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Hymnody
Authors: Sperling Matthew
Published: May 2022

This chapter considers the influence of the hymn on poetry in English since the early twentieth century. Drawing examples and counter-examples from poems and critical writings by Robert Lowell, D. H. Lawrence, Donald Davie, Philip Larkin, Geoffrey Hill and Denise Riley, it examines the grounds for post-Romantic objections to the hymn as a valuable poetic form (formal conventionality, unoriginality, dogmatism), and tests them against the arguments that have been made for the positive qualities of hymn form. These include the hymn’s capacity for conjuring the idea of a coherent linguistic community to whom the poet can speak in their own language, and its capacity for subsuming painful personal experience into the impersonality of rhyme and poetic form as historical dimensions.
Elegy
Authors: Wilkinson John
Published: May 2022

This chapter argues that the elegiac mode has become so prevalent in late modernist lyric that elegy and lyric threaten to become synonymous, the lyric first person singular becoming itself the subject of narcissistic mourning. Rather than more obvious examples of the genre, elegiac registers departing from formal models in a number of ways are identified, including the performance of an access of grief, conversation with the dead, and an anticipation of loss that forecasts elegy. The chapter focuses on mid-twentieth century poetry in the contrasting artistic milieux of New York and St Ives, and extends to the work of the young American poet Margaret Ross, apprehensive of the foreclosure of human futurity.
Which Man I Am : God’s Gift to Women (1997)
Authors: Wilkinson Ben
Published: May 2022

This chapter focuses on Paterson’s second collection, God’s Gift to Women. It argues that inventive and interrogative use of poetic personae is the book’s defining hallmark, fuelling the poems’ attempts to unpick subject matter from a broad range of intellectual and emotional perspectives. The chapter discusses how personae functions in the poems’ explorations of the book’s two central themes: gender and sexual violence, and the search for a kind of godless spiritualism by way of reimagining the via negativa, attempting to reconceptualise the divine by negation from a position of modern scepticism. In doing so, it draws on T. S. Eliot’s theory of poetic impersonality, Judith Butler’s notion of the performativity of gender and identity, and the influence of John Donne and John Keats on Paterson’s poetic thinking.
Kourat el Kadem : Soccer Culture in Postcolonial Francophone Algerian Texts
Authors: Jones Christa
Published: May 2022

Christa Jones analyses the ideological relationship between soccer, national identity and Islamism in post-riot 1988 Algeria by examining representations of soccer culture and fandom in Francophone literature from North Africa, where sports and politics continue to be intricately linked. After Algeria obtained independence from France, sport clubs were institutionalized and athletic activities (including soccer but also basketball, boxing, handball, track and field, gymnastics, swimming, ping pong and weightlifting) were closely monitored by the F.L.N. (Front de Libération Nationale) until 1989, in accordance with Chadli Bendjedid’s democratization efforts (Fatès 2009). This essay considers representations of soccer, commonly referred to as Kourat el Kadem (ball at foot), in short stories by Yahia Belaskri (‘Blanc et noir’), Anouar Benmalek (‘Le penalty’), and novels by Aziz Chouaki (L’étoile d’Alger) and Rachid Boudjedra (La vie à l’endroit). In these texts, which illustrate how soccer galvanizes crowds, soccer players such as Zidane embody a strong masculinity and essentially positive values such as strength, wealth, success, and a relentless determination to win. In particular, the works analysed by Jones stress soccer’s strong oneiric potential, as an activity that captivates idle or disillusioned youth who are often limited by socio-political conditions that impede their personal and professional development.
Reassessing Voivenel’s Mon beau rugby
Authors: Rathbone Keith
Published: May 2022

Keith Rathbone situates Mon beau rugby among discourses of regional identity, Pétainist nationalistic ideology, and the importance of amateurism in sports. In his assessment of this text, Rathbone calls into question the popular judgment that it falls fully in line with Vichy’s National Revolution and suggests a new reading of the role Voivenal played in the destruction of le rugby à treize in the 1940s. Many historians have situated Mon beau rugby within the context of Vichy’s National Revolution and concluded that it wholeheartedly supported the Pétainist agenda (Dine, 2001, 102-108). Indeed, Voivenel wrote ardently about his belief in the Vichy state and in the role that physical activity could play in the revitalization of the French nation. Nevertheless, Rathbone argues that Mon beau rugby presents an image of local Southwestern rugby culture that is ultimately at odds with Vichy’s plan for national regeneration. Voivenel’s narrative voices support for the policies of the Vichy regime, yet his writing continually challenges the centralization efforts of the state through reflections on the important communal role that rugby association played in rural France. Thus Rathbone’s close reading reveals a more nuanced portrait of a sportsman who simultaneously supported Pétain’s National Revolution and opposed its deleterious effects in the Southwest.
“He’s Dead?” … “Not Anymore!” The Cult Legacies of Re-Animator
Authors: Falvey Eddie
Published: May 2022

