bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
‘उलार’ उपन्यासमा आञ्चलिकता [Regionalism in the novel 'Ular']
Authors: कृष्णप्रसाद Krishna Prasad सापकोटा Sapkota
Published: February 2022

नयनराज पाण्डेको उलार आञ्चलिक उपन्यास हो । अञ्चलविशेषका विशिष्टतालाई आधार बनाएर लेखिएको उपन्यासलाई नै आञ्चलिक उपन्यास भनिन्छ । आञ्चलिक उपन्यासमा आञ्चलिक तत्वका रूपमा भूगोल, संस्कृति, समाज, प्रकृति, राजनीति, आर्थिक, इतिहास, भाषा आदि रहेका हुन्छन् । यिनीहरू उपन्यासमा आउँदा समान महत्वका साथ आउन पनि सक्छन् र नआउन पनि सक्छन् । कुनै उपन्यासमा आञ्चलिक तत्वमध्ये कुनै तत्वले बढी स्थान पाएको हुन्छ भने कुनै उपन्यासमा कुनै आञ्चलिक तत्वले महत्व पाएको भए पनि अञ्चलविशेषका विशिष्टतालाई उजागर गर्दै त्यहाँको यथार्थ स्थितिलाई देखाएर अञ्चलविशेषका भौगोलिक यथार्थता, त्यहाँका वासिन्दाको यथार्थ जीवनशैली, राजनीतिक अवस्था र भाषिक अवस्थालाई देखाउनु आञ्चलिक उपन्यासको उद्देश्य रहेको हुन्छ । उराल आञ्चलिक उपन्यासमा आञ्चलिक तत्वका रूपमा रहने सबै पक्षको यथार्थ चित्रण भए पनि राजनीतिक र आर्थिक पक्षको चित्रणले बढी महत्व पाएको पाइन्छ । अञ्चलविशेषका वासिन्दाको आर्थिक अवस्था कमजोर रहेको हुनाले त्यहाँका वासिन्दामा शिक्षाको स्तर, चेतनाको स्तर निकै कमसल रहेकाले राजनीतिक सचेतता पनि कमछ । उनीहरूमा राजनीतिक सचेतता नभएको कारणले त्यहाँको राजनीति गर्ने नेताहरूले उनीहरूबाट फाइदा लिएका छन् । जसका कारणले गर्दा त्यहाँका जनताको जीवनस्तर उठ्नुभन्दा पनि दिनानुदिन खस्कदो अवस्थामा छ । उनीहरू शिक्षादीक्षाबाट बञ्चित छन् । त्यतिमात्र नभएर सामान्यभन्दा सामान्य उपचार गराउन सक्ने उनीहरूको अवस्था छैन । उपचारका लागि होस् वा खानका लागि होस् भएको घडेरी पनि बेच्दै अञ्चलविशेषका वासिन्दा भूमिहीन बन्न बाध्य छन् । यही अञ्चलविशेषको राजनीतिक तथा आर्थिक अवस्था के–कस्तो छ ? राजनीतिक अवस्थाले आर्थिक अवस्थालाई र आर्थिक अवस्थाले राजनीतिक अवस्थालाइ के–कसरी प्रभाव पारेको छ र त्यसको प्रभाव अञ्चलविशेषका वासिन्दामा कसरी परेको छ भन्ने कुराको चर्चा गर्दै निष्कर्ष समेत प्रस्तुत गरिएको छ ।
‘नथिया’ उपन्यासमा जाति, क्षण र वातावरण [Caste, moment and atmosphere in the novel 'Nathiya']
Authors: रमेश Ramesh प्रभात Prabhat
Published: February 2022

यस लेखमा समाजशास्त्रीय मान्यताका आधारमा नथिया उपन्यासभित्र रहेका जाति, क्षण र वातावरणको पहिचान गरी विश्लेषण गरिएको छ । प्रसिद्ध समाजशास्त्री हिप्पोलाइट तेनको समाजशास्त्रीय मान्यतालाई आधार मानी उक्त सैद्धान्तिक मान्यतासँग मेल खाने खालका साक्ष्यहरू उपन्यासभित्रबाट प्रस्तुत गरी तिनको विश्लेषण गरिएको छ । नेपाली समाजमा रहेका जातिगत विविधताको अवस्था केलाउने काम जातिअन्तर्गत गरिएको छ । तत्कालीन नेपाली समाजको मूल्य, मान्यता, संस्कार, संस्कृतिलगायत राजनीतिक घटनालाई क्षणमार्फत् समेटेर विश्लेषण गरिएको छ । यसर्थ क्षणअन्तर्गत समग्र युगीन अवस्था समटिएको छ । त्यस्तै वातावरणअन्तर्गत समाजको भौतिक तथा प्राकृतिक वातावरणका साथै सामाजिक, सांस्कृतिक तथा राजनैतिक पक्षको पनि पहिचान गरिएको छ ।
Centering the Voices of Queer Youth in Defining Resilience
Authors: Williams Ryann , Pride Chiara , Anaya Joshua , Nimmons Elizabeth , Salcido, Jr. Robert , Stone Amy L
Published: February 2022

Scholars have investigated the myriad ways lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) youth display resilience but often fail to incorporate youth's explicit definition of the concept. In this paper, we analyze the definitions of resilience used by youth we interviewed, mostly Black persons, Indigenous persons, and People of Color (BIPOCs) LGBTQ+ people in South Texas. We argue that centering the voices of LGBTQ+ youth is critical to the scholarly understanding of resilience. The LGBTQ+ youth in this project defined resilience as collective, as rebelliousness, as emotional intelligence, and as logistical resilience.
Automatic Mask Detection at Public Places
Authors: Aiman Ahmed Mohammed Al-Gamal
Published: February 2022

