bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Acceptability and playability of an organization training videogame for young adolescents with ADHD: The development of ATHEMOS
Authors: Schultz Brandon K. , Evans Steven W. , Bowditch John , Carter Kaitlynn , Rogers Emma E. , Donelan Jennifer , Dembowski Allison
Published: November 2023

An estimated 8.7% to 9.8% of school-age children in the United States have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), affecting 4.3 to 4.9 million public school students. ADHD is a costly disorder that often goes untreated, especially among adolescents. Accessible computer-based programs have emerged to address the neurocognitive deficits of ADHD, but results to date have been disappointing. In this study, we tested the acceptability, playability, and user satisfaction of a novel planning/organization skills training game, called “ATHEMOS,” based on an established psychosocial treatment package (i.e., Challenging Horizons Program). We conducted eight focus groups during a three-year development period, using feedback from 72 young adolescents with ADHD to iteratively improve the game. Then, during a pilot study in the fourth year, we collected data from 16 young adolescents who played the game as part of a 6- to 16-week school-based intervention. Our findings suggest that the serious game resulted in acceptability and playability ratings only moderately below that of recreational games (δ = −0.40). Critically, average perceptions remained positive when delivered within a school-based ADHD intervention over several weeks or months, with strong overall user satisfaction. Boys found the game more acceptable than girls, with ratings near that of recreational games (δ = −0.23). We conclude that computer-assisted behavior interventions appeal to adolescents with ADHD and offer a potentially promising treatment delivery method in schools.
Public-private partnerships influencing the initiation and duration of clinical trials for neglected tropical diseases
Authors: Ma Zhongxuan , Augustijn Kevin , De Esch Iwan , Bossink Bart
Published: November 2023

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are often studied as an organizational form that facilitates the management and control of the huge costs of drug research and development. Especially the later stages of drug development, including clinical trials, become very expensive. This present study investigates whether and how the type of PPPs influences the initiation and duration of NTD clinical trials. Using the ClinicalTrials.gov database, a dataset of 1175 NTD clinical studies that started between 2000 and 2021 is analyzed based on affiliation information and project duration. For the NTD clinical trials that resulted from PPPs, the collaborating types were determined and analyzed, including the public sector-, private sector-, governmental sector-, and nongovernmental organization-led collaborations. The determinants for the discontinuation of all stopped clinical trials were categorized into scientific-, funding-, political-, and logistic dimensions. The results reveal that public sector-led PPPs were the most common collaborative types, and logistic and scientific issues were the most frequent determinants of stopped clinical trials.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov.
Using a behavior change toolkit in pediatric physical therapy to support physical activity: A feasibility study
Authors: Sol Marleen E. , Kotte Elles M. W. , Bolster Eline A. M. , Hermsen Sander , van der Lugt Remco , Elbers Stefan , Sanders Margreet , Bloemen Manon A. T.
Published: November 2023

Introduction

Physical activity levels of children with disabilities are low, as these children and their parents face a wide variety of both personal and environmental barriers. Behavior change techniques support pediatric physical therapists to address these barriers together with parents and children. We developed the What Moves You?! intervention Toolkit (WMY Toolkit) filled with behavioral change tools for use in pediatric physical therapy practice.

Objective

To evaluate the feasibility of using the WMY Toolkit in daily pediatric physical therapy practice.

Methods

We conducted a feasibility study with a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews with pediatric physical therapists (n = 11). After one day of training, the pediatric physical therapists used the WMY Toolkit for a period of 9 weeks, when facilitating physical activity in children with disabilities. We analyzed the transcripts using an inductive thematic analysis followed by a deductive analysis using a feasibility framework.

Results

For acceptability, pediatric physical therapists found that the toolkit facilitated conversation about physical activity in a creative and playful manner. The working mechanisms identified were in line with the intended working mechanisms during development of the WMY Toolkit, such as focusing on problem solving, self-efficacy and independence. For demand, the pediatric physical therapists mentioned that they were able to use the WMY Toolkit in children with and without disabilities with a broad range of physical activity goals. For implementation, education is important as pediatric physical therapists expressed the need to have sufficient knowledge and to feel confident using the toolkit. For practicality, pediatric physical therapists were positive about the ease of which tools could be adapted for individual children. Some of the design and materials of the toolkit needed attention due to fragility and hygiene.

Conclusion

The WMY Toolkit is a promising and innovative way to integrate behavior change techniques into pediatric physical therapy practice.
A task level fusion autonomous switching mechanism
Authors: Lv Bingyu , Wang Xianchang , Zhang Rui
Published: November 2023

Positioning technology is an important component of environmental perception. It is also the basis for autonomous decision-making and motion control of firefighting robots. However, some issues such as positioning in indoor scenarios still remain inherent challenges. The positioning accuracy of the fire emergency reaction dispatching (FERD) system is far from adequate to support some applications for firefighting and rescue in indoor scenarios with multiple obstacles. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a fusion module based on the Blackboard architecture. This module aims to improve the positioning accuracy of a single sensor of the unmanned vehicles within the FERD system. To reduce the risk of autonomous decision-making of the unmanned vehicles, this module uses a comprehensive manner of multiple channels to complement or correct the positioning of the firefighting robots. Specifically, this module has been developed to fusion a variety of relevant processes for precise positioning. This process mainly includes six strategies. These strategies are the denoising, spatial alignment, confidence degree update, observation filtering, data fusion, and fusion decision. These strategies merge with the current scenarios-related parameter data, empirical data on sensor errors, and information to form a series of norms. This paper then proceeds to gain experience data with the confidence degree, error of different sensors, and timeliness of this module by training in an indoor scenario with multiple obstacles. This process is from data of multiple sensors (bottom-level) to control decisions knowledge-based (up-level). This process can obtain globally optimal positioning results. Finally, this paper evaluates the performance of this fusion module for the FERD system. The experimental results show that this fusion module can effectively improve positioning accuracy in an indoor scenario with multiple obstacles. Code is available at https://github.com/lvbingyu-zeze/gopath/tree/master.
The impact of primary colonizers on the community composition of river biofilm
Authors: Angoshtari Roshan , Scribner Kim T. , Marsh Terence L.
Published: November 2023

