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MaRDMO Plugin
Authors: Reidelbach Marco , Ferrer Eloi , Weber Marcus
Published: September 2023

MaRDMO, a plugin for the Research Data Management Organiser, was developed in the Mathematical Research Data Initiative to document interdisciplinary workflows using a standardised scheme. Interdisciplinary workflows recorded this way are published directly on the MaRDI portal. In addition, central information is integrated into the MaRDI knowledge graph. Next to the documentation, MaRDMO offers the possibility to retrieve existing interdisciplinary workflows from the MaRDI Knowledge Graph to allow the reproduction of the initial work and to provide scientists with new researchimpulses. Thus, MaRDMO creates a community-driven knowledge loop that could help to overcome the replication crisis.
Metadata Fields and Quality Criteria - XAS Reference Database under DAPHNE4NFDI
Authors: Gaur Abhijeet , Paripsa Sebastian , Förste Frank , Doronkin Dmitry , Malzer Wolfgang , Schlesiger Christopher , Kanngießer Birgit , Lützenkirchen-Hecht Dirk , Welter Edmund , Grunwaldt Jan-Dierk
Published: September 2023

X-ray absorption spectroscopy is important to analyse solid materials, in particular amorphous materials, disordered or multicomponent materials. Due to its vast application in diverse fields XAS has become an essential tool for studying, e.g., catalytic reactions or battery materials to mention just a few. In the field of XAS, data are often evaluated by comparing them to previously measured or calculated reference spectra [1]. This sets the high requirements concerning both spectral quality and documentation of the measurements. Under DAPHNE4NFDI, we have been working on to set up a XAS reference database including raw and processed data with an interface developed for uploading and evaluating the data. In this context, defining metadata fields about an XAS experiments and documenting this information along with data is essential to make the measured data reusable by any researcher in a similar field and beyond. Another important aspect of a curated database is that users should be able to easily judge the quality and the usability of each data set by looking at the mentioned quality criteria. In the present work, we have discussed and highlighted the importance of metadata fields and quality criteria for the data to be uploaded at the XAS database.
Opportunities and Limits of a Disciplinary Repository Using the Example MO|RE data (eResearch Infrastructure for Motor Research Data)
Authors: Klemm Katja , Kron Hannah , Woll Alexander , Bös Klaus , Niessner Claudia
Published: September 2023

Out of two funding periods by the German Research Foundation resulted the first disciplinary repository for sports science motor activity research data MO|RE data. MO|RE data addresses sports scientists, researchers from related disciplines and practitioners such as teachers and educators, which work with or generate human motor performance test data as well. It has five main functions: publishing, storing, searching, citing and mapping. There are still some limitations as well as not exploited opportunities. Opportunities include among others the international expansion. Limitations are e.g., that linking health and motor test data is difficult due to data protection law. The sharing of sensitive data is not possible with the current concept and needs further solutions as e.g., remote access or workstations for guest researchers. In future, those data sets must be kept in mind to cover the requirements of research data management in sports science. Overall, the need for further development and optimization of MO|RE data repository in sports science becomes apparent to maximize its potential and ensure that it meets the evolving needs of researchers in the field.
Toward the Development of NII RDC Application Profile Using Ontology Technology
Authors: Minamiyama Yasuyuki , Hayashi Masaharu , Fujiwara Ikki , Onami Jun-ichi , Yokoyama Shigetoshi , Komiyama Yusuke , Yamaji Kazutsuna
Published: September 2023

In recent years, there has been international progress in developing platforms that support the reproducibility and reusability of research data. Typical platforms adopt a service architecture integrating multiple information systems to cover the entire research data lifecycle. In realizing this architecture, specifications for inheriting processes and results executed on different information systems play an essential role. This study introduces our practices for application profile development using ontology technology in the NII Research Data Cloud.
Because Data Shall Grow (and we With it)
Authors: Rakers Julia , Miller Bernhard , Mohrbacher Julia , Nüst Daniel , Schrade Torsten , Seegert Jörg , Vater Christian , Wiljes Cord , Simon Holger
Published: September 2023

Research data are a valuable asset of their own and individual researchers as well as the research community as a whole can benefit through data sharing practices and open science. These benefits include but are not limited to higher data quality or the more efficient use of time and financial resources. Despite these potential gains, data sharing is not widespread yet and processes of cultural change are needed to reap the benefits of data sharing. Against this background, the NFDI can function as a platform for discussion and provides a network that extends beyond individual research bubbles in the name of common interests and facilitate cultural change processes towards data sharing. A first collaborative workshop in April 2023 identified four central clusters of interest including 1. policies, strategies and funding; 2. communities, workshops and multipliers; 3. publications and 4. collaboration, communication and error cultures. Departing from this, we contemplate developing a vision on how to further encourage cultural change in the NFDI through a series of workshops. As a result, a vision of cultural change within and with the NFDI will be published by the end of 2023 to further guide the processes to facilitate cultural change. A first step could be to change the guiding metaphor for data: Not “Gold” or “Oil”, but “Humus” for healthy growth of a collaborative data ecosystem.
Exploring and Improving Workflows for the Donation and Curation of Research Data
Authors: Kiesler Natalie , Schiffner Daniel
Published: September 2023

