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"We Grew Up in This Movement": A Conversation between Salamishah Tillet and Scheherazade Tillet
Authors: Tillet Salamishah , Tillet Scheherazade
Published: October 2023

Abstract: Writer and activist Salamishah Tillet and photographer and organizer Scheherazade Tillet engaged in a lively and in-depth conversation about their work to end sexual violence before and beyond #MeToo. In 2003, the Tillet sisters founded A Long Walk Home, a nonprofit that empowers young people to use art to end violence against girls and women. Yet their actual organizing work began five years earlier when Scheherazade, at twenty years old, began documenting Salamishah's healing after being sexually assaulted in college. From 1998 to 2013, Scheherazade took thousands of images, many of which became the spine of Story Of A Rape Survivor ( SOARS ), a performance that the Tillet sisters created and toured with a cast of Black women singers, dancers, and actors at rape crisis centers and college campuses over two decades. Some of those photographs are included here, along with others from the performances, to provide a visual archive of the innovative artistic process and the unique political intervention of SOARS from its very beginning.
Administrator Perceptions of Campus Sexual Assault Policy at an HBCU: A Composite Counterstory
Authors: Weaver Adrianne Jackson , Jones Tamara Bertrand
Published: October 2023

Abstract: This article explores the campus climate of a Historically Black University in the Southeastern United States by providing an overview of the campus’ sexual assault policy and administrators’ perceptions of the climate surrounding sexual assault on the campus. The research question that guided this study is: How does institutional context shape the policy development and implementation of campus sexual assault policy at an HBCU? The research design consists of semi-structured interviews with six administrators that were analyzed using Counterstory. The significance of this study is to contribute to the body of research which exists about campus sexual assault policies at HBCUs. The findings of this study discuss how the institution views their stance on campus sexual assault policy. This study provides administrators with information that can assist in the development and implementation of campus sexual assault policy.
For the Bruhs: The Need for the Racialized and Gendered Support of Black Male College Students
Authors: Cothran D. Lisa
Published: October 2023

Abstract: Due to institutionalized discrimination, preexisting lower enrollment, and disproportionate disenrollment during the COVID-19 pandemic, Black male college students’ success has a disparately beleaguered trajectory. Disparities in access to academic programs, resources, and support may be due, in part, to those poorer trajectories but also are affected by university policies (or the lack thereof). These students have lower rates of successful recruitment, retention, and graduation. Because institutions that receive federal funding must operate in ways that are free of race-based and sex-based bias, these institutions are obligated to address Black male college students’ lagging numbers as well as any resulting, potentially hostile atmospheres that these students perceive. Failure to address these issues is a form of discrimination and may be tantamount to violations of Titles VI and IX. Racialized and gendered problems require racialized and gendered solutions. Proactive policy shifts and implications are discussed.
Enriching Humean Sympathy: Reading Hume’s Moral Philosophy in Light of African American Philosophical Thought
Authors: Vitz Rico
Published: October 2023

Abstract: In this paper, I show how reading Hume’s moral philosophy in light of seminal works by nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American authors can provide resources for developing a richer and more intentionally relational conception of sympathy. I begin by identifying two phenomena to which African American intellectuals like Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Anna Julia Cooper refer with the term “sympathy.” For ease of reference, I label these phenomena “sympathetic commitment” and “sympathetic understanding,” respectively. I then show that there are concepts in Hume’s moral philosophy that refer to similar phenomena and suggest that Hume scholars can draw on these concepts to develop an enriched and distinctively Humean sense of sympathy.
Hume, Substance, and Causation: A Solution to a Nasty Problem
Authors: Bozzo Alexander P.
Published: October 2023

Abstract: Louis Loeb has identified a “nasty problem” in connection with Hume’s theory of meaning. The problem is that Hume seemingly claims we lack ideas corresponding to key metaphysical terms, such as terms like “substance” and “necessary connection,” but he then proceeds to explain why philosophers believe in the existence of entities denoted by such terms. In short, Hume seems motivated to explain belief in the existence of certain entities, despite his claiming we have no ideas corresponding to them. In this paper, I strive to solve the problem by noting the important role of clear and distinct perception in his thought. In particular, I argue Hume only wishes to deny that we have clear and distinct ideas of substance and necessary connection, and not that we altogether lack any idea of substance and necessary connection, traditionally conceived.
Hume’s Essays , Completing the Treatise
Authors: Van Holthoon Frederic L.
Published: October 2023

Abstract: In this piece, I argue that Hume wrote his Essays to continue writing on political issues after he rather abruptly ended his Treatise , Book 3. Initially he wrote some essays in the vein of Addison and Steele, but he rejected these essays as “frivolous.” In writing on political issues, he became a master essayist and his essays withstood the test of time. “Political” should here be taken in the wider sense as topical issues which readers could immediately recognize as being relevant.
UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies Talking to Domestic Adjudicators Through Their Quasi-judicial Work: An Examination of CERD and CEDAW
Authors: Brems Eva
Published: October 2023

