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Medya Okuryazarlığından Medya Yazarokurluğuna Geçiş
Authors: Güz Nurettin
Published: December 2024

Medya okuryazarlığına yönelik ilk çalışmalar yirminci yüzyılın sonlarında başlamış, yeni asırla birlikte farklı bir boyut kazanmıştır. Medya Okuryazarlığı başlangıçta, medya içeriklerine maruz kalanlarla ilgili farkındalık oluşturmak noktasında tartışılırken, sonraki dönemde medyaya ulaşma, içerikleri öğrenebilme, bunları yorumlayıp eleştirebilme ve bunlara alternatif oluşturma aşamalarına gelmiştir. Teknolojinin gelişmesine paralel olarak yeni medyanın ortaya çıkması ve yaygınlaşması ile geleneksel medya kuruluşları ve sosyal medyanın da içerisinde bulunduğu yeni medya içerikleri de medya okuryazarlığının araştırma konusu içerisine girmiştir. Bu döneme kadar olan süreçte medya okuryazarlığı ağırlıklı olarak kurumsal medya kuruluşlarının ürettiği içeriklerle birlikte sosyal medyada üretilen içeriklere yönelik olarak medya kullanıcılarının bilgilendirilmesi merkezli olarak ele alınmıştır. Araştırmalar bu çerçevede yoğunlaşmış, ilk ve orta öğretim öğrencileri ile vatandaşların içerikleri nasıl değerlendirmeleri gerektiği ile ilgili programlar geliştirilmiştir.
Yeni medyanın yaygınlaşması ile geleneksel medya ve yine yeni medya mecralarındaki kurumsal medya içeriklerden çok daha fazlası sosyal ağlardaki gruplar tarafından üretilmeye başlamıştır. Özellikle Y, Z ve Alfa kuşaklarının büyük bölümünün haber ve bilgiyi kurumsal medya kuruluşları yerine üyesi bulunduğu sosyal ağlar ve gruplardan almaktadır. Bu durum medya okuryazarlığının farklı bir açıdan ele alınmasını zorunlu kılmıştır. Sosyal medya okuryazarlığına ilişkin araştırma ve çalışmalardan farklı olarak bu alana ilişkin çalışmaların hedef kitlesinin farklılaştırılması ihtiyacı ortaya çıkmıştır. Sosyal ağlardaki içeriklere maruz kalan bireyler aynı zamanda bu içeriklerin üreticisi konumuna gelmiştir. O halde bu döneme kadar yapılan ve tamamı üretilen içeriklerle ilgili farkındalık yaratmayı amaçlayan çalışmalar yerine, sosyal ağlardaki içeriklerin sadece tüketicisi değil aynı zamanda üreticisi olan bireyler üzerine yoğunlaşılmasına ihtiyaç vardır. Bu farklı bakış açısıyla üretilen içeriklerdeki olumsuz etkilerin ortadan kaldırılmasına yönelik yapılacak “Medya Yazarokurluğu” alana yeni bir bakış açısı getirecektir. İşte bu çalışma, medya okuryazarlığını bu yönüyle tartışmayı amaçlamaktadır. Literatüre dayalı olarak hazırlanacak bu çalışmada alanla ilgili bir durum tespiti yapılmıştır. Çalışma ile “Medya Yazarokurluğu” çerçevesinde medya içerik üreticilerine yönelik bir çerçeve çizilmiştir.
Analisis Laporan Harian Kegiatan Ipal Rusun Damkar Cengkareng dengan Algoritma Decision Tree
Authors: Rohis Maulidin  , Fahlepi roma doni Fahlepi roma doni
Published: December 2024

Analyzing the activities of an agency or company is important in the running of each agency or company, because by looking at each parameter resulting from each activity analyzed, it can be a consideration for making improvements in the future. Based on the results of the author's interview with employees who work at the wastewater treatment plant of the damkar flat in West Jakarta, the ipal has been established since 2017, then the wastewater treatment technology applied at that place is Membrane Bioreactor (MBR). The author's data collection is based on checking and repair activities carried out by WWTP employees. After obtaining the daily activity report data, the author creates a dataset with attributes from the ipal parts of the damkar cengkareng flat. based on the performance of testing with the decision tree algorithm, the resulting accuracy value is 86,67% with a standard deviation result (+/-) of 23.31%.Based on the results of the analysis of the dataset of daily activity reports that the authors conducted using the decision tree algorithm, that the aerobic biofilter basin is the first or often problematic component of the ipal damkar cengkareng flat. To maximize the wastewater treatment process in the cengkareng damkar flat, it is necessary to add aerobic biofilter tanks to adjust the production of liquid waste from residents
MANAGEMENT OF RICE YELLOW STEM BORER, SCIRPOPHAGA INCERTULAS WALKER USING SOME BIORATIONAL INSECTICIDES
Authors:   Rice Research Station, Chinsurah (R.S.) -712 102, Hooghly, West Bengal. 2 Department of Plant Protection, Palli Siksha Bhavana, Visva- Bharati, Sriniketan, Birbhum,West Bengal, Chatterjee Sitesh
Published: December 2024