As a strategy for minimizing microbial infections in fish hatcheries, we have investigated how putatively probiotic bacterial populations influence biofilm formation. All surfaces that are exposed to the aquatic milieu develop a microbial community through the selective assembly of microbial populations into a surface-adhering biofilm. In the investigations reported herein, we describe laboratory experiments designed to determine how initial colonization of a surface by nonpathogenic isolates from sturgeon eggs influence the subsequent assembly of populations from a pelagic river community, into the existing biofilm. All eight of the tested strains altered the assembly of river biofilm in a strain-specific manner. Previously formed isolate biofilm was challenged with natural river populations and after 24 hours, two strains and two-isolate combinations proved highly resistant to invasion, comprising at least 80% of the biofilm community, four isolates were intermediate in resistance, accounting for at least 45% of the biofilm community and two isolates were reduced to 4% of the biofilm community. Founding biofilms of Serratia sp, and combinations of Brevundimonas sp.-Hydrogenophaga sp. and Brevundimonas sp.-Acidovorax sp. specifically blocked populations of Aeromonas and Flavobacterium, potential fish pathogens, from colonizing the biofilm. In addition, all isolate biofilms were effective at blocking invading populations of Arcobacter. Several strains, notably Deinococcus sp., recruited specific low-abundance river populations into the top 25 most abundant populations within biofilm. The experiments suggest that relatively simple measures can be used to control the assembly of biofilm on the eggs surface and perhaps offer protection from pathogens. In addition, the methodology provides a relatively rapid way to detect potentially strong ecological interactions between bacterial populations in the formation of biofilms.
Methionine sources at different dietary levels alters the growth and expression of genes related to homocysteine remethylation in the jejunum of broilers
Authors: Felix Tamires M. S. , Souza Claudiana S. , Santos Silvana C. L. , Campos Danila B. , Aggrey Samuel E. , Guerra Ricardo R. , Silva José H. V.
Published: November 2023

Sulfur amino acids are essential for the proper development of broilers and are required throughout the bird’s life to perform important physiological functions. Studies that seek to understand the actions of sulfur amino acids in the body of birds are essential. The present study evaluated the influence of sulfur amino acid supplementation using DL-Methionine (DL-Met) and DL-Methionine hydroxy analogue (DL-HMTBA), on the performance and expression of genes related to methionine metabolism, in the jejunum of broilers. Four hundred and fifty male broilers (Cobb-700 slow feathering) were distributed in a completely randomized design, in a factorial scheme (2x3), with two sources of methionine (DL-Met and DL-HMTBA) and three levels of methionine (deficiency, requirement and excess). The mRNA expression of the MAT1, MTR, BHMT, MTRR, CBG and GSS genes, and performance data such as feed intake, weight gain, and feed conversion were evaluated. DL-HMTBA increased the expression of BHMT (p = 0.0072) and MTRR (p = 0.0003) in the jejunum of the birds. Methionine deficiency increased the expression of BHMT (p = 0.0805) and MTRR (p = 0.0018). Higher expression of GSS was observed in birds that were supplemented with DL-HMTBA (p = 0.0672). Analyzing our results, it is preferable to supplement sulfur amino acids with DL-Met at the requirement level. Birds fed with DL-HMTBA showed worse weight gain (p = 0.0117) and higher feed conversion (p = 0.0170); methionine deficiency resulted in higher feed intake (p = 0.0214), lower weight gain (p<0.0001) and consequently higher feed conversion (p<0.0001). Based on the information found in this work, it is recommended to supplement sulfur amino acids with DL-Met at the level of compliance with the requirement.
Understanding suicidal ideation–a network analysis of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire
Authors: Conrad Katharina , Forkmann Thomas , Schreiber Dajana , Teismann Tobias , Glaesmer Heide , Spangenberg Lena , Schönfelder Antje , Hallensleben Nina , Paashaus Laura , Juckel Georg , Höller Inken
Published: November 2023

Introduction

Identifying various interacting risk factors for suicidality is important to develop preventive measures. The Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior (IPTS) postulates suicidal ideation resulting from the occurrence of Perceived Burdensomeness (PB) and Thwarted Belongingness (TB). Suicidal behavior ultimately occurs if people have a Capability for Suicide. In past studies, the validity of TB was often not empirically confirmed, questioning which of the aspects of TB are central and related to suicidal ideation and whether applied measurement methods adequately capture the construct.

Method

Using a sample of 3,404 individuals from different clinical and nonclinical settings, 30% (1,023) of whom reported suicidal ideation, two network analyses were conducted on the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ) and a variable mapping suicidal ideation.