Managing research data and preparing it for long term archiving at a research data center is a time-consuming, repetitive and error prone process without obvious rewards or incentives. To address these challenges, we aim at the integration of a standard data management tool into one of the research data centers of the German Network of Educational Research Data. The goal is to improve workflows for both, data donors and curators and to explore transferable solutions that allow researchers and curators to work on the same platform when entering and editing metadata.
NFDI4Earth: Improving Research Data Management in the Earth System Sciences
Authors: Bernard Lars , Henzen Christin , Degbelo Auriol , Nüst Daniel , Seegert Jörg
Published: September 2023

The increasing availability of digital research products – typically encompassing data and software – in the Earth System Sciences (ESS) calls for new approaches to facilitate the management and reuse of these digital resources. NFDI4Earth addresses this gap and targets the harmonization of services related to digital research products in the ESS. In our initial phase, we aim to support researchers in 1) discovering and exploring relevant data and software sources, 2) exploratory spatial data analysis, 3) solving research data management problems and 4) creating and publishing information products. This abstract briefly presents concepts and the first results of the harmonization efforts within NFDI4Earth. It touches upon four points: the harmonization of resource descriptions, the harmonization of ESS-specific support for research data management (RDM), joint training activities for researchers in the ESS, and the harmonization of discovery and publishing workflows.
Research Data Publication at Large Scale
Authors: Zastrow Thomas , Fabas Nicolas
Published: September 2023

The MPCDF is the high performance computing center of the Max Planck Society. Beside hosting compute clusters, around 300 petabytes of research data are stored at the MPCDF. Many of these datasets have a size of several terabytes up to petabytes and are stored over a heterogeneous landscape of storage systems. The datasets are covering a wide variety of scientific disciplines, many different data formats and access restrictions. For these reasons, it is not possible to offer one centralized data publishing solution for the datasets. Instead, the MPCDF developed a flexible data publishing concept.
Digital Twin-Based Concept for Reliable Research Data Management
Authors: Rache Alessa , Häußermann Tim , Lehmann Joel , Reichwald Julian
Published: September 2023

In data-intensive research, reliable management of research data is a major challenge. In the field of Mass Spectrometry Imaging, vast amounts of data are being acquired from mostly proprietary data sources. Consequently, hindering seamless data integration into Research Data Management systems. Without a data repository, the continuous generation of scientific knowledge and innovative research based on existing information is limited. Moreover, to maintain the value of data to researchers throughout and beyond its lifecycle, FAIR principles for reliable data management approaches must be applied. To enable the required data transmission, the Digital Twin paradigm can be considered a reliable solution. The conceptual implementation of a heterogeneous mass spectrometer generating hyperspectral images leverages the Digital Twin to overcome common data management problems in data-intensive research.
MaRDIFlow: A Workflow Framework for Documentation and Integration of FAIR Computational Experiments
Authors: Veluvali Pavan L. , Heiland Jan , Benner Peter
Published: September 2023

Numerical algorithms and computational tools are essential for managing and analyzing complex data processing tasks. With ever increasing availability of meta-data and parameter-driven simulations, the demand and the need for reliable and automated workflow frameworks to reproduce computational experiments has grown.  In this work, we aim to develop a novel computational workflow framework, namely MaRDIFlow, that describes the abstraction of multi-layered workflow components. Herein, we plan to enable and implement scientific computing data FAIRness into actionable guidelines for FAIR computational experiments.
Castellum
Authors: Mader Karolina , Kleemeyer Maike
Published: September 2023

Research institutions, especially in the human sciences, have been confronted with strict guidelines for the processing of personal data since the European General Data Protection Regulation came into force in 2018. This presents them with new challenges in recruiting and managing study participants and processing the associated data. To meet these challenges, Castellum has been developed at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development since 2016 and has been used successfully since May 2020. Castellum is a turnkey open-source web application for the data protection-compliant management of volunteer data. Among other things, Castellum simplifies study recruitment, appointment management and study implementation. Various institutions have expressed interest in Castellum in the recent past. On the one hand, this may be due to the fact that no comparable open source project exists. On the other hand, Castellum was explicitly designed to be so flexible and expandable that it can be adapted to the workflows and processes of other research institutions with relatively little effort. The use of Castellum has so far been particularly successful for institutions that conduct several studies in parallel, that want to proactively recruit participants from an internal pool of people interested in the study, and that generate data when dealing with these subjects. Since Castellum is subject to the AGPL licence, the software may be used free of charge without restrictions.
Science Data Platform and Digital Research Product
Authors: Enke Harry , Schörner-Sadenius Thomas
Published: September 2023

