bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Impact Assessment of Pozzolanic Material Coupled with River Bed Aggregate on Expansive Behavior of High Strength Concrete
Authors: Imran Muhammad , Sanaullah Muhammad , Mahmood Muhammad Qasim , Hassan Syed Muhammad , Hussain Muzzamil , Ali Shahid
Published: February 2025

High strength concrete is widely used in engineering structures. Present work is an effort for suitability assessment of river bed aggregates in high strength concrete to be used at structural units of Dam (Spillway & Powerhouse) and the vulnerability of placed concrete expansion. Multiple sizes of coarse aggregate (5-20mm, 20-40mm, and 40-80mm) from Beor river bed material have been tested for physical (water absorption, crushing index, soundness, shape, and bulk density), and mineralogical characterization. Concrete Mix Design (CMD) for Spillway has been optimized using Fly ash and river aggregate that achieved the Unconfined Compressional Strength (UCS) up to 32.5 MPa. The accelerated mortar bar test (AMBT) has been introduced to gauge the reactive aggregates used in CMD.. Expansive properties of concrete were observed at the age of 7 days and 28 days that demonstrate more expansion of the specimen with slag rather than the Fly ash. Results of AMBT suggest that a minimum proportion of GGBS (40%) is needed to limit the AMBT expansion to less than 0.1% for crushed river bed aggregate and sand from the Beor source. The petrographical characterization of coarse aggregate shows the presence of deformed quartz in the coarse aggregate, which directly relates to water absorption (Wa), suggesting its suceseptility to Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR). Modifications in Pozzolanic additives in CMD indicates that 30% mixing of Fly ash can reduce the expansion rate of concrete up to 96.15%.
Use of Nano-Sized Adsorbents for Wastewater Treatment: A Review
Authors: Ullah Habib , Sarfaraz Sadaf , Sikandar Shomaila , Raza Aoun
Published: February 2025

There is an increased demand for high-quality drinking water, which requires the removal of hazardous contaminants emerging from municipal, agricultural, and industrial effluents. An approach towards safe drinking water requires the implementation of various treatment processes for water emerging from natural resources as well as coming in the form of industrial wastewater. Pollutants in water bodies may be present in multiple states, including large suspended particles, dissolved chemical substances, in the form of microorganisms or suspended solids. Over the last few years, researchers have concentrated on developing a practical methodology for extracting pollutants from wastewater. During the course of time, although many advanced and complex wastewater treatment processes have evolved, yet adsorption has its own importance. Owing to its simple operation process, low cost, and less sludge formation, adsorption is being considered the most promising technique for wastewater treatment. In this regard, nanomaterial adsorbents have become a topic of great interest owing to their exceptional properties such as high adsorption strength, greater surface area, and chemical stability. Keeping in view, key features of nanoparticles, researchers have explored the applications of various adsorbents at the nanoscale in addressing wastewater treatment issues. The present review focuses on the use of nano-adsorbents in treating various industrial effluents and also provides a comparative assay in terms of the advantages and drawbacks of these nano-adsorbents, employed in removing hazardous contaminants from industrial effluents.
Seismic Hazardand Spectral Acceleration For Hydro Power Project In Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan
Authors: Khuram Shahzada , Khalid Perveiz , Ehsan Muhammad Irfan , Muhammad Shahbaz
Published: February 2025

Peak ground acceleration is the maximum ground shaking intensity parameter in geophysics. To prevent thebig loss of infrastructure, dam site or multistorey buildings as well as power project due to any seismic hazard, it isessential to mitigate the damages. Seismic hazard analysis for peak ground acceleration was carried out for hydropowerproject in Gilgit Baltistan to mitigate the effect of seismic hazard. Seismicity and tectonic map was drawn fordistribution of seismic events.Study region was divided into seven source zones to rectify the seismic risk reductionassessmement of the region. Regression analysis for freqeuncy magnitude was also carried out using seismicitycatalogue. Three distinct ground motion equations were used to predict the value of g with their return period. Theactitvity rate analysis of seismic source zones was also done drawn to determine the source contribution. Maximumcredible earhquake, operational based earthquake and maximum design earthquake were detremined. According to theICOLD and seismic risk reduction policy, the values of peak ground acceleration for Phandar hydro power project was0.59g for maximum credible earthquake, for design basis earthquake g value was 0.311g for and 0.231g foroperationalbasis earthquake with 475 years of return period at 50% probability of exceedence. Spectral acceleration for 0.1s, 0.2s,0.5s, 1s and 2s was also computed for horizontal and vertical components. The values of spectral accleeration variedfrom 0.19g to 1.250g for maximum credible earthquake, 0.019g to 0.700g for design based earthquake and 0.050g to0.480g for operational based earthquake. The results reveal that the maximum credible earthquake is to ensure safetylevel and for reliability level, operational based and design based earthquakes can be utilized.
Polymer Stabilized Metal Nanoparticles for Catalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue in Water
Authors: Khadam Mohsin , Ullah Habib , Ullah Saif , Riaz M. Athar Faheem , Lodhi Hamza Khan
Published: February 2025

