bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Research Trends on Empathy for Early Childhood Teachers
Authors: Jeong Miseon , Chae Youngran ,   Asia-Europe Perspective Association
Published: July 2024

The purpose of this study is to analyze research trends related to the empathy of early childhood teachers and to suggest the tasks and directions of future research on the empathy of early childhood teachers. To this end, a total of 245 papers in 122 master's and doctoral dissertations and 123 academic journals were analyzed for 10 years from 2014 to 2024. As a result of the analysis, first, starting with 1 paper in 2010, 24 studies were published in 2019, and 37 studies were published in 2023, indicating that interest in empathy research is continuing. Second, in the analysis according to the variables, empathy was the most common independent variable with 192 studies, followed by 15 studies with dependent variables, 34 studies with mediating variables, and 4 studies with control variables. Third, the analysis by study subjects consisted of 103 papers for nursery school teachers, 85 papers for early childhood teachers, 47 papers for pre-service teachers, and 10 papers for kindergarten teachers. Fourth, the trend by research method showed that quantitative studies were the largest with 241 papers, followed by mixed studies with 3 papers and qualitative studies with 1 paper. Through this study, it is expected that the meaning of research related to the empathy of early childhood teachers can be rediscovered and used as basic data for preparing ways to increase teachers' empathy.
Obesity, Oxidative Stress, and the Moderating Role of Overcommitment: An Exploratory Analysis in Female Nurses from Western India
Authors: Singh Gyanendra , Viramgami Ankit , Makwana Bela , Mishra Sukhdev , Dave Viral , Soundararajan Soundarya
Published: July 2024

Objectives: This study explored whether job stress, specifically the extrinsic and intrinsic components of the Effort Reward Imbalance (ERI) model, moderates the relationship between obesity and oxidative stress among female nurses. Methods: We conducted an exploratory analysis from a cross-sectional study involving female nurses at a tertiary hospital. The study assessed the prevalence of obesity and overweight, examined correlations among obesity markers and oxidative stress markers, and explored if there is a moderator role of job stress on the relationship between obesity and oxidative stress. Results: The combined prevalence of overweight and obesity in the study population was 74%. Significant positive correlations were found between age, obesity-related parameters (BMI, PBF, WHR), and oxidative stress markers (Protein carbonyl content - PCC and Glutathione S-Transferase - GST). Higher levels of PCC and lower levels of GST were associated with higher BMI, PBF, and WHR. The relationship between obesity and oxidative stress markers was moderated by overcommitment. Nurses with high overcommitment exhibited stronger associations between age, obesity, and oxidative stress markers compared to those with low overcommitment. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that intrinsic job stress, particularly overcommitment, moderates the relationship between obesity and oxidative stress. This indicates that job stress should be considered in interventions targeting obesity among nurses. Further studies with larger samples are needed to confirm these findings and develop effective interventions addressing job stress and overcommitment.
Quantifying relationships between fault parameters and rupture characteristics associated with thrust and reverse fault earthquakes.
Authors: Chiama Kristen , Bednarz William , Moss Robb , Plesch Andreas , Shaw John
Published: July 2024

We investigate the influence of earthquake source characteristics and geological site parameters on fault scarp morphologies for thrust and reverse fault earthquakes using geomechanical models. We performed a total of 3,434 distinct element method (DEM) model experiments to evaluate the impact of the sediment depth, density, homogeneous and heterogeneous sediment strengths, fault dip, and the thickness of unruptured sediment above the fault tip on the resultant ground surface deformation during a thrust or reverse fault earthquake. We used a computer vision (CV) model to obtain measurements of ground surface deformation characteristics (scarp height, uplift, deformation zone width, and scarp dip) from a total of 346,834 DEM model stages taken every 0.05 m of slip. The DEM dataset exhibits a broad range of scarp behaviors, including monoclinal, pressure ridge, and simple scarps – each of which can be modified by hanging wall collapse. The parameters that had the most influence on surface rupture patterns are fault displacement (i.e., anticipated earthquake magnitude), fault dip, sediment depth, and sediment strength. The DEM results comprehensively describe the range of historic surface rupture observations in the Fault Displacement Hazards Initiative (FDHI) dataset with improved relationships obtained by incorporating additional information about the earthquake size, fault geometry, and surface deformation style. We suggest that this DEM dataset can be used to supplement field data and help forecast patterns of ground surface deformation in future earthquakes given specific anticipated source and site characteristics.
Fixation versus periphery in visual awareness: Differential effects of recent perceptual experience
Authors: Gastrell Tim , Oxner Matt , Schumann Frank , Carmel David
Published: July 2024