The participating scientific communities in PUNCH4NFDI have long experiences with data collections which are often huge, compared to other NFDI communities, and also – from necessity – organized collective access to these data collections. The focus of the work, next to the questions of determining the common ground for identifying and finding the data across the existing community silos, is to make use of the vast experiences for operating collaborative execution environments for large distributed communities. Leaving the always implied questions of AAI and Identity Management aside, building and operating a distributed and heterogeneous execution environment is only feasible using an approach which borrows heavily from the notion of micro-services, with a few building blocks which serve as connecting elements.
Towards a Research Data Commons in the German National Research Data Infrastructure NFDI: Vision, Governance, Architecture
Authors: Diepenbroek Michael , Kostadinov Ivaylo , Seeger Bernhard , Glöckner Frank Oliver , Dieckmann Marius Alfred , Goesmann Alexander , Ebert Barbara , Schimmler Sonja , Sure-Vetter York
Published: September 2023

The concept of a "Research Data Commons" (RDC) established itself as an infrastructure ecosystem for science based on open standards and federated resources to facilitate the sharing of research data and services. The consortia of the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) have identified the collaborative provisioning of resources and services to be of key importance for a functioning and efficient RDC and are leveraging different corresponding measures to establish a sustainable concept in line with international developments.
Introducing JuOSC
Authors: Gonzalez-Marquez Monica , Schmahl Ines
Published: September 2023

Where does one go to find information on Open Science? At the moment, the literature is scattered across the various fora that comprise scientific discourse. An inquiry about any topic in Open Science, for example, how to manage a particular type of data in chemistry or what the current stance of the DFG or the NSF might be on data on photovoltaics or the relationship between Kuhn and Open Science, invariably require a mixture of asking colleagues or conducting random searches in academic indexing services, with varying degrees of success. Part of the problem is that so much of Open Science discourse has occurred in fora made possible by the advent of the internet. Between blog posts, twitter threads, talks and podcasts, there is a wealth of information that needs to be organized and archived to be most useful to the scientific community. There are efforts to organize some of this information in various online databases, and they are laudable, but to serve as long-term tools, they require 1. orchestration to gather and curate materials as a community effort,  2. long-term infrastructure to store copies of the materials, and 3. the expertise of librarians to manage such a collection.
On the Design and Implementation of Easy Access to External Spatiotemporal Datasets in NFDI
Authors: Beilschmidt Christian , Brandenstein Dominik , Drönner Johannes , Glombiewski Nikolaus , Mattig Michael , Seeger Bernhard
Published: September 2023

Across many scientific domains, the ability to process large amounts of heterogeneous spatiotemporal data from various sources is crucial for solving challenging research questions. For example, in NFDI4Biodiversity, researchers need to combine observation data with satellite images to correlate the loss of biodiversity with climate change variables. In general, large data sets are not available on the system (called consumer) where the processing is performed, but first have to be retrieved from one or multiple external systems (called providers) that offer a corresponding service. Moreover, a consumer is often unaware of the datasets the providers offer. Ideally, a provider follows FAIR principles and thus supports mechanisms to greatly simplify the data exchange. However, in practice, there are multiple providers with valuable datasets that are not as FAIR as desired or lack spatiotemporal-specific support for data exchange. Instead of improving each potential provider at the source, we propose an intermediary spatiotemporal data exchange layer (SDExL) that helps simplify data exchange so that domain experts easily gain access to valuable data with little technical know-how.
PIDs in the Natural Sciences
Authors: Schörner Thomas , Barty Anton , Demleitner Markus , Enke Harry , Koepler Oliver , Köhler Martin , Murphy Bridget , Schimmler Sonja , Stein Lisa-Marie
Published: September 2023

We report on ongoing discussions and plans of NFDI consortia in physics and reltated natural sciences with respect to (persistent) identifiers.
Exchanging Research Data with SampleDB
Authors: Deckers Malte , Rhiem Florian
Published: September 2023

Exchanging research data between systems is a vital task in research data management, especially in the context of collaborations. Therefore mapping data into standardized data descriptions and offering interfaces for efficient data exchange are required. The metadata database and electronic lab notebook SampleDB supports various ways of exporting data to other services, such as Dataverse, SciCat, and JupyterHub, as well as file exports in open formats. The concept of SampleDB federations allows data exchange in loosely coupled federations of SampleDB instances.
FAIR Data for Energy System Research
Authors: Wein Amanda , Reinkensmeier Jan , Weidlich Anke , Lilliestam Johan , Hagenmeyer Veit , Richter Mascha , Auer Sören , Nieße Astrid , Lehnhoff Sebastian
Published: September 2023

The NFDI4Energy consortium aims to establish new services filling a variety of needs for the energy system research community, from making FAIR research data easily accessible to promoting collaboration among community entities. Seven Task Areas (TAs) have been defined to achieve the consortium’s objectives, each with a specific focus. Task Area 4 (TA4): FAIR Data for Energy System Research shall develop ontologies, metadata standards, and services to promote semantic consistency and improve interoperability of energy research projects, thereby supporting the harmonization of data management among various institutions and research fields.
RDM Compas: Building Competencies for the Professional Curation of Research Data
Authors: Behrens Kathrin , Blask Katarina
Published: September 2023