Methylene blue is highly toxic and releases from various industries. It must be transformed into less toxic compounds. The Core-Shell microgels p (Pst core), Pstcore-NIPMamm-MAa and Ag in Pst-p NIPMamm-MAa have been synthesized using the Core-Shell hybrid micro gelling NIPMamm-MAa emulsion polymerization process. The 0.086mM, MB 6.2mM NaBH4 and 0.2916 mg / mL catalysts in the cuvette were measured using UV-visible spectrophotometers. Spectrums were measured at a one-minute interval. The peak at 600 nm steadily decreased over time and was completely eliminated after 11 minutes. Without the catalyst, MB decreases with NaBH4 which showed that the reaction decreases were slow and MB very high within 120 minutes. The Psty core of FT-IR core microgels, pNIpmam-MMAA, and Ag-pNIpmam-MAA core microgels are hybrids. At 2955 and 2845 cm−1 FT-IR spectra, Psty NiPMaM – MaA and Ag-p NiPMaM – MaA were used for core shell microgels, with C-H vibrations expanding the aromatic ring. In this study degradation of Methylene were carried out with Ag- Nanocomposites at different interval of time to check the degradation at minimum time. The degradation of MB dye were carried out with Ag- Nano composites at different interval of time to check the degradation at minimum time.
Formation Evaluation of Lower Goru Sands of Khipro Block, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan
Authors: Khaskheli Mujeeb Ur Rehman , Abbasi Shabeer Ahmad , Khokhar QammarudDin , Memon Rasheed Ahmed , Nazir Jabir , Javed Salik
Published: February 2025

Formation evaluation is widely used in exploration and production in order to minimize the risk, uncertainty, and understanding of the detailed characteristics of potential reservoir rocks. This study is aimed to evaluate the Petrophysical characteristics of upper and lower basal sands of the Cretaceous lower Goru Formation in Niamat-01 and Siraj-01 wells and to focus on hydrocarbon exploration potential. These wells have been drilled in the Khipro block, lower Indus basin, which is the least explored for the reservoir quality evaluation. Present study characterized the lower Goru sands of the Khipro block. It is interpreted that the thickness of upper and lower Basal sands are 13m and 10m, respectively in Naimat Basal 01, whereas 9m and 17m, respectively, are reported in SirajSouth-01. The average effective porosity is 11% in upper Basal sands while 26% is interpreted for lower Basal sand in Naimat Basal-01. An average porosity of 11% is found for upper Basal sands in Siraj South-01 and 11% for lower Basal sand. Water saturation (Sw) calculated for upper and lower Basal sands are 22% and 19%, respectively. The hydrocarbon saturation (Sh) of 78% is interpreted for upper Basal sands and 81% hydrocarbon saturation reported for lower Basal sands in Naimat basal-01. However, 36% and 45% Sw have been recognized for upper and lower Basal sands, respectively. Whereas hydrocarbon saturations of 64% and 55% are reported for the upper and lower basal sands, respectively, in SirajSouth-01. Crossover effects in front of targeted formations confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in the zone of interest. Lower sands of the lower Goru Formation in the Khipro block are favorable for hydrocarbon production and have potential for future hydrocarbon exploration activities.
Spatial-Temporal Re-Analysis of Seasonal Air Quality Data in Karachi City for Future Prospects
Authors: Das Arjan , Nergis Yasmin , Butt Jawad Abdullah , Khan Muhammad Jahangir
Published: February 2025

Air quality in Karachi, Pakistan appears to be deteriorating in the world due to rapid increase in population, economic growth and subsequent increase in urbanization and energy demand. This study Re-is about the cumulative effects of anthropogenic activities on air chemistry of the study area atmosphere with ground base concentration measurements of gaseous air pollutants (SO2, NO2, CO, CO2 and O3), particulates (PM10 and TSP), Methane, Lead and Noise with temperature and seasonal influences on Karachi city. The primary goal of this study was to define spatial and temporal distribution of air pollutants with ArcGIS, seasonal behavior of airborne contaminants, convert the five major pollutants termed as criteria pollutants into Air Quality Index (AQI) and their temperature association for future prospects. The maximum average values of four seasons concentrations of air pollutants were found SO2=64.5 ug/m3(GR), NO2=55.5 ug/m3(FB), CO= 8.00 mg/m3(CC), CO2=645 ug/m3(NZ), O3=56.7 ug/m3(ST), PM10=225 μg/m3(CC), TSP=402 ug/m3(CC), Methane=1.65 m/gm3(CC), Lead=5.1 ug/m3(ST), and Noise=85 dB (GR). The minimum four seasons average concentration values with monitoring location as {SO2=48.2 ug/m3(FB), NO2=44.6 ug/m3(NZ), CO=4.1 mg/m3(BC), CO2=601 ug/m3(JH), O3=42.4 ug/m3(GR), PM10=150 ug/m3(BC), TSP=226 ug/m3(JH), Methane=0.68 mg/m3(BC), Lead=32 ug/m3(GZ), and Noise=81 dB (BC). The spatial-temporal analysis of air quality revealed that the pollutants in the summer are higher in industrial and high-density traffic junctions. In this study, temperature and air quality are significantly associated, while rainfall and relatively high humidity days are negatively correlated. High temperature months have highest air pollution values, whereas the washout impact of precipitation and relative humidity have the lowest levels. The analysis of air quality index parameters demonstrated a high coherence among NO2, CO and O3 with variation in temperature. The higher levels of air pollution in hot days are related to the local climate and anthropogenic activities.
Recharge Zone of Shallow Groundwater at Southeastern Part of Kulon Progo District Area based on Groundwater Facies
Authors: R.A T. Listayni , Prabowo Ign. Adi
Published: February 2025

