bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Convective heat mechanism in Williamson nanoliquid over an escalating surface through an interface with viscous heating
Authors: Gangadhar Kotha , Chandrika G. Naga , Wakif Abderrahim
Published: March 2024

This analysis explains the magneto-hydrodynamic flow on Williamson nanofluids previous stretching surface surrounded by the permeable media. The apt magnetic field was suggested for the angle of the axial direction of the flow. Anyhow, this flow phenomenon was characterized into the added heat source/sink and conjunction of radiating heat. The impacts of convective heating and viscous heating by expanding surface were again the significant feature of the analysis. This originality arises by the combination of the cross-diffusion effects of reverse behavior on the thermophoresis and Brownian motion. This form sketched into the aforesaid phenomenon was modified into the nonlinear ordinary form by the appropriate assumptions on comparison transformations. Therefore, the sets of equations were controlled for the numerical access using Lobatto-IIIa collocation method applicable to this Matlab bvp4c shooting process. This parametric performance of many components about their statistical values was given numerical imitations graphically by the rate coefficients in tabular forms. The validation and the compliance of the current result were acquired by the past study on the specific case. Further, the significant results of this analysis were: This non-Newtonian Williamson parameter combination of that magnetizing property diminishes the fluid velocities. In addition, the important influence of both viscosity parameter and radiation parameter of heating process was noted.
The effect of physical therapy with goal attainment scaling on gait function in patients with subacute stroke
Authors: Hong Jung-Min , KIM Min-Hee
Published: March 2024

Background: Correct goal setting for patients is one of the most important aspects of physical therapy.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of physical therapy using goal attainment scaling (GAS) scores to assess the gait function in patients with subacute stroke and related factors.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted using the medical records of 129 patients with subacute stroke who had been treated with intensive rehabilitation intervention. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Bundang Cha Hospital (2021-06-008). The functional ambulation category (FAC) was used to set goals with the involvement of patients and their caregivers after the initial assessment, and raw GAS scores were calculated according to whether the goals were achieved through assessment one month later based on the FAC score. The groups were then divided according to the raw GAS scores (−1, 0, 1, or 2), and the general characteristics and clinical assessment scores were statistically analysed.

Results: From our results, there were differences in clinical assessment scores based on raw scores on the GAS ([Formula: see text]) and correlation between raw scores on the GAS and improvement scores on the clinical assessment items ([Formula: see text]). Moreover, when the gait function measured by FAC was used as a GAS in subacute stroke patients, the better the function of Rivermead mobility index ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]) and Korean-mini-mental state examination ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]) than the other clinical factors, the higher the goal attainment raw score.

Conclusion: Functions, including cognitive function, should be included when setting goals to improve the gait function and should be considered when developing the neurological physiotherapy programmes. This study helps physicians and physical therapists who first apply functional gait assessment as a GAS to set the initial goals and improves patient and caregiver motivations by applying GAS to patients with lower initial cognitive levels.
Privacy-preserving Cross-domain Recommendation with Federated Graph Learning
Authors: Tian Changxin , Xie Yuexiang , Chen Xu , Li Yaliang , Zhao Xin
Published: March 2024

As people inevitably interact with items across multiple domains or various platforms, cross-domain recommendation (CDR) has gained increasing attention. However, the rising privacy concerns limit the practical applications of existing CDR models, since they assume that full or partial data are accessible among different domains. Recent studies on privacy-aware CDR models neglect the heterogeneity from multiple-domain data and fail to achieve consistent improvements in cross-domain recommendation; thus, it remains a challenging task to conduct effective CDR in a privacy-preserving way.

In this article, we propose a novel, as far as we know, federated graph learning approach for Privacy-Preserving Cross-Domain Recommendation (PPCDR) to capture users’ preferences based on distributed multi-domain data and improve recommendation performance for all domains without privacy leakage. The main idea of PPCDR is to model both global preference among multiple domains and local preference at a specific domain for a given user, which characterizes the user’s shared and domain-specific tastes toward the items for interaction. Specifically, in the private update process of PPCDR, we design a graph transfer module for each domain to fuse global and local user preferences and update them based on local domain data. In the federated update process, through applying the local differential privacy technique for privacy-preserving, we collaboratively learn global user preferences based on multi-domain data and adapt these global preferences to heterogeneous domain data via personalized aggregation. In this way, PPCDR can effectively approximate the multi-domain training process that directly shares local interaction data in a privacy-preserving way. Extensive experiments on three CDR datasets demonstrate that PPCDR consistently outperforms competitive single- and cross-domain baselines and effectively protects domain privacy.
Parental obesity predisposes offspring to kidney dysfunction and increased susceptibility to ischemia-reperfusion injury in a sex-dependent manner
Authors: do Carmo Jussara M. , Hall John E. , Dai Xuemei , Aitkens Nikaela , Larson Kylie , Luna-Suarez Emilio M. , Wang Zhen , Omoto Ana C. M. , Mouton Alan , Li Xuan , Furukawa Luzia N. S. , Woronik Viktoria , da Silva Alexandre A.
Published: March 2024

Offspring from obese parents are more susceptible to kidney injury and worse outcomes following an acute ischemia-reperfusion insult. Male, but not female, offspring from obese parents exhibit increased blood pressure early in life. Female offspring are partially protected against major kidney injury induced by ischemia-reperfusion.
Cardioprotective effect of intradialytic exercise on left atrial mechanics
Authors: Maufrais Claire , Josse Matthieu , Patrier Laure , Grandperrin Antoine , Isnard Myriam , Turc-Baron Cécile , Nottin Stéphane , Mandigout Stéphane , Cristol Jean-Paul , Obert Philippe
Published: March 2024

