bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Six ways to get a grip on developing reflexivity statements
Authors: Braund Heather , Turnnidge Jennifer , Cofie Nicholas , Kuforiji Oluwatoyosi , Greco Sarah , Hastings-Truelove Amber , Hill Shannon , Dalgarno Nancy
Published: November 2024

Qualitative researchers have underscored the value and importance of being reflexive in the research process, yet existing guidelines or checklists on how to practically address reflexivity are often scant and scattered across studies. In this scholarly perspective, we review, analyse, and present an overview of conceptions of reflexivity. Further, we offer practical guidelines for addressing and developing reflexivity statements in qualitative research. We describe reflexivity as both a concept and a deliberate ongoing process that requires a certain level of researcher consciousness, reflection, introspection, self-awareness, and an analytic attention to the researcher's role in the research process at all stages. We highlight the notion that reflexivity offers researchers an opportunity to examine potential assumptions, through the continuous process of questioning, examining, accepting, and articulating our attitudes, assumptions, perspectives, and roles. We present six recommendations to promote dialogue on the practice of reflexivity among researchers from various ontological and epistemological communities and encourage them to develop their own reflexivity practices.
Unlocking the potential of tafamidis in treating transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis: A systematic review
Authors: Desai Heet N. , Sanghvi Riti , Dhruv Sarthak H.
Published: November 2024

Cardiac amyloidosis has gained increasing attention in recent years due to substantial advancements in diagnostic techniques and treatment options. Among the most notable developments in this field is the approval of tafamidis by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in May 2019 for treating transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). This marked a pivotal step forward in managing this complex condition. This systematic review aimed to comprehensively analyze the efficacy of tafamidis in treating ATTR-CM and determine its broader applications, with a focus on its impact on patient outcomes, optimal dosing strategies, and side effect profiles. We strictly adhered to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses 2020 guidelines, ensuring that the methodology was transparent and rigorous. This review involved an extensive search of multiple databases, including PubMed and Google Scholar, for relevant articles published between January 1, 2014 and January 9, 2024. After a comprehensive screening and quality assessment process, 16 high-quality articles were identified and included in the final analysis. These articles provided abundant data on the clinical outcomes associated with tafamidis use in ATTR-CM. The findings of our review highlight the transformative role of tafamidis in the treatment of ATTR-CM. The drug not only improves the quality of life of patients by significantly alleviating symptoms but also markedly reduces hospitalization rates and all-cause mortality. Tafamidis showed an impressive safety profile across different dosage levels, representing a key therapeutic option. As the use of tafamidis continues to expand in clinical practice, its potential to improve short- and long-term outcomes in patients with ATTR-CM becomes increasingly evident.
3D-printed artificial cornea featuring aligned fibrous structure and enhanced mechanical strength
Authors: Chaudhary Priyanka , Tan Dun-Heng , Lee Chia-Hsien , Chang Chun-Yu , Lin Ting-Han , Wu Ming-Chung , Su Wei-Fang , Lin Meng-Fang , Huang Yu-Ching
Published: November 2024

The global shortage of donor eye bank tissue has significantly impeded advancements in biomaterial for corneal implantation. To address this issue, we have developed a 3D-printed artificial cornea using a composite hydrogel of sodium alginate (SA) and cellulose nanofibers (CNF), crosslinked with poly-L-lysine-co-L-glutamic acid (PLL80GA20, PG) and calcium chloride (CaCl2, CC). The 2 wt% SA/CNF composite hydrogel offers several advantages, including low toxicity, cost-effectiveness, excellent printability, and high mechanical strength, even with low crosslinker concentrations. The PG was synthesized via ring-opening polymerization of L-glutamate N-carboxyl anhydride (BGNCA) and L-lysine N-carboxyl anhydride (CBZNCA). The purity of the monomers was verified through DSC analysis, revealing a melting point of 97 ℃. The molecular weight of the synthesized PG was determined to be 47 kDa. A dual crosslinking strategy was employed, starting with electrostatic crosslinking, followed by ionic crosslinking using varying concentrations of PG and CC at different effective charge concentrations of 6.25 mM, 12.25 mM, and 25 mM. The hydrogel and 3D-printed cornea were comprehensively evaluated for chemical structure, surface functional groups, water content, mechanical strength, orientation, cytotoxicity, biocompatibility, and transparency. Notably, the inclusion of PG significantly enhanced the mechanical properties of the 3D-printed cornea, with the hydrogel achieving a storage modulus of 2,360 kPa at 6.25 mM of PG/CC, while maintaining over 95% water content. The artificial cornea demonstrated 86% transparency, and the cell viability showed 96% viable on Day 7 with degradation rate of 35.9% in 28 days. The superior hydrophilicity, transparency, and mechanical strength of the printed hydrogel highlights its potential for the development of full-thickness corneal structures, making it a promising candidate for future corneal implants.
Recurrent catatonia in a patient with bipolar disorder and polycythemia: A case report
Authors: Eatz Tiffany , Mikolowsky Jessica , Oliveri-Naidu Lisa
Published: November 2024