Processing differences between foveal and peripheral vision mean that the location of objects in the visual field can strongly influence the way we experience them. The contents of visual awareness are believed to arise from interactions between sensory stimulation and context (e.g., expectations formed by recent experience), but the effect of visual field location on these interactions remains unclear. Here, we compared the effects of recent experience on awareness at fixation versus the periphery. On each trial, observers saw a brief display of an unambiguously rotating structure-from-motion prime sphere, followed by a brief display of a probe sphere with ambiguous motion. Experiment 1 established that conscious perception of the probe’s motion direction was more likely to differ from the prime when the stimuli were presented in the periphery compared to fixation. Experiment 2 ruled out a high-level, non-retinotopic precision-weighting account of this effect, by demonstrating that although priming was apparent when the stimulus moved from fixation to periphery or vice versa, its magnitude was the same for low-precision peripheral and high-precision fixated primes. Experiment 3 replicated the original location effect, and also found stronger motion adaptation in the periphery; the effects were not correlated, though, indicating that motion adaptation cannot account for the location effect. Experiment 4 replicated the location effect again, and ruled out differences in fixation stability as the underlying mechanism. Overall, our results demonstrate a robust effect of visual field location on the integration of recent visual experience during construction of perceptual awareness, and highlight the need to elucidate the mechanisms underlying differential generation of visual experience across the visual field.
Weakly-supervised Autism Severity Assessment in Long Videos
Authors: Ali Abid
Published: July 2024

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a diverse collection of neurobiological conditions marked by challenges in social communication and reciprocal interactions, as well as repetitive and stereotypical behaviors. Atypical behavior patterns in a long, untrimmed video can serve as biomarkers for children with ASD. In this paper, we propose a video-based weakly-supervised method that takes spatio-temporal features of long videos to learn typical and atypical behaviors for autism detection. On top of that, we propose a shallow TCN-MLP network, which is designed to further categorize the severity score. We evaluate our method on actual evaluation videos of children with autism collected and annotated (for severity score) by clinical professionals. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of behavioral biomarkers that could help clinicians in autism spectrum analysis.
Better Than You or Who I Used to Be: Social Comparison, but Not Temporal Comparison, Maintains Narcissism in Adolescence
Authors: Lee Hae Yeon , Gürel Çisem , Overbeek Geertjan , Brummelman Eddie
Published: July 2024

Narcissism reflects a belief in one’s superiority and entitlement. Why is narcissism persistent in adolescence? Bridging developmental, social, and personality psychology, this research examined whether adolescents high in narcissism maintain narcissism through downward social comparisons (“I’m better than you”) rather than downward temporal comparisons (“I’m better than I was before”). Conducted in Dutch secondary schools (2017-2018), a cross-sectional study (N = 382, 97% Dutch) and intensive longitudinal study (N = 389, 99% Dutch) found that adolescents higher in narcissism made more downward social and temporal comparisons. Unlike downward temporal comparisons, downward social comparisons mediated the 3-month stability of narcissism. Self-esteem was unrelated to downward comparisons. Thus, downward social comparisons maintain adolescent narcissism and could be a mechanism to curtail it.
Psychological predictors of inceldom: The roles of misogyny, narcissistic traits, autistic traits, right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and childhood traumatic experiences
Authors: Mooney Robyn , Hargreaves Millie
Published: July 2024

Some of the most radicalized members of involuntary celibate (‘incel’) communities have committed violent attacks with multiple victims, highlighting the risk they pose to society—particularly women. This preliminary research aimed to determine the psychological attributes that may contribute to inceldom. Using self-report questionnaires, Study 1 examined whether misogyny, right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO) predicted the endorsement of incel ideology in a male community sample (n = 65). Again using self-report measures, Study 2 explored whether narcissistic traits and autistic traits predicted incel traits while controlling for misogyny, and if childhood traumatic experiences mediated these relationships, in a male community sample (n = 282). Misogyny and RWA were found to positively predict endorsement of incel ideology, while SDO was negatively predictive. Autistic and narcissistic traits negatively predicted incel traits, and childhood traumatic experiences mediated the relationship between narcissistic traits and incel traits. Self-identified incels scored higher than non-incels on incel traits, narcissistic traits, misogyny, and childhood traumatic experiences, but there were no differences in levels of autistic traits between the two groups. Results are discussed in relation to practical implications. By better understanding the individual differences underlying inceldom, improved deradicalization support systems can be implemented for those wishing to leave the incel community.
Large-Scale Evaluation of the Influence of AI-use on Radiologist Performance using Signal Detection Theory
Authors: Tikhomirov Lana , Smith Luke , Oakden-Rayner Lauren , Bird Alix , Palmer Lyle , Semmler Carolyn
Published: July 2024

Research on the diagnostic performance of radiologists using AI decision support systemoften relies on empirical ROC-AUC and similar performance metrics to draw conclusions aboutclinical decision-making, with known limitations. We re-evaluated a real-world dataset ofradiologist use of AI across 127 pathologies and 1,163 cases using Signal Detection Theory, amodel of decision-making from cognitive science to better understand the impact of AI onclinical decisions. Our results revealed important insights; with increased disease detection(higher sensitivity) at the cost of more false positives (lower specificity) and increasedhomogeneity of decision making amongst clinicians whose diagnoses are typically highlyvaried. Although usually considered a positive property, we warn that homogenisation mayhave negative implications at a system level by homogenising incorrect diagnoses. Further,we find radiologists may be surprisingly robust to AI false negatives, leading to implicationsfor further research. We conclude that the effects of introducing AI in clinical practice areoutside of the scale of more common changes to practice, i.e. staffing, and that introducingclinical AI may have unpredictable consequences for human decision-making.
Improving adherence to weight management strategies: information length and implementation intentions
Authors: Ahmadyar Khaleda , Szypula Joanna , Bogosian Angeliki , Tapper Katy
Published: July 2024

