мнению автора, в свадебном обряде и причитаниях раскрывались прецедентные ситуации, поэтому причитания Европейского Севера имели импровизационный характер, исполнительницы вносили в стереотипные тексты свадебных причитаний свое индивидуальное, творческое начало. Создававшиеся ими произведения были неразрывно связаны с поэтическими традициями этнической среды и в то же время содержали новый поэтический материал, который усваивался этой средой. Также автор расширяет теоретический подход к традиционным основам свадебных жанров. Как показывает исследование телесных и пространственных кодов, на проявление психоэмоциональных состояний, отраженных в причитании, влияют: 1) традиция обрядовой ситуации; 2) психоэмоциональная традиция; 3) региональная причетно-песенная традиция исполнения. Материалом для статьи послужили причитания, записанные на Севере России.

This article deals with the psycho-emotional state of the bride in the poetics of Russian and Finno-Ugric wedding lamentations. It takes an integrated approach to the study of spatial and bodily codes and shows how the psycho-emotional states of the bride and other participants in the wedding ceremony reflect intrapersonal conflicts. The analysis focuses on the emotive vocabulary of lamentations as a marker of these states. According to the author, this reveals the situation that preceded the particular wedding ceremony and lamentation. The lamentations of the Russian North thus have an improvisational character, as performers introduce individual, creative elements into stereotypical texts. The works they create are both inextricably linked to poetic traditions of the ethnic environment and at the same time contain new poetic material assimilated into this environment. The author expands the theoretical approach to wedding genres. As the study of bodily and spatial codes shows, psycho-emotional states reflected in lamentations are influenced by: 1) the tradition of the ritual situation: 2) the psycho-emotional tradition; and 3) the regional singing tradition (performance). The article is based on lamentations recorded in the North of Russia.
Russian Cemeteries in the Ergun City District (China): At the Intersection of Traditions
Authors: Кляус Владимир Леонидович
Published: August 2022

Статья посвящена похоронно-поминальным традициям китайских русских городского округа Эргуна Автономного района Внутренняя Монголия Китайской Народной Республики. Автор использует свои полевые материалы, собранные в экспедициях 2007-2019 гг., и исследования китайских ученых. Впервые в российской науке сделана попытка описания похоронно-поминального комплекса китайских русских этого региона. Отмечен ряд сохраняющихся архаичных элементов, некоторые из которых уже исчезли из бытования среди русского старожильческого населения Восточного Забайкалья, откуда русские предки современных китайских русских пришли в Китай. Основное внимание обращено на трансформацию русской традиции похорон и поминок, происходящую под влиянием китайского окружения и китайской культуры в последние десятилетия.

This article is devoted to the funeral and memorial traditions of Chinese Russians of the Ergun city district of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China. The author makes use of field materials collected in expeditions of 2007-2019 and the research of Chinese scientists. For the first time he attempts to give a scholarly description of the funeral and memorial complex of Chinese Russians in this region. Russian Russians have noted a number of archaic elements, some of which have already disappeared among the Russian old-timers of the Eastern Transbaikal, from where the Russian ancestors of modern Chinese Russians came to China. The article’s main focus is on the transformation of the Russian tradition of funerals and commemorations that in recent decades has been taking place under the influence of the Chinese environment and Chinese culture.
Intonations of Lamentation in the “Funeral Psalms” of the Javakheti Doukhobors
Authors: Косых Александра Вячеславовна
Published: August 2022

Похоронно-поминальный комплекс духоборцев Джавахетии наполнен многочисленными сложными и ценными в художественном отношении музыкально-поэтическими формами, среди которых особое место занимают религиозные песнопения - «псалмы». Музыкальные особенности духоборческих «псалмов» исследовались ранее, однако оценка напевов как обрядовых (с учетом контекста бытования) не предпринималась. В настоящей статье напевы трех «псалмов» (исполняющихся последовательно на похоронах в различных духоборческих поселениях уже более столетия) анализируются с целью определения их музыкально-стилевой специфики и выявления логики включения в обряд. Несмотря на то что тексты исследуемых «псалмов» различны по происхождению и структуре, их напевы представляют один стилевой пласт и опираются на единый принцип организации. Музыкальное содержание «псалмов», транслирующееся параллельно вербальному, раскрывается посредством анализа их интонационно-ладовых свойств (занимающих ведущее положение в иерархии средств выразительности). Ладовые структуры и мелодические конструкции, лежащие в основе напевов, оказываются близки похоронным причитаниям, зафиксированным в разных духоборческих поселениях Закавказья. Подобно причитаниям, мелодии «похоронных псалмов» реализуют плач об умершем, сопровождая различные этапы похорон (от положения покойного в гроб до погребения).