The experimentswere carried out to study the performance of some biorational insecticidesagainst yellow stem borer, Scirpophaga incertulas Walker in Boro riceat Rice Research Station, Chinsurah, Hooghly, West Bengal during the year2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12. Nine treatments viz. Beauveria bassiana (PantherBB) @ 4 g/l, Beauveria bassiana ( Myco- Jaal) @ 4 ml/l, Metarhiziumanisopliae (Nodule Testing Laboratory, BCKV) @ 2 g/l, Bacillusthuringiensis(Panther BT) @ 1.5 g/l, Bacillus thuringiensis(NoduleTesting Laboratory, BCKV) @ 1.5 g/l, Azadirachtin 10,000 ppm @ 1 ml/l, Spinosad45%SC @ 2 ml/15 l, Phosphamidon 40% EC @ 1.5ml/l of water and untreated control(Water Spray) were laid out in randomized block design with three replications.The observations on per cent of dead heart and white ear head along with yieldof the crop in different treatments were recorded. Spinosad 45%SC proved mosteffective in managing the insect population as lowest DH% and WE% were observedin all the crop growing seasons. Result on pooled analyses revealed that 80.27%and 67.10% reduction of dead heart and white ear head were achieved over the controlby two sprayings of Spinosad 45%SC which resulted in 69.96% increase of yieldover the control. Apart from Spinosad 45%SC, Phosphamidon 40% EC also provedbetter in reducing the dead heart and white ear head as well as in per centincrease of yield over the control.
Efforts for Reforming the Criminal Justice System in Implementing Rehabilitation Sentences for Drug Abusers
Authors: Utomo Kukuh Setio , Barthos Megawati
Published: December 2024

Drug abuse is a serious problem affecting public health and social stability in Indonesia. The criminal justice system often faces challenges in dealing with drug abuse cases, where the punitive approach often ignores the more humane aspects of rehabilitation. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation policies in the Indonesian criminal justice system related to drug abuse and identify the obstacles faced by judges in imposing rehabilitation punishment. The research method used is normative legal research, with a statutory approach to analyze various relevant laws and policies. Data was collected through literature study and document analysis. The results showed that there are several obstacles in the implementation of rehabilitation policy, including community stigma towards drug abusers, judges' lack of knowledge about the rehabilitation process, limited rehabilitation facilities, and legal uncertainty. The research also found that despite regulations supporting rehabilitation, practices in the field often favor imprisonment.  To improve the effectiveness of rehabilitation policies, it is important to provide education and training to judges, develop quality rehabilitation facilities, improve inter-agency coordination, and conduct campaigns to reduce social stigma. These measures are expected to shift the paradigm of handling drug abuse from a retributive to a rehabilitative approach, supporting individual recovery and reintegration into society.
CONTRATAÇÕES DE PROFISSIONAIS DA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL: O QUE REVELAM OS EDITAIS DE MUNICÍPIOS DO ESTADO DO PARANÁ?
Authors: Javorski Ana Carolina de Oliveira , Simoni Elenice Gonçalves , Saito Heloisa Toshie Irie , Lira Aliandra Cristina Mesomo
Published: December 2024

This article aims to problematize the relationship between training and the requirements for hiring early childhood education professionals, considering the professional profile, the workload of the contract, the salary and the duties. It stems from an inter-institutional research project entitled “Level of training and hiring of professionals for early childhood education in the state of Paraná: strategies adopted and implications for teaching”, which identified and analyzed the training requirement for hiring professionals working in early childhood education in four municipalities in two regions of the state of Paraná, via public examination notices. It is justified by its impact on the expansion of academic studies and social actions aimed at early childhood education in Paraná. Methodologically, we carried out a documentary analysis of the public notices published between 2009 and 2019, accessed via the city halls' official websites. We found that, although the requirement for training to work in early childhood education is a higher degree in Pedagogy, many municipal administrations issued public tender notices that approved positions under different nomenclatures, without the requirement of higher education pedagogical training or, at the very least, the normal modality at high school level, with longer working hours and lower salaries. From this, we conclude that the municipalities investigated have employed strategies to make teaching more precarious, which jeopardizes quality education for all children
Growing the Vocabulary of English Language Learners
Authors: Parenti Melissa , DiMarco Danielle , Guestello E. Francine
Published: December 2024

An ongoing challenge facing educators is the rising need to best accommodate English language learners in today’s classrooms. As the ELL population continues to significantly increase, there is also a demand for quality teacher preparation aligned with this work, as well. This growth requires a concrete understanding of the research surrounding the acquisition of English as a second language, but even more so, the instructional tools necessary for improving the academic development of ELLs. This book is written by former teachers for current teachers. The authors combined have over 60 years in the field working as teachers, specialists, consultants, and university professors. They share a dedication for improving learning for all students, as well as a vision for providing ongoing opportunities for learning for their teacher peers. With this in mind, the structure and style of the writing is geared toward readers who are tirelessly working professionals trying to quickly and adequately gather effective strategies to meet the needs of English language learners. The authors are each trained reading specialists and have constructed the text to allow for this simplified navigation and acquisition of content for the teacher-on-the-go.
Gender, Science, and Authority in Women's Travel Writing
Authors: Medeiros Michelle
Published: December 2024

Gender, Science, and Authority in Women’s Travel Writing: Literary Perspectives on the Discourse of Natural History analyzes the interrelations among authority, gender and the scientific discipline of natural history in the works of transatlantic women travelers from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Michelle Medeiros sheds new light on our understanding of the literary perspectives of the discourse of natural history and how these viewpoints had a surprising impact in areas that went beyond scientific fields.