ABSTRACT: The article examines the merit of UN treaty bodies' accumulated case law as a resource for domestic adjudicators, i.e., courts and quasi-judicial bodies (such as national human rights institutions) addressing human rights complaints at the national level. It has the objective of assessing the extent to which treaty bodies are "talking to" an audience beyond the parties in the case. Starting from a view that sees impact on national adjudicators as the key issue for treaty bodies' rulings on individual complaints, the article assesses to what extent the way that treaty bodies are exercising this role fits in this view. The study's focus is on two UN treaty bodies with a broadly similar output in quantitative terms, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CmERD) and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CmEDAW).
Human Rights, Remedy, and Everyday Geographies of Injustice: Perspectives from a Participatory Action Research Project
Authors: Carmalt Jean Connolly
Published: October 2023

ABSTRACT: This article contributes to literature on economic and social rights by examining how everyday places and spaces translate structural inequalities into individualized violations of international norms. Drawing on data from a participatory action research project in New York called The Legal Disruption Project (LDP), it argues for new models of knowledge production that bridge gaps between the experiences of marginalized populations and human rights practitioners. The LDP demonstrates how centering the voices of affected communities can contribute substantive insights to effective remedies for human rights violations. In particular, the article suggests potential for explicitly spatial remedies defined through participatory processes of community engagement.
The Revival of Human Rights: A New Perspective on Human Rights Through the Lens of Disability
Authors: de Beco Gauthier
Published: October 2023

ABSTRACT: This article argues that adopting the lens of disability may provide a way forward for the revival of human rights. It shows how it is disability that draws attention to resource deprivation that hampers the enjoyment of human rights. It does so by focusing on two novel aspects of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): the general principle of participation and the adoption of a rights-based approach to dealing with disability. To illustrate this view, it uses as example the impact the restrictions have had on disabled people during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Suffering and Survival: The Experience of Dutch Women in Japanese Internment Camps in Java, 1941–45
Authors: Jeronimus Mia
Published: October 2023

ABSTRACT: The case of Dutch women imprisoned in Japanese internment camps in Java, 1941-45, is a little known chapter within the well-known context of the Second World War. This article deciphers the possibilities of their experience by examining two temporally distinct sets of sources from the women's perspectives. The first comprises a series of ego-documents and interviews written during the war and just after it, and the second is a collection of sources from the 1990s onwards, in the form of memoir, oral history, and children's testimonies spoken in front of the Japanese Embassy in The Hague in 2005. In the spaces and inconsistencies between these two sets of testimony a diverse and complex picture of female experience is found across three predominant themes: motherhood, female community, and sexual assault. Each section is an insight into how agency is sought when agency is denied, how the women held themselves, organized themselves, and supported and fought against one another within a regime indifferent to whether they lived or died.
Local Oceans: New Perspectives on Colonial Geographies
Authors: Degenhardt Jane Hwang , Vanwagoner Benjamin D.
Published: October 2023

Abstract: Addressing an audience at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo in 1993, the Oceanic anthropologist Epeli Hau‘ofa delivered a blistering rebuke of the “belittling” view of states and territories, one he contended was held not only by the West, but also by the Pacific’s own national and regional governments.1 Such a view, resulting in a posture of economic dependence rather than self-sufficiency, is “traceable to the early years of interactions with Europeans” and emerged intrinsically from globally oriented “macroeconomic” and “macropolitical” perspectives that perceived the islands to be small, distant, and fragmented— predisposed to incorporation into colonial geographies (148–49). Hau‘ofa suggested that in order to revise this perspective it was better to conceive of the region not as “islands in a far sea,” but rather as “a sea of islands” (152–53). Whereas “islands in a far sea” evoked “tiny, isolated dots,” Hau‘ofa called for “a more holistic perspective in which things are seen in the totality of their relationships” (153). The Oceanic sea of islands had never been far, nor small, nor fragmented; they were not tiny islands to be carved up and colonized, but imbued with locality as with culture.
Oceanic Inter-Imperialism in Psalmanazar’s Formosa
Authors: Lash Alexander Paulsson
Published: October 2023

abstract: This article approaches the oceanic locality of Taiwan through George Psalmanazar’s 1704 ethnography , An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa . Psalmanazar was a Frenchman who tricked a large number of Londoners into believing him an Indigenous Formosan. In keeping with this special issue’s interest in situating the English imperial imagination in local oceanic spaces, this article shows how Psalmanazar presented Taiwan as subject to imperial domination by a variety of maritime powers, both Asian and European. Drawing on Laura Doyle’s recent theoretical formulation of inter-imperiality, the article argues that Psalmanazar’s view of Taiwan as subject to other empires could itself inspire the imperial imagination in England. The article concludes by pointing out that the project of unpacking these imperial histories has gained increasing urgency through Taiwan’s precarious position in the rapidly developing inter-imperial rivalry between China and the United States .
Conference Remarks: A Vision for Cultural Property Protection
Authors: Peterson Erik
Published: October 2023

abstract: In a rapidly evolving strategic environment, incorporating cultural property protection (CPP) into military plans and operations can enable the U.S. Army to achieve its objectives by demonstrating to allies, partners, and adversaries alike that safeguarding irreplaceable treasures aids conflict prevention and resolution. Planning for the protection of cultural property in military operations is both practical and effective. It can provide an outsized return on investment with affected populations and often contributes directly to the cessation of hostilities and facilitation of long-term stabilization. A vision for a future CPP program within the U.S. Department of Defense might focus on four aspects: professional military education, the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to build CPP databases to inform military decision-making, predeployment training, and appreciation and respect for other cultures. Through its deliberate consideration in military operations, CPP can contribute to advancing U.S. national security interests by supporting applicable international laws and norms and preserving cultural artifacts in a dignified manner.
Building Rapport and the Foundation of Good Partnerships: The Muscogee (Creek) Nation Approach to Protecting Cultural Sites in Partnership with Department of Defense Components
Authors: Hunt Turner W.
Published: October 2023

