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Isolation of phosphate solubilizing bacteria from different medicinal aromatic plants and identification using MALDI TOF MS
Authors: Güler Murat
Published: December 2024

Phosphate-solubilizing bacteria, which are among the plant growth-promoting bacteria, dissolve insoluble phosphate in the soil by several pathways and promote plant growth. Therefore, it offers an alternative option instead of applying chemical fertilizers that disrupt soil chemistry and ecological balance. Although research on phosphate solubilizing bacteria has increased recently, the research on the peppermint and fennel rhizosphere is still limited. Investigating different rhizospheric local bacteria that can solubilize phosphate and replace chemical fertilizers is necessary. It was determined that 15 of the 53 bacterial isolates obtained from peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) and fennel (Foeniculum vulgare L.) rhizospheres formed a transparent (halo) region around the colonies on Pikovskaya Agar (PKA) medium using the MALDI-TOF MS method. The morphological, biochemical and IAA production of these isolates as well as quantitative measurements of phosphate solubilization by the isolates in NBRIP broth medium was evaluated. The highest efficiency was noted from Bacillus subtilis MMS-7 with solubilization value of 281.6 mg L-1. This was followed by Pseudomonas fluorescens MMS-11 with solubilization value of 263.4 mg L-1 and Bacillus thuringiensis MMS-3 with solubilization value of 172.1 mg L-1, respectively. Among the Phosphate solubilizing bacterial isolates, P solubilization index ranged 1.2-3.7 on PKA agar medium. Additionally, the highest IAA production was noted at 23.38 µg ml-1, using Bacillus subtilis MMS-7. This was followed by Pseudomonas fluorescens MMS-11 with value of 19.72 µg ml-1 and Bacillus thuringiensis using MMS-3 with value of 18.98 µg ml-1. This study demonstrated that selected local isolates can be used as effective phosphate-based microbial fertilizers.
Fluxos de energia do manejo da irrigação e fertirrigação na cultura da cana-de-açúcar
Authors: Mota Poliana Rocha D'Almeida , Folegatti Marcos Vinícius , Andrade Júnior Aderson Soares de , Romanelli Thiago Libório , Rocha Fábio Jordão , Frizzone Jose Antonio , Bastos Edson Alves
Published: December 2024

A sustentabilidade num sistema de produção da cana-de-açúcar para geração de energia pode ser analisada pelos fluxos energéticos, com o propósito de promover mudanças nos padrões de manejo a fim de diminuir a energia consumida no processo produtivo. Esse conhecimento é fundamental para a definição de políticas de incentivo considerando o potencial da cultura como fonte renovável de energia. O estudo objetivou analisar os fluxos de energia, por meio do balanço energético e EROI (energy return on investment), na cana-de-açúcar, em dois anos de cultivo, cana planta (CP) e 1º ano de cultivo da cana soca (CS), sob diferentes lâminas de água e doses de N e K2O, via fertirrigação por gotejamento subsuperficial. O maior valor da energia de entrada na CP é de 14.105,8 MJ, e para CS, 6.297,4 MJ, no tratamento que recebe a maior quantidade de água, adubação nitrogenada e potássica. O balanço de energia obtém seu valor máximo na aplicação de 353 mm, 50 kg de N e 12 kg de K2O ha-1, sendo 394721 MJ ha-1. No cultivo da CP, o balanço de energia é menor e a lucratividade energética maior (EROI), ao contrário da CS. Contudo, o maior valor de EROI é de 95,6, na CS.
Favorability mapping for carbon storage in basaltic rocks of the Paraná Basin
Authors: Alves João Paulo , Riccomini Claudio
Published: December 2024

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a critical technology to mitigate climate change by reducing atmospheric CO₂. The Paraná Basin, with its extensive basaltic formations, offers potential for large-scale CO₂ storage. However, determining the most favorable areas for CCS remains challenging due to the complex interplay of geological, geochemical, and logistical factors. This study addresses this gap by developing a favorability map for CO₂ storage in the Serra Geral Group basalts within the Paraná Basin, focusing on the western region of the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Using the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (Fuzzy AHP), we integrated multiple criteria, including geological, geochemical, and emissions sources data. Key findings indicate that the northern and eastern areas of the region exhibit the highest favorability for CO₂ storage, driven by optimal porosity-permeability values and proximity to significant CO₂ emitters. This study provides a detailed favorability map highlighting optimal areas for CCS, offering valuable insights for future exploration and investment. The results advance CCS technology in basaltic formations and contribute to climate change mitigation by identifying the most promising sites for effective carbon storage.
The Illusion-Illusion: Vision Language Models See Illusions Where There are None
Authors: Ullman Tomer David
Published: December 2024

Illusions are entertaining, but they are also a useful diagnostic tool in cognitive science, philosophy, and neuroscience. A typical illusion shows a gap between how something ‘really is’ and how something ‘appears to be’, and this gap helps us understand the mental processing that lead to how something appears to be. Illusions are also useful for investigating artificial systems, and much research has examined whether computational models of perceptions fall prey to the same illusions as people. Here, I invert the standard use of perceptual illusions to examine basic processing errors in current vision language models. I present these models with illusory-illusions, neighbors of common illusions that should not elicit processing errors. These include such things as perfectly reasonable ducks, crookedlines that truly are crooked, circles that seem to have different sizes because they are, in fact, of different sizes, and so on. I show that many current vision language systems mistakenly see these illusion-illusions as illusions. I suggest that such failures are part of broader failures already discussed in the literature.
Becoming granular, being sustainable:a preliminary inquiry into the wor(l)ds of smart farming developers
Authors: Tanferri Mylène
Published: December 2024