A single bout of intradialytic exercise (IDE) at moderate intensity can prevent the hemodialysis-associated decline in left atrial (LA) function. This was partially explained by the relative preservation of left ventricular systolic function with IDE. Benefits of IDE on LA function were lost in patients with LA dilation. Further studies are needed to explore the mechanisms behind IDE-induced cardioprotection and evaluate the clinical impacts of the repetitive cardioprotective effects of IDE on LA function.
Influence of sex and sedentary conditions on sympathetic burst characteristics in prepubertal, postpubertal, and young adult rats
Authors: Desai Shivansh A. , Mirza Umme Aiman , Mueller Patrick J.
Published: March 2024

The mechanisms of decreased incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in reproductive-age women compared with age-matched men are unknown. The strong association between elevated sympathetic activity and CVD led us to characterize splanchnic sympathetic bursts in female and male rats. Prepubescent males and females exhibited narrower sympathetic bursts, whereas young adult males had higher resting burst frequency compared with age-matched females. Sex-based regulation of sympathetic activity suggests a need for sex-dependent therapeutic strategies to combat CVD.
Mechanisms of coronary sinus reducer for treatment of myocardial ischemia: in silico study
Authors: Wang Haifeng , Fan Lei , Choy Jenny S. , Kassab Ghassan S. , Lee Lik Chuan
Published: March 2024

Emerging coronary venous retroperfusion treatments, particularly coronary sinus reducer (CSR) for refractory angina linked to myocardial ischemia, show promise; however, their mechanisms of action are not well understood. We find that CSR’s effectiveness varies with the severity of coronary stenosis. In moderate stenosis, CSR improves tissue oxygenation by increasing capillary transit time, whereas in severe stenosis, it redistributes blood from nonischemic to ischemic regions and reduces capillary flow heterogeneity.
Distinct Regulation of ASCL1 by the Cell Cycle and Chemotherapy in Small Cell Lung Cancer
Authors: Liu Yuning , Wu Qingzhe , Jiang Bin , Hou Tingting , Wu Chuanqiang , Wu Ming , Song Hai
Published: March 2024

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive and lethal malignancy. Achaete-scute homolog 1 (ASCL1) is essential for the initiation of SCLC in mice and the development of pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNEC), which are the major cells of origin for SCLC. However, the regulatory mechanism of ASCL1 in SCLC remains elusive. Here, we found that ASCL1 expression gradually increases as the tumors grow in a mouse SCLC model, and is regulated by the cell cycle. Mechanistically, CDK2–CyclinA2 complex phosphorylates ASCL1, which results in increased proteasome-mediated ASCL1 protein degradation by E3 ubiquitin ligase HUWE1 during mitosis. TCF3 promotes the multisite phosphorylation of ASCL1 through the CDK2–CyclinA2 complex and the interaction between ASCL1 and TCF3 protects ASCL1 from degradation. The dissociation of TCF3 from ASCL1 during mitosis accelerates the degradation of ASCL1. In addition, chemotherapy drugs greatly reduce the transcription of ASCL1 in SCLC cells. Depletion of ASCL1 sensitizes SCLC cells to chemotherapy drugs. Together, our study demonstrates that ASCL1 is a cell-cycle–regulated protein and provides a theoretical basis for applying cell-cycle–related antitumor drugs in SCLC treatment.

Implications:Our study revealed a novel regulatory mechanism of ASCL1 by cell cycle and chemotherapy drugs in SCLC. Treating patients with SCLC with a combination of ASCL1-targeting therapy and chemotherapy drugs could potentially be beneficial.
TABLE 1 from Immune Profiling of Vulvar Squamous Cell Cancer Discovers a Macrophage-rich Subtype Associated with Poor Prognosis
Authors: Condic Mateja , Rohr Andrea , Riemann Soheila , Staerk Christian , Ayub Tiyasha H. , Doeser Anna , Zillinger Thomas , Merkelbach-Bruse Sabine , Buettner Reinhard , Barchet Winfried , Rudlowski Christian , Mustea Alexander , Kübler Kirsten
Published: March 2024

Density of stromal TAMs affect outcome. Survival analysis of intratumoral and stromal immune cell counts
Supplementary Table 5 from Immune Profiling of Vulvar Squamous Cell Cancer Discovers a Macrophage-rich Subtype Associated with Poor Prognosis
Authors: Condic Mateja , Rohr Andrea , Riemann Soheila , Staerk Christian , Ayub Tiyasha H. , Doeser Anna , Zillinger Thomas , Merkelbach-Bruse Sabine , Buettner Reinhard , Barchet Winfried , Rudlowski Christian , Mustea Alexander , Kübler Kirsten
Published: March 2024

Supplementary Table 5 shows the correlation between immune cells and HPV.
Supplementary Table 3 from Immune Profiling of Vulvar Squamous Cell Cancer Discovers a Macrophage-rich Subtype Associated with Poor Prognosis
Authors: Condic Mateja , Rohr Andrea , Riemann Soheila , Staerk Christian , Ayub Tiyasha H. , Doeser Anna , Zillinger Thomas , Merkelbach-Bruse Sabine , Buettner Reinhard , Barchet Winfried , Rudlowski Christian , Mustea Alexander , Kübler Kirsten
Published: March 2024

