bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Economic and Operational Feasibility of Biological Methanation in Power-to-Gas Systems: Enhancing Renewable Energy Integration
Authors: Emmanuel Olalekan Oloruntoba , Olayinka Amos Oladosu , Michael Bode Agunbiade , James Adebayo , Seyi Rachel Dada
Published: September 2024

The urgent need for sustainable and stable energy systems has propelled the exploration of innovative solutions like Power-to-Gas (PtG) technology, which offers a promising pathway to integrate renewable energy sources (RES) into existing energy infrastructures. This study delves into the economic viability and operational efficiency of employing biological methanation processes within PtG systems, with a particular focus on the trickle bed methanation technique. By converting excess renewable electricity into hydrogen and subsequently methane, PtG technology represents a strategic approach to mitigate the intermittency of renewable sources such as wind and solar power. This research assesses the operational parameters and economic implications of utilizing proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers and biological methanation in the context of fluctuating electricity prices and regulatory environments. Furthermore, it examines the potential of retrofitting existing biogas plants for methane production through biological methanation, thus leveraging existing infrastructure for enhanced energy storage and grid stability. The findings highlight the critical factors influencing the economic feasibility of PtG technology, including investment and operational costs, and propose strategic recommendations to enhance its market penetration and viability. This comprehensive analysis underscores the significance of PtG technology, particularly biological methanation, as a cornerstone for achieving a sustainable and resilient energy future.
STORIES OF A COLLAPSING FUTURE. REPRESENTATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS IN MAJA LUNDE’S NOVELS
Authors:   University of Bucharest, Faculty of Letters, TACHE LAVINIA
Published: September 2024

The article proposes an overview of two novels written by the Norwegian writer Maja Lunde, through notions such as ‘dystopia’, ‘trans-corporeality’ (Alaimo 2018) and `heterotopy’ (Foucault 1984) that showcase the presence of various beings and spaces interlinked and existing in a constantly changing environment. The History of Bees gathers three stories from separate timelines in order to emphasize the evolution of the relation between people and the environment, while The End of the Ocean tackles problems of desertification and dreadful effects of the capitalist system. Both books are essential for understanding a new type of catastrophe, which has been explained as a “catastrophe without event” (Horn 2014), due to its graduality that is a result of climate transformations generated by various industries and people’s harmful attitudes towards their natural surroundings. Memory and objects are also central coordinates in analysing how the future actualizes the past, since the characters rest their survival on a book (The History of Bees) and on a boat (The End of the Ocean). Moreover, Foucault’s concept of ‘heterotopy’ is illustrative of the liminal state in which the protagonists exist. The catastrophic spatiality encapsulates trauma, the will to transgress time, and the absence of the beloved ones. Survival is the narrative thread that opens the communication between different generations, and loneliness or death are pivotal elements for recreating the present, which, in Lunde’s novels, is seen as unfavourable, but nevertheless having ingrained a sense of hope for the future.
ANALYSE COMPARATIVE DU MARQUAGE DIFFÉRENTIEL DES COMPLÉMENTS DIRECT ET D’AGENT EN ROUMAIN (II)
Authors:   INaLCO de Paris – SeDyL CNRS IRD UMR 8202, MARDALE ALEXANDRU
Published: September 2024

This is the second part of a more general research on the comparison between Differential (Direct) Object (DOM) and Differential Agent Marking (DAM) in (contemporary) Romanian. Previously, I have showed that DOM is an optional phenomenon (with a few exceptions for certain types of Direct Objects). DOM is sensitive to factors like animacy, specificity, and topicality. In the present study, I will show that DAM is only sensitive to animacy, but neither to specificity nor to topicality. Additionally, DAM seems to be affected by language register, namely the official / administrative one.
Analisis Wacana Kritis Model Teun A. Van Dijk pada Syair KIM Berjudul Damam Akiak yang Dinyanyikan oleh Nedi Gampo
Authors: Wahyudi Randi , Morelent Yetty , Syofiani Syofiani
Published: September 2024

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi pada pertunjukan KIM yang sudah mulai langka dan bahkan tidak banyak dikenal oleh generasi muda. Penulis memfokuskan penelitian pada wacana dalam syair KIM yang dinyanyikan oleh Nedi Gampo menggunakan Analisis Wacana Kritis (AWK) model Teun A. Van Dijk. Model Teun A. Van Dijk tidak hanya melihat wacana dari struktur teks saja, tapi juga melihatnya dari sudut pandang sosial yang berkembang di masyarakat. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan (1) struktur makro, (2) skematik, (3) struktur mikro, (4) kognisi sosial dan (5) konteks sosial menggunakan metode Analisis Wacana Kritis (AWK) model Teun A. Van Dijk pada syair dari musik KIM. Jenis penelitian yang dilakukan adalah penelitian kualitatif menggunakan metode deskriptif. Objek penelitian ini adalah lirik dendang KIM berupa syair berjudul "Pisau Silet", Raja Doli", "Damam Akiak", dan "Kaleng Kuncang" yang  didendangkan oleh Nedi Gampo dari kanal Youtube 'Nedi Gampo Channel'. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan syair-syair KIM tersebut menggunakan bahasa secara terstruktur dengan tujuan untuk memberikan informasi kepada para pendengar dendang KIM atau pembaca syair KIM dalam memahami isi syairnya. Nedi Gampo sebagai penyanyi memfasilitasi kebutuhan pendengar dan penikmat KIM ini supaya tetap hangat dan menarik untuk dibahas. (5) Konteks sosial yang terdapat dalam dalam syair KIM yang dinyanyikan Nedi Gampo berfungsi mendukung kejelasan makna mengenai materi yang dibahas.
The development of the Tax Management of Merchants in the EP-Municipal Wholesale Market Company in the Pishilata Urban Parish of the city of Ambato
Authors: Quito Sumba Hilda Catalina , Sosa Loor Ana Karen , Enríquez Jácome Miguel Ángel , Chávez-Arizala Jenrry Fredy
Published: September 2024