Objective: Adherence to weight management strategies may be undermined where lengthy strategy explanations limit engagement and understanding, weakening intervention efficacy. By contrast, implementation intentions have been shown to promote adherence across various health behaviours. This study investigated the impact of explanation length and implementation intentions on adherence to brief weight management strategies. Methods: Participants (n=200) with a BMI above 25 and an interest in losing weight were recruited from a commercial weight management service provider. Participants received information about one of four weight management strategies on a smartphone application in either a brief or detailed format and were asked to plan their use of the strategy with implementation intentions or were given tips on strategy use. Participants received daily prompts over a 2-week period to report whether they used their assigned strategy. Proposed moderators (need for cognition and planning skills) were measured at baseline. Results: Strategy adherence was greater with brief information (M=74%, SD=23) compared to detailed information (M=69%, SD=23), however this small effect size (d = 0.24) was not statistically significant (p=.13). There was no moderation by need for cognition (p=.25). Adherence did not differ significantly between implementation intentions (M=71%, SD=27) and tips (M=72%, SD=21; p=.73), however there was moderation by planning skills (p=.04); as predicted, adherence was greater with implementation intentions compared to tips among those with poorer planning skills. Conclusions: Shorter explanation length and implementation intentions (in poorer planners) may enhance adherence to brief weight management strategies; further investigation is required to confirm these effects.
Taking time seriously: Predicting conflict fatalities using temporal fusion transformers
Authors: Walterskirchen Julian , Häffner Sonja , Oswald Christian , Binetti Marco Nicola
Published: July 2024

Previous conflict forecasting efforts identified three areas for improvement: the importance of spatiotemporal dependencies and nonlinearities and the further exploitation of latent information in conflict variables, a lack of interpretability in return for high accuracy of complex algorithms, and the need to quantify prediction uncertainty. We predict conflict fatalities with temporal fusion transformers which have several desirable features for forecasting, addressing all these points. First, they can produce multi-horizon forecasts and probabilistic predictions, offering a flexible and non-parametric approach. Second, they can incorporate time-invariant covariates, known future inputs, and other exogenous time series which allows to identify globally important variables, persistent temporal patterns, and significant events. Third, this approach puts a strong focus on interpretability such that we can investigate temporal dynamics more thoroughly. Our approach outperforms benchmarks from an award-winning early warning system over several metrics and test windows and is thus a valuable addition to the forecaster's toolkit.
Pandemic Income Support Programs and Adolescent Mental Health in the UK, Ireland and Australia
Authors: Mari Gabriele
Published: July 2024

After cutting social security in recent decades, the UK, Ireland, and Australia expanded income-support programs during the pandemic. Relatively overlooked, this paper investigates policy responses among younger generations, the socioeconomic disparities therein, and whether and which of these policies, now rolled back, were most beneficial.I rely on longitudinal survey data on adolescents and their caregivers. In value-added regressions adjusting for pre-pandemic health reports, I find that children reported better average health in households with access to the relatively generous scheme adopted by Australia. Girls reported better health in households targeted by previous cutbacks, including those with lower incomes (Australia, Ireland) or headed by a single parent (Australia). The more far-reaching programs in Ireland and Australia were associated with better health also among children in well-off households. On the other hand, some children reported worse mental health despite receipt of payments in the UK and Ireland. Further distributional analyses suggest that programs might have reduced adolescent health disparities in Australia, whereas overall effects were negative or mixed in the UK and Ireland. Hence, policy changes during the pandemic did not equally fit the needs of all children. Nonetheless, drawing lessons from that period, changes to existing income-support programs hold some promise to temper distress and associated inequalities across generations.
Intensifying Haze and Disappearing Dense Fog in Winter at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu: Impacts in Aviation
Authors: Kathayat Bhogendra , Panday Arnico Kumar , Pokharel Binod , Chapagain Narayan Prasad
Published: July 2024