This article interrogates the integration between digitization and environmental concerns in digital agriculture. It ponders the questions: What does such an integration mean for the actors developing digital agriculture, and how do they frame it? What do we learn from their understandings regarding how sustainable digital climate(s) are pursued? Two findings emerge from mapping these actors and analyzing their discourses. First, agriculture is witnessing the emergence of novel expertise from professionals previously unconnected to farming, who are now collaborating with agricultural experts. Second, these new actors promote a distinct vision of sustainable agriculture centered on collecting granular data about plant life; hence the motto "becoming granular, being sustainable." The analysis draws on sociotechnical perspectives to examine how sensor technologies build upon existing infrastructures and knowledge while also exploring how actors compare and frame granularity across different contexts and how granularity can be seen as multiplying agencies instead of closing them down.
Interpersonal Projection Bias: Experimental Evidence
Authors: Jafarli Farid
Published: December 2024

This study investigates the relationships of prediction time and confidence levels with prediction errors in light of interpersonal projection bias. Systematic prediction errors are frequently caused by projection bias, a cognitive distortion in which people project their current preferences or attitudes onto others. Even though interpersonal projection bias has been well studied in the past, the impacts of task duration, confidence level and instructional guidance on such prediction errors still need to be sufficiently explored. By examining whether these factors affect the size of prediction errors, this study aims to close that gap. The primary goal is to present empirical evidence for how participants’ such characteristics shape their prediction accuracy, building on the framework of Benjamin Bushong and Tristan Gagnon-Bartsch’s seminal work ”Failures in Forecasting: An Experiment on Interpersonal Projection Bias.” The findings show that overconfidence bolsters the prediction error while no remarkable impact is observed by prediction time and instructional guidance.
Lyubov Mandzyuk: a creative portrait of a bandur player in ontophenomenological contours
Authors: Melikhova Yulia
Published: December 2024

Lyubov Mandzyuk is an iconic figure in academic bandura performance and modern Ukrainian art history. The author examines the peculiarities of the ontological and phenomenological essence of the artist's creative personality. It was determined that the creation of a life-creating portrait makes it possible to form a holistic image of a person by reflecting the intentional nature of his consciousness, the uniqueness of being in creativity, the strategy of selfrealization, worldview guidelines, the culture of thinking, feelings and behavior. An attempt was made (on the basis of reflexive explorations of interdisciplinary discourse, namely Husserlian and Sartrean methods) to produce a creative portrait of Lyubov Mandzyuk in ontophenomenological contours.The multi-faceted semantics of the creative portrait of the artist is substantiated in the psychological dimension (teleonomy as the actualization of personal potential, directing it to selfrealization through contextuality, panoramic thinking, intentionality and creative adaptation), cultural dimension (realization of the creative potential of the individual in the space of Ukrainian national culture, where the artist reproduces and interprets identity socio-cultural, value-content and social-educational experience in the context of the well-known triad "art-personality-society"); philosophical (the existence and co-existence of a creative personality as a subject of unique activity in the structure of a holistic worldview system and his ability to make a conscious choice). The influence of contextuality, openness and panoramic thinking on the teaching, research and organizational and educational activities of Lyubov Mandzyuk was revealed. It has been proven that self-actualization and realization of personal potential, orientation of socio-psychological guidelines for activities on a harmonious worldview and self-perception, beauty and perfection, love and kindness determine the level of spirituality of an individual as an existential embodiment in the culture of his thinking, feelings and behavior of altruistic value orientations and guidelines. The specifics, patterns of functioning and prerequisites for the conscious formation of the personal sense-life space of Lyubov Mandzyuk as the basis of her full self-realization are traced
The influence of institutional changes in the musical theater of Ukraine in the 21st century on the formation of the children's and youth repertoire
Authors: Shevelyov Oleksandr
Published: December 2024

Currently, the influence of globalization and integration processes is taking place as a result of the formation of a single macro-civilization. The author identifies its positive manifestations: strengthening of relations between countries, exchange of experience in the application of innovative technologies in various spheres of human activity, creation of international associations to solve current problems of the world community. Along with this, there are also negative manifestations of these processes: the dominance of transnational over national interests of states; imposing a unified way of life according to the Western model; the creation of a single cosmopolitan space without taking into account the mental characteristics of a certain ethnic group created in the course of long historical development. Along with this, the existing relationship between the universalization of the world and the globalization processes in artistic culture was investigated, demonstrating its influence on the formation of a new paradigm of music and theater art of Ukraine. In this context, positive consequences were also found: the implementation of joint international projects, the introduction of innovative and multimedia technologies in the field of theater, the accelerated exchange of achievements of iconic figures between countries, etc. The negative manifestations of the new paradigm are as follows: attempts to unify music and theater art; metamorphosis of the functional purpose of theater institutions; shift in value orientations in the ethical and aesthetic aspect of institutions' activities; blurring the age differentiation of the repertoire with the creation of performances for family viewing without taking into account the peculiarities of children's and youth's perception. The need to create a new model of repertory policy for children and youth in the musical theater of Ukraine with the aim of finding a balance between preserving national identity and rethinking Western European trends is emphasized. Deficiencies in the implementation of modern performances for a specific audience in musical theaters of Ukraine have been identified: inconsistency in thematic orientation, duration, artistic means of expression, interpretation of decisions; imitation of Western models without rethinking and taking into account the mentality and psychology of the ethnic group; involvement of the repertoire mainly in one genre - the musical. The necessity of confronting the standards of mass culture in the Ukrainian artistic space with the preservation of national ethical-aesthetic, moralvalue orientations in the repertoire in general and the children's youth repertoire in particular has been proven. The need for an interdisciplinary integration approach in the creation and stage implementation of a modern model of a performance for a younger audience is predicted.
Chamber singing as a means of professional development of vocal students
Authors: Lipityuk Elizaveta
Published: December 2024

