bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Asexual disruptions in Netflix’s BoJack Horseman
Authors: Girard Danielle
Published: October 2022

This article uses the character Todd Chavez (voiced by Aaron Paul) from the adult animation BoJack Horseman (2014–20, Netflix) as a launch point for exploring on-screen queerness that exists outside of the confines of compulsory (hetero)sexuality. Sex and sexuality, I argue, provide a limiting framework for the expression of queerness. Using key episodes such as ‘Hooray, Todd Episode!’ (2017), ‘ and ‘ I argue that the use of hyperbolic eroticism in BoJack works to frame Todd’s asexuality as distinctly queer. Through the mobilization of asexuality as a theoretical advancement for queer studies, this article considers how non-sexual identity formations work to destabilize and queer the institutions of the relationship and attraction. It is, I argue, reductive and limiting to view queerness exclusively through the lens of sex and sexuality.
Star Trek: Lower Decks and utopian queer intimacy
Authors: Totter Eileen
Published: October 2022

While the Star Trek franchise is synonymous with diversity, queerness has been unfortunately interpreted more as a tragic plot device rather than presenting fully realized queer characters in series such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. However, the more recent programme Star Trek: Lower Decks appears to embrace Gene Roddenberry’s utopian ethos in that diversity is default in the future through multiple queer and queer-coded women. This article analyses how bisexual protagonist Ensign Beckett Mariner eventually finds support over the course of the series through her relationships with the characters Captain Amina Ramsey, Ensign D’Vana Tendi and Ensign Jennifer Sh’reyan. Unlike previous attempts at queer plots, the focal points in these moments emphasize character and community instead of violence and drama. This article proposes that Star Trek: Lower Decks signals a more positive shift in how queer characters are interpreted in the science fiction utopian franchise.
Transforming and queering identity: The influence of magical girl anime on queer-inclusive western animation
Authors: Karavodin Katerina
Published: October 2022

Following the success of Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe there has been an explosion of openly queer representation in US children’s animated television through programmes such as She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and The Owl House (2020–present), among others. The majority of these programmes follow trends seen in Steven Universe. These queer-inclusive children’s programmes tend to exist within the sci-fi/fantasy genre, visually reference Japanese anime, focus on female queer identity and attract adult fan bases in addition to young audiences. These factors can be accounted for, at least in part, by the direct influence of the mahō shōjo or magical girl genre of Japanese anime and manga or its indirect influence through Steven Universe. Scholarship has already commented upon the queer tropes common in magical girl programmes, both open and subtextual, and the direct influence of this genre on Steven Universe is well established. However, while the influence of the magical girl genre is obvious in programmes like Steven Universe and She-Ra that are closely patterned on the magical girl, it can also account for the aforementioned similarities in a majority of seemingly different recent queer-inclusive programmes such as The Owl House, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts and others. The anime influenced visuals of these programmes are partially a result of borrowing from aspects of the magical girl genre, such as the iconic transformation or henshin sequence. It is the sci-fi/fantasy nature of magic and transformation, just as in magical girl programmes, that allows young women to access magical power and agency through explorations of identity. These similarities make for an accessible language of transformation and exploration through which queer narratives can be expressed. By tracing the influence of the magical girl genre and its focus on the power of self and interpersonal exploration, we can begin to see why modern, queer-inclusive children’s animation exists in the form it currently does and begin to question what this means for queer representation and messages in contemporary US children’s animation.
‘Sexuality exists on a continuum’: Broad City’s queer take on female friendship
Authors: Lehman Katherine
Published: October 2022

Comedy Central’s Broad City (2014–19) features a pair of Jewish single women navigating the pleasures and pitfalls of life in New York. Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson’s characters find inspiration and sustenance in each other, rather than their secondary and often fleeting relationships with men. Their bond exceeds heterosexual friendship, as Ilana repeatedly declares her devotion and sexual attraction to Abbi. While Abbi casually rebuffs her advances, the libidinal Ilana pursues flings with both men and women, perceiving sexual orientation as a continuum. Co-creator Ilana Glazer has declined to label her character bisexual, claiming that Broad City was inspired by the adage that ‘everyone under 30 is gay’. By equating sexual fluidity with Millennial culture, Glazer seems to diminish the series’ political significance. However, I argue the series makes key interventions in queer representation by foregrounding the bonds between women, resisting heterosexual imperatives, and introducing queer sexual practices. My article considers the series’ importance to both LGBTQIA+ and straight viewers, combining close textual readings with attention to critical and audience responses. Additionally, I draw from recent scholarship on Broad City to examine how the series’ queer humour emphasizes white Jewish identity and relies upon cultural appropriation.
Preâmbulo à filosofia do sentir político
Authors: Abranches André
Published: October 2022