We report the diagnostic and management challenges encountered in a case of a 57-year-old male patient with bipolar I disorder and comorbid polycythemia secondary to obstructive sleep apnea, who was treated in our inpatient psychiatric unit for suicidal ideation and recurrent catatonia. He was found to have catatonia with a Bush–Francis Catatonia Rating Scale score of 18. He subsequently exhibited a positive response to the lorazepam challenge test. Before discharge, his daily lorazepam dose was titrated to 6 mg, which led to resolution of catatonic symptoms, and was tapered to discontinuation. During the second hospitalization, the patient’s catatonia returned, but due to lorazepam-induced bradycardia, he refrained from taking more than 1 mg of the medication. Divalproex sodium and memantine were initiated as off-label catatonic treatment plus lurasidone for bipolar depression. The patient was also found to have a positive antinuclear antibody titer (1:160). The hemato-immunological abnormalities present in our patient complicated his catatonic condition, underscoring the need to explore medical and neuropsychiatric catatonic factors for accurate diagnosis of this neuropsychiatric syndrome.
Characteristics and outcomes of pediatric brucellosis cases collected from a tertiary academic hospital in Saudi Arabia
Authors: K. Thabit Abrar , S. Nahhas Renad , Y. Nemer Zain , I. Askar Zahra , H. Alzahrani Walaa , O. Alreeshi Sarah , O. Lashkar Manar
Published: November 2024

Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Brucella spp., affecting different body systems and leading to multiple complications. Although brucellosis is prevalent in several regions, including Saudi Arabia, limited research has focused on childhood brucellosis. This study aimed to characterize the features and outcomes of brucellosis in pediatric patients. We conducted a retrospective descriptive study involving children (<18 years) with confirmed brucellosis (diagnosed through culture, serology, or both) who received antibiotic therapy. Subjects were stratified into two groups based on age: younger (≤8 years) and older (>8 years). We assessed treatment outcomes, including clinical cure, mortality, and hospital length of stay. A total of 20 patients were included, with 52.3% in the younger group and 47.7% in the older group. The majority were male (65%), with a mean age of 8.9 years, and 45% required hospitalization. Out of all the patients, only 6 (30%) reported consuming dairy products. Serologically, the baseline median antibody titers for Brucella melitensis and Brucella abortus were 1:1280 and 1:640, respectively. In the younger group, half reported arthralgia and presented with fever. While white blood cell elevation was not significant, C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and liver enzymes were elevated at baseline. The administered regimen varied, but about half of the patients received at least three antibiotics. All patients experienced clinical cures, and there were no deaths. This study highlights the characteristics of pediatric brucellosis in a country where the disease is endemic and provides evidence of positive prognosis associated with appropriate antibiotic therapy.
Memes in Marketing: Impact on Advertising Literacy and Emotional Experience Among Adolescents
Authors: Cabyova Ludmila , Darazs Tamas , Hudakova Viktoria
Published: November 2024

Declining digital marketing metrics often point to a trend of lower interest in advertising and sponsored content. Therefore, creators are finding other ways to spread the advertising message, particularly through native advertising, one option being the use of memes. Memes are an effective and very popular tool for reaching adolescents, but their use requires caution and an understanding of their dynamic and often unpredictable nature. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of memes on social networking sites that have advertising content on adolescents' levels of advertising literacy. The study was conducted through a qualitative neuromarketing study and follow-up personal interviews with a sample of 24 respondents. The results indicate lower levels of advertising literacy among adolescents who, while recognizing the sales intent of the meme image, were unable to identify the sponsor. The results also confirmed that memes can evoke different emotions in adolescents, such as joy, but also anger and frustration. The research findings raise the concern that adolescents are not sufficiently able to navigate safely in the online environment, which is exploited by many companies in their sales techniques. Such adolescents can easily be deceived, misled. This has triggered the need for more intensive media literacy education on the one hand, and the introduction of consistent ethical principles on the other, i.e. on the advertisers' side.
 
 
Received: 11 March 2024 / Accepted: 20 October 2024 / Published: 05 November 2024
Research Training: Research Attitudes and Skills in Public Management Students from a Peruvian University
Authors: Rojas-Cangahuala Gloria Cleopatra , Velásquez-Tapullima Pedro Alfonso , Lopez-Orozco Gina Fernanda , Díaz-Vásquez Nataly , Chura-Alegre Mario Edgart , Muñoz-Ccuro Felipa Elvira
Published: November 2024

Research has consolidated itself as a key element in the advancement of science and academic development, while simultaneously emerging as a transcendental activity that enables, among other achievements, the attainment of professional degrees and titles. This study examines the relationship between research skills and attitude towards research. The design was non-experimental, applied to a probabilistic sample of 240 students. Two questionnaires were utilized to assess attitudes and research skills. A highly significant positive correlation was found through the statistical procedure Rho Spearman = 0.594 and p-value 0.001. These results corroborated previous studies that outline significantly associated factors, confirming that the importance of research skills is necessary and part of an appropriate attitude towards research that facilitates the development of skills applicable in academic, personal, and professional spheres. Research activity is essential for the growth of critical and highly capable individuals, capable of significantly enhancing their performance in various activities.
 