This chapter explores the cult legacies of Re-Animator, beginning with its critical reception and adoption as a cult film. The chapter considers this in relation to Re-Animator’s strong presence on home releases and how those cultures of distribution contribute toward a film’s legacy. The next focus is on sequels Bride of Re-Animator and Beyond Re-Animator, and spin-offs that include comics, a porn parody, and a musical. The chapter ends by exploring the cult horror stardoms of Jeffery Combes and Barbara Crampton as extensions of Re-Animator’s legacy, tracing their cult performances to present.
Conclusion: Re-Animator Today: The Continuing Cult of a Horror Classic
Authors: Falvey Eddie
Published: May 2022

The conclusion underlines the book’s case for Re-Animator’s status as an important horror film, and film in general, of its era. It positions this book amid other scholarship that employs a revisionist approach to the history of American horror films and explains how the film is more significant than many might realise.
Replies to Critics
Authors: Soloveitchik Haym
Published: May 2022

This chapter provides replies to the critics of the author's essay. The criticisms, centering on the omitted role of the rashei yeshivah, have much in common with other criticisms that have been leveled against the author's study. The common denominator of all these critiques is the assumption that the rise of the text society was essentially generated from above or ‘coerced’ from without, rather than emerging from below and emanating from within, from within all branches of Orthodoxy. The author's understanding is that the new religious climate arose indigenously, that it emerged primarily from the general populace itself, haredi and non-haredi alike, and that, in the main, the elite simply responded to and channeled, albeit creatively, this new, widespread aspiration. Other criticisms on the author's essay concern the failure to deal with the changes to women's roles, particularly their massive influx into talmudic studies, and the religiosity of Tevye.
The Prominence of the Railroad in the African American Imagination
Authors: Hall Michael Ra-Shon
Published: May 2022

The second chapter shows how the railroad, mobile men, and gendered mobility figure into the poetry of Sterling A. Brown. As I argue, Brown’s poetry collectively mirrors how race, ethnic, and gender social relations influence travel for African Americans. For the men in Brown’s art, mobility is entirely a corporeal experience, often punctuated by the racialized and ethnic impediments to mobility they encounter. For women in Brown’s poetry, the situation is more complex. While portrayals of mobile men in Brown’s work are numerous, his representation of mobile women is largely, if not entirely, relegated to two poems: “Sister Lou” presenting a mobile woman in the afterlife and “Ma Rainey” depicting the corporeal mobility of the beloved blues singer. Although Brown attempts in “Sister Lou” to transcend limitations to mobility via the metaphysical—in one of two rarer instances he represents a mobile woman—his reliance on the metaphysical only further heightens the consistent corporeal mobility of men in his work and the vexed, dual postmortem and corporeal mobility of women.
Epilogue
Authors: Hall Michael Ra-Shon
Published: May 2022

Although a substantial amount of critical attention has been given to mobility broadly in scholarly literature on African American history and culture, there remains so much more opportunity to break new ground relative to studies of travel. Moreover, although a number of more recent works have given critical focus to travel and tourism as topics, the corpus of studies on travel pales in comparison to the extent to which scholars have examined enslavement and migration, including in the context of the Diaspora. Finally, not only has little work focused on the social and cultural phenomenon of travel and imagination broadly, but even less work has addressed the phenomenon as it relates to African American cultural history and creative production. This book serves as a humble foray into this much-needed area of analysis and writing, examining both well-studied artists like Sterling A. Brown and Zora Neale Hurston as well as less-studied writers like Calvin Ramsey and Andrea Lee....
Preface
Authors: Aleckson Sam
Published: May 2022

When I began this unpretentious narrative, I was almost sightless. I had just recovered from a severe attack of illness, during which for a time I became totally blind, and after I was better my eyes seemed hopelessly affected. This I endeavored to conceal as I had to earn my bread, but so frequently did I pass my most intimate friends on the street without the slightest show of recognition that I was forced to admit I was almost blind. I was then urged to consult an eminent physician of the town who gave special attention to ailments of the eye, and after a complete examination, he informed me that my eyes were in such condition that glasses would do me no good, and with a show of sincere sympathy said, “I am sorry for you, but within six months you will be totally blind.”...
Tom Bale
Authors: Aleckson Sam
Published: May 2022

London, an enslaved coachman is abused by Tom Bale, an enslaver. Bale is injured.
Roast Possum
Authors: Aleckson Sam
Published: May 2022

Foodways discussed, spirituals sung. More anecdotes about Mr Ward’s relationship with the enslaved and then freed people.
Sane and Beyond Sane
Authors: Belgrad Daniel
Published: May 2022

The Beat poet Gregory Corso, the Black Mountain poet Ed Dorn, and the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE) staked out distinct cultural positions in response to the American government’s development of a hydrogen bomb. Together, these three positions embody the complex identity of the American Left during the late Cold War period. They also prefigure the major camps within the American antiwar movement during the Sixties to come: the hippies and the New Left of the radical youth counterculture, and the upper-middle-class liberals who were sometimes their allies and sometimes their antagonists. The appeals to anxiety and to scientific authority that characterized SANE’s liberal protest against the hydrogen bomb were consistent with the mood of the dominant culture of the period. More radically, Corso and Dorn each viewed the hydrogen bomb as symptomatic of a more general social pathology, and each used poetry differently to promote a different way of thinking and a different kind of knowledge.
Towards an Aesthetic of the Demos
Authors: Tietchen Todd
Published: May 2022