This book advances the study of travel writing and gender in new directions by bringing together Latin American, European, and American women travelers who actively engaged in natural history discussions in their writings. By demonstrating how these women were only able to participate in intellectual enterprises by embarking on transatlantic voyages, this book discloses how the work produced by these travelers challenged and reshaped dominant discourses, bringing a new point of view to nineteenth and twentieth-centuries studies in Latin American history, literature, cultural studies, and history of science. Moreover, this book analyzes to what extent the approaches employed by female travel writers who wanted to engage in the production of knowledge has evolved in that time period, and to what degree such changes could be considered positive and more productive.
Literary and Visual Representations of HIV/AIDS
Authors: Pozorski Aimee , Lavoie Jennifer J. , Cynn Christine J.
Published: December 2024

Literary and Visual Representations of HIV/AIDS: Forty Years Later depicts how film and literature about the HIV/AIDS crisis expand upon the issues generated by the epidemic. This collection fills an important gap in the scholarship on HIV/AIDS, by bringing together essays by both established and junior scholars on visual and literary representations of HIV/AIDS. Almost forty years after the first reported cases of what would later be defined as AIDS, this book looks back across the decades at works of literature and film to discuss how the representation of HIV/AIDS has shifted in media. This book argues that literature constitutes a very powerful response to AIDS that ripples into film and politics, driving the changes in past and contemporary representations of HIV/AIDS. The book also expands discussion of the issues generated and amplified by the epidemic to consider how HIV/AIDS has been portrayed in the United States, Western and Southern Africa, Western Europe, and East Asia.
Black Girls Experiencing Their Intersectional Identities in School
Authors: Edwards Crystal L.
Published: December 2024

Black Girls Experiencing Their Intersectional Identities in School explores the subjective experience of Black girls within the educational context. Based on interviews, diary entries, and focus groups, the author argues that as a result of their intersectional identities, Black girls experience unique challenges and obstacles in the educational setting. Addressing topics ranging from interpersonal relationships, social media, beauty, sexuality, hypervisibility/invisibility, and microaggressions, this book highlights the voices and experiences of Black girls between the ages of 11 and 15. The Girls provide a narrative account of the challenges they face daily in the educational context, describing in detail, the factors that maintain and perpetuate volatile conditions. Additionally, this book explores the coping strategies that this group of Black girls developed to resist and respond to the daily obstacles. Ultimately, this book not only identifies the unique struggles faced by Black girls in schools as a result of their intersectional identities; but most importantly, this work explores pragmatic strategies that can be implemented to create safe and beneficial spaces for Black Girls. The author argues that through the implementation of Black Feminist Pedagogy, an “Ethic of Caring,” and partnerships with Black Girl Empowerment organizations, educational practitioners can mediate the negative experiences and create spaces for growth.
Cosmopolitan Love and Individuality
Authors: Rapport Nigel
Published: December 2024

Love ‘discovers the reality’ of individual human beings, wrote Iris Murdoch; love ‘deifies’ the person, wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. This book proposes love as a kind of civic virtue: that ‘loving recognition’ might function as a universal form of ethical engagement and inclusion. ‘Loving recognition’ is proposed as a civil practice that enshrines the individuality of human identity, overcoming the labels and classes of ethnicity, nationality, religiosity and social status.

A particular understanding of love is suggested. Love as civic virtue is described as a complex comprising emotional attraction to a human being, together with discernment of the individual specificity of that human being, and also respect for that specificity: in a ‘loving’ engagement, the individuality of the other person is ‘let be’, given the space to subsist and encouraged to fulfil itself.

Who is this ‘beloved’ other human being? It is Anyone. Loving recognition is universalizing. It not only insists on a human species-wide commonality that supervenes upon the ways in which we habitually classify the world according to invented categories (such as people’s supposed belonging to national or ethnic or religious or economic or cultural groups and classes), it also insists on recognizing Anyone, the globally common individual human being, and including Anyone within a universalizing loving practice.