COVID-19's fast spread has resulted in tens of millions of individuals becoming infected around the world. Because there is no specific cure for COVID-19, wearing masks has proven an effective technique of preventing transmission and is mandatory in most public places, resulting in an increase in demand for automatic real-time mask detection systems to replace manual reminders. However, there are just a few investigations on the detection of face masks. The performance of mask detectors must be improved urgently. However, there have been few studies on the detection of face masks. Mask detector performance must be improved immediately. The Properly Wearing Masked Face Detection Dataset (PWMFD) was proposed in this paper, and it includes 9205 photos of mask-wearing samples divided into three groups. Squeeze and Excitation (SE)-YOLOv3, a mask detector with roughly balanced effectiveness and efficiency, was also proposed. by incorporating the SE block into Darknet53, I was able to incorporate the attention mechanism and obtain the relationships between channels, allowing the network to focus more on the relevant feature. To increase the stability of bounding box regression, I used GIoUloss, which can better express the spatial difference between predicted and ground truth boxes. The significant foreground-background class imbalance was solved via focal loss. In addition, I used image augmentation techniques to boost the model's robustness on the challenge. In comparison to YOLOv3, SE-YOLOv3 outperformed YOLOv3 and other state-of-the-art detectors on PWMFD, achieving a higher 8.6 percent mAP while maintaining a comparable detection speed.
Detection of the Change in the Morphology of the Courses of the River Ganga Using Satellite-derived Data: A Case Study Area
Authors: Kumar Mukesh , Siddiqui A. R.
Published: February 2022

This study seeks to examine the detection of course change in one of the major rivers of India, that is the Ganga, between the period of 1980 to 2020 and utilizes satellite driven data to demonstrate the visibility of shifting in its course. The purpose of study area is to find out the change detection of the river course. The channel shifting of the river course has been used to demonstrate the historical change in Landsat MSS, TM, ETM, and OLI/TIRS satellite images in the decades of 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020. The study exhibits several reasons responsible for and lead to this shift, such as erosion problems and changing characteristics of the Ganga from Rampurghat to Chunar at different cross-section site points. This research area has been divided into six cross-sections, namely, XS-1, XS-2, XS-3, XS-4, XS-5, and XS-6. We attempt to examine how the river’s shape and position have witnessed a change during the 1980–2020 period via using remote sensing and GIS methods. We have identified that the course line of the Ganga has demonstrate a shift via using five types of satellite imagery in the above-mentioned period. The process of channel shifting has included an erosional and a depositional development occurred due to infrastructure damage by sedimentation, flood and changing river course. The Ganga course has shifted towards the south and the north direction places which as a result leads to village erosion. The major aspects of this study have a direct interaction with the physical and socio-cultural environment from upstream to downstream in cross-section. The course change detection of the study has been taken in the context of the river management and planning for future prevention of agricultural land, kuccha houses, food, and economic loss to farmers.
Death Rites in Kol Tribe
Authors: Om Prakash  , Ahirwar Ashok
Published: February 2022

Death is the ultimate ultimate truth of life, one who has come in this world has to go one day or the other. Like other communities of Baghelkhand region, people of Kol tribe also perform death rites, but some specialties still exist in the traditional way. Kol Jana believes that death happens to the body, the soul is immortal. According to the tradition, salvation can be achieved only after performing the funeral rites, that is why the ashes (flowers) are immersed in holy rivers like Ganga or Narmada. Food, water is arranged for the dead soul and water is kept in a pitcher in the Peepal tree. Sutak is considered in the family for ten days. The person who donates fire always carries iron so that the phantom souls cannot do any wrong. On the tenth day, the dead soul is bid farewell by law, after which they become ancestors and they are recognized as God. As the case may be, household items are donated and food is provided to the family and relatives.

 

Abstract in Hindi Language

मृत्यु जीवन का अंतिम परम सत्य है इस संसार में जो आया है उसे एक न एक दिन जाना है। बघेलखण्ड क्षेत्र के अन्य समुदायों की भांति कोल जनजाति के लोग भी मृत्यु संस्कार सम्पन्न करते है किन्तु कुछ विशिष्टताएँ आज भी पारम्परिक रूप से विद्यमान है। कोल जन की मान्यता है कि मृत्यु शरीर की होती है आत्मा अमर है। जीव का परम्परानुसार अंत्येष्टि संस्कार करने के बाद ही मुक्ति मिल सकती है इसीलिए गंगा या नर्मदा जैसी पवित्र नदियों में अस्थि (फूल) विसर्जित किया जाता है। मृत आत्मा के लिए भोजन, पानी की व्यवस्था की जाती है तथा पीपल के वृक्ष में घड़े में जल भर कर रखा जाता है। दस दिन तक परिवार में सूतक माना जाता है। अग्निदान करने वाला व्यक्ति सदैव लोहा लिए रहता है जिससे प्रेत आत्मा किसी प्रकार का अनिष्ठ न कर सकें। दसवें दिन विधि विधान से मृत आत्मा की विदाई की जाती है इसके बाद वह पितर हो जाते हैं और उनको देवतुल्य मान्यता प्राप्त होती है। यथास्थिति गृहस्थी की वस्तुएँ दान दी जाती हैं और परिवार तथा सगे सम्बन्धियों को भोजन कराया जाता है।
Social reality depicted in the poems of Acharya Jankivallabh Shastri
Authors: Bala
Published: February 2022

Shastri ji has closely observed the current circumstances of his time, has experienced and has tried to constantly fill the heat with his creative power by standing up against the forces of resistance. In this sequence, he has given a detailed shape to his life-experience. Shastri ji does not know how to create any model for himself. He has created a new paradigm for its development and excellence. Shastri ji's personality is as multifaceted, his writing talent is more unique that Shastri ji has had a huge impact on the circumstances of the time, but Shastri ji is a believer in creating writing culture by his nature, not by influence.