During the 1950s and 1960s many avant-garde and experimental artists generated work that highlighted the exclusionary principles intrinsic to U.S. modes of social collectivity. Out of the ambient conceptual environment of Black Mountain College in the late 1940s emerged new tropes for democratic social experience—utopian notions of networked cognition that identified marginalized perspectives as vitally important to equitable, systems-based approaches to collective life. Starting with the encounter between Charles Olson and R. Buckminster Fuller at Black Mountain College in 1949, this essay examines the affinities and disjunctions between Fuller’s anticipatory design science and the sociotechnological imagination of the New American Poetry as reflected in the work of Olson and Beat writer Allen Ginsberg. Taken together, those perspectives have much to tell us about the influence of systems theory and stigmatized points of view within the development of Cold War aesthetics, while prompting us toward rethinking our assumptions about collectivity and the balancing forces within planetary life from within the precarious reality of our ecological present.
Outside Inside
Authors: Bathanti Joseph
Published: May 2022

Fielding Dawson embodied – like the Beat, the San Francisco Poetry Renaissance, New York School, and Black Mountain poets – that innovation and experimentation that break with establishment literary mores and structure. He plunged into prison writing and teaching after his 1984 visit to Attica Correctional Facility. While retaining the voice and style of his earlier work, his prison fiction became more linear and plot-driven, less fractured, less collage-like. His prison writing became overtly political, and he advocated prison reform. In addition, he also launched his career as a teacher – something he’d done little of in any sustained way – and specifically as a prison writing teacher.
Spectra of Magnetic Turbulence in a Relativistic Plasma
Authors: Vega Cristian , Boldyrev Stanislav , Roytershteyn Vadim
Published: May 2022

We present a phenomenological and numerical study of strong Alfvénic turbulence in a magnetically dominated collisionless relativistic plasma with a strong background magnetic field. In contrast with the nonrelativistic case, the energy in such turbulence is contained in magnetic and electric fluctuations. We argue that such turbulence is analogous to turbulence in a strongly magnetized nonrelativistic plasma in the regime of broken quasi-neutrality. Our 2D particle-in-cell numerical simulations of turbulence in a relativistic pair plasma find that the spectrum of the total energy has the scaling k
−3/2, while the difference between the magnetic and electric energies, the so-called residual energy, has the scaling k
−2.4. The electric and magnetic fluctuations at scale ℓ exhibit dynamic alignment with the alignment angle scaling close to

cos

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ℓ

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ℓ

1

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4

. At scales smaller than the (relativistic) plasma inertial scale, the energy spectrum of relativistic inertial Alfvén turbulence steepens to k
−3.5.
Didymodon manhanensis (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta), a new species from Inner Mongolia steppe, China and its phylogenetic position, based on molecular data
Authors: Feng Chao , Zhang Guo-Li , Wu Ting-Ting , Kou Jin
Published: May 2022

Inner Mongolia steppe is one of the suitable habitats for Didymodon species and a new species, Didymodon manhanensis C. Feng & J. Kou from Manhan Mountain in semi-arid region in Inner Mongolia, China is described and illustrated. It is characterised by leaves incurved and slightly twisted when dry, spreading when moist, narrowly lanceolate from an ovate base; subulate and fragile leaf apices; distally bistratose leaf margins that are recurved in proximal 2/3–3/4; excurrent costa with guide cells in 2–3 layers and without ventral stereids; smooth laminal cells and red KOH laminal colour reaction. Our morphological analyses and molecular results, based on DNA sequences of ITS, rps4 and trnM-trnV, conﬁrm that D. manhanensis belongs to a group that includes D. obtusus J. Kou, X.-M. Shao & C. Feng and D. daqingii J. Kou, R.H. Zander & C. Feng. This new species is compared with similar species and its phylogenetic position and ecology are discussed.
Unilateral Xanthocoria and Retinal Vascular Anomalies in a 3-Year-Old Boy: Retinoblastoma or Coats Disease?
Authors: Ahmad Samera , Azarcon Corrina P. , Hubbard G. Baker , Wells Jill R.
Published: May 2022

The authors describe a challenging case of unilateral retinoblastoma in a patient referred for xanthocoria. A 3-year-old boy was referred for unilateral xanthocoria and disordered retinal vasculature, suggestive of Coats disease. Further investigation revealed diffuse subretinal tumor seeding and areas of calcification, consistent with retinoblastoma. Enucleation was performed and histopathology confirmed exophytic retinoblastoma. This case highlights that xanthocoria, although often encountered in patients with Coats disease, can sometimes be associated with retinoblastoma. As such, retinoblastoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis for children with both leukocoria and xanthocoria.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as the Future Workplace Ethics
Authors: Raimi Lukman , Tariq Muhammad Usman , Kah Jainaba M. L.
Published: May 2022