Received: 14 June 2024 / Accepted: 28 October 2024 / Published: 05 November 2024
LEGAL PROTECTION OF FIRE OFFICERS WHEN ON DUTY (Case Study of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Fire and Rescue Service)
Authors: Ariyanto Andi , Mulyana Momon
Published: November 2024

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The Influence of Organizational Communication, Work Motivation, and Organizational Culture on Employee Performance at Mr. DIY Kota Bekasi.
Authors: Putri Indriani Jelita , Haratua Chandra S. , Indriyani Novi , Berlian Kartika Sari , Nur'aini Nur'aini
Published: November 2024

The purpose of variable is studied by the author to find out how employee performance MR. DIY Bekasi City is influenced by organizational culture, work motivation, and organizational communication. This study uses a combination of survey methodology and correlational approach. The research sample of 100 employees was selected randomly. Information was obtained from questionnaire data. The results of the multiple regression analysis were carried out using SPSS. Classical assumption tests, such as multicollinearity and normality tests, were used in the data analysis procedure. such as normality and multicollinearity tests, were used in the data analysis procedure. The statistical tests are multiple regression, correlation coefficient test, and hypothesis. The results of the hypothesis test indicate a fairly large relationship between the dependent variable and the independent variable.
PKM Rekayasa Pembuatan Kartu Undangan Digital Sebagai Media Usaha Mandiri
Authors: Nugraha Renanda , Nurcahyawati Enny , Wijayanto Catur
Published: November 2024

The rapid advancement of information technology has significantly impacted various sectors, including theinvitation printing industry. With the increasing use of the internet in Indonesia, digital invitation businesseshave become an attractive opportunity, offering practicality and cost efficiency compared to traditional printedinvitations. This writing aims to explore the development of digital invitation cards as an independent business,focusing on appealing designs and effective marketing strategies through online platforms and social media.Through literature study methods and the implementation of community service programs, it was found thatdigital invitations have several advantages. These advantages include lower costs, easy access, and customizableinteractive features such as animations, videos, and direct links to important event information. The importanceof implementing communicative and interactive designs is key to attracting consumer attention. An attractivedesign not only serves as a visual appeal but also conveys information more clearly and effectively.Additionally, using social media as a marketing channel can enhance market reach, allowing for rapiddissemination of digital invitations to a wider audience. With the right approach, digital invitation businessescan meet the market's growing demand for digital solutions. Innovation in design and marketing will create newbusiness opportunities for individuals or groups looking to leverage information technology, making thisindustry increasingly relevant in today's digital era. Community involvement in this process can also strengthenlocal communities and enhance digital literacy among users.
Assistance in Creating a Collective Brand "One Village One Brand" for the Development of Tangkil Cracker SMEs
Authors: Dwisvimiar Inge , Gunawan Anne , Efriyanto Efriyanto
Published: November 2024

Intellectual property has an important role in supporting Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Small and Medium Industry Entrepreneurs in Cipete Village, Curug District, Serang City produce Kerupuk Tangkil (Krutang) from melinjo fruit, but they do not yet have an official brand. The Community Partnership Program activities carried out aim to provide assistance in making collective trademark through One Village One Brand (OVOB) for local food small and medium industry in Serang City, especially Krutang small and medium industry. This program was conducted through three stages: preparation, implementation, and evaluation. The preparation stage involved visits to Cipete Village and small and medium industry of Krutang. The implementation stage included socialization on collective trademark and One Village One Brand program. The evaluation stage focused on collective trademark registration and its utilization for business development. The result of the program is the association with the collective trademark name and logo that has been agreed upon. The results show that collective trademark registration is very important to protect products and increase competitiveness. The service contributes significantly to the development of small and medium industry by providing practical guidance to utilize intellectual property.
Systematic Investigation of Selected Bio-molecules Potentially Effective in Inhibiting SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 via In-Silico Analysis
Authors: Vanzara Akash , Ambasan Saloni , Shrivastav Amit , Patel Swati , Patel Vishal , Soni Hardik , Trivedi Vikram
Published: November 2024

There have been millions of cases of Coronavirus, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with high infectious properties during the year 2019. To counter the situation, certain medications were prescribed by health experts, such as Remdesivir, Dexamethasone, Azithromycin and Hydroxychloroquine, following the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. While vaccines have since been administered to alleviate symptoms, alternative treatments like Ayurvedic remedies are being explored. This study specifically delves into in-silico analysis using Autodock 4.2.6 software to assess selected phytomarkers against the 6LU7 main protease protein. The chemical structures of these drugs were analyzed using SWISSADME software to evaluate their drug-likeness properties. Molecular docking was conducted using Autodock tools 1.5.6, and receptor-ligand interactions were visualized using PyMol 2.3. Discovery Studio Visualizer 2020 generated a two-dimensional map illustrating bond interactions and distances between drugs and receptors. The mean binding energies of the compounds, including Nobiletin, Tangeretin, Sideroxylonal C, Coriandron, Epicatechin, Epigallocatechin gallate, Luteolin, Ombuin, Tamarixetin, 6-deacetylnimbin, Nimbolide, and Tricin were -5.66, -6.00, -6.46, -6.40, -6.91, -6.51, -6.34, -6.46, -6.99, -6.82, -6.51, -7.85, and -6.35 kcal/mol. Notably, several bioactive markers, including Nobiletin, Tangeretin, Epicatechin, Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), Ombuin, Tamarixetin, and Nimbolide, exhibited similar binding sites to synthetic drugs like Remdesivir, such as PHE140, CYS145, GLU166, and GLN189. The investigation also addresses Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, and Toxicity (ADMET) modelling, binding energy scores, and binding affinity, emphasizing the importance of vaccination as a crucial measure to curb the spread of infection.
Sustainable Natural Dyes for Textile Use from Food Industry By-Products: A Review
Authors: Baaka Noureddine , Ticha Manel Ben , Haddar Wafa , Meksi Nizar , Dhaouadi Hatem
Published: November 2024

