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Innovación tecnológica para el desarrollo de los emprendimientos sociales
Authors: Espinosa-Vera Alex Julian , Mendoza-Vargas Emma Yolanda
Published: July 2024

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo evaluar el impacto de la innovación tecnológica en los emprendimientos sociales del cantón Quevedo. Para ello, se emplearon los tipos de investigación de campo y descriptiva, utilizando los métodos inductivo y deductivo. La población de estudio incluyó a 125 emprendedores sociales. La recopilación de datos se llevó a cabo a través de encuestas, entrevistas y observación directa. Los resultados revelaron que el éxito en los emprendimientos sociales, en cuanto a innovación tecnológica, se fundamenta en los principios de sostenibilidad, significancia y factibilidad, abarcando tanto aspectos sociales como operativos. Sin embargo, se identificaron obstáculos significativos, tales como la limitación de recursos financieros y conocimientos técnicos, que obstaculizan la implementación de tecnologías en estos emprendimientos. Además, se evidenció que la oferta actual de programas de innovación social resulta insuficiente y carece de calidad, subrayando así la necesidad imperante de programas de capacitación de alta calidad, liderados por profesionales competentes en innovación tecnológica. En este contexto, se recomienda reforzar la capacidad de los emprendedores a través de programas de formación holística y establecer indicadores que reflejan la interrelación entre resultados sociales y operativos. También se destaca la importancia de brindar apoyo financiero y promover la divulgación de programas de capacitación alineados con las necesidades tecnológicas reales de los emprendedores sociales. Estos esfuerzos deben llevarse a cabo bajo el liderazgo de profesionales competentes y con mecanismos de retroalimentación continua para garantizar un desarrollo sostenible y eficaz en el ámbito de la innovación tecnológica en los emprendimientos sociales.
Factors Influencing Intention to Use Mobile Learning: A Quantitative Study in Higher Education
Authors: Sappaile Baso Intang , Sukoco Hendro
Published: July 2024

In this modern era, the use of technology is increasingly widespread among students at universities. One of them is the increasing use of mobile technology in learning, showing the importance of understanding the factors that influence the intention to use mobile learning among students. The aim of this research is to determine and analyze the factors that influence the intention to use mobile learning among college students. Apart from that, it is also to find out the relationship between the variables studied. This research method uses a quantitative method with a questionnaire as a data collection instrument. The research sample consisted of students at universities who used mobile learning in the learning process. The results of this research indicate that there are several factors that influence the intention to use mobile learning in higher education, including ease of use, perceived benefits, perceptions of usefulness, and social factors. These variables make a significant contribution to the intention to use mobile learning among students. The conclusion of this study confirms that factors such as ease of use, perceived usefulness, perception of usefulness, and social factors play an important role in forming intentions to use mobile learning in higher education environments. The implication of this research is the importance of integrating these factors in the development of effective learning strategies using mobile technology to increase student participation and performance in higher learning. The limitation of this research is that the researcher did not directly conduct research at universities, but by distributing questionnaires to students at universities.
A qualidade do sistema de informação obtido pelos alunos do IFRO campus Ji-Paraná no sistema portal do aluno
Authors: Bezerra Jackson Henrique da Silva , Teixeira Júnior João Eujácio , Correia Adriana Aparecida , Andrade Clayton Ferraz , Santos Jefferson Antônio dos , Pereira Reinaldo Lima
Published: July 2024

Os sistemas de informação têm ajudado as organizações a melhorar os seus processos organizacionais, tornando-as mais eficientes. Assim, o software assumiu um papel fundamental no dia a dia dos usuários, auxiliando-os nas mais diversas tarefas. A qualidade do software é fundamental para garantir o pleno uso do mesmo, garantindo a satisfação dos usuários na execução das tarefas que o software se propõe a executar. Neste sentido, a ISO 9126 dita os critérios de qualidade a serem medidos em um software, como a usabilidade, a funcionalidade, a eficiência e a confiabilidade. O presente trabalho descreve uma pesquisa quantitativa sobre a qualidade do software Portal do Aluno do Instituto Federal de Rondônia – Campus Ji-Paraná utilizando os critérios de qualidade definidos pela ISO 9126. Após a pesquisa com os usuários do sistema, neste caso, os alunos dos cursos técnicos e superiores do campus, os resultados foram descritos na parte final deste artigo, abordando o nível de satisfação com o sistema demonstrados pelos alunos participantes da pesquisa.
Effect of Treated Sewage Water and Organic Manure Application on Soil Fertility, Nutrient Composition, Quality and Yield of Maize (Zea mays L.)
Authors: Kumar Raj , Devi Uma , Kumar Preetam , Kumar Satender
Published: July 2024