The funeral and memorial complex of the Doukhobors of Javakheti is filled with numerous complicated and artistically valuable musical and poetic forms, among which a special place is occupied by religious chants or “psalms.” The musical features of Doukhobor “psalms” have been studied before, but the assessment of their melodies as ritual (i. e., taking into account their context) has not been undertaken. In this article, the melodies of three “psalms” - performed at funerals in various Doukhobor settlements for more than a century - are analyzed in order to determine their musical and stylistic specifics and identify the logic of their inclusion in the funeral rite. Despite the fact that the texts of the psalms are different in origin and structure, their melodies represent one stylistic layer and are based on a single organizational principle. The article analyzes the musical content of the “psalms,” transmitted in parallel with the verbal, by investigating their mode of intonation (that occupies a leading position in the hierarchy of means of expression). The fret structures and melodic constructions underlying the tunes turn out to be close to funeral lamentations recorded in various Doukhobor settlements of Transcaucasia. Like lamentations, the melodies of “funeral psalms” perform lament for the deceased, which accompanies the various stages of the funeral from the deceased in the coffin to burial.
An Area of Regulated Cultural Management in Altai: A Suggested Solution to the Problem of Ethnic Tourism
Authors: Михалев Максим Сергеевич
Published: August 2022

В статье обращается внимание на проблему эксплуатации традиционной народной культуры в коммерческих целях. Эта проблема обостряется по мере того, как на Алтае форсируется развитие массового туризма, особенно в форме этнокультурного туризма, предполагающего объективацию и коммодификацию тех или иных аспектов местной культуры. В качестве альтернативного подхода предлагается стремиться к развитию в регионе так называемого устойчивого туризма, основанного на строгой регламентации коммерческой и инвестиционной деятельности по ее использованию и опирающегося на локальные ресурсы и традиционные практики. Подчеркивается, что необходимым условием для смены парадигмы развития является создание на Алтае территорий ограниченного культуропользования. При этом, несмотря на то что для обеспечения нормального функционирования подобных территорий следует по возможности применять передовой опыт экологических организаций, необходимо избегать присущей последним тенденции к навязыванию местным жителям стандартов, целей и методов работы. Утверждается, что инициатива в деле защиты традиционной культуры через развитие территорий ограниченного культуропользования должна принадлежать самим ее носителям и создателям. В заключении статьи выражается надежда, что такие заповедные регионы смогут стать инклюзивными территориями традиционной культуры.

This paper draws attention to the problem of traditional culture being exploited for commercial purposes in Altai. The problem is intensifying as the development of large-scale tourism is being promoted here, especially in the form of so-called “ethnic tourism” that entails the objectification and commoditization of certain of its aspects. The author proposes an alternative approach, advocating a sustainable tourism based on the regulation of commercial or investment activity related to traditional culture and relying on local resources and traditional practices. The author suggests that the necessary condition for such a paradigm shift is the creation of a distinct territory of regulated cultural exploitation. To achieve this, he advocates consulting and cooperation with ecological activists, while at the same time warning against imposing their values and methods on the locals. Instead, control over protecting the traditional heritage should be returned to its proprietors, the indigenous people. The article concludes with the hope that such protected areas can become effective harbors for traditional culture.
Sensing Gas Mixtures by Analyzing the Spatiotemporal Optical Responses of Liquid Crystals using 3D Convolutional Neural Networks
Authors: Bao Nanqi , Jiang Shengli , Smith Alexander , Schauer James , Mavrikakis Manos , Van Lehn Reid , Zavala Victor , Abbott Nicholas
Published: August 2022