Results

Analyses revealed that some items of the INQ were not related to suicidal ideation and the most central items did not have the strongest associations to suicidal ideation.

Conclusion

Based on these results, a shortened version of the INQ with the four items that showed the strongest associations with suicidal ideation in the network analyses was suggested.
Isometric versus isotonic exercise in individuals with rotator cuff tendinopathy—Effects on shoulder pain, functioning, muscle strength, and electromyographic activity: A protocol for randomized clinical trial
Authors: Rodrigues da Silva Barros Bianca , Dal’Ava Augusto Denise , de Medeiros Neto João Felipe , Michener Lori Ann , Silva Rodrigo Scattone , Sousa Catarina de Oliveira
Published: November 2023

Introduction

Rotator cuff tendinopathy is a common shoulder disorder in which the primary treatment is resistance exercises. Isometric exercises are being studied for lower limb tendinopathies but not for rotator cuff tendinopathy. This protocol for a randomized clinical trial aims to compare the effects of two types of exercise (isometric and isotonic) on shoulder pain, functioning, muscle strength, and electromyographic activity in individuals with rotator cuff tendinopathy.

Methods

Forty-six individuals (18 to 60 years old) with shoulder pain for more than three months and unilateral supraspinatus and/or infraspinatus tendinopathy will participate in this trial. Individuals will be randomized into two exercise groups: isometric or isotonic. The following outcomes will be evaluated before and after the first session and after six weeks of intervention: shoulder pain and functioning; isometric strength of shoulder elevation and lateral and medial rotation; and electromyographic activity of medial deltoid, infraspinatus, serratus anterior, and lower trapezius. Groups will perform stretching and strengthening of periscapular muscles. The isometric group will perform three sets of 32 s, at 70% of maximal isometric strength. The isotonic group will perform concentric and eccentric exercises (2 s for each phase) in three sets of eight repetitions at a load of eight repetition maximum. The total time under tension of 96 s will be equal for both groups, and load will be adjusted in weeks three and five of the protocol. Treatment effect between groups will be analyzed using linear mixed model.

Trial registration

Trial registration number: Universal Trial Number (UTN) code U1111-1284-7528 and Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry platform–RBR-3pvdvfk.
Associations between personal apparent temperature exposures and asthma symptoms in children with asthma
Authors: He Linchen , Evans Shoshana , Norris Christina , Barkjohn Karoline , Cui Xiaoxing , Li Zhen , Zhou Xiaojian , Li Feng , Zhang Yinping , Black Marilyn , Bergin Michael H. , Zhang Junfeng (Jim)
Published: November 2023

Ambient temperature and relative humidity can affect asthma symptoms. Apparent temperature is a measure of temperature perceived by humans that takes into account the effect of humidity. However, the potential link between personal exposures to apparent temperature and asthma symptoms has not been investigated. We conducted a panel study of 37 asthmatic children, aged 5–11 years, during an early spring season (average daily ambient temperature: 14°C, range: 7–18°C). Asthma symptoms were measured 4 times for each participant with a 2-week interval between consecutive measurements using the Childhood Asthma-Control Test (C-ACT). Average, minimum, and maximum personal apparent temperature exposures, apparent temperature exposure variability (TV), and average ambient temperature were calculated for the 12 hours, 24 hours, week, and 2 weeks prior to each visit. We found that a 10°C lower in 1-week and 2-week average & minimum personal apparent temperature exposures, TV, and average ambient temperature exposures were significantly associated with lower total C-ACT scores by up to 2.2, 1.4, 3.3, and 1.4 points, respectively, indicating worsened asthma symptoms. Our results support that personal apparent temperature exposure is potentially a stronger driver than ambient temperature exposures for the variability in asthma symptom scores. Maintaining a proper personal apparent temperature exposure could be an effective strategy for personalized asthma management.
Women’s socioeconomic status and attitudes toward intimate partner violence in Eswatini: A multilevel analysis
Authors: Chemhaka Garikayi B. , Moyo Stanzia , Simelane Maswati S. , Odimegwu Clifford
Published: November 2023

Introduction

Attitudes supportive of spousal violence retards developmental efforts worldwide, and in particular in patriarchal African settings. It is important to curb this behavior by designing preventative evidence-based policies. This study examines the acceptance of intimate partner violence among women residing in Eswatini and determines whether attitudes supportive of intimate partner violence are associated with women’s low socioeconomic status both at the individual- and community-level.

Methods

Cross-sectional secondary data from two Eswatini Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) conducted in 2010 and 2014 with representative samples of 4,686 and 4,761 women, respectively were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multilevel (random effect) logistic regressions.

Results

Overall, the prevalence of acceptance of intimate partner violence declined significantly between 2010 and 2014 in Eswatini (29.0% vs. 19.8%, p<0.001). In both surveys, socioeconomic factors associated with women’s supportive attitudes toward intimate partner violence were educational level, marital structure, and community socioeconomic disadvantage. Overall, primary or lower educational attainment, single/unmarried relationships, and women living in a community with a high socioeconomic disadvantage were key factors associated with supportive attitudes toward intimate partner violence.