abstract: Certain actions should be taken to strengthen policy and regulations in order to improve relationship-building opportunities between Department of Defense (DoD) components and tribal nations. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation (MCN) Tribal Historic and Cultural Preservation Office’s approach is used to describe interactions with the Department of Defense, specifically the U.S. Army, to implement cultural property protection. There are opportunities within the existing tribal consultation policies to build foundational relationships with DoD components. This paper discusses two variations of tribal consultation conducted by Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and how they are useful, limited, or can be utilized for collaborative opportunities. By highlighting the exceptional work of MCN partners in our ancestral homelands, we seek to bring awareness and protection of Muscogee cultural sites.
A Religious Polemic in Galenic Garb? Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq's (d. 260/873) Kitāb al-Karma ( On Vines ) and his Encomium of Wine
Authors: Sánchez Ignacio
Published: October 2023

Abstract: Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (192–260/808–873) is mainly known as a translator of Greek works into Arabic, but he was also a prolific author. This article focuses on one of his least known treatises, On Vines ( Kitāb al-Karma ), which still remains unedited. On Vines is an eclectic and unclassifiable work that combines different genres. It has been traditionally considered a dietetic treatise on the properties of vine products inserted in the Galenic tradition. But On Vines is also a disputation on the excellence of trees written in the form of questions and answers and, ultimately, a polemical encomium of wine that relies for its effect on the opinions of ancient Greek authorities such as Homer, Diogenes, Aristotle, Socrates or Theophrastus. In this article I analyse the structure of the treatise, identifiying its generic affiliations and the rhetorical strategies deployed by Ḥunayn. I discuss specially the long sections on wine and Ḥunayn's defence of the virtues of this drink against its critics, arguing that the structure of the treatise is also determined by the religious implications of praising wine in an Islamic environment.
Médecine et humanisme en Périgord: L'invention de la langue française selon Ervé Fayard ( Galen sur la faculté dez simples medicamans , 1548)
Authors: Petit Caroline
Published: October 2023

Abstract: Cette étude met en lumière une figure négligée de l'humanisme français et aquitain (Périgord) dans le contexte de la littérature médicale. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage peu connu, la « traduction » du traité des Simples de Galien en français par le médecin Ervé Fayard (1548). L'analyse du texte comme des paratextes montre une démarche auctoriale singulière dans le contexte dynamique de la production de livres médicaux en langue française au milieu du seizième siècle. Fayard se distingue également dans le débat autour de l'orthographe du français, avec une préface sur ce sujet que l'on peut qualifier d'originale et de précoce. La rhétorique des paratextes (textes liminaires, portrait de l'auteur) conspire avec les choix d'auteur et de traducteur de Fayard pour faire apparaître un écrivain original et lettré. La comparaison avec les efforts contemporains mieux documentés de Jean Canappe à Lyon, auteur d'une autre traduction (partielle) du même ouvrage de Galien, montre de vifs contrastes. Fayard propose donc une voie et une voix propres, toutes en simplicité calculée, à l'opposé de Galien lui-même.
La Dialectique en François pour les barbiers et les chirurgiens (1553) d'Adrien L'Alemant: Première dialectique médicale en français
Authors: Montagne Véronique
Published: October 2023

Abstract: La réflexion développée ici est le prélude à une édition critique de la Dialectique en François pour les barbiers et les chirurgiens , texte d'Adrien L'Alemant (1527–1559) publié en 1553, à Reims, chez Thomas Richard. L'ouvrage paraît dans le contexte épistémologique très spécifique de la seconde moitié de la Renaissance, dans ce moment où se met en place un discours « scientifique » en langue vernaculaire, à partir de l'héritage que constituent les textes logiques et/ou médicaux de l'Antiquité et du Moyen Âge.
Rhetoric and Disposition, Temperament and Place: Polykleitan Rules
Authors: Pender Stephen
Published: October 2023

Abstract: This paper explores the relationships between style and complexion, temperament and disposition, climate and place in seventeenth-century thought. Facility and variation in style not only depend on reason, judgement, and responsiveness, but on the material substrata of the imagination and memory, in turn conditioned by air and temperament, climate and the uneven geographical distribution of environmental and internal, vital heat. This ensemble ofconcernes spurred wide-ranging enquiry in early modern anthropology, ethnography, and rhetoric, which I examine her in order to substantiate the mathematician and rhetorician Bernard Lamy's 1675 claim that "Every Clymat hath its style."
Together in a Small Boat: Slavery's Fugitives in the Lesser Antilles
Authors: Simonsen Gunvor , Christensen Rasmus
Published: October 2023