Ao analisar parte da tradição filosófica Ocidental e, em particular, contrapor o ensinamento de mestres e gurus do Oriente aos ensinamentos de escolas metafísicas e de ciência política do Ocidente, o presente artigo, poderá ser dito, insere-se na categoria de filosofia das civilizações. Não estando limitada, porém, a nenhuma dessas civilizações, a arte política, enquanto perícia daquele que governa ou leva a vida feliz, pode ser examinada no prolongamento das suas intersecções e enquanto questão filosófica independente. Neste artigo, o autor parte por isso do pressuposto de que a busca do conhecimento do bom governo e vida feliz é comum a ambas as civilizações ou, mais essencialmente, a todo o homem enquanto homem e, observando a ausência de uma correspondência significativa entre ambas no tema da ciência ou arte política, procura examinar possíveis modalidades específicas dessa investigação. Se puder ser dito que, nesse sentido, a filosofia política é uma modalidade mais específica do Ocidente e, do Oriente, a filosofia do sentir intuitivo, o escopo deste artigo é, então, o exame da possibilidade da filosofia do sentir político enquanto questão filosófica independente.
Sangyod rice bran extract enhances Lacticaseibacillus paracasei growth during the exponential phase and antibacterial activity of L. paracasei supernatant against zoonotic and foodborne pathogens
Authors: Kabploy Krittika , Saengsawang Phirabhat , Romyasamit Chonticha , Sangkanu Suthinee , Kitpipit Warangkana , Thomrongsuwannakij Thotsapol , Wongtawan Tuempong , Daus Mareena , Pereira Maria de Lourdes , Mitsuwan Watcharapong
Published: October 2022

Background and Aim: Prebiotics are a group of nutrients or compounds that are degraded by the gut microbiota, including Lacticaseibacillus paracasei. The probiotic plays an important role in adhesion to the gut and is able to produce antimicrobial substances to inhibit pathogens. This study aimed to investigate the effects of Sangyod rice bran extract on the growth promotion of L. paracasei. Furthermore, antibacterial activity of the extract and L. paracasei supernatants cultured in De Man, Rogosa and Sharpe (MRS) medium plus the extract against zoonotic and foodborne pathogens was investigated.

Materials and Methods: Antibacterial activity of the crude extract and the oil from Sangyod rice bran against the pathogens, including Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Avian pathogenic E. coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa was investigated using broth microdilution assay. The effects of the crude extract and the oil on the growth and adhesion of L. paracasei were further determined. The antibacterial activity of L. paracasei supernatant cultured in the medium supplemented with the extract and the oil against the pathogens was determined by agar well diffusion assay, followed by the broth microdilution assay. Finally, the chemical constituents and antioxidant activity of the crude extract and the oil from Sangyod rice bran were investigated.

Results: The crude extract and the oil from Sangyod rice bran enhanced L. paracasei growth during the exponential phase. Furthermore, the crude extract at 0.25 mg/mL significantly enhanced the adhesion of L. paracasei to the surface compared with the control. Both minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC) values of the crude extract against B. cereus and S. aureus were 0.5 and 1.0 mg/mL, respectively. All pathogens were sensitive to the supernatant of L. paracasei with similar MIC and MBC ranging from 12.5% v/v to 50% v/v. However, the MIC and MBC values of L. paracasei supernatant grown in MRS medium plus the crude extract and oil were not significantly different compared to the supernatant obtained from MRS alone. The crude extract had free radical scavenging activities with IC50 values at 0.61 mg/mL.

Conclusion: The results suggested the potential benefits of the crude extract from Sangyod rice bran for inducing the growth and the adhesion of L. paracasei and inhibiting zoonotic and foodborne pathogens.
Inverses of Rational Functions
Authors: Dózsa Tamás
Published: October 2022

We consider the numerical construction of inverses for a class of rational functions. We propose two inverse algorithms, which can be used to simultaneously identify every zero of a rational function or polynomial. In the first case, we propose a generalization of an inverse algorithm based on our previous work and specify a class of rational functions, for which this generalized algorithm is applicable. In the second case, we provide a method to construct Blaschke-products, whose roots match the roots of a polynomial or a rational function. We also consider different iterative methods to numerically calculate the inverse points and discuss their properties.
HIERARCHY OF NORMATIVE LEGAL ACTS IN RUSSIA AND BULGARIA: ON THE ISSUE OF THE LAW ON NORMATIVE LEGAL ACTS
Authors: Vasilev A.A. , Groysman S.
Published: October 2022