We report how analysis of the spatial and temporal optical responses of liquid crystal (LC) films to targeted gases, when performed using a machine learning methodology, can advance the sensing of gas mixtures and provide important insights into the physical processes that underlie the sensor response. We develop the methodology using O3 and Cl2 mixtures (representative of an important class of analytes) and LCs supported on metal perchlorate-decorated surfaces as a model system. Whereas O3 and Cl2¬ both diffuse through LC films and undergo redox reactions with the supporting metal perchlorate surfaces to generate similar initial and final optical states of the LCs, we show that a 3-dimensional convolutional neural network (3D CNN) can extract feature information that is encoded in the spatiotemporal color patterns of the LCs to detect the presence of both O3 and Cl2 species in mixtures as well as to quantify their concentrations. Our analysis reveals that O3 detection is driven by the transition time over which the brightness of the LC changes, while Cl2 detection is driven by color fluctuations that develop late in the optical response of the LC. We also show that we can detect the presence of Cl2 even when the concentration of O3 is orders of magnitude greater than the Cl2 concentration. The proposed methodology is generalizable to a wide range of analytes, reactive surfaces and LCs, and has the potential to advance the design of portable LC monitoring devices (e.g., wearable devices) for analyzing gas mixtures using spatiotemporal color fluctuations.
Modeling the expansion of virtual screening libraries
Authors: Lyu Jiankun , Irwin John , Shoichet Brian
Published: August 2022

Recently, the growth of commercially-available molecules has been driven by “tangible” make-on-demand, virtual libraries. Such billion-molecule libraries can never be fully synthesized, tested, or even stored. The only way to explore this expanded chemical space is by computationally prioritizing particular molecules for synthesis and testing, often by docking. The success of this prioritization may depend on library properties: how diverse are the molecules, how similar are they to bio-like molecules, such as metabolites and drugs, how does receptor-fit improve with library size, and how does the presence of artifacts grow with library size? To begin to investigate these questions, we compare the characteristics and performance of a library of 3 million “in-stock” molecules with that of ever-larger tangible libraries, up to 3 billion molecules in size. The bias toward biologically precedented molecules of the 886-fold larger tangible library decreases 19,000-fold compared to the in-stock library. Looking at docking hits, and not the overall libraries, thousands of high-ranking synthesized and tested tangible compounds from five ultra-large library docking campaigns are also dissimilar to bio-like molecules. These observations imply that bio-likeness plays little role in the likelihood of binding, appearing to contradict multiple studies to the contrary. Another important aspect of library growth is whether screening ever-larger libraries leads to better ligands. Judged by docking score, better fitting molecules are found as the library grows, with score improving log-linearly with library size. Finally, it is possible to imagine that as library size increases, so too do the chances of rare events—molecules that cheat the scoring function and rank artifactually well. Both simulation and experimental results from ultra-large library screens suggest that this is true—as the libraries grow, more and more artifacts can crowd the very top-ranking molecules. Although the nature of these artifacts appears to change from target to target, the expectation of their occurrence does not, and simple strategies may be devised to minimize the impact of these rare-event artifacts on the success of large library screens.
Total Synthesis of Ginkgolide C and Formal Synthesis Ginkgolides A and B
Authors: Barriault Louis , Hébert Martin , Bellavance Gabriel
Published: August 2022

Ginkgolides are diterpenes isolated from ginkgo biloba that exhibit strong PAF antagonistic activity as well as other interesting neuroprotective properties. These natural products possess a compact, highly oxygenated hexacyclic structure with two adjacent quaternary carbon centers, an unusual tert-butyl group, and up to twelve contiguous stereogenic carbon centers. The molecular architecture of ginkgolides, coupled with their remarkable biological profile, continues to be a source of fascination but also presents a formidable challenge for chemical synthesis. Herein, we reported the first total synthesis of ginkgolide C and the formal syntheses of ginkgolides A and B. The key to achieving these syntheses is a careful orchestration of carbon-carbon bond formation, guided by the compact nature of the ginkgolide structure.
Enantioselective Transition-Metal Catalysis via Anion Binding with Chiral Hydrogen-Bond Donors
Authors: Jacobsen Eric N. , Ovian John M. , Vojackova Petra
Published: August 2022