“RDM Compas: Research Data Management Competence Base”, consisting of an education and training centre with modular online trainings on the one hand, and a comprehensive knowledge base covering all topics of curation-specific RDM on the other hand. In addition, a certification option is envisioned for curation-specific RDM competencies.
In the context of our presentation, due to the advanced state of work we want to focus on the knowledge base and present its structure and elements. The structural basis is a slightly simplified version of the Data Curation Lifecycle Model [2] offered by the UK Digital Curation Centre [3]. This lifecycle describes both the basic activities and the sequential process steps of data curation and therefore provides a helpful schema for teaching the necessary RDM competencies.
Knowledge Graph Based RDM Solutions
Authors: Sack Harald , Schrade Torsten , Bruns Oleksandra , Posthumus Etienne , Tietz Tabea , Norouzi Ebrahim , Waitelonis Jörg , Fliegl Heike , Söhn Linnaea , Tolksdorf Julia , Jalle Steller Jonatan , Az´ocar Guzm´an Abril , Fathalla Said , Zainul Ihsan Ahmad , Hofmann Volker , Sandfeld Stefan , Fritzen Felix , Laadhar Amir , Schimmler Sonja , Mutschke Peter
Published: September 2023

Based on our experience within the NFDI4Culture and NFDI-MatWerk projects we propose generalized knowledge graph based research data management solutions, which are applicable to other consortia. Our solution covers the construction of a common NFDI core ontology adapted to specific domains via domain extensions as a basis for a knowledge graph (KG) providing information about a consortium and its related research data and software resources. This KG serves as a backend for the web portal that enables interactive access and management of this data. Already implemented for NFDI4Culture and to be adapted by NFDI-MatWerk, this solution might serve as an example solution also for other consortia. We are synchronizing our efforts with ongoing work to implement knowledge graph based research data management in NFDI4DataScience.
DALIA FAIR Open Educational Federation
Authors: Hastik Canan , Kismihok Gabor , Lange Frank , Steiner Petra
Published: September 2023

As a funding measure of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and from the EU's Development and Resilience Facility, the project “DALIA - Knowledge-Base for FAIR data usage and supply" not only creates technical bridges between NFDI consortia but also an evolving approach that contributes to transdisciplinary community building in the long term. By harmonising, networking and making visible teaching and learning materials for the development and promotion of data literacy, the project makes an important contribution to education, training and cultural change.
Data Publication for Personalised Health Data
Authors: Fluck Juliane , Golebiewski Martin , Darms Johannes
Published: September 2023

Health data collected in clinical trials and epidemiological as well as public health studies cannot be freely published, but are valuable datasets whose subsequent use is of high importance for health research. The National Research Data Infrastructure for Personal Health Data (NFDI4Health) aims to promote the publication of such health data without compromising privacy. Based on existing international standards, NFDI4Health has established a generic information model for the description and preservation of high-level metadata describing health-related studies, covering both clinical and epidemiological studies. As an infrastructure for publishing such preservation metadata as well as more detailed representation information of study data (e.g. questionaries and data dictionaries), NFDI4Health has developed the German Central Health Study Hub. Content is either harvested from existing distributed sources or entered directly via a user interface. This metadata makes health studies more discoverable, and researchers can use the published metadata to evaluate the content of data collections, learn about access conditions and how and where to request data access. The goal of NFDI4Health is to establish interoperable and internationally accepted standards and processes for the publication of health data sets to make health data FAIR.
German Human Genome-Phenome Archive in an International Context: Toward a Federated Infrastructure for Managing and Analyzing Genomics and Health Data
Authors: Gadelha Luiz , Eufinger Jan
Published: September 2023

With increasing numbers of human omics data, there is an urgent need for adequate resources for data sharing while also standardizing and harmonizing data processing. As part of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), the German Human Genome-Phenome Archive (GHGA) strives to connect the data from German researchers and their institutions to the international landscape of genome research. To achieve this, GHGA partners up with international activities such as the federated European Genome-Phenome Archive (EGA) [1] and the recently funded European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project to enable participation in international studies while ensuring at the same time the proper protection of the sensitive patient data included in GHGA.
Establishing the Research Data Management Container in NFDIxCS
Authors: Al Laban Firas , Bernoth Jan , Goedicke Michael , Lucke Ulrike , Striewe Michael , Wieder Philipp , Yahyapour Ramin
Published: September 2023

NFDIxCS is a consortium within the family of NFDI, which defines and establishes a research data management (RDM) infrastructure for Computer Science (CS). Based on a broad community process, the various types of research data, their metadata and quality criteria are agreed upon in the community. The resulting research data, along with all associated supplementary information and context such as software, metadata, and the corresponding execution environment are provided as an integral part of the overall infrastructure to meet the FAIR principles. This extended abstract addresses the interaction of the presented task area Architectures & Interfaces within the NFDIxCS consortium and the planned activities, challenges, and objectives of the recently launched project.
MaRDI
Authors: Danabalan Renita , Hintermüller Michael , Koprucki Thomas , Tabelow Karsten
Published: September 2023