The article analyzes the problem of developing and adopting a law on normative legal acts in the RussianFederation as a way to establish a uniform approach to the system and hierarchy of normative legal acts.Various draft laws on laws are being considered (1996, 2014, 2021). As a successful experience of normativeregulation of the system and hierarchy of normative legal acts, the law of Bulgaria of 1973 «On normativelegal acts’ is cited — the earliest known law on laws. The paper notes similar aspects in establishing thehierarchy of normative legal acts in Russia and Bulgaria: the dominance of the constitutional act, theproblem of the correlation of national and international law, the significant influence of judicial practice onthe development of the legal system, the secondary nature of the doctrine, principles of law, legal custom.
El valor de la atención integral en la toma de decisiones sobre el lugar de fallecimiento en pediatría
Authors: Balsells Costa Marta , Miquel Diego Pau , Rodríguez Crespo Lídia , Castellà Vera Carolina , Asenjo Ponce de León Silvia , Bullich Molins Marta , Morgenstern Isaak Andrés , Navarro Vilarrubí Sergi
Published: October 2022

Los centros de atención intermedia están destinados a ser una alternativa segura a la hospitalización bajo un modelo de atención integral y transdisciplinario que pueda dar respuesta a las situaciones de final de vida de alta complejidad, también en pediatría. Se presenta, a propósito de un caso, un proceso de atención al final de vida en el que la continuidad asistencial entre dos niveles de atención diferenciados —una unidad de atención paliativa pediátrica de un hospital de agudos y un centro de atención intermedia pediátrico— permitió proveer una atención paliativa de calidad al paciente y a su familia. En base a este, sugerimos que la toma de decisiones sobre el lugar de fallecimiento debería individualizarse, respetando el lugar deseado por el paciente y su familia, con el objetivo de poder garantizar unos cuidados de calidad en el mejor ambiente posible.
De fulanos y menganos: breviario para sobrevivir a los daños que provoca “el sistema”
Authors: Sorokin Patricia , Benites Estupiñan Elizabeth , Farías Gisela , Sotomayor María Angélica , Caprara María Paula , Bustamante Cabrera Gladys Inés , Passo Elena Rita , Rueda Castro Laura , Cudeiro Patricia , Gubert Ida Cristina , Vázquez Larsson Mónica , Quiroz Malca Estela
Published: October 2022

El proceso de salud-enfermedad-atención, como toda construcción social, surge de la relación entre las representaciones sociales (creencias, saberes, ideas, conocimientos), las prácticas (históricas, inherentes al contexto sociocultural) y la subjetividad de la época. A su vez, debido al impacto que tiene en las áreas biológicas, psicológicas y relacionales, impregnan la vida cotidiana, organizan la vida individual, familiar y social, y contribuyen a constituir identidades. El presente trabajo aborda, desde la bioética narrativa, circunstancias propias de la relación médico-paciente a través del análisis de un caso hipotético.
Management of Self-Efficiency Management and Work Commitment at the School of the Cooperation Agreement Unit
Authors: Murniarti Erni , Sihotang Hotmaulina , Purba Santri Chintia
Published: October 2022

This study aims to reveal factors (1) reveal the dominant factors of self-efficacy and describe the characteristics of self-efficacy; (2) reveal the dominant factor of work commitment and describe the characteristics of work commitment; (3) reveal whether there is a teacher's self-efficacy, and work commitment based on gender; (4) reveal whether there are differences in self-efficacy and work commitment based on educational qualifications; (5) reveal whether there are differences in self-efficacy and work commitment based on work period. The study used a quantitative approach with a survey method with factor analysis using SPSS 26, and the study population was all SPK school teachers and a sample of 258 people with the purposive sampling technique. Data was obtained through a questionnaire. Data analysis used factor analysis to determine the dominant factors of self-efficacy and work commitment variables. The difference test uses the Tukey test. The results showed that the dominant factor of self-efficacy is the ability to solve problems, and the dominant factor of work commitment is working continuously. In addition, it was found that there was no difference in teacher self-efficacy and work commitment based on educational qualifications and gender. The longer the teacher works, the more self-efficacy and work commitment increase.
Educational Reform in Contemporary China: An Autobiographic Ethnographic Study of a Local University in Gansu Province
Authors: Tianjin Wang
Published: October 2022

This paper reviews the educational reform process in contemporary China based on an autobiographic ethnographic case study of Tianshui Normal University (TNU) in Gansu province.  It examines the relationship between Chinese culture and education, probes the modern education model in China, and offers some operational suggestions for further education reforms in China.  The author adopted qualitative research methods to study the critical issues related to educational reform in contemporary China and demonstrated the accomplishments of educational reform in China.
Prawie globalna erozja katolicyzmu
Authors: Obirek Stanisław
Published: October 2022