 

Abstract in Hindi Language:

शास्त्री जी ने अपने समय की सामयिक परिस्थितियों को बारीकी से देखा है, अनुभव किया है और प्रतिरोधी शक्तियों के विरोध में अपने को खड़ा करके अपनी रचनात्मक शक्ति से निरन्तर ताप भरने की कोषिष की है। इस क्रम में उन्होंने अपने जीवन-अनुभव को विस्तृत आकार प्रदान किया है। शास्त्री जी अपने लिए कोई प्रतिमान गढ़ना नहीं जानते। उन्होंने मान-सम्मान उसके विकास और उत्कर्ष के लिए एक से एक नये प्रतिमान गढ़े हैं। शास्त्री जी का व्यक्तित्व जितना बहुमुखी है, उनकी लेखन प्रतिभा उतनी ही अधिक विलक्षण है कि शास्त्री जी पर तत्कालीन परिस्थितियों का विपुल प्रभाव पड़ा है लेकिन शास्त्री जी प्रभाव से नहीं अपने स्वभाव से लेखन संस्कार का निर्माण करने के विष्वासी है।
Historical survey of temples of Modinagar
Authors: Sharma Krishnakant , Anchal
Published: February 2022

Modinagar, situated on the Delhi-Meerut Road, is an important city in the Ghaziabad district of western Uttar Pradesh. Which was established in October 1933. But earlier this city was known as Begumabad. Apart from being an ancient city, Modinagar itself boasts of many historical heritages, in which historically temples have an important place. All these temples represent the Nagara style of North Indian architecture. While surveying the temples in Modinagar area, it was found that some temples built by Marathas are also located here, in which Shiv Bada Temple, Sanatan Dharma Mandir and Shiv Mandir on Saunda Road are located. Which have been rebuilt and along with historical monuments, these temples remain the center of religious, social and cultural faith. Some other ancient temples are also located in this area, in which there are Shiva temple located in Kaderabad, temple of sage Valmiki ji, Shri Laxmi Narayan temple etc., which in themselves represent the example of North Indian temple architecture, all these temples are carriers of Indian culture. Is. In which not only religious works are done, but while discharging social responsibilities, this temple has remained the center of religious and cultural faith of the people.

 

Abstract in Hindi Language:

दिल्ली-मेरठ सड़क मार्ग पर बसा हुआ मोदीनगर पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश के जनपद गाजियाबाद का एक महत्वपूर्ण शहर है। जिसकी स्थापना अक्टूबर 1933 को हुई थी। परन्तु इससे पूर्व यह शहर बेगमाबाद के नाम से जाना जाता था। पुरातन शहर होने के साथ ही मोदीनगर अपने आप में बहुत-सी ऐतिहासिक धरोहरो को समेटे हुए हैं जिनमें ऐतिहासिक दृष्टि से मन्दिरों का महत्वपूर्ण स्थान है। यह सभी मन्दिर उत्तर भारतीय स्थापत्य कला नागर शैली का प्रतिनिधित्व करते है। मोदीनगर क्षेत्र में मन्दिरों का सर्वेक्षण करते हुए पाया कि यहाँ पर मराठो के द्वारा बनवाये गये कुछ मन्दिर भी स्थित है जिसमें शिव बाड़ा मन्दिर, सनातन धर्म मन्दिर एवं सौंदा रोड स्थित शिव मन्दिर है। जिनका पुर्ननिर्माण कर दिया गया है व ऐतिहासिक स्मारकांे के साथ-साथ धार्मिक सामाजिक और सांस्कृतिक आस्था के केन्द्र ये मन्दिर बने हुए है। कुछ अन्य पुरातन मन्दिर भी इस क्षेत्र में स्थित है जिनमें कादराबाद स्थित शिव मन्दिर, ऋषि वाल्मीकि जी का मन्दिर, श्री लक्ष्मी नारायण मन्दिर आदि है जो कि अपने आप में उत्तर भारतीय मन्दिर स्थापत्य कला का उदाहरण प्रस्तुत करते है ये सभी मन्दिर भारतीय संस्कृति के वाहक है। जिनमें न सिर्फ धार्मिक कार्यो को सम्पन्न दिया जाता है बल्कि सामाजिक दायित्वों का निर्वहन करते हुए यह मन्दिर लोगों की धार्मिक व सांस्कृति आस्था के केन्द्र बने हुए है।
Analysis of Social and Political Thoughts of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
Authors: Bairwa Jitendra Kumar
Published: February 2022

सामाजिक परिवर्तन की प्रक्रिया, कई स्तरों पर और कई पद्धतियों से चलने वाली एक अखण्ड प्रक्रिया है। व्यक्ति या वर्ग के समूह से जब समाज बनता है, तो धीरे-धीरे कुछ नियम-उपनियम बनाये जाते है। इसके मूल में दृष्टि केवल इतनी ही होती है कि उस समाज में स्थित प्रत्येक को व्यक्तित्व का समुचित अवसर उपलब्ध हो। प्रत्येक व्यक्ति अपनी मूलभूत आवश्यकताओं की पूर्ति हेतु स्वतंत्र हो उस पर किसी व्यक्ति अथवा गुट का कोई बंधन न हो। यह सब, प्रत्येक समाज का मूलभूत सिद्धान्त होता है। धीरे-धीरे ये सिद्धान्त स्थायी बन जाते है, फलतः इनको वैधानिक स्वरूप देने के लिए किसी ‘ग्रन्थ’ की आवश्यकता पड़ती है। जब ‘ग्रन्थ’ की रचना समाज के द्वारा नहीं हो पाती या समाज इस प्रकार के ‘ग्रन्थों’ अथवा ‘साहित्य’ की रचना से बचना चाहता है, तो कोई सक्षम और विद्वान व्यक्ति इस प्रकार के ‘ग्रन्थ’ की रचना धर्म, ईश्वर के नाम पर करता है। धर्म और ईश्वर के नाम पर स्थापित ये ‘ग्रन्थ’ काफी समय तक समाज द्वारा स्वीकृत होते है। इन ‘ग्रन्थों’ में इसके रचनाकार द्वारा कुछ अमानवीय, अलोकतान्त्रिक और अव्यावहारिक प्रावधानों को भी शामिल कर दिया जाता है। इसका कोई विरोध भी नहीं करता, क्योंकि ‘धर्म अफीम की गोली के समान है।’ ये ग्रन्थ अपरिवर्तनशील होते है, फलतः व्यक्ति के व्यक्तित्व के विकास में बाधा उत्पन्न होता है। इस व्यवस्था से अनेकशः लोग पीड़ित होते है, इसलिए इन शोषित वर्गो के अन्दर विद्रोह की ज्वाला धीरे-धीरे पनपने लगती है, लेकिन उनके अन्दर विद्रोह करने की क्षमता नहीं होती। परिणामतः इस समाज का कोई संवेदनशील, सक्षम और क्रांतिकारी व्यक्ति इस व्यवस्था के प्रति विद्रोह कर एक नयी व्यवस्था की आवश्यकताओं की वकालत कर देता है। बाबा साहब डाॅ. अम्बेडकर जी इसी परम्परा के विद्रोही महापुरूष है।
Imprints of COVID-19 Pandemic on the English Language: A Multidimensional Understanding
Authors: Kumar Parveen , Sood Shachi
Published: February 2022