MaRDI is building a research data infrastructure for mathematics and be- yond based on semantic technologies (metadata, ontologies, knowledge graphs) and data repositories. Focusing on the algorithms, models and workflows, the MaRDI in- frastructure will connect with other disciplines and NFDI consortia on data processing methods, solving real world problems and support mathematicians on research data management.
Which FAIR are you?
Authors: Moser Mario , Werheid Jonas , Hamann Tobias , Abdelrazeq Anas , Schmitt Robert H.
Published: September 2023

In data management the high-level FAIR principles are interpreted and implemented in various FAIR metrics. While this specific interpretation is intended, it leads to the situation of several metrics with different evaluation results for the same digital object. This work conducts an organizational-formal comparison, showing up elements like categories of importance in the considered metrics, as well as a content-wise comparison of selected metrics how their differ in their interpretation. The results give orientation especially to everyone in science aiming to find the right metric to make their data FAIR.
Connecting the Dots
Authors: Weisweiler Nina Leonie , Bertelmann Roland , Genderjahn Steffi , Pampel Heinz
Published: September 2023

The Helmholtz Centers operate scientific-technical infrastructures that produce a high volume of digital research data, making Helmholtz a hub for expertise in research data. With the rapid digital transformation and growing volume of data, Helmholtz has implemented relevant policies and engaged in NFDI in various ways to manage and use research data effectively.
The Helmholtz Information & Data Science Incubator, in particular the HMC and HIFIS platforms, contribute to these networking activities. The Helmholtz Open Science Office organized several internal forums for Helmholtz members to discuss NFDI, their findings will be presented at the Conference on Research Data Infrastructure (CoRDI).
Helmholtz' multifaceted commitment to research data infrastructure is closely related to NFDI activities. The presentation at CoRDI will demonstrate how a large national research data ecosystem can be successfully connected to the NFDI network, highlighting opportunities for future collaboration.
Automated Documentation of Research Processes Using RDM
Authors: Griem Lars Christoph , Thelen Richard , Selzer Michael
Published: September 2023

Published research results usually represent only a fraction of the data generated at a research institute. The unpublished data created in the process of producing the final result, however, often contain valuable information that can be reused. Through research data management, all these data should be stored centrally according to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). However, a significant part of knowledge is often not found in the data, but in the processes that led to their generation. It is therefore important to map these processes to archive and document this knowledge in a structured way. Procedures for documenting scientific processes already exist and are actively used at research institutes. However, these are often analogue or paper-based and hence do not meet the requirements for FAIR data management. At the Institute for Microstructure Technology of the KIT, such a paper-based procedure is used to document the production of microstructure components. During their manufacturing, it is essential to adhere to the correct process parameters in order to enable error-free production. Therefore, a so-called job ticket always accompanies the production of components. On this job ticket, the correct process sequence is listed and a detailed description of the respective process step is given. Depending on the component to be produced, a distinction is made between different types of job tickets according to internal conventions. On the one hand, there are so-called green job tickets, which describe a standardised process sequence, and on the other hand, blue job tickets, which are intended to document experimental manufacturing processes. The process sequence on the blue job tickets is initially empty and is filled in during the manufacturing process. Common to both types of job tickets is that they are stored in the institute's archive after completion of the component production. However, since the job tickets are paper-based, the corresponding archive of job tickets cannot be searched quickly and, given the sheer volume of archived job tickets, represents an unmanageable collection of data. The existing system for process documentation is therefore to be implemented with the help of the research data infrastructure Kadi4Mat [1] in accordance with FAIR principles, thereby making the available process knowledge more accessible.
Improving the Research Desktop Experience for OpenStack VDI
Authors: Von Suchodoletz Dirk , Sun Yi , Hériché Jean-Karim , Messner Manuel
Published: September 2023

Using virtual machines with dedicated rendering and remote access capabilities, virtual workplaces for various usecases can be created, and then accessed from anywhere at any time. If this is to happen on a large scale in the cloud, so-called VDI for the dynamic provision of virtual desktops play an increasingly important role. A sustainable VDI should be freely available to everyone for modification and redistribution at no cost, be scalable, and should support various desktop use cases with different resource requirements. Some use cases involve hundreds of similar VM running in parallel, which requires proper resource planning.
Experiences From FAIRifying Community Data and FAIR Infrastructure in Biomedical Research Domains
Authors: Waltemath Dagmar , Inau Esther , Michaelis Lea , Satagopam Venkata , Balaur Irina
Published: September 2023

FAIR data is considered good data. However, it can be difficult to quantify data FAIRness objectively, without appropriate tooling. To address this issue, FAIR metrics were developed in the early days of the FAIR era. However, to be truly informative, these metrics must be carefully interpreted in the context of a specific domain, and sometimes even of a project. Here, we share our experience with FAIR assessments and FAIRification processes in the biomedical domain. We aim to raise the awareness that “being FAIR” is not an easy goal, neither the principles are easily implemented. FAIR goes far beyond technical implementations: it requires time, expertise, communication and a shift in mindset.
Losing My Religion: How Organized Religion Continues to Control and Shape Black Women’s Identity
Authors: Pow Kadian , McAuley Chris
Published: September 2023