The almost global erosion of Catholicism is a research hypothesis based on the analysis of decades of data collected by the global social science research initiative World Values Survey. It provided hard data on the condition of Catholicism. Analyzing such at-titudes as anti-Semitism, xenophobia, and homophobia, it can be concluded that they are not only prtesent in the mentality and attitudes of many Catholics, but we can observe also the intensification of such attitudes in some countries. However, it must also be stated that there are trends leading to the changes that were initiated at the Second Vatican Council. They rejoice in the last years, when Jorge Maria Bergoglio became pope in 2013, taking the name of Francis, the official support of the Vatican. Only a few such changes will be mentioned as harbingers of deeper processes, the consequences of which we are not yet aware of.
The Impact of Morally Injurious Events on the Dynamics of Mobilization for Women’s Rights in Poland
Authors: Rak Joanna
Published: October 2022

Why did the registration of the Gals for Gals name as a trademark and the publication of the Constitutional Tribunal’s ruling stop the largest protest movements for women’s rights in democratic Poland despite unaccomplished goals? What was the source of the 2018 and 2021 demobilization acts and subsequent waves of non-mobilization? Drawing on the theory of moral injury and narrative research methodology, this article aims to account for the determinants of the Gals for Gals’ and the All-Poland Women’s Strike’s demobilization and the lack of mobilization. The main argument is that during the fight for women’s rights, a part of Polish society involved in civic activity experienced two severe traumas. Each of the two waves of mobilization ended in a moral injury development. In both cases, a moral injury involved the loss of trust in self and others. Moreover, in both cases, the moral injuries were so severe that they turned out long-lasting. At the stage of the cognitive dissonance, there were no attempts to resolve it. In other words, activists did nothing to prevent cognitive dissonance from turning into a moral injury. In the first case, it may indicate the organizational and emotional immaturity of activists. In turn, the second case may indicate the weakening of civil society, building Poland’s political culture of withdrawal and submission.
Cross-border Families and the Movement Constraints Along the Polish-German Borderland During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Giryn-Boudy Maria
Published: October 2022

Drawing on the findings of previous research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cross border movement within the European Union and the separation of cross-border families, the study focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cross-border movement of Polish families within the European Union and, more specifically, on the situation of Polish families separated by the borders that remain withing the Schengen Area. The study explores the ways in which Covidfencing has dramatically restricted the free movement of the UE citizens within the Schengen Area, especially between Poland and Germany. Using research methods such as literature review, participating observation and interview, the researcher identifies key factors that has shaped the migration crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic inside the Schengen area and then focuses on examining in greater detail commuting and migration problems of the Polish cross-border families. The research is organised by the hypothesis that has been assumed at the start of the research. The hypothesis argues that the Polish cross-border families have been significantly affected by the crossborder movement restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic within the Schengen area. The findingsof the research indicate the validity of such assumption and the need for further research in this direction.
Maksymilian Studniarski – poznański społecznik i nauczyciel
Authors: Gucia Dobrosława , Wojtczak Jakub
Published: October 2022

Maksymilian Studniarski, a teacher and an involved citizen from Poznań, a co-founder and member of the Poznań Society for the Advancement of Arts and Sciences (PTPN), has slipped to oblivion. To date, a biography of the first conserver-restorer and custodian of the collection of the PTPN Museum has not been written. This article presents his life and focuses on the most important facts in it, the functions he performed in various societies, his academic and popular-science activity as well as the history of his family – the ancestors and descendants alike.
Archaeology, mainly polish, in the current discussion on the ethnogenesis of the Slavs
Authors: Kara Michał
Published: October 2022

This paper is an attempt at outlining the current state of discussion about the ethnogenesis of the Slavs, mainly within the framework of Polish scientific research, with particular consideration of archaeological theories, both in terms of their differences as well as any similarities. The discussion covers the allochthonic theory (which is predominant in the science), autochthonic theory, as well as the concept defined by an American archaeologist, Florin Curta, which falls outside these two main discourses.The rationale proposed within this paper could support the resumption of a harmonious discussion among the archaeologists on the problem of the ethnogenesis of the Slavs.
Oxidant‐ induced preconditioning: A pharmacologic approach for triggering renal ‘self defense’
Authors: Zager Richard A.
Published: October 2022

