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Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome and Hypermobility of Joints - Case Presentation and a Review of Literature
Authors: Bejiqi Ramush , Retkoceri Ragip , Maloku Arlinda , Mustafa Aferdita
Published: January 2025

Background: Arterial tortuosity syndrome (ATS) is a rare congenital connective tissue disorder characterized by elongation and generalized tortuosity of the major and distal arteries, including the aorta. Clinically syndrome is associated with hyperextensible skin and hypermobility of joints. Objective: Here we present a three-year-old boy who was referred to our center for investigation of incidental murmur; but subsequently he was found to have ATS. Results: A 3-year-old boy with lax joints and hyper flexibility of the skin was found to have severe tortuosity of the great vessels along with critical aortic coarctation. Diagnosis and management aspects have been discussed. This review delves into a variety of strategies that could be harnessed to enhance radiology diagnostic services, thereby better-serving stroke patients in multidisciplinary hospital settings. It sheds light on the current hurdles in the optimization of stroke management, discussing them in detail. This article also explores the application and significance of Process Mapping in streamlining workflow for stroke management in hospitals, providing insights into its benefits, challenges, and future implications. Furthermore, the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in refining stroke management processes is also analysed and discussed. Conclusion: The quest for optimizing the organization of radiology diagnostic services in multidisciplinary hospitals unveils a multi-pronged pathway. It beckons a harmonious blend of technological innovation, operational finesse, and multidisciplinary camaraderie. stepwise implementation of the identified optimization strategies, coupled with a continual assessment of their impact on patient care and operational efficiency, is recommended.
The big O: On the process of female pleasure, from ancient medicine to modern sexology
Authors: Hanses Erin M.
Published: January 2025

The Greco-Roman ancient medical authors who discuss women’s pleasure in sex are often misinterpreted as talking about the female orgasm. In fact, their interest is ultimately in a woman’s desire for and pleasure during sex (ὄρεξις, ἐπιθυμία, ἡδονή), not in orgasm as a climactic end to the sexual act for women. Accordingly, I argue here that the ancient medical discussion of a woman’s gratification in sex (with men) focuses on a “process” of pleasure, and not on a culmination in the orgasm. A comparison with literary depictions of women’s pleasure illuminates the emphasis on a process-oriented understanding of female sexual enjoyment. This contribution considers these ancient texts, medical and literary, in light of the work of biologist Elisabeth A. Lloyd, who contradicts long-standing assumptions that orgasm in women evolved as a reproductive necessity. Shifting our thinking about the ancient discourse in response to modern scientific research can provide a helpful basis for reframing current studies in sexology and the history of medicine. Many of these rely on translations of Greek and Latin texts that use the vocabulary of orgasm, when this is not the concept presented in the ancient works.
Plato on how (not) to be Born
Authors: Brill Sara
Published: January 2025

This paper explores the language of birth in Plato’s dialogues via the conceptual framework of natality, with a focus on Plato’s interest in the question: to what are humans committed on the basis of their status as born? I argue that natality provides a powerful conceptual tool for understanding Plato’s ethical theorizing, as vividly demonstrated in the instructions to the about-to-be-born provided in a passage from the Timaeus (41d4-42e4), and conclude with some broader considerations about the relationship between alienated mortality (the denial of the unavoidability of death), alienated natality (the denial of the contingency of birth), and the potentially liberatory aspects of untethering birth-giving and identity.
Maria/Medea/Ulrike: Figures of Destituent Power in the Feminist Theater of Franca Rame
Authors: Scapolo Andrea
Published: January 2025

This essay engages with Franca Rame’s re-writing and performance of the myth of Medea through the lens of an Agambean theoretical framework. More specifically, I put Rame’s Medea in dialogue with two of her other “obscenely tragic” monologues, Maria alla croce (from Dario Fo’s Mistero Buffo), and Io, Ulrike grido, to show how the Italian playwright/actress envisions the destituent power of a female subjectivity that she re-imagines as a “perpetually construed and constructable” process.
“Ha accise i picciriddi”. Emma Dante’s Sicilian Medea
Authors: Interdonato Roberto
Published: January 2025

Among the many adapters of Euripides' Medea there is also the Sicilian playwright Emma Dante (1967-). The present study provides a key to interpreting the corresponding unpublished text, which over the years has acted as a service text for the staging of Medea or Verso Medea in Italian and French theatres. It reflects on the contiguity of this adaptation with the poetics of bestiality that Dante created with her work, where she implements a deconstruction of the (Sicilian) family and a reflection on the indissoluble link between life and death.
Tornare a(lla) casa
Authors: Sanò Giuliana
Published: January 2025

How does the home become a site of resistance? Starting from this radical question, the article explores and investigates women's everyday practices and tactics of resistance in the domestic space. Through the works and life experiences of black feminists and migrant women, the contribution aims to investigate the political nature of the domestic place and to reverse the traditional perspective through which the domestic has been predominantly recognised as a category of oppression and segregation.
L’ethos del senso comune
Authors: Dubosc Fabrice Olivier
Published: January 2025