In the fast-changing workplace, there are growing concerns among stakeholders on accommodating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The absence of DEI in labour markets in different parts of the world has denied segments of the workforce basic rights, social justice, respect, and dignity as human beings. This chapter discusses the tripod of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as inevitable future workplace ethics in the changing world. After an extensive discourse on DEI, the chapter provides valuable insights for research and policy. First, it explicates that DEI practices cover the primary and secondary dimensions. Second, social identity theory, embedded intergroup relations theory, and structural integration (SI) provide the theoretical foundation for DEI discourses in the extant literature. Third, the chapter proposes three approaches to embed DEI practices and structures in future workplaces: liberal, radical, and transformational. Finally, the chapter concludes with research, managerial, and policy implications.
The Business Case for Implementing a Diversity and Inclusion Quality-Based Strategy
Authors: El-Amin Abeni
Published: May 2022

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) strategy consists of theories, concepts, and methods that managers can use to ensure organizations achieve profitability and long-term growth. A DEIB strategy utilizing quality management principles helps leaders make better decisions to improve competitive position and create value for its key stakeholders. This chapter provides managers and leaders a perspective on organizational development. Further, DEIB strategic thinking applies to organizations regardless of their activities. This chapter introduces DEIB leaders to the main theories, concepts, and models of strategic analysis from a quality perspective and emphasizes their role in diversity management practices.
Socio-Intercultural Entrepreneurship Capability Building and Development
Authors: Vargas-Hernández José G.
Published: May 2022

This study aims to analyze socio-intercultural entrepreneurship as a capability building and development framework. The analysis departs from the assumption that entrepreneurship is a cultural embedded concept, although the intercultural category used in entrepreneurial studies has not been founded on a conceptual, theoretical, and empirical basis. Based on this existing research gap, the literature addresses the main issues of socio-intercultural entrepreneurship focusing on capability building and development in a situational context and is also environment-oriented. The methodology used are exploratory and analytical tools. Socio-intercultural entrepreneurship competence is highly related to be situational context and environment-dependent on awareness and understanding of cultural differences.
Building an Iron-Clad Supplier Diversity Program
Authors: Marks Quinton L. , El-Amin Abeni
Published: May 2022

There are critical issues identified with reconciling parity in supplier diversity initiatives. Supplier diversity programs (SDP) are an instrument utilized to facilitate the process. This endeavor analyzes the best techniques to develop diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) strategy to develop manufacturing suppliers. Moreover, quality control frameworks for developing supplier diversity programs in manufacturing necessitates strategic planning, which is necessary to support supplier diversity initiatives. For instance, questions that supplier diversity managers must ask include, Does the company have an existing minority supplier program? If so, what are its pros, cons, and evaluative measures? If not, why hasn't there been a supplier diversity program or why is it now defunct? Moreover, supplier diversity managers must develop, safeguard, and sustain supplier diversity programs by gaining support from leadership, create policy (institutionalize), and tie the SDP to organizational performance metrics.
Constructive Outlook of Cafeteria Using Autodesk 3ds Max 3D Modelling and Rendering
Authors: Sharma Dinesh
Published: May 2022

In this modern world, we intend to modernize everything and try to get everything at the tip of our fingers. It has been changed with technology based on individual creativity. In this chapter, we see a cafeteria that has been rendered to a new version with the help of Autodesk 3ds max. Autodesk 3ds Max is a professional 3D computer graphics program for making 3D animations, models, games, and images. As we all know, eye-catching visuals, ambiance attracts all kinds of crowds. The structure of the architecture, menu format, lighting effects, seating arrangement, serving ideas have been rendered here. Keeping the world crisis in mind, an approach to the same issue is shown. This chapter aims at designing a cafeteria with enhanced models with material effects. The process of rendering the cafeteria is shown in detail.
Editing Shapes With Meshes for 3D Modelling in Autodesk Platform
Authors: Gupta Ritwika Das , Agarwal Daksh
Published: May 2022

Setting up the sources, working with editable poly, information in the inside of the kitchen design, and applying turbo-smooth and symmetry modifiers are all detailed in the process for generating a 3D model. In addition to lighting the scene and setting up the renderer, the method materials are introduced to the model. Methods and techniques for rendering are also defined. The final rendering was created by combining several pictures. The research aims to create a design that incorporates materials to enhance models. The shapes used were cylinder, sphere, box, plane, and spline. Modifiers include editable poly, editable spline, and UVW map. Finally, the authors used a material editor and target lighting to improve the model. The method of using meshes to create model is also used in this research. A mesh is a type of three-dimensional geometric model.
3D Image Creation With Standard Light Effects
Authors: Jain Muskaan
Published: May 2022