The importance of English Language on the global level is undeniable and has been agreed upon in an array of discourses over this subject. This has also made it pertinent to understand how the English language has been affected by and responded to the COVID-19 pandemic that has touched almost every aspect of human life- Language being amongst the most affected. The present study has aimed to understand the multiple imprints of the pandemic over the English language and seeks to comprehend the ways in which it has posed challenges in front of the academia to understand the relevance of the language more profoundly during the time of crises. The paper has attempted to examine the evolving of English as a language during the pandemic and locates the areas in which the imprints necessitate further analysis.
Wyobraźnia pedagogiczna. Źródła interdyscyplinarne i zarys koncepcji
Authors: Drozdowicz Jarema
Published: February 2022

The paper explores the concept of pedagogical imagination in relation to three major sources of theoretical influence – ethnography, sociology and history. It makes the attempt to combine them and investigate how the notion of imagination might be used in pedagogy and the study of education in general. It raises the issue of subjectivity and puts it in the context of emergence of new forms of qualitative analysis in contemporary pedagogy. This new form of scientific inquiry and new analytical questions that arise along are related to the problem of experience. The paper also makes an attempt to highlight the significance of experience in gaining a deeper insight into the ways people shape their own educational experiences. When speaking of experience in the educational space, especially within the school reality, we might point out the subjectified forms of participation in those areas of public life. The stressed out in the text and combining mentioned types of imagination forms of living the participation in what is usually objectified and institutionalized field of education, upbringing, schooling systems and various educational policies implemented in schools requires nevertheless a critical approach towards the effects of functioning of those domains in the social praxis, a step which is typical for the aforementioned disciplines. To paraphrase Bruno Latour, today we need to reformulate what is social in the categories typical to the emic analysis natural to ethnography rather than to sciences which use tools promising maximum objective insight into reality.
Visual Functions after Implantation of Acrysof Monofocal Intraocular Lenses
Authors: Lešták Ján , Pitrová Šárka , Žáková Markéta , Fůs Martin , Hallová Helena , Marešová Klára
Published: February 2022

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the visual functions after implantation of Acrysof monofocal intraocular lenses Alcon (SA60AT. MA50BM a SN60WF a SN6AT).

Materials and methods: Four works are presented in the overview. The first work deals with the effect of eye length. corneal optic power and anterior chamber depth on the uncorrected near visual acuity (UNVA) after IOL implantation. The second work compares the effect of eye position (horizontal and vertical) on the final UNVA. The third work deals with the influence of the spherical lenses (SA and MA) and yellow aspherical lenses (SN) on UNVA. The later work examines the effect of pupil width on UNVA.

Results: The first work showed the dependence of eye axial length (the largest in eyes bellow 22.5 mm. r = 0.36) on UNVA. 77.4 % of eyes with axial length below 22.5 mm had UNVA better than 0.5 and 70.49 % of all evaluated eyes had UNVA better than 0.5. Uncorrected far visual acuity (UDVA) better than 1.0 was in 97.54 % eyes in the whole group. In the second work we found a mean correlation in eyes shorter than 22.5 mm with UNVA in horizontal position (r = 0.39) and in the vertical position (r = 0.49). UNVA improved in these eyes in horizontal position from 0.53 to 0.58 in vertical position of the eye. In all eyes from the group UNVA changed from 0.51 to 0.56. The third work demonstrated the effect of sphericity and chromaticity on UNVA. Better than 0.5 in the group of eyes shorter than 22.5 mm in SA IOL in 67 % and in SN IOL in 60 %. In eyes with mean axial length was UNVA better than 0.5 in SA IOL in 86.5 %. in MA IOL in 81 % and in SN IOL in 75 %. In eyes longer than 23.5 mm was UNVA better than 0.5 in SA IOL in 100 % of eyes, in MA IOL in 60 % and in SN IOL in 33 % of eyes. In the fourth work the effect of pupil size was not demonstrated.

Conclusion: The works showed excellent results of UNVA and UDVA after implantation of Acrysof monofocal lenses.
Loss, Great Grief, and Preservation: Brandy Leary’s Suspended
Authors: Batchelor Brian
Published: February 2022

In 2017, Toronto-based physical theatre artist Brandy Leary performed choreographic research as part of the Arctic Circle’s Summer Solstice Expedition, a multidisciplinary voyage of invited scientists and artists who developed work during their travels in and around the Svalbard archipelago, located in the Arctic Ocean. I focus on one such performance, entitled Suspended, in which Leary hangs precariously off the side of a boat and above a (melting) ice floe. Leary’s explorations were influenced by the Norwegian eco-scientist Per Espen Stoknes’s concept of “Great Grief,” a public grief based on ecological loss due to climate change, as well as the loss of her husband before she embarked on the residency. I read Suspended as a performance that sutures public and private processes of grief. Because Svalbard is home to the Global Seed Vault, a repository of seeds intended to preserve the world’s plant biodiversity, Suspended also connects forms of self-preservation in the face of ecological loss with larger cooperative efforts toward ecological preservation via the saving of seeds. Both Suspended and the vault as endeavours compel us to collectively care about and act toward futures where our relationships—to ice, to the environment, and to each other—are radically changed.
“Working On and Against” Classic Burlesque Conventions in Zyra Lee Vanity’sIrie Love
Authors: Matias Julia
Published: February 2022