Now-a-days, water resources are steadily declining due to over-exploitation of ground water. In most Indian cities, a sewage system is used, which includes an underground pipe system that collects wastewater from home and transport it to treatment plant. A field experiment was conducted during 2020 on maize crop. Treatments consisted of 2 maize single cross hybrids (HQPM-5 and HQPM-1); two sources of irrigation (canal water and treated sewage water) and four levels of organics (No manure or fertilizer, 100% recommended dose of nitrogen (RDN) though FYM, 100% RDN through vermicompost and 50% of RDN through FYM and 50% of RDN through vermicompost). Use of the treated sewage water resulted in improvement of yield and yield attributes, nutrient content and quality of maize and improved soil NPK status as compared to canal water. Among the two hybrids, HQPM-1 was observed superior based on yield and yield parameters. Application of 100% RDN by vermicompost increased the maize yield significantly over the other sources, while remaining statistically at par with 50-50% both.
Ultrastructural Studies to Evaluate Fish Scales as Indicators of Heavy Metals in Labeo rohita
Authors: Vaid Vibhu , Hundal S S , Vashishat Nisha
Published: July 2024

Environmental pollution by heavy metals has been of nagging concern globally. A preliminary study was undertaken to study structural alterations including lepidontal aberrations on the fish scales of Labeo rohita using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). In addition, the atomic percentage of heavy metals on the scales were analysed by Energy Dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX). The scales were gathered during two seasons (winter and summer) from Ludhiana's fish markets. Various heavy metals including Aluminium (Al), Chromium (Cr), Zinc (Zn), Nickel (Ni), Copper (Cu), Lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg) were detected on fish scales gathered from local fish markets compared to control groups. In addition, Silicon (Si) was also found on the scales gathered from markets. Heavy metal accumulation in the water source from which fish were gathered might be responsible for deposition of heavy metals on scale’s surface. Along with this, lepidontal anomalies on the scale’s dorsal surface were examined using EDX. In addition, structural aberrations such as broken, disorganized and eroded circuli, damaged margins of scales, alterations in focus and tubercles were also studied. The intensity of alterations was observed higher in scales of fish larger in size gathered from market compared to fish smaller in size, which might be due to longer duration of heavy metal exposure in the water source. The results clearly suggested that fish scales of L. rohita have a potential to be used as indicators of water quality.
Dampak Penerapan Budaya Organisasi Dan Sistem Kompensasi Serta Pengaruhnya Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Dengan Dimediasi Kepuasan Kerja
Authors: Jarkasih Jarkasih , Suhendar Fikry Ramadhan
Published: July 2024

Penerapan budaya organisasi dalam suatu organisasi terkadang setengah hati, padahal penerapannya dapat berdampak positif terhadap keberlangsungan organisasi itu sendiri. Di sisi lain, sistem kompensasi yang diterapkan oleh perusahaan harus mendekati kepuasan bagi kedua belah pihak, yaitu karyawan dan perusahaan itu sendiri. Hal lain yang tidak kalah penting adalah kepuasan kerja karyawan yang dapat meningkatkan semangat dan produktivitas. Melalui penerapan budaya organisasi dan sistem kompensasi yang berdampak pada kepuasan kerja, diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kinerja karyawan. Peneliti mencoba mencari pengaruh penerapan budaya organisasi di perusahaan dan sistem kompensasi yang dijalankan oleh perusahaan terhadap kepuasan kerja, kemudian mencoba mencari pengaruh antara kepuasan kerja dan kinerja karyawan. Objek dalam penelitian ini adalah karyawan PT. Brilliant Innovation Gemilang Jakarta, sementara metode penelitian yang dipilih oleh peneliti adalah metode kuantitatif. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh antara budaya organisasi dan kompensasi terhadap kepuasan kerja baik secara parsial maupun simultan. Dalam beberapa kasus, kompensasi tidak berpengaruh terhadap kinerja karyawan, sementara budaya perusahaan memang berpengaruh terhadap kinerja karyawan. Namun, budaya perusahaan dan kompensasi secara bersamaan memengaruhi kinerja karyawan. Selanjutnya, terdapat pengaruh antara kepuasan kerja dan kinerja karyawan. Hasil penelitian ini kemudian dibandingkan dengan hasil penelitian sebelumnya.
The Relationship Between Children's Health Status and Stunting in Toddlers at Mamboro Health Center, Palu
Authors: Suarayasa Ketut , Miranti Miranti , Ayu Wandira Bertin
Published: July 2024