The valorization of food industry by-products has become very trendy in recent years, several researchers valorized these wastes as sustainable natural colorants for various applications. In this review, the valorization of these by-products in literature as natural dyes in textile application is investigated. Indeed, the history of natural dyes is presented, followed by a study of the advantages and disadvantages of these dyes. Finally, the most significant food industry by-products used as sources of natural dyes for textile applications are listed, along with detailed explanations of their dyeing applications on textile fibers. A special interest is given to natural dyes extracted from food industries wastes of winemaking, olive oil, tomato processing, red pepper by-products and dates paste processing. The majority of studies have demonstrated the strength and superior dyeability of textiles dyed with these waste materials. There have also been assertions that certain fragments have light- and antibacterial-blocking properties.
Sustainable Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Plant-Based Waste Biomass for the Removal of Cationic Dyes-A Review
Authors: Parlayıcı Şerife
Published: November 2024

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been the subject of researchers due to their unique properties such as optical, antimicrobial, and electrical properties depending on size and shape. This review focuses on their green synthesis of nanoparticles, metal nanoparticles and mainly AgNPs. Green chemistry synthesis method has attracted great attention as an alternative method in recent years because it is more energy efficient, safer and less toxic. At the same time, this study gives a general idea about the preparation of AgNPs by green synthesis method using lignocellulosic biomass. One of the main uses of lignocellulosic wastes in a circular economy is to introduce renewable resources into the market and on the other hand, to promote the valorization of waste. Moreover, lignocellulosic raw materials expand the sustainability possibilities of industrial processes as a result of their low cost and low environmental impact. On the other hand, dyes, which are wastes from different industries such as textile, plastic, food and paper, are the main cause of water pollution. This study provides a detailed investigation of the removal performance of AgNPs obtained using different lignocellulosic biomass for environmentally harmful cationic dyes.
Box-Behnken Design for MAFM Precision Surface Finishing of Al-6063/SiC/B4C Composites: A Comparative Study with Nature-Inspired Algorithms
Authors: Chawla Gagandeep , Sharma Rishi Sarup , Mittal Vinod Kumar
Published: November 2024

Precision polishing is difficult for advanced materials like silicon carbide and boron carbide. Magnetic abrasive flow machining (MAFM) has become an effective method for cleaning, deburring, and polishing metal and high-tech engineering parts. By finishing hybrid Al/SiC/B4C-metal matrix composites (MMCs), this research uses MAFM for experimental readings. The present work is innovative due to the aluminum workpiece fixture, hybrid composites, and response surface methodology (RSM) modeling. The neural simulation of the MAFM process and nature-inspired error reduction make it unique. Using six input and two output parameters, a generic framework is created. Box-Behnken design (BBD) of response surface methodology plans and executes 54 runs of experimentation. The hybrid artificial neural network (ANN) technique is used to compare the MAFM process systematically. ANN is used to model parameter input-output relations. To anticipate the created surface accurately, regression models must be precise. These hybrid particle swarm optimization (PSO)-genetic algorithm (GA)-simulated annealing (SA) algorithms optimize the MAFM process. Additionally, trained ANN models outperform the BBD model in prediction. For optimal error reduction, the neural network uses Bayesian regularization with 112 iterations. The ANN model regression graph shows a correlation between inputs and outputs. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) with 300-magnification examines the workpiece surface. According to SEM, MAFM provides fine surface textures, thus reducing abnormalities.
The Arabic World in Medieval German Literature – Some Provocative Sketches
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: November 2024

Abstract This study takes into view what medieval German poets from Wolfram von Eschenbach to the anonymous composer (perhaps: Stephan Fridolin) of Fortunatus, that is, from the early thirteenth to the early sixteenth century, had to say about personal contacts with
and exchanges between their Christian protagonists and Muslim counterparts (Arabs and/or Persians). Although the public discourse dominated by the Church (Crusades) painted starkly hostile images of the Muslim world, for secular authors there were fairly few reasons, if any at all, to assume
or to advocate strong differences between both sides, or to project the Muslim contemporaries as hostile and/or dangerous. This study will show that particularly medieval German authors suggested throughout time that the relationship between Christian knights and others and Arab/Muslim lords
could be constructive or even based on friendship.
Oliver Auge, Robert Harlaß, Katja Hillebrand, Andreas Kieseler (Hg.), Vorpommern und seine Klöster. Regensburg: Verlag Schnell & Steiner, 2023, 271 S., 149 meist farbige Abbildungen
Authors: Heisel Joachim P.
Published: November 2024

Die Forschungsstelle ,,Geschichte und kulturelles Erbe der Klöster und Stifte im Ostseeraum bis zur Reformation“ der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel begann 2020 das Projekt ,,Klosterregister und Klosterbuch für Pommern“. Die östlichen Regionen
dieses ehemaligen Herzogtums liegen heute in Polen, die westlichen im östlichen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und im nördlichen Brandenburg. Für die westlichen Teile ist nun das Buch Vorpommern und seine Klöster erschienen, in dem die Mitarbeiter der Forschungsstelle Ergebnisse
ihrer Arbeit in acht Beiträgen für eine breitere Leserschaft zusammenfassen.
Birgittine Circles: People and Saints in the Medieval West, ed. Elin Andersson, Ingela Hedström, and Mia Åkestam. Konferenser, 110. Stockholm: Ungl. Vitterhets Historie Och Antikvittets Akademien, 2023, 220 pp., 26 color ill.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: November 2024