This book places its faith in love because of the motivating force that love delivers. Love’s emotional engagement is such as to individuate the beloved: in themselves, as themselves and for themselves. The force of love overcomes the habit of seeing the world through a society’s and a culture’s conventional classificatory lens. Love delivers a kind of epiphany: a moment of vision such that the other human being does not appear as representative of a social category or class but is rightfully appreciated as being in possession of a unique and precious individual life.
Development Anthropology
Authors: Mathur Hari Mohan
Published: December 2024

In Development Anthropology: Putting Culture First, Hari Mohan Mathur highlights the role of culture—and anthropological work more broadly—in development outcomes. Anthropologists’ contributions in this area have traditionally received little attention, but this changed when the World Bank released the 2015 World Development Report. This report focused on the social, cultural, and psychological influences which affect the development process, and like Mathur, stressed the criticality of anthropological and other social sciences’ knowledge for the success of development efforts. A major contribution to development anthropology, this book will interest anthropologists, economists, sociologists, other social scientists, policy makers, planners, development practitioners, researchers and trainers, and will be particularly useful for graduate students planning their career in the field of development.
Radically Listening to Transgender Children
Authors: Steele Katie , Nicholson Julie
Published: December 2024

This book is for early childhood educators committed to learning about gender [in]justice as a foundation for creating gender affirming early learning environments for all children including those who are transgender and gender expansive (TGE). The authors engage in progressive and contemporary thinking about gender acknowledging its complexity, intersectionality, diversity and dynamism. They draw on Miranda Fricker’s (2007) concepts of testimonial injustice to discuss how young TGE children are considered “too young” to have gender identities or to truly know themselves and hermeneutical injustice to represent the challenges TGE children face in educational environments that do not provide them with linguistic or interpretive tools to help them fully understand and communicate about their gender. Woven throughout the book are the lived experiences and counter-stories of TGE children and adults that privilege their voices and highlight their right to contribute equally to societal understandings of gender and to access all the tools a given society has available at the time to help them name and understand their own experiences.The authors provide discourse, conceptual frameworks and concrete strategies educators can use to inspire resistant social imaginations (Medina, 2013) and actions that improve gender justice for our youngest children.
A Leftist Critique of the Principles of Identity, Diversity, and Multiculturalism
Authors: Anderson-Connolly Richard
Published: December 2024

Identity politics is a lightning rod in American society. To both its progressive supporters and conservative critics, it is seen as defining the agenda of the Left. Both sides are wrong. Identity politics is not a leftist project. Instead it enables the neoliberal political economy that has caused historic levels of inequality and triggered repression and mass incarceration to deal with the social wreckage. Identity politics is a form of biological essentialism, impeding morality built upon universal humanism and politics built upon solidarity.

Unlike the conservative assaults, this book avoids the trivial and silly pronouncements of identity politics (a term generally avoided in the work as loaded and pejorative). It challenges the following key principles of the Identity, Diversity, and Multiculturalism Program: Diversity as Justice—the most important struggle for justice today is increasing the representation throughout society of individuals from historically marginalized groups by ending discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, and similar characteristics; Colorblindness as Racism—race-neutral solutions to the problems caused by racism are harmful to blacks; Race as Culture—members of different races, specifically blacks and whites in the United States, belong to different cultures; Culture as Virtue—cultures should be respected and celebrated.

This book forcefully argues that none of these tenets is—or rather should be—a leftist commitment.

For progressives who accept the principles, it poses a challenge: How do you defend them from a leftist critique, one that does not deny the continuing significance of discrimination, rather than from the weaker attacks of conservatives?

For those on the Right, this work represents a threat. Once leftists return to their core commitments they will form a powerful movement for political and economic change.
H. H. Asquith
Authors: Lester V. Markham
Published: December 2024

H. H. Asquith: Last of the Romans chronicles the life of H. H. Asquith (1852–1928), the longest-serving British prime minister between Lord Liverpool and Margaret Thatcher. In this study, V. Markham Lester argues that the key to understanding Asquith is to recognize the classical virtues he acquired early in his education.

Employing unpublished sources and documents made public since the last full-scale biography of Asquith was published more than forty years ago, Lester challenges many interpretations in earlier biographies. Previous studies of Asquith have often glossed over his education and early years, contending that his development did not contribute materially to his mature outlook. On the contrary, by examining thoroughly Asquith’s early career—particularly his tenure as home secretary and his time as a barrister—this book offers unappreciated insights into Asquith’s character and development as a political leader.

Lester further challenges the previous conclusions that Asquith failed as a war leader, demonstrating that Asquith succeeded in meeting the novel challenges of World War I and that his accomplishments have been insufficiently understood. He explains how Asquith’s lifelong reliance on rational thought, eloquence, and self-control produced the impressive leadership required to hold the fragile government together as it struggled to handle the unexpected and unprecedented challenges of world war and to lay the foundation for ultimate victory in the Great War.
Dealing with Privilege
Authors: Crawford David
Published: December 2024

Dealing with Privilege: Cannabis, Cocaine, and the Economic Foundations of Suburban Drug Culture focuses on the careers of nine successfully retired drug dealers, offering a contrast to sociological, criminological, and other depictions of drug dealing as a realm of the desperate, dangerous, and poor. David Crawford tells the great untold story of drug dealing in America, where white, middle-class dealers are unlikely to suffer the enforcement of drug laws. Contrary to media portrayals, Crawford argues that suburban drug sales are not oriented around money making but friendship and fun. Using economic anthropology, classic sociology, and neuroscience to analyze the life trajectories of these dealers, Crawford touches on issues of crime, race, culture, aging, gender, privilege, illegal drugs, and the limits of conventional economics as a framework to understand economic behavior.
Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy
Authors: Gilbert Mark , Moneta Sara Lamberti
Published: December 2024

Italy is a country that exercises a hold on the imagination of people all over the world. Its long history has left an inexhaustible treasure chest of cultural achievement: Historic cities such as Rome, Florence, and Venice are among the most sought-after destinations in the world for tourists and art lovers. Italy's natural beauty and cuisine are rightly renowned. It’s history and politics are also a source of endless fascination. Modern Italy has consistently been a political laboratory for the rest of Europe.