Introduction: Taipa Sub-District in Palu City has a high prevalence of stunting, with 24.7% or 108 cases out of 437 toddlers measured. This makes Taipa, located in the Mamboro Health Center area, the sub-district with the highest stunting cases in Palu City. This research aims to analyze the relationship between children's health status (exclusive breastfeeding, colostrum feeding, frequency of breastfeeding, and history of infectious diseases) and the incidence of stunting in the Mamboro Health Center working area.
Methods: This quantitative study uses a case-control design to determine the magnitude of risk factors related to children's health status and the incidence of stunting in toddlers within the Mamboro Health Center working area. The total sample comprised 204 toddlers, including 102 stunted toddlers (cases) and 102 normal toddlers (controls).
Results: There is a significant relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and a history of infectious diseases with the incidence of stunting in toddlers (p<0.05). Mothers who do not provide exclusive breastfeeding have a 2.2 times higher risk of their children being stunted (OR = 2.225). Children who have experienced infectious diseases have a 1.9 times higher risk of becoming stunted (OR = 1.944). However, the frequency of breastfeeding and colostrum feeding did not show a significant relationship with stunting among toddlers in the Mamboro Health Center working area.
Conclusion: The child's health status factors that are significantly related to the incidence of stunting include exclusive breastfeeding and a history of infectious diseases. These findings highlight the need for interventions promoting exclusive breastfeeding and effective management of infectious diseases to reduce stunting rates in this area.
Homoerotismo e autoficção no conto “Linda, uma história horrível”, de Caio Fernando Abreu
Authors: Alselmi André Luiz , Vicente Adalberto Luis
Published: July 2024

Este artigo realiza uma análise do conto “Linda, uma história horrível”, que integra a coletânea Os dragões não conhecem o paraíso, de Caio Fernando Abreu, publicada em 1988. O objetivo inicial é demonstrar como alguns dados biográficos do autor parecem ter sido reutilizados na criação de sua narrativa ficcional, configurando uma espécie de autoficção, especialmente ao abordar a questão do homoerotismo. Em seguida, à luz dos conceitos de narrador e foco narrativo apresentados por Gérard Genette em Discurso da narrativa, a análise foca na maneira como Abreu trabalha a temática da morte, um elemento presente do início ao fim da narrativa. Por fim, com base nas teorias psicanalíticas esboçadas por Freud e retomadas por Lacan, examina-se a presença do duplo no conto, bem como a despersonalização do sujeito. Esta análise tem como objetivo, além de explorar a relação entre biografia e ficção, demonstrar que a duplicação se apresenta como uma forma de resistência do indivíduo à morte e ao esquecimento. Contudo, essa tentativa se mostra fadada ao fracasso, pois acaba conduzindo o sujeito à despersonalização e à sua transformação em objetos em decadência. Assim, o conto revela uma profunda reflexão sobre a identidade, a mortalidade e a inevitável deterioração do ser.
First 2022 GaBI Journal issue highlights
Authors: Walson Philip D
Published: July 2024

The first GaBI Journal issue of 2022 comes at a time of both hope and despair. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant global morbidity and mortality; especially in resource-poor countries, both the pace and direction of changes are beginning to produce some encouraging signs. Positive trends are in part the result of the continuing increase in our understanding of the virus itself, its treatment, and public health actions that are effective in limiting its spread. The availability of highly effective vaccines, antibodies, and antiviral medications have greatly limited infections and improved outcomes. Biological products, both innovator and biosimilar versions, as well as generic drug products are decreasing treatment costs and increasing the availability of effective treatments. Of special note is the increasing ability of resource-poor nations to produce their own versions of innovator products without patent constraints. Perhaps the most impressive example of this is, ‘The World’s COVID-19 ­Vaccine’ developed by the Texas Children’s Hospital at Baylor University and funding support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This partnership has demonstrated that it is possible to overcome availability issues inherent in the for-profit pharmaceutical industry.
No need for systematic switch studies to demonstrate interchangeability of biosimilars
Authors: Kurki Pekka
Published: July 2024

Systematic clinical switch studies to demonstrate interchangeability of biosimilars are required in some jurisdictions while theoretical considerations and current clinical data question the feasibility and relevance of such studies.
Biosimilarity is not a transitive property: implication for interchangeability, naming and pharmacovigilance
Authors: Matar Pablo
Published: July 2024

Current regulations do not require a given biosimilar to remain similar to its reference biological over time. However, two products that were initially deemed biosimilar or interchangeable could each undergo unique patterns of drift and evolution in their manufacturing processes (divergence), ultimately resulting in two products that would be no longer biosimilar. In cases where divergence in potency, safety and immunogenicity may be present, care should be taken with multiple switches between reference and biosimilar products: each time a switch occurs, the difference between products could be greater. Taking into account that post-marketing comparative biosimilarity validation is not required, drift, evolution and divergence may present greater challenges when assessing biosimilar. In a marketplace with multiple biosimilars of a given reference product and in the context of interchangeability with drift and divergence, pharmacovigilance systems should be strengthened.
Ellis Ridgeway Lippincott: A Legacy of Scientific Innovation
Authors: Workman Jerome
Published: July 2024

Ellis R. Lippincott is one of the most influential spectroscopists of the past 100 years. He has been a notable research figure in molecular spectra and structure studies using infrared and Raman spectroscopy; in the study of potential energy functions, including hydrogen bonding; and in the invention and study of high pressure spectroscopic studies using the high-pressure diamond anvil cell. He also has applied spectroscopic techniques and analysis to the study of planetary atmospheres, to biochemistry, and to chemical lasers.
O PAPEL DAS COMUNIDADES LOCAIS NA SUSTENTABILIDADE DOS DESTINOS TURÍSTICOS
Authors: Moser Giancarlo , Francisco Thiago Henrique Almino , Guerra José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade
Published: July 2024