In winter, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu, Nepal, is badly affected by poor visibility conditions due to the occurrence of thick haze and dense fog. In this study, we examined the microclimatic behaviors (e.g., consecutive duration and onset/dispersal) of the winter fog. Alongside, we analyzed the trend in the occurrence of fog, dense fog, and winter haze in TIA from a historic global hourly climatological dataset (1976–2022) from TIA. We found that radiation fog in the valley is mostly short spells having a consecutive duration of less than an hour (~86% of fog, ~95% of dense fog). The onset of fog starts most favorably in the early morning (05:45–09:00 am) and disperses mostly before noon. To ascertain the synergetic effect of enhanced natural and anthropogenic forcing, urbanization, and meteorological changes on winter haze and fog, we assessed their trend for the same period. There was a marked change in visibility around the year 2000 together with important changes in humidity and dew point depression. We observed an upward trend of winter haze frequency (2.36% day/year, at 0.001 level of significance (α)) and fog frequency (0.46% day/year, at α = 0.05) in regime-I (1976–2000). Whereas the trend of winter haze flattened to 0.36% day/year (at α = 0.05) and dense fog declined at the rate of 1.28% day per annum (at α = 0.01) in regime-II (2001–2022). By careful examination of all plausible climatological drivers of the change (relative humidity, temperature, wind speed, and dew point depression), we found strong evidence of decreasing humidity and increasing dew point depression after the year 2000. Effective air pollution and urbanization control measures are imminent to lessen the adverse impact of the increased frequency of haze and fog at the country’s major international airport, TIA.
Evaluation of Antioxidant, Toxicity, and Antidiabetic Activities of Young Sprouts of Hordeum vulgare, Triticum aestivum, and Zea mays
Authors: Kalauni Surya Kant , Bhattarai Gita , Khanal Lekha Nath
Published: July 2024

The germination of dormant seeds triggers various metabolic reactions, resulting in the production of essential phytochemicals with diverse biological activities. This contributes to the inclination to consume sprout juices among individuals seeking to enhance their immune system, manage oxidative stress, and prevent complaints associated with metabolic disorders. In this study, we evaluated the antioxidant, toxicity, and antidiabetic activity of young sprout extracts of Hordium vulgare, Triticum aestivum, and Zea mays by 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging, brine shrimp lethality assay, and α-amylase inhibition methods, respectively. The ethanolic extracts showed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, and polyphenols. The extracts showed moderate antioxidant activity, with Z. mays having the highest capacity, followed by T. aestivum and H. vulgare. Their half-maximal concentration (IC50) values were 54.24±3.35, 95.94±3.29, and 129.26±5.97 μg/mL, respectively. The same trend of toxicity against brine shrimp nauplii was obtained with half-maximal lethal concentration (LC50) values of 326.41, 473.61, and 6768.75 mg/mL respectively. The antioxidant activity across various extracts displayed a positive correlation with the total phenolic and total flavonoid contents. The extracts demonstrated moderate activity in the α-amylase inhibition assay conducted through the starch-iodine method. The outcomes of this study underscore the presence of significant phytochemicals in the young sprouts of commonly consumed cereals, suggesting their potential use as immune boosters and in treating diseases associated with free radicals.
Bioaccumulation of heavy metals by macrophytes in Ghodaghodi Lake, a Ramsar site in Nepal
Authors: Regmi Dikshya , Bhatta Rita , Gurung Smriti , Tuladhar Shrija , Dahal Bed Mani , Raut Nani , Kafle Kumud Raj , Kayastha Rabindra , Prasad Archana , Tripathee Lekhendra , Thapa Dinesh , Sharma Chhatra Mani
Published: July 2024

This research investigates the heavy metals (Zn, Cd, Cu, and Pb) concentration in water, sediments, and macrophytes in Ghodaghodi Lake during the winter and summer seasons of 2019 to find out the bioaccumulation of metals and phytoremediation potential of locally available macrophytes. An atomic absorption spectrophotometer with an acid digestion method was used for the analysis of heavy metals. The mean heavy metals concentration during the summer and winter seasons were in the order of Zn > Cu > Pb > Cd in water and sediments. The mean concentrations of Cd, Cu, and Pb were significantly higher in winter (0.79±0.71, 12.99±3.16, and 11.39±6.88 mg/g, respectively) than in summer season (0.01±0.00, 9.13±5.21, and 2.16±6.64 mg/g, respectively) in sediments which is also supported by geo-accumulation index. Zinc had also higher concentrations in winter (65.29±13.13 mg/g) compared to summer (44.00±21.08 mg/g), though not significant.  Ludwigia sp. was more capable of accumulating heavy metals than the Nymphaea sp. in the winter season. On the other hand, Nelumbo sp. was more effective in accumulating heavy metals (except Zn) compared to Ludwigia sp. in the summer season. The highest bioaccumulation factor (macrophyte/sediment) for Ludwigia sp. (common in both seasons) was observed for Cd in winter and Pb in summer season. Thus, although there were some variations in the potentiality of bioaccumulation among the species, these macrophytes are capable of accumulating heavy metals providing scope in the bioremediation field.
The Role of Language in Emotions: A Pragmatic Analysis of the Naked Man’s Utterances during the Naira Scarcity in a Banking Hall in Nigeria
Authors: Idowu Olubunmi , Soji-Oni Titilayo
Published: July 2024