The artistic foundations of chamber singing are studied as a type of vocal performance. The author paid attention to its specificity, stylistic and genre features, common and distinctive features with opera singing. The obvious importance of chamber singing is of great significance in the professional training of student vocalists studying at institutions of higher musical education. Chamber singing has an educational and developmental function in the system of training in the disciplines of the chamber-vocal cycle and performing practice. Chamber singing is characterized by the following factors: an artistic and socio-cultural phenomenon that integrates various genres, styles and forms of vocal performance; the subject of the student's educational and concert performance activities, which requires the involvement of intellectual, spiritual and creative forces in mastering the vocal repertoire; a means of developing musical abilities, performance skills, creative potential and stage culture of a student-vocalist; the purpose and result of professional development and self-improvement of the future singer. The author gives the main areas of professional development of students by means of chamber singing: 1) vocal and technical (development of singing breathing, expansion of the working range, formation of voice mobility, improvement of its timbre qualities, improvement of cantilene singing skills, etc.); 2) intellectual (development of the student's general musical erudition and professional thinking, formation of the ability to musical-theoretical and performance analysis of a vocal work, the ability to determine effective methods of working on a vocal repertoire); 3) artistic and creative (development of creative imagination and figurative thinking, emotional, spiritual and aesthetic spheres of vocal creativity, necessary for the realization of the artistic image of the work and the composer's idea, as well as the formation of the creative image of the future singer); 4) stage performance (implementation of the experience gained in vocal classes in concert performance practice, formation of creative communication skills, positive emotional and psychological qualities, stage skills and artistry in the student-vocalist).
"The Mountain Legend" for Viola and String Instruments by E. Stankovych: History, Composition, Dramaturgy
Authors: Oshchepkov Maxim
Published: December 2024

This article dwells on the peculiarities of the unique music play of small form by Yevhen Stankovych −“The mountain legend” for viola and string instruments. The author revealed the circumstances of its creation, finding out that it was written specifically for the Zenon Dashak International Violin Competition (Kyiv, 2004) as a mandatory competition piece. The existence of two author's versions of the musical work has been established: the first for viola and piano; the second for viola and string orchestra. The existing audio recordings of the "The Mountain Legend" made by the famous Kyiv violists Andrii Tuchapts and Oleksandr Lagosha were analyzed in the study. In addition, the musicological analysis of the piece identified its exceptional features. It was proved that the simple three-part reprise form, in which the shape of the work is conceived, contains a significant potential for working with thematics, namely its presentation, its development and its reinterpretation as a result of this development. It was revealed that there is an obvious parallel with the sonata allegro form, which is a distinctive feature of Stankovych's work as a symphonist. A strong influence of Carpathian folklore on the musical language of the work was disclosed, which can already be seen both in the very name of the opus and in the event for which it was created. Emphasis is placed on the fact that "The Mountain Legend" was supposed to present Ukraine to the musical community from different countries, which were gathered at the International Violist Competition. Attention is drawn to the title of the work, which contains a hint of two real "legends" born in the Carpathian region — the famous Ukrainian violist, to whom the competition was dedicated and named after — Zenon Dashak and the composer Yevhen Stankovych himself. The article puts forward a hypothesis regarding one more figurative and substantive parallel, albeit a distant one, with the famous violin piece by Henrik Wieniawski "The Legend". The traditions of the new folk wave in Ukrainian music are noted. The initial research proves the importance of continuing further scientific exploration related to "The Mountain Legend". The prospective direction of further research of the specified thematic direction is determined in terms ofits its interpretive aspect, that involves the performance analysis of the solo part of the musical work.
STUDY OF SEPARATE ISSUES REGARDING TRANSPARENCY OF BUSINESS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTAND AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION IN SEAPORTS OF UKRAINE
Authors:   Odessa National Maritime University, Vlasenko Yuriy , Chebanova Tetiana ,   Odessa National Maritime University
Published: December 2024