The goal of this research work is to investigate the process of producing standard lighting for a bookshelf, as well as the process of rendering that scene. Lights in reality enable you to see things, and lights in 3ds Max do the same job. Furthermore, you may give characteristics to 3ds Max's lighting tools, allowing them to cast shadows and even control atmospheric lighting effects. If you haven't defined any lights, 3ds Max will use the default lighting. This allows you to observe any object you make without using any lights in the scene. The default lights vanish as soon as another light is added to the scene, and they mysteriously reappearance if all other lights in the area are removed. The 3D scene has comprised the boxes of varied parameters and a compound object named ProBoolean. Boxes of lesser length, width, and height are placed over the box of greater parameters, and smaller boxes are cut using ProCutter also named as ProBoolean compound object.
Text Modifier Based on Autodesk Platform
Authors: N. Guruprasad , Jain Muskaan , Pramanik Tamanna
Published: May 2022

3ds Max is used in the video game industry for creating 3D character models, game assets, and animation. With an efficient workflow and powerful modeling tools, 3ds Max can save game artists a significant amount of time. 3ds Max fits into the animation pipeline at nearly every stage. From modeling and rigging to lighting and rendering, this program makes it easy to create professional-quality animations easier and simpler. Many industries use 3ds Max for generating graphics that are mechanical or even organic in nature. The engineering, manufacturing, educational, and medical industries all make use of 3ds Max for visualization needs as well. The real estate and architectural industries use 3ds Max to generate photorealistic images of buildings in the design phase. This way clients can visualize their living spaces accurately and offer critiques based on real models. 3ds Max uses polygon modeling which is a common technique in game design.
Approach for 3D Modeling With Incandescent and Fluorescent Light in a Realistic View
Authors: Noronha Sean Leo
Published: May 2022

Most fluorescent lights have been designed for commercial purposes to light up streets, houses, buildings, etc., and as such, these lights possess a light tube wherein light is generated via a thin filament like source. Most 3ds Max lights are point-source based, and therefore require us to transform the light objects available in the 3ds Max software, in order to prevent any unnecessary delays in rendering a scene or produce non-similar light effects. Though less energy efficient than fluorescent lights, incandescent lights still are manufactured in a variety of shapes and sizes; however, these lights are slowly but surely being replaced by better energy-efficient lights sources. Some other natural sources of incandescent lights are burning fireplace, bonfires, lava, burners on a stove, etc. As noted from the examples, most natural incandescent light sources don't require electricity to illuminate the surroundings but still produce light through chemical reaction or burning.
Unseen Objects to Cast Shadows Using Clones to Cast Shadows With Sunlight and Skylight
Authors: Kamat Raghav Sham , Gupta Ritwika Das
Published: May 2022

3D modelling software has its importance and requirement priority in various fields, mostly in design sectors. Visualization, creating 3D models, representing scenes, and adding animation to objects can have their complications, but with 3ds Max software results can be expected with the large availability of modifiers, cameras, and lights made available for the modelers to create something with their creative perspective. By going through this chapter, readers can have an insight into topics like lights, camera paths, modifiers, Boolean, pro-Boolean, viewport, mesh, AEC extend by which modelers can have their desired output as a result. It also gives a glimpse of how material editors can be useful in giving a realistic look to any object or scene being created. Usage of various lights is also included with the importance of cloning objects. Cloning objects is an important aspect when modeling is considered. Casting shadows to clone objects can be interesting and complex. This chapter makes it easy by giving a clear perspective of its usage and importance.
Spotlighting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Higher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Deeb Anna M. Dudney , Bromer Billi L.
Published: May 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges and opportunities to higher education, including a renewed focus on efforts to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. This chapter highlights some of the challenges made worse or highlighted by the pandemic, including unequal internet access, mental health disparities, teaching challenges, and barriers to student belonging. However, the authors also provide possible solutions for how to begin addressing these problems practically through community, institution, and individual instructor efforts, including practical course design and classroom strategies. The chapter ends with a discussion of future directions and conclusions for fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the higher education setting during the ongoing pandemic and beyond.
Value Proposition Innovation in Startups
Authors: Gupta Varun , Gupta Chetna , Piedrabuena Luis García
Published: May 2022

In highly dynamic situations, entrepreneurs build value propositions in resource-constrained conditions. The activity is set up as a series of experiments, with each one aimed at validating value proposition-related assumptions with customers. Validation entails interactions between potential customers and the startup team utilizing prototypes, which leads to the confirmation of current assumptions as well as the discovery of new insights that lead to more experiments. The main features of the value proposition identification model are highlighted in this chapter, and a novel value prioritizing approach is proposed.
Empirical Insights Into Software Startups
Authors: Gupta Varun , Hoy Zoe , Gupta Chetna
Published: May 2022

Software startups bring innovative products to the market. However, such innovation is at the cost of highly educated guesswork about customer expectations and quick decision making by persons responsible for strategic planning and implementation. It is therefore of interest to understand the challenges and practices faced by startups that aim to release something innovative in selected market segments. Hence, this chapter investigates the challenges faced by entrepreneurs of startups and the practices they follow to become successful. The specific challenges explored include (1) how startups handle software evolution, (2) challenges faced in releasing products to the market, and (3) the state of affairs of software engineering in startups. Results indicate that despite guidance and support in terms of well-known and documented development methods, practitioners find it difficult to implement and apply these in practice. They must quickly evolve their products to sustain in the market, and the market is highly uncertain, which makes the complete process highly probabilistic.
IT Technologies in Mechanical Engineering
Authors: Samoylova Anastasia Sergeevna , Bobrova Ekaterina Olegovna , Britvina Valentina Valentinovna , Konyukhova Galina Pavlovna
Published: May 2022