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Italy.
Historical Dictionary of the Hittites
Authors: Burney Charles
Published: December 2024

The Hittites created one of the great civilizations of the ancient world, although it remained almost unknown until excavations in the early 20th century revealed the extent and importance of its culture. For nearly five centuries the Hittites controlled vast areas of Anatolia, by direct or indirect rule, engaging in almost incessant warfare, and, at the same time, making significant contributions to culture and religion of the region.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Hittites contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on mportant persons, places, essential institutions, and the significant aspects of the society, government, economy, material culture, and warfare. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Hittites.
From Native Son to King's Men
Authors: McParland Robert
Published: December 2024

On the heels of the Great Depression and staring into the abyss of a global war, American writers took fiction and literature in a new direction that addressed the chaos that the nation—and the world—was facing. These authors spoke to the human condition in traumatic times, and their works reflected the dreams, aspirations, values, and hopes of people living in the World War II era.

In FromNative Son to King’s Men: The Literary Landscape of 1940s America, Robert McParland examines notable works published throughout the decade. Among the authors covered are James Baldwin, Pearl S. Buck, James Gould Cozzens, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, John Hersey, Norman Mailer, Ann Petry, Irwin Shaw, John Steinbeck, Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty, and Richard Wright. McParland explores how popular novels, literary fiction, and even short stories by these authors represented this pivotal period in American culture.

By examining the creative output of these authors, this book reveals how the literature of the 1940s not only offered a pathway for that era’s readers but also provides a way of understanding the past and our own times. From Native Son to King’s Men will appeal to anyone interested in the cultural climate of the 1940s and how this period was depicted in American literature.
Falling into Place
Authors: Swick Thomas
Published: December 2024

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Starred Review: "[Swick] keenly and empathically observes the world, bringing both a relatably human approach and learned appreciation for the art of travel and of life."

Working as a feature writer in 1976, Thomas Swick falls in love with a visiting Polish student named Hania and soon moves with her to Warsaw. The next decade sees Thomas living in Poland, Greece, and Philadelphia. He declines an invitation to be a Polish informer, sees John Paul II embolden the masses on his first trip back to his homeland since becoming pope, witnesses the rise of Solidarity and the imposition of martial law in Poland, and walks with thousands of Poles on the pilgrimage to Częstochowa, an annual religious rite that blossoms into a nine-day protest march. In 1989, he watches Hania vote in her country’s first free elections since pre-war independence. One month later, he lands his dream job as a travel writer.

Falling into Place is the personal story of a young man’s discovery of the world and his development as a travel writer. It is also a love story, as he and Hania overcome cultural differences, communist bureaucracy, and unhealthy separations. Intertwined with both is the story of the revolution that altered history. With the world’s attention once again turned to Eastern Europe, and a Cold War reality, this memoir can help Americans better understand both.
Beyond the Blocs
Authors: Makovsky David
Published: December 2024

Springtime in Israel has been marked by instability, from a spate of deadly terrorist attacks to the resignation of Idit Silman from the coalition government and violent clashes in Jerusalem. Yet these developments do not change the fundamental challenges in U.S.-Israel relations: first, the shape of a new Iran nuclear deal, and second, Israel’s West Bank policy, which has largely allowed the hardcore among Jewish settlers to pursue their ideological goals through the construction of settlements, outposts, and neighborhoods outside major blocs.

In this finely detailed Policy Focus—released in tandem with an update to his landmark “Settlements and Solutions” interactive map—Israel expert David Makovsky explains why communities outside the West Bank security barrier constitute a central obstacle to a future two-state solution. In making his case—aided by an assortment of charts and graphics—he explores settlers’ voting patterns, discusses trends in violent activity on both sides, and explains why a quiet U.S.-Israel understanding could help preserve an outcome that advances both American interests and Israeli democracy.
Practical Holism and Nomadic Thought
Authors: Pereda Carlos
Published: December 2024

Practical Holism and Nomadic Thought invites us to think of societies as organizations built with moral, legal, political, and economic materials that interact in dynamic, and often simultaneous, ways. According to this view, which Carlos Pereda calls “practical holism,” our practical life is constantly motivated by many different kinds of values that often conflict with one another. This book examines how practical normativity, guiding how we behave from seemingly trivial interactions to the deepest existential dilemmas, is crossed by tensions. Pereda argues that only nomadic thought—willing to transgress received conceptual distinctions or groupings—is capable of capturing those many interactions. No qualitative or quantitative typology is indisputable; leaving behind hitherto well-established pathways is not impossible. At its best, nomadic thought considers all of these as proposals worth pondering and discussing, to be approved or rejected, always in a provisional form.
QAnon and Other Replacement Realities
Authors: Lundskow George , MacMillen Sarah
Published: December 2024