Asymmetric transition-metal catalysis represents a powerful strategy for accessing enantiomerically enriched molecules. Here, we report a new approach for inducing enantioselectivity in transition-metal-catalyzed reactions that relies on neutral hydrogen-bond donors (HBDs) that bind anions of transition-metal complexes to achieve enantiocontrol and rate enhancement through ion pairing in concert with other noncovalent interactions. A cooperative anion-binding effect of a chiral bis-thiourea HBD is demonstrated to lead to high enantioselectivity (up to 99% enantiomeric excess) in intramolecular ruthenium-catalyzed propargylic substitution reactions. Experimental and computational mechanistic studies reveal the attractive interactions between electron-deficient arene components of the HBD and the metal complex that underlie enantioinduction and the acceleration effect.
Kidney damage caused by lead exposure: historical aspects
Authors: Arkhipov Evgenii V. , Garipova Railia V. , Strizhakov Leonid A. , Bobkova Irina N. , Tairova Nazife
Published: August 2022

The article presents an historical analysis of publications devoted lead intoxication to kidney damage developing during contact with lead. It is shown that one of the manifestations of occupational intoxication with this metal can be toxic nephropathy.
Lupus nephritis in the XXI century
Authors: Bobkova Irina N. , Moiseev Sergey V. , Lysenko Lidia V. , Kamyshova Elena S.
Published: August 2022

Lupus nephritis (LN) is the most common organ lesion in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), developing in 4050% of patients. Due to immunosuppressive therapy, the survival of patients with SLE has increased significantly over the past 50 years, and the proportion of severe kidney damage in the death structure has decreased. However, LN relapses and complications of immunosuppression, accelerated atherogenesis, concomitant diseases lead to the accumulation of organ damage and an increased risk of death. The article consideres the place of kidney damage in the SLE, the risk factors for LN development, the main renal histopathological changes, it identifies a number of issues that need to be addressed to optimize treatment and improve LN long-term outcomes, including, the revision of pathogenetic therapy regimens with restriction of glucocorticosteroids and prescribing drugs with steroid-sparing activity, the integration of new drugs for LN treatment, wider use of modern nephroprotection capabilities.
Remissions and progression of C3 glomerulopathy
Authors: Karunnaya Anna V. , Dobronravov Vladimir A.
Published: August 2022

Aim. To analyze the outcomes of C3-glomerulopathy (C3-GP) and determine the associated factors.
Materials and methods. A retrospective single-center study included 60 patients with newly diagnosed C3-GP (with primary C3-GP pC3-GP 82%). Of these, 48 (80%) patients had clinical data to assess the following disease outcomes: development of remission and disease progression (by a composite endpoint that included initiation of chronic dialysis or a decrease in estimated glomerular filtration rate eGFR 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 or a decrease in eGFR30% of baseline at the time of renal biopsy). The median follow-up period was 25 (7; 52) months.
Results. At early follow-up (median 4 [3; 9] months) remission was registered in 35% of patients; at the end of follow-up, in 48% (for pC3-GP, 32 and 41%). Disease progression occurred in 17 patients. In the overall group the likelihood of achieving early remission was higher with treatment (Exp=6.4, 95% confidence interval CI 1.429.3; p=0.017). Early remission was associated with the presence of remission at the end of follow-up (Exp=6.3, 95% CI 2.218.4; p=0.001). Specific treatment (Exp=0.308, 95% CI 0.1080.881; p=0.028) and late remission (Exp=0.079, 95% CI 0.0170.368; p=0.001) were associated with reduced risk of disease progression in multivariable models (adjusted for eGFR, mean blood pressure). The same results were obtained for the group of patients with pC3-GP.
Conclusion. C3-GP is a variant of severe complement-mediated glomerular damage with unfavorable renal prognosis, which requires timely personalized expert-level diagnostics with clarification of etiopathogenesis of the disease followed by therapy aimed at achieving remission to improve outcomes.
Soy protein as part of a low-protein diet is a new direction in cardio- and nephroprotection in patients with 3B–4 stages of chronic kidney disease: prospective, randomized, controlled clinical study
Authors: Milovanova Ludmila Yu. , Taranova Marina V. , Volkov Alexey V. , Milovanova Svetlana Yu. , Beketov Vladimir D.
Published: August 2022