This work is devoted to the implementation of IT technologies in the engineering industry. The chapter presents a model of the Autodesk Inventor Pro + project, which is a prototype of the CAD system Autodesk Inventor Professional, based on the programming of a gear wheel, which makes it possible to increase the profitability of production in mechanical engineering. The chapter also presents theoretical assumptions for optimizing the assembly and made a server for generating a research report, which will determine the existence of this part.
Challenges and Opportunities for Smart Meters in Smart Cities of India Using Machine Learning and Deep Learning
Authors: Gupta Rupal , Gupta Ruchika
Published: May 2022

The current era has been filled with the data and information, crawling around the web and being utilized in the best way to produce smartness. The same concept has been used for developing smart cities by increasingly deploying IoT sensor devices to collect the data from various fields. There are numerous opportunities in these fields that are related to streaming IoT data, cloud service, computer vision, and machine learning. Simultaneously, there are lots of challenges while implementing the solutions at various locations. This chapter highlights various challenges and opportunities in electricity meter consumption and billing. In this chapter, a Python-based model has been proposed for smart electricity meter for taking the reading from commercial/residential meters and producing the electricity bills smartly. Challenges for the customers will be handled by frequently monitoring the reading from the meters and reporting issues if any directly to the concerned authority. This will definitely help specially the commercial consumers to rectify their issues.
Implementation of E-Health Services Using Machine Learning for Smart Cities
Authors: Joshi Mukesh , Tewari Naveen , Budhani Sandeep
Published: May 2022

Algorithms based on machine learning can be used for analyzing large amounts of varied data with exact results. One can use machine learning in offering healthcare services in the areas of interpretation, prognostics, and diagnostics in healthcare services for smart cities. In today's world we are using information systems very widely in offering various health services, and also digitization of the patient's information generates large amounts of information/data. While performing these activities, the data is stored in many systems and in various formats. Thus, after making a detailed analysis, the authors came to know that about 80% of health-related data is still in unstructured format. While combining the large amounts of mottled data, it needs high computing power and fine methods that enable fast execution and automated designing of machine-learning algorithms, which enables the analysis of the complex health data with exact results. Offering of e-health service through machine learning for smart cities makes the services more proactive.
Object Detection Methods for Improving Smart City Safety
Authors: Srivastava Kavita
Published: May 2022

The safety measures in a city are of major concern to its people. A smart surveillance system is necessary to make the safety measures robust and reliable. Currently, there are many object detection methods available for image analysis. Image analysis is only possible when we can detect the number of objects in the image, type of objects, as well as their location. Image analysis methods include Fast RCNN, YOLO, region-based convolution neural network (RCNN), and so on. These object detection methods are based on deep learning (DL) techniques. Video analysis requires the detection of moving objects. These methods involve background subtraction and extracting the foreground objects for motion analysis. There are several deep learning (DL)-based methods for video analysis such as the YOLO algorithm for detecting objects in a video frame and identifying their location. This chapter describes significant object detection methods in images and video that can be used in surveillance systems to improve the safety measures in a city.
Smart City
Authors: Patel Monika Maheshbhai , Parmar Ghanshyam
Published: May 2022

In the era of IT, each and every city has become digitalized due to the high speed of internet and the world wide web. In today's scenario, each urban area has transformed to a “smart city.” A smart city is a municipality that uses information and communication technologies to increase operational efficiency, share information with the public, and improve both the quality of government services and citizen welfare. The aim of smart cities is that citizens can easily access the available resources digitally. The main mission of smart cities is to promote economic growth of the nation and optimize the city services to the citizen by improving quality life for citizens. In smart cities, everything is connected to each other, and this is highly dependent on technology. Moreover, various technologies, applications, and challenges for implementing smart cities are discussed in this chapter.
Conhecimentos didático-pedagógicos e o livro didático de filosofía
Authors: Santos Antonio Macêdo dos , Faria Lenilda Rêgo Albuquerque de
Published: May 2022