The article examines the issues of insufficient transparency in the business environment and the availability of information regarding tariffs in the seaports of Ukraine for the potential recipient of services, which should be sufficient for them to make informed decisions. But the problem is that some of the information is publicly available, and some can be obtained only as a result of negotiations with potential service providers.The list of port operators for each seaport of Ukraine is given in the Register of Seaports of Ukraine. According to the current legislation of Ukraine, only agencies, forwarding companies and providers of marine towing services are defined as providers of certain types of services in seaports. As a matter of fact, at the present time, in the seaports of Ukraine cargo handling services are provided by business entities that either have the status of «port operator» or do not have such status.If, as of March 2024, the information on the port operators of some seaports listedin the Register of Seaports of Ukraine and the information on the actual providers of cargo transshipment services are compared, an ambiguous picture emerges. According to the Register of Sea Ports of Ukraine, in some ports of the Danube basin, far fewer port operators are registered than those that actually transship cargo.As a result of the study, it was established that the range of business entities providing cargo transshipment and storage services in seaports is wider than that listed in the Register of Seaports of Ukraine, which in turn provokes questions about the relevance of the information provided in the Register, or regarding the eligibility to provide services by business entities that do not have the status of a port operator.The availability of information on tariffs for services in seaports, which is the second necessary part of cargo transportation planning after determining the range of potential port operators, also deserves attention. Some stevedoring companies, both public and private, do not post information about tariffs for their services and such information is not available on their official websites. Some port operators or business entities providing cargo handling services do not have websites. Such a situation complicates the decision-making process for potential recipients of port services.Keywords: business environment, port operator, tariff, stevedoring company, market of port services.
Severe acute allograft rejection 22 years after liver transplantation
Authors: Dahiya Monica , Minkley Michael , Owen Daniel R. , Hussaini Trana , Cox Ben , Marquez Vladimir , Chahal Daljeet , Yoshida Eric M.
Published: December 2024

Early acute cellular rejection occurs commonly within the first month after liver transplantation, is easily reversible with treatment, and has little impact on long-term graft survival. In contrast, late allograft rejection, typically defined as occurring after 3-6 months post-transplantation, can lead to the development of chronic rejection and graft loss. Alloreactivity and the risk of rejection decreases with time, since transplantation and many long-term liver transplant recipients can maintain graft function with minimal immunosuppression. We describe a case of acute allograft rejection 22 years and 5 months after liver transplantation. The patient, transplanted for biliary atresia as a young child, had three prior episodes of allograft rejection: two within the first month of transplantation, and one 4 years after. Subsequent to this, she had normal liver biochemistry and was maintained on minimal immunosuppression for many years. Following a diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenic purpura and marginal zone lymphoma, she was switched from tacrolimus to mycophenolate monotherapy, and subsequently developed significantly elevated liver enzymes, and biopsy confirmed severe acute allograft rejection. Our experience demonstrates that despite the liver being an immunotolerant organ, which often can be maintained with minimal immunosuppression post-transplantation, acute allograft rejection can occur at any stage and should always be considered as a possible cause of liver biochemistry abnormalities.
Long-term use of subcutaneous octreotide reduces variceal bleeding in non-cirrhotic portal hypertension
Authors: Chalasani Aashish , Lee Alice Unah
Published: December 2024

Background:

Non-cirrhotic portal hypertension from a portal vein thrombus can cause variceal bleeding. The use of vasoactive agents such as octreotide is currently limited to acute bleeding episodes. Current strategies to reduce recurrent bleeding events include non-selective beta blockers, treatment of underlying disease including management of risk factors, and periodic endoscopic therapy. There is limited literature on the use of subcutaneous octreotide in the long-term management of recurrent variceal bleeding.

Case:

We present a 55-year-old male with progressive non-cirrhotic portal hypertension on the basis of a portal vein thrombus with extensive thrombosis leading to significant portal hypertension and episodic acute variceal bleeding over the course of 15 years. Progression of varices throughout the gastrointestinal tract led to more severe bleeding with requirement for massive transfusion protocols. He was deemed not suitable for shunting procedures or transplantation due to increased bleeding episodes and development of ascites.

Results:

Following commencement of twice-daily subcutaneous octreotide, no further clinically significant bleeding events occurred. He remains stable more than 3 years on from therapy.

Conclusions:

This case demonstrates an observed reduction in clinically significant bleeding and red cell transfusion requirements in a non-cirrhotic portal hypertension patient on daily octreotide. Further larger-scale, randomized controlled studies are required to investigate this observation.
Religion and Neuroscience in Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Authors: Moore Geneva Cobb
Published: December 2024

“Religion and Neuroscience” invites a new reading of Stowe’s masterpiece from the perspective of these two combined subjects, depicting Eliza’s bodily stamina and Uncle Tom’s spiritual mindfulness over slavery’s evils. In neuroscience, the amygdala plays a key role in their confrontation with slavery: the flight/fight/freeze triad of stress hormones running throughout the body under duress is what causes Eliza to flee and Uncle Tom to freeze. Stowe chooses this pattern of flight for Eliza and freezing for Uncle Tom; their actions affirm her positive ideas about motherhood and Christian salvation. Images of neuroscience are well ahead of Stowe’s time with her description of the limbic system, housing the almond-shaped amygdala, but not identified by a neuroscientist until 1952. In multiple ways, Stowe’s novel advanced ideas that caught up with her a century later, although resonating emotionally with her nineteenth-century audience that made Uncle Tom’s Cabin a masterpiece against human bondage.
“Up Against the Wall, Motherfucker”: The History of a Phrase
Authors: Freind Bill
Published: December 2024