Conclusions

Secondary or higher education for individual women and a high proportion of women in the community with low socioeconomic disadvantage are important socioeconomic predictors of reducing women’s supportive attitudes toward intimate partner violence. Therefore, further gains in non-supportive attitudes toward acceptance of intimate partner violence could be achieved through efforts and intervention in the education of individual women and improving women’s socioeconomic status in the community.
Gait variability of outdoor vs treadmill walking with bilateral robotic ankle exoskeletons under proportional myoelectric control
Authors: Hybart Rachel , Ferris Daniel
Published: November 2023

Lower limb robotic exoskeletons are often studied in the context of steady-state treadmill walking in laboratory environments. However, the end goal of these devices is often adoption into our everyday lives. To move outside of the laboratory, there is a need to study exoskeletons in real world, complex environments. One way to study the human-machine interaction is to look at how the exoskeleton affects the user’s gait. In this study we assessed changes in gait spatiotemporal variability when using a robotic ankle exoskeleton under proportional myoelectric control both inside on a treadmill and outside overground. We hypothesized that walking with the exoskeletons would not lead to significant changes in variability inside on a treadmill or outside compared to not using the exoskeletons. In addition, we hypothesized that walking outside would lead to higher variability both with and without the exoskeletons compared to treadmill walking. In support of our hypothesis, we found significantly higher coefficients of variation of stride length, stance time, and swing time when walking outside both with and without the exoskeleton. We found a significantly higher variability when using the exoskeletons inside on the treadmill, but we did not see significantly higher variability when walking outside overground. The value of this study to the literature is that it emphasizes the importance of studying exoskeletons in the environment in which they are meant to be used. By looking at only indoor gait spatiotemporal measures, we may have assumed that the exoskeletons led to higher variability which may be unsafe for certain target populations. In the context of the literature, we show that variability due to robotic ankle exoskeletons under proportional myoelectric control does not elicit different changes in stride time variability than previously found in other daily living tasks (uneven terrain, load carriage, or cognitive tasks).
Evasion of host antioxidative response via disruption of NRF2 signaling in fatal Ehrlichia-induced liver injury
Authors: Sharma Aditya Kumar , El Andaloussi Abdeljabar , Ismail Nahed
Published: November 2023

Ehrlichia is Gram negative obligate intracellular bacterium that cause human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis (HME). HME is characterized by acute liver damage and inflammation that may progress to fatal toxic shock. We previously showed that fatal ehrlichiosis is due to deleterious activation of inflammasome pathways, which causes excessive inflammation and liver injury. Mammalian cells have developed mechanisms to control oxidative stress via regulation of nuclear factor erythroid 2 related 2 (NRF2) signaling. However, the contribution of NRF2 signaling to Ehrlichia-induced inflammasome activation and liver damage remains elusive. In this study, we investigated the contribution of NRF2 signaling in hepatocytes (HCs) to the pathogenesis of Ehrlichia-induced liver injury following infection with virulent Ixodes ovatus Ehrlichia (IOE, AKA E. japonica). Employing murine model of fatal ehrlichiosis, we found that virulent IOE inhibited NRF2 signaling in liver tissue of infected mice and in HCs as evidenced by downregulation of NRF2 expression, and downstream target GPX4, as well as decreased NRF2 nuclear translocation, a key step in NRF2 activation. This was associated with activation of non-canonical inflammasomes pathway marked by activation of caspase 11, accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), mitochondrial dysfunction, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Mechanistically, treatment of IOE-infected HCs with the antioxidant 3H-1,2-Dithiole-3-Thione (D3T), that induces NRF2 activation, attenuated oxidative stress and caspase 11 activation, as well as restored cell viability. Importantly, treatment of IOE-infected mice with D3T resulted in attenuated liver pathology, decreased inflammation, enhanced bacterial clearance, prolonged survival, and resistance to fatal ehrlichiosis. Our study reveals, for the first time, that targeting anti-oxidative signaling pathway is a key approach in the treatment of severe and potential Ehrlichia-induced acute liver injury and sepsis.
Marx y la estética marxista
Authors: Ramas San Miguel Clara
Published: November 2023

El objetivo de este artículo es delimitar el sentido de lo estético moderno a partir de dos pensadores representativos de la llamada teoría marxista de la estética, Fredric Jameson y Terry Eagleton, en relación con los planteamientos de Marx. Para ello, se seleccionan algunos conceptos del pensamiento de Jameson y Eagleton –mapeo cognitivo, crítica dialéctica y lo estético como ideología– y se argumenta que pueden pensarse como un desarrollo del núcleo crítico de la crítica de la economía política de Marx, el concepto de apariencia. Se propone así completar el recorrido habitual, explícito en estos mismos pensadores, que encuentra en Marx la genealogía de sus aportaciones, con el camino inverso: qué podría decirse desde Marx a los problemas que sus trabajos plantean en el campo de la estética.
La filosofía de la praxis en Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez
Authors: Vargas Lozano Gabriel
Published: November 2023

En este ensayo se reflexiona, en primer lugar, sobre el conflicto de interpretaciones que surge a partir de la obra de Marx. El conflicto se inicia con el significado que le da el propio Engels y continúa con la versión soviética del materialismo dialéctico; la teoría crítica de la sociedad y las diversas concepciones que se han realizado bajo el rubro de filosofía de la praxis, empezando con Gramsci. En esa dirección se destaca la propuesta de Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez que coincide, pero también difiere del gran pensador italiano. Sánchez Vázquez, filósofo español exiliado en México en 1939, a raíz de la derrota de la República, da a conocer una propuesta original y define sus tareas del futuro: crítica del capitalismo; explicación científica y estrategia política; proyecto de emancipación; autocrítica y debilidad teoría y práctica. El presente ensayo confronta estas tareas con los desafíos de la sociedad contemporánea.
De -ismos, materialismos y "otras cosas"
Authors: Jiménez Heffernan Julián
Published: November 2023