Rosa Park’s gesture speaks to our exhausted abstentions as an echo of Bartleby’s famous “I’d prefer not to”. Observing its persistence, I suggest that decoloniality implies the deconstruction of our incorporated relationship with time, bodies, sickness, the common good. Moving away from the rhetoric of discursive celebration, dialectics at a standstill help us recognize how the right to mourning and the possibility of equality are deeply entangled in order to explore new cartographies of desire within the ruins.
Riscrivere le proprie storie
Authors: Coviello Massimiliano
Published: January 2025

Watchmen (2019), created by Lindelof, is built on the personal and family history of Angela Abar (Regina King). The protagonist’s personal events trace the history of the United States. On one hand the tv show places historical facts side by side with surreal cataclysms, on the other it gives a form to the collective feeling of injustice and invisibility at the origin of recent movements such as Black Lives Matter. This essay will focus on the journey of the protagonist as a journey through the racist history of the USA and on the destituent operations that the series carries out in relation to gender and bodies, founding myths and institutions.
« Ce moment unique où l’homme seul a été… » : la renaissance de Lucrèce au Quattrocento
Authors: La Brasca Frank
Published: January 2025

Our study aims at illustrating with a few examples of a still not fully explored tradition how this  outstanding  ancient text, which had almost disappeared from the intellectual scene out of theological considerations, survived as a parched-up spring to eventually become an impetuous river and then, for the same dogmatic reasons, was forced again to follow  a temporarily subterraneous course to soon re-emerge in roughly the same geographical and cultural area where it had once barely survived.
Della rovina
Authors: Solla Gianluca
Published: January 2025

The article outlines the terms in which the ethics of translation is always a political act. Beyond the possibility of nationalistic identity, the language is always a meeting with the other, the different, the incompatible. Through Hölderlin’s reflections on his own version of Sophocles’ Antigone, the essay dwells particularly on the ethical implications of the “ruin”-theme that Antigone represents for the polis and that Hölderlin performs on his own language.
The Voice That Thus Can Wound: Swift’s Reading of Lucretius
Authors: Montag Warren
Published: January 2025

Jonathan Swift’s Tale of a Tub (1704) was, he claimed, a satire on corruptions in religion and learning written in defense of the Church of England. The atomistic materialism of De Rerum Natura, with its rejection of an incorporeal spirit or soul and its critique of providence, was accordingly one of the principal targets of the Tale; Swift’s contemporaries, however, feared that his parody was an application and extension of, rather than an attack on, Lucretius’ philosophy. Swift’s text shows their fears were well founded.
Nient’altro che la danza
Authors: Zanardi Maurizio
Published: January 2025

The contribution proposes to identify in the image Jane Avrìl that of an absolute dance, capable of definitively breaking with the textual and dramatic order that configures dance as a device of glorification of power, of affirmation of the symbolic order of the body. A survivor of catastrophe – of the collapse of the Other – Jane embodies the blindness of a dance exposed to risk, the writing of an absence that dismisses any archetypal totality. Her dance comes to subjectify in an unprecedented way its own de-subjectification, to the point of opposing to any order its own pure and absolute presentation.
Verso Jane Avril
Authors: Mancuso Francesco
Published: January 2025

The article proposes some possible approaches to the figure of Jane Avril, starting from some of Walter Benjamin’s categories. An interpretation based on Benjamin’s theory of language is proposed for the gesture of dance that gives Jane Avril her name. Although Benjamin’s reference to the Paris in which Jane Avril performs remains crucial, the key to the reading suggested here refers above all to concepts such as “Entsetzen”, “pure mediality”, “mimesis” and “shame”, to explore if and how Jane Avril’s “language” is related to a possible theory of “destituent potentiality”.
La polis close
Authors: Cecchi Dario
Published: January 2025

Antigon is a figure which inspired Modern Philosophy since Hegel and Hölderlin, up to 20th-century interpretations, such as those proposed by Heidegger and Bultmann – the latter emphasizing even the broadly speaking theological relevance of this figure. In the present article, we shall focus on two contemporary readings of Sophocles’ tragedy inspired by this Greek mythological figure – the first concerning a movie, L’intrusa (Leonardo Di Costanzo, 2017), and the second conerning a theater representation (Federico Tiezzi, 2018). In the former case, the movie is actually not immediately inspired by this tragic figure. It seems, however, to be profoundly bound to its political meaning. Giovanna and Rita, the two protagonists, can be seen as two different Antigones: on the one hand, the latter claims for hospitality and fogiveness to the enemy like the Classical Antigone; on the other hand, the former creates a realm where justice reigns, while being not able, however, to gramt hospitality to the enemy for this very reason, since she has to protect her own community. In Tiezzi’s representation, the ethical themes of the tragedy emerges more clearly. The tension is created here between Antigone and Tiresias – the former being the victim, while the latter is the prophet who recalls the king and the community to the their ethics. Tiezzi is more radical than Di Costanzo: there is no space for an even corrupted political space after the death of the collective ethics.
Fragments pour une lecture destituante de Kafka
Authors: Salza Luca
Published: January 2025