Introduction: tax culture corresponds to the responsibility that taxpayers have in relation to the payment and declaration of their taxes based on social awareness.Objective: to evaluate the knowledge of the tax culture of the merchants of the Wholesale Sector of the Pishilata Parish.Method: a quantitative, observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the level of knowledge of the tax culture of the merchants of the Wholesale Sector of the Pishilata Parish of the city of Ambato during 2022. The study population is made up of 1,850 merchants from the city of Ambato, a sample of 322 people was defined by simple random samplingResults: 53.7 % of the sample studied were female. 75.16 % of the sample agrees that it is the payment of a percentage of income. 87.58 % of the sample agrees that the declaration of VAT is one of the duties; if the payment of taxes were voluntary, 82.61 % of taxpayers would choose not to do so; 49.38 % claim not to see effective and efficient results from investment in state works with the income obtained from taxes.Conclusions: Legal knowledge about taxation must be reinforced with the topics chosen by merchants because tax evasion is an effect of the lack of tax culture in taxpayers
“My Favorite Labor is Child Labor”: Analyzing Children’s Work in Family Channels
Authors: Galindo Julia
Published: September 2024

In the world of YouTube, family channels are timelessly popular both with audiences and advertisers. Chronicling the day-to-day lives of families, these channels heavily feature children of all ages, sometimes from the second they are born. Increasingly, questions have arisen as to the ethics of family vlogs. Are these videos memories or examples of child labor? In this paper I answer: Are children in family vlogs engaged in child labor? Using two popular YouTube families, the McKnights and the Shaytards, as case studies I show that children in family vlogs often meet the ILO’s definition of child labor. These children tend to be inextricably linked to the family channel’s success, stripped of any privacy, as their highs and lows are shared with millions of strangers for large sums of money. All the while, parents redefine internet safety, as it meets their needs.
Blasted, Bound, and Bald: the Abject Properties of Witch Hair
Authors: Giroux Rose
Published: September 2024

The witch’s blasted hair in Early Modern visual culture is moving and evolving. Her hair is untamable, animated by a wind and a force unknowable to the viewer. The artists who captured this “blasted” hair in the 16th century, including Hans Baldung Grien, Hans Sebald Beham, and Albrecht Dürer, found themselves working in opposition to what appears, at first glance, a formidable “other:” women’s agency and sexuality, frozen in bodily form as strands of hair. Little research has been dedicated to an earnest analysis of the witch’s amorphous hair so this paper consists primarily of original research and the application of philosophical and anthropological theory. Julia Kristeva’s theory of abjection is a key tenet of this paper’s central argument. The witch is not an “other” directly opposed to a mainstream, she is a third intermediary thing: Kristeva’s “abject.” She is a personification of the skin on the surface of sour milk, instilling disgust in the potential consumer. She is the abject precisely because she is embedded in the object; her hair is the most explicit vehicle for this argument. Friedrich Speevon Langenfield’s accounts of forced hair removal and contemporary literature from Raymond Firth, Barbara Baert, and E.R. Leach inform this reading of witch hair as the abject. This paper concludes that the visual translation of blasted hair is an attempt to remove it and its female sexual connotation from the imagination to a more accessible visual medium. The artist’s renderings are meant to turn the abject into an easily digestible object, a complete “other.”
Eye to I: Panoptic Muslim Surveillance and Warsan Shire’s Poetics of Liberation
Authors: Mohammed Sarah Fathima
Published: September 2024

In 1786, French architect Jeremy Bentham envisioned the panopticon, a structure in which prison cells surround an opaque tower where guards surveil the prisoners. In the panopticon, prisoners could be observed by guards without knowing when they were being watched, making them trained for constant vigilance. My research places this centuries-old theoretical model against contemporary Muslim surveillance, arguing that the panopticon is a way to more deeply and thoroughly understand the omnipresent surveillance weaponized against Muslim communities after 9/11. More broadly, I refuse to dilute the impact of internalized and externalized policing on marginalized communities. I investigate how post-9/11 surveillance in Nairobi places Muslim communities into a prison-like structure in which they are repeatedly watched, affecting their internal psyche— the art form of poetry written by these marginalized groups allows for a deeper viewing and dissection of this surveillance. Invoking French philosopher Michel Foucault, who drew from the panopticon in his literary theories on discipline, with first-hand ethnographic research on Muslim surveillance from contemporary scholars living in Nairobi, Kenya, I pose a literary-ethnographic stance regarding how we can view the lasting impacts of Muslim surveillance. In analyzing the detrimental conditions of surveillance in postcolonial Kenya, I also investigate how a key contemporary poet, Warsan Shire, breaks free from these boundaries through her artistic work, which focuses on the generational and haunting implications of surveillance in her own Muslim community. Shire herself was born in Kenya and migrated to the United Kingdom with her family when she was a young child. Her poetry, both spoken and written, has now reached global audiences in North America, Germany, and South Africa and has influenced the contemporary literary canon. Catechizing Muslim surveillance through meshing literary and anthropological research, I hope to dismantle the post 9-/11 prison-panopticon of inspection, emphasizing the role of artistry in liberation and resistance.
Determinants of Stunting in Indonesia: Investigating Key Factors Influencing Child Growth
Authors: Lubis Zulhaida , . Jumirah , Bukit Dhani Syahputra
Published: September 2024