O artigo apresenta uma pesquisa com professores de filosofia de Rio Branco, AC, realizada no âmbito do PPGE da Universidade Federal do Acre. A temática dela são os conhecimentos didático-pedagógicos dos professores e o objeto é o livro didático de filosofia. A esse objeto foi posto o seguinte problema: ‘Quais conhecimentos didático-pedagógicos o professor de filosofia pode mobilizar para organizar seu trabalho com o livro didático de filosofia?’. O objetivo geral consistiu em analisar o lugar que o livro didático assume no trabalho do professor de filosofia do Ensino Médio. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa, que priorizou, como fonte de informações para análise do objeto, entrevistas com docentes de filosofia. Como um todo, o método da pesquisa está inserido no contexto do materialismo histórico-dialético. Isso justifica o referencial teórico pautado nas pedagogias críticas. Assim, no que se refere à concepção de educação, o estudo apoia-se em Saviani (2005) e Viera Pinto (2010). Quanto aos conhecimentos didático-pedagógico, as referências são Pimenta (2015), Libâneo (2015) e Rodrigo (2009). Os resultados apontam que os conhecimentos didático-pedagógicos dos professores, além de estarem ligados a avaliações deles sobre a linguagem do livro didático e à qualidade de suas atividades, levam os docentes a considerar o livro como sendo o material teoricamente mais indicado para organizar uma aula, mas não o material suficiente. De forma que ele exerce uma função coadjuvante. Não obstante, conclui-se que, para o professor ou professora escolher um livro didático, é ideal que se considerem, ainda, outros fatores, sejam eles comunitários ou escolares.
Sprint Sprint, Brainstorming e Design Thinking revisitados como estratégias metodológicas para desencadear projetos criativos e colaborativos em sala de aula
Authors: Garcia Marilene Santana dos Santos , Brito Glaucia da Silva , Morais Fellipie Anthonio  Fediuk de
Published: May 2022

Este artigo destaca parte da pesquisa realizada no Mestrado Profissional em Educação e Novas Tecnologias, em uma instituição de ensino privada e pelo grupo de pesquisas de uma Universidade pública federal, que investigam questões relacionadas ao design de inclusão e outros aspectos associados a ações criativas e coletivas para a concretização de projetos de design de aulas, interface de aplicativos e de podcasts. A partir de uma demanda de geração de novas ideias, foram aplicados procedimentos para tal finalidade, para suprir diferentes contextos educacionais. A metodologia baseia-se na pesquisa-aplicação (Plomp, Nieveen, Nonato & Matta, 2018), por meio da qual os pesquisadores adotam práticas coletivas para desenvolver e aplicar a propostas mais criativas de design ou resolução de problemas. Após a referida experiência, foram estudados e aplicados três procedimentos ou técnicas para geração de ideias criativas e de forma coletiva: Brainstorming; Design Thinking e Sprint. Dessa maneira, busca-se discutir neste artigo como procedimentos de estímulo à criatividade podem servir para engajar aprendizes à concretização de projetos colaborativos em sala de aula ou mesmo para diferentes necessidades educativas que busquem relacionamentos e interações intersubjetivas. São destacados no suporte teórico os seguintes autores: Bender (2015); Behrens (2014); Feith (2001; 2006), Valente e Almeida (2014), Garcia e Czeszak (2019), entre outros. Os resultados, ainda preliminares, orientam a possibilidades de um framework de boas práticas que alinhem procedimentos que gerem ideias criativas, a partir do suporte das metodologias ativas, para o desenvolvimento de projetos educacionais, desde que se considere positiva e consistente a participação dos sujeitos da aprendizagem.
Percursos de educandos da EJA: memórias, realidades e sonhos em uma perspectiva humanizadora
Authors: Santos Madson Pinto dos , Nakashima Rosária Helena Ruiz
Published: May 2022

As discussões neste artigo se basearam nos relatos de uma turma, incluindo alunos e professora, do 4º período, do 1º segmento, da modalidade de ensino de Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA), do município de Araguaína-TO, sobre os motivos de terem desistido dos estudos a partir de um demonstrativo de desumanização e desterritorialização de espaços, corpos e mentes. Resultado de injustiças, a vulnerabilidade é confundida com deméritos pessoais, pois imersos em mitos, os interlocutores pensam ser eles os responsáveis pelas intempéries incidentes e recorrentes em suas vidas. Sem condições de exercer a cidadania, porque expropriados de dignidade humana, decorrentes de constante e permanente vulnerabilidade, a perspectiva de futuro fica ofuscada e sem condições de autoajuda e altruísmo, porque culturalmente dependentes, o processo participativo na comunidade torna-se truncado, trazendo prejuízos para os indivíduos e coletividade.  No entanto, encontram na EJA, espaço de aprendizagem e convivência, perspectivas para superação e transformação de realidades, de construção de relações de confiança em si e no outro e por isso mesmo colaborativas, viabilizando maior participação e sentimento de pertencimento na comunidade. Este artigo adotou a pesquisa participante como método e o círculo de cultura como técnica, que permitiram que o dizer dos participantes fosse problematizado, contribuindo para a construção da humanização dos sujeitos.
Bat Red Blood Cells Express Nucleic Acid–Sensing Receptors and Bind RNA and DNA
Authors: Lam L K Metthew , Dobkin Jane , Eckart Kaitlyn A , Gereg Ian , DiSalvo Andrew , Nolder Amber , Anis Eman , Ellis Julie C , Turner Greg , Mangalmurti Nilam S
Published: May 2022