Supplementary Table 3 summarizes clinicopathological characteristics of the discovery cohort.
Supplementary Table 1 from Immune Profiling of Vulvar Squamous Cell Cancer Discovers a Macrophage-rich Subtype Associated with Poor Prognosis
Authors: Condic Mateja , Rohr Andrea , Riemann Soheila , Staerk Christian , Ayub Tiyasha H. , Doeser Anna , Zillinger Thomas , Merkelbach-Bruse Sabine , Buettner Reinhard , Barchet Winfried , Rudlowski Christian , Mustea Alexander , Kübler Kirsten
Published: March 2024

Supplementary Table 1 summarizes immunohistochemical antibodies.
FIGURE 5 from Immune Profiling of Vulvar Squamous Cell Cancer Discovers a Macrophage-rich Subtype Associated with Poor Prognosis
Authors: Condic Mateja , Rohr Andrea , Riemann Soheila , Staerk Christian , Ayub Tiyasha H. , Doeser Anna , Zillinger Thomas , Merkelbach-Bruse Sabine , Buettner Reinhard , Barchet Winfried , Rudlowski Christian , Mustea Alexander , Kübler Kirsten
Published: March 2024

Characterization of in vitro polarized TAMs. A, Cytokines and chemokines detected in the supernatant of high-density VSCC cultures by ELISA. B, Healthy donor monocytes were differentiated into macrophages using GMCSF and exposed to different culture conditions: medium alone (monocyte-derived macrophage), VSCC supernatant (in vitro polarized TAM), or 20 ng/mL IFNγ (M1). Flow cytometry on day 5 determined surface antigen expression, presented as d-gMFIs. C, Macrophages were generated as in B; TNFα and IL10 levels were quantified in the supernatant by ELISA on day 5; background levels were subtracted. Data represent results from two individuals and/or experiments and are presented as mean ± SEM; significance was determined by two-sided Student t test.
FIGURE 1 from Immune Profiling of Vulvar Squamous Cell Cancer Discovers a Macrophage-rich Subtype Associated with Poor Prognosis
Authors: Condic Mateja , Rohr Andrea , Riemann Soheila , Staerk Christian , Ayub Tiyasha H. , Doeser Anna , Zillinger Thomas , Merkelbach-Bruse Sabine , Buettner Reinhard , Barchet Winfried , Rudlowski Christian , Mustea Alexander , Kübler Kirsten
Published: March 2024

CD163+ TAMs are abundant in VSCC. A, Representative images show high CD163 expression in TAMs (brown cytoplasm/cell membrane) in tumor and stroma as visualized by IHC; hematoxylin (blue) was used for nuclear staining (bright field, 400 × magnification; scale bar length 50 µm). B, CD163 immunoreactivity was digitally recorded and analyzed separately in tumor and stroma using three HPFs; results are shown as mean immunoreactivity per tissue compartment in percent. CD68+, CD3+, Foxp3+, and CD20+ immune cell counts were determined in relation to stroma and tumor, respectively. Individual datapoints, shown as dots, overlap summary statistics boxplots with medians represented by horizontal center lines; a split axis is used for CD68 immunoreactivity. Significance analysis by two-sided Mann–Whitney U test with Benjamini–Hochberg procedure. C, Representative images of D2-40–stained lymphatic and CD31-stained vascular endothelium in the peritumoral stroma (brown; bright field, 400 × magnification; scale bar length 50 µm).
Artistas latino-americanos no Centre national des arts plastiques: presenças invisíveis
Authors: Simioni Ana Paula Cavalcanti
Published: March 2024

The article focuses on the presence and visibility of Latin-American artists of the Centre national des arts plastiques (Cnap), in Paris- France. It is the first and most perennial world initiative to create a state fund of works dedicated to “living art,” an initiative that began in the end of the eighteenth century and persists to this day. The study of the temporality of the entrance of works in the collection, pointing to the importance of the decade of 1980, it contributes to the history of the global art by repositioning the institutional impact of the exhibition “Magiciens de la terre,” and the centrality of Paris to the Latin-American artists, especially during exile. In this ample context, we discuss the invisibility of women artists from the corpus of works in the Cnap.
Remnant Cholesterol, Not LDL Cholesterol, Explains Peripheral Artery Disease Risk Conferred by apoB: A Cohort Study
Authors: Wadström Benjamin N. , Pedersen Kasper M. , Wulff Anders B. , Nordestgaard Børge G.
Published: March 2024

BACKGROUND:

Elevated apoB-containing lipoproteins (=remnants+LDLs [low-density lipoproteins]) are a major risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, including peripheral artery disease (PAD) and myocardial infarction. We tested the hypothesis that remnants and LDL both explain part of the increased risk of PAD conferred by elevated apoB-containing lipoproteins. For comparison, we also studied the risk of chronic limb-threatening ischemia and myocardial infarction.

METHODS:

apoB, remnant cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol were measured in 93 461 individuals without statin use at baseline from the Copenhagen General Population Study (2003–2015). During up to 15 years of follow-up, 1207 had PAD, 552 had chronic limb-threatening ischemia, and 2022 had myocardial infarction in the Danish National Patient Registry. Remnant and LDL cholesterol were calculated from a standard lipid profile. Remnant and LDL particle counts were additionally measured with nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in 25 347 of the individuals. Results were replicated in 302 167 individuals without statin use from the UK Biobank (2004–2010).