Abstract: Histories of maritime marronage in the Lesser Antilles—the Danish, Dutch, English, French, and Swedish islands in the eastern Caribbean—have often centered on young enslaved men escaping alone aboard intercontinental vessels anchored in the region's port towns. Scholars have paid less attention to the enslaved men, women, and children who escaped their enslavers on one of the many small open boats that were decisive for sustaining life in the region. The ubiquity of small-boat infrastructure in the Lesser Antilles, the complex legal regime put in place to regulate it, and the affordances—that is, the possibilities of action—provided by small watercraft demonstrate the importance of small-boat flight to slavery's fugitives in the Lesser Antilles. Enslaved people—rural and urban, young and old—knew that they had to collaborate to realize the fugitive force of canoes and other small boats scattered along island shorelines. Indeed, maritime marronage was more often carried out in groups than alone. Through time and political turbulence, the small boat allowed enslaved people to pursue dreams of freedom that had an archipelagic character: proximity facilitated knowledge of conditions on nearby islands and sustained or reestablished friendship and family ties.
Boosting the performance of light-sheet microscopy via synchronous detection from the illumination and detection light path
Authors: Liu Guangcai , Jiang Tao , Li Xiangning , Deng Zhiyu , Wang Zihao , Gong Hui , Luo Qingming , Yang Xiaoquan
Published: October 2023

The image quality of light-sheet microscopy degrades due to the system
misalignment or opacity of the sample. In this work, we proposed to
synchronously detect the fluorescence from both the illumination and
detection light path of axially swept light-sheet microscopy (SD-LSM)
to realize the full exploitation of the excited fluorescence. We
adopted spatially variable multi-view deconvolution to fuse images
from the detection and illumination objective of SD-LSM to improve the
resolution degradation caused by the nonlinearity of scanning devices.
We proposed the fusion of images from the detection and illumination
objective of SD-LSM based on background estimation to improve the
signal-to-background ratio (SBR). We separately demonstrated that the
spatial resolution and the SBR can be largely boosted by SD-LSM for
various biological samples, after the fusion of images from the
illumination and detection path. Compared with the images only from
the detection path, images from SD-LSM showed the axial resolution
recovery by up to 14.6 times when axial scanning devices work at high
speed with large nonlinearity, and SBR enhancement by up to 8.2 dB
when imaging a highly scattered sample. SD-LSM could boost the image
quality without any additional time consumption for image acquisition
or photon budget for the sample at a cost of a simple addition of a
camera in the illumination path, compared with conventional axially
swept light-sheet microscopy.
The ways of forming the sustainable development of rural areas of Ukraine
Authors: Termosа Iryna
Published: October 2023

The article deals with theoretical issues concerning the main principles of sustainable development of Ukrainian rural areas. The national goals of sustainable development are illustrated and characterized. The ranking of the goals of sustainable development is carried out according to the stage of their realization. The scheme of the sequence of ensuring of fulfillment of goals of sustainable development is developed. The algorithm of the formation of sustainable development on the rural territory is developed and substantiated.
The Effect of Elevating the Supplemental Poverty Measure on Government Program Eligibility and Spending
Authors: Corinth Kevin
Published: October 2023

A recent National Academy of Sciences report recommends elevating the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) to the “nation’s headline poverty statistic.” I project how making the SPM the official poverty measure would affect eligibility for government assistance programs whose eligibility thresholds are tied to the official poverty line. Making the SPM the official poverty measure would increase the poverty line for a family of four by 20 percent in 2024. The eligibility threshold for a family of four would consequentially increase by $8320 for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), $8512 for Medicaid adults, and by larger amounts for Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidies, the National School Lunch Program, and Affordable Care Act premium subsidies (once temporarily relaxed eligibility rules are restored in 2026). Effects on eligibility thresholds would grow over time because the SPM thresholds grow faster over time than the current official thresholds. As a result of the higher eligibility thresholds, I estimate that in 2024 SNAP would cover 2.0 million additional households with spending rising by $2.6 billion, and that Medicaid would cover 1.3 million additional recipients with spending rising by $5.6 billion.
Current Account Balances’ Divergence in the Euro Area: An Appraisal of the Underlying Forces
Authors: Faure Emmanuelle , Grekou Carl , Mignon Valérie
Published: October 2023

This paper revisits the crucial issue of current account imbalances and focuses on the determinants of their gaps between eurozone Member States. We conduct robust estimations of the current account balances for a panel of ten founding euro area economies and construct a measure that allows us to diagnose why some countries have started to diverge from the eurozone mean in the last two decades. Our findings show evidence of remaining differences in countries’ economic development, meaning that real macroeconomic convergence has failed in the zone. Price and cost competitiveness, as well as fiscal balances, have also participated in this growing macroeconomic divergence. Overall, while the European authorities cannot influence the part of the current account gaps due to demographic factors, the role of fiscal redistribution and investment at the euro area level could help achieve macroeconomic convergence and thus reduce current accounts’ divergence in the zone.
Antenatal ultrasound diagnosis of huge fetal hydrometrocolpos secondary to imperforate hymen and successful postnatal treatment: a case report
Authors: Bicha Mequanint Melesse , Workneh Zelalem Ayichew
Published: October 2023

Objectives

Hydrometrocolpos is a pelvic cystic mass representing the distension of the vagina and uterus due to obstructive congenital anomalies of the female causing accumulation of fluid secretions in the vagina and endometrial cavity. Prenatal diagnosis is uncommon and usually noticed during the adolescent period for failure to see menses with cyclic abdominal pain, abdominal mass, and local compressive symptoms. Late diagnosis after delivery of newborns with this condition results in poor outcomes from local compressive symptoms.