We have known already for a long time that the Swedish mystic Saint Birgitta, or Birgitta of Sweden (1303–1373), exerted a huge influence on her contemporaries and posterity. Since 2007, several Swedish academic institutions have taken it upon themselves to deepen our understanding
of this famous female religious. In 2020, the fourth symposium dedicated to her took place, and the expanded papers are now available in the present volume. The central theme focused on the networks established by Birgitta and her followers, which extended all over Europe, including even the
Iberian Peninsula and England. Each article is well developed, fully researched, and offers, in a variety of ways, innovative perspectives. A number of them is beautifully illuminated, but a cumulative list of images is missing, as is an index. The editors provide a compact and informative
introduction. The volume concludes with brief bios of the contributors who come from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Canada, and Israel, but the email addresses are left out.
Epistole et dicamina Clementis pape quarti. Das Spezialregister Papst Clemens’ IV. (1265–1268), hrsg. Matthias Thumser. Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Briefe des späteren Mittelalters 4. Teil 1, 2 und 3. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag. 2022, X,
VI, VI und 1066 S.
Authors: Kobayashi Asami
Published: November 2024

Eine dreibändige Edition, die von einem einzelnen Herausgeber betreut wird, ist eine Seltenheit. Doch in diesem Fall handelt es sich um die Urkunden Papst Clemens’ IV. in den Epistole et dictamina (von nun an: ED) und den Herausgeber Matthias Thumser. Nach drei Jahrzehnten
krönte er seine Arbeit mit der Veröffentlichung dieser neuen Edition, die ältere Editionen von Edmond Martène und Ursin Durand aus dem Jahr 1717 in den Text einarbeiten sowie Ausgaben des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts übertreffen soll, da diese ,,in keiner Weise heutigen
editorischen Ansprüchen“ genügen (21).
Agrarian Archeology in Northwestern Iberia. Local Societies: The Off-Site Record, ed. Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo. Historical Archeology Series. Summertown, Oxford: Archaeopress, 2023, 168 pages.
Authors: Vargas Michael
Published: November 2024

Shards of pottery, ceramic or stoneware fragments of handmade kitchenware, pop up now and then in agricultural fields, far from the loci of their making and normal use. Archeologists, as a way of indicating that they have found these fragments detached from their supposed proper places,
use the term “off-site.” The term has an odd, self-contradictory ring, similar to the concept of “non-places” coined by Marc Augé and later applied by Richard Hodges to archeological evidence of the economics and urbanization of medieval Europe. Why do pot shards
appear off-site? A leading hypothesis is the “manure thesis,” by which the archeologist T. Spatium J. Wilkinson, the landscape historian Richard Jones, and others have supposed that peasants, carrying their own dung or that of their animals out to fields for deposit as a soil enhancer,
inadvertently broke or otherwise discarded the carrying vessels. The present book, a collection of field reports and short analyses based on field studies, aims to augment the off-site record and to test the manure thesis. Results are interestingly complex.
Heldris de Cornouailles, Le Roman de Silence, ed. Danièle James-Raoul. Les Classiques Français du Moyen Âge, 202. Paris: Honoré Champion Éditeur, 2023, 815 pp.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: November 2024

Heldris de Cornouailles’s Roman de Silence has become one of the favorite medieval French texts in university seminars dealing with women, gender issues, and identity for the last few decades. Medieval audiences, however, do not seem to have enjoyed it because it has survived
in only one manuscript from the early thirteenth century. However, marginal notes indicate that it moved around even in the fourteenth, and made its way to England probably in 1428. But we cannot tell what happened subsequently with this work. Only recently, I was able to identify a sixteenth-century
text in Gian Francesco Straparola’s Le piacevoli notte which was certainly influenced by the central motif in the Roman de Silence (“From Heldris de Cornwall’s Le Roman de Silence to Gian Francesco Straparola’s Le Piacevoli Notti. New Insights
into a Significant Reception Process Across Centuries, Languages, and Genres,” Quidditas 44 (2023): 64–89; online at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1770&context=rmmra).
It remains to be seen what channels existed to spread the topic all the way down to early modern Venice.
Der Ingolstädter Psalter. Eine vorlutherische Psalterübersetzung in modernes Deutsch übertragen von Siegfried Hofmann, hrsg. von Ludwig Brandl, Agnes Meier und Beatrix Schönewald. Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 2024, 224 S.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: November 2024

Jede moderne Bearbeitung eines mittelalterlichen Textes kann nur begrüßt werden, vor allem wenn es sich um eine Prachthandschrift wie den Ingolstädter Psalter handelt. Diesen hatte Siegfried Hofmann (1930–2014) in seiner historisch-kritischen Ausgabe von
2010 transkribiert, übersetzt und kommentiert. Den Herausgebern des vorliegenden Buches war es ein großes Anliegen, daraus eine Leseausgabe zu gestalten, die den Text auch für die allgemeine Öffentlichkeit zugänglich machen soll. Eigentümlich erweist sich aber
die Entscheidung, nicht nüchtern und pragmatisch den Psalter zu übersetzen, sondern so eng wie möglich am Original zu bleiben, was doch einige Verständnisschwierigkeiten auslösen könnte. Eine Übersetzung sollte nicht anstreben, den ursprünglichen Text
in seiner poetischen oder stilistischen Eigenart nachzuahmen, denn die kritische Ausgabe steht dafür ein, die ursprüngliche Fassung zu studieren und zu schätzen. Die hier gebotene Fassung ist freilich nicht unmöglich nachzuvollziehen, aber öfters ergeben sich doch
seltsame syntaktische Strukturen, z.B.: Psalm 34, 10: ,,Fürchtet Gott, alle seine Heiligen, / da Armut ihnen fern ist, die ihn fürchten“ (63); oder Psalm 38, 19: ,,da ich mein Unrecht kund tue / und um meine Sünden trachte“ (71). Wir erfahren, etwas euphemistisch
in der Einleitung formuliert, ,,Es gelang ihm [Hofmann] eine kongeniale Transkription und Adaption in ein modernes Deutsch“ (14). Der Dichter könnte Heinrich von Langenfeld gewesen sein.
Middle English Romances: Authoritative Texs, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism, selected and ed. by Stephen H. A. Shepherd. 2nd ed. A Norton Critical Edition. New York: W. W. Norton, 2023 (orig. 1995), xxix, 825 pp.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: November 2024