Q-Anon and Other Replacement Realities: How Religious Emotion Threatens Free Society but Can Also Contribute to a Progressive Future examines the historical and theological origins and the social-psychological effects of American conspiracy fantasies that Q-Anon and other right-wing beliefs foster. The authors argue that as progressive social change moves groups of people and the natural world from the margins to the mainstream, this inclusiveness “threat” mobilizes reactionary forces that embrace wild fantasies of Satanic sacrifice, Jewish global control, racial replacement, communism, cannibalism, pedophilia, orgies of rape and murder, and manipulations to steal elections and enslave the “normal” white population.

To counter such gratifying myths and replace violence with mutually reinforcing social interaction the authors challenge the rhetoric that abuses power. The book maps out an alternative to destructive, hateful, polarizing, and conspiratorial discourse, with new more life-giving rational, emotional, and spiritual orientations. The authors hope this will move American society towards a new collective national identity, based on inclusiveness and equality, around a social character defined by compassion, gratitude, reverence, and love.
Brazil, the United States, and the Good Neighbor Policy
Authors: Valim Alexandre Busko
Published: December 2024

In Brazil, the United States, and the Good Neighbor Policy: The Triumph of Persuasion during World War II, Alexandre Busko Valim studies the use of cinema in Brazil as an instrument of political persuasion by the United States during the period of the so-called Good Neighbor policy during World War II by examining extensive documentation found in the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. In doing so, Valim demonstrates the modus operandi of media imperialism: its mapping strategies and control of the market, its actions, and its objectives of domination. When thinking about the place of images as a means of convincing and imposing an ideological project, the author notes the methods necessary to examine this relationship between art and politics, a problem that is central in the contemporary world. Scholars of Latin American Studies, international relations, history, political science, and media studies will find this book particularly useful.
Journalism and the Russo-Japanese War
Authors: Sweeney Michael  S. , Roelsgaard Natascha Toft
Published: December 2024

This book examines the journalistic coverage and challenges during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, what some have called World War Zero. The authors explore how Japan delayed and regulated correspondents so they could do no harm to the nation's ambitions at home or abroad and implemented methods of shaping the news. They argue Japan helped to shape the modern world of journalism by creating and packaging "truth."
Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms: Characteristics and Impacts on the Treatment of Infectious Diseases
Authors: Juliana Santos Araújo Nara , Lima Bezerra Vanessa , do Socorro Costa Maria , Aparecida Pereira da Silva Camila , Raquel Pereira da Silva Ana , Gonçalves de Sousa Freitas Damiana , Sayonara dos Santos Josefa , Bezerra Soares Juliete , Cosmo Andrade-Pinheiro Jacqueline
Published: December 2024

Bacterial biofilms have been the subject of studies, mainly because they are responsible for a significant fraction of persistent infections that are resistant to both the action of antimicrobials and the action of the host’s immune system. Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogen with remarkable virulence, present in a significant portion of infectious diseases that affect humans, and its ability to form biofilms contributes to the risks associated with outbreaks involving this agent. This chapter aims to highlight and understand the molecular components involved in the formation and maturation of S. aureus biofilms, as well as the host’s immune responses. These factors are crucial for developing effective strategies to overcome the resistance barrier imposed by biofilms, with the goal of implementing more effective treatments and improving patients’ quality of life. Additionally, the chapter will address the current therapies available for treating infections caused by S. aureus biofilms.
Is Mining Still Worthwhile in Brazil? A Study on the Recent Cases of Rescue of Labor Analogous to Slavery in the Brazilian Mining Sector
Authors: Tuma Martins Bertolin Patrícia , Sora Ingrid
Published: December 2024

Given the play on words in the title—“it’s worth it”, that in Portuguese means “vale a pena”, as a reference to the company “Vale”, responsible for the crime involving the biggest work-related accident ever recorded in the world, namely the collapse of the Córrego de Feijó dam—the aim is to develop research on the risks still present in mining work in Brazil, considering that in 2024 that company was included in the list of companies that uses slave labor. Still responsible for 4% of Brazil’s GDP, regarding the working environment, mining sites have proven to be unbalanced environments, since there are various risk factors, which have an immediate impact on workers’ health, while others lead to gradual illness. According to Ministry of Labor and Social Security, 1013 workers were identified in a situation of work analogous to slavery in the extraction of minerals and precious metals between 1995 and 2021, in 87 cases. This work seeks to present through the study of recent Brazilian cases of labor inspection. Through the study of recent Brazilian cases of labor inspection, the challenges still present in combating the work analogous to slavery of miners in Brazil.
Spermatogenesis
Authors: Aniebo Umoh Ekementeabasi
Published: December 2024