The Galur and Lendah areas are in the southeastern part of Kulon Progo Regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.This area has become a developing area because of the new airport in this district. Along with its development, the needfor groundwater in this area is increasing, so groundwater research is also increasingly needed. A study on groundwateris required to support the development of this region. This time, a groundwater study was conducted to determine thepotential for the recharge-discharge zone, also groundwater flow patterns based on the chemical facies of thegroundwater. The hydrogeological survey was carried out with groundwater sampling from 9 (nine) dug wells and 1 ()spring for physical/chemical testing of groundwater in the laboratory. The results showed groundwater in the study areagenerally flows south or northwest, with a radial pattern anomaly in the north. The shallow groundwater studied wasbicarbonate type with Ca, Na, and Mg cations variations. The groundwater facies characterizes groundwater that istypical in the catchment area. Based on this fact, recharge zones can occur throughout the study area, with local tomedium flow systems.
Rainfall forecast using SARIMA model along the coastal areas of Sindh Province
Authors: Fatima Noor , Khan Moazzam Ali , Alamgir Aamir
Published: February 2025

Rainfall forecasting is critical for economic activities such as agriculture, watershed management, and flood control. It requires mathematical modelling and simulation. This paper investigates the time series analysis and forecasting of the monthly rainfall for the Sindh coastline, Pakistan. The seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) model was used for the last three decades (1991-2020) and forecasting was done for the next two years. The model is based on the Box Jenkins methodology. The decomposition of time series plots into trend, seasonaland random components showed a seasonal effect. The Augmented Dickey–Fuller (ADF) and Mann–Kendall (MK) tests showed the inherent stationarity of the rainfall data. The best SARIMA models for monthly rainfall were SARIMA (1,0,1)(3,1,1)12 and SARIMA (1,0,1)(1,1,1)12 with Akaike information criterion corrected (AICC) values of 1507 and 1387, respectively. The model predictions indicate that, in the years 2021/22, July will likely have the most rainfall, followed by August and June. The diagnostic statistical test values directed that the adequacy of the models is consistent for projected monthly rainfall forecasts.
Enacting Project-Based Learning for Higher Education: An Autoethnographic Study of Online Learning During the Pandemic
Authors: Fitriani Somariah
Published: February 2025

This study is a reflection on my personal experiences with the higher education online teaching and learning process. It is an autoethnography study in which data were garnered from virtual participant observations, journals, an open-ended questionnaire and interviews about student projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. I leveraged project-based learning as pedagogical device. Thus, the students worked collaboratively on an online training project (webinar) as part of a course on education and training management. I served as both a teacher and a participant in the online training performed by the students. Through virtual participant observation, this project allowed me to learn new insights and skills. I used social capital theory to reflect upon and develop my teaching practice to stimulate students’ creativity, engagement, and collaboration. The project generated student ideas, creativity, knowledge and skills. The power of collaboration is a primary key in fostering students’ ideas, and skills are profoundly needed to accomplish such projects. This study has implications for higher education teachers to rouse students’ creativity and vary their teaching methods in the context of project-based learning (PBL) as a prospective best practice.
Stories of Mothering: Autoethnography of Generational Sexual Abuse
Authors: Barley Karen
Published: February 2025

Being a mother is both rewarding and challenging and most women seek to be the best mother that they can be. Despite best intentions, many find their ability to ‘mother’ has been tempered by their own mothering. This autoethnography encapsulates a series of vignettes describing poignant and melodic memories of my mother; and explores her neglect and inability to protect me because of sexual abuse in her life. Within my family heritage there has been a craven cycle of abuse that has perpetuated a lineage of multigenerational family sexual violence. This cycle has affected the mothers in my family’s ability to “mother” and speaks to the wider impact of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) on women in society.
Composing with Theory: Considerations for Teaching Novice Qualitative Researchers
Authors: Copple Janie , Roulston Kathryn
Published: February 2025

Newcomers to qualitative research are frequently overwhelmed by the range of theories, methodologies, and concepts that qualitative researchers use. This article provides ideas for instructors working with novice qualitative researchers who are beginning to engage with theoretical frameworks used in qualitative research traditions. These practical strategies can assist students navigating challenges commonly encountered in the design and conduct of a first qualitative study. Strategies include developing understandings of disciplinary traditions within which a study will be situated, identifying a phenomenon of interest, defining disciplinary and theoretical terminology, reading deeply, articulating a theoretical perspective, and writing up findings. Through integrating these practices in their scholarly journeys, novice qualitative researchers can build the skills and knowledge needed to design high-quality and theoretically sound studies that contribute understanding of significant topics in their fields of interest.
Collaborative Creative Inquiry: An Arts-Informed Approach to Transdisciplinary Research
Authors: Balyasnikova Natalia , Kumar Meghan Bruce , Ortega Yecid , Wong Melanie M.
Published: February 2025