‘Classic burlesque’ refers to a style of contemporary burlesque performance that attempts to recreate some of the conventions of mid-century striptease. In this article, I explore the work classic burlesque does to cite, adapt, and preserve elements of historic striptease through its practitioners’ unique relationship with the archive and repertoire of historic burlesque. Though classic burlesque is fraught with much of the cultural baggage of the history it inherits, it creates an embodied act of preservation less concerned with historical authenticity than with preserving an attitude toward striptease that values ‘tease’ and a personal approach over codified technique. Using Zyra Lee Vanity’s Irie Love act as a case study, I offer that many performers choose to navigate the biases of the form because of the creative potential it affords them to challenge dominant histories of burlesque that perpetuate the erasure of marginalized artists. Vanity does so by reanimating the important contributions of marginalized artists in the history of striptease. While exclusionary standards still inform much of the practice, many of the conventions of classic burlesque are mobile and can be an important site of meaning-making for the artists who practice it.
Persevering, Preserving, and Sharing Our Mother
Authors: Doonan Natalie
Published: February 2022

This article describes a pandemic bread-making project devised as part of a graduate-level Digital Storytelling course in the Communication Department at l’Université de Montréal. The relations between bread making and storytelling are analyzed through the framework of correspondence art, an art movement that emphasizes networking, collaboration, and modes of free circulation. The article will be of particular interest to educators in the fine arts, social sciences, and humanities who are seeking ways to encourage critical thinking about this global crisis and to provide opportunities for collaborative exchange among students. Readers are invited to participate in the project.
On Being a Walking Body: Dramaturgies of Participatory Pandemic Theatre
Authors: Pittini Jacob , Horner Mariah
Published: February 2022

Mariah Horner and Jacob Pittini are members of Dr. Jenn Stephenson’s research team investigating participatory dramaturgies in Canada. In May 2020, Pittini and Horner attended Zuppa Theatre Co’s Vista20, an ambulatory app-guided play about the COVID-19 pandemic. Through dramaturgical analysis, Pittini and Horner explore Vista20’s use of walking to situate participants in their embodied experiences of the ongoing pandemic, with a focus on liveness, duality, and digital participation across distances. The app-based experience encourages participants to explore their own contexts through walking while connecting them to storytellers in Halifax, revealing complex dramaturgies of together/apart. Pittini and Horner analyze how Vista20 uses technology to achieve a unique embodied yet socially distanced form of participation in response to the pandemic, representing an exciting form of theatrical liveness.
Queering Actor Training and Supporting Gender Dissidence
Authors: Peters Charlie
Published: February 2022

This article reviews Conrad Alexandrowicz’s Acting Queer: Gender Dissidence and the Subversion of Realism, a monograph that sets out to explore the experiences of gender-nonconforming performers in contemporary actor training. Peters outlines the strengths and limitations of Alexandrowicz’s wide-ranging work, particularly with regard to the level of specificity (or lack thereof) it offers regarding alternatives to current practices. While celebrating the work as an introduction to a wide range of thinking on gender in performance and in society more broadly, Peters is critical of certain sections as potentially harmful to the very gender-dissident performers the work is attempting to empower. Overall, Peters concludes that Acting Queer can serve as an introduction to queer and gender theory for practitioners and pedagogues and might serves as a springboard for further thinking regarding the training of performing artists in North America.
Tratamiento y profilaxis de la infección urinaria recurrente en la mujer
Authors: Pérez Fernández Tarsis , Agüero Moreira Melissa , Troz Parra Ingrid Pamela
Published: February 2022

La infección urinaria es una entidad clínica común, con alta prevalencia a nivel mundial y que supone un alto costo financiero a los sistemas de salud. Esta enfermedad surge con más frecuencia en mujeres y se sabe que 50 a 80% de las mujeres de la población general se contagia de una infección urinaria como mínimo, en toda su vida. Además, el promedio de recurrencia en mujeres es de 2.6 infecciones urinarias al año lo cual hace de suma importancia el conocimiento sobre las estrategias terapéuticas disponibles para el manejo y prevención de estas infecciones. Existen varias terapias con alta evidencia para la prevención de la recurrencia de las infecciones urinarias, dentro de estas se encuentran la profilaxis antibiótica continua y postcoital, la vacuna oral y el reemplazo estrogénico vía vaginal en la mujer postmenopáusica. Siempre se debe tener en cuenta el daño colateral que produce la terapia antibiótica y la aparición de problemas crecientes como la resistencia antibiótica, lo cual ha generado nuevas alternativas no-antibióticas para el tratamiento y la profilaxis de las infecciones urinarias recurrentes. Si bien algunos resultados de estos estudios son prometedores, aún falta evidencia para poder dar una recomendación firme sobre estos. El objetivo de este artículo es hacer una revisión de la infección urinaria recurrente en la mujer, considerando su epidemiología, patogenia, tratamiento y prevención de la recurrencia, haciendo énfasis en estos dos últimos puntos.
Manifestaciones cutáneas por infección SARS-COV-2 confirmado o sospechoso en diferentes rangos de edades
Authors: Campos Bonilla Dayanna , Sojo PadillaS José , Vargas Ávila Aaron
Published: February 2022

El SARS-CoV-2 es un nuevo tipo de coronavirus, que apareció a finales de 2019 en Wuhan, China y luego se extendió por todo el mundo. Declarándose pandemia el 11 de marzo 2020. 