RESULTS:

In the Copenhagen General Population Study, multivariable adjusted hazard ratios for risk of PAD per 1 mmol/L (39 mg/dL) increment in remnant and LDL cholesterol were 1.9 (95% CI, 1.5–2.4) and 1.1 (95% CI, 1.0–1.2), respectively; corresponding results in the UK Biobank were 1.7 (95% CI, 1.4–2.1) and 0.9 (95% CI, 0.9–1.0), respectively. In the association from elevated apoB to increased risk of PAD, remnant and LDL cholesterol explained 73% (32%–100%) and 8% (0%–46%), respectively; corresponding results were 63% (30%–100%) and 0% (0%–33%) for risk of chronic limb-threatening ischemia and 41% (27%–55%) and 54% (38%–70%) for risk of myocardial infarction; results for remnant and LDL particle counts corroborated these findings.

CONCLUSIONS:

PAD risk conferred by elevated apoB-containing lipoproteins was explained mainly by elevated remnants, while myocardial infarction risk was explained by both elevated remnants and LDL.
Death—The Gift of God to Man
Authors: Juričková Martina
Published: March 2024

In his Middle-earth lore, Tolkien presents death as a special gift that Eru gave to Men alone, and not any other beings. This paper tries to answer why death can be understood as a gift even by us, even though this idea seems to contradict the traditional belief that death is a punishment for the sin of the first people in Paradise. As unorthodox as it may seem, this paper suggests that it might have been inspired by Aquinas, who presented death as an essential attribute of the human body given to it from the moment of creation, but which in Paradise was only suppressed by a special grace from God. Aquinas suggests that after the introduction of sin to the world, this grace was removed and death regained its appointed effect. Death actually became a necessary means through we are able to come back to God’s presence—thus in a sense, it is a gift.
Visualizing Buddhism Today
Authors: Kim Mina
Published: March 2024

Since Buddhism appeared around the fifth century BCE, it has established itself as a discipline that gives philosophical teachings to many people beyond religion. After the twentieth century, Buddhism has gone beyond being a representative ideology of the East and continues to be a social and cultural inspiration for many people worldwide. By focusing on the artworks of three Korean artists, Jeong Hwa Choi, Kimsooja, and Do Ho Suh, this study explores in detail how Buddhism inspires artists to visualize self-reflection and transnational identity and how traditional Buddhism contributes to the universalization, conceptualization, and communication of contemporary art. It also discusses how Buddhism is being reinterpreted and visualized by contemporary artists today, becoming a work of art for the public, not art for the few. Their artworks, inspired by Buddhism, show how contemporary art shows humanist, participatory, empathic, diverse, and global aspects and conveys multilayered messages.
Effect of silicon application on rice plant defence against brown planthopper feeding under climate change conditions
Authors: Tenguri Prabhulinga , Chander Subhash , Ellur Ranjith Kumar , Patil Eresh , Sundaran Arya Pattathanam , Yele Yogesh , Thube Shivaji H. , Naik V. Chinna Babu , Nagaraju Madhu Tadagavadi
Published: March 2024

Silicon (Si) is known to enhance plant resistance in rice and other Poaceae plants by priming chemical defence, physiological, and mechanical barriers. However, the effects of application of Si to the soil on plant defence through antioxidative enzymes and changes in the nutrient composition of soil and rice straw under climate change conditions remain unclear. Thus this study was aimed at investigating the effects of Si on plant defence and other biochemical changes in the brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål, 1854), soil and rice plants under elevated CO2 levels (570 ± 25 ppm) and elevated temperature (≃3°C higher than ambient) in open-top chambers (OTCs) during the rainy season of 2019 and 2020. The results revealed that under elevated CO2, Si amendment significantly enhanced the activity of defensive antioxidative enzymes, namely catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POD) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) upon BPH feeding in both plants and BPH, besides enhancing available forms of major nutrients, namely nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), and minor nutrients, namely calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) and sulphur (S), and Si in soil and rice plants. The antioxidative enzymes’ mediated plant defence and positive alteration of the nutrient composition of soil along with other reported plant defences, namely callose deposition, silicification, and positive alteration of photosynthesis-related parameters, indicated Si amendment as a potential alternative strategy for BPH management under climate change conditions.
The Role of Ecumenism, Church, and Missiology in Violent Conflict from an African Postcolonial Theological Perspective
Authors: Nel Reginald W.
Published: March 2024

The defining sign of our time in relation to violent conflict is the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war. It impacts not only European countries, but also the Global South. From an African postcolonial theological perspective, the question is how to discern the ‘neutral’ stance of South Africa and various other African countries on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? Therefore, this article aims to present a postcolonial African analysis of violent conflict and trauma in Africa. This will be done referring to the debate between Tinyiko Maluleke and Emmanuel Katongole on the future of African theology. It concludes that the churches in Africa and theology can play their role in a posture of humility, leading in performing rituals of lament in the face of trauma. The narrative of a future African theology (and African ecclesiology) may not adhere to Eurocentric (neocolonial) dictates, or to reductionist analysis of the context.
“Time for God’s Peace.” Approaching a Centennial in Dialogue with Pioneers in Ecumenical History
Authors: Gehlin Sara
Published: March 2024