The unique socio-economic contexts known as trendy speech events take place especially in commercial banking halls as the result of a tensed political situation in Nigeria. Against this backdrop, this paper focuses on the use of speech act theory in pragmatics by a naked man to explicate the various illocutionary acts of the data for this study. The data comprises 45 sentences of the viral video used for this analysis. The mixed method design was adopted for this study. The qualitative method accounted for the content and the textual analyses, while the quantitative method was used for the percentile findings. The purposive random sampling technique was used to select utterances for this study to avoid redundancy and tautology typical of many spoken discourses. With the analysis of selected utterances using the speech act theory by J.R Searle, the findings revealed the speech acts express anger and frustration, they also assert, tell, describe, inform, remind, command, and make a request. Thus, the findings of the study recommended that linguistic communication should be carefully and appropriately done because the language use expresses more actions, emotions as well as intentions than what is actually expressed. Furthermore, the assertive showed that the speech acts of language users are capable of defining their different hidden emotions, personalities, and other intentions in different communicative contexts. This study is important as it unveils the understanding of communication in crisis situations, that is, how people communicate under stress and reveals how cultural and social factors influence communication styles.
Quality and Creativity of Teachers through Teacher Education
Authors: Adhikari T. N.
Published: July 2024

In order to foster the excellence and originality of teachers, this article attempts to highlight some of the ideas that are essential for teacher education programmes and for instructors themselves. The core skeleton of any nation should be its teachers. Physical strength between vertebrate animals and non-vertebrate animals is well established. In the same manner, a community cannot effectively thrive without teachers of high calibre. Effective community development indicates a country's development in a wealthy manner. Today's instructors must consider their professional growth as part of their teacher education, just as a nation must manage in order to develop. Our early teachers changed basic existence into the state it is in today. Teachers should become very confident in their ability to instruct. The aim of teacher education ought to be to prepare teachers who are capable and innovative in their instruction. The profession of teaching is one that needs to be widely accepted. In the past, a teacher was like a spiritual person, and that quality should still exist now in order to impart knowledge to pupils and prepare them to influence the direction of a nation's development. In such cases, teacher education should be designed to support teachers' professional growth in terms of enhancing their critical thinking abilities. The kids will acquire the right knowledge if the teacher is flawless in every way. Teacher preparation shouldn't be seen as just a means of landing a job; rather, it should be viewed in the context of a teacher's role as a source of truth as well as the philosophy of the cosmos and nature. Only a top-notch instructor can present the information. Professional growth and inventiveness are required qualities for this capacity. The author's experience and document analysis form the foundation of the study's methodology.
The accused’s right to be tried by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal: The drafting history of Article 14(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and how it has been implemented in practice
Authors: Mujuzi Jamil Ddamulira
Published: July 2024

The right to a fair trial is made-up of many (sub) rights and one of these is the right to be tried by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal. According to the Human Rights Committee, this is an absolute right. This right is protected in international and regional human rights instruments. It is also provided for in the constitutions and/or pieces of legislation of most countries whether or not they have ratified, acceded to or signed the ICCPR. In this paper, the author studied the constitutions of over 190 countries to demonstrate how they have dealt with this right. These countries include those that have ratified the ICCPR (the majority), signed but not yet acceded to the ICCPR and those that have not yet signed the ICCPR. The study shows that in countries which have ratified/acceded to the ICCPR, six different approaches have been taken to give effect to this right. These approaches range from countries where the constitutions provide for this right in full (mentioning the three elements) to those where this right is not mentioned at all. It is argued that irrespective of which of the six approaches is followed, states which have ratified the ICCPR have an obligation to give effect to this right in full.  Relying on the criteria set by the International Law Commission, the author argues that the right to be tried by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal/court has attained the status of jus cogens (peremptory norm) in international law. The author also briefly illustrates how the issue of judicial independence is dealt with in the constitutions of different countries.
W poszukiwaniu autorskiej sygnatury. O wczesnych rękopisach Konrada Bielskiego i Józefa Czechowicza
Authors: Teterwak Justyna
Published: July 2024

W artykule zaprezentowano dokumenty znajdujące się w archiwach Konrada Bielskiego oraz Józefa Czechowicza, które zdeponowane są w Muzeum im. Józefa Czechowicza w Lublinie. Na dokumenty składają się listy i materiały, w których Bielski zebrał swoje młodzieńcze teksty – brudnopisy – a także odpisy jego utworów wykonane ręką Czechowicza. Analiza poszczególnych kart tych autografów umożliwiła uzupełnienie luk w dotychczasowej wiedzy biograficznej na temat relacji między członkami grupy Reflektor i jej dynamiki (od mentorskiej pozycji Bielskiego po uniezależnienie się Czechowicza od wpływu starszego z poetów). Pozwoliła także na zarysowanie agonu (H. Bloom) uobecniającego się między literatami w momencie kształtowania się ich osobowości twórczych. Jest to zauważalne zwłaszcza dzięki sygnaturom autorskim widocznym w rękopisach. W brudnopisach Bielskiego można bowiem dostrzec początkowe etapy wymyślania przez pisarza własnego podpisu, które naznaczone zostały wpływem – poeta sięgał w swoich próbach wielokrotnie po sygnaturę Czechowicza. Bielski początkowo wzorował się na charakterystycznej ligaturze młodszego z pisarzy, ale każdorazowo porzucał ten pomysł, a naśladowane zapisy kreślił w niemal niewidoczny sposób lub zamazywał, co czynił być może ze względu na niechęć do korzystania z tak osobistego elementu, jakim jest podpis innego pisarza, zwłaszcza przyjaciela. Kwestia ta wydaje się tym istotniejsza, że Bielski odegrał ważną rolę na początku drogi twórczej Czechowicza.
Teatr odzyskanego ciała. O "Blason du corps féminin" Ilse Garnier
Authors: Prusiel Karolina
Published: July 2024