Este artigo explora o papel das comunidades locais na sustentabilidade dos destinos turísticos, destacando os benefícios e desafios da integração comunitária no desenvolvimento turístico sustentável. A pesquisa utiliza uma abordagem teórico-exploratória, baseada na revisão sistemática e crítica da literatura existente, para identificar lacunas e formular novas hipóteses sobre a participação comunitária no turismo. O estudo revela que a inclusão das comunidades locais é essencial para garantir a preservação ambiental, a valorização cultural e a equidade social, promovendo um turismo que atende tanto às necessidades dos turistas quanto às aspirações das comunidades receptoras. O modelo de Turismo de Base Comunitária (TBC) é apresentado como uma solução viável para equilibrar os interesses econômicos, sociais e ambientais, destacando a importância da autogestão, do cooperativismo e da participação ativa das comunidades.
Aportación mexicana al estudio de la comunicación política. Análisis bibliométrico de artículos en revistas de acceso libre
Authors: Muñiz Carlos
Published: July 2024

Introducción: La Comunicación Política constituye un campo distintivo e independiente dentro de la disciplina de la comunicación caracterizado por la centralidad que en sus estudios se ofrece al factor comunicación dentro de la configuración de la política. Los estudios a la fecha resaltan el papel desempeñado por la comunidad científica mexicana en la comunicación política, pero no es amplia la literatura existente sobre la producción dentro de este campo en el país. Objetivo: Analizar la producción científica mexicana en forma de artículos, publicada en el campo de la Comunicación Política entre 2001 y 2021. Metodología: Se realizó un análisis bibliométrico de la producción en comunicación política en México desde 2001 hasta 2021, lo que derivó en la detección de 1258 artículos sobre los que se realizó el análisis de las variables contempladas. Resultados: Se encuentra una presencia constante de artículos del campo a lo largo de los años, tendiendo a aumentar la publicación a partir de la segunda década del Siglo XXI. La publicación se concentra en revistas mexicanas y pertenecientes a Ciencias de la Comunicación. Además, hay limitada producción de artículos en revista de alto impacto y el nivel de internacionalización es bajo. Discusión y conclusiones: Se concluye que la Comunicación Política en México constituye un campo tendente a la consolidación y con un constante incremento en la producción, aunque con debilidades como la baja publicación en revistas de alto impacto o el escaso nivel de internacionalización que se detecta en los artículos publicados por la comunidad investigadora.
ANALISIS TANTANGAN DAN DAMPAK LARANGAN EKSPOR CPO TERHADAP PERDAGANGAN INTERNASIONAL DI TENGAH GUGATAN UNI EROPA DI WTO
Authors: Batara Natasya Agustina Yance Taruk , Az Zahra Keisha Liviya , Widiana Vina
Published: July 2024

Pada saat ini Indonesia memiliki luas lahan dan kualitas kelapa sawit yang mampu bersaing dengan negara luar hingga menjadikan Indonesia sebagai produsen terbesar kelapa sawit di dunia. Minyak kelapa sawit (CPO) menjadi salah satu sumber penghasil devisa negara melalui kegiatan ekspor nonmigas, hal ini menyebabkan banyak negara luar salah satunya Uni Eropa memberikan kebijakan agar energi terbarukan mengalami peningkatan produksi sehingga minyak kelapa sawit Indonesia mengalami penurunan konsumen. Pada kenyataannya masih banyak negara yang membutuhkan minyak kelapa sawit untuk industri atau kehidupan sehari-hari dan produksi energi terbarukan masih mengalami perkembangan dalam proses penjualan. Penulisan ini dibuat menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif yang dilatarbelakangi oleh kebijakan yang dibuat Uni Eropa untuk mengurangi ekspor kelapa sawit di Indonesia dan bagaimana Indonesia mencari peluang terdapat tantangan dan dampak yang diberikan kebijakan tersebut. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, kurang lebih setengah pasokan minyak kelapa sawit dunia dipasok dari Indonesia namun tetap saja Indonesia menerima banyak tekanan sejak tahun 2015 untuk membatasi ekspor minyak kelapa sawit dari kebijakan yang diberikan Uni Eropa. Kebijakan RED II yang membatasi ekspor kelapa sawit dapat berdampak negatif pada kinerja, PDB, neraca perdagangan, dan ketenagakerjaan di Indonesia. Industri kelapa sawit juga berperan signifikan dalam membuka lapangan pekerjaan, sehingga kebijakan yang diberikan UE dapat mengancam stabilitas ekonomi dan ketenagakerjaan di Indonesia. Kesimpulannya, Indonesia perlu merespons dengan bijak terhadap tekanan tersebut dan mencari solusi yang mempertimbangkan dampak multidimensional pada berbagai sektor ekonomi.
Meeting the care priorities of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions: priorities for action
Authors: Hollick Rosemary , Stevenson Michelle , Macfarlane Gary , Moir Laura , Stelfox Kevin , Lam Ka Kin , Bennett Louise , Jenkins Caron
Published: July 2024