This article explores how the pursuit of peace can inspire ecumenical theological discourses. Discussing the theme of the approaching Swedish Ecumenical Centennial in 2025, “Time for God’s Peace,” the article calls attention to voices of ecumenists who gathered in Sweden in the interwar and postwar periods, in the context of the Life and Work and the Faith and Order movements. By means of taking the endeavours of pioneers in ecumenical history into regard, the investigation focuses on how theology can be constructed with a peacebuilding purpose. Considering that the churches have not only played a peaceful role in face of conflict and war, the article entails exploring the role of self-critical introspection in such ecumenical theological work. Moreover, with regard to the future oriented nature of this work, the article pays particular attention to how it has engaged young ecumenists.
Prefiguration of the Nation: The Soteriology and Ecclesiology of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente in the Early 20th Century
Authors: Smit Peter-Ben
Published: March 2024

The Iglesia Filipina Independiente was established in 1902, in the context of the US occupation of the Philippines. The church has become known for its outspoken emancipatory political stance in the course of the 20th century. Yet, in its early days, the church wrestled with the question how to negotiate the restrictions that had been imposed regarding explicit political agitation. This paper argues that the church found a way forward regarding this by developing a prefigurative self-understanding, according to which the church, in its self-organization, theology and liturgy, foreshadowed the future of the nation of the Philippines as a whole. The ecclesiology of the church became its political program. Using insights from the study of prefigurative politics, it is shown how this course of action becomes evident in the Iglesia Filipina Independiente’s publications, such as journals and liturgical books.
Churches Facing War: Ecumenical Deadlocks and Ecclesiological Challenges
Authors: Keramidas Dimitrios
Published: March 2024

The war in Ukraine has generated a debate both within the orthodox church and on an inter-Christian level regarding the religious legitimation of military conflicts. The inability of inter-Orthodox and ecumenical bodies to formulate a common stance in the face of war has raised questions about the current methodology employed by ecumenical assemblies. Some have suggested exhausting the instruments of dialogue, while others have proposed expelling churches with a pro-war profile from ecumenical organisations. This article aims to demonstrate how this problem also arises from the politicisation of ecumenical assemblies, which detracts them from the ecclesiological principle that should guide Christian witness.
Enduring Ornaments
Authors: Gammel Irene
Published: March 2024

This article examines five found objects and assemblies created by Dada artist Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: Enduring Ornament (1913), Cathedral (c. 1918), Earring Object (1917–1919), Limbswish (1917–1919), and a now lost textile circle. These works, obscured for a long time, symbolize the historic silencing of Dada women. By merging feminist theories of performance, trash, and Dada, this article argues that the Baroness’s use of discarded materials generates radical destabilizations, infusing her work with affect, memory, and transatlantic connections to avant-garde artists. Drawing on new archival sources, the article situates the Baroness within the queered dynamics of The Little Review circle, revealing her interactions with figures such as Margaret Anderson, Jane Heap, and Allen C. Tanner, key figures of the queered avant-garde.
The Recollection of Revolution
Authors: Caradonna Chiara
Published: March 2024

The present article addresses issues related to the preservation of revolutionary memory, and to the role of acts of writing and reading in securing the continuity of the revolutionary impetus that brings about new beginnings. The role of memory is discussed through a comparison between two seminal texts on revolution that are not usually read together: Gustav Landauer’s Die Revolution (1907) and Hannah Arendt’s On Revolution (1963). It argues that both texts attempt to avoid the risk of reducing revolution to an object of historical inquiry and to keep the “spirit of revolution” alive by employing unconventional narrative techniques and ascribing a central role to literature.
Literature as Magic
Authors: Engel Amir
Published: March 2024

Magic and literature are mostly understood as mutually exclusive domains. Magic is taken to be part of religious life, an aspect of the human desire to overcome the order of things and strive for the supernatural. Literature, on the other hand, is commonly described as an artistic endeavor and thus associated with secular art and culture. For this reason, it is possible to read about magic in literature, but it is very rare to read literature as magic. This article aims to reverse that trend. It entails a contextual and critical discussion of Carl Einstein’s 1912 novel Bebuquin oder die Dilettanten des Wunders, suggesting that this novel is best understood as magic, that is, as a sincere and radical attempt to reach the supernatural and transform the present. The article also suggests that the avant-garde is precisely the context for a renewed appreciation of literature and religion.
Else Lasker-Schüler’s Mein Herz and the Circus Motif
Authors: Molad Adi Shoshana
Published: March 2024

This article explores the circus motif in German-Jewish Expressionist author and artist Else Lasker-Schüler’s 1912 novel Mein Herz: Ein Liebesroman mit Bildern und wirklich lebenden Menschen and in her 1937 prose collection Das Hebräerland. The article suggests that the presence of the circus is central to her avant-garde works and playful aesthetics and that the circus, belonging to the arena of childhood, reflects a longing for new beginnings. Exploring Lasker-Schüler’s imaginative yet serious approach to the circus and its cast of artists, its affinities to Lasker-Schüler’s Orientalism, and her use of various personas, the article investigates new beginnings as liberation revealed between Earth’s creatures and the cosmos.
Der Nister’s Soviet Surrealism
Authors: Caplan Marc
Published: March 2024