In what sense can we say that the Great War represents a turning point in Kakfa's work? What connection does Kafka, the dweller of the cellar, the animal of the woods, bear with history? His continually present interiority isn't it also a way, the only possible, of facing the outside world and his times? We would like to demonstrate that his literary activity is also connected with the search for a future community, real and yet always impossible.
Nella tana della metafora assoluta
Authors: Miglino Gianluca
Published: January 2025

In the short story The Burrow, Kafka gives us one of the most precise descriptions of his conception of literature and encrypts at the same time a radical confrontation with the most important historical event of his time. As synthesis of a poetology of the absolute metaphor and of a radical confrontation with the end of the story represented by the Great War, this text is an example of the possibilities of a destituent conception of literature.
Métamorphose et impouvoir
Authors: Naze Alain
Published: January 2025

Why does Gregor Samsa’s metamorphosis, while generating lots of disorders within his family environment, not increase his agency? Why does he suffer this transformation? Canetti’s anthropological approach of the metamorphosis, particularly about metamorphoses into insect, could be valuable to formulate an answer to this issue.
Regards croisés. Kafka, le cadre et la chambre
Authors: Spiechowicz Paulina
Published: January 2025

The reading of Kafka's work highlights his attention to architectural language. From "the room" that characterizes The metamorphosis, through the recurrence of "doors" and "windows", architecture becomes one of the principal elements that link narrative representation to the outside world. This is why we propose a cross reading of his work starting from two different but complementary texts: first, Michelle Perrot's Histoire de chambres (Seuil, 2009), then L'Instauration du tableau, Meta-painting at dawn Modern Times (Droz, 1993) by art historian Victor Stoichita.
Marilyn – la femme-fleuve
Authors: Brossat Alain
Published: January 2025

Marilyn doesn't exist – except as what the German sociologist Klaus Theweleit calls “Männerphantasie(n)”, male fantasies, that is a jumble made of torrid images, cheap obsessions, repressed urges and obscure desire... Marilyn is a Hollywoodian ready-made, a pure artefact, a jingle associated with imaginary pleasures and extreme lust. Marilyn is sham and pretence, a pure illusion but, what she extols as such is what Deleuze calls “the power of metamorphosis” (les puissances du faux), sheer intensity, pure expressiveness of the male fantasy. Marilyn doesn't exist, and this is why she is more than real, surreal.
Il volto e il fantasma. Andy Warhol e Marilyn Monroe
Authors: Pezzella Mario
Published: January 2025

In this essay I propose to consider the transformation of the actress Marilyn Monroe into an icon of the Society of spectacle. The notion of «spectacle» will be analyzed according to the theoretical perspectives of Guy Debord. In particular, in the case of the American actress, we are considering the transformation of a living body into an image-fetish: an attraction in the regime of desire and enjoyment proposed by contemporary capitalism. The destructuring and critique of this icon will be considered in the serial portraits of A. Warhol. We are considering the eminently allegorical character of the artist's operation. The poem dedicated from Pasolini to the actress and some photographic portraits will be kept in mind, which, unlike Warhol's images, give us a tragic view of Marylin's face.
Les masques de Marilyn
Authors: Brychcy Jonathan
Published: January 2025

Through his show Persona: Marilyn, the Polish director Krystian Lupa is exploring Monroe's psyche during her last days before death. Nowadays, Marilyn Monroe has become a myth built by rumors and legends floating among her personas. Lupa's work is asking several questions: How to represent such a mythological figure? Who was the "real" Norma Jean? Persona: Marilyn is not only where Monroe's soul is explored but also the human's soul itself.
Marylin Monroe : de l’idole à l’icône, l’enfance d’un regard
Authors: Blicq Deborah
Published: January 2025

In this essay Marilyn Monroe: from idol to icon, infancy of a gaze, we focused on Pasolini’s cinematographic and poetical act. Particularly in la Rabbia where, linking the recurring pattern of infancy to death and beauty, he brings up the figure of Marylin Monroe. Setting out from the state of fascination for sublime images Pasolini calls up to describe the initial gesture of la Rabbia, we broke those patterns down into their connection to the Sacred, guided by a question: how fascination state unsets us from the mere objectivizing and idolatrous Seeing, bringing us into the iconic vision of the matter and the Archaïc breaking through it.
Le Train pour Hollywood de Radoslaw Piwowarski (1987) ou comment devenir une star à l’image de Marilyn Monroe
Authors: Lipinska Katarzyna
Published: January 2025

Our analysis focuses on the symbolism of Marilyn Monroe in the context of the Polish cinema of the end of communism and the desires and fantasies it arouses. Drawing on the Polish representation of Hollywood’s star in the Polish film Train to Hollywood, directed by Radoslaw Piwowarski in 1987, we propose here a reflection on the femininity, but also the theatrical and subversive dimension of Eros.
Jacqueline Kennedy, or “Faciality”: Media Icons and Political Iconography in Jackie (2016) by Pablo Larraín
Authors: Zucconi Francesco
Published: January 2025