Stunting is a condition of growth failure that occurs in children, especially those under the age of five, caused by chronic poor nutritional intake and recurrent infectious diseases. Stunting is a social problem that has an impact on child development and the achievement of human resource quality. This study employed a cross-sectional design to investigate stunting in children in Tapanuli Tengah Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The sample consisted of 402 children from five districts, chosen for their focus on stunting prevention. Data collection involved mother interviews and measuring children's length/height-for-age indicators. The study examined a variety of family and child characteristics, including age, gender, father's occupation, family income, birth weight, birth length, and disease history. Multiple Logistic Regression is used to analyze the determinant impact of stunting events on children under five. It was found that 23.4% of stunted children in Tapanuli Tengah Regency. The results of the study show that there was a significant influence of birth length and history of illness on the incidence of stunting. History of illness is the dominant risk factor for stunting, with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.8 with a Confidence Interval (CI) value of 1.120-2. 895. This informs that children who have a history of illness are almost 2 times more likely to be stunted than children who do not have a history of the disease. This study highlights the prevalence of stunting in Tapanuli Tengah Regency and its association with birth length and a history of illness. Interventions to combat stunting should target improving birth length and addressing children's history of illness. These findings align with existing literature on stunting in Indonesia and underscore the need for targeted interventions. Stunting remains a critical public health concern in Indonesia, necessitating context-specific efforts in Tapanuli Tengah Regency
Systematic Literature Review on Machine Learning Deep Learning and IOT-based Model for E-Waste Management
Authors: Oise Godfrey Perfectson , Akpowehbve Odimayomi Joy
Published: September 2024

This article provides a comprehensive review of existing research on machine learning, deep learning, and IoT-based models for smart e-waste management. The main objectives are to support research, facilitate other researchers in finding relevant studies, and propose future research areas within this domain. Additionally, it offers stakeholders, organizations, and government bodies valuable insights into smart e-waste management based on research-driven knowledge of implementation strategies. The review results indicate that the most frequently studied areas are motives, critical success factors, implementation status, and benefits. Each of these areas would benefit from further exploration.
Implementation Joule Thief Buck-Boost Converter in A Neodymium Wind Power Plant
Authors: Lasmara Tedi , Syaid Al Idrus  , Muhamad Riyad Ariwibowo
Published: September 2024

Wind power generation is gaining popularity as an environmentally friendly renewable energy source. However, the output voltage of a wind generator usually varies according to the wind speed, requiring a power converter to produce a stable DC voltage. The author of this research aims to implement a Joule Thief Buck-Boost Converter on a neodymium wind power generation system. Joule Thief is a DC-DC converter that has the ability to convert a low input voltage into a higher output voltage, and can maintain a relatively stable output voltage despite changes in the input voltage. In this study, a Joule Thief buck-boost converter is used to regulate the output DC voltage of the neodymium wind generator to remain stable despite the changing wind speed. System testing is done by measuring the output voltage of the neodymium wind power plant. The test results show that the Joule Thief Buck-Boost Converter can maintain the output DC voltage at a stable value of 14V at input voltages above 3V, so the implementation of this converter in neodymium wind power plants is proven effective in producing a stable DC voltage. This research is expected to contribute to the development of a more efficient and reliable wind power generation system.
Wall Follower Based Fire Extinguisher Wheeled Robot Prototype using 5 Channel Fire Sensor
Authors: Aldenio Muhammad , Zailani Hildan Firmansyah , Ariwibowo Muhamad Riyad
Published: September 2024

Fires can occur anywhere, be it in schools, offices, and housing or other open spaces. Fire cannot be predicted when it will happen. In the modern era robots are one of the very special technologies, the benefits of these robots can facilitate human work. Robot cars in this era are attracting quite a lot of attention from experts to develop. Therefore, the author designed a "Wall Follower-based Fire Extinguishing Robot using a 5 Channel fire sensor" to reduce the risk of fire. This robot uses the HC-SR04 sensor to detect the barrier wall so that the extinguishing robot reaches the fire point. For the microcontroller tool used in this design system in the form of an Arduino Nano microcontroller which functions as part of the 5 Channel Flame Sensor controller to detect hotspots and a DC water pump to extinguish the fire. In this study using experimental research. This robot has successfully passed the track and put out the fire as the author has designed. The average flame sensor on this robot can read the fire point at a distance of 20 cm with angles of 90°, 60°, 120°, 150°, then the output voltage generated on the DC motor with a PWM value of 191 or 75% duty cycle produces an output of 8.77V measured using a multimeter, and this robot can extinguish the fire on the track with different distances with an average fire extinguishing time of 7.1 seconds.
Vai trò của năng lượng tái tạo và không tái tạo đối với tăng trưởng tại các nền kinh tế mới nổi ASEAN
Authors: Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Nga
Published: September 2024