In the first half of his career, Der Nister (“the Hidden One,” Pinkhas Kaganovitsh, 1884–1950) created a sequence of densely allusive literary fairy tales, drawing from a cosmopolitan range of symbol systems to bypass prior Yiddish fiction’s focus on traditional Jewish life. Upon returning to the Soviet Union at the end of the 1920s, however, he saw that this avant-garde aesthetic had to be replaced with state-mandated Realist, proletarian fiction. The second phase in his writing begins with a sequence of travel writings, Hoyptshtet (“Capital Cities,” 1934). Here, realistic descriptions of Kharkiv, Leningrad, and Moscow blend with phantasmagoric digression. This combination of travel writing with fantasy calls upon a hybrid aesthetic analogous to Parisian Surrealism. Through this comparison, it becomes clear that Hoyptshtet is both Symbolist and Realist, Soviet and Surrealist.
Extracting Pseudo-Phocylides’ Maxims
Authors: La Barbera Paola Carmela
Published: March 2024

In this paper, I discuss the excerpts of the pseudo-Phocylidean Sententiae preserved in the gnomology transmitted by the manuscripts BAV, Vat. gr. 895 and Wien, Österreichisches Nationalbibliothek, Phil. gr. 169. My aim is to identify the sources from which the excerptor drew the ps.-Phocylidean maxims, as well as his working milieu. Moreover, I try to understand the relationship of this witness to the textual tradition of ps.-Phocylides and its stemma.
Gianfrancesco Corradino dall’Aglio and Two Manuscripts of Catullus That He Did Not Invent
Authors: Kiss Dániel
Published: March 2024

A new edition of the poems of Catullus was published in 1738 in Venice by a young scholar named Gianfrancesco Corradino dall’Aglio. The title and preface promised a revolutionary edition that would surpass all its predecessors and restore the authentic text of Catullus with the help of an excellent early manuscript discovered in Rome. Corradino dall’Aglio’s grandiose claims attracted criticism and he soon came to be accused of having invented his manuscript sources. This article shows that the accusations go back to a misunderstanding by Scipione Maffei, who accused the editor in 1749 of having invented a liber Maffei. In fact the references to that manuscript stem from Achilles Statius’ commentary of 1566. More recently, that manuscript has been identified by Berthold Ullman with BAV, Ott. lat. 1829, that is, the famous codex Romanus of Catullus. But from the late eighteenth century onwards, the accusations of fraud directed against Corradino dall’Aglio centered on the Roman manuscript that is mentioned in his title and preface. This article shows that that manuscript cannot be identified with any surviving manuscript of Catullus, but due to several factors there is no reason to believe that it was invented by Corradino dall’Aglio. The article closes with an examination of the editorial practice of the young scholar, who turns out to have been a conservative editor of Catullus: he often advocated the reading of the manuscripts against the conjectures of earlier editors.
Dahmān Āfrīn and Srōš: Analyzing a Connection
Authors: Raffaelli Enrico G.
Published: March 2024

This article investigates the theme, known from two passages of Pahlavi literature (Šāyist nē Šāyist 13.43 and Dēnkard 9.22.1), of the multiple comings of the deities Dahmān Āfrīn and Srōš to the world at night in order to give it increase. The article highlights that this theme reflects some characteristics of the Dahmā Āfriti prayer (which Dahmān Āfrīn personifies), and of the deity Sraoša (of whom Srōš is the equivalent) according to the Avestan tradition. Furthermore, the article highlights that this theme also reflects certain characteristics of the Dahmā Āfriti and of Srōš, as well as of the deity Dahmān Āfrīn, in the Zoroastrian tradition of the Sasanian to early Islamic times. The article analyzes these characteristics, and proposes some considerations on the relationship between Dahmān Āfrīn and Srōš. It also points out that a connection between Dahmān Āfrīn and Srōš is preserved in modern and contemporary Zoroastrian rituals.
nihang and āhang: Two Administrative Terms in Middle Persian and Bactrian
Authors: Saadat Yusef
Published: March 2024

Middle Persian nahang (historically preferable: nihang) is usually translated as ‘province’. The paper tries to demonstrate that the term most probably means ‘domain, orbit; region’. The two forms nihang and nahang also occur in Bactrian documents, translated by Sims-Williams as ‘adjacent’ and ‘environs’. Here it will be argued that this word is semantically narrowed down in Bactrian to a more technical term meaning ‘the land part of a property, simple land (not taking into account the accessories and facilities belonging to it)’. Furthermore, it is discussed that also the word āhang, which collocates with nihang in Bactrian documents, was a technical term, probably meaning ‘accessories and appurtenances; harvest, crop yield; usufruct (?).’ The same term is found in Pahlavi documents meaning “harvest, crop yield”.
From Historian to Poet: A Checklist of the Persian Poems of Idrīs Bidlīsī (Hašt Bihišt VI, Nuruosmaniye 3209)
Authors: Dehqan Mustafa
Published: March 2024

Many articles have been published on the life and career of Idrīs Bidlīsī (1457–1520) and his contribution to the history of Ottoman Empire. There has been much less research, especially in the West, into the influential role that Persian literature, especially Niẓāmī of Ganğa, played in all facets of his works. Consequently, even fewer studies have been done on Idrīs’ own poetry, which was composed mainly either in late fifteenth century, when he was still at the court of Aqquyunlu, or after his residence at the Ottoman court, especially in early sixteenth century. This study is dedicated to making a “voyage of discovery” of his Persian poems as reflected in the Book VI of Hašt Bihišt, an unpublished book of his magnum opus.
On Persian Design and Fashion in Twentieth-Century France: The 1930 Jean Pozzi Catalogue of Persian Art
Authors: Habibi Negar
Published: March 2024