Where people live can present a significant challenge to delivering timely and equitable healthcare. To effectively plan local and national services to meet the needs of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), we need to understand how many people have these conditions, who they are, where they live and how this relates to existing services. It is also important to understand people’s care priorities, recognising that these might be different for different groups of patients, and what resources and services people feel are important, missing, or could be improved.This report summarises the priorities for care of people living with a broad range of RMDS across the UK and the resources and services needed to meet these needs. It outlines a number of policy and practice recommendations to address the gaps identified.
Rugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequality
Authors: Eppard Lawrence M. , Rank Mark Robert , Bullock Heather E.
Published: July 2024

Rugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequalityexplores and critiques the widespread perception in the United States that one’s success or failure in life is largely the result of personal choices and individual characteristics. As the authors show, the distinctively individualist ideology of American politics and culture shapes attitudes toward poverty and economic inequality in profound ways, fostering social policies that de-emphasize structural remedies. Drawing on a variety of unique methodologies, the book synthesizes data from large-scale surveys of the American population, and it features both conversations with academic experts and interviews with American citizens intimately familiar with the consequences of economic disadvantage. This mixture of approaches gives readers a fuller understanding of “skeptical altruism,” a concept the authors use to describe the American public’s hesitancy to adopt a more robust and structurally-oriented approach to solving the persistent problem of economic disadvantage.
Forensic Musicology and the Blurred Lines of Federal Copyright History
Authors: Leo Katherine M.
Published: July 2024

Drawing on interdisciplinary research methods from musicological and legal scholarship, this book maps the historical terrain of forensic musicology. It examines the contributions of musical expert witnesses, their analytical techniques, and the issues they encounter assisting courts in clarifying the blurred lines of music copyright.
The Anti-Nuclear Power Movement and Discourses of Energy Justice
Authors: Van Gerven Jesse P.
Published: July 2024

Jesse P. Van Gerven critically analyzes the movement for a carbon-free and nuclear-free energy future in the U.S. using an environmental justice framework. Van Gerven explores how different social and environmental justice discourses are constructed through the claims of social movement organizations. This study shows how ideas of distribution, recognition, and representation structure the arguments made by anti-nuclear groups against the production of nuclear power. Through this analysis the author identifies general principals of energy justice. These principles can guide future energy policy and energy system development to ensure social and environmental justice.
Third Parties, Outsiders, and Renegades
Authors: Smith Melissa M.
Published: July 2024

Third Parties, Outsiders, and Renegades analyzes 10 third-party, outsider, or renegade presidential candidates and explores each one's impact on the political process. The list of modern outsider candidates who have attracted the public’s attention is fairly long, but most of the time the candidates never garner enough support to become elected or they self-destruct somewhere along the way. A few, however, have taken votes away from more mainstream candidates and changed the course of political parties or election outcomes. This book provides readers with an analysis of how their rhetoric, political tactics, and issues have challenged the political status quo and impacted later campaigns. The future viability of outsider candidates is discussed in light of current political polarization and the legacy of Donald J. Trump, the first elected outsider president, and considers how outsider candidates might be able to compete in upcoming elections given the current political divisions within the nation. Scholars and students of communication, political science, and rhetoric will find this book particularly interesting.
Competence, Presence, Trust, and Hyperpersonal-ness
Authors: Bouchillon B. C.
Published: July 2024

As the U.S. population has increasingly withdrawn into itself, Competence, Presence, Trust, and Hyperpersonal-ness considers the importance of communication technology for helping citizens become socially proficient in ways that transcend digital and physical environments. Experiencing computer-based social platforms as realistic and intimate allows networked social competence to add to interpersonal competence, Bouchillon argues. Trust is shown to benefit, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, he demonstrates that socially distanced individuals replicated their interpersonal lives using technology, and increased their social competence by doing so. Results suggest that society has reached the moment of hyperpersonal-ness, with computer-based social capabilities and feelings of presence being used to develop interpersonal competence and social capital, even in seclusion.
Electing Madam Vice President
Authors: Gutgold Nichola D.
Published: July 2024

Electing Madam Vice President presents the presidential bids of the six women who ran for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 2020 and the historic, groundbreaking vice-presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris.When Vice President Kamala Harris and her family moved into Number One Observatory Circle, the official Vice Presidential residence of the United States, she claimed a title no other women in the United States ever had: Vice President. She is closer to the United States presidency than any woman in history. Yet, she has repeated often that she is standing on the shoulders of women who have come before her to try to break down barriers, including the United States Presidency. Often left off the history pages, and out of many Americans’ minds, are the bids of women who run for president. The 2020 Democratic primary included the most women ever to run in one election. This book demonstrates the progress women candidates have made as they have moved from symbolic to viable candidates and shines a light on the diminishing obstacles that face women candidates while taking readers on a journey through the victorious progress of a woman United States Vice President.
Bosnian Refugees in Chicago
Authors: Croegaert Ana
Published: July 2024