Treinta y seis años después de su publicación original en 1982, se publica de nuevo el libro de Felipe Martínez Marzoa titulado La filosofía de El capital (Abada, Madrid, 2018). En este artículo persigo identificar las debilidades de una propuesta, presentada como original por su autor, que no ha sido corregida en su nueva versión. Dicha propuesta viene a decir que la teoría del valor presente en el primer libro de El capital exhibe una constitución ontológica indisociable de la condición estructural de la sociedad moderna y refractaria, en su inmanencia, al rebasamiento ideológico. Cuatro presunciones conceptuales (sincronía, estructura, ontología, ideología) organizan, pues, el rechazo de Marzoa de las categorías «materialismo histórico» y «materialismo dialéctico» como definidoras de la filosofía de El capital. Mi objetivo es revisar cada una de estas premisas, y tratar de socavar la posición de Marzoa no sólo desde las pruebas textuales que Marx proporciona, sino también desde un ángulo hermenéutico, como el de Heidegger, afín a su discurso.
Étienne Balibar y el marxismo después del marxismo
Authors: Sainz Pezonaga Aurelio
Published: November 2023

Llamo marxismo después del marxismo en Balibar a la reconstrucción que este autor realiza de algunos conceptos clave del marxismo: clase obrera/lucha de clases, ideología/lucha ideológica, filosofía/materialismo y comunismo/comunistas. En el artículo, intento delinear las características principales del marxismo después del marxismo de Balibar recorriendo el examen crítico que realiza de tales conceptos. De la lectura de sus textos resultan otras nociones. Así la multitud compleja surge como la clase obrera después de la clase obrera. La rebelión ideológica de masas figura como la lucha ideológica después de la ideología. El realismo de la teoría desarrolla la filosofía materialista después de la filosofía. Y los comunistas de la ciudadanía representan al comunismo después del comunismo.
Feminismo y Autonomia. O de las fecundas consecuencias políticas de una tradición hereje.
Authors: Fusco Virginia
Published: November 2023

Este artículo se interroga acerca de los elementos novedosos de elaboración teórico-política del movimiento Autonomia y acerca de qué prácticas de subjetivación militante del feminismo autónomo de los años setenta resultan válidas para pensar una acción feminista de clase a partir de una observación en red de un contexto de militancia transfeminista en la Italia de hoy. Para ello, se realiza una reconstrucción del contexto político de la militancia antagonista italiana, expresión de un universo multiforme de grupos de la izquierda extraparlamentaria, en la que se adscribe la formación de una corriente feminista materialista vinculada a Autonomia. En efecto, la constitución de una posición feminista autónoma, con respecto a la cuestión de la producción/reproducción social, se articula genealógicamente en armonía con el «rechazo del trabajo» y el emerger del «obrero social», tal y como fue teorizado en aquellos años por Autonomia y en los textos de Toni Negri, su mayor teórico. En esta intervención, se pretende mostrar cómo la subjetividad revolucionaria de las autónomas, así como las formas de resistencia por parte de las mujeres elaboradas en el seno de Autonomia, resultan particularmente útiles para (re)pensar prácticas políticas que encuentran en la trasformación social radical su razón de ser.
Jean Starobinski y la melancolía. Un paradigma hermenéutico
Authors: Marín Cobos Nieves
Published: November 2023

Este artículo plantea la posibilidad de entender la melancolía como un paradigma hermenéutico. En concreto, se enfatiza su idoneidad como tal para interpretar aquellos textos construidos desde la voz de un Yo. Los diversos trabajos que Jean Starobinski ha dedicado a dicho concepto y, sobre todo, su texto capital L’encre de la mélancolie (2012), serán el eje en torno al cual gire esta propuesta –esta tentativa crítica–; desde esta obra, remitiremos a otros autores esenciales, como Aristóteles, Sigmund Freud, Julia Kristeva o Roger Bartra. Nuestra argumentación se divide en tres etapas: primero indagamos en el juego de contrarios que ha lastrado la historia conceptual de la melancolía, después ahondamos en el desplazamiento, el desdoblamiento y el exceso como núcleos de sentido del paradigma hermenéutico propuesto, y culminamos con una aplicación analítica, que nos conducirá a unas conclusiones en torno a la crítica.
A propósito de el futuro del partido comunista francés
Authors: López Arnal Salvador , Sarrión Andaluz José , Sacristán Luzón Manuel
Published: November 2023

El presente artículo recoge un texto inédito hasta la fecha del filósofo español Manuel Sacristán Sacristán (1925-1985) en torno al libro El futuro del Partido Comunista Francés, un ensayo de Waldeck Rochet (1969), entonces secretario general del PCF. En el mismo pueden observarse motivaciones políticas de Sacristán características de su tiempo que parecen prefigurar parte de la caracterización que más adelante realizará en torno al eurocomunismo, donde la firme defensa de los valores democráticos en el marxismo no es incompatible con críticas a determinadas involuciones político-institucionales en el campo de los partidos comunistas europeos de la época.
Key drivers of business process innovation : The role of strategic focuses and product innovation
Authors: Demeter Krisztina , Qerimi Detrin , Losonci Dávid , Keresztély Tibor
Published: November 2023