This paper presents Collaborative Creative Inquiry (CCI) as innovative arts-informed approach to transdisciplinary research. Moving away from conventional qualitative research paradigms, we adopt a reflexive stance to introduce CCI as a process that challenges static narratives and fosters inclusivity within the research process. Through critical introspection, we describe an iterative five-step CCI approach, elucidating its unique process and methodological underpinnings. Drawing upon vivid personal illustrations, we offer vignettes to illustrate the application of CCI in practice and showcase opportunities for collaborative knowledge generation with co-creation. We conclude by reflecting on insights we gained through our CCI process and inviting others to join us in exploring the ways this approach can be applied across disciplines.
Continuing to Become Other: Responding to the Complexities of the Shifting Subject in Qualitative Research Through a Narrative Therapy Lens
Authors: Penwarden Sarah
Published: February 2025

According to anthropologist Bruner (1987), “stories may have endings, but stories are never over” (p. 17). This notion, of people continuing to tell and retell their life stories to craft preferred ways of living, is a key concept within narrative therapy (Denborough, 2014). However, this concept of the subject whose stories change over time is, at face value, a challenge to the validity of qualitative research data which is seen as enduring over time. Bearing in mind St. Pierre’s (2021) call to continue to reinvent qualitative research in line with the poststructuralist moment, I consider what it might offer qualitative research to view a participant not as static and fixed, but as unfinalized across time. In this regard, I utilize narrative therapy’s view of a person as shifting over time (Combs & Freedman, 2016). I propose three sets of implications for a fluid view of a person for qualitative research: methodological implications in viewing interviews as a slice of life, or as part of longitudinal stories; implications for a researcher in how they relate to their limited knowledge claims with epistemic humility; and practice innovations to invite participants to acknowledge their own unfinalizability and potential to change over time. These implications invite a researcher to ally with the implicitly therapeutic possibilities of qualitative research, which not only describe what is, but opens potential to know what may be.
The Experience and Identity Interview: Narrative Therapy in Research Interviewing
Authors: Conti Janet , Calder James , Rankin Rebekah
Published: February 2025

In this paper we introduce “The Experience and Identity Interview” (EII) and demonstrate ways that this qualitative research interview can be used to engage participants in talk that scaffolds between their experiences, the meanings they ascribe to these, and their identity (re)negotiations. In doing so, there is scope to generate rich interview data that addresses a range of research questions. Drawing on the paradigm of narrative therapy, the EII generates a collaborative dialogical space wherein both researchers and research participants may co-contribute to the unpacking of normative discourses that shape participants’ usual ways of speaking about their lived experiences, thereby revealing previously hidden identities. In this paper we demonstrate the key phases of the EII and illustrate its efficacy in generating rich qualitative research data. Importantly, we propose that the EII also upholds a crucial ethical principle in qualitative interviewing: to empower participants as active agents in telling the stories of their lives. This is uniquely achieved in the EII through interview questions that invite participants to engage in (re)authoring conversations that reconnect them to key identity narratives that have been lost to dominant storylines. In doing so, researchers are well-placed to mitigate the risk of potential harm through minimizing the reproduction of problematic narratives that can have real effects on participants’ lives.
How Might One Practice? Producing Possibilities through Co-Research as a Daily Practice of a Minor Science
Authors: Mullkoff Mark
Published: February 2025

Narrative practice is a broad field which includes therapy, community work, and research methods, all of which are less rigidly defined as they are connected through resonant ethics. In this paper I explore a practice I have developed in my early years as a narrative therapist asking the question, “If coming to talk to me were part of a Project— although not necessarily the first part, nor the most important part—what would that Project be called?” Through a reflexive process of aspiring towards narrative research principles of co-research, committing to relational ethics (which is grounded and contextual, rather than codified), and engaging with alternative theories of research (Deleuze & Guattari, 1987; Epston, 1999; Epston & White, 1992; St. George et al., 2015), I come to the understanding of my therapy practice as “Co-Research as Daily Practice of a Minor Science.” I present the “findings” of this research, as it pertains to the Project Question, and explore the ways that conducting the research will impact the way I use the Project Question in therapy sessions. Rather than the modernist notion that evidence-based practices are how one ought to practice, this process produces possibilities for how one might practice.
Designing Research to Produce Usable Knowledge from Archives that Have Significant Ethical and Privacy Constraints
Authors: Semeschuk Kelsi
Published: February 2025

Archives are sometimes imagined to be dusty repositories of historical documents. The considerations of care and ethical practice at the heart of qualitative research with active participants may not seem relevant. However, when archives contain sensitive information about people, living or no longer living, and those people cannot be consulted about the use of the materials, significant ethical issues arise. This paper offers innovative ways of balancing a desire to explore the treasures of a highly sensitive archive with rigorous attention to the rights and interests of those whose stories the archive holds. Based on research with a video archive of recorded therapy sessions left by Michael White, the co-originator of narrative therapy, my paper sets out a series of innovative responses to ethical considerations about the right to privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity. These include strategies to anonymize data while retaining context, re-presenting material in the archive so that it could be shared, creating a role for an advocate on behalf of people recorded in the archive, and using subjective learnings from the archive as a basis for collective practice-based research. This enabled the generation of research findings that are directly applicable to practitioners. The practices described make possible an “opening” of a previously locked archive. They also set out a possible pathway for others seeking to conduct research with highly sensitive archives.
A Review of the Edited Collection, Narrative Research Now: Critical Perspectives on the Promise of Stories
Authors: Lainson Kristina
Published: February 2025