During Amiri Baraka’s sentencing in 1967 for possessing an illegal weapon, Judge Leon Kapp read parts of Baraka’s poem “Black People!” including the line “[t]he magic words are: Up against the wall motherfucker!” This quickly became one of the most powerful phrases of the 1960s: an anarchist group in Manhattan went by the name Up Against the Wall, Motherfuckers, and the slogan was central to the student uprising at Columbia University. This became a form of political blackface in which White radicals claimed they occupied the same position as Black people. Simultaneously, Baraka sought to distance himself from it. Recognizing that African American voters could dominate Newark politics, Baraka constructed a cynical public persona, blaming the riots following the death of Martin Luther King Jr. on “outside agitators.” At that point, the phrase was little more than a bit of radical chic that apolitical bands like the Jefferson Airplane could mouth.
A national discussion of COVID-19 on Twitter
Authors: Diaz Marlon I , Lehmann Christoph U , Lam Philip W , Medford Richard J
Published: December 2024

Introduction:

During the COVID-19 pandemic, social media became increasingly relied upon for health information in Canada. By analyzing georeferenced tweets using natural language processing, we aimed to understand regional discussions and concerns about school closures, masking, vaccines, and lockdowns during the pandemic's first two years.

Methods:

Using Twitter's application programming interface, we collected English-language tweets with keywords related to COVID-19 posted between January 1, 2020 and February 22, 2022 from Canadian users.

Results:

Out of all retained tweets, 2,851,951 (47.9%) were about vaccines, 1,344,008 (22.6%) about lockdowns, 1,011,909 (17%) about schooling, and 752,014 (12.6%) about masking. Tweets on schooling received the most engagement, with the highest rates of likes (17.3%), retweets (18.7%), replies (10%), and quotes (6.8%). The most common emotions expressed were trust, fear, and anticipation, with lockdown tweets showing greater fear and sadness. Overall, sentiment was negative, particularly regarding lockdowns in the Northwest Territories and Alberta.

Discussion:

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Twitter became an essential tool for analyzing public sentiment regarding government actions. Users showed the most interest in vaccines, followed by lockdowns, schooling, and masking, with the highest engagement on schooling tweets. Our analysis of sentiment, emotion, and content revealed valuable insights into public beliefs about COVID-19 in Canada, highlighting regional differences and shifts in sentiment, particularly negative reactions to school closures as government recommendations evolved. Our study adds to the growing evidence supporting the use of natural language processing for real-time analysis of social media content to early identify public health concerns.
Intensive care unit–onset bloodstream infections represent a distinct category of hospital–onset infections: A multicentre, retrospective cohort study. Queensland Critical Care Network (QCCRN)
Authors: Tabah Alexis , Edwards Felicity , Ramanan Mahesh , White Kyle C , Shekar Kiran , McIlroy Philippa , Attokaran Antony , Senthuran Siva , McCullough James , Kumar Aashish , Luke Stephen , Bhadange Neeraj , Garrett Peter , Laupland Kevin B
Published: December 2024

Background:

The location of onset of bloodstream infections (BSIs) associated with intensive care unit (ICU) admission may influence their clinical and epidemiological characteristics.

Methods:

A multicentre, retrospective cohort study was conducted in Queensland, Australia, and BSIs associated with ICU admission were identified and classified as community-onset, hospital-onset, or ICU-onset if first isolated within, after 48 hours but within 48 hours of ICU admission, or after 48 hours following ICU admission, respectively.

Results:

We included 3,540 episodes of ICU-associated BSI, with 1,693 classified as community-onset, 663 hospital-onset, and 1,184 ICU-onset. Compared with hospital-onset BSIs, patients with ICU-onset BSIs were younger, had fewer comorbidities, had lower APACHE II scores, and were more likely male. Patients with ICU-onset BSI were more likely to be surgical admissions and have a primary cardiovascular or neurological diagnosis. The distribution of infective agents varied significantly among community-, hospital-, and ICU-onset BSI groups. The all-cause 30-day case-fatality rates for first-episode community-onset, hospital-onset, and ICU-onset BSIs were 17.1%, 21.7%, and 23.5%, respectively ( p < 0.001).

Conclusion:

With different epidemiological features and causal pathogens, ICU-onset BSI represents a distinct BSI group arising in hospitalized patients.
Veterinary Student Skills Learned at an Access to Care Clinic: Beyond Medicine and Surgery
Authors: Alvarez Elizabeth E. , Schultz Kelly , Lygo-Baker Simon , Chun Ruthanne
Published: December 2024