Diversos hallazgos dermatológicos de este virus son inespecíficos. El espectro clínico de COVID-19 se define mejor día a día, incluso presentando nuevos síntomas. Varios estudios indican que en esta enfermedad infecciosa han aparecido diferentes manifestaciones cutáneas. En esta revisión se presenta el conocimiento actual sobre las lesiones cutáneas asociadas a COVID-19, basándose en las características clínicas, fases de la enfermedad, evolución y manejo terapéutico de cada de ellas, intentando dar una visión general de los posibles mecanismos patogénicos con sus factores contribuyentes. Aún se desconoce la prevalencia real de las lesiones cutáneas asociadas a COVID-19; actualmente se están incluyendo nuevos estudios fundamentales para ampliar nuestro conocimiento sobre estas manifestaciones cutáneas atípicas. Se considera que las lesiones cutáneas pueden ser importantes indicadores de sospecha diagnóstica a considerar en casos sopechosos de COVID19.
Fenómeno de Lucio: reporte de caso
Authors: Aguilar Aguilar Nelson , Sandí Salazar Giovanni , Muñoz Mora Priscilla
Published: February 2022

Se presenta el caso de un paciente masculino de 25 años de edad, en quien se diagnostica Enfermedad de Hansen por manifestaciones de Fenómeno de Lucio. Debido a la poca frecuencia de presentación en nuestro medio de este fenómeno, se realiza reporte de caso para mayor conocimiento de la comunidad médica.
Abordaje farmacológico del dolor de tipo neuropático
Authors: Vargas Mena Rodolfo , Vargas Calvo Mariana , Carvajal Carpio Leopoldo
Published: February 2022

El dolor de tipo neuropático es aquel que tiene su origen en los nervios, se puede deber al daño directo, pero también a enfermedades que con el paso del tiempo dañan la vasa nervorum (como por ejemplo la diabetes mellitus) o inclusive, a aquellos eventos de índole traumática que produzcan daño en las terminales nerviosas. Cada vez aumenta no solo la incidencia, sino la prevalencia de este tipo de dolor, lo que lo convierte en motivo de consulta habitual en todos los niveles de atención. La analgesia convencional, sobre todo la monoterapia con antiinflamatorios no esteroideos resulta ineficaz, por lo que es de vital importancia comprender que existe analgesia enfocada en este tipo de dolor específico. Finalmente, también es importante mencionar que con el advenimiento de la especialidad en cuidados paliativos, se cuenta con un punto de referencia para aquellos casos refractarios en los que no se alcance la meta analgésica.
Myocardial Infarction without Arterial Obstruction in Patient Post COVID-19 Treatment
Authors:   Auctores Publishing LLC, W. L. Huang
Published: February 2022

Introduction: Some risks factors associated with COVID-19 infections were established such as coronary artery disease in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infections. The use of highly concentrated medications according to Arndt Schultz Law can induce reduction in the vital energy, leading to stagnation of Blood and propensity to have myocardial infarction even without arterial obstruction. Purpose: to demonstrate that patient with COVID-19 infection that received highly concentrated medications to treat this infection, have more propensity to develop myocardial infarction some days after the treatment instituted. Methods: through one case report of 42 years-old-male patient with history of acquired COVID-19 on January 2nd 2021. He was admitted in the hospital due to dyspnea symptoms, myalgia, and needs oxygenation. He received the medications, Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine, corticosteroids. After 18 days of the initial manifestations, the patient felt pain in the chest and went to the hospital and they found that his troponin was increasing gradually and after two hours of it increased many times and the physician decided to admit him again in the hospital to make more exams. The patient was submitted to catheterization and the result of this procedure were that all his coronary were in perfect state of health without any obstruction and they treated him as he had myocardial infarction. After three months, the patient went to my clinic due to post herpetic neuralgia and also to evaluate his condition and I performed the chakras’ energy centers measurement. Results: the results of this chakras’ energy centers measurement revealed that all his chakras were in the lowest level of energy (rated in one) with exception of the seventh (that was normal, rated in eight). I began his treatment using homeopathies medications according to the theory Constitutional Homeopathy of the Five Elements based on Traditional Chinese Medicine. Conclusion; the conclusion of this study is that patients treated with highly concentrated medications to treat SARS-CoV-2 infection can develop myocardial infarction even without arterial obstruction due to energy deficiency state prior to this infection and aggravated many times with to the use of any type of highly concentrated medications to treat this kind of infection, because it will reduce the vital energy that was already very low before the infection and will cause stagnation of Blood in any part of the body, in this case, inside the coronary artery.
Implikasi Budaya Organisasi Dan Kepemimpinan Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Pada Bank Bri Karawang
Authors: Dirgantara Gian , Hersona GW Sonny
Published: February 2022

Employee performance is very important in an organization, because the success of an organization is very dependent on the quality and performance of human resources in the organization. Several aspects of employee performance levels are needed and can be determined at the same time, including organizational culture and leadership capabilities. Several previous studies have shown that the role of organizational culture is very important, and it is very likely that it is motivated by leaders in the organization. Banking is one of the industries with a fairly high employee turnover rate. Therefore, this research was conducted in one of the branches of BRI Bank Karawang branch. The purpose of this study was to examine its effect on employee performance, organizational culture and leadership. The research was conducted at Bank BRI Karawang, with a sample of 70 employees. Data was collected using a questionnaire as a research tool. The analysis technique used is multiple linear regression analysis. The results of the analysis show that organizational culture has a positive effect on employee performance, while leadership has an effect on employee performance. However, the results of the influence of leadership show better results than organizational culture.
Pengaruh Profitabilitas, Leverage, Dan Ukuran Perusahaan Terhadap Pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility
Authors: Maharani Prasisca Riezky , Pertiwi Tri Kartika
Published: February 2022