W artykule podjęto próbę analizy tomu Blason du corps féminin francuskojęzycznej poetki spacjalnej Ilse Garnier. Poddano refleksji logowizualną strategię feministycznego odzyskiwania przez Garnier blasonu, popularnego w XVI wieku we Francji gatunku literackiego. Następnie, korzystając z teorii Tima Ingolda i Wassilego Kandinskiego, przyjrzano się zależnościom między płaszczyzną, linią a literą oraz ich funkcjom w opowieści o kobiecym ciele. Omówiono również relacje między kształtem linii a afektem oraz rytmiczność utworów Garnier w nawiązaniu do teorii i twórczości Władysława Strzemińskiego oraz Katarzyny Kobro. Ponadto nakreślono potencjał choreograficzny tomu w odniesieniu do zapisów stosowanych przez choreografów tańca. Na koniec prześledzono proces ryso-pisania poetki: kreślenie cyrklem, choreografię gestów (rozważania oparto głównie na tekstach Tima Ingolda oraz André Leroi-Gourhana), energię kinetyczną, rolę ważnej dla Garnier maszyny do pisania oraz związanego z nią napięcia pomiędzy gestem podmiotki a jej nieobecnością.
„Punctum" braku. Przyczynek do analizy literackiego doświadczenia fotograficznego w poezji Wojciecha Wilczyka oraz Małgorzaty Lebdy
Authors: Bloch Irmina
Published: July 2024

Autorka dokonuje analizy korespondencji mediów wizualnych i literatury. Na tej podstawie proponuje przyjrzenie się, po pierwsze, temu, w jaki sposób literaci, będący równocześnie fotografami, łączą literaturę i fotografię w swojej twórczości, a po drugie – zastanowienie się, czy można dostrzec ową świadomość fotograficzną w ich poezji. Przedstawia szczególną, foto-literacką podmiotowość na przykładzie tomów Sny uckermärkerów Małgorzaty Lebdy oraz Realizm Wojciecha Wilczyka w perspektywie fenomenologicznej, z uwzględnieniem badań na temat foto-tekstów oraz rozważań Marty Koszowy nad mediacyjną rolą fotografii we współczesnej prozie polskiej. Punktem wyjścia analizy komparatystycznej jest tytułowe punctum braku, a zatem warunkowana fotograficznie nieobecność dominująca w obu książkach poetyckich.
THE EFFECT OF SEASON ON NEUROENDOCRINE INTERACTIONS IN THE MARE
Authors:   , Bailey Victoria
Published: July 2024

Reproductive seasonality in the mare involves various neuroendocrine modulations, and a series of experiments were conducted to investigate the anatomical and physiological roles of some of these seasonal modulators. The first experiment incorporated kisspeptin-10 (Kp10) into a treatment with estradiol benzoate (EB) and sulpiride, aiming to induce early cyclicity in seasonally anovulatory mares. Incorporation of Kp10 resulted in more mares ovulating earlier compared to mares receiving EB-sulpiride. Although plasma prolactin increased in both groups, concentrations were notably higher in Kp10-treated mares. Therefore, the subsequent experiment explored the anatomical interaction of kisspeptin and prolactin, aiming to determine whether kisspeptin may regulate dopamine and, thus, prolactin at the hypothalamic or pituitary level, or both. Kisspeptin receptors were identified and quantified in the equine hypothalamus for the first time and co-localized with dopaminergic neurons. While kisspeptin receptors were also identified on the equine anterior pituitary, significant co-localization with prolactin-releasing cells was not observed. The third experiment aimed to investigate the interaction of melatonin and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in the equine hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. Melatonin receptors were identified in the equine pars tuberalis and observed to co-localize with TSH-producing cells exclusively in breeding season mares. Thyroid stimulating hormone immunopositive cells were greater in the breeding than non-breeding season, providing anatomical evidence that supports a role for TSH as a modulator of seasonal reproduction in the horse. The final experiment aimed to assess the impact of melatonin on systemic thyroid and reproductive endocrine responses in summer cycling mares. Daily melatonin administration, to mimic a short-day photoperiod, did not alter plasma TSH or triiodothyronine concentrations, suggesting that the TSH signal related to season does not circulate systemically. In summary, these experiments proposed an additional role for kisspeptin as a modulator of prolactin release from the pituitary, provided anatomical evidence of pars tuberalis TSH production and co- localization with melatonin receptors, and determined that exogenous melatonin, at the dose and frequency administered, does not reduce circulating TSH or T3. Collectively, these findings contribute to the existing knowledge of neuroendocrine mechanisms governing the HPG axis and seasonal reproduction in horse.
COLOUR TERMS IN ASTROPHYSICAL TEXTS: A CORPUS STUDY
Authors: Станулевич Данута , Радомийські Конрад
Published: July 2024