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common event, occurring in ~5% and ~35% of hospitalized and ICU patients, respectively. The development of AKI portends an increased risk of morbidity, mortality, prolonged hospitalization, and subsequent development of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Given these facts, a multitude of experimental studies have addressed potential methods for inducing AKI prevention in high‐risk patients. However, successful clinical translation of promising experimental data has remained elusive. Over the past decade, our laboratory has focused on developing a method for safely triggering AKI protection by inducing “kidney preconditioning” in mice by the intravenous administration of a combination of Fe sucrose (FeS) + tin protoporphyrin (SnPP). These agents induce mild, but short lived, ‘oxidant stress’ which synergistically activate a number of kidney ‘self‐defense’ pathways (e.g., Nrf2, ferritin, IL‐10). Within 18–24 h of Fe/SnPP administration, marked protection against diverse forms of experimental toxic and ischemic AKI results. FeS/SnPP‐mediated reductions in kidney injury can also indirectly decrease injury in other organs by mitigating the so called “organ cross talk” phenomenon. Given these promising experimental data, three phase 1b clinical trials were undertaken in healthy subjects and patients with stage 3 or 4 CKD. These studies demonstrated that FeS/SnPP were well tolerated and that they up‐regulated the cytoprotective Nrf2, ferritin, and IL‐10 pathways. Two subsequent phase 2 trials, conducted in patients undergoing ‘on‐pump’ cardiovascular surgery or in patients hospitalized with COVID 19, confirmed FeS/SnPP safety. Furthermore, interim data analyses revealed statistically significant improvements in several clinical parameters. The goals of this review are to: (i) briefly discuss the historical background of renal “preconditioning”; (ii) present the experimental data that support the concept of FeS/SnPP‐ induced organ protection; and (iii) discuss the initial results of clinical trials that suggest the potential clinical utility of an ‘oxidant preconditioning’ strategy.
Effects of working memory capacity and distance-based complexity on agreement processing: a crosslinguistic competition account
Authors: Rattanasak Sonthaya , Pongpairoj Nattama , Christianson Kiel
Published: October 2022

This study examined the extent to which working memory (WM) capacity and distance-based complexity influenced how second language (L2) learners used morphosyntactic information incrementally during online processing of L2 English long-distance subject-verb number agreement dependencies. The moving-window self-paced reading experiment involved 40 agreement-lacking first language (L1) Thai learners of English and 40 native English speakers. Distance-based complexity was manipulated based on whether the agreement controller and the agreeing verb were intervened by a short-distance subject-extracted relative clause or a long-distance object-extracted relative clause in line with the Dependency Locality Theory. The findings indicated that both native speakers and L2 learners experienced less processing difficulty in short-distance conditions, showing heightened sensitivity to agreement violations. Their sensitivity was, however, modulated as a function of distance-based complexity and WM capacity. The L2 learners’ lack of sensitivity in the long-distance conditions was associated with their limited pool of cognitive resources. Consistent with the L1–L2 structural competition account, these findings suggest in relation to morphology learning in SLA that L2 learners may labor under parallel activation during crosslinguistic competition, whereby cognitive resources are insufficient to resolve long-distance agreement dependencies, thus resulting in reduced sensitivity to L2 morphosyntactic violations.
Attractivity of implicit differential equations with composite fractional derivative
Authors: Vivek Devaraj , Elsayed Elsayed M. , Kanagarajan Kuppusamy
Published: October 2022

In this paper, we study the existence and attractivity of solutions for an implicit differential equation with composite fractional derivative. By means of Schauder’s fixed point theorem, sufficient conditions for the main results are investigated. An example is presented to illustrate our theory
Jumping on the bandwagon? Attendance response to recent victories in the NBA
Authors: Munoz Ercio , Chen Jiadi , Thomas Milan
Published: October 2022

This article studies whether a recent victory impacts attendance at sports events. We apply a regression discontinuity design to estimate the local average treatment effect of a win on the attendance of subsequent games in professional basketball. Using National Basketball Association data from seasons 1980–81 to 2017–18, we find that home team fan bases react to recent outcomes, with an increase in attendance of approximately 425 attendants (a 3% boost) following a close win relative to a close loss. The increment is approximately one-eighth of a recent estimate of the superstar effect. We do not find an attendance effect when the visiting team has a recent victory, which provides evidence against the existence of externalities. The positive fan base response to narrow home wins relative to narrow losses suggests that recent luck is rewarded in sporting attendance. We discuss possible mechanisms and document a gradual decline in the attendance response that coincides with the rise of alternative means for viewing games and secondary markets for tickets.
Sign and indexicality: a case study of enhancing alignment of situation models in SCWT
Authors: Zhu Jing , Duan Chunyun
Published: October 2022

The story continuation writing task (SCWT) is a newly emerging proficiency test of National Matriculation English Test (NMET) in three provinces in China. Nevertheless, little is known with respect to how test-takers enhance their alignment of situation models in SCWT. This paper reports on a case study of the development of situational alignment of one L2 (second language) learner in a senior high school in Jiangsu Province, China, drawing on qualitative data collected via individual face-to-face interviews, and supplemented by face-to-face conversations and email exchanges, over a period of one year. This study investigates how the test-taker enhances her alignment of situation models, and what factors contribute to her development of situational alignment under the framework of a new semiotic research finding, a pan-indexicality model. This paper concludes that test-takers possess the capacity of developing their alignment of situation models, and that a pan-indexicality model, affording opportunities for test-takers to accurately decode the meaning of a linguistic sign at the overall sense level, plays a decisive role in identifying and integrating key dimensions of situation models and eventually enhancing test-takers’ situational alignment. This study suggests that a pan-indexicality model can be employed by test-takers to understand the meaning of a linguistic sign at the overall sense level, and test-takers’ encyclopedic knowledge, contextual information, and personal emotions regarding a linguistic sign should be highlighted in classroom instruction to help test-takers construct aligned situation models in SCWT.
Synergistic reinforcement mechanism of basalt fiber/cellulose nanocrystals/polypropylene composites
Authors: Song Dingquan , Wang Bin , Tao Wencan , Wang Xi , Zhang Wei , Dai Mingfeng , Li Jinyang , Zhou Zhuowan
Published: October 2022