Nghiên cứu nhằm đánh giá tác động của năng lượng tái tạo (NLTT) và năng lượng không tái tạo (NLKTT) đến tăng trưởng tại các nền kinh tế mới nổi ASEAN. Thông qua việc thực hiện một hồi quy hiệu ứng hỗn hợp Bayes trên một mẫu dữ liệu bảng bao gồm năm nước ASEAN (ASEAN-5) giai đoạn 1965-2019, nghiên cứu cho thấy những nguồn lực truyền thống như công nghệ, vốn nhân lực, vốn thực thể và lao động có đóng góp lớn hơn vào tăng trưởng kinh tế so với các nguồn năng lượng, trong khi đó so với NLTT, NLKTT có ảnh hưởng mạnh hơn đến tăng trưởng kinh tế. Đặc biệt, công nghệ có tác động mạnh nhất đến tăng trưởng kinh tế tại các thị trường mới nổi ASEAN. Kết quả thực nghiệm gợi ý những hàm ý chính sách quan trọng nhằm thúc đẩy chuyển đổi năng lượng tại các quốc gia ASEAN.
Analisis Kesulitan Belajar Bahasa Indonesia Materi Menentukan Ide Pokok dan Ide Pendukung Pada Siswa Kelas IV Sekolah Dasar
Authors: Damaiyanti Rosi , Mardiana Dina , Dilla Widya Permata
Published: September 2024

Determining the main idea and supporting ideas of a text is a fundamental reading skill. The ability of students to identify the main idea and supporting details is a key aspect of Indonesian language learning in fourth grade. However, at SDN-11 Palangka, many fourth-grade students—approximately 73%—struggle with identifying the main idea and supporting ideas. Despite being an upper-grade class, these students should be capable of applying reading comprehension skills effectively. This has led researchers to conduct descriptive research aimed at identifying the difficulties, causal factors, and potential solutions to improve the learning of Indonesian. The focus of this study is on determining the main idea in reading texts for fourth-grade students at SDN-11 Palangka. The research employs a descriptive method with a qualitative approach, utilizing an interactive data analysis technique based on the Miles and Huberman model. This process involves data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The data collection methods used in this research include observation, interviews, and documentation. The results indicate that the main difficulty students face in identifying the main idea is their inadequate understanding of the material related to the main idea and supporting details. The cause of these difficulties lies in the students' reading challenges, which include a lack of fluency in reading and insufficient reading comprehension skills.
CORRELAÇÃO ENTRE ODONTOLOGIA E FISIOTERAPIA: DTM, ALTERAÇÃO POSTURAL E CEFALEIA
Authors: Resende Thayná Silva De , Marques Simone Barone Salgado
Published: September 2024

Este trabalho tem por objetivo demonstrar a correlação entre disfunção temporomandibular (DTM) e alterações posturais em pacientes acamados e fornecer informações valiosas para equipes multidisciplinares visando um tratamento mais eficaz. Este estudo explora a relação entre a odontologia e a fisioterapia, especificamente como a DTM pode influenciar ou ser influenciada por alterações posturais e cefaleias em pacientes. A pesquisa investiga as melhorias necessárias para um tratamento mais efetivo, considerando a interação entre essas duas áreas da saúde. A fim de proporcionar um tratamento holístico, este trabalho apresentará evidências da relevância da abordagem multidisciplinar para a gestão de pacientes com DTM e alterações posturais, englobando tanto a perspectiva odontológica quanto fisioterapêutica.
UM ESTUDO EXPLORATÓRIO SOBRE AS BARREIRAS E OPORTUNIDADES DA PARTICIPAÇÃO DA MULHER NA INDÚSTRIA DE TECNOLOGIA
Authors: Ribeiro Alyne Lima , Ribeiro Tayse Virgulino
Published: September 2024

This study aims to comprehensively examine women’s participation in the technology industry, using a qualitative and exploratory approach to understand the complex dynamics of this scenario. The central objective is to capture a variety of aspects, perspectives, and experiences through qualitative data, providing a richer and deeper understanding than would be possible with isolated quantitative metrics. Employing a hypothetical-deductive method, the research begins with the formulation of theoretical hypotheses based on existing literature, which are subsequently tested empirically. This process allows for robust conclusions to be drawn about the role, participation, and impact of women in the technology sector, as well as identifying systemic barriers and facilitators of their inclusion. Additionally, the study seeks to shed light on the specific challenges faced by women, the emerging opportunities that can be leveraged, and the significant contributions they make to this vital and ever-evolving field. By offering a detailed and contextualized analysis, the study aims to provide valuable insights for policymakers, industry leaders, and educators, helping to promote a more inclusive and equitable environment in technology. Ultimately, this study not only aims to map the current state of female participation in technology but also to contribute to the creation of effective strategies that promote diversity and inclusion, ensuring that women’s voices and experiences are fully integrated into the ongoing development of this dynamic sector.
التكنولوجيا الرقمية وانعكاساتها على قيم المواطنة لدى الشباب الفلسطيني
Authors: صبيح لينا , عليان هبة , أبو هولي منى
Published: September 2024