The second edition of this hefty tome in paperback is a good indicator that research and teaching of Middle English literature have gone through profound changes, moving well beyond the ‘classical’ canon of Langland, Chaucer and Hoccleve. Late medieval English romances receive
increasing attention, and this for good reasons. In contrast to many other similar anthologies, Stephen H. A. Shepherd, Professor of English at Loyola Marymount University, presents only complete works, based on a critical edition of the relevant manuscript version. This makes the present
edition also highly useful for research, although the primary purpose of this book and the entire series aims to make this literature more accessible for student readers. This is demonstrated through the heavy glossing on the side of the text, offering practical translations, and an extensive
apparatus at the bottom. The first note always gives the source of the respective text, such as in the case of Havelok, Bodleian Library MS Laud Misc. 108, fols. 204r–219v. Subsequent notes offer textual interpretations. Unfortunately, those notes are in a very small font size
and barely readable. This minimalization comes as a result of the editor’s effort to provide a maximum of romances and explanations. The 1995 edition contained seven complete romances, to which now are added eight more. Those are altogether (* marks those in the previous version): Havelok
(*), Ywain and Gawain (*), Of Kyng Robert of Cisyle, Hou Pride dude Him Begyle, Sir Orfeo (*), Sir Launfal (*), Athelston, The Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne (*), The Weddyng of Syr Gawen and Dame Ragnell for Helpyng of Kyng Arthoure
(*), The Grene Knight, The Sege off Melayne (*), and The Taill of Rauf Coilyear, How He Harbreit King Charlis.
Animation: Between Magic, Miracles and Mechanics. Principles of Life in Medieval Imagery, eds. Hans Henrik Lohfert Jørgensen, Laura Katrine Skinnebach, and Henning Laugerud. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2023, 295 pp., 39 color images.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: November 2024

Sometimes, good things take time to mature, and scholarship is not something that moves very fast. Older research continues to play a significant role, and further discussions over the years can certainly assist in fine-tuning new ideas or observations. All that applies to the present
volume, based on a symposium held at Aarhus University, Denmark, in 2013, with the contributions now updated, revised, and wonderfully illustrated with brilliant images.
D. H. Frost, Sacrament an Alter/The Sacrament of the Altar. A Critical Edition with Translation. 1000 Years of Cornish. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2023, 355 pp.
Authors: Murdoch Brian
Published: November 2024

This exemplary and readable study is of interest to a far wider audience than might perhaps be anticipated, given that it is concerned with a single part of a little-known text from the very end of the Middle Ages, a translation from English into Cornish made in the 1570s. The text
stands, however, on the border between the medieval Church and the Reformation, and the edition and its contextualization (based here on some surprising discoveries) raise questions relating to linguistic, historical, and theological dividing lines.
Sündenerkenntnis, Reue und Beichte: Konstellationen der Selbstbeobachtung und Fremdbeobachtung in der mittelalterlichen volkssprachlichen Literatur, ed. eadem, Beate Kellner, Susanne Reichlin und Agnes Rugel. Sonderheft zum Band 141. Zeitschrift für Deutsche
Philologie. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2022, 325 S., 16 farb. Abb.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: November 2024

Seit dem 4. Lateranischen Konzil 1215 bestand die Anforderung für alle Christen, zumindest einmal im Jahr zur Beichte zu gehen. Dies führte tiefgreifende Veränderungen im religiösen Leben Europa und darüber hinaus mit sich, was die BeiträgerInnen zum vorliegenden
Sonderheft mit den sehr treffenden Begriffen ‘Selbstbeobachtung’ und ‘Fremdbeobachtung’ zu beschreiben bemüht sind. Die Beichte konnte nur dann erfolgreich durchgeführt werden, wenn die bekennende Person sich selbst geprüft und beurteilt, wenn der Beichtvater
dieses Geständnis beobachtet und bewertet hatte, und wenn die Buße dann durchgeführt und von Gott als gültig anerkannt wurde. Es handelt sich also um einen äußerst komplexen Prozess der Selbstreflexion, was in zahllosen Predigten, Traktaten, Gedichten oder visuellen
Kunstwerken zum Ausdruck gebracht wurde, wie Beate Kellner und Susanne Reichlin in ihrer ausführlichen Einleitung überzeugend darlegen. Hierbei musste ein intensiver Austausch von innen nach außen und dann rückläufig vonstatten gehen, was von beiden Parteien hohe
Wachsamkeit oder Aufmerksamkeit verlangte. Durch die Beichte, Buße und Absolution entstand, wie sie hervorheben, ein starkes Moment der Verinnerlichung (conscientia), die als charakteristisch für das geistige Leben im späteren Mittelalter anzusehen wäre. Einige
ihrer Kronzeugen hierfür sind Peter Abelard und sein Werk Ethica, Thomas von Aquin, Johannes Herolt und Johannes Gerson, dann aber konsultieren sie auch verschiedene Kunstwerke, die das hier zu beschreibende Phänomen gut illustrieren.
Andrew Breeze, The Historical Arthur and the Gawain Poet: Studies on Arthurian and Other Traditions. Studies in Medieval Literature. Lanham, Boulder, et al.: Lexington Books, 2023, x, 153 pp.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: November 2024