Bosnian Refugees in Chicago: Gender, Performance, and Post-War Economies studies refugee migration through the experiences of survivors of the 1990s wars in former Yugoslavia as they rebuild home, family, and social lives in the wake of their displacement. Ana Croegaert explores post-1970s Yugoslav-era socialism, American neoliberal capitalism, and anti-Muslim geopolitics to examine women’s varied perspectives on their postwar lives in the United States. Based on more than a decade of fieldwork, Croegaert takes readers into staged performances, coffee rituals, protests, memorials, homes, and non-governmental organizations to shine a light on the pressures women contend with in their efforts to make a living and to narrate their wartime injuries. Ultimately, Croegaert argues that refugee women insist on understanding their wartime losses as simultaneously social and material, a form of personhood she labels “injured life.” At a time of mass displacement and heated political debates concerning refugees, Croegaert provides an engaging portrait of a lively and diverse group of women whose opinions on citizenship and belonging are needed now more than ever.
Sociocide
Authors: Doubt Keith
Published: July 2024

Wars have a destructive impact on society. The violence in the first case is domicide, in the second urbicide, in the third genocide, and in the fourth, the book introduces a neologism, sociocide, the killing of society. Through the lens of this neologism, Keith Doubt provides persuasive evidence of the social, political, and human consequences of today’s wars in countries such as Bosnia and Iraq. Sociocide: Reflections on Today’s Wars rigorously formulates, develops, and applies the notion of sociocide as a Weberian ideal type to contemporary wars. Drawing upon sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and literature, Doubt analyzes war crimes, scapegoating, and torture and concludes by examining capitalism in the face of the coronavirus pandemic as a sociocidal force. Embedded in the humanistic tradition and informed by empirical science, this book provides a clear conceptual account of today’s wars, one that is objective and moral, critical and humanistic.
Psychology and Pop Culture
Authors: Beard Keith W. , Fugett April , Black Britani
Published: July 2024

Psychology and Pop Culture: An Empirical Adventure examines the psychological aspects of pop culture preferences, personality, and behavior from across sixteen research studies. The authors analyze such phenomena as superhero and antihero fandoms, internet trolls, women in popular culture, generational preferences, and romance and sexuality. Analyzing pop culture in the context of the #MeToo movement, LGBTQIA+ representation, and contemporary politics, Keith W. Beard, April Fugett, and Britani Black pay close attention to contemporary issues of inclusion and marginalization.
Netflix's Speculative Fictions
Authors: Crawford Colin Jon Mark
Published: July 2024

Netflix’s Speculative Fictions: Financializing Platform Television argues that Netflix’s scaled expansion has hinged upon its ability not only to create, but more importantly to communicate, new forms and flows of potential value in platform capitalism, wherein capital is mobilized not only from direct revenue streams but also the new value assigned to inputs and investments of data, debt, attention, behavior, taste, time, sociality, and speculation. To interpret and critique these new communications and projections of value, Colin Jon Mark Crawford performs a discursive analysis of the platform television industry leader Netflix and its ‘investor lore’: the multi-sited narrative of value found in the company’s investor relations materials and corporate communications, such as letters to shareholders, financial earnings reports, executive interviews, press releases, and blog posts. Netflix best represents the increasingly ubiquitous nexus of culture, tech, and finance industries that is platform television. To better understand the emergent financial logics of this relatively new media industry, we must first understand the speculative narratives and discourses of value which organize it. Scholars of media studies, television studies, technology studies, and economics will find this book particularly useful.
Representing Latina/x Reproductive Decision-Making
Authors: Huerta Melissa
Published: July 2024

Representing Latina/x Reproductive Decision Making examines representations of reproductive decisions in cultural texts and engages with scholarship on Latina/x representation to interrogate what these representations mean for Latinx popular culture. Melissa Huerta demonstrates that cultural texts ranging from the work of Teatro Luna and television series like Jane the Virgin and Vida to the film Quinceañera and Favianna Rodriguez’s artwork can challenge traditional notions of Latina/x reproductive decisions, pointing to more inclusive understandings of people’s experiences. Huerta argues for the importance of cultural representation in theater, television, film and art and analyzes the roles language and images play in shaping meaning. This book will be of interest to scholars of cultural studies, gender studies, Latin American studies, and film and media studies.
Passionate Animals
Authors: Cojocaru Mara-Daria
Published: July 2024

Passionate Animals: Emotions, Animal Ethics, and Moral Pragmatics draws on the theoretical achievements made in ethics, political philosophy, and human-animal studies, addressing the problem that these advancements have not resulted in practical change toward significantly improved human-animal-relations. Mara-Daria Cojocaru argues that this gap between theory and action can close only if humans live up to the task of becoming passionate animals themselves—and passionate about animals as well. In the tradition of philosophical pragmatism and with reference to congenial thinkers like Mary Midgley, Cojocaru develops a moral pragmatics that highlights the role of emotions in moral and political life and focuses on the institutions necessary to make tangible progress on the problems posed by animal experimentation and factory farming.
Crime in TV, the News, and Film
Authors: Adubato Beth E. , Sachs Nicole M. , Fizzinoglia Donald F. , Swiderski John M.
Published: July 2024

Crime in TV, the News, and Film provides a fresh look at the interplay between criminal events and the media outlets that cover them. The authors’ diverse backgrounds— a criminologist researcher, a documentarian and media professor, a police officer, and a criminologist who is a former TV reporter— allow for frank discussion. Combining field experience with criminological research, the book gives insight to the everyday media operations that can produce most people’s views on crime and profoundly influence public opinion— public opinion that often frames public policy.