هدفت الدراسة  الكشف عن مدى انعكاس التكنولوجيا الرقمية على قيم المواطنة لدى الشباب الفلسطيني من وجهة نظرهم ، والكشف عن الفروق في استجابات أفراد عينة الدراسة حول مدى انعكاس التكنولوجيا الرقمية على قيم المواطنة لدى الشباب الفلسطيني وفقا لمتغير( الجنس عدد ساعات المكوث على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي، أكثر مواقع التوصل الاجتماعي ارتدادا)، استخدمت الاستبانة أداة للدراسة، اتبعت المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، وطبقت الأداة على (250) فردا من الشباب الفلسطيني،  خلصت الدراسة الى أن التكنولوجيا الرقمية انعكست بدرجة كبيرة على قيم المواطنة (الانتماء والولاء، المسئولية المدنية( الحقوق والواجبات)، المشاركة المجتمعية) لدى الشباب الفلسطيني ،قيم "المشاركة المجتمعية "حصلت على الترتيب الأول تلاها " الانتماء والولاء "ثم المشاركة المدنية، كما وأظهرت نتائج الدراسة وجود فروق ذات دلالة احصائية عند مستوى دلالة(α≤0.005) في متوسطات استجابات أفراد عينة الدراسة حول مستوى انعكاس التكنولوجيا الرقمية على قيم المواطنة لدى الشباب الفلسطيني تبعا لمتغير الجنس لصالح الاناث، وعدم وجود فروق ذات دلالة احصائية عند مستوى دلالة(α≤0.005) في متوسطات استجابات أفراد عينة الدراسة حول مستوى انعكاس التكنولوجيا الرقمية على قيم المواطنة لدى الشباب الفلسطيني تبعا لمتغيري(ساعات المكوث) و(أكثر مواقع التوصل الاجتماعي ارتدادا، وأوصت الدراسة بضرورة حث الجامعات ومؤسسات التعليم العالي على طرح برامج تعليمية في قيادة وادارة مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي خاصة فيما يتعلق بتعزيز القيم الوطنية.
PLATFORMS OF EXPANSIONISM: A COMPARISON OF RUSSIA'S NARRATIVES FOR UKRAINE AND SERBIA'S NARRATIVES FOR KOSOVO
Authors: Brovina Bleta
Published: September 2024

Following the invasion of Crimea by Russia, there has been a significant shift in academic focus towards the study of Ukraine. Russia's efforts to establish a new warfront in the Western Balkans have drawn attention to the developments in the region. This paper offers a comparative analysis of the narratives put forth by Russia concerning Ukraine and Serbia's perspectives on Kosovo. Both Russia and Serbia have constructed fake narratives that present their geopolitical disputes as issues of historical and national identity and territorial integrity. In the case of Russia, the narratives regarding Ukraine underscore a shared history, the protection of ethnic Russians, while contesting Ukrainian sovereignty. Similarly, Serbia's narratives about Kosovo emphasize the cultural and historical significance of Kosovo, drawing its fake narrative for Kosovo as integral to Serbian identity and rejecting its independence as illegitimate and imposed by foreign powers.
By delving into official discourse and media representations, this study aims to explore three core narratives used as expansionist platforms: historical and national identity narratives, the narrative of victimization and the narratives on the legitimacy of statehood and sovereignty and how these narratives are utilized within domestic and international spheres to gain internal and international support, legitimize policies, and perpetuate a sense of victimhood. The paper contends that although the contexts differ, the strategic deployment of historical grievances, ethnic unity, and anti-Western sentiment forms a common platform in the expansionist approaches of Russia and Serbia.
Effect of Pregnyl (HCG) on Histological Structure of Testes in Albino Mice
Authors:   University of Diyala, Diyala, Iraq, Juma’a Salam Maseer , Ibrahimi Thekra Atta
Published: September 2024

Pregnyl is a placental hormone, produced mainly during the entire period of pregnancy, making it the vital sign for detecting pregnancy. The current study shed light on effect of Pregnyl on histological structure of testes in Albino mice. The study included 15 mice, and animals are divided into two groups. First group included five mice and second group included ten mice. They were placed in separate cages with continuous monitoring and cleaning throughout the study. First group was injected with Pregnyl at a concentration of 0.1 mg. /kg and the second group at a concentration of 0.2 mg/kg for a period of 30 days. After the end of the experiment, the animals were sacrificed, dissected, and their testicles were removed for the purpose of histological study. The outcome of this study shows that the animals in the two empirical groups which treated by Pregnyl showed changes in thickness of seminiferous tubules of testis wall and their shrinkage, as their manifestation becomes wavy and offbeat. furthermore, atrophy was noted in a few of seminiferous tubules, and the sloughing and exhaustion of some germ cells and their accumulating in lumen of seminiferous tubules. Additionally, degeneration was observed in some Sertolic cells.
Some Properties of the Cosine Lomax Distribution with Applications
Authors:   Borno State University, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Modu Isa Alhaji
Published: September 2024

This paper introduces a new trigonometric distribution, named the Cosine Lomax (CLM) distribution. This distribution is a combination of the Lomax distribution and the Cosine-G family of distributions. Among the many mathematical moments, moment-generating function, incomplete moments, and the quantile function. We try to determine the model parameters using the maximum likelihood estimation method. Simulation studies evaluate the effectiveness of maximum likelihood estimators using bias and root mean square error. We applied the CLM distribution to two real-world datasets and tested for consistency using the Akaike information criterion, the consistent AIC, the Hannan-Quinn information criterion, the Bayesian information criterion, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov p-value, Cramer Von-Mises, and Andersen-Darling. The CLM model fared better when compared to the following distributions: Lomax, Inverse Lomax, Inverse Weibull, Burr Type X, Rayleigh, and Exponential, as well as measures of data set fit.
the arts at play: working with artists and PCP in organizations
Authors: Costantini Erica , Tammaro Elena
Published: September 2024