Jackie (2016) is the seventh film by Chilean director Pablo Larraín. It is inspired by the events immediately following the assassination of U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and is entirely focused on the figure of the first lady: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy, one of the most important media icons of the twentieth century, whose elegance and fascination turned her into the “other Marilyn”– a charismatic and influential character, not only aesthetically but also culturally and politically. This article offers an analysis of Larraín’s film, by focusing on the female character of Jacqueline, played by Natalie Portman. What emerges is a reflection on the relationship between the production of the female body as a media icon, which characterizes capitalist society, and the forms of political iconography that find expression in state ceremonies.
La notte della rivolta
Authors: Miglino Gianluca
Published: January 2025

The essay aims at verifying role and significance of the analysis of Brecht's work, Drums in the Night, within the Jesi's reflection upon the symbology of revolt. The analysis clearly shows how Brecht's text is crucial for Jesi's reflection on the possible aporias of a mythology of revolt.
Le double heureux
Authors: Brossat Alain
Published: January 2025

In this article on The Son of Spartacus, a sword and sandals movie by the Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci, the author focusses on the ambivalence of pepla as both commercial/popular films and “suggestion boxes” – they are intended for entertaining the general public by staging Antiquity in a lavish and ornamental style, but simultaneously, they “make us think” on our present condition by raising essential questions that directly clip on our “problems” with politics, ethics, history, the government of the living, civilization and barbarity, etc. In The Son of Spartacus, Corbucci insistently deals with what Walter Benjamin call “the tradition of the oppressed”. Sword and sandals films are made of an inextricable entanglement of ornamental effects and “ideas” (Deleuze) – and this is what makes them so exciting.
Chaplin, Charlot et le rire, les ressorts comiques du vagabond
Authors: Dagois Martin
Published: January 2025

Charles Chaplin created his character Charlot, called too The tramp during the 1910s. Vagabond, lonely and unlucky, this character has been placed by Chaplin in several situations which he could not control. By using tragic codes to make some comic dimension in action movies with fast pace, Chaplin, with this unfortunate character, became the most famous burlesques filmmakers. His influence makes itself felt still today.
Être père sans l’être : Charlot dans Le Kid
Authors: Jacomino Baptiste
Published: January 2025

The Tramp, through his usual grace and clumsiness, unintentionally takes on the role of father, that someone else chose to abandon. He therefore gives us to see a way to be a father after, in Lacan’s words, “the evaporation of the father”, by tinkering with rather than overhanging the situation, by floating rather than slowing people and things, as well as by reinventing himself rather than sticking to an ideal. He also conveys to today’s spectators the image of their own malaise while comforting them.
Creatività e immaginario destituente in Giovanna d’Arco
Authors: Pavan Michele
Published: January 2025

This paper examines the various functions of the imaginary starting from the case of Jeanne d’Arc. Assuming Castoriadis’ conception that the imaginary, in its ultimate and radical dimension, is the place of creation, I will explore in the lived experience of young Jeanette the alternation of what Margaret Boden distinguishes as three peculiar forms of creativity (combinational, explorative and transformative). In the first part, in particular, we will identify in Jeanne’s attachment to the religious and political tradition of her people the enactment of reproductive-combinatorial functions of the imaginary, while in the second part, we will seek to demonstrate how her voices and visions imply the creation of a new imaginary reality.
Nero ventre
Authors: Calabrò Irene
Published: January 2025

This paper aims to reflect on Malevich’s “Renaissance” period in relation to suprematism revolution. In particular, the paper aims to comment Malevich’s Female worker (1933) seen as an icon. Female worker’s fundamental motifs – motherhood, black, absence, shadow; the signature: a little square – invite us to reflect on artistic and politic revolution of late Malevich.
L’infini au cours des siècles
Authors: Giordano Stefano , Benedito Manon
Published: January 2025

The fascinating history of the concept of infinity is indissolubly associated with the development of religions, philosophies, mathematics and natural sciences. At the time of the first Greek philosophers, the infinity, or áperion, was a negative concept to be avoided in all rigorous statements. Later, Aristotle partially accepted the idea of infinity by distinguishing potential infinity from actual infinity. While the former was acceptable, being represented by a growing sequence with no last element, the latter was regarded as impossible, being idealized with a complete infinite sequence consisting of infinitely many elements. These earlier concepts are the basis of all the following developments that led thinkers like Euclid, Archimedes, Galilei, Cauchy, Dedekind, Cantor, Gödel and many others to clarify the concept of infinity and to reach its modern formulation. We propose here a brief outline of the history of the concept of infinity, with particular emphasis on its mathematical definition and implications.
Ambivalenza comica e riflessione etico-politica in Giordano Bruno
Authors: Riccio Giancarlo
Published: January 2025

The purpose of this paper is re-reading the role played by ethical-politic reflection in Giordano Bruno’s works through the features of comic language. The object of the analysis is the famous Bruno’s comedy Candelaio, considered as a foretaste of the most important tasks of Bruno’s philosophy. The concept of comic is considered, by Freud’s and Bachtin’s point of view, as a language marked by contradiction and ambiguity, such as the new universe described by the philosopher.
Giordano Bruno: quanto può una vita?
Authors: Tagliani Giacomo
Published: January 2025

