bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Three Men in the Fire (×3)
Authors: Shaffer Melanie
Published: May 2024

The Old Hispanic liturgy for Córdoban saints Faustus, Januarius, and Martialis associates the martyrs with the three men thrown into the fiery furnace (Daniel 3). This article explores the compilation choices and musical strategies that establish this biblical parallel, their possible motivations, and how a liturgy emphasizing these biblical heroes would have been received by the community that used it. The chants and prayers for Faustus, Januarius, and Martialis are borrowed from the liturgy for another trio of Iberian saints (Fructuosus, Augurius, and Eulogius), and I argue that these chants may have been selected to capitalize on the layers of cultural associations that had accrued to Daniel 3. Contemporary biblical illuminations, illustrated Beatus Apocalypse commentaries, and anti-Islamic polemics alike emphasize the Babylonian location of the three men in the furnace. In anti-Islamic polemic, Babylon becomes Córdoba, the capital of the Umayyad caliphate. These textual and artistic traditions were prominent at the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla, the presumed origin of the earliest witness to the surviving liturgy for Faustus, Januarius, and Martialis. After newly identifying anti-Islamic polemical aspects of the saints’ passio, I propose that the choice to highlight Daniel 3 in Faustus, Januarius, and Martialis’s liturgy emphasized the saints’ Córdoban origin and inscribed their story within the contemporary contexts of Muslim-Christian relationships.
The Frictions of IP and the Schism in Turkey’s Collective Management of Music Copyright
Authors: Fossum Dave
Published: May 2024

Despite the increasing international integration of intellectual property (IP), national laws and structures for implementing rights in music continue to vary, for better or for worse, in ways that matter to musicians and other copyright stakeholders. This article draws on oral history and archival data to examine one such variation. Where most countries have only one copyright collecting society for musical authors, there are two in Turkey (MESAM and MSG). IP experts and administrators blame competition or lack of coordination between the two societies for a host of problems, including complicating the processes of performing rights licensing and royalty distribution. Analyzing the origin story of the second collecting society through the lens of Anna Tsing’s influential concept of “friction,” I highlight the social and cultural dynamics that complicate the ongoing global integration of IP and the general development of structures for enforcing IP rights in music.
The Alien Resonances and Queer Obscurities of Hyperpop’s 100 gecs
Authors: MacDonald Cameron
Published: May 2024

This article pairs 100 gecs’ aesthetic praxes of obscurity alongside hyperpop’s extension of electronic music’s alien sonorities to explore how the musical and the otherworldly come to transpose and transform the self through anonymous or opaque modes of production, receptivity, and transmission. I suggest that Dylan Brady and Laura Les’ commitment to sonic, visual, and connotative obscurity is not only the force behind their viral success but is the spell that casts their music as particularly queer, as their aesthetic choices challenge the strictures of neoliberal personhood and the epistemological demands for rational transparency. I will first establish a cosmology of hyperpop through music, sound, race, and sexuality studies that tracks the genre’s obscure technological, magical, and nonhuman influences to explore how hyperpop is both an extension of the uneven distributions of power across varying positionalities of identity, while nevertheless offering a means to disrupt concepts of the human outside a politics of recognition by embracing the (im)materiality of the body. I will then analyze 100 gecs’ debut album 1000 gecs (2019) to attune to how the duo make themselves alien to structures of the human through queer and trans embodiments and resonances. Overall, I contend that hyperpop offers an avenue for understanding what it means to extricate the alien from the political, social, and linguistic-based schemas that manage concepts of the human under cisnormative racial capitalism and attend more closely to how logics of the alien escape, distort, and transfigure the human towards possibilities of sounding and living otherwise.
Bioengineered silver nanoparticles using Brassica oleracea sub sp. botrytis (L.) for enhanced antibacterial activity
Authors: Gupta V. , Kannan K. , Tari Vinaya , Chandra Naresh
Published: May 2024

The green methodologies of nanoparticles with plant extracts have received an increase of interest. Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) have been utilized in a many of applications in the last few decades. The current study presents the synthesis of Ag NPs with aqueous extract of Brassica oleracea sub sp. botrytis (L.) as a stabilizing agent. UV-visible spectroscopy, FTIR, XRD, SEM, TEM, and EDAX analysis were performed to study the synthesized Ag NPs. The synthesized Ag NPs have been measured with dynamic light scattering (DLS), the average size and charge were discovered to be 81.62 ± 1.14 nm and -11.3 ± 2.51 mV, respectively. Furthermore, as-formed AgNPs shown strong antibacterial activity against the Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus). According to the results of this investigation, green synthesized Ag NPs with Brassica oleracea sub sp. botrytis (L.) may be used in biomedicine as a replacement agent for biological applications.
ÜST KADEME KAMU YÖNETİCİLERİNİN ATANMA USULÜNÜN DENGE VE DENETLEME MEKANİZMASI BAKIMINDAN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ
Authors: Ölmez Cansu Büşra
Published: May 2024