Ebben a cikkben a szerzők azt vizsgálják, hogy a vállalatok üzleti stratégiájának fókusza, valamint a termékinnováció hogyan és milyen mértékben befolyásolják az üzleti folyamatok innovációjának (BPI) eredményeit a gyártó vállalatoknál. Empirikus vizsgálatuk a Közösségi Innovációs Felmérés (Community Innovation Survey, CIS) 2016-os verziójának 4000 magyar feldolgozóipari vállalatból álló reprezentatív mintáján alapul. Eredményeik szerint a nagyobb méretű és a kutatóüzletistratégia-típust követő vállalatokra jellemzőbb a BPI. A kutató üzleti stratégia az új termékekre és új vásárlói csoportokra történő stratégiai fókuszálást jelent, aminek jelentős pozitív hatása van a BPI-eredményekre. Ezzel szemben az alacsony árra, ügyfélspecifikus megoldásokra és a továbbfejlesztett termékekre való fókuszálásnak nincs szignifikáns kapcsolata a BPI-eredményekkel. Kutatásuk szerint a termékinnováció csak felerősíti az egyes üzleti stratégiai fókuszok és a BPI-eredmények közötti kapcsolatot, de azokra közvetlenül nem hat.
Evaluating dominant “healthy workplace models” from the perspective of positive psychology principles
Authors: Szilas Roland , Dankó Dóra
Published: November 2023

A tanulmány szisztematikus szakirodalmi kutatás révén azonosítja az egészséges munkahelyekre irányuló kutatások legdominánsabb elméleti kereteit, melyek értékelésére a pozitív pszichológia PERMA-modellje (pozitív értelmek, elkötelezettség, kapcsolatok, értelemteliség, teljesítés) szerint kerül sor. A mélyreható elemzés következtetéseire építve egy új szintetizált modellre tesznek javaslatot a szerzők. Az Egészséges Munka és Boldogság Átfogó Modelljét azzal a céllal dolgozták ki, hogy összekapcsolja a meghatározó egészségmodellek erősségeit és a pozitív pszichológia perspektíváit. Ez a modell új elméleti keretet kínál az egészséges munkahelyekért dolgozó empirikus kutatók és vállalati szakemberek számára.
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La argumentación científica multilingüe. Perspectiva interdisciplinar
Authors: González, Rosario Arroyo , Carlucci Laura , Navas-Vallejo Carlos
Published: November 2023

Este libro se centra en promover competencias esenciales para la generación y la divulgación del conocimiento sostenible de calidad en la educación superior, especialmente en contextos digitales. Sus diferentes capítulos versan sobre la comunicación argumentativa científica multilingüe desde una perspectiva interdisciplinar. Se abordan temáticas como: a) el modelo metasociocognitivo de la composición escrita y la neurodidáctica aplicada a la escritura argumentativa, b) los modelos didácticos colaborativos y los sistemas didáctico-digitales para la escritura argumentativa, y c) el ensayo como instrumento de evaluación en L2 y la calidad en la evaluación en la escritura argumentativa, así como, las competencias docentes requeridas para promover este género académico. También se ofrecen experiencias innovadoras interdisciplinares sobre temáticas como: a) el potencial de los vídeos para mejorar la escritura argumentativa multilingüe, b) la argumentación como herramienta a fin de conocer las actitudes del estudiantado hacia el perfil profesional del audiodescriptor museístico, y c) el fomento de la inclusión mediante el subtitulado multilingüe para personas sordas. Finalmente, se analiza la enseñanza de la argumentación científica bilingüe en secundaria.
Conradowskie inspiracje w prozie Zygmunta Haupta
Authors: Ratajczak Wiesław
Published: November 2023

Conradowskie inspiracje nie są w prozie Zygmunta Haupta częste, jednak odgrywają ważną rolę. Dzięki odkrywaniu podobieństw i różnic służą autorowi Pierścienia z papieru do określenia własnej metody pisarskiej. Jako czytelnik Conrada interesuje się poetyką ukrywania i ujawnienia oraz relacją między pamięcią i wyparciem. Odkrywa poetyckość i symbolizm tej twórczości, a także jej osobisty charakter, związany z doświadczeniami dzieciństwa i mrocznymi wspomnieniami kraju. Poznając sposób korzystania z Conradowskich fabuł i idei przez Haupta, wnikliwiej zrozumieć można jego zasadę skrótu, zagęszczenia znaczeń, łączenia swojskiego z egzotycznym, lirycznego z tragicznym, osobistego z uniwersalnym, poważnego z żałosnym.
Zygmunt Haupt we Lwowie. Wyimek z mikro- i makrohistorii intelektualnej i artystycznej
Authors: Wierzejska Jagoda
Published: November 2023

Artykuł prezentuje krytyczną rekonstrukcję wczesnego okresu twórczości Zygmunta Haupta na tle życia intelektualnego i artystycznego Lwowa w latach 30. XX wieku. Lwów był wówczas miastem o bardzo skomplikowanej sytuacji polityczno-społecznej i kulturalnej. Stanowił wielonarodowy, barwny ośrodek urbanistyczny, ale był naznaczony bodaj najpoważniejszymi animozjami narodowościowymi w II RP. We Lwowie wciąż trwała stagnacja w dziedzinie literatury i nauki o literaturze. W połowie lat 30. życie intelektualne i artystyczne miasta zaczęło się jednak zmieniać. Artykuł na tle tych przemian naświetla charakter wczesnych przedsięwzięć artystycznych Haupta i jego związków z grupą literacką zwaną Rybałtami. Podejmie przy tym próbę odpowiedzi na pytania, w jakim stopniu okres lwowski okazał się formacyjny w życiu artystycznym Haupta oraz jakie znaczenie artystyczne i towarzyskie mieli dla Haupta Rybałci, wśród których nie był on przecież personą pierwszoplanową.
Late Jurassic Haobugao granites from the southern Great Xing’an Range, NE China: Implications for postcollision extension of the Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean
Authors: Li Jianda , Tian Yue , Cheng Yuqi
Published: November 2023