Narrative Research Now: Critical Perspectives on the Promise of Stories, edited by Ashley Barnwell and Signe Ravn (2024), is a compelling and engagingly written collection of research projects, or stories, that showcase use of narrative in research. This review, written through the lens of a narrative therapy and community work practitioner-researcher, asks what resonances and points of interest the collection may hold for the narrative therapy and practice research field. Congruent themes highlighted include nuanced ethical caretaking, concern for matters of social justice, bringing forth subordinated knowledge, centering lived experience, paying attention to the politics of representation, and researcher transparency when grappling with complex decision-making. Traversing diverse social, ethical, and creative terrains, while carrying people at its heart, this wonderfully crafted collection is an exciting offering. This review proposes that in its interlacing of storytelling, academic endeavor, and context-relevant ethics to produce meaningful, transformative research innovations, Narrative Research Now has much to offer narrative therapy and community work practitioner-researchers by way of inspiration, companionship, consultation, and possibility.
Amplifying Ratego Stories and Knowledges: A Co-Research Initiative with Young Mothers in Social Movements in East Africa
Authors: Mrema Deborah , Orawo Patricia Nudi , Otieno Lydia , Jha Juhi , Kalisa Joseph , Nyirinkwaya Serge
Published: February 2025

Young mothers can be negatively affected by dominant and degrading cultural narratives; their stories of resistance and activism are often rendered invisible in broader social contexts. Informed by collective narrative practice methodologies, we undertook a counter-storytelling research project to elicit and acknowledge the stories of survival and sustenance of young mothers in social movements responding to sexual and gender-based violence in East Africa. We facilitated storytelling circles, incorporating various story and knowledges collection methods. Our approach involved documenting collective experiences and counter-narratives, exchanging stories between communities, and inviting young mothers to respond to other participants’ stories. The telling and retelling of stories of survival and resistance in the face of hardship appeared to be a healing and reinvigorating process which affirmed young mothers’ desire to create social change for themselves, their children, and their communities. The ethics of interweaving individual and collective voices, language justice, collaborative editing, and telling stories in participants' preferred ways involving songs, dances, and artefacts beyond the written word proved to be significant in the process. Enabling the telling and witnessing of personal and collective stories through means beyond written and spoken words proved valuable in eliciting important topics and ethics for collaborative inquiries with activist young mothers.
Building a Community of Inquiry Around Narrative Practice
Authors: McLeod John
Published: February 2025

This paper offers a commentary and reflection on papers included in the Narrative Practice Research Network Special Issue of The Qualitative Report. A brief introductory account is offered around the distinctive nature of narrative therapy and community work, in contrast to more widely used models of therapy. Challenges and dilemmas associated with research into counselling and psychotherapy are discussed. It is suggested that the work of the Narrative Practice Research Network represents a promising means of addressing these challenges through a combination of grounding in practice, commitment to an ethics of care, and creative reconceptualization of standard research tools such as qualitative interviews. The paper then moves on to consider possibilities around the further development of the Narrative Practice Research Network as a community of inquiry that supports dialogue among narrative researchers and practitioners, service users, and colleagues from other disciplines. The paper concludes by identifying the task of decolonialization of both therapy practice and research as an essential dimension of this field of work.
Exploring Teachers' Initial Perceptions of Corpus Linguistics and Their Readiness to Incorporate Corpora in Classroom Instruction: A Qualitative Analysis
Authors: Misnawati Misnawati , Yusriadi Yusriadi , Astri Zul , Abbas Aswin , Asbar Asbar
Published: February 2025

The integration of corpora into language teaching appears to be lacking, raising the question of whether this omission is due to teachers intentionally choosing not to use corpora in their classes or a lack of awareness and knowledge about these tools. This study of teachers in Indonesia aimed to explore two research questions: (a) what are the teachers' initial perceptions regarding corpus linguistics, and (b) do the teachers intend to integrate corpora into classroom instruction? Fifteen secondary and tertiary-level teachers participated in this qualitative study. Researchers gave the teachers a brief presentation on corpora to develop their Corpus Literacy (CL) and understand its relevance to their teaching intentions. The research team then conducted focus groups to collect data from the participants. The study results indicated positive initial perceptions of corpora among the teachers and demonstrated that they could quickly acquire corpus literacy. However, to promote a stronger interest in integrating corpora in teaching, corpus literacy needs to be bolstered by additional resources, including technological capabilities, the skills of both students and teachers, and sufficient time. This study offers several pedagogical insights for corpus linguists, website developers, and teacher educators to enhance the successful integration of corpora in language teaching.
Memory Distortions in Maladaptive Daydreaming: A Study on Source Confusion and Fantasy-Driven Confabulations
Authors: Somer Eli (Eliezer) , Otgaar Henry
Published: February 2025