In this article, we prepared novel basalt fiber (BF)-reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites based on the synergistic reinforcement of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). First, we compared the enhancement effect of CNCs and silane coupling agent-modified BFs on PP, showing that the enhancement effect of the former was more significant. Subsequently, to further improve the mechanical properties of the composites, CNCs were introduced into the BF-reinforced PP composite system as the third phase, and the results suggested that their combination with BFs could synergistically strengthen the PP matrix composites. Simultaneously, the study also shows that when the mass percentage of CNCs and BFs are 1 and 30%, respectively, the composite achieves the highest mechanical strength, which is 64.31% higher than that of the PP matrix. The systematic characterization revealed the synergistic enhancement mechanism: on the one hand, CNCs not only promoted the improvement of PP crystallinity by heterogeneous nucleation but also formed a wedge-shaped structure between them and BFs through hydrogen bonding to prevent PP molecular movement; on the other hand, the BFs promote not only the extrusion crystallization of the resin matrix but also the network structure formed by the appropriate content of BFs can realize the rapid transmission of external stress.
Glottalized lateral in Rikvani Andi: an acoustic study
Authors: Shiryaev Alexander , Daniel Michael , Moroz George
Published: October 2022

Glottalized sonorants are a rare sound type that has been under scrutiny for a number of reasons of general relevance to the phonetic theory. It has been claimed that the timing of glottalization of glottalized sonorants may shift in accordance with the position in the syllable onset (pre-glottalization) or coda (post-glottalization), to provide a cue for its place of articulation; other studies argued against this claim. The paper investigates acoustic properties of the glottalized lateral in Rikvani Andi, a one-village dialect of Andi (East Caucasian). Based on the data from elicitations and free narratives, we consider the acoustic correlates that have been argued in the literature to differentiate glottalized sonorants from their modal counterparts, including aperiodicity, intensity, duration and spectral tilt. In Rikvani Andi, all of the correlates prove to be statistically significant in recordings of isolated words, but the differences tend to decrease in free narratives. The timing of glottalization does not support the existing generalizations – while the glottalized lateral only occurs in Rikvani Andi in the syllable onset, it tends to be mid- to post-glottalized. We discuss two possible explanations of why the Rikvani Andi glottalized sonorant fails to comply with typological expectations.
Thoughts upon a Neolithic Cave Painting of Childbirth in Anatolia and its implications
Authors: Yalçıklı Derya
Published: October 2022

The subjects of the Late Neolithic cave paintings in İnkaya Cave, Balıkesir are life and death. It is seen that the panels representing Life are based on the formation of a fetus inside a pregnant woman’s abdomen, its development then birth, and the celebration of a new individual joining the community, alongside an emphasis on the shaman’s function throughout this process. Similar subjects in the Neolithic Age in Anatolia are presented to the viewer from different perspectives in cave paintings, reliefs and figurines showing scenes that depict sexuality, pregnant women, and childbirth. The successful use of the “X-ray” style in the creation of the İnkaya Cave painting in the Neolithic period fills a gap in the history of Anatolian painting and sculpture.
Fragment einer präparierten und linierten Kalksteintafel mit Auszug aus dem Hymnus auf Amun-Re von pBoulaq 17 (oDeM 1793)
Authors: Fischer-Elfert Hans-W.
Published: October 2022

The limestone tablet oDeM 1793 is known particularly for its representativeness as a writing medium. In the following it will be shown that the preserved hieratic text can be identified as part of the hymnus of Amun of pBoulaq 17.
International Policy Transfer in Post-Communist States
Authors: Ilyassova-Schoenfeld Aray
Published: October 2022

This study aims to explore international policy transfer (IPT) through examining educational reforms in Kazakhstan. Literature on policy transfer lacks cases between Western countries and post-communist states with a Soviet legacy. This study used the IPT framework as a heuristic device to analyze the Bologna Process (BP), an intergovernmental higher education process. Empirical data included semi-structured interviews with BP stakeholders and thematic analyses of official documents to examine the stages of accession transfer. The findings demonstrated that a Soviet legacy constrains the policy transfer process during accession stages, limiting the policy transfer process from the West and leading to incomplete transfers.
The Use of Kierkegaard as a Stimulus for Autoethnographical Journal Writing
Authors: Woodley Helen
Published: October 2022