This article examines the first catalogue of Jean Pozzi’s Persian collection, commented on and published by Edgar Blochet in 1930. Five of the nine coloured plates of the catalogue are from seventeenth-century Isfahan showing highly fashionable men and women wearing various outfits and headgear ornamented with different textile designs. Reviewing the keen Parisian interest in “Oriental” arts and crafts, and especially their appeal to renowned French couturiers and designers, we argue that Jean Pozzi’s catalogue may be seen as one of the persuasive Persian collections of the early twentieth century, providing the forms and tones that French industries of textile design and fashion sought before World War II.
Capgras Syndrome with Pregnant Woman: A Case Report and Literature Review
Authors: Numan Nabil Ahmed
Published: March 2024

Background: Capgras syndrome is one of the delusional misidentification syndromes characterized by the delusional belief by the patient that the close person is replaced by an imposter who looks physically the same. Capgras syndrome was initially considered a purely psychotic disorder, but recently, Capgras syndrome understands as a neurological disorder, in which the delusion primarily results from organic brain lesions or degeneration. The case report aims to review previous literature on topic and present a case of pregnant woman experiencing Capgras delusion under full consciousness and whose expediencies are not linked to any psychiatric or neurological illness. Case presentation: A 29 year old, pregnant woman was brought for psychiatric consultation by her family with chief complaints of belief that her husband had been replaced by identical impostor, associated with irritability, anger and hostility since 4 months and aggravated in the last month. This pregnant woman showing absence of emotional response, no familiarity toward her husband and delusion that her husband replaced by imposter. Conclusion: Capgras syndrome is not necessarily pathological and can occur in a healthy population. Capgras syndrome may happen spontaneously under full consciousness in the healthy subjects; like in neurological and psychiatric patients. In this case report the phenomenological aspects of Capgras syndrome may similar in the content of the delusion to other studies were carried out with psychiatric or neurological patients, but no evidence of depersonalization, physical violence or aggression.
Development of Process Safety Cumulative Risk Assessment and Visualization Model/Framework for Petroleum Facilities in Niger-Delta Region, Nigeria
Authors: Maduabuchi Emeka , Israel Gogomary Oyet
Published: March 2024

One of the key challenges in preventing major process safety accidents in an operating plant is the lack of an integrated system/model that brings together the risks posed by the deficiencies / deviations on the safety critical barriers, for operational decision making. Based on this context, an exploratory study was undertaken to develop a model/framework for visualizing the accumulation of process safety risks arising from safety critical barriers impairments in petroleum facilities in Niger-Delta Nigeria. A “focused group” was used to test/validate the model/framework using two case studies. The results indicate that the process safety cumulative risk assessment framework/model offers a transparent mechanism for assessing and visualizing the cumulative risks arising from the barrier impairment problems. For the facility in the first case study, 3.2% of the total number of safety-critical barriers was deviated and the model revealed risk accumulation in the gas compression functional location. For the facility in the second case study, 1.7% of the total number of safety-critical barriers was deviated and the model revealed risk accumulation in the gas dehydration functional location. When applied properly, the model/framework will reduce the risk of major accident in petroleum facilities by (a) aiding better management of safety critical barriers deviations through improved risks visual and (b) eliminate variability in human interpretation of process safety risk levels. One improvement area identified in the model/framework is the need for a web-based software for automation of barrier impairment data collection and real-time visualization of the cumulative risk picture.
Effect of Glycine Subgingival Sandblasting on the Incidence of Peri-Implantitis and Expression of Inflammatory Factors in Gingival Crevicular Fluid in Patients with Titanium-Nickel-Chromium Alloy Porcelain-Fused-To-Metal Crowns
Authors: Pan Taohua , Liu Shuo , Liu Qingqing , Zhang Minyi , Zhu Lilei
Published: March 2024

This research was aimed to demonstrate impacts of glycine subgingival sandblasting on peri-implantitis (PI), periodontal clinical parameters, and inflammatory factor expression in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) in patients with titanium-nickel-chromium (TiNiCr) alloy porcelain-fused-to-metal
crown (APC) restorations. A total of 159 patients with TiNiCr APCs were randomly rolled into glycine subgingival sandblasting group (Exp 1 group), erythritol subgingival sandblasting group (Exp 2 group), and conventional scaling and root planing (SRP) treatment group (Con group), with 53 patients
in each group. The quantity of oral biofilm was assessed based on plaque staining, and the plaque index (PLI), bleeding index (BI), probing depth (PD), and clinical attachment level (CAL) preoperatively (baseline) and at 3-, 6-, and 12-months postoperatively in various groups were compared.
Microbial species and quantities in the GCF were determined using microbial counting, and the incidence of PI postoperatively was calculated in each group. The inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interleukin (IL)-1β, and IL-6 in the GCF were
measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The results showed that at 3-, 6-, and 12-months postoperatively, the PLI, BI, PD, CAL, TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 in Exp 1 group were dramatically inferior to those in Con group (P < 0.01). The PLI, BI,
PD, CAL, bacterial counts (rods, cocci, and spirochetes) in Exp 2 group were inferior to those in Con group (P < 0.05) at the same time points. Furthermore, the PLI, BI, PD, CAL, TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 in Exp 1 group were inferior to those in Exp 2 group
(P < 0.05) at 3-, 6-, and 12-months postoperatively. The incidence of PI postoperatively in Exp 1 and Exp 2 groups was 5.66% and 3.77%, respectively, which was dramatically inferior to Con group’s incidence of 9.43% (P < 0.05). These findings indicate that glycine
subgingival sandblasting can greatly enhance the periodontal condition of patients undergoing TiNiCr APC restorations, reduce the incidence of PI, and lower the levels of inflammatory factors in the GCF.
Preparation of Dexamethasone-Loaded Nanoparticles and Therapeutic Adoption for Acute Lung Injury in Septic Mice Through the TLR9 Pathway
Authors: Zhao Xue , Xu Yuanshen , Fang Jinyan
Published: March 2024