Scholarship needs intrepid researchers who dare to tackle long-held and deeply cherished myths, and who are bold enough to challenge canonical ‘concepts’ on the basis of careful analysis of the available sources. Andrew Breeze belongs to this group of scholars and has often
provoked his colleagues with insightful, trenchant observations regarding the myth of King Arthur and also what we know about the Gawain poet. The present volume combines seven chapters in which he first discusses the historical background of King Arthur and then new observations concerning
the Gawain poet. There is a bit of thematic overlap, if not repetition here and there, but we can read each chapter with great profit, even though the author tends to provoke us considerably with his unremitting claims that promise to shake up our field considerably.
Gotland – Kulturelles Zentrum im Hanseraum, hrsg. Jan von Bonsdorff, Kerstin Petermann und Anja Rasche. Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2022, 240 S., 185 Farbabb.
Authors: P. Heisel Joachim
Published: November 2024

Gotland besitzt heute weder wirtschaftlich noch kulturell eine Sonderstellung im Ostseeraum. Ganz anders war die Situation im Mittelalter, als die zweitgrößte Insel der Ostsee dank ihrer zentralen Lage Drehscheibe des Ostsee- und Russlandhandels der Hanse war. Die Aufsätze
des vorliegenden Bandes verdeutlichen, dass Gotland nicht nur als wichtiger Knotenpunkt des Handels fungierte, sondern auch als kulturelles Zentrum, das im regen Austausch mit den Kulturräumen im Süden und im Osten stand.
The Legend of Charlemagne: Envisioning Empire in the Middle Ages, ed. Jace Stuckey. Explorations in Medieval Culture, 15. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022, ix, 277 pp., 9 color ill.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: November 2024

The myth of Charlemagne never seems to exhaust itself; scholars, artists, writers, and others continuously return to this major figure, who has often been called, rightly or wrongly, the father of medieval Europe, and who continues to influence western political ideologies. Many publications
were dedicated to him around 2014 to commemorate his death in 814, and a whole group of scholars united in the “Bristol Charlemagne: A European Icon” project has published a series of focused studies on Charlemagne in English, Latin, French, German and Dutch (by myself), and Spanish
literature. Other languages relevant for Charlemagne studies will be Old Norse and Celtic, so this would seem to be pretty exhaustive (https://www.charlemagne-icon.ac.uk/). Jace Stuckey, the editor of the present volume, refers
to two of those publications, but ignores the rest, and seems to be rather dismissive about that project, and also does not take into account much of the relevant research in French, German, Dutch, etc. Nevertheless, Stuckey claims that this collection, combining a wide range of disciplines
in the medieval humanities, cuts across Europe and touches on a variety of topics, which would add considerably to the ongoing debate about this famous emperor.
Taylor McCall, The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe. London: Reaktion Books, 2023, 223 pp., 57 color and 15 b/w illus.
Authors: Farmer Thomas
Published: November 2024

Due to their unjustified reputation as a time of ignorance and superstition, the Middle Ages do not come to mind when one thinks of advances in anatomy, or any kind of scientific knowledge. But in The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe, Taylor McCall (the managing editor of Speculum)
clearly demonstrates that medieval thinkers were interested in anatomy, even if for reasons different from ours. McCall focuses on anatomical images in “educational texts,” which include both medical treatises and didactic religious works. While McCall admits that medieval anatomical
images are not very common, enough exist to prove her contention that the study of anatomy antedated Andreas Vesalius’s publication of De Fabrica in 1543.
Von Aachen bis Akkon: Grenzüberschreitungen. Festschrift für Hubert Houben zum 70. Geburtstag, hrsg. von Francesco Panarelli, Kristjan Toomaspoeg, Georg Vogeler und Kordula Wolf. Online-Schriften des DHI Rom, Neue Reihe, 9. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing,
2023, VII, 322 S., 33 farbige Abb.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: November 2024

Während der Obertitel dieser Festschrift für Hubert Houben zu seinem 70. Geburtstag spezifisch Grenzüberschreitungen für den europäischen Raum einschließlich des östlichen Mittelmeers ansprechen will, erweist sich, dass doch z.T. viel weitere oder
viel engere Bewegungen von Individuen gemeint sind. Grenzen oder Mauern sind immer menschliche Konstrukte, die kaum jemals ganz festen Bestand haben, ob in physischer Hinsicht (Berliner Mauer) oder in metaphorischer (Sprachgrenzen, Identitätsgrenzen etc.). Allerdings stimmt es nicht ganz,
dass alle Grenzen konstruiert worden sind, denn auch Flüsse, Meere, Gebirge oder Wüsten sind schon immer ganz feste Barrieren gewesen, die nur schwer zu überwinden gewesen sind.
Vorurteil und Befangenheit: Kulturelle und literarhistorische Perspektiven. Hrsg. von Amelie Bendheim, Heinz Sieburg und Uta Störmer-Caysa. Beiträge zur Philosophie. Neue Folge. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2022, 371 S., 10 s/w Abb.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: November 2024