The aim of this paper is to present colour terms used by scientists in the field of astrophysics. We take into consideration both basic and non-basic colour terms – as understood by Berlin and Kay (1969). The research material, compiled in a corpus with AntConc, consists of abstracts published in selected astrophysical journals. The corpus size is 2,319,787 words. The most frequent basic colour term found in the abstracts is black (612 occurrences), followed by white (167), red (160), blue (111) and green (98). It appears that the frequent word combinations in which these and other colour words are used happen to be specialized terms whose formation involved metaphorical or metonymic processes, e.g. red giant, white dwarf, red planet, red noise and blue straggler.
Violencia obstétrica: aspectos históricos
Authors: Gutiérrez-Ramos Miguel
Published: July 2024

Desde épocas remotas hasta la actualidad, el embarazo y el parto constituyen unmismo proceso biológico. Lo que ha variado ha sido su entorno y su cuidado de partede nuestra sociedad. La medicina moderna y la tecnología han prevenido muchascomplicaciones del embarazo, parto, puerperio y salvado muchas vidas; pero se hadescuidado el enfoque centrado en la mujer. No se trata de volver totalmente alpasado y dejar de lado la atención moderna del parto para evitar la mal llamada‘violencia obstétrica’. Sino que debe incorporarse lo valioso de la atención en elpasado, como la participación de la familia, de la pareja. Pero también el respetode los principios éticos, la calidad en la atención para un parto seguro, así como, losderechos de la gestante para que la atención obstétrica sea una atención moderna yhumanizada, como merecen todas las mujeres.
Manutenção e inter-relação de linguagens: escrita, oralidade e linguagem não-verbal no candomblé de Cáceres - Mato Grosso
Authors: Da Silva Luiz Felipe Rodrigues , Karim Jocineide Macedo
Published: July 2024

Este artigo tem por objetivo investigar as formas linguísticas de herança africana nas práticas ritualísticas do candomblé de nação queto, considerada uma variedade de iorubá, em sua relação com a escrita e linguagem não-verbal. Para tanto, utilizamos como corpus de análise as letras das cantigas oriundas do ritual da Sassain. Neste estudo, analisamos apenas alguns itens do léxico para apontar os aspectos sociais e culturais dessa produção linguística em seu uso real, que acompanha o uso da escrita e linguagem não-verbal como marcador de identidade africanizada. Com o embasamento teórico da Sociolinguística e coleta de dados pautada na etnografia, explicamos através das relações sociais os fenômenos linguísticos, principalmente os ligados à manutenção e à resistência, nesse espaço religioso, que resiste desde o período colonial no Brasil como herança africana que sofreu todo tipo de supressão cultural e preconceitos, mas ainda busca a criação de uma África simbólica (Evaristo, 2012), adaptando-se para a manutenção de sua cultura e resistindo até hoje, principalmente apoiada nas religiões de matriz africana, que conservam essas práticas ancestrais através da língua, da culinária, das crenças e paramentas.
Identidades em movimento dialógico: a surdez no cotejo social
Authors: De Lima Emiliana Oliveira , Bezerra de Faria Marília Varella
Published: July 2024

O objetivo deste estudo é verificar se e como a ação das forças verboideológicas, centrípetas e centrífugas, relacionadas à surdez no contexto social, refletem os posicionamentos identitários de surdos e de mães ouvintes de filhos surdos, aprendizes de Libras no CAS Natal. A linguagem é uma força motriz movida por discursos heterogêneos, que acontecem em diferentes modalidades, tanto visuais quanto orais, as quais nos atravessam nas diferentes relações dialógicas tecidas socialmente e, consequentemente, refletem posicionamentos identitários. Por isso, lapidamos nosso olhar investigativo com base nos pressupostos da área INdisciplinar da Linguística Aplicada – LA (Moita Lopes, 2006, 2013; Kleiman, 2013), que traz à cena a voz de sujeitos marginalizados socialmente. O entendimento da linguagem como prática social do Círculo de Bakhtin (Bakhtin, 2011, 2015; Volóchinov, 2018, 2019) nos lança a compreensão da ação das forças que criam tensões ideológicas capazes de subsidiar as constituições identitárias. Para discutir sobre as identidades, ancoramo-nos nos Estudos Culturais (Hall, 2014, 2020; Woodward, 2014), e sobre a Libras, recorremos aos Estudos Surdos (Baleiro Lodi, 2021; Lodi, 2006; Sá, 2010; Skliar, 1998; Perlin, 1998). A pesquisa consiste num estudo qualitativo-interpretativista, cujos dados foram retirados da dissertação de Mestrado de Lima (2022). Mediante as análises, reconhecemos o quanto as forças verboideológicas influenciam os posicionamentos identitários de sujeitos surdos e ouvintes, diante das representações sociais da surdez. Concluímos que a ação da força centralizadora está fortemente impregnada nos discursos que circulam socialmente sobre a surdez, sendo, concomitantemente, marcante a ação das forças centrífugas, as quais fortalecem a ressignificação desses discursos.
PRODUCTIVITY OF LEEKS DEPENDING ON THE APPLICATION OF MINERAL FERTILIZERS AND SOIL BIOPREPARATION IN THE RIGHT-BANK FOREST-STEPPE OF UKRAINE
Authors: Slobodianyk H. Ya.
Published: July 2024