Incorporating curriculum to effectively help veterinary students learn how to provide accessible quality care to all pet owners is needed. The primary aims of this study are to explore how a 2-week rotation at a veterinary medical service-learning clinic (Wisconsin Companion Animal Resources, Education, and Social Services [WisCARES]) improves (a) comfort in working with clients from diverse race and low socioeconomic (SOCI) backgrounds and (2) confidence in leading cases, communication skills, and providing a spectrum of care options. Students were surveyed at five time points pre-rotation: mid-week 1, mid-week 2, end of rotation, and 1-month post. A total of 115 survey series were at least partially completed. Of the 97 responses that include background information, 68 (70%) students reported having “no to a few weeks” of experience working with diverse or low SOCI populations. When comparing themselves to before starting the rotation, student responses indicated increased comfort (mean = 4.54, standard deviation [SD] = 0.54) and compassion (mean = 4.42, SD = 0.78) working with low-income or homeless populations, more comfort interacting with members of different race or ethnicity groups (mean = 4.21, SD = 0.82), and more appreciation for the human-animal bond (mean = 4.42, median = 5). Students also reported that spending time at WisCARES positively impacted their confidence in a clinical setting, managing and communicating about financial decisions, and approaching cases creatively. Giving students an opportunity to lead cases with clients from diverse races and low SOCI backgrounds can enhance levels of comfort with practice and improve confidence.
Examining the effect of physical activity on life skills: the role of exercise on nutrition
Authors: Tosun Mehmet İsmail , Kaplan Abdurrahim , Ayrancı Mert , Arıcı Mustafa
Published: December 2024

Understanding the effects of physical activity on the life skills of university students and how exercise shapes their eating habits is critical for the development of healthy lifestyles. This study aimed to examine the relationships between life skills, exercise habits, and nutritional behaviors of students enrolled in the Faculty of Sport Sciences, involving the participation of 222 male and 143 female students. This study utilized a correlational survey model to examine the relationships between life skills, exercise habits, and nutritional behaviors. The research data were collected with the Personal Information Form, the Life Skills Scale for Sport and the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale. The findings revealed that female students had higher scores in life skills areas such as communication, leadership and teamwork compared to male students, while male students had higher exercise scores. In addition, a moderate positive relationship was found between exercise and nutrition and exercise had a significant predictive power on dietary habits. These results emphasize the important role of exercise in supporting life skills and healthy lifestyles of university students.
Температурный режим подстилки в разных типах леса Валуевского лесопарка г. Москвы
Authors:   Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the RAS, Kuznetsova А.I. , Kuznetsov V.A. ,   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Tikhonova E.V. , Tebenkova D.N.
Published: December 2024

В статье дана оценка варьирования среднемесячной температуры и запасов подстилки в дубово-еловом и березово-липовом типах леса Валуевского лесопарка г. Москвы с учетом внутри- и межбиогеоценотической изменчивости за 2019-2022 гг. Во все исследуемые летние периоды температура подстилки дубово-елового леса ниже, чем березово-липового. Изменчивость температуры подстилки в зимний период зависит от высоты снежного покрова, даты формирования устойчивого снежного покрова и запасов подстилки. Выявлена тесная отрицательная связь между запасами подстилки и ее температурой в летний период, и положительная связь – в зимний период. При наличии мощного снежного покрова температура подстилки подкроновых пространств выше, чем температура подстилки «окна», отличающейся низкими запасами. Результаты дальнейших исследований влияния древесной растительности на температурный режим подстилки могут использоваться при оценке скорости разложения подстилки и объемов эмиссии парниковых газов из почв.
Содержание зольных элементов в древесине, коре и хвое деревьев сосны обыкновенной на территории республики Марий Эл
Authors:   Volga State University of Technology, Demakov Yu.P. , Sheikina O.V. ,   Volga State University of Technology, Sharapov E.S.
Published: December 2024

Приведены данные по содержанию ряда металлов в образцах древесины, коры и хвои сосны обыкновенной (Pinus sylvestris L.), произрастающей на территории Республики Марий Эл в древостоях разного возраста, происхождения и лесорастительных условий. Анализ, проведенный на атомно-абсорбционном спектрометре AAnalyst 400, показал, что в коре, по сравнению с древесиной, содержится в 7-8 раз больше Ca и Sr, в 4 раза – Cd, а в 2 раза – Fe и Zn. По содержанию остальных металлов кора существенно не отличается от древесины, однако ее зольность в 6.4 раза выше. Зольность хвои в 6.7 раза выше, чем древесины, однако в ней значительно выше содержание К, Mn, Са и Zn, а по сравнению с корой – Sr, Ni и Pb. Содержание каждого из металлов изменяется в больших пределах в зависимости от возраста и индивидуальных особенностей деревьев, а также условий внешней среды. Особенно велика вариация содержания в древесине Ni (СV = 92 %), за которым следуют Mg, Pb, Co и Fe (СV = 83-89 %), меньше всего изменяется содержание в ней Са (СV = 38 %). В коре наиболее значительно варьирует концентрация Cd и Ni (СV = 172 %), за которыми следуют Sr, Mg и K (СV = 88-111 %). Наименее варьирует содержание в ней Ca и Cu (СV = 55-62 %). В хвое более всего изменяется содержание Sr, Ni и Co (СV = 85-96%), менее всего варьирует содержание K и золы (СV = 18-24 %).
Організація та обробка психологом електронної інформації (Лабораторний практикум): навчальний посібник
Authors:   Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Шахіна Ірина
Published: December 2024