This research aimed to better exert the efficacy of dexamethasone (DEX) and fabricate an intercellular adhesion molecule A (ILDMA) monoclonal antibody (mAb)-modified nanostructured lipid carrier (NSLC). The anionic DEX NSLC was fabricated by the aqueous solvent diffusion methodology
using DEX as the model drug and in combination with various types of lipids. Using N,N’-succinimidyl carbonate as the link, anti-ILDMA mAb-modified anion DEX NSLC (ILDM/DEX/NSLC) and anti-IgG mAb-modified cation DEX NSLC (IgG/DEX/NSLC) were prepared. The total lipid content was controlled
unchanged, 3% mass ratio of glyceryl monostearate (MS) in the original prescription was replaced with 3% mass ratio of octadecylamine (ODA), and ILDM/DEX/ODA-NSLC and IgG/DEX/ODA-NSLC were fabricated in the same way. The four NSLCs prepared in the experiment were round in shape and uniform
in size. The nanoparticles with a size of approximately 230 nm were similar, and the zeta potentials were (−29.8±21.5) mV, (−27.9±1.6) mV, (36.8±0.8) mV, and (33.7±2.9) mV, respectively. In vitro drug release demonstrated a cumulative release
rate of more than 55% of DEX NSLC. The inhibitory rate of DEX NSLC on the activated human vascular endothelial cell line (EAhy926 cell) was dose dependent, and ILDM/DEX/NSLC could transport DEX to activated endothelial cells more efficiently, thus enhancing the intervention ability on diseased
endothelium. For the establishment of a sepsis-induced acute lung injury (ALI) mouse model, ILDM/DEX/NSLC was highly distributed in the lung of the model, and its infiltration effect on inflammatory cells was superior to that of other drugs (P < 0.05). Meanwhile, ILDM/DEX/NSLC could
more markedly repair the pathological features in the mouse model than other drugs did (P < 0.05). The nanodrug inhibited the protein level of TLR9 in mouse lung tissue to the maximum extent (P < 0.05), thereby enhancing the survival rate of the mice.
Investigating the Wound Healing Activity of Silymarin Nanoemulsion Loaded in Chitosan Gel
Authors: Albarqi Hassan A. , Ahmad Mohammad Zaki , Albekairi Thamer H. , Alqhamdi Eyad M. , Albawardi Saad S. , Ahmad Javed , Alshahrani Rasha Saad , Algahtani Mohammed S. , Alqahtani Abdulsalam A. , Alasiri Ali , Walbi Ismail A.
Published: March 2024

Wound healing is a complex biological process involving a series of coordinated cellular and molecular events to restore tissue integrity and functionality. Challenges in achieving optimal wound healing have prompted the search for innovative therapeutic strategies. In recent years,
nanotechnology-based approaches have gained attention for their potential in promoting wound healing outcomes. Silymarin, a natural polyphenolic compound, possesses diverse therapeutic properties including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and wound healing effects. Loading these compounds in
a chitosan-based nanoemulgel formulation enhances their stability, bioavailability, and targeted delivery to the wound site. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of silymarin nanoemulsion-loaded chitosan gel (SLY-CS-NEG) through in vitro and in vivo experiments. The evaluation
encompassed wound closure percentage, inflammation reduction, and tissue regeneration assessments. The selected formulation No (F6) of SLY-CS-NEG, boasted remarkable characteristics, with a mean droplet size of 49.94±0.21 nm, a negative surface charge of −29.9±0.61, and
sustained drug release over the 24 h. Animal experiments unveiled that SLY-CS-NEG significantly promoted wound healing compared to the control group. The results of this study demonstrated that the nanomedicine-based approach utilizing chitosan and nanoemulsion technology presents an innovative
solution to overcome the limitations of silymarin and advance wound healing therapies.
What is Meant by the Term Interpretation, and What is it For?
Authors: Reis Bruce
Published: March 2024

Analysts seem spellbound by language when it comes to the word interpretation, a word so idealized and grand, so laden with fantasy, that the term itself continues to hold a magical sense that defies us to think about it. Called upon to do far too much explanatory work in psychoanalysis, it is accorded a variety of meanings. It is employed for varied uses, often simultaneously, making it hard to know what analysts mean when referring to “interpretation” and what uses they intend for it. Approaches to interpretation may be heuristically separated into those having to do with the content of the unconscious and those attempting to “use” interpretation in a manner still not divorced from content. What it means to attempt to interpret what is by definition uninterpretable is yet another area to be explored. Accordingly, issues of construction, co-construction, and transformation are examined. Every interpretation is at once a concealment, every inscription a negation, every representation a re-presentation of something unrepresentable. Despite this, the concept of interpretation, even if theoretically unsupportable in large measure, retains its clinical utility.