The Mongolia-Okhotsk tectonic regime had a significant impact on the tectonic evolution of Northeastern (NE) China. However, there is no consensus on the role of this regime in the geological evolution of the Xing’an Massif during the late Mesozoic. This article presents the results of zircon U–Pb geochronology, whole-rock major and trace-element geochemistry, and zircon Hf isotopic compositions for granites in the Haobugao area of the southern Great Xing’an Range, NE China, to determine their petrogenesis, source, and tectonic setting. The zircon U–Pb ages indicate that the granites crystallized at 152.7 ± 0.5 Ma. The granites exhibit high SiO2 (70.75–73.19 wt%) and K2O + Na2O (8.00–8.65 wt%) contents and extremely low MgO (0.40–0.59 wt%) and TiO2 (0.24–0.33 wt%) contents. They belong to the metaluminous, high-K calc-alkaline, and ferroan series, with mostly right-inclined REE curves, flat heavy rare earth element patterns, high 10,000 Ga/Al ratios, and intensely negative Eu anomalies. The Zr/Hf ratios are 24.2–27.7, Nb/Ta ratios are 6.4–8.9, and Y/NbN ratios are >1.2. These characteristics suggest an A2-type granite affinity. The zircon εHf values of the rocks range from +5.62 to +9.12, corresponding to T
DM2 values of 621–906 Ma, indicating that juvenile materials in the Neoproterozoic may be a source of these granites. Geochemically, these Late Jurassic A2-type granites are similar to those from post-collision extension settings. The primary magma was likely derived from the partial melting of a delaminated region of the lower crust.
Structural comparison of conventional and chiral auxetic morphed aircraft rib
Authors: Inan Cevher Yusuf , Evis Zafer , Ozturk Berkan
Published: November 2023

Tri-chiral structures are auxetic structures that show negative Poisson’s ratio. This effect is due to their microstructure and geometric sequence. They are used in the development of novel products as they show improved damping and energy absorption properties. While traditional manufacturing methods remain dysfunctional, the development of additive manufacturing technology provides opportunities for new studies in various industries such as aviation, textile, and automotive. In this study, passive airfoil morphing application was applied and a comparative study was carried out. A two-stage study was conducted. First, the tri-chiral pattern was fabricated by an FDM 3D printer with PLA+ and subjected to the in-plane compression test. Stress–strain curves of the tri-chiral structure were generated. Then, it was used in airfoil morphing applications. Morphed airfoil was also manufactured and a compression test was applied. Secondly, the aerostatic loads of the aircraft were calculated. Both conventional and chiral morphed ribs’ behaviors under flight loads were examined using the FEM and results were compared. The weight difference was calculated. In addition, eigenfrequency and eigenvectors of traditional and chiral ribs were computed and transverse vibration frequencies were expressed. Despite being more than 50 % lighter, chiral morphed rib was found to be stiffer than conventional rib.
Influence of the regularization scheme in the QCD phase diagram in the PNJL model
Authors: Saucedo Jonathan Rincon , Paz Antonio , Flores-Baez F. V. , Ibarra Jose Ruben Morones
Published: November 2023

In the context of the SU(2) quark flavor version of the Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model extended by the Polyakov loop, the effect of the regularization scheme on the quantum chromodynamics phase structure at finite volume was studied. The way in which the phase diagram changes with the type of Polyakov loop potential considered in this study was also investigated. In this study, a polynomial and a logarithmic potential were used. On the other hand, a regularization scheme that satisfies the thermodynamics properties such as the Stefan–Boltzmann limit was chosen.
Welterschließungsperspektiven und Wertepräferenzen: Zur Exploration möglicher Messungen im religionspädagogischen Begleitprojekt der sechsten Kirchenmitgliedschaftsuntersuchung
Authors: Gennerich Carsten , Käbisch David
Published: November 2023

In den vergangen 20 Jahren gab es in der Religionspädagogik ein wachsendes Interesse an Welterschließungsperspektiven und Wertepräferenzen. Gleichwohl wurde die Korrelation zwischen beiden Faktoren bisher nicht empirisch untersucht. Der vorliegende Artikel beschreibt daher wichtige Ergebnisse einer Studie (N=111) zu diesem Thema. Diese analysiert anhand des Wertekonzepts von Shalom H. Schwartz die vier Modi der Weltbegegnung von Jürgen Baumert und zeigt, wie diese miteinander in Beziehung stehen.
Religiöse Bildung im Fokus. Zielsetzungen und Konzeption der sechsten Kirchenmitgliedschaftsuntersuchung der EKD
Authors: Wischmeyer Johannes
Published: November 2023