Kierkegaard wrote extensively, often focusing on his own struggles aligning his Christian faith with the organized structures of the church he was familiar with. His belief was that each individual was responsible for understanding and giving meaning to their own life as opposed to subscribing to a collective position held by the wider society or a faith group. He showed awareness of the impact of more widely held views on those of the individual who found themselves outside of societal norms. Kierkegaard explored his own thoughts and responses to the world around him through the act of journaling. This focus on a unique individual understanding of the world explored through personal writing appears to complement the broader methodological approach of autoethnography. Looking at a brief overview of four fundamental themes of Kierkegaard’s personal writing drawn from Kierkegaard’s journals, parallels are drawn with autoethnographical written pieces. Suggestions are made for how Kierkegaard’s approach to his own personal writing could be of use to autoethnographers, specifically those who use journaling as a process for writing.
Suturing or Puncturing the Social Fabric? Afro-Caribbean Textile Art and the Limits of Repair
Authors: Shepard Mathilda
Published: October 2022

In these Dialogues, Lorna Dillon brings together essays that explore the relationship between fiber art and social justice in Latin America. The authors discuss Chilean arpilleras, needlework projects and the struggle for peace in Colombia, the Mexican Embroidering for Peace Movement, and Margarita Cabrera’s fabric sculptures about the US-Mexico borderlands. The section brings the work of scholars from different regions into dialogue. Beatriz Elena Arias López, Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, and Berena Torres Marín reflect on textile initiatives undertaken by peace signatories of the former guerrilla group FARC. Mathilda Shepard analyzes the work of the Tejedoras de Mampuján, asking what it means to speak of justice, reparations, and reconciliation in the wake of the plantation. Danielle House reflects on Mexican embroidery. She considers violence in Mexico and the way the victims it consumes have been framed as “ungrievable.” Mónica Salazar discusses symbolic resistance in participatory needlework projects about the US-Mexico border. Dillon writes about Chilean arpilleras and Colombian testimonial textiles. She draws parallels among the different artistic practices discussed in the collected essays, tracing the emergence of a supranational artistic movement that generates meaning through a multiplicity of practices. The Dialogues demonstrate the new signifying processes that these needlework groups use, as well as the way they articulate meanings that extend beyond the stitches and semiotics of their clothwork.
Lejos de Veracruz
Authors: Torres-Castro Camila
Published: October 2022

The urban landscape of Mexico City has been the main subject of many Mexican films throughout the years, transforming the city into a character itself. The movie Güeros (dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios, 2014) is no exception, telling the story of four young people navigating the metropolis at a time of political and social turmoil in late 1990s Mexico. This essay discusses the intersection between three elements that construct the utopia these characters are looking for: the city, its sounds, and a former rock star. The main intention is to foreground the sounds of the city not as an accessory to the moving image, but as an integral part of the construction of the plot, drawing from R. Murray Schafer’s concept of “soundscape” (1979), as well as on Josh Kun’s (2005) and Brandon LaBelle’s (2010) discussions around space and sound. The film is shot in black and white in an effort to tell a tale of dualism, one that insists on constructing otherness through opposition, primarily as it relates to the urban. By following the binary gesture first presented by the chiaroscuro, this essay argues that silence opens up a possibility for intimacy as opposed to a deafening environment that engulfs the inner worlds of its inhabitants. The search for a home is framed by aural elements that resist the regime of noise that characterizes the city. I propose a counterintuitive analysis that unpacks the symbolic charge of these narrative elements as they tell a parallel story that may not be portrayed in purely visual terms.
El Apocalipsis según León Ferrari
Authors: Fischer Agustín Díez
Published: October 2022

Starting in the 1960s, the Argentine artist León Ferrari referred repeatedly in his visual and written works to God’s punishments in the Bible. Plagues, famines, floods, and sinners burning in eternal fire were constants. Additionally, the artist focused on animals, descriptions of nature, and continual references to biblical ecological orders. Beginning with El árbol embarazador (1964) and the literary collage Palabras ajenas (1967), this combination of biblical stories and animals or natural disasters was present in Ferrari’s oeuvre until the end of his life. The aim of this article is to analyze the frequent appearance of nature and the way in which it intermingles with wars and historical massacres, with plagues and divine retribution, taking as a starting point Ferrari’s stance against the Vietnam War to investigate the trajectory of a radicalism that was conceived in the sixties but that extended to his more recent works. Through the study of his writings, this article argues that the apocalyptic themes and a consistent ecological interest contribute to a “biblical fiction” that permeates Ferrari’s denunciation of the complicity between political and religious violence.
Strengthening the Role of Community in Improving the Quality of The Manpower
Authors: Sulistiyono Tri , Herlambang Pratama Herry , Khoirunisa Dwi Pangestu , Sabri Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad
Published: October 2022