With a contemporary statistical decline in church attendance, in both the USA and the UK, religious institution’s power over people’s lives still remains strong. The (white) Christian church is undoing rights for minoritized groups and women’s bodily autonomy. A 2023 documentary, _Shiny Happy People_, speaks to the patriarchal control that the religious organization, The Institute of Basic Life Principles (IPBL), exercised over girls and women’s bodies, minds and autonomy. Though there were a small number of Black people that were a part of that church, none of them were interviewed for the documentary. The impact of organized religious institutions and the patriarchy used to shape and control our identities was missing from the documentary and largely missing in the public discourse. Let’s change that by talking about the good, the bad and the ugly or religion’s impact on the shaping of Black women’s identities.

The discussion will draw from Dr. Pow's recently published book, *[Stories of Black Female Identity in the Making: Queering the Love in Blackness](https://livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/9781915271471?utm_source=MB utm_medium=Web utm_campaign=black-studies utm_content=Pow)*, which is an exploration of how Black identity is constantly formed and reformed, along with intersections of gender and sexuality.
Cannabis a "new" old medicine? - The challenges of its medical use in the XXI century
Authors: Etcheverry Silvia
Published: September 2023

Cannabis sativa L. is an ancient plant, that has been used during centuries as rope, cloth, paper, oil and birdfeed and also a well-known psychoactive drug included in the lists of UN 1961 Convention and the following documents related. Likewise, it has remarkable pharmacological properties recognized by tradition that now object of scientific research. This plant produces a unique series of secondary metabolites called cannabinoids which exhibit a typical C21 terpenophenolic skeleton, responsible for its pharmacological profile. These cannabinoids interact with the endogenous endocannabinoid system, involved in the regulation of a variety of physiological and cognitive processes including fertility, pregnancy, during pre- and postnatal development, appetite, painsensation, mood and memory. Some of these pharmacological activities are so novel and interesting that justify the scientific research in these areas which is performing now. This process is expensive and takes a lot of time, and in the meantime, millions of people use cannabis herb, for medical treatments based in traditional use. Taking into consideration this fact, there are some countries have approved the medical use of cannabis, creating specific regulations. Also, the Expert Committee on Drug Dependencies, of the World Health Organization (WHO) held in June 2018 a report about the medical use of cannabis. This report recommends that a critical review of the scientific literature on the cannabis plant and its resin, extracts or tinctures should be performed and that Cannabidiol (CBD) should not be included in the lists of prohibited substances
Կոշի XVI-XVIII դդ. ռուսական արծաթե դրամների գանձը
Authors: Բոյան Վեռա
Published: September 2023

The hoard of Russian silver coins found in Kosh presents a great interest, further study of which can be the basis of new discoveries. The find of such a large number of russian coins once again proves the involvement of the region in trade activities. Armenia's favorable position between the East and the West, contributed to the development of trade and cultural relations. The hoard consists of 3002 kopecks and 75 silver coins called Mordovka. It is unique in its quantity. The coins of Mikhail Feodorovich (1645-1676) are a large amount in the hoard. In all probability the hoard had been buried during the first decade of the XVIII century, as there are coins of the pre-reform period of Peter I.
Արամ Մանուկյանը ժամանակակիցների հուշերում
Authors: Մելիքյան Արևիկ
Published: September 2023

Aram Manukyan՛s contemporaries gave a decent assessment of his life, human quali-ties, as well as pedagogical and revolutionary activities. The role of Aram is invaluable, es-pecially during the restoration of the independent Armenian statehood. The figure devoted to the Motherland led the Armenian people imbued with liberation aspirations, awakening national self-consciousness, strengthening the collective unity of the nation, inspiring con-fidence in people’s own abilities. Today, when the Armenian people are once again in a difficult war and political situa-tion with a need for patriotic figures, it is necessary to turn again to the image of Aram Manukyan.
FROM SPRING TO WINTER: THE NEED FOR CONSISTENT SEASONAL VACCINATIONS
Authors: Abdulhadi Mohammed AL Amri, , Abdulrahman Kaseb Al Anazi, , Hamad Marshud Al Otaibi, , Abdullah Ibrahim Hamran, , Waleed Khalaf Al Hafi, , Faleh Shaman Al Harbi, , Faisal Mansour Al Anazi,
Published: September 2023