Giuliano Montaldo’s Giordano Bruno is a biopic that marks a turn in the history of Italian biographical cinema. This essay analyses this movie in the light of Bruno’s thought, highlighting its relevance for the present “biographical turn” as well as the importance of film theory and practice in the framework of the so-called “Italian Thought”. By considering them as strictly intertwined, the essay aims at underlying the crucial theoretical role played by biopics in the definition of specific key concepts of the present time.
L’infini de Bruno, la dépense pure de Bataille et l’effondrement selon la collapsologie
Authors: Daou Gemma
Published: January 2025

This article presents the perception of the universe from the point of view of the Renaissance period as represented by Giordano Bruno’s thought, modern philosophy between the two Great Wars represented by Georges Bataille’s writings and the affirmations of contemporary thought of collapsology by Pablo Servigne and Raphaël Stevens. The infinite universe of Bruno and Bataille’s notion of expenditure form the basis of this article, which presents the idea of collapse based on scientific and philosophical arguments such as exponential growth, management and economy of natural resources.
Pinocchio, ovvero l’ostinazione dell’incompiutezza
Authors: Alfano Giancarlo
Published: January 2025

The essay interprets The Adventures of Pinocchio as a work of morphological instability. To this end, while acknowledging the importance of the pedagogical intention from which Collodi could move, the work presents evidence relating to the stylistic level (§ 1), the narrative organization (§ 2) and the figural construction of the conclusive sequence (§ 3). The analysis of these three levels confirms that the metamorphism so characteristic of the Collodian protagonist cannot be reduced to a teleological determinism.
Filosofia della miseria
Authors: Amato Pierandrea
Published: January 2025

Addressing in particular the first three chapters, the contribution undertakes to reveal how the text, Le Avventure di Pinocchio, represents an unsuspected revolt against kings, sovereigns and more generally the figure of the father. It is done through the use of irony and more generally by distancing itself from the logic of identity.
Sustainable Procurement in Multinational Corporations: A Conceptual Framework for Aligning Business and Environmental Goals
Authors: Basiru Joseph Ozigi , Ejiofor Chinelo Linda , Onukwulu Ekene Cynthia , Attah Rita Uchenna
Published: January 2025

Sustainable procurement has become a critical focus for multinational corporations (MNCs) seeking to align business objectives with environmental responsibility. This paper proposes a conceptual framework for sustainable procurement that integrates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles with business strategies to achieve both economic and ecological goals. The framework emphasizes the importance of embedding sustainability into procurement processes, ensuring that purchasing decisions contribute to long-term environmental stewardship while meeting organizational objectives. The paper explores key components of sustainable procurement, including supplier selection, lifecycle analysis, and the integration of sustainability criteria into procurement contracts. By incorporating sustainability metrics into supplier evaluations, MNCs can drive supply chain transparency, encourage responsible sourcing, and promote ethical business practices. Additionally, the framework highlights the role of technology in enhancing procurement efficiency through data-driven decision-making, such as utilizing digital platforms and blockchain for traceability and accountability. A central element of the framework is stakeholder collaboration, which is essential for aligning procurement practices with broader corporate sustainability goals. Engaging suppliers, customers, and local communities in the process fosters innovation and drives shared value, enabling MNCs to balance profitability with environmental and social responsibility. The framework also addresses the challenges of implementing sustainable procurement in complex global supply chains, considering cultural, regulatory, and logistical factors that impact decision-making. Case studies from leading MNCs are analyzed to demonstrate the practical application of the conceptual framework, showcasing how organizations have successfully integrated sustainable procurement practices. Findings reveal that organizations adopting sustainable procurement strategies experience improved brand reputation, cost savings, and enhanced risk management while contributing to global sustainability targets. This conceptual framework serves as a strategic guide for MNCs aiming to harmonize business goals with environmental stewardship. By leveraging sustainability as a core component of procurement, companies can achieve competitive advantage while advancing global sustainability agendas.
Flood Modeling and Emergency Planning for Dam Failure: Projections in Calabria (Italy)
Authors: Foti Giandomenico , Barbaro Giuseppe , Catalfamo Domenica , Siclari Antonino , Bencivinni Giuseppe
Published: January 2025

A dam is a hydraulic structure made of natural materials, such as earth, or artificial ones, such as concrete, whose main function is to block a watercourse to create an artificial basin with multiple purposes, irrigation, energy, flow regulation, and protection. These structures allow for the storage of large quantities of water which, in the case of a collapse, can have devastating effects on human lives and territory. Therefore, the regulations prescribe severe safety checks and provide operational guidelines for civil protection activities and emergency plans. Through some case studies in Calabria, a region of Southern Italy, the paper analyzes Italian regulations concerning scenarios where it is necessary to safely empty the reservoir behind the dam following an earthquake and allow the consequent civil protection activities and emergency plans to be defined. Also, this paper describes the coupled hydrological and hydrodynamic modeling carried out using HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS, respectively, to define three thresholds for each dam according to Italian regulations. These thresholds are the maximum flow rate for emptying the dams that are contained in the hydraulic pertinence areas downstream of the dams, the attention flow rate for the discharge of the dam beyond which hydraulic criticalities occur, and the incremental thresholds that identify scenarios with greater hydraulic criticalities.
Intrusion Detection System: An Ensemble Deep Learning Approach for Cloud Computing Using EBWO
Authors: Alexander Moudiappa Vinolia , Nataraj Kanya , Rajavarman Veeramalai Natarajan
Published: January 2025