Although vivid fantasizing involves the creation of imagined realities that share similar processes with memory source confusion, there has been limited research on the connection between these constructs. The current study used a thematic analysis approach to investigate the perceived relationship between an extreme form of dissociative absorption called maladaptive daydreaming (MD), source confusion, and memory errors. We interviewed 41 participants who self-identified as coping with MD, volunteered for MD research, and exhibited elevated MD scores. These questions delved into topics such as instances where they had difficulty distinguishing between daydreams and reality and situations where daydreams influenced their interactions with others. Of the respondents, 51% (n = 21) confirmed that they had experienced visions that they later confused with actual events. Based on their responses, we identified several recurring themes, including the impact of MD content on current social interactions, mistaking fantasy events for actual occurrences, confusing daydreams involving real people and plausible scenarios with actual events, and realizing that memories were based on fantasy. These themes shared a common thread: Most fabricated narratives aim to rectify an adverse past event or anticipate an unwelcome future. Our research findings indicate that individuals experiencing MD may recount fictitious stories of plausible or desired experiences, highlighting a significant association between MD and memory inaccuracies in the service of distress regulation.
PREDSTAVA NEBESKIH TELA U SRPSKOM GRAĐANSKOM PESNIŠTVU: SUNCE, MESEC, ZVEZDE
Authors:   University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, Serbia, Nastić Lenka S.
Published: February 2025

The paper examines the motif representation of celestial bodies within the corpus of Serbian civic poetry. The poetic material is explored in order to highlight one of the fundamental and well layered aspects of baroque poetry, that is, celestial bodies as mediators of human experience. In that regard, the spectrum of meaning formed in contact with principles and
values of the traditional culture is particularly interesting, whereby the Sun, the Moon and the stars, especially Danica, occupy
a privileged position. The paper aims to show the diversity of the context in which the celestial bodies appear, as well as to reach possible meanings of the described usage. Such a procedure offers an astropoetic reading of Serbian civic poetry, with the aim of a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the connections between folklore and baroque representations of the sky, bearing in mind the parallel course of development of the written and oral lines of Serbian literature.
LA POESIA DEL COSMO NELLA PROSA DI VALERIJ BRJUSOV
Authors:   Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne, BASELICA Giulia
Published: February 2025

La vastissima produzione letteraria del poeta Valerij Brjusov (1873–1924), esponente della prima generazione del Simbolismo russo, oltre che prosatore, drammaturgo, traduttore, critico letterario, è percorsa dal tema del Cosmo, declinato in svariate immagini ‒ le stelle e le costellazioni; la luna e il sole; i pianeti e l’universo ‒ e trattato in altrettanto
diversi generi letterari. Il Cosmo è per Brjusov ispiratore di una complessa visione del mondo e dell’uomo: è un altrove
fantastico che ospita mondi lontani dalla Terra; è uno spazio incommensurabile, abitato da civiltà altre, che alla vita sulla Terra trasmettono frammenti della propria superiore sostanza; è, infine, la potente e ineffabile energia che interviene a modificare le condizioni di vita sulla Terra.
Il romanzo La montagna della stella, il racconto Il viaggio notturno, lo scritto incompiuto La prima spedizione
interplanetaria definiscono, idealmente, un percorso cosmologico affrontato dal poeta e scrittore fra il 1900 e il 1921,
nel quale il presente contributo si propone di rilevare i riferimenti e le implicazioni di una concezione del mondo e dell’uomo che travalica i limiti della casualità e della prosaica concretezza del quotidiano.
MOTIV ZVEZDE U SRPSKOJ I HRVATSKOJ MEĐURATNOJ POEZIJI (CRNJANSKI, PETROVIĆ, ŠIMIĆ, UJEVIĆ)
Authors:   University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philology, Serbia, Korunović Goran P.
Published: February 2025

The paper interpreted the processes of shaping the star motif in the poetry of the key poets of interwar Serbian and Croatian literature – Miloš Crnjanski, Rastko Petrović, Antun Branko Šimić and Tin Ujević. First, the ways of transformation of the dominant, traditional literary and religious-mystical meanings of the star motif, in the lyrics of Miloš Crnjanski, are
presented. It is shown on the main role of the lyrical subject which, similar to the ethereal, neo-sentimentalist sensibility, or the
traumatic wartime experience of the community, reshapes the symbolic value of the spatial distance of the stars. In the poetry of Rastko Petrović, on the other hand, there are examples in which the star motif is adapted to a specific image of the world, a vision of the renewal of nature and the dynamics of life and death, with the privileged place of the sun/star motif in the poem about the Wolf.
In the poetry of Antun Branko Šimić, in accordance with expressionist poetics, the star motif appears as a manifestation
of a supra-empirical, disembodied existence to which the lyrical I aspires, or as an indicator, in accordance with the specific
semanticization of colors, of the inner states of the lyrical subject or lyrical heroes. In Ujević’s poems, apart from the reliance on
the Christian codification of the star motif, it is evident that its role is in evoking the idealized-sacred qualities of Beloved and/
or the Mother of God, i.e. in presenting existential crisis situations, contextualized by distanced transcendence. Apart from such examples, in Ujević’s poetry, after Lelek sebra and Kolajna, the use of the star is more pronounced in correspondence with expressionist poetics (“Nostalgia of Light”), i.e. in the affirmation of the ethical-progressive principle (“High Apple Trees”). In
the end, we concluded that the formation of the star motif in interwar Serbian and Croatian literature primarily depends on the configuration of the lyrical subject. In other words, the revaluation of the traditional meanings of the star is conditioned by the new sensibility brought by avant-garde literature.
EKSPRESIJA KOSMIZMA U POEZIJI TODORA MANOJLOVIĆA I JOSIPA SIBA MILIČIĆA
Authors:   Institute for Serbian Culture Priština ‒ Leposavić, Serbia, Gradinšćak Luna M.
Published: February 2025