Der Beitrag beschreibt die Zielsetzungen und die Konzeption der sechsten Kirchenmitgliedschaftsuntersuchung der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (EKD). Das Hauptaugenmerk gilt dabei der Einbeziehung von Aspekten religiöser Bildung. Der Beitrag rekonstruiert die vorlaufende Diskussion und gibt einen Überblick über erste publizistische Ergebnisse. Zu den Erkenntnissen der KMU VI zählt, dass kirchliche und schulische Formate religiöser Bildung zu den wichtigsten religiösen Sozialisationsinstanzen gehören, aber angesichts zunehmender religiös-säkularer Konkurrenz weiterzuentwickeln sind. Religionspädagogische Forschung kann zu einer evidenzbasierten Kirchenentwicklung wichtige Erkenntniss beitragen.
Tóth József és a várossá nyilvánítás
Authors:   University of Pécs, Faculty of Sciences, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Trócsányi András , Pirisi Gábor ,   University of Pécs, Faculty of Sciences, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences
Published: November 2023

This retrospective article points to a single aspect of József Tóth’s scientific work, to the thematic intersections that make it easier to interpret his oeuvre as a whole. Through secondary analyses of literature, as well as professional experiences and personal impressions gained as a student and colleague, it attempts to synthesize the professor’s scientific work related to urban reclassification and formal urbanisation. József Tóth’s influence extended beyond the academic sphere not only as a science organizer and rector, but also as a regional developer. This commemorative essay also points to the relationship between the scientist and politics, the never-ending struggles of the geographer in the formation of regional policies. József Tóth’s school-establishing activity in Pécs – also related to the practical aspects of formal urbanization – made a lasting contribution to the development of Hungarian human geography.
Caring with Computers
Authors: Mama Computational , Raja Kc Diwas
Published: November 2023

Computational Mama met with Diwas Raja Kc for an online conversation about her practice in relationto artist-led public pedagogies. Computational Mama’s work explores live coding and computationalthinking as forms of friendship and care. She currently lives in Udaipur, India, in a multi-generationalhousehold of all women and her 5-year-old son. In this rich exchange ranging from feminist theorists,artists, and coders, they discuss how she chose this moniker as care-giving and motherhoodincreasingly impact her practice and strategies of creative facilitation with community.
Liquid architecture, West space and bus projects are disorganising
Authors: Goodwin Channon , Wallin Amelia
Published: November 2023

“Liquid Architecture, West Space and Bus Projects are disorganising.” So began a public statement, firstcirculated in November 2020, co-signed by the three organisations in question. It went on: “Thismethodology is not a pathway to merger, but an experimental exercise in cooperative practice beyondprevious models of partnership, grounded in principles of solidarity and interdependence.” In thispolyvocal essay, Channon Goodwin, Joel Stern, and Amelia Wallin — former Artistic Directors of BusProjects, Liquid Architecture, and West Space — offer accounts of disorganising, which was stagedthroughout 2020 and 2021 at the organisations’ shared base of Collingwood Yards inNaarm/Melbourne. By contextualising, sharing and reflecting on disorganising, we explore how artist-led forms of encounter and exchange can engage publics by challenging hegemonies, critiquing power,and engaging publics in civil dialogue. While making these claims, the essay also acknowledges thelimits to achieving change under conditions governed by funding bodies, the demands of‘professionalisation’ in the sector, and other infrastructures that curtail the radicality of our programs.
These three words; community activation, knowledge sharing and collaboration through letterpress printing
Authors: Brueggemeier Jan , Haslem Neal
Published: November 2023

Commoners Press is a small, newly established experimental letterpress studio in North Coburg,Australia. As part of the 2022 Melbourne Design Week, Commoners Press presented the project thesethree words in response to the festival’s theme of ‘civic spaces’. This article discusses the project as anexample of a mode of public pedagogy (Charman & Dixon, 2021) which enables moments of collectivereflection, inclusiveness, community activation, local knowledge sharing as well as collaborativemaking, creative exploration, social aspiration and being together. The project asked participants torespond to the provocation: Thinking about the future liveability of your community, what three wordscome to mind? Participants set their ‘three words’ in type and they were letterpress printed in a momentthat externalised and materialised participants’ concepts in ink and paper. Thus the redundanttechnology of letterpress introduced – through its labour and slowness – a sense of mindfulness,achievement and ‘access to the means of production’ that elevated participants’ words into a publiccollaborative endeavour. As each participants’ printed words were revealed, they were celebrated anddiscussed within the group. A week later participants were given the opportunity to attend a roundtableto reflect on their own and others’ ‘three words’ as a collective imagining of possible futures, alldifferent, all together (Escobar, 2017). The pedagogy here brought participants together to form an“interpretive community” (Santos, 2017) by allowing them to teach one another new things aboutcommunity, collaboration, creativity, and what the future may hold.
Connecting literary cultures
Authors: Ellis Melody , Rendle-Short Francesca , Carlin David , Tope Lily , Thin Michelle Aung
Published: November 2023

What are the assumptions (institutional, individual, cultural, structural, artistic) of encounter andexchange? How can they be measured and tested? And how do they play out in creative writing andliterary communities in the region broadly defined as the Asia-Pacific? This paper argues thatmethodologies enabling an examination of the ethics and power relations inherent to interculturalencounters must be predicated on creative uncertainty; be collaborative; and be testable in the sensethat they allow artists and researchers to ‘meet’ structures of power and ethical knots through evolving,creative-led, iterative, practices. This paper is interested in what might be understood as a pedagogy ofencounter. The emergent methodology holds a number of overlapping principles including ethics as aprocess, holding (prepositional) space, and uncertainty and the not-yet-made.