Viewers of crime dramas and consumers of news will gain a new understanding of the way their programs are produced. Readers will become more aware of the issues and biases that sometimes cloud perceptions of crime and criminals. Finally, both experts and scholars interested in the subject will improve their discernment of media stories and media depictions, shining a light on crime in a hazy field. This book can be used in the classroom for an array of courses in the fields of media and communications, criminology, sociology, and more.
Everyday Food Practices
Authors: Sebastian Tarunna
Published: July 2024

In Everyday Food Practices, Tarunna Sebastian explores the teaching and learning dimensions of people’s food choices and practices as they are played out in their everyday lives and local community. Using multi-sited critical ethnographic methodology, Sebastian followed people on their journeys while planning, shopping, preparing, cooking, and eating food. These journeys reveal that supermarket corporations play a hegemonic role, creating and sustaining class-based diets and cultural dynamics which undermine individual agency. Rebuking corporate hegemony, food education at counter-cultural sites—such as farmers’ markets, food cooperatives, and community gardens—seeks to empower people with knowledge and skills derived from socially and environmentally sustainable food curricula. However, class and ethnicity-based patterns of engagement compromise learning at these sites. Sebastian argues that, by contrast, the embodied experiences of inter-generational, home-based food practices are more effective in teaching sustainable cooking skills and the production of healthy meals.
Gendered Power in Child Welfare
Authors: Moore Christa Jane , Gagné Patricia
Published: July 2024

In Gendered Power in Child Welfare: What’s Care Got to Do with It?, Christa Jane Moore and Patricia Gagné argue that the child welfare system in Kentucky and other states is based on masculine values that were institutionalized long before women had the right to vote, hold public office, or have a voice in public law and policy. The authors draw on feminist and organizational theories and base their arguments on primary qualitative data and secondary statistics to demonstrate that, historically and today, the efforts of care workers in the child welfare system are stymied by a highly bureaucratic child welfare system that demands focus on metric outcomes. Throughout the work the authors argue for reforms—more feminized orientations that hearken back to the earliest extensions of community-centered care for those most vulnerable, especially children with protective needs.
That Was Me
Authors: Driver Richard D.
Published: July 2024

Paul McCartney has lived an extraordinary life in popular music and popular culture. His careers as a Beatle, as a solo musician and band leader in Wings, and in areas outside music have varied tremendously and are well-documented. That Was Me explores the impact of Paul McCartney as a musician outside the Beatles, identifying the continued excitement in generations of fans and listeners, and his perennial efforts to perform and record music. Richard Driver argues that his solo career is multi-faceted and extremely diverse, ranging from breaking sharply with the style and output of the Beatles to experimenting in orchestral and operatic music and returning to music designed to emulate and reproduce the style, success, and popularity of the Beatles. Through McCartney we can literally and symbolically view and revisit the popular music phenomenon that was the Beatles, and popular music from the 1950s to today.
Latin American Development from Populism to Neopopulism
Authors: von der Heydt-Coca Magda
Published: July 2024

Latin American Development from Populism to Neopopulism: A Multidisciplinary Perspective explores the socioeconomic development of Latin America through the periods of populism, military dictatorships, neoliberalism and neopopulism by utilizing a multidisciplinary approach. By analyzing the trends and main socioeconomic structures in each period, von der Heydt-Coca explains the interactions of economic, social, and political spheres. Paradigmatic case studies complement the picture of each period and draw on extensive literature covering economics, history, sociology, and anthropology. Special emphasis is placed on how the world economy constrains the socioeconomic development in the region by examining the influence of international financial organizations and hegemonic countries. Von der Heydt-Coca answers the complex question of why Latin American countries, blessed with a bounty of natural resources and capable of industrialization, could not escape their role as producers and exporters of primary goods.
Peak TV's Unapologetic Jewish Woman
Authors: Pickette Samantha
Published: July 2024

Peak TV’s Unapologetic Jewish Woman: Exploring Jewish Female Representation in Contemporary Television Comedy analyzes the ways in which contemporary American television—with its unprecedented choice, diversity, and authenticity—is establishing a new version of the Jewish woman and a new take on American Jewish female identity that challenges the stereotypes of Jewish femininity proliferated on television since its inception. Using case studies of streaming, cable, and network comedy series from the past decade written and created by Jewish women, including Broad City, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, among others, this book illustrates how this new Jewish woman has been given voice and agency by the bevy of Jewish female showrunners interested in telling stories about Jewish women for wider audiences.
Popular Culture and Political Economic Thought
Authors: Strychacz Thomas
Published: July 2024