The workshop presented at the EPCA 2016 conference, after highlighting the strong connections between PCP and contemporary arts and their effectiveness in improving organizational growth, introduced a methodology for operating inside organizations which assumes the co-construction of the intervention by a PCP consultant, responsible for the analysis of client’s needs and group processes, an artist, the catalyst for change, and a producer, the crucial mediator between consultant, client and artist. The workshop participants experienced this intervention methodology by working directly with an artist and realizing a collective artwork piece, which embodies the group answer to a question about PCT identity.
For an experiential and non-normative ethics
Authors: Giliberto Massimo
Published: September 2024

In this article, I try to develop an approach to Ethics considering it as a process and not as a doctrinaire corpus or a list of universal precepts. Through a constructivist vision and by referring to the Personal Constructs Psychology, I try to understand and explore the “ways” of ethical knowledge instead of the “thing” subsumed from a religious faith or from the western rationalization assumed as a philosophical criterion of Truth. Moreover, I try to illustrate how, by focussing on Ethics as an experience and a form of knowledge, it would be possible to take a position on morally relevant issues, but without falling into a dogmatic absolutism nor becoming the victims of an inertial relativism.
Formação realizada pelo bacharelado em gastronomia e seu papel para a caracterização da gastronomia social como extensão
Authors: Costa Eveline de Alencar , Garcez Tereza Carlas da Nobrega Araujo , Bastos Regina Maria Silva , Carneiro Alessandra Pinheiro de Goes , Sousa Paulo Henrique Machado de
Published: September 2024

O objetivo deste artigo foi compreender como a formação realizada pelo bacharelado em gastronomia pode ser fator relevante para a caracterização da gastronomia social. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo, descritivo e analítico baseado num relato de caso, tendo como exemplo a formação superior em gastronomia promovido pelo Bacharelado de Gastronomia da Universidade Federal do Ceará – UFC e a extensão em gastronomia social, através do Programa Gastronomia Social no Jardim da Gente (GS/UFC), o qual alberga várias ações. Para isso, foram estudados os seguintes documentos: Projetos Político Pedagógico (PPC) do Bacharelado em Gastronomia da UFC (anos 2012 e 2021); e os formulários de cadastro das ações de extensão e relatórios do GS/UFC (2019 e 2021, respectivamente). Assim, foi possível constatar que a percepção e vivência da gastronomia, sem definição consensual, mas democrática, interfere na formação dos futuros profissionais, molda caminhos a serem percorridos pela academia e influencia a sociedade, principalmente através das ações extensionistas, que exerce papel relevante para o desenvolvimento humano, tanto dos discentes que a vivenciam quanto da comunidade que se beneficia.
Appendicite aiguë bilharzienne : à propos d’une observation et revue de la littérature
Authors:   Service de Chirurgie à l'Hôpital Général Idrissa POUYE, BP 3270 Dakar, Sénégal, Faye AC , Niang D ,   Laboratoire de recherche universitaire d’anatomo-pathologique université Gaston BERGER Saint-Louis, Sénégal, Thiam M ,   Service de Chirurgie au CHRASM à Louga au Sénégal, Diop A ,   Service de Chirurgie à l'Hôpital Général Idrissa POUYE, BP 3270 Dakar, Sénégal, Ka I ,   Service de Chirurgie à l'Hôpital Général Idrissa POUYE, BP 3270 Dakar, Sénégal, Diabaté I ,   Service de Chirurgie au CHRASM à Louga au Sénégal, Ndiaye A ,   Service de Chirurgie de l’hôpital Ndamatou de Touba, Ndoye JM ,   Service de Chirurgie à l'Hôpital Général Idrissa POUYE, BP 3270 Dakar, Sénégal, Diop PS ,   Service de Chirurgie à l'Hôpital Général Idrissa POUYE, BP 3270 Dakar, Sénégal
Published: September 2024