This research aims to find out the effect of Profitability, Leverage, and Company Size on CSR Disclosure on companies listed in the kompas 100 Index in 2018-2019. The population in this study is a company listed in kompas100 index in 2018-2019 with purposive sampling techniques so that 140 companies are listed in the kompas100 index as samples. The type of data used is secondary data by using documentation methods as data collection. The data analysis techniques used are the outlier test, normality test, multicollinearity test, heteroskedasticity test, autocorrelation test, multiple linear regression analysis, hypothesis test. The results of this study showed that Profitability and Corporate Size did not contribute to CSR Disclosure, while Leverage contributed to CSR Disclosure in companies listed in kompas100 Index in 2018-2019. All these independent variables simultaneously contribute to CSR Disclosure.
MANAGEMEN KONFLIK (UPAYA PENYELESAIAN KONFLIK DALAM ORGANISASI SEKOLAH DI SMP MUHAMMADIYAH AL-MANAR BOARDING SCHOOL)
Authors: Andani Meti , Setiawan Farid , Azizah Rahma Haifani , Kurniawan Dian Sidik , Rahman Pathur
Published: February 2022

Dalam setiap organisai, kehadiran konflik merupakan suatu hal yang wajar. Karena kualitas organisasi dikatakan baik apabila mampu menyelesaikan masalah yang hadir. Demikian pula pemimpin, yang mana memiliki kedudukan tertinggi dan berwenang penuh dalam mengarahkan anggota di dalam organisasi. Selain itu seorang pemimpin juga harus memiliki kemampuan dalam memanagemen konflik, yang mana dapat melihat kondisi dan latar belakang konflik, penyebab konflik, dan cara penyelesaian konflik. Tulisan ini membahas mengenai menagemen konflik. Managemen koflik merupakan upaya penyelesaian dan pengendalian konflik, yang dalam penanganannya membutuhkan keterampilan tertentu. Metode yang digunakan adalah kualitatif, yaitu dengan wawancara langsung terhadap pemimpin organisasi atau kepala sekolah. Dalam memanage konflik, kepala sekola melakukan sosialisasi kepada para guru untuk memberikan pemahaman yang lurus terkait kebijakan yang ditetapkan.
SCIENTIFIC AND THEORETICAL JUSTIFICATION SUBJECT-OBJECT APPROACH TO FORMATION EMPATHIES IN SOCIETY
Authors: Malygina V. , Antoshina K.
Published: February 2022

In the article, on the basis of research on the concept and essence of empathy, a subject-object approach to its formation and development in society is formed within the framework of the inclusive component of social and ethical marketing. In the course of the study, comparative, systemic and cause-and-effect analysis, abstract-logical methods were used.

The analysis of the factors of the formation of empathy required their division into objective and subjective in the context of three aspects: changes in the psycho-emotional state, the presence of limitations and the sensitivity of individuals. Each of the factors implies a number of descriptors by which it is determined. Insufficiently formed ability to feel, recognize and foresee the emotional states of others, identify oneself with them, express their sympathy, are obstacles for the effective involvement of disabled people and people with disabilities in the socioeconomic, cultural and life environment in general of the state.

The scientific novelty of the research is as follows: within the framework of the development of an inclusive component of the concept of social and ethical marketing. For the first time, the factors of the formation and development of empathy in society through the subjective and object aspects were identified. Which made it possible to form a subject-object approach to the formation and development of empathy in society.
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS THERAPY FOR WEST SYNDROME: A STUDY OF 35 CHILDREN
Authors: Korotkikh M. , Yudovich Z. , Korotkikh G. , Pavalaki V.
Published: February 2022

Objective: comparative evaluation of the effectiveness of hormonal, non-hormonal and combination therapy of West syndrome. 

Material and methods: a study was conducted of 35 patients aged 3 months to 1.5 years, 23 boys, 12 girls with a primary diagnosed and verified diagnosis of "West syndrome" who had not received any treatment before, as well as with a previously diagnosed West syndrome and resistance to therapy. All patients underwent: EEGvideomonitoring, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain, tandem mass-spectrometry, according to indications, DNA sequencing by clinical sequencing (panel "Inherited epilepsies"), chromosomal micromatrix analysis. Tetracosactide or dexamethasone were used as hormone therapy. Non-hormonal therapy was performed with antiepileptic drugs (AED): vigabatrin, topiramate and valproate in mono- or duotherapy regimens. Combination therapy included a combination of tetracosactide or dexamethasone with one of these AED. 

Research results: the positive result of the therapy was: 1) persistent suppression of hypsarrhythmia on an electroencephalogram (EEG); 2) relief of epileptic spasms and the absence of their recurrence for at least 1 year; 3) restoration, to one degree or another, of normal psychomotor development. Positive results of therapy were obtained in 65,7% of cases. Obtained data showed that starting tetracosactide monotherapy is more effective than starting vigabatrin monotherapy, and combination therapy with tetracosactide and vigabatrin is more effective than starting tetracosactide monotherapy. Combination therapy with tetracosactide and AED showed greater efficacy compared to the combination of dexamethasone and AED: 68,4% and 37,5%, respectively. Of the 65,7% positive treatment results, 45,7% were obtained on combination therapy. 

Conclusions: the most effective treatment option for West syndrome is a combination of tetracosactide and vigabatrin. It is preferable to start with tetracosactide monotherapy (with the exception of patients with tuberous sclerosis), but if hypsarrhythmia and/or epileptic spasms persist, 2-4 weeks after the start of treatment, it is necessary to switch to combination therapy with tetracosactide and vigabatrin.
Constraints Framework for Fair Profit Distribution in Partnerships for Islamic Deposits: A Critical Analysis of Literature
Authors: Hayat Qazi Sikandar , Gul Brekhana , Khan Muhammad Sohail Alam
Published: February 2022