Beide Begriffe, ‘Vorurteil’ und ‘Befangenheit’, werden heute in relativ spezifischen Kontexten verwendet und bezeichnen generell juristische, religiöse oder philosophische Probleme in der Wahrnehmung anderer. Zeugen, die der Befangenheit überwiesen
werden, können nicht weiter in einem Gerichtsprozess zu Rate gezogen werden. Viele Menschen haben Vorurteile gegen andere, was oftmals zum Rassismus führt. Diese zwei Konzepte beziehen sich also auf schwerwiegende Probleme bei der Beurteilung anderer Menschen.
Welche Taten werden Bilder? Otto der Große in der Erinnerung späterer Zeiten. Katalog zur Sonderausstellung im Kulturhistorischen Museum Magdeburg 28. April bis 8. Oktober 2023, ed. Claus Peter Hasse and Gabriele Köster. Regensburg: Verlag Schnell
& Steiner, 2023, 224 pp.
Authors: Oberlin Adam
Published: November 2024

This edited catalog offers an analysis alongside framing and describing the cohesive, curated object collection. Commemorating 1050 years since Otto the Great’s death (912−973), the collection foregrounds the ruler as a foundational European monarch and his connection to
Magdeburg, which he lavished with rights and privileges after making it a bishopric as dower for his first wife; a city which still brands itself with the historical legacy of the Ottonian king. The volume begins with a foreword and three studies followed by a catalog divided into seven thematic
groups and ample end matter.
Pernille Hermann, Mnemonic Echoing in Old Norse Sagas and Eddas, Memory and the Medieval North 1. Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2022, xiii, 262 pp.
Authors: Sayers William
Published: November 2024

The title of this book requires some unpacking. The ‘echo’ is depictions of memory-related acts and attitudes in Old Norse literature, that is, how the author portrays the role of memory in the lives of the characters of the sagas and heroic poetry, and how events in these
texts are determined by the principals’ awareness of the past and in the resulting narratives. No strictly theoretical texts on mnemonics are preserved − if ever written − although the Norse approach to memorialization, memorization, recall, and literary recasting is broadly
comparable to that of cultures, mostly literate ones, which do have a theoretical foundation. What we might call the totemic animals or familiars of Norse memory studies are Óðinn’s ravens Huginn and Muninn, whose names suggest thought and memory, and who scour the world daily
for information. This proximity to the paramount god clearly indicates the importance of memory over time, since the past may hold the seeds of the future, especially if the ravens are gathering information pertinent to the apocalyptic battle of Ragnark and the fall of the gods. The preservation
of cultural memory is no less important. As for literary texts as a possible model for cultural practice, Hermann writes:
Dominik Büschken, Herkunft als Argument: Wahrnehmung, Deutung und Funktion sozialer Mobilität in der englischen Gesellschaft des 12. Jahrhunderts. Studien zu Macht und Herrschaft, 12. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht/Bonn University Press, 2020, 477 S.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: November 2024

Generell gehen wir davon aus, dass auf Grund der feudalen Strukturen die mittelalterliche Gesellschaft relativ stabil funktionierte und kaum soziale Mobilität aufwies. Wenn jemand sich darum bemühte, die eigene soziale Klasse zu verlassen, bestand die große Gefahr des
Scheiterns, wie uns Wernher der Gartenaere mit seinem Meier Helmbrecht (ca. 1260) gut vor Augen führt. Nur, sollen wir uns diesem Sollzustand naiv anvertrauen, oder gibt es doch Berechtigung dafür, von gegenteiligen Bewegungen auf der sozialen Leiter auszugehen, wie es uns
Dominik Büschken in seiner für den Druck aufbereiteten Bonner Dissertation von 2019 nahelegt? Um dies genauer in den Blick zu nehmen, wendet er sich vor allem englischen Dokumenten des 12. Jahrhunderts zu, weil diese mehr konkrete Aussagen über dieses Phänomen enthalten.
Er betont zwar eingangs, dass er sich mehr erzählenden Quellen widmen wolle, ,,um die Ebene der Wahrnehmung und Vorstellung besser beleuchten zu können“ (24), aber im eigentlichen Arbeitsteil ist dann davon nicht viel zu spüren, geht ja der Autor nur auf klerikales, politisches
Schrifttum ein. Dazu später mehr.
Stephan Freund und Matthias Puhle, Otto der Grosse 912–973: Kaiser der Römer, König der Völker. Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 2023, 255 S., 109 farb. Abb.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: November 2024

Unsere Geschichtsbücher sind voll mit Angaben zu dem berühmten Kaiser Otto dem Großen, der am 7. Mai 973, also heute vor 1050 Jahren verschieden ist. Wie bei allen mittelalterlichen Herrschern sah sich Otto ständig dazu gezwungen, sich unablässig auf Reisen
zu begeben, um damit seine Autorität durchzusetzen und zu bewahren (Reisekönigtum, oder auch peripatetische Herrschaft). Dies bedeutet insbesondere für eine Biographie, wie sie hier von Stephan Freund und Matthias Puhle vorgelegt wird, vielfältige Perspektiven zu berücksichtigen
und als Autoren genauso beweglich zu bleiben wie dieser Kaiser. Allerdings stoßen sie keineswegs ins Neuland vor, wie die Fülle einschlägiger Forschungen, die hier gut nach jedem Kapitel dokumentiert wird, klar vor Augen führt. In Anbetracht der drei sehr bemerkenswerten
Ausstellungen zu Otto ebenfalls in diesem Jahr 2023 (https://www.deskaisersletztereise.de/) könnte man sich zwar dann sogar fragen, welche Neuerkenntnisse hier zu erwarten wären, vor allem weil in der Darstellung
praktisch kein Bezug auf die wissenschaftliche Literatur genommen wird. Freund und Puhle streben aber mit diesem Buch primär danach, das Laienpublikum zu addressieren, wenngleich sie auch die FachkollegInnen ansprechen wollen.