У навчальному посібнику основна увага приділена висвітленню матеріалів для проведення лабораторних робіт із дисципліни «Організація та обробка психологом електронної інформації» для бакалаврів галузі знань 05 Соціальні та поведінкові науки за спеціальністю 053 Психологія, спеціалізації Психологія HR-менеджменту. Зміст посібника охоплює питання використання комп’ютерних технологій у всіх напрямках роботи психолога, можливості здійснення за необхідності своєї професійної діяльності у дистанційному форматі, поглиблення системи знань про статистику і практичну реалізацію навичок щодо cтатистичного оброблення електронної інформації в психологічних
дослідженнях. У посібнику також наведено структуру навчальної дисципліни, розподіл навчального часу, тематичний план, вимоги щодо рівня знань і вмінь, критерії оцінювання знань студентів, розподіл балів, які отримують студенти, завдання для самостійного опрацювання, питання для підсумкового контролю знань студентів, додатки, глосарій,
предметний покажчик, список джерел для вивчення дисципліни, ресурси Інтернет.
Використані методи навчання сприятимуть розвитку творчої особистості студентів, допоможуть закріпити, поглибити та систематизувати нання, одержані ід ас анять з предмету «Організація та обробка психологом електронної інформації», допоможуть набуттю практичних навичок використання статистичних пакетів опрацювання інформації. Вивчення
дисципліни дає підґрунтя для подальшого використання комп’ютерної техніки у численних спеціальних методах вивчення, аналізу та обробки електронної інформації.
Навчальний посібник буде корисним студентам педагогічних закладів освіти. Стане в пригоді викладачам ЗВО, вчителям ЗЗСО, ЗПТО, методистам, магістрантам, аспірантам, докторантам.
Projects as an Iterative Pursuit
Authors: Rommel Carl
Published: December 2024

This article examines imaginaries of the social agency of the project form in contemporary Egypt. Drawing on long-term fieldwork with lower-middle class men in Cairo who contrive small-scale investment projects, it demonstrates how projects are envisioned to (1) create the world anew, (2) shape the ‘near future’ and (3) fashion platforms of relative stability amid unpredictability, hustling and making do. The article also illustrates how the project form's normative temporalities are often distorted, materialising in iterative sequences of never fully completed projects that nonetheless ‘make the world move’. In conclusion, I suggest that the same iterative temporality is recognisable in the Egyptian regime's current push for spectacular megaprojects, and that an imaginary of social and temporal agency undergirds the attraction to Egyptian projects across scales.

Cet article examine les imaginaires de l'agentivité sociale liés à la forme de projet en Égypte contemporaine. En s'appuyant sur un travail de terrain à long terme avec des hommes de la petite classe moyenne au Caire qui mènent des projets d'investissement à petite échelle, nous montrons comment ces projets sont envisagés comme ayant trois objectifs : 1) créer le monde à nouveau, 2) façonner ‘l'avenir proche’, et 3) fabriquer des plateformes de la stabilité relative, malgré les conditions d'incertitude, les pratiques de l'arnaque, et débrouille. L'article montre aussi comment les temporalités normatives de la forme de projet sont souvent dénaturées, et se matérialisent en séquences itératives de projets qui ne sont jamais achevés mais qui, malgré tout, ‘faire bouger des choses’. En guise de conclusion, nous suggérons que la même temporalité itérative est reconnaissable dans la politique actuelle du régime égyptien de créer des mégaprojets spectaculaires, et un imaginaire de l'agentivité sociale et temporale est à la base de l'attraction aux projets égyptiens à toutes les échelles.
Minor Genealogies of Palestine
Authors: Roy Arpan
Published: December 2024

This article investigates kinship responsibilities in a Palestine ravaged by war and conflict. It is centred around Françoise Héritier's observation that having a ‘fixed’ position in a set of possible siblings is an unchangeable condition of life. That is, no known kinship system allows an ego to move temporally from the birth order. I explore how perpetual conflict interferes with responsibilities that come with being born in a fixed kinship order. How does biopolitics interrupt or undo generational roles? What happens to the subject of biopolitical instability who is unable to fulfil kinship obligations? I explore these questions through cases of Palestinian Romani families from Gaza who since 2007 have been migrating to the West Bank – migrations that sometimes cause relatives to disappear and later reappear, effectively remaking kinship responsibilities. A ‘minor’ register of perpetual war and conflict that is often neglected in favour of narratives of trauma.

Cet article examine les responsabilités de parenté en Palestine, un territoire dévasté par la guerre et le conflit. À la base de notre analyse est l'observation faite par Françoise Héritier que chaque membre d'un groupe de frères et sœurs possède une position stable qui ne change pas au cours de la vie. C'est-à-dire, il n'existe aucun système de parenté connu qui permet à quelqu'un de changer sa position dans l'ordre de naissance. Nous explorons comment le conflit perpétuel empiète sur les responsabilités générées par la naissance dans un ordre de parenté immuable. Les rôles générationnels sont-ils interrompus ou décomposés par la biopolitique ? Qu'est ce qui se passe à quelqu'un qui n'a plus la capacité de remplir les obligations de parenté ? Nous considérons ces questions au travers des études de cas sur des familles palestiniennes du peuple tsigane de Gaza qui, depuis 2007, ont essayé de migrer en Cisjordanie. Parfois, au cours de ces migrations, leurs proches disparaissent et puis reparaissent, ce qui entraine une renouvellement des responsabilités de parenté. L'article examine ce registre ‘mineur’ du conflit et de la guerre perpétuelle − un registre qui est souvent négligé parce que les narratives de traumatisme dominent.
Rethinking Beauvoir
Authors: Kirkpatrick Kate
Published: December 2024