The cyclical interplay between seasons and diseases has long intrigued researchers and health professionals alike. With each seasonal transition, certain infectious diseases rise to the forefront, influenced by dynamic factors such as environmental conditions, shifts in human behavioral patterns, and varying biological rhythms. This article delves deep into the intricate relationship between these changes and the consequent surge in specific diseases, underlining the critical importance of timely and consistent vaccinations. Beyond the evident health implications, seasonal diseases exert tremendous socioeconomic pressures, stretching the capacities of healthcare facilities, causing productivity losses, and even impacting school attendance and business operations. Vaccinations, a marvel of modern medicine, emerge as a paramount defense mechanism. Through herd immunity, they not only protect the vaccinated individual but also reduce the overall transmission, especially when formulas adapt annually to the anticipated strains, as seen with influenza. Despite the undoubtable benefits, the global community grapples with challenges like public hesitancy towards vaccines, often fueled by misinformation, and logistical hurdles that affect distribution, especially in remote or underserved regions. Emphasizing the universal acceptance and enhanced accessibility of seasonal vaccines is pivotal for safeguarding global health. By ensuring widespread vaccination, societies can fortify their defense against the cyclical threat of seasonal diseases, promising a healthier future for all.
Filamentous Fungi for Bioremediation of Oily Effluents of a Local Ghee Industry in Pakistan: An Environmental Perception
Authors: Hajra Khalil  , Samina Sarwar  , Sobia Ilyas  , Muhammad Hanif  , Amina Abrar  , Mobina Ulfat
Published: September 2023

Mycoremediation is emerging as a potential approach for eco-friendly, cost-effective, and the most natural attenuation due to the biodegradation of polluted effluents from oil effluents which affect human health and the ecosystem. This work dealt with the analyses of the biodegradation capability of some potential indigenous fungal isolates viz., Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, and Rhizopus stolonifer, against oil effluents collected from a local ghee industry in Pakistan. Percentage reduction potential in different parameters i.e., pH, Electrical Conductivity (EC), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), confirmed that these fungi had the potential to degrade oily effluents. Aspergillus niger showed the highest reduction potential, while A. flavus and R. stolonifer had the least reduction potential to treat oil pollution. This indicates the potential of these identified fungi as biosorbents for removing high oil contents from industrial and wastewater discharge.
Significant Role of Medicinal Botanicals Hostile to Cancer
Authors: Asim Iram , Tanveer Muhammad Ikrama , Yasmeen Humaira
Published: September 2023

In medical systems, medicinal plants have always held an important place. Plant phytochemicals with known biological activity, such as antiviral, antibacterial, and anticancer properties, are crucial in treatment. It has demonstrated little to no negative effects in recent years and is regarded as safe to use. The use of medicinal plants is essential for preventing illnesses, especially cancer, which is the second leading cause of death worldwide. It was discovered that scientists had been effective in finding anti-cancer compounds up to this point such as eugenol, allicin, catechins, curcumin ursolic acid, anethol, lycopene, resveratrol, 6-gingerol from ginger, tomato, garlic, turmeric, blueberries, milk thistle, cranberries, walnuts which can assist in blocking or activating cancer cell activation signalling pathways cycloxigenase, matrix metalloproteinases MMP, COX-2, topoisomerase enzyme, Bax, Bak proteins and accelerating enzymes (antioxidant potential) that protect the body. Cancer is now treated with a few plant-based products and their phytoconstituents. Even though the management and control of cancer progression have advanced significantly, there are still many gaps and untapped prospects. As a result, this review article emphasizes the value of medicinal plants in maintaining human health as well as lists the phytochemicals from medicinal plants that can be used to cure cancer.
India-Nepal relations: with special reference to China
Authors: Suthar Hukma Ram
Published: September 2023

Nepal is a small country situated in the Himalayan hills. It is located between India and Tibet and after China's occupation of Tibet, it acts as a 'buffer state' between India and China. The country is "like a flower blossoming between two rocks." Nepal's border with India is open on three sides, allowing free movement across it. Both countries have taken several measures to strengthen security ties. But in the present scenario, rapid changes are being seen in the relations between the two countries.

Abstract in Hindi Language:

नेपाल हिमालय की पहाड़ियों में बसा एक छोटा देश है। यह भारत और तिब्बत के मध्य स्थित है एवं तिब्बत पर चीन के अधिपत्य के बाद भारत व चीन के मध्य ’बफर स्टेट’ का कार्य करता है। यह देश “दो चट्टानों के बीच खिले हुए फूल के समान है।“  नेपाल की सीमा भारत के साथ तीन ओर से खुली है, जिसमें आर-पार निर्बाध रूप से आया जाया जा सकता है। दोनों देशों ने सुरक्षा सम्बन्धों को सृदृढ़ बनाने के लिए बहुत से उपाय किये है। परन्तु वर्तमान परिदृश्य में दोनों देशों के संबंधों में तेजी से बदलाव देखने को मिल रहा है।

Keywords: भारत-नेपाल, चीन, वर्तमान परिदृश्य, सम्बन्ध।
PENERAPAN TERAPI MUROTTAL AL-QUR’AN DAN RELAKSASI NAFAS DALAM TERHADAP PENURUNAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN KLIEN PRE OPERASI FRAKTUR FEMUR DENGAN TINDAKAN ORIF DI RUMAH SAKIT ISLAM PURWOKERTO
Authors: Desi Ayuningsih  , Suci Khasanah
Published: September 2023