The quality of labor resources in a country is an important part of development. A qualified workforce will encourage the acceleration of development in an effective, efficient, and competitive manner. In addition, a qualified workforce will also encourage massive economic growth. However, in improving the quality of the workforce, there are still many challenges, one of which is related to the distribution of skills and competencies of workforce certification. This study aims to analyze strategies and patterns of improving the quality of the workforce through community and community strengthening. This study is part of a community service program in the Gunungpati area, Semarang City, Indonesia. Such an approach is expected to support the validity of the devotion results as a helpful output. Observation will be carried out using field studies about the subject matter studied. This devotion uses socialization, games, and motivational training as an effective strategy to instill awareness in the target audience of the dangers and threats to tax blindness as well as the importance of public awareness of the importance of tax payments, not only for themselves but for the state, to ensure the fulfillment of the rights of the community,   mainly traders and entrepreneurs as fellow citizens will be increasingly guaranteed and accountable.
Contribution of Islamic Law Concerning The Death Penalty to the Renewal of Indonesian Criminal Law
Authors: Muhyidin Muhyidin , Adhi Yuli Prasetyo , Triyono Triyono
Published: October 2022

This paper aims to describe and analyze the contribution of Islamic law in the regulation (policy formulation) of the death penalty in the context of reforming the national criminal law. Determining the death penalty as a means to tackle crime is a policy choice because capital punishment is a pro and con issue among legal experts. Because the debate about the death penalty is related to the right to life which in international legal instruments and the 1945 Constitution is included in the category of rights that cannot be reduced under any circumstances (non-derogable rights). Islamic law recognizes the death penalty in a crime that has been determined by Allah SWT. in the Al-Qur’an. The death penalty in Islam gives its color with the idea of ​​balance that does not only focus on the perpetrators of the crime but also the victim. Of course, this idea of ​​balance is following the basic values ​​of Pancasila. The death penalty in Islam in the qishahs punishment recognizes the concept of forgiveness from the victim’s family which needs to be developed in the future, especially in the draft Criminal Code which until now has not been ratified as a means for national law reform.
Corporate vs Community Head to Head: The Complexity of Land Tenure Conflict in Indonesia
Authors: Hariri Achmad , Prakasa Satria Unggul Wicaksana , Arifin Samsul , Efendi Ahmad Bahrul , Asis Asis
Published: October 2022

At the end of 2018, residents replanted the land with thousands of banana trunks. In January 2019, Pakel residents were reported by P.T. Bumi Sari; the police summoned 11 residents. In 2020, residents established a command post and planted it for six months. However, in 2020 PT BUMI SARI said it had pocketed the latest Right to Cultivate, which entered some of the villages included in their Right to Cultivate (HGU.). However, a copy document is not owned by the head of the town and residents in Pakel village. This research is a field research or empirical legal research. This research is intended to analyze about the reclaiming reclaiming carried out by the Pakel community, whether it is justified. Futhermore, this research also analyze whether PT Bumi Sari's control of land in Pakel village is against the law. This research concluded that reclaiming by Pakel residents is the right of Pakel residents as with the purpose of the formation of the Basic Agrarian Law (UUPA), which is to bring prosperity, happiness, and justice to the State and the people, especially to the peasants. Right to Cultivate of PT Bumi Sari does not comply with the laws and regulations stipulated in the UUPA. and Government Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 40 of 1996 concerning Cultivation Rights, Building Use Rights, and Land Rights.
Law Enforcement on Management of Limestone Mining Without Permits According to Law Number 3 of 2020 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining
Authors: Suci Ratu Triani Ayune Wulan
Published: October 2022

Mining activities in Indonesia are carried out by mining companies that already have official permits. In connection with the existence of mining activities without a permit on objects on the ground, the government issued a legal product in providing protection, which is regulated in Law Number 3 of 2020 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining. The objectives of this study are: 1) Explain the management of limestone mining permits according to Law Number 3 of 2020 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining. 2) Explain law enforcement against limestone mining without a permit according to Law Number 3 of 2020 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining. The method used in this research is using a normative approach. The research specification in this paper is descriptive analytical. The results of the study show: 1) The management of limestone mining permits in Law Number 3 of 2020 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining is carried out in accordance with the provisions in Article 35 Paragraph (4), in which the permits are carried out based on the delegation of authority of the Central Government. 2) Law enforcement against limestone mining without a permit can be said to be ineffective and not in accordance with the purpose of punishment. Given that mining without a permit is a mining crime in the environmental sector, the imposition of criminal sanctions should be oriented towards the environment.