Case presentation

Here, we present a case diagnosed with congenital hydrometrocolpos at 39 weeks of gestation during routine third-trimester ultrasound scanning. The newborn was delivered vaginally and huge hydrometrocolpos secondary to imperforate hymen was diagnosed postnatally, and a hymenectomy was done and the newborn was discharged and improved from the hospital.

Conclusions

Although congenital hydrometrocolpos occurs rarely, it is also better to suspect prenatally in a female fetus with a cystic pelvic mass. Antenatal ultrasound diagnosis of this condition will help to make decisions early and to prevent further complications which might occur both intrauterine and after birth.
Studying pandemic effects and mitigation measures on management of construction projects: Najaf City as a case study
Authors: Alraie Ameer A. , Ali Kadhum Asaad M. , Kadhem Ali Abbas
Published: October 2023

The corona virus pandemic greatly affected Al-Najaf construction sector and its economy. This study ex-amines the impact of pandemic on the sector and assesses the mitigation measures used. A questionnaire was given to 66 construction industry experts, covering 38 variables related to contracts, finance, chain supply, risks, and safety. Results, analyzed using the relative importance index, ranked finance as the top priority, followed by safety, risk, and other factors. Operational aspects, supply chain, and contracts were of lesser concern. Key variables included safety concerns, contractor payment delays, risk management, communication, and health projects. Mitigation measures revealed the importance of management actions and health and safety initiatives. Financial and communication measures were significant, while environmental measures ranked lower. Vaccination and emergency loans were highly valued. Evaluation, communication strategy, and cash support were also important. In conclusion, this study underscores the significance of risk management and safety in mitigating the impact of pandemic on the construction sector. Updating Iraqi legal documentation, particularly for crisis management, is crucial. Adopting a modern management approach is necessary to overcome pandemic-related challenges. The study provides recommendations for further investigation, offering valuable insights for decision-makers and future research in the field.
Research on the center extraction algorithm of structured light fringe based on an improved gray gravity center method
Authors: Wang Jun , Wu Jingjing , Jiao Xiang , Ding Yue
Published: October 2023

In this study, we proposed a fast line-structured light stripe center extraction algorithm based on an improved barycenter algorithm to address the problem that the conventional strip center extraction algorithm cannot meet the requirements of a structured light 3D measurement system in terms of speed and accuracy. First, the algorithm performs pretreatment of the structured light image and obtains the approximate position of the stripe center through skeleton extraction. Next, the normal direction of each pixel on the skeleton is solved using the gray gradient method. Then, the weighted gray center of the gravity method is used to solve the stripe center coordinates along the normal direction. Finally, a smooth strip centerline is fitted using the least squares method. The experimental results show that the improved algorithm achieved significant improvement in speed, sub-pixel level accuracy, and a good structured light stripe center extraction effect, as well as the repeated measurement accuracy of the improved algorithm is within 0.01 mm, and the algorithm has good repeatability.
Improvement of predictive control algorithm based on fuzzy fractional order PID
Authors: Shi Rongzhen
Published: October 2023

The existing predictive control strategy has comprehensive prior knowledge of the controlled process, requires weak continuity of the search space for parameter optimization, and its application is limited to some extent. Therefore, improved research on the fuzzy fractional proportional integral differential (PID) predictive control algorithm is proposed. First, the control principle of PID predictive control equipment is proposed. According to this principle, the structure of the PID predictive control equipment adaptive fuzzy PID energy-saving controller is constructed. Through the PID energy-saving control parameter setting principle and fuzzy control rules, the adaptive fuzzy PID energy-saving control of PID predictive control equipment is realized. Finally, the fractional order PID predictive transfer function model is constructed to improve the predictive control algorithm based on PID optimization technology. The experimental results show that the accuracy and efficiency of the designed algorithm can get the best performance index, and its stability, overshoot, time, and control accuracy are basically unchanged. In the small area temperature control, the disturbance interference is small, the anti-disturbance ability is good, and it has strong robustness.
Broadcast speech recognition and control system based on Internet of Things sensors for smart cities
Authors: Qin Min , Kumar Ravi , Shabaz Mohammad , Agal Sanjay , Singh Pavitar Parkash , Ammini Anooja
Published: October 2023

With the wide popularization of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, the design and implementation of intelligent speech equipment have attracted more and more researchers’ attention. Speech recognition is one of the core technologies to control intelligent mechanical equipment. An industrial IoT sensor-based broadcast speech recognition and control system is presented to address the issue of integrating a broadcast speech recognition and control system with an IoT sensor for smart cities. In this work, a design approach for creating an intelligent voice control system for the Robot operating system (ROS) is provided. The speech recognition control program for the ROS is created using the Baidu intelligent voice software development kit, and the experiment is run on a particular robot platform. ROS makes use of communication modules to implement network connections between various system modules, mostly via topic-based asynchronous data transmission. A point-to-point network structure serves as the communication channel for the many operations that make up the ROS. The hardware component is mostly made up of the main controller’s motor driving module, a power module, a WiFi module, a Bluetooth module, a laser ranging module, etc. According to the experimental findings, the control system can identify the gathered sound signals, translate them into control instructions, and then direct the robot platform to carry out the necessary actions in accordance with the control instructions. Over 95% of speech is recognized. The control system has a high recognition rate and is simple to use, which is what most industrial controls require. It has significant implications for the advancement of control technology and may significantly increase production and life efficiency.
Functionalized SWCNTs@Ag–TiO2 nanocomposites induce ROS-mediated apoptosis and autophagy in liver cancer cells
Authors: Jabir Majid S. , Mohammed Mustafa K. A. , Albukhaty Salim , Ahmed Duha S. , Syed Asad , Elgorban Abdallah M. , Eswaramoorthy Rajalakshmanan , Al-kuraishy Hayder M. , Al-Gareeb Ali I. , Ghotekar Suresh , Jawad Sabrean F. , Najm Mazin A. A.
Published: October 2023