RBCs demonstrate immunomodulatory capabilities through the expression of nucleic acid sensors. However, little is known about bat RBCs, and no studies have examined the immune function of bat erythrocytes. In this study, we show that bat RBCs express the nucleic acid–sensing TLRs TLR7 and TLR9 and bind the nucleic acid ligands, ssRNA, and CpG DNA. Collectively, these data suggest that, like human RBCs, bat erythrocytes possess immune function and may be reservoirs for nucleic acids. These findings provide unique insight into bat immunity and may uncover potential mechanisms by which virulent pathogens of humans are concealed in bats.
Treatment of venous thromboembolism in pregnancy: findings from the RIETE Registry
Authors: Prandoni Paolo , Bilora Franca , Pesavento Raffaele , Salgueiro Giorgina , Blanco-Molina Angeles , Lòpez-Reyes Raquel , Monreal Manuel , RIETE Investigators And the
Published: May 2022

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is one of the leading cardiovascular etiologies of maternal morbidity and mortality. Indeed, pulmonary embolism (PE) accounts for approximately 9% of pregnancy-related deaths. In addition, pregnancy-related deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) can lead to (severe) post-thrombotic syndrome [...]
Lack of Correlation between Pre-veterinary School Experience Hours and DVM Course Performance
Authors: Kortum Amanda , Huckel Jeffrey , Robertson James , Sheats M Katie
Published: May 2022

In this article, we explore the issue of prerequisite veterinary experience hours as a requirement for veterinary school applications. Our interest in this topic began with an investigation into the correlation between species-specific animal experience hours reported in Veterinary Medical College Application Service (VMCAS) applications and third-year grades in companion animal, equine, and ruminant medicine courses for 288 veterinary students. We hypothesized that species-specific experience hours prior to veterinary school would correlate with grades in species-specific courses, particularly in equine and ruminant-focused courses. Using an isometric-log regression analysis, we found no significant association between final course grades and total, or species-specific, veterinary experience hours reported in VMCAS applications. We propose that these data support the assertion that students with wide ranges of pre-veterinary animal experience hours can be successful in third-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) species-specific medicine and surgery courses. With this finding in mind, we discuss the potential benefits and drawbacks of veterinary work experience as a prerequisite for DVM program admission. Although additional studies are needed, we suggest that DVM program admissions criteria should be carefully reexamined with particular consideration for unintentional barriers to equity and inclusivity within the veterinary profession.
How a Self-Management Program Affects Blood Pressure Among Indonesians with Hypertension
Authors: Aungsuroch Yupin , Polsook Rapin , Anuruang Sakuntala , Phongphibool Sitha , Gunawan Joko , Nazliansyah
Published: May 2022

Background:

The prevalence of persons with hypertension remains high, especially in Southeast Asia, such as in Indonesia. Therefore, an effort to control blood pressure is needed. This study aimed to examine the effect of a self-management program on blood pressure among persons with hypertension in Indonesia.

Materials and Methods:

A quasi-experimental study with pre-test post-test with control group design was used. Seventy-seven participants were selected using convenience sampling in Belitung, Indonesia. A digital sphygmomanometer was used to measure blood pressure. Paired t-test and independent t-test were used for data analysis. Knowledge of hypertension, diet, exercise, and medication records were measured via validated questionnaires and observation sheets.

Results:

There was a significant effect of the eight-week self-management program on systolic blood pressure (t
30 = 6.45, p = 0.01) and diastolic blood pressure (t
30 = 2.53, p = 0.02). A significant difference in blood pressure was also identified between the experiment and control group, particularly in systolic blood pressure (t
59 = –2.89, p = 0.05) with a large effect size (0.71).

Conclusions:

Brisk walking with a duration of at least 30 minutes per day, dietary modification program specifically focusing on weight loss and anti-hypertensive food, monitoring program, and health education for eight weeks, are considered effective to control blood pressure among patients with hypertension, and these interventions should be a part of nursing interventions and sustainable health development programs in the community.
The Story of Female Sex Workers in The Shadow of Sex Work Coercion
Authors: Boroumandfar Zahra , Esmaeili Reza , Mohaghegh Negar
Published: May 2022

Background:

What has been less considered in the literature of the sex work research, especially in Iran, is to look at the causes of sex work from the perspective of women. The present study sought to understand the causes of the problem and the experience of female sex workers.

Methods:

The present study was conducted by using qualitative method. Twenty-eight sex workers participated in the study voluntarily and with informed consent. The researcher conducted deep semistructured interviews. Purposive sampling continued until data saturation was reached. Conventional content analysis of the transcribed interviews and field notes were performed to identify key themes, first by each of researchers separately and then in joint discussions.

Results:

The main theme of the study, according to the participants, was the sense of “what pushed me into sex worker” which included the five main categories of “despair, psychic restlessness, getting drunk by alcohol and drug, incomplete families, not to be left behind by the sudden social changes.”

Conclusions:

Social and health consequences, especially reproductive health of female sex, workers are affected by several factors. However, to deal with this social and health problems, specific attention should be paid to social factors affecting health. Accordingly, each of the influential variables known in this study could be a target for the country's intervention programs, especially in public health centers and even charities related to the healthcare counseling of sex workers.