Spermatogenesis is a complex process involving stages of spermatocytogenesis, spermatidogenesis and spermiogenesis. It is defined as the process of producing haploid sperm cells from primordial diploid germ cells in the seminiferous tubules of the testis. Hormonal role at each stage of spermatogenesis and signaling or regulatory pathways that is associated with the process has been discussed in this chapter. The factors that alters spermatogenesis which spans through hormones, medication, temperature, toxins etc., are further explained. Diagrams showing the stages of spermatogenesis and tables, which explains various alterations in genetic materials resulting in disorders of spermatogenesis, are also explained. The various stages and phases in each processes of spermatogenesis have been explained in detail. Also, chromosomal changes and cellular divisions that constitute spermatogenesis are further discussed. Finally, the role of calcium in spermatogenesis is discussed.
Sex Steroid Hormone Dynamics in Reproduction in Sheep
Authors: Salifu Sadat , Salifu Wuntimah Mogre Joshua , Yeboah Obese Frederick , A. Osei Stephen
Published: December 2024

The endocrine regulation of mammalian reproductive function is fundamentally governed by the intricate interplay of the sex steroid hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, oestrogens, progestogens and androgens. These hormones are critical in initiating sexual maturation and maintaining reproductive competence throughout an organism’s reproductive life. Ovine models have proven invaluable in elucidating the complexities of sex steroid action in livestock reproduction, with broader implications for our understanding of human reproductive physiology. The exponential growth in our understanding of sex steroids and related reproductive hormones due to improved detection methods of these hormones and production of analogues has significantly improved our capacity to manipulate oestrous cycle events and to exert greater control over reproductive processes. However, several aspects of sex steroid function remain elusive. Notably, the precise nature of neuroendocrine signals that trigger the positive feedback action of estrogen (primarily oestradiol in ovine) in the hypothalamic-pituitary axis remains incompletely characterized. This review synthesizes current knowledge on sex steroid function in reproduction in ovine reproduction, highlighting both advances and persisting knowledge gaps.
Game Theory and Strategic Decision-Making in the Dark Souls Games
Authors: Guzsvinecz Tibor , Szűcs Judit
Published: December 2024

This chapter examines the application of game theory to the Dark Souls games, which are critically acclaimed action role-playing games known for their challenging gameplay. Using game theory as an analytical framework, in this study, we use important concepts such as sequential decision-making, iterative learning, risk management, information asymmetry, and meta-learning to assess the Dark Souls games. In these games, players face high-stake strategic choices from combat encounters and boss fights to resource management and multiplayer interactions. By analyzing the Dark Souls games with concepts from game theory, this chapter can provide an understanding of the strategic decisions that define the game. This also allows us to understand how players navigate complex, high-risk scenarios in gaming, which may be applied to real-world decision-making as well.
The Role of Object Relations and Personality Organization in Searching for Relational Meaning in the Life of Nursing and Psychology Students
Authors: Doostdari Farnaz , Arzpeyma Mahyar , Hamzehpoor Haghighi Tahereh , Kianimoghadam Amir Sam
Published: December 2024

Background: Relationship is one of the sources of meaning in life, and relational meaning in life is when an individual defines their life's purpose based on their relationships with others and could be a reason for many lifetime choices in people's lives. Objectives: This study aimed to predict searching for Relational meaning in life through Object Relations style and Personality Organization in Nursing and Psychology students. Methods: In this descriptive study, the Convenience Sampling method selected 200 Nursing and Psychology students of Gilan province in 2021 - 2022. The demographic questionnaire, Relational Meaning in Life Questionnaire (RMLQ), used its search for relational meaning in life subscale, Bell Object Relations and Reality Testing Inventory, and Inventory of Personality Organization to collect data. Descriptive analysis was done using SPSS software, version 25. Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression analysis were done to analyze the data. Results: This study indicated a positive correlation between the search for relational meaning in life and all other variables. The stepwise regression analysis indicates that, out of all the variables considered in this research, identity diffusion (0.11) and egocentricity (0.14) predicted the variance of the search for relational meaning in life variable, in the first and second steps, respectively (P < 0.01). Conclusions: Our results have indicated that identity diffusion and egocentricity could predict the search for relational meaning in life. These findings could be helpful for Nursing and Psychology students, which indicates that identity diffusion and egocentricity of Nursing and Psychology students significantly affect their tries to find meaning in life through relational sources.
The Concept of COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors from Iranian Men’s Perspective: A Qualitative Study
Authors: Asadi Zahra Sadat , Karami Juyani Afsaneh , Kazemi-Galougahi Mohammad Hassan , Abouee-Mehrizi Amirreza
Published: December 2024