Background. It has been established that the use of a low-protein diet (LPD) in combination with ketoanalogues (KA) of essential amino acids can contribute to cardio- and nephroprotection in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Moreover, it has been shown that replacing part of the animal protein with soy protein (SP) in the diet contributed to more pronounced nephro- and cardioprotection in CKD, however, the data, available in the literature, are mainly represented by experimental studies.
Aim. To compare the effects of 2 types of diets on the main parameters of nephro- and cardioprotection in patients with CKD.
Materials and methods. We have conducted a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical study which included 85 patients with 3B4 stages of CKD, compliant to LPD (0.6 g of protein/kg body weight) + KA (1 tablet/5 kg body weight). 43 patients (Group 1) received LPD with replacing animal protein with soy (60% soy protein + 40% another vegetable proteins) + KA, and 42 patients (control group, Group 2) received LPD (60% animal protein + 40% vegetable protein) + KA, within 12 months.
Results. The dietary substitution of animal protein with SP to a greater extent delayed the decrease in glomerular filtration rate (-5.9% vs -13.3%; p=0.048), the increase in left ventricular hypertrophy (+4.7% vs +12.3%; p=0.042), as well as the increase in central systolic blood pressure (+2.6% vs +13.0%; p=0.021), augmentation index (+7.6% vs +23.3%; p=0.010), slowed down the decrease in lean body mass in men (+0.9% vs -11.2%; p=0.017) and women (-1.8% vs -10.3%; p=0.024), increase in phosphorus (-10.3% vs +13.0%; p=0.029), cholesterol (-10.7% vs -3.4%; p=0.047) and urea (+6.3% vs +19.6%; p=0.035) serum levels.
Conclusion. The use of LPD with substitution of animal protein with soy protein + KA provides a more pronounced effect on nephro- and cardioprotection as well as maintenance of nutritional status, than conventional LPD + KA in patients with 3B4 stages of CKD.
Turkish intermediate EFL learners' perceptual learning style preferences and willingness to communicate across gender
Authors: Parisa Yeganehpour , Elham Zarfsaz
Published: August 2022

In the educational setting, learning style plays an important role since individuals are unlike in terms of their learning styles. As the area of modern language, teaching and learning has evolved over the last several decades. The instructors and students have seen a number of significant shifts in language teaching, learning techniques and approaches. The late 1970s saw the emergence of perceptual learning style theory in educational discourse. This research included one hundred English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students who were studying English at a public university in Turkey. The current research examined the link between learners' perceptual learning style and readiness to communicate, as well as the influence of gender on these relationships. After obtaining agreement from the participants, two questionnaires were sent to the students. Having ascertained the assumptions of normality of data, the researchers used Pearson correlation coefficient and Independent sample t-test as a parametric test for relationship and difference analysis. The results of the analysis revealed a positive and significant correlation between the participants' visual learning style, group learning style and kinesthetic learning style preferences and their willingness to communicate. Moreover, it was revealed that there was not any significant relationship between tactile learning style, auditory learning style and individual learning style preferences of participants and their willingness to communicate. Moreover, it was found that, gender does not make any significant difference on perceptual learning style preference of learners and their willingness to communicate.
Using voscreen to enhance english language vocabulary learning
Authors: Süleyman Alperen Altuğ , Ahmet Önal
Published: August 2022

Technology is of great importance in the specification of methods, techniques and tools to be used in or out of the classrooms. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the shutdown of schools and forced the education to be maintained online which makes the research on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools, to be used in learning more necessary than ever. In order to fulfil the research need, and to present an appropriate ICT tool to be used in vocabulary teaching, this study aimed to analyse the effect of the VoScreen tool on students' vocabulary achievements and attitudes towards ICT tools in general. The participants of the study included 82 preparatory classes, A2 proficiency level students. Participants were divided into two groups as experiment and control groups. After all the participants took a vocabulary achievement test as the pre-test, 42 participants in the experiment group were asked to use VoScreen daily 20 minutes out of their classes. After the treatment process, all the participants were asked to take the same vocabulary achievement test as the post-test. The results of the study demonstrated that the utilization of VoScreen by the instructors and students might yield notable benefits for vocabulary teaching and learning.