This study critically questions the PLS paradigm of Islamic banks in fair distribution of profits.PLS paradigm theoretically enforces that there should not be a significant difference between the returns offered to IAH and returns offered to shareholders. Smoothing of return can have a potential problem as IAH do not have any control over managerial decisions while banks owner equity is affected through absorption through displaced commercial risk. Therefore, this study analyzes the previous literature in a critical and systematic way to ascertain if Islamic banks are distributing profits in a realistic manner or there are some anomalies in the PLS paradigm of Islamic banks. Furthermore, the literature was analyzed critically to find out the associated factors and constraints that lead Islamic banks to impairment of PLS paradigm. Through analysis of the literature, smoothing of income and PDM is discovered in the empirical studies of different researchers.Furthermore, constraints to efficiently and effectively managing the fair distribution of profits have been identified in the literature. These constraints shape several factors, which are broadly categorized as banking characteristics, macroeconomic and financial environment, geographic and population characteristics; corporate and legal environment. A diagrammatic representation of constraints framework is suggested based on available literature. Furthermore, future directions for future research are provided at the end
Central nervous system injury–induced immune suppression
Authors: Sribnick Eric A. , Popovich Phillip G. , Hall Mark W.
Published: February 2022

Central nervous system trauma is a common cause of morbidity and mortality. Additionally, these injuries frequently occur in younger individuals, leading to lifetime expenses for patients and caregivers and the loss of opportunity for society. Despite this prevalence and multiple attempts to design a neuroprotectant, clinical trials for a pharmacological agent for the treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) or spinal cord injury (SCI) have provided disappointing results. Improvements in outcome from these disease processes in the past decades have been largely due to improvements in supportive care. Among the many challenges facing patients and caregivers following neurotrauma, posttraumatic nosocomial infection is a significant and potentially reversible risk factor. Multiple animal and clinical studies have provided evidence of posttraumatic systemic immune suppression, and injuries involving the CNS may be even more prone, leading to a higher risk for in-hospital infections following neurotrauma. Patients who have experienced neurotrauma with nosocomial infection have poorer recovery and higher risks of long-term morbidity and in-hospital mortality than patients without infection. As such, the etiology and reversal of postneurotrauma immune suppression is an important topic. There are multiple possible etiologies for these posttraumatic changes including the release of damage-associated molecular patterns, the activation of immunosuppressive myeloid-derived suppressor cells, and sympathetic nervous system activation. Postinjury systemic immunosuppression, particularly following neurotrauma, provides a challenge for clinicians but also an opportunity for improvement in outcome. In this review, the authors sought to outline the evidence of postinjury systemic immune suppression in both animal models and clinical research of TBI, TBI polytrauma, and SCI.
Association of mutations in DNA polymerase epsilon with increased CD8+ cell infiltration and prolonged progression-free survival in patients with meningiomas
Authors: Rutland John W. , Dullea Jonathan T. , Gill Corey M. , Chaluts Danielle , Ranti Daniel , Ellis Ethan , Arrighi-Allisan Annie , Kinoshita Yayoi , McBride Russell B. , Bederson Joshua , Donovan Michael , Sebra Robert , Fowkes Mary , Umphlett Melissa , Shrivastava Raj K.
Published: February 2022

OBJECTIVE

Prior studies have demonstrated a relationship between underlying tumor genetics and lymphocyte infiltration in meningiomas. In this study, the authors aimed to further characterize the relationship between meningioma genomics, CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell infiltration, and oncological outcomes of meningiomas. Understanding specific characteristics of the inflammatory infiltration could have implications for treatment and prognostication.

METHODS

Immunohistochemically stained meningioma slides were reviewed to assess the CD4+ and CD8+ cell infiltration burden. The relationship between immune cell infiltration and tumor genomics was then assessed using an adjusted ANOVA model. For a specific gene identified by the ANOVA, the relationship between that mutation and tumor recurrence was assessed using Cox regression.

RESULTS

In immunohistochemically stained samples from a subcohort of 25 patients, the mean number of CD4+ cells was 42.2/400× field and the mean number of CD8+ cells was 69.8/400× field. Elevated CD8+ cell infiltration was found to be associated with the presence of a mutation in the gene encoding for DNA polymerase epsilon, POLE (51.6 cells/hpf in wild-type tumors vs 95.9 cells/hpf in mutant tumors; p = 0.0199). In a retrospective cohort of 173 patients, the presence of any mutation in POLE was found to be associated with a 46% reduction in hazard of progression (HR 0.54, 95% CI 0.311–0.952; p = 0.033). The most frequent mutation was a near–C-terminal nonsense mutation.

CONCLUSIONS

A potential association was found between mutant POLE and both an increase in CD8+ cell infiltration and progression-free survival. The predominant mutation was found outside of the known exonuclease hot spot; however, it was still associated with a slight increase in mutational burden, CD8+ cell infiltration, and progression-free survival. Alterations in gene expression, resulting from alterations in POLE, may yield an increased presentation of neoantigens, and, thus, greater CD8+ cell-mediated apoptosis of neoplastic cells. These findings have suggested the utility of checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of POLE-mutant meningiomas.
TEMPORAL COORDINATES AND THE DEICTIC CENTRE IN SULA BY TONI MORRISON
Authors: Selmistraitis Linas , Janulevičienė Violeta
Published: February 2022

The present study deals with the role of lexical and grammatical text coherence devices in the text-constructing process and in maintaining chronological organization of the text. These devices safeguard against the disruption of the continuum in the elliptical fragmentary narrative of a Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison’s short novel “Sula” where the narration weaves forward and backward, departing from the linear chronological sequence of events. “Sula” (1973) is one of the first black feminist novels in the United States, due to the current social movements sparkling a renewed interest in the story. The author herself described it as a “cracked mirror”, the pieces of which should be assembled by the reader. Methodology of the research is based on qualitative approach, the main methods being descriptive, analytical and structural-narratological. The analysis of the whole text corpus of the novel is followed by the description of the obtained data, highlighting predominant temporal devices employed in retrospection, prospection and the deixis of the narration, the continuum of narration and the overall structuring of the plot. The paper describes in detail recurrent integrative devices related to the chronological organization of the text - deictic center, specific verb tense usage, time adverbials and the overall semantics of the situation. The study shall contribute to the development of specific aspects of chronological organization of the text in the general theory of text linguistics and could be a feasible aid in teaching practical literary analysis and creative writing by providing inventory of the temporal coordinates and by developing learners’ skills for the analysis and reconstruction of the fragmented text continuum.