Hybrid nanomaterials with unique physiochemical properties have received a lot of attention, making them attractive for application in different fields like cancer treatment. This study was designed to investigate the combined effects of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) hybridized with silver titanium dioxide composite (SWCNTs@Ag–TiO2). Transmission electron microscopy and field emission scanning electron microscopy images demonstrated the accumulation of SWCNTs with Ag–TiO2 due to an increased main grain size with functionalization to 40 nm. The D and G bands in SWCNTs @Ag–TiO2 shifted to 1,366 and 1,534 cm−1, respectively. SWCNTs@Ag-TiO2 were assessed for their cytotoxicity and autophagy induction in liver cancer cells (Hep-G2) using the lactate dehydrogenase assay, MTT assay, and flow cytometry methods. The results showed that SWCNTs and SWCNTs@Ag–TiO2 exhibited strong anti-cancer activity in vitro against Hep-G2 cells by inducing apoptosis and autophagy in liver cancer cells via controlling the AKT and JNK mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways. The results show that SWCNTs and SWCNTs coated with silver/titanium dioxide (SWCNTs@Ag–TiO2) reduce the cells’ viability and proliferation. It was shown that an excessive amount of reactive oxygen species was a crucial mediator of both the cell death caused by SWCNTs and the cell death caused by SWCNTs combined with Ag–TiO2. Based on these findings, it appears that SWCNTs and SWCNTs@Ag–TiO2 have the potential to be developed as nanotherapeutics for the treatment of liver cancer cells.
Heat capacity of sodium and potassium hexafluorophosphate
Authors: Burkmann Konrad , Hansel Bastian , Habermann Franziska , Störr Bianca , Bertau Martin , Mertens Florian
Published: October 2023

The heat capacities of NaPF6 and KPF6 were measured in a broad temperature range using differential scanning calorimetry. The suitability of applying a modified Neumann Kopp rule to calculate the heat capacity of “PF6” was evaluated in order to obtain a general method to predict the heat capacities of other hexafluorophosphates.
Compaction Quality Control and Assurance of Silt Subgrade Using Roller-Integrated Compaction Monitoring Technology
Authors: Zhang Qinglong , Zhu Yanwen , Wu Chuping , Qiao Lan , Wu Huahai , Liu Ren , Guo Wang
Published: October 2023

The compaction quality is critical to the stability and durability of highway subgrades. Currently, there is a clear lack of research on the specific application effects of roller-integrated compaction monitoring (RICM) technology and RICM measurement values for silty soil, which are difficult to compact and have unique material properties. In addition, practical applications have shown that existing assessment methods based on geostatistical methods have many shortcomings that need to be addressed urgently. In this study, RICM technology was combined with a real-time kinematic Beidou positioning system to monitor the compaction of subgrades filled with two types of silt. First, field experiments were conducted, and the correlations between the RICM measurements, compaction parameters, and in situ measurements were analyzed. The compaction control value (CCV) was then selected by comparing with E to achieve a more reliable monitoring and assessment. Subsequently, different types of quality regression models were established to find a model that considers the advantages of accuracy and convenience, which was then used to estimate the compaction quality. Subsequently, a CCV- and Green spline interpolation-based method was proposed to calculate both the CCV and compaction quality and draw color-coded maps at any location. A case study demonstrated that CCV are highly correlated with the compaction parameters and the compactness and can serve as a reliable index for monitoring compaction quality owing to its strong stability and low dispersion. Taking moisture content into account can make the regression model more statistically significant and improve the correlation. The proposed assessment method effectively solves the problems of the existing method. A rapid and continuous assessment covering 100 % of the work area can be achieved using the proposed method to provide timely identification of quality defect areas and feedback improvement, thus realizing effective quality control and quality assurance of highway subgrades.
Iapred, una metodología de investigación para la acción en derechos humanos: fundamentos conceptuales
Authors: Fajardo Sánchez Luis Alfonso
Published: October 2023

La búsqueda de la acción y movilización social para la defensa y garantía de los derechos humanos ha convocado a los investigadores de la academia a proponer diferentes metodologías de investigación que comprometan a sus estudiantes, colegas e instituciones con la solución efectiva a los múltiples problemas y violaciones a los derechos humanos que se evidencian en la realidad concreta. La Investigación Acción Participación para el Restablecimiento de Derechos (Iapred) es heredera de las tradiciones metodológicas de Orlando Fals Borda, las Escuelas Críticas del Derecho, La Declaración y el Plan de Acción de Viena de 1993 y nuestra Constitución de 1991. Toda actividad de investigación debe tener como resultado una acción jurídica concreta para la defensa y restablecimiento de los derechos de los actores sociales involucrados en la investigación. Para transformar la realidad social, hay que incidir de manera positiva, desde el derecho y el uso de los mecanismos de protección, en esa realidad.
cambiantes escenarios y retos de la seguridad para las Fuerzas Armadas de Chile
Authors: Cujabante-Villamil Ximena Andrea , Villalba-García Luisa Fernanda , Díaz-Castillo Wisman , Fonseca-Ortiz Tania Lucía
Published: October 2023