Nous rapportons un cas d'appendicite aiguë d'origine bilharzienne diagnostiqué dans la zone du Delta du Fleuve Sénégal. Il s’agissait d’un patient âgé de 18 ans aux antécédents d’hématurie terminale, reçu aux urgences chirurgicales pour des douleurs à la fosse iliaque droite associées à plusieurs épisodes de vomissements alimentaires. L’examen physique montrait une douleur avec défense à la fosse iliaque droite et un signe de Blumberg positif. Une hyperleucocytose était mise en évidence par la numération formule sanguine. L’échographie abdominale réalisée montrait une appendicite aiguë non compliquée à la fosse iliaque droite. Un abcès appendiculaire était retrouvé à l’exploration chirurgicale par voie de Mac Burney. Une appendicectomie avec une toilette et un drainage péritonéal avait été réalisé. Les suites opératoires étaient simples. L’examen anatomo-pathologique de la pièce opératoire montrait une (un) pan appendicite aiguë sur appendicite chronique bilharzienne avec une réaction péritonéale exsudative. Le patient a bénéficié d’un traitement complémentaire anti parasitaire avec des suites opératoires normales. Mots-clé : appendicite aigue bilharzienne, appendicectomie, schistosoma haematobium.
Encéphalopathie urémique en situations à ressources limitées. A propos d’un cas observé dans le service de réanimation de l’hôpital Jason SENDWE à Lubumbashi, RD Congo
Authors:   Service d’anesthésie et réanimation, hôpital Jason Sendwe, Lubumbashi, RD Congo, Masele Kyaite P , Mande Kapita S ,   Service d’anesthésie et réanimation, hôpital Jason Sendwe, Lubumbashi, RD Congo, Wani Avea M ,   Service d’anesthésie et réanimation, hôpital Jason Sendwe, Lubumbashi, RD Congo,   Service d’anesthésie et réanimation, Cliniques universitaires de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, RD Congo, Mambue Mwepu N ,   Service d’anesthésie et réanimation, hôpital Jason Sendwe, Lubumbashi, RD Congo,   Service d’anesthésie et réanimation, Cliniques universitaires de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, RD Congo, Zirhumana Namegabe F ,   Service d’anesthésie et réanimation, hôpital Jason Sendwe, Lubumbashi, RD Congo,   Service d’anesthésie et réanimation, Cliniques universitaires de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, RD Congo, Iteke Fefe K ,   Service d’anesthésie et réanimation, hôpital Jason Sendwe, Lubumbashi, RD Congo,   Service d’anesthésie et réanimation, Cliniques universitaires de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, RD Congo,   Département d’anesthésie et réanimation, Université de Lubumbashi, RD Congo
Published: September 2024

L’encéphalopathie urémique fait partie des encéphalopathies métaboliques, lesquelles constituent la cause de 10 à 20% des comas en réanimation. Son diagnostic est particulièrement mal aisé dans les situations où les ressources permettant l’accès aux bilans biologiques sont limitées. Ce cas clinique, s’incluant dans le cadre des encéphalopathies en réanimation, insiste sur la nécessité de réaliser un examen clinique minutieux et répété en vue d’en obtenir le diagnostic dans les situations à ressources limitées. Nous rapportons le cas clinique d’une patiente multipare de 42 ans, sans antécédents particuliers, au 4ème jour post partum, admise en service réanimation pour un état d’inconscience survenu progressivement depuis environ 36 heures. A son examen : le score de Glasgow 6 sur 15, pas de déficit neurologique, paramètres vitaux dans les limites normales hormis une polypnée, présence des signes de déshydratation sévère. La glycémie et l’hémoglobine étaient normales. Une réhydratation durant près de 12 heures a été initiée. Le bilan hydrique positif malgré cette réhydratation satisfaisante nous a amené à suspecter une encéphalopathie urémique, qui nous a été biologiquement confirmée trois jours plus tard. Ce cas clinique nous permet d’insister, dans le cas où l’accès aux moyens paracliniques est limité, sur la nécessité de réaliser une anamnèse fouillée et un examen clinique minutieux et surtout répétitif chez les patients admis en réanimation pour une encéphalopathie sans signes de focalisation. Cette approche permet ainsi de poser un diagnostic rétrospectif d’une cause telle que l’accumulation des toxines urémiques, laquelle pourrait être immédiatement identifiée dans des contextes financièrement acceptables. Mots-clés : encéphalopathie, urémie, réanimation, rapport de cas.
International broadcasting and intercultural dialogue: Deutsche Welle in the Arab World
Authors: Richter Carola
Published: September 2024

This article examines Deutsche Welle’s Arabic television programming to evaluate its goal of promoting intercultural dialogue. Framed around the concept of media-promoted intercultural dialogue, the paper presents the results of a comparative content analysis of Deutsche Welle and two pan-Arab satellite channels, al-Jazeera and al-Arabiya. Taking the results as a starting point, I propose suggestions for how to improve the performance of government-sponsored international broadcasting to overcome cultural divides. Functions of international broadcasting Starting in the 1930s and increasing with the beginning of the Cold War, several countries began complementing traditional diplomacy by setting up so-called “public diplomacy” programs. Hans N. Tuch, a diplomat in a leading position at the U.S. Information Agency until 1985 and former director of the Voice of America, defined public diplomacy as “a government’s process of communicating with foreign publics in an attempt to bring about understanding for its nation’s ideas and ideals, its institutions and culture, as well as its national goals and current policies.”
The end of the beginning: The failure of April 6th and the future of electronic activism in Egypt
Authors: Faris David M.
Published: September 2024

Observers of the Egyptian April 6th Facebook Group and its online mobilization in 2008 lavished attention on the possibilities of so-called “Facebook activism.” Western journalists and activists alike touted the potential of using Facebook to organize, a process imagined as “tapping into the ready-made structure of online social networks to make joining a group as quick as a click of a button.” On the valuable piece of real estate known as the Washington Post’s op-ed page, Nir Boms hailed Facebook as the latest weapon against authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. “Facebook,” he claimed, “is quickly turning into a hotbed of ‘actual’ activism - a cause for alarm for many autocratic regimes in the Middle East....” Newsweek’s Jack Fairweather called Facebook “an important platform for dissent” in the Middle East. Much of this attention was inspired by the perceived success of the April 6th Facebook activists in organizing a general strike in authoritarian Egypt. Barely a year later, however, local and global enthusiasm for the potential of Facebook activism was severely challenged when the group’s one-year follow-up strike ended as a highly publicized failure. Particularly in Egypt, Facebook activism is now dismissed as useless at best, and the failure of the April 6th group to engender a lasting political movement has come to symbolize the futility of even trying. However, a closer look at what really happened on April 6th of each year may offer some hope for the future of electronic activism in Egypt, as well as a more realistic appraisal of its possibilities and limitations. In particular, we need to understand how Facebook and other applications of Web 2.0 might contribute to the kind of broad-based grassroots political coalition that could in fact force the Mubarak regime into a genuine process of democratization.
Politics and priorities: Inside the Egyptian press
Authors: Cooper Kenneth J.
Published: September 2024