Anxiety occurs in many clients before surgery. The application of murattal Al-Qur'an therapy and deep breathing relaxation is a type of non-pharmacological therapy. The purpose of this case study was to determine the application of murattal therapy and deep breathing relaxation to reduce preoperative anxiety levels of femur fractures in the intraoperative room of Purwokerto Islamic Hospital. The sample in this case is the pretest-posttest using The Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) instrument. It was concluded that murattal therapy and deep breathing relaxation can reduce anxiety levels in preoperative patients. Based on the results of the case study it is recommended to use this type of treatment in an effort to reduce the anxiety of oraoperative patients.
El feocromocitoma de Dwight David Eisenhower, 50 años después: una reflexión sobre enfoques médicos y cambios de paradigma
Authors: Cardona Gómez Manuela , Ardila Gil Alejandro , Román-González Alejandro
Published: September 2023

Contexto: Dwight Eisenhower fue un veterano de guerra que se desempeñó como trigésimo cuarto presidente de los Estados Unidos de América durante dos mandatos. En su carrera política fueron comunes los impedimentos de salud, incluyendo fluctuaciones paroxísticas en la presión arterial, infartos agudos de miocardio múltiples y eventos cerebrovasculares. Una vez que falleció el expresidente en 1969, su autopsia reveló un feocromocitoma en la glándula adrenal derecha.
Contenidos: los feocromocitomas son tumores secretores de catecolaminas que se desarrollan en las glándulas suprarrenales. Los síntomas se deben usualmente a una estimulación excesiva del sistema nervioso simpático, lo que genera hipertensión, cefalea, palpitaciones, diaforesis, palidez, entre otros. En su vida, Eisenhower sufrió varios eventos de salud que lo colocaron en una situación política tensa, donde tres de ellos fueron: su primer infarto agudo de miocardio, la cirugía por ileítis y el evento cerebrovascular isquémico. Al feocromocitoma se le atribuye la mayor responsabilidad acerca de sus problemas de salud, esto sumado a los malos hábitos de vida que poseía el expresidente.
Conclusiones: en la época de los cincuenta y sesenta del siglo XX, el abordaje médico en general se realizaba de una manera totalmente distinta. Analizarlo en retrospectiva permite entender los cambios bioéticos y científicos que han impactado en la medicina durante los últimos 50 años y compararlos con los paradigmas que se tienen en la actualidad.
Una nazione, molti tipi di politeness. Il complimento come esempio di pragmatica variazionale in Italia
Authors: Castagneto Marina
Published: September 2023

Framed in variational pragmatics, this work aims at comparing the compliment management in three different regional varieties of Italian. In order to fully understand the different facework dynamics in the compliments in Piemonte Orientale, Cancello ed Arnone (Caserta) and among the Sardinian community (Biella), the compliments have been analyzed having recourse to three different models of politeness: Brown and Levinson (1987), the “Face Constituting Theory” (Arundale 2006), Mursy and Wilson’s “Social Contract of Values” (2001).
SIDELINED SEASHELLS: REAPPRAISAL OF THE MIDDLE TRIASSIC AMMONOIDS OF SAMOBOR AND ŽUMBERAK MTS. (NORTH-WESTERN CROATIA) AND THEIR SYSTEMATICS AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS
Authors: VIDAKOVIĆ FRAN , ŠAMARIJA ROBERT , SREMAC JASENKA , JAPUNDŽIĆ DRAŽEN
Published: September 2023

Basinal Middle Triassic successions of the Samobor and Žumberak Mts. (north-western Croatia) have historically produced fossils of ammonoids. These finds have, however, largely been neglected in the later literature. This paper describes and redescribes a large collection of ammonoids, most of which were collected by previous researchers throughout the 20th century. Aside from the detailed taxonomic descriptions and revisions, several taxa previously unknown from these localities were identified. Of the species whose holotypes were designated at the Gregruć Breg locality, some are found to be dubious, with validity of other remaining inconclusive and a single taxon, Eoprotrachyceras dorae comb. nov., being treated as valid. Certain Middle Triassic ammonoid genera may also require future comprehensive revisions. A preliminary, modified ammonoid zonal/sub-zonal scheme for the Ladinian of the Tethyan province is proposed, to be inclusive of most of the data from the literature. The need for improvement of the subdivision of this stage is recognized. Based on ammonoids, condensed red nodular limestones of the Gregurić Breg locality (Samobor Mts.) most likely span the Avisianum subzone (upper Illyrian) – Longobardicum subzone (“middle” Longobardian), indicating that subsidence began in the earlier part of the Illyrian. At Mt. Žumberak, scant ammonoid remains indicate that the upper, limestone-rich portion of this succession spans at least the Avisianum subzone (upper Illyrian) – Longobardicum subzone (“middle” Longobardian), but additional data is needed for drawing more robust conclusions. Overall, the timing of basinal deposition is well correlated between Gregurić Breg and Žumberak localities (lower Illyrian – upper Longobardian).