El propósito de este artículo es realizar un análisis de las nuevas dinámicas que se presentan sobre la seguridad del Estado chileno, con el fin de identificar los diferentes desafíos que deben asumir sus fuerzas armadas. Utilizando como base los datos del factor orden y seguridad del Proyecto de Justicia Mundial, se establecen tres escenarios en los que tanto los Carabineros como las Fuerzas Armadas se desenvuelven. Seguido de ello, se analizan datos del Banco Mundial en cuanto al presupuesto de defensa y el personal de Fuerzas Armadas, con el fin de estudiar las relaciones cívico-militares en Chile y su impacto en la seguridad desde una perspectiva multidimensional.
Realidades conceptuales del trabajador rural: análisis en su componente social, normativo y laboral del campesinado en Colombia
Authors: Mendieta Pineda Luz Mireya , Pérez Martínez Edson Romario
Published: October 2023

Este artículo tiene como objetivo determinar el componente conceptual del trabajador campesino en Colombia y establecer la protección que se asume con el corpus iuris que favorece al trabajador rural. La metodología, siendo analítica-descriptiva, pretende consultar un espacio doctrinal de la economía campesina y caracterización del campesinado, por medio de la descripción normativa y jurisprudencial, empleando de igual forma datos del Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) en la forma como participa y se ocupa el sector rural, para aproximar el análisis del objeto de estudio. Se determina que el componente conceptual del campesinado en función de su derecho al trabajo se expresa en dos ámbitos: uno normativo, que le determina como trabajador agrario, y uno fáctico, en el que el sector rural se ve inmerso en una informalidad laboral
mercado de carbono en Colombia como instrumento para la toma de medidas frente al cambio climático: marco teórico, régimen legal y problemáticas
Authors: de la Rosa Calderón María Daniela
Published: October 2023

Se considera que los mercados de carbono tienen un papel protagónico en la lucha contra el cambio climático. Por esta razón, es necesaria la claridad conceptual respecto de su funcionamiento, el marco en el cual fueron desarrollados y cómo están siendo implementados en la actualidad. Por medio del presente artículo, se describe la teoría detrás de los mecanismos de fijación del precio del carbono existentes y cómo opera cada uno de ellos, teniendo en cuenta que los créditos de carbono (aquellos comercializados en el mercado de carbono) se generan en el marco del mecanismo de fijación del precio del carbono correspondiente a los mecanismos de compensación. Posteriormente, se identifican los antecedentes internacionales de esta figura y se describe el marco normativo colombiano sobre los mercados de carbono y cómo se desarrollan las iniciativas de mitigación en el país. Finalmente, se concluye con algunas de las problemáticas que han sido evidenciadas en la formulación y ejecución de estas iniciativas.
РОЗРОБКА ТА ВИГОТОВЛЕННЯ ДЕТЕКТОРІВ ТИПУ СЦИНТИЛЯТОР-ФЕП НА ОСНОВІ ZnSe(Al) ТА ПЛАСТМАСОВОГО СЦИНТИЛЯТОРУ UPS-923A ДЛЯ ПРИЛАДІВ РЕЄСТРАЦІЇ α-, β- ТА ЗМІШАНИХ α-β-ВИПРОМІНЕНЬ
Authors: Бояринцев А. , Непокупна Т. , Рибалка І. , Галкін С. , Ковальчук С. , Сібілєва Т. , Колесніков О.
Published: October 2023

Вступ. Пошук технічних рішень зі створення ефективних детекторів α- та β-випромінень є світовою тенденцією в галузі радіаційного контролю.Проблематика. Поліпшити характеристики детекторів α- та β-частинок можна через використання матеріалів зоптимізованими параметрами, оригінальні конструкції та технологічні прийоми.Мета. Розробка та створення технологічних основ виготовлення сцинтиляційних детекторів на основі активованого селеніду цинку ZnSe(Al) та пластмасового сцинтилятору (ПС) полістиролу типу UPS-923A для реєстрації α-, β- й α-β-випромінень.Матеріали й методи. Використано кристал ZnSe(Al), ПС типу UPS-923A на основі полістиролу, поліметилметакрілат (ПММА); застосовано гаряче пресування, тестування параметрів детекторів при опроміненні α- та β-частками методами спектрометрії та спектрофотометрії.Результати. Відпрацьовано технологічні режими виготовлення: α-детектору на основі тонкого шару дрібнокристалічного сцинтилятору ZnSe(Al), нанесеного на пластину ПММА, що працює у лічильному режимі реєстрації (чутливість > 0,15 імпульс ⋅ с–1/Бк (імп · с–1/Бк) (239Pu)); пластин ПС полістиролу типу UPS-923A заданої товщини й площі методом гарячого пресування та β-детекторів на їх основі, що працюють у лічильному режимі реєстрації (чутливість > 0,28 імп · с–1/Бк (90Sr-90Y)); α-β-детектору на основі тонкого шару дрібнокристалічного ZnSe(Al), нанесеного на пластинуПС полістиролу типу UPS-923A, що працює у лічильному режимі реєстрації (чутливість >0,15 імп · с–1/Бк (239Pu)та >0,28 імп · с–1/Бк (90Sr-90Y)); α-β-детектору з використанням тонкої монокристалічної пластини сцинтилятору ZnSe(Al) оптично з’єднаної з пластиною ПММА, що працює в спектрометричному режимі реєстрації (детектор одночасно реєструє α- та β- частки з розділенням спектрів з α/β > 0,85, чутливість > 0,3 імп · с–1/Бк (239Pu) та > 0,28 імп · с–1/Бк (90Sr-90Y)).Висновки. Розробки детекторів відповідають рівню світових аналогів та забезпечують реєстрацію сигналу як в лічильному, так і у спектрометричному режимі.
Kontemplacja — charakterystyka pojęcia w pismach polskich mistyków
Authors: Rutkowska Izabela
Published: October 2023