Pressured by the Bush administration to expand democratic freedoms following 9/11, the government of Egypt four years ago granted a group of private businessmen a license to publish Almasry Alyoum, the first independent daily in Egypt in a half century. Hisham Kassem, the founding publisher, suspects the government assumed the start-up whose name translates as “The Daily Egyptian” would fail, so issuing a license would placate an important ally without threatening the state-run media’s dominance. Instead, Almasry has thrived. A year later, the government licensed another independent daily published by a partnership of the International Herald Tribune, the Daily Star of Lebanon and a second group of Egyptian businessmen. Technically, the license authorized the publication of the Daily Star Egypt as an insert into a foreign newspaper, the IHT, the global daily based in Paris. Published in English, the Daily Star, which changed its name to the Daily News in 2007 after the Lebanese partner dropped out, would have a self-limited circulation and therefore not present a significant challenge to Arabic state-run media.[iii] But publishing in English also would make the paper accessible to more of the diplomatic corps in Cairo and to cosmopolitan elites in the United States and other Western countries—potential trouble for a government sensitive about its image abroad for diplomatic and economic reasons.
Lessons worth learning: The Indonesian model
Authors: Pintak Lawrence
Published: September 2024

What a difference a few thousand miles makes. I spent the summer in Indonesia, a vast and complex nation that is home to more Muslims than all Arab countries put together. When I lived there in the 1990s, covering the final years of the Suharto era, there were many parallels to the situation in the Arab world today. Suharto, a former Army general, had held power for three decades and the military still served as the guarantor of power. Opposition politics was tightly constrained. Grassroots Islamic organizations were sidelined from the political process. And the media was under siege. The most aggressive publication in the country, the weekly magazine Tempo, was shut down in the mid-1990s and driven deep underground after reporting about a financially-questionable deal in which the then-vice president bought the entire navy of the former East Germany. The rest of the media carefully hewed the party line.[i] Today, everything is different. In the aftermath of Suharto, there was an explosion of new independent media outlets and a journalistic free-for-all that reflected the no-holds-barred politics that replaced one-party rule. While there are today more articles in the Criminal Code that constrain journalists than in the Suharto years, and the country has yet to remove the criminal libel provisions that stifle press freedom, the media largely reports what it wants (and, in the case of the tabloid press, what it wants to make up). Tempo is not only back, but it has evolved into one of the nation’s most influential independent news organizations, with magazines, regional newspapers and other media properties.
The voice of a commander and statesman: Bashir Gemayel
Authors: Ajemian Pete
Published: September 2024

Bashir Gemayel, the leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF) militia and former Lebanese president-elect, had a vision to deliver Lebanon from the ashes of its civil war, leading some to dub him “The Phoenix.” Others have described him as being ruthless and convinced that he could reform and save Lebanon from the ravages of war. Regardless of one’s interpretations of Gemayel’s motives, he developed a larger than life persona whose voice still resonates with the hopes and aspirations of a bygone era. This multimedia feature aims to illustrate how Gemayel articulated his vision through media and the spoken word, and how these techniques developed over his political career. It covers Gemayel’s career spanning from the days of the LF as a burgeoning military force mobilizing against the Syrian Army and PLO to its apex during the days of Gemayel’s short-lived foray into Lebanese presidential politics. Gemayel’s rhetoric is characterized by heavy repetition of key phrases, a wide dynamic range, and use of characters to personify larger trends. Yet over the course of his career, the tone and appeals used varied widely according to political context, the audience and Gemayel’s changing political and military role.
BOOK REVIEW: Storm in a shisha
Authors: El Feki Shereen
Published: September 2024

Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain, an Islamist organization, was not mincing words at a press conference in October 2008 when it launched its nationwide campaign against a newly-released novel: The Jewel of Medina is a shallow and disgusting portrayal of some of the dearest people to us. The author has taken the role model marriage of the Prophet Mohamed (May Peace Be Upon Him) to Aisha (Mother of the Believers) and turned it into a cheap novel. She has portrayed the most intimate and private matters in a grossly insulting matter, and she has fabricated a story line that repeats the false slander against Aisha. People will be outraged, disgusted, appalled and offended by it. This book is undoubtedly offensive. It is amazing that some in Western Europe and North America—the author, the publisher and some journalists—celebrate as a value they call enlightened the freedom to insult, abuse and denigrate others.[1] The novel, by American author Sherry Jones, covers the early life and loves of the Prophet’s youngest and favorite wife. Late last year, it looked set to ignite a firestorm over freedom of expression and self-censorship. Although the book’s mix of sex and the sacred seemed to offer more than enough fuel for the flames, this particular fire soon fizzled out. So what makes The Jewel of Medina different from the Danish cartoons crisis or The Satanic Verses saga?