The paper aims to explore the appearance of cosmism and cosmic motifs in the expressionist poetry of poets Todor Manojlović and Josip Sibe Miličić through a comparative analysis. Using hermeneutic and interpretative methods, the study concluded that cosmism, as a poetic element in the work of these poets, is not meant to be escapist, but rather creative. It seeks
to characterise the new post-war world in its own way. This led to the conclusion that cosmism in the poetry of these two poets is not only a result of changes in the pre-war world order but also a way of thinking and a relationship to the reality that surrounds us.
„ZVEZDA NA KOJU TREBA SE TEK NAVIĆI”: ZVEZDOCENTRIZAM VASKA POPE I NJEGOVI (NEOSIMBOLISTIČKI) REFLEKSI
Authors:   University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Philology and Arts, Serbia, Vasileva Olja S.
Published: February 2025

The main goal of this paper is the phenomenological reading of the multifaceted continuity of modern Serbian poetry conceived by Vasko Popa’s stellar poetic system, to which Miljković and Lalić give the answer with their (quiet) star-centrism.
In that unconcealed, although perhaps at first glance quiet and unobtrusive, and one of, we think, most intriguingly unread
dialogues of Serbian post-war poets, the star as an emblematic code of (post)romanticism, experiences its poetic evolution,
which modern Serbian poets follow in an equally complex way as the star we know within its physical, astrological-cosmological,
and finally existential-philosophical meaning. The life and death of a star, its fixed or variable features are accompanied by the poetic programs we are talking about. Radial poetics with the same movement of the stars enabled changes in the rhythm of the song marked by a star trail, always between the ode and the requiem.
MOĆ ZVEZDA I LJUDSKA NEMOĆ: PEKIĆEVA GOTSKA ASTROLOGIJA U NOVOM JERUSALIMU
Authors:   Università degli Studi G. d'Annunzio, Chieti - Pescara, Italy, Davanco Enrico M.
Published: February 2025

This paper analyzes the recurring presence of astrological motifs in the collection of Gothic short stories Novi Jerusalim (The New Jerusalem, 1988) by Serbian author Borislav Pekić. In each of the five interwoven stories, zodiac signs and star positions influence the fates of the main anti-heroes, who are seemingly described as powerless victims living in different
catastrophic times, i.e., the 1349 plague epidemic, the English Civil War, the Jacobin terror, the approaching dissolution of
Yugoslavia, and a hypothetical reconstruction of the Soviet Gulag in the distant future. Namely, by interpreting the narrative
attention given to the zodiac and constellations as symbols of the consequences of insurmountable historical events in the
lives of individuals, the present analysis connects Pekić’s work with the concept of “sublime” introduced by British philosopher Edmund Burke (1727–1729), which played a key role in the development of the Gothic literary genre.
PREKO SUNCA DO ZVEZDA: FRAZEOLOŠKE JEDINICE SA LEKSEMAMA SUNCE/SOL I ZVEZDA/ESTRELLA U SRPSKOM I ŠPANSKOM JEZIKU
Authors:   University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Philology and Arts, Serbia, Petrović Maša Z. , Selaković Irena M. ,   University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Philology and Arts, Serbia
Published: February 2025

The subjects of this paper’s analysis are phraseological units that include the lexemes sun/sol and star/estrella in Serbian and Spanish. Within the context of this paper, we interpret the term phraseological unit in a broader sense, i.e. the analysis includes all those types of established word constructions that represent the subject of phraseology research in a broader
sense.The collected material was excerpted from several phraseological, as well as general-purpose dictionaries in Serbian and Spanish. Based on the obtained results, it was concluded that both analyzed lexemes are very productive for the creation of phraseological units and that the meanings they develop often have both a positive and a negative connotation. Thus, some of
the meanings carried by phraseological units with the lexeme sun/sol are ’to be happy for someone’, ’to be clear, clean, just’, ’to
bring someone better times/happiness’, but also ’not to give someone peace’, ’to experience discomfort/to have an unfortunate
experience’, ’to seek one’s own benefit’ and even ’to die’. When it comes to phraseological units with the lexeme star/estrella, some of the meanings that are identified are ’to have luck/not to have luck’, ’to dream’, ’to please’, ’to praise too much’, ’to set impossible goals’, etc. When it comes to phraseological equivalence in the language pair Serbian-Spanish, the analysis showed a higher degree of equivalence in expressions with the constituent star/estrella in comparison with sun/sol.
Pembelajaran Inovatif dan Interaktif Berbasis Proyek
Authors: Tulis I Nyoman
Published: February 2025