Celem artykułu jest charakterystyka pojęcia kontemplacji, jaką proponują polscy mistycy żyjący między XIV a XX wiekiem. Materiałem badawczym jest Antologia mistyki polskiej pod redakcją Mariana Zawady OCD, której pierwszy tom obejmuje teksty mężczyzn, a drugi — kobiet. Z materiału wyekscerpowano wszystkie fragmenty zawierające analizowane pojęcie w celu określenia kontekstów, w jakich polscy mistycy używają tego słowa. Badanie skupiło się na zdaniach mających formę definicji. Zostało ono wzbogacone odniesieniami do definicji kontemplacji istniejącej w obecnej Encyklopedii katolickiej, jak i do tej, która znajduje się w słownikach języka polskiego. Badanie ukazało bogactwo treści teologicznych i piękno języka zawarte w tekstach polskich mistyków. Przekaz zapisany przez osoby doświadczające kontemplacji znacznie poszerza bowiem wiedzę czerpaną jedynie ze słowników. Badanie ukazało także ogromne oczytanie i obycie polskich mistyków — ich refleksje nie odbiegają od tekstów wielkich teologów i mistyków innych krajów i jak najbardziej zasługują na włączenie ich do współcześnie pisanych prac teologicznych.
More Than Hospitality: A Reflection on The Parish Ministry of Welcoming and Hospitality
Authors: Giffard Pierre-Alain
Published: October 2023

This article explores the vital role and practice of hospitality and welcoming in parish ministry within a missionary setting. Despite its importance, hospitality is often poorly executed, particularly towards newcomers to the church. Visitors who enter a parish church may be ignored, no one speaks to them and their presence may even go completely unnoticed. This article examines the biblical and traditional understanding of hospitality as well as strategies employed by mission-minded and thriving churches to effectively practice it. Through theological reflection, we uncover overlooked and essential aspects of this ministry. Parish leaders and volunteers will find many practical and innovative ways to implement welcoming and hospitality in their parishes in an evangelical and missionary way.
Znaczenie wizji wprowadzającej (Ez 1, 4–28) dla posłannictwa Ezechiela (Ez 2, 1–7, 27)
Authors: Jasiński Andrzej S.
Published: October 2023

W oparciu o rezultaty wcześniejszych badań nad użyciem form har i harm w tekście Ez 1, 4–28, w niniejszym artykule zostały przeprowadzone dalsze analizy. Dotyczą one znaczenia wizji wprowadzającej (Ez 1, 4–28) dla posłannictwa Ezechiela (Ez 2, 1–7, 27). Pierwsza wizja opisuje obecność chwały Jahwe pośród zesłańców w Babilonii. Tron chwały Jahwe został umieszczony na sklepieniu, które podtrzymują istoty żyjące, przemieszczające się na kołach — rydwanie. Ezechiel poznał, że zesłańcy nie zostali opuszczeni przez Jahwe. W następstwie wizji pojawia się audycja (Ez 2, 1–3, 15), podczas której następuje powołanie Ezechiela na proroka oraz wyznaczenie misji. Ezechiel został powołany do głoszenia orędzia Bożego ludowi buntowników (Ez 2, 3), którego treść została przekazana w zwoju księgi (Ez 2, 8–3, 3). Widzenie i audycja uzdolniły proroka do wykonywania czynności symbolicznych oraz do głoszenia orędzia zagłady Jerozolimy oraz całej ziemi Izraela (Ez 4, 1–7, 27). We wszystkich analizowanych partiach Księgi Ezechiela pojawiały się formy har i harm. Badania wykazały, że prorokowi zostały ukazane dwa przeciwstawne obrazy. Z jednej strony był to pozytywny obraz obecności chwały Jahwe (Ez 1, 4–28), a z drugiej obraz zbuntowanego ludu oraz upadku Jerozolimy i całej ziemi Izraela (Ez 2, 1–7, 27). Ten drugi obraz oznaczał kres istnienia Izraela z okresu królewskiego. Zadaniem proroka, jako stróża (Ez 3, 16–21), było przemawianie do ludu (zesłańców), z którego mała cząstka miała dać posłuch Bogu (Ez 5, 3). Ziemia Izraela zostanie jednak ukarana, nad którą zaciążył „zły los” (Ez 6–7).