I have been invited to respond to Rethinking Existentialism's engagement with the work of Simone de Beauvoir, and I do so in three parts. First, I introduce Webber's Beauvoir, moral theorist, and raise some textual and conceptual objections to his argument for a ‘categorical imperative for authenticity’ in Chapter 10. Second, I turn to historical and conceptual challenges to Webber's definition of existentialism, including meta-philosophical questions about his use of literature in general and Beauvoir's novel She Came to Stay in particular. Finally, I conclude with a trio of broad questions relating to what I will call the ‘missing materiality’ in Webber's Beauvoir: Where's the ambiguity? Where's the tragedy? Where's the tension?
Black Orpheus, Fanon and the Negritude Movement
Authors: Romdenh-Romluc Komarine
Published: December 2024

In Rethinking Existentialism, Jonathan Webber examines Fanon's engagement with the Negritude movement, focusing on his discussion in Black Skin, White Masks. A portion of Fanon's text discusses an interpretation of the movement advanced by Sartre in his essay ‘Black Orpheus’. Here, I raise some difficulties for what I will call Webber's ‘black agency’ reading of Fanon, before presenting an alternative. I argue that Fanon accepted certain important Negritude ideas, particularly Césaire's conception of a therapeutic method called the nekyia, and that this is crucial to understanding Fanon's response to Sartre.
Book Reviews
Authors: Betschart Alfred , van den Hoven Adrian , Fox Nik Farrell , Tripaldelli Luca
Published: December 2024

Elizabeth A. Bowman and Robert V. Stone, Reading Sartre's Second Ethics: Morality, History, and Integral Humanity, ed. Matthew C. Ally (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2023), xxv +397 pp., $125.00 (hardback), ISBN: 9781793646514, $50.00 (EPUB), ISBN: 9781793646521

Catalano, Joseph, ed. An Abridged Edition of Jean-Paul Sartre's, The Family Idiot,: Gustave Flaubert, 1821-–1857, An Abridged Edition (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2023), 292 pp. ISBN: 13978-0-226-8232-x

Marcel Siegler, Needful Structures: The Dialectics of Action, Technology, and Society in Sartre's Later Philosophy (Bielefeld: Transcript, 2023), 209 pp., $37.56 (paperback), ISBN: 978-3-8376-6282-5

Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei, On Being and Becoming: An Existentialist Approach to Life (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021), $18.95 (hardback), ISBN: 978-0-19-091365-6

Peg Brand Weiser (ed.), Camus's The Plague: Philosophical Perspectives (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), 256 pp., £77.00 (hardback), ISBN: 978-0197599327, £16.99 (paperback), ISBN: 978-0197599334
Comparison of some parametric characteristics of adolescents and their attitudes towards physical activity
Authors: Uğurlu Döndü , Yapıcı Hakan , Emlek Büşra , Gök Orhan , Ünver Rafet , Gülü Mehmet
Published: December 2024

Bu çalışmanın amacı, ergenlik çağındaki öğrencilerin fiziksel aktivite alışkanlıklarını, demografik özelliklerini ve sosyo-ekonomik durumlarını inceleyerek okul türleri arasında spora katılım düzeylerindeki farklılıklarını değerlendirmektir. Araştırma, özel (%55,9) ve devlet okullarından (%44,1) 376'sı kız (%44,4) ve 470'i erkek (%55,6) olmak üzere toplam 846 katılımcı ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Yaş dağılımı dört gruba ayrılmıştır: 11 yaş (%30.5), 12 yaş (%22.5), 13 yaş (%24.3) ve 14 yaş (%22.7). Katılımcıların sosyo-ekonomik durumu çok düşük (%48,9), normal (%15,2) ve yüksek (%35,9) olarak sınıflandırılmıştır. Haftalık fiziksel aktivite sıklığına göre katılımcıların %31,1'i 1-2 gün, %30,4'ü 3-4 gün, %14,2'si 5-6 gün spor yapmakta, %24,3'ü ise fiziksel aktivite yapmamaktadır. Veriler SPSS 25 yazılımı kullanılarak analiz edilmiş ve normal dağılımı doğrulamak için Shapiro-Wilks testi uygulanmıştır. Sonuçlar, okul türü, cinsiyet ve sosyo-ekonomik durumla ilişkili olarak spora katılım düzeylerinde önemli farklılıklar olduğu görülmüştür. Bu çalışma, eğitimciler ve spor eğitmenleri için bu faktörlerin ergenlerin spora katılımını nasıl etkilediğine dair öngörü sağlayabilir ve farklı öğrenci gruplarında fiziksel aktiviteyi artırmaya yönelik programların geliştirilmesine rehberlik edebileceği düşünülmektedir.
The Formula "come, see" in the Palestinian Targums
Authors: Mazurek Tomasz
Published: December 2024

The article examines the expression “come, see,” which appears three times in non-translation passages of the Palestinian Targums (Gen 22:10; 28:12; Num 21:6). This technical phrase is rarely used in the Hebrew Bible, where it occurs only once (Ps 66:5). The paper aims to closely analyze the three instances of “come, see” in the Palestinian Targums to determine its meaning and literary function within the text. The focus is on the non-translation passages in the Palestinian Targums because these expansions of the sacred text reveal the theology of the targumists.