Cloud computing is the industry standard for data storage, sharing, processing, and other services. It experienced numerous security problems as a result of the regular attacks. These security issues are worsened by the variety of attack situations that exist. One of the most established safety measures applied to cloud computing is the intrusion detection system (IDS). An effective security model is necessary for the IDS system, though, to increase cloud security. In this study, we used ensemble categorization methods and a feature selection algorithm to construct an effective IDS for the cloud environment. The proposed BOT-IOT, CSE-CIC-IDS 2018, and Ciciddos datasets were pre-processed, which involved cleaning the data, applying one hot encoding, and normalizing steps. The Enhanced Black Widow Optimization (EBWO) algorithm was employed to choose the most advantageous reduced feature sets from the provided incursion datasets. We used an ensemble of Hierarchical Multi-scale LSTM (HMLSTM) and Darknet Convolutional Neural Network (DNetCNN) to categorize the attacks. The combination of DNetCNN and HMLSTM was used to identify intrusions, effectively classifying attacks, lowering false alarm rates, and increasing detection rates. Simulation research showed that the proposed strategy performed better than the baseline in terms of F-Score, DR, and FPR, as well as accuracy, detection rate, and precision.
A Study on Dynamic Replication Techniques with AI in Cloud Computing Environments
Authors:   Associate Professor in Computer Applications,, Thavamani Dr.S.
Published: January 2025

Dynamic replication techniques are essential for enhancing the performance, availability, efficient resource management strategies, and fault tolerance of cloud computing environments. By incorporating artificial intelligence (AI), these techniques can intelligently predict workloads, optimize resource allocation, and improve overall cloud service efficiency. This paper reviews recent advances in dynamic replication strategies that leverage AI to enhance data availability, fault tolerance, and system performance. This study explores the recent advancements in dynamic replication with AI integration, identifying various methodologies, advantages, and limitations. Additionally, the research addresses the challenges faced in implementing these techniques, provides suggestions for overcoming them, and highlights the societal benefits, particularly in sectors such as healthcare, finance, and education.

Key Words:  Dynamic Replication, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Resource Allocation, Availability, Fault Tolerance
Foreign Policy Legacy of Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe
Authors: Panov A. N.
Published: January 2025

The article analyzes the foreign policy of Shinzō Abe, one of the most notable and unusual political ﬁgures of contemporary Japan, who was the head of Japanese government twice for a total of almost nine years. It traces how his political philosophy formed under the inﬂuence of ideological views of his relatives, prime ministers N. Kishi and E. Satō, as well as his father, Shintarō Abe. It also considers Abe’s approaches to building Japan’s relations with the countries which are most important for its interests.

Abe was perceived as a devoted ally of the U.S. in Washington. He established relations of conﬁdence with presidents Obama and Trump. For this purpose, he strengthened Japanese-American military-political cooperation, took steps to support American strategy in the Asia-Paciﬁc region. He implemented, even if without substantial results, steps to stabilize relations with China, trying to combine policy of containing Beijing with eﬀorts to develop bilateral ties. Abe paid substantial attention to relations with India, including for the purpose of the idea, which was put forward by him and supported by the U.S., to establish quadrilateral cooperation of “democracies” in the Indo-Paciﬁc region – the U.S., Japan, India, and Australia.

His policy in the Korean direction was not successful. The relations with Pyongyang remained in deadlock, and, with Seoul, the most acute bilateral problems were not ﬁnally solved. Abe also paid great attention to policy aiming to conclude a peace treaty with Russia on the basis of a radical improvement of Japanese-Russian ties in all spheres. The reasons for his failure in these directions are discussed in this article.

The article evaluates Abe’s eﬀorts aimed at developing governmental documents and making the Diet adopt laws determining the basic directions of the foreign and military policy of the state. The author characterizes the results of the activity of S. Abe in the sphere of foreign policy and assesses its inﬂuence on the formation of the course of the Japanese government after his resignation.
Assessing the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Programs in Reducing Anxiety and Depression in Chronic Illness Patients
Authors: Kusumawati Prima Dewi , Anshoriyah Sofiyatul , Siokain Delvy Mardvin , Fernandez Fransisca Debby Christine , Nurhidayati Wa Ode
Published: January 2025

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program in mitigating anxiety and depression levels in patients suffering from chronic illnesses. To this end, qualitative research techniques were employed, encompassing in-depth interviews and participant observation, in order to gather data from a cohort of twelve patients who had engaged in the MBSR program for a duration of 8 weeks at Sam Marie Clinic.Thematic analysis was subsequently implemented for the purpose of data analysis. Findings indicated that the MBSR program effectively reduced anxiety and depression levels by fostering heightened self-awareness, acceptance of emotions, and effective stress management.The study's findings offer crucial insights for the advancement of mindfulness-based psychosocial interventions in chronic disease patient care.
LEVERAGING AI AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR PREDICTING, DETECTING, AND MITIGATING CYBERSECURITY THREATS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ADVANCED MODELS
Authors:   Master Of Science in Information Technology, Westcliff University, USA, Rishad S M Shadul Islam
Published: January 2025