Tujuan laporan ini adalah untuk mengembangkan dan menerapkan model pembelajaran berbasis proyek yang inovatif dan interaktif yang berfokus pada budaya keberagaman di Sulawesi Tenggara. Model ini dirancang untuk meningkatkan pemahaman siswa terhadap kekayaan budaya lokal, serta memperkuat kerjasama dan kreativitas. Dalam mempersiapkan dan menentukan tujuan proyek keanekaragaman budaya di Sulawesi Tenggara, kelompok belajar siswa. Dan membuat rencana tindakan. Siswa meneliti budaya lokal termasuk budaya, seni, dan bahasa. Kegiatan dilakukan melalui diskusi, wawancara dengan masyarakat dan kunjungan ke situs budaya. Hasil penelitian akan disajikan dalam bentuk poster, video atau presentasi, dengan partisipasi dari lingkungan sekolah. Penerapan model pembelajaran menunjukkan adanya peningkatan kesadaran siswa terhadap keberagaman budaya yang ada di Sulawesi Tenggara. Siswa dalam kelompok menemukan minat dan keterampilan kerja tim yang baik. Hasil dari proyek tersebut pun mendapat tanggapan positif dari masyarakat dan sekolah. Model pembelajaran berbasis proyek ini efektif meningkatkan pemahaman siswa tentang keberagaman budaya di Sulawesi Tenggara. Kegiatan ini tidak hanya sekedar pemahaman tetapi juga pemahaman akan pentingnya pelestarian budaya. Sebagai umpan balik kamipun berharap model ini dapat diterapkan di sekolah lain, dan dilanjutkan dengan kegiatan pelestarian budaya serta partisipasi siswa dan masyarakat. Rencana juga dibuat untuk mengembangkan kurikulum yang terkait dengan isu-isu budaya lokal.
Press activities by the first group of Japanese reporters in Korea in 1960
Authors:   Institute for Historical Studies at Chung-Ang University, Shin Jaejoon
Published: February 2025

When Japanese correspondents entered Korea in 1960, Korea and Japan, the two countries were still distant, unfamiliar, and blank slates, especially in terms of human exchanges. In such a situation, Japanese correspondents who came to Korea for the first time had a unique status as transmitters of information to both Korea and Japan and mediators in the relationship between the two countries. Therefore, analyzing the backgrounds of those who came to Korea and their reporting activities can help provide a new and broader understanding of Korea-Japan relations in the 1960s from a media and social perspective. With this in mind, this paper examined the main history and reporting activities of the first group of Japanese correspondents in Korea who entered the country with official visas issued by the Korean government for the first time after the April Revolution in 1960.
Trauma e dor: fibromialgia enquanto expressão de uma melancolia
Authors: Bartholazzi Arthur Gonçalves Jacomini , Damous Issa
Published: February 2025

Dor crônica é uma condição que afeta uma grande parcela da população e surge como queixa comum nos consultórios médicos, estando frequentemente associada a transtornos psíquicos. No presente trabalho, através da análise de um caso clínico, propomos uma leitura da dor física a partir de uma perspectiva psicanalítica baseada em textos clássicos e autores contemporâneos que abordam tal temática, buscando estabelecer correlações entre a vivência de um trauma e o surgimento de um quadro álgico. Tal estudo tem o intuito de pensar possibilidades complementares para o cuidado psiquiátrico, considerando processos inconscientes que podem estar relacionados com o advento e manutenção da dor física e de sofrimento psíquico.
Impact of Beta Thalassemia Minor on Mineral Homeostasis: A Comprehensive Analysis
Authors: Al-Badran Ihsan Mardan , Almnaseer Zainab A. , Mohammed Amani Naama , Abbas Hamid Jaddoa
Published: February 2025

This paper aims to identify hypomineralization in patients with beta-thalassemia minor through an analysis of serum calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, and zinc concentrations in a series of patient subpopulations. In the 50 subjects studied, mineral concentration differences between clusters were assessed by Welch's ANOVA with Games-Howell post hoc tests. K-means clustering and principal component analysis were performed to identify and visualize the biochemical profiles of mineral intercorrelations via Pearson correlation analysis. The results showed significant variations in mineral concentrations between clusters. Calcium levels averaged 8.31 mg/dL in the cohort, with deficiencies noted in Cluster 2, which had a mean of 7.7 mg/dL. Iron levels varied significantly: Cluster 0 indicated chronic iron overload with a mean of 304.0 µg/dL, while Cluster 2 exhibited lower levels with a mean of 96.8 µg/dL. Magnesium concentrations were generally normal; however, Cluster 3 showed mild deficiencies (mean: 2.23 mg/dL), suggesting susceptibility to oxidative stress. Increased phosphorus levels were observed (mean: 5.1 mg/dL), while copper concentrations were highest in Cluster 1 (mean: 164.2 µg/dL) and zinc levels were lowest in Cluster 3 (mean: 81.2 µg/dL), reinforcing the need for individualized supplementation programs. The Pearson correlation showed moderate positive correlations between calcium and magnesium (p < 0.01) and between copper and zinc (p < 0.05), indicating potential interrelationships among these essential minerals.