Providing consumers with high-quality vegetables and preserving soil fertility requires the rational use of fertilizers. Growing vegetable plants on drip irrigation significantly increases their yield, but requires additional research to determine the most effective fertilization. Combined mineral fertilization of leeks with soil biological preparation improves plant assimilation and the composition of the rhizosphere microbiota. The aim of this study is to identify effective combinations of leek fertilization for drip irrigation. The variants of the two-factor experiment were: factor A – soil biological preparation Groundfix and factor B – mineral fertilizers DripFert – N20Р20К20, N40Р10К10, N20Р20К20 +N10Р10К40, N40Р10К10 +N10Р10К40, control variant – without fertilization. Field, laboratory, and mathematical and statistical research methods were used to record data and analyze the results.

After fertilizing with mineral fertilizers alone, the share of nitrogen-fixing bacteria was 11–19%, and combined with Groundfix it increased to 37–39%. According to the dynamics of leek leaf mass formation, the advantage of combined fertilization with mineral fertilizer and Groundfix was noted. Within factor B, the largest leaf area was after fertilizing with N20Р20К20 + N10Р10К40 – 19.12 ths. m2 per hectare.

Factor A (Grandfix) accounts for 32% of leeks' marketable yield, and factor B (mineral fertilizer) for 60%, but the effect of their interaction is unreliable. Depending on mineral fertilizers, the yield was lower when using N20P20K20. and N40Р10К10. The maximum level of marketable yield was with the combined fertilization of Grandfix + N20Р20К20 + N10Р10К40 – 35.3 t/ha. The application of mineral fertilizer N10P10K40 has a positive effect on the content of sugars and ascorbic acid. Thus, to optimize the nutritional regime of leeks under drip irrigation, it is advisable to apply the soil biological preparation Groundfix and the mineral fertilizers N20Р20К20+N10Р10К40 combined. Intensive fertilization is a classic measure to increase the productivity of vegetable plants under irrigation.
Penanaman Nilai Karakter Gemar Membaca Siswa di SD Negeri Magelang 4
Authors: Septianingrum Vindi , Rasidi Rasidi , Pradana Agrissto Bintang Aji
Published: July 2024

This study aims to determine the process of instilling the character value of students' love of reading and the role of school parties, namely principals, teachers, and librarians in instilling the character value of reading, as well as to find out what obstacles are faced in instilling the character value of students' love of reading at SD Negeri Magelang 4 and the solutions provided.
The type of research used is qualitative case study research with data collection methods through interviews, observation, and documentation. There are two sources of data in this study including primary data sources, namely principals, teachers, librarians, and students, while secondary data sources are documentation when research is carried out at school. This research uses data triangulation as a data validity test, including source triangulation, technique triangulation, and time triangulation. Furthermore, this research uses data analysis techniques in the form of data collection techniques, data reduction, data presentation, conclusion drawing, and verification.
The results showed that 1) schools still need additional facilities to support the continuity of the process of instilling the character value of reading well, 2) principals, teachers, and librarians have played a good role in the process of instilling the character value of reading fond of students such as guiding, directing, and enforcing rules so that students have a character fond of reading, 3) There are still obstacles faced such as students who claim to be lazy to read and there are also several books in the library that can be said to be slightly damaged. However, in addition to obstacles, of course, there are also solutions provided such as adding book collections tailored to the age and reading interests of students at school.
Pengembangan alat peraga PROLUCC pada materi volume tabung dan kerucut
Authors: Aisyah Adinda Putri , Prabandari Amalia Rizki , Natalia Erni , Rahmadhani Nabilla , Susanti Elsa , Meryansumayeka Meryansumayeka , Zulkardi Zulkardi , Yukans Septy Sari
Published: July 2024

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengembangkan media pembelajaran PROLUCC (Proof of the Volume of Cylinders and Cones)  yang valid, praktis, dan efektif. PROLUCC adalah media pembelajaran untuk membuktikan volume tabung dan kerucut. Model ADDIE yang terdiri dari analysis, design, development, implementation, dan evaluation digunakan sebagai model pengembangan dalam penelitian ini. Uji validitas media PROLUCC dilakukan dengan melibatkan para ahli pada tiap tahapan ADDIE, sedangkan untuk uji praktikalitas dan efektivitas media PROLUCC dilakukan melalui uji coba kepada mahasiswa pendidikan matematika dan siswa. Untuk mengumpulkan data hasil uji coba dilakukan wawancara dan observasi yang kemudian dianalisis secara deskriptif. Berdasarkan hasil pengembangan disimpulkan media PROLUCC valid. Sementara berdasarkan hasil uji coba diperoleh media PROLUCC praktis dan efektif. Media PROLUCC terbukti mudah digunakan dan dapat mendukung pemahaman siswa dalam membuktikan rumus volume tabung dan kerucut. Hal ini menunjukkan kemanjuran media PROLUCC. Oleh karena itu, media PROLUCC dapat dikatakan valid, praktis, dan efektif.