This study investigates the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models to predict, detect, and mitigate cybersecurity threats, including zero-day attacks, ransomware, and insider threats. Using a comprehensive dataset of network logs and attack signatures, we evaluated models such as Logistic Regression, Random Forest, XGBoost, CNN, and LSTMOur results demonstrate that deep learning models, particularly CNN (97.3% AUC-ROC) and LSTM (96.8% AUC-ROC), significantly outperform traditional methods, excelling in real-time threat detection and minimizing false positives. This study highlights the practical applicability of AI and ML in enhancing cybersecurity frameworks, paving the way for more efficient and scalable solutions against evolving threats.
The role of individual orchestrators of innovation hubs: A multiple case study in the south of Brazil
Authors: Bittencourt Bruno Anicet , Helale Julia , F. Visentini Ana Laura , Martins Bibiana Wolkmer
Published: January 2025

Objective of the study: Innovation hubs have taken on a leading role in innovation-led regional development. This article seeks to understand the role of the individual orchestrators of innovation hubs from different stages.
Methodology: A multiple case study was conducted with three reference innovation hubs – Instituto Caldeira, Instituto Hélice, and Aliança Empresarial, located in different regions of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil, with different market characteristics, sizes, and involvement with innovation.
Originality/Relevance: The work’s originality lies in understanding the role of the individual who is orchestrating the innovation hubs. Previous literature has focused on orchestration activities but has not considered who would perform this task.
Main results: Unlike what is mentioned in the literature, we discovered that the orchestrator needs to act on a multi-level. This study, therefore, presents a model to guide the role of individual orchestrators of innovation hubs.
Theoretical/Methodological contributions: This study opens the black box of the orchestrator's role and explores the individual level of orchestration. From this, it contributes to a role that operates at the operational, tactical, and strategic levels.
Social/management contributions: The categorization provides a managerial framework to assist in the organization, development, and orchestration of innovation hubs. The research contributes to defining the roles of individual orchestrators in practice, helping hubs of different formats to promote more innovation from their relationships.
Geoeducação com marmitas: uma breve proposta
Authors: Lima Gerlando Rodrigues de , Listo Danielle Gomes da Silva , Guimarães Thaís de Oliveira , Arruda Ítalo Rodrigo Paulino de
Published: January 2025

Este artigo explora o potencial geoeducativo das marmitas, formas geomorfológicas em rochas frescas características de regiões semiáridas, que atuam como reservatórios naturais de água durante os períodos de estiagem. Além da função hídrica e social, algumas dessas depressões armazenam sedimentos cuja análise, por meio de metodologias consagradas, possibilita a reconstrução da história evolutiva da paisagem. Na região, registros paleontológicos, como fósseis da megafauna, ressaltam a relevância científica dessas formas, fortalecendo sua contribuição para o geopatrimônio local. O objetivo deste estudo é evidenciar as marmitas como elementos significativos para a geoeducação, promovendo a conscientização sobre seu valor científico, educativo e patrimonial. A pesquisa desdobra-se como um estudo de caso no distrito de Fazenda Nova, pertencete ao município de Brejo da Madre de Deus/PE, associado a uma revisão bibliográfica abrangente sobre geodiversidade e suas abordagens interdisciplinares. Os resultados indicam que essas feições possuem elevado potencial pedagógico e científico, favorecendo a compreensão de processos geológicos e geomorfológicos, além de aspectos da história da Terra. Destacam-se os benefícios de integrá-las a práticas de geoeducação e geoturismo, estimulando o desenvolvimento sustentável e a valorização do geopatrimônio local. Conclui-se que as marmitas se configuram como ferramentas estratégicas para o ensino da geodiversidade e a promoção de turismo científico, contribuindo para a educação ambiental e o fortalecimento das comunidades locais em um contexto de sustentabilidade.
"Psoríase além da pele: o que eu preciso saber - uma obra para os pacientes"
Authors: Silva Alana Wanderley Mariano e , Costa Joanne Elizabeth Ferraz da , Vidal Linácia Freitas , Soares Valéria Leite , Brito Esther Bastos Palitot de
Published: January 2025

A psοríase é uma doença comum da pele que pode se apresentar com uma variedade de manifestações clínicas. Nos últimos anos, vem sendo reconhecida como um distúrbio inflamatório multissistêmico associado a múltiplas comorbidades, por exemplo, artrite psoriásica, obesidade, síndrome metabólica, hipertensão, diabetes e doença aterosclerótica. O rastreamento dessas condições é imprescindível para melhor abordagem da saúde do paciente. Foi elaborada e publicada uma obra intitulada “Psoríase além da pele: o que eu preciso saber”, que se trata de um instrumento de educação em saúde, voltado para os pacientes acometidos com a psoríase de modo a conscientizá-los sobre a importância do autoconhecimento, das medidas preventivas na promoção de uma melhor qualidade de vida.
Limitações de vida diária na condição pós-COVID-19 em trabalhadores de saúde
Authors: Weigert Fernanda Pitome , Waldman Eliseu Alves , Mueller Erildo Vicente , Coradassi Carlos Eduardo , Schimiguel Lis Fátima , Borges Pollyanna Kássia de Oliveira
Published: January 2025