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has directly and indirectly affected people in different countries. Recognizing individual and social patterns of behavior among communities is very effective in designing and implementing prevention models. Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify individual and social preventive behaviors associated with COVID-19 in Iranian men in 2022. Methods: Data were collected using in-depth unstructured interviews with 15 Iranian men in 2022. Participants were selected using purposive sampling. The qualitative data were analyzed using directed content analysis. Results: In total, 939 primary codes were extracted from the interviews upon analysis. Overall, 5 themes, 13 categories, and 38 sub-categories were obtained after analyzing the collected codes. The themes included emotional perception of COVID-19, COVID-19 awareness, perceived barriers to COVID-19 prevention, perceived social measures for COVID-19 prevention, and individual actions taken to prevent COVID-19. Categories included negative feelings toward COVID-19, no worries about COVID-19, nature of the disease, disease recovery, disease symptoms, routes of transmission, diagnostic methods, individual barriers to COVID-19 prevention, social barriers to COVID-19 prevention, improving social skills and behaviors, revising the rules and reforming infrastructure, using personal protective equipment, and prevention by following healthcare programs. Conclusions: Certain recommendations and challenges for COVID-19 prevention were reported by Iranian men. Some of the barriers to COVID-19 prevention were related to social behaviors, and others were related to managerial policies and infrastructure reform. Understanding People’s experiences and opinions about COVID-19 can provide potential benefits for preventing this disease.
Developing the Canonical Rule
Authors: Howard Christopher ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: December 2024

Among both the defenders and adversaries of orthodox Trinitarian dogma, the so-called “kenosis hymn” of Philippians 2 was of the utmost importance, whether in refuting opponents’ teachings or articulating one’s own. While historical theologians have extensively investigated its place in the works of Sts. Hilary and Augustine—each the leading Latin pro-Nicene authority of his time—a comparative examination of the two has not yet been undertaken. This article seeks to trace and account for Augustine’s noteworthy improvement upon his predecessor’s thought in the closely related realms of exegesis and Christology. It first summarizes the most relevant points of continuity and discontinuity in the Latin bishops’ uses of the Pauline language of forma dei–forma serui. From there, it turns to the role of Phil. 2 in countering subordinationist readings of hotly contested scriptural texts, arguing that Augustine more ably responds to the challenges at hand. Finally, it argues that his employment of the forma dei–forma serui paradigm is closely linked to his teaching on the revelatory capacity of Christ’s human nature. With regard to both, Augustine’s teaching marks a bona fide development of Hilary’s and thus of the Latin tradition more broadly.
Pozitif Psikoloji Temelli Erdemler ve Karakter Güçleri Bağlamında Umudunu Kaybetme Filminin Analizi
Authors: Demir Ramazan , Toprak Abdülkadir , Tel Kenan , Akyüz Ali , Ateş Erdem Türkan
Published: December 2024

Bu çalışmada, “Umudunu Kaybetme” filminin erdemler ve karakter güçleri açısından incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Girişte, pozitif psikoloji ile erdemler ve karakter güçlerinden bahsedilmiştir. Yöntem bölümünde, filme ilişkin tanıtıcı bilgilere, oyunculara, karakterlere ve olay akışına değinilmiştir. Araştırmada, nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden doküman incelemesi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular kısmında, erdemler ve karakter güçleri açısından film karakteri ve film sahneleri analiz edilmiştir. Analiz sonucunda; insaniyet erdemi altında, sosyal zekâ, sevme ve iyi yüreklilik; aşkınlık erdemi altında, umut, mizah ve maneviyat; bilgelik erdemi altında, merak, öğrenme aşkı ve özgünlük; cesaret erdemi altında, sebatkârlık, yaşam coşkusu ve dürüstlük tespit edilmiştir. Çalışma, sonuç ve öneriler bölümü ile tamamlanmıştır. Bu çalışmadan, okul ortamında karakter güçlerini desteklemek adına ergenlik dönemi öğrencileri için faydalanılabilir. Yetişkin bireyler kendi karakter güçlerine ilişkin farkındalık kazanabilir. Psikoloji eğitimi alan bireylerde pozitif psikoloji, erdemler ve karakter güçleri, film analizi gibi konularla ilgili eğitimler verilirken kullanılabilir. Film, uygulayıcıların hem bireysel hem grupla psikolojik danışma oturumlarında destekleyici bir unsur olabilir.
Nearly Endo Quasi Prime Sub-modules
Authors: Hanoon Wafaa H. , Ali Ali Esmaeil Abd
Published: December 2024

In this paper, the notion of nearly Endo quasi prime  sub-modules is introduced together with several fundamental features and theorems. It provides several properties and descriptions of these ideas, and additional diagrams and examples are used to show how the study's findings translate into nearly Endo quasi prime and nearly Endo prime sub-modules
Fuzzy Classical Two-Absorbing Second (Secondary) Sub-modules and Strongly Classical Two-Absorbing Second Sub-modules
Authors: Hanoon Wafaa H. , Ibrahim Aseel S.
Published: December 2024

Fuzzy classical Two-Absorbing second sub-modules, Fuzzy classical Two-Absorbing secondary sub-modules and strongly classical Two-Absorbing second sub-modules are presented in this search under the names of comultiplication fuzzy modules, cocyclic fuzzy modules, and multiplication fuzzy modules, along with some basic traits and qualities of these concepts. The relationship between fuzzy classical Two-Absorbing second sub-modules, fuzzy classical Two-Absorbing secondary sub-modules, fuzzy strongly classical Two-Absorbing second sub-modules, and other fuzzy second sub-module concepts is also covered.