We live in an era of economic fabling where often fantastic representations of economic life in popular culture sit uncomfortably alongside a neoliberal capitalist fairy tale that the Earth's resources can continue to be exploited into an indefinite future. Popular Culture and Political Economic Thought: Fables of Commonwealth examines a variety of animated movies, TV shows, written fictions, adventure travelogues, and Paleo archeologies (and diets) to suggest that popular culture poses a multiform challenge to the failing theories and practices of neoclassical economics. This book contends that it does so most successfully by implementing older formations of political economic thought: stages theory, bioeconomics, and a robust discourse on commonwealth. An era of eco-crisis demands a new economics. It, therefore, also requires a new appraisal of the popular imaginary and its potential for leveraging alternative conceptions of economic and political relations. This book begins that conversation.
Athanasios Souliotis-Nikolaidis and Greek Irredentism
Authors: Mazis John Athanasios
Published: July 2024

Athanasios Souliotis-Nikolaidis (1878–1945) was a Greek military officer, undercover agent, author, and politician who in Greece today is not as well-known as he should be. Inasmuch as he is remembered at all today, Souliotis-Nikolaidis is associated with the much better-known Ion Dragoumis, with whom he was connected through bonds of friendship and ideology. In

Athanasios Souliotis-Nikolaidis and Greek Irredentism: A Life in the Shadows, John Athanasios Mazisexamines the subject's contribution to Greece's irredentist activities of the early twentieth century, and answers some key questions: What were Souliotis-Nikolaidis's achievements as an undercover agent in Ottoman Macedonia? What was his behind-the-scenes role in the early elections of the Ottoman Empire, following the Young Turk Revolt? What was his relationship with important individuals and organizations of the Greek Diaspora? What was his contribution to the unique idea about the future of Greeks and Turks in a unified federal state? In this book, Mazis reveals that Souliotis-Nikolaidis, far from being a minor player in Greek irredentism, was an important actor whose many contributions deserve recognition.
Politics Go to the Movies
Authors: Campbell Joel R.
Published: July 2024

Movies and television series are excellent tools for teaching political science and international relations. Understanding how stories in various film and television genres illustrate political ideas can better assist students and fans understand and appreciate the political subtext of these media products. This book examines politics through five film genres and their variants. Gangster movies focus on American and other organized crime. They reached their zenith in the films of Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese. Political thrillers express paranoia about secrecy and political conspiracies, while action movies channel anger at foreign and domestic threats to order. Superhero films and TV present modern characters who seek to serve society as they face personal struggles about their individual identities. War movies promote positive images of wars when conflicts are perceived as successful, but often include antiwar messages when wars turn out badly. Western movies fell out of favor in the 1970s and 1980s but have undergone a renaissance since the 1990s. Westerns can be taken as either political parables, or as meditations on policing, anarchy, community organization. The author argues that while these genres all offer escape, they also offer important political lessons.
The Mindful Classroom
Authors: Leverette Tru
Published: July 2024

The Mindful Classroom: Constructive Conversations on Race, Identity, and Justice helps teachers and discussion facilitators practice and teach mindfulness and movement techniques that can deeply enhance conversations about race, identity, and social justice, furthering social justice efforts at their most basic stage—person to person—from the face-to-face or online classroom to the community at large. Mindfulness and movement practices can help us prepare for and engage in difficult conversations, and the more conscious we become of our emotional, mental, and physical landscape, the more we are able to engage proactively rather than reactively, consciously rather than automatically. We become able to act (or not act), rather than react in situations with others. The topics of race and social justice are timely, and they are triggers. Productive engagement with these topics demands we remain mindful of how we may be triggered and how we may be triggering others; it demands we pay attention to ourselves at a fundamental level, and it demands that we grant such attention to others.
Mind, Value, and Cosmos
Authors: Davis Andrew M.
Published: July 2024

Mind, Value, and Cosmos: On the Relational Nature of Ultimacy is an investigation into the nature of ultimacy and explanation, particularly as it relates to the status of, and relationship among Mind, Value, and the Cosmos. It draws its stimulus from longstanding “axianoetic” convictions as to the ultimate status of Mind and Value in the western tradition of philosophical theology, and chiefly from the influential modern proposals of A.N. Whitehead, Keith Ward, and John Leslie. What emerges is a relational theory of ultimacy wherein Mind and Value, Possibility and Actuality, God and the World are revealed as “ultimate” only in virtue of their relationality. The ultimacy of relationality—what Whitehead calls “mutual immanence”—uniquely illuminates enduring mysteries surrounding: any and all existence, necessary divine existence, the nature of the possible, and the world as actual. As such, it casts fresh light upon the whence and why of God, the World, and their ultimate presuppositions.