A incidência de COVID-19 entre trabalhadores de saúde pode ter impacto na saúde com sequelas de longa duração que limitam as atividades diárias e são denominadas condição pós-COVID. O objetivo da pesquisa foi conhecer a frequência dessa condição em profissionais de saúde, fatores associados e limitações de vida diária. É uma pesquisa transversal conduzida por inquérito telefônico com trabalhadores de saúde que tiveram COVID-19 confirmada entre 2020 e 2021. Coletou-se dados sociodemográficos, hábitos de vida e condição pós-COVID e limitações diárias. Foi realizada análise descritiva e de associação. Participaram do estudo 165 profissionais de saúde. 78% eram mulheres e 72,72% tinham condição pós-COVID autorreferida. A média de idade foi 41 anos. O sexo e a renda familiar foram associados à condição pós-COVID. A média de tempo de trabalho na saúde foi de 11,4 anos e influenciou a existência da condição pós-COVID (p=0,0135). Houve limitação para todas as atividades diárias para aqueles com condição pós-COVID. Conclui-se que a prevalência de condições pós-COVID foi elevada nos trabalhadores de saúde e se associa com o sexo feminino, renda familiar, tempo de ocupação e limitação para a realização de atividades diárias.
Gestão Contratual Otimizada: integrando interdisciplinariedade, inovação e tecnologia para oferta de serviços jurídicos
Authors: Quirino Alberto Talma Catão , Queiroz Jamerson Viegas
Published: January 2025

Este estudo analisa a importância da gestão contratual para o avanço da economia global. Explora o problema das experiências corporativas insuficientes na gestão de contratos, apesar da crescente formalização desses instrumentos como ferramentas essenciais de negociação. A pesquisa enfoca a necessidade de abordagens de administração contratual mais interdisciplinares, integração com outros setores corporativos e uso de processos inovadores e tecnológicos na terceirização de serviços jurídicos. A pesquisa adota uma abordagem quantitativa para validar a solução proposta em relação aos desafios da gestão contratual inadequada. Coletamos dados críticos sobre problemas relacionados à má gestão contratual e danos econômicos e de negociação associados. Os resultados foram obtidos por meio da implementação da solução proposta e análise de indicadores de posicionamento de mercado. O estudo está em fase de prototipação e desenvolvimento. Os resultados obtidos serão avaliados em empresas participantes da pesquisa, informando a criação de um produto mínimo viável. Também será analisada a viabilidade de mercado, valoração e preço da solução proposta. Esta pesquisa oferece uma contribuição inovadora ao enfatizar a necessidade de uma abordagem interdisciplinar para a gestão contratual, superando a perspectiva jurídica tradicional. Ao propor o desenvolvimento de serviços de terceirização jurídica interdisciplinares, integração com outros setores corporativos e adoção de processos inovadores e tecnológicos, este estudo apresenta implicações práticas e sociais para o avanço da economia global. Os resultados destacam a importância de investir em uma gestão contratual eficaz como vantagem competitiva e fator-chave para o sucesso das organizações.
Aplicabilidade do Rituximabe no tratamento do Linfoma não-Hodgkin: uma revisão integrativa das perspectivas atuais
Authors: Vieira Gustavo Lemos , Oliveira Viviane Carvalho de , Oliveira Eliane Moreto Silva , Pereira Larissa Mirelle de Oliveira
Published: January 2025

O linfoma não-Hodgkin é uma neoplasia linfoide originada principalmente de células B. Seu tratamento padrão envolve quimioterapia, mas os efeitos adversos impulsionaram o desenvolvimento de terapias mais específicas, como os anticorpos monoclonais. Dentre eles, o Rituximabe mostrou-se eficaz quando combinado com quimioterapia. Esta pesquisa analisou a aplicabilidade do Rituximabe para o tratamento do linfoma não-Hodgkin, avaliando critérios como eficácia e segurança. Além disso, pretendeu-se comparar o esquema de imunoquimioterapia com outras modalidades terapêuticas em estudo para essa neoplasia. Este artigo foi estruturado como uma revisão integrativa, com abordagem qualitativa-descritiva. Foram analisados estudos publicados entre 2019 e 2024. Foram incluídos estudos de ensaios clínicos randomizados, revisões sistemáticas ou meta-análises. A eficácia do regime imunoquimioterápico foi comprovada ao demonstrar seu potencial para induzir remissão em linfomas indolentes, melhorar a sobrevida livre de progressão e prolongar a transformação histológica em pacientes com linfoma folicular avançado. Desde a introdução do Rituximabe, novos ensaios clínicos buscaram aprimorar os resultados do tratamento por meio de diferentes abordagens. Embora novos anticorpos monoclonais anti-CD20 tenham sido testados como alternativas ao Rituximabe, este continua a se destacar devido à sua eficácia e segurança.