Üst kademe kamu yöneticileri bulundukları konum ve ifa ettiği hizmet-ler bakımından her ülkede her dönemde önemli kişiler olarak görülmüşlerdir. Çeşitli dönemlerde farklı sistemlerde üst kademe kamu yöneticilerinin kapsamını belirlemek, atama usullerine ilişkin standart usuller belirlemek oldukça güç olmuştur. Bu nedenle üst kademe kamu yöneticilerinin atanmasında ülkeler farklı usuller tercih etmişlerdir. Bununla birlikte üst kademe kamu yöneticilerini atama yetkisinin yürütmeye ait bir yetki olduğu konusunda genel bir eğilim vardır. Yürütme organının üst kademe kamu yöneticilerini atama ve görevden alabilme yetkisi bürokrasi üzerinde önemli ve etkili bir güçtür. Bu gücün dengelenmesi ve denetime tabi olması açısından bazı ülkelerde yürütmenin atama yetkisinin parlamento onayına tabi kılındığı görülmektedir.
Interdisciplinary experiences between speech therapy and dentistry in the pre and postoperative period for bariatric surgery
Authors: Nascimento Zilma Ribeiro do , Duarte Maria das Graças , Correia Maria da Conceição de Barros , Lopes Marcella , Kreimer Flávio , Aguiar Marília Cleide Tenório Gomes de , Santos Leonardo Cavalcanti Bezerra dos , Marques Kátia Maria Gonçalves , Sá Ana Maria Fontes Leite de , Lima Niedje Siqueira de , Fontes Luciana de Barros Correia
Published: May 2024

The aim of this study was to report the experiences of interdisciplinary care between speech therapy and dentistry, for adult patient’s pre and postoperatively of gastroplasty, in Reference Service for Bariatric Surgery at the Clinics Hospital at the Federal University of Pernambuco, in the city of Recife, northeastern Brazil. This service has a multiprofessional team of health and social assistance professionals, who monitor individuals with obesity and associated comorbidities, mainly Diabetes and Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH), with a view to a comprehensive and humanized treatment, aiming at a better quality of life for this target population. After the beginning of the monitoring by Speech Therapy, there was the request for the opinion and intervention of Dentistry, particularly in the context of the performance of the masticatory function. As of the year 2022, 27 adult patients, aged between 18 and 59 years old received the evaluation, orientations and interventions together, particularly regarding orofacial motricity and oral rehabilitation. In this context, the biggest challenges are related to periodontal disease, with tooth mobility and the loss of many teeth due to caries lesions and to tooth fractures due to clenching and generalized sensitivity
Die Naiskoi D, E und F im Bereich des Theaters von Aigeira
Authors: Tanner Alexandra
Published: May 2024

Temple-like small buildings played an important role in the ensemble of buildings constructed in Hellenistic times in the theatre area at Aigeira, due to their remarkable multiple presence. The three best preserved – Naiskoi D, E and F – are the main focus of this project. The book presents new detailed plans, a photogrammetric 3D-model, the analysis of the architectural and archaeological evidence, reconstruction drawings as well as the interpretations of the three small buildings that have been excavated mainly in the 1970s and 1980s by the Austrian Archaeological Institute. The architectural and typological study of the three buildings has led to new results concerning their building history, architectural design and function. The prostyloi that were built in the course of the third and second centuries BCE show differences in proportions, building techniques and interior features. The evidence regarding the interior layout indicates that additionally to the initial main function as temples, the use as dining halls was added, and could even have played the main role in later times. New conclusions for the entire theatre area can be drawn: Rather than planned and built in a single building programme, the ensemble that is now interpreted as a sanctuary was gradually developed during the Hellenistic period, probably accompanied by a shift of meaning. Using the case study of Aigeira, the role of the relatively frequent naiskos building type in Hellenistic sanctuaries could be explored in-depth in its context.
Preserving Tradition and Celebrating the Prophet: An Ethnographic Study of the Mbelu’ Pandang Tradition West Sumbawa, Indonesia
Authors: Sarah Fidlia Mae , Ilmiawan Ilmiawan , Afandi Ahmad , Ali Ibrahim , Sidik Mohamad Dindin Hamam
Published: May 2024

This ethnographic study delves into the Mbelu’ Pandang tradition, a unique cultural practice held in Labuan Kertasari Village, West Sumbawa, Indonesia. This tradition, which originated from the Selayar tribe, involves intricate rituals such as the rolling of pandan leaves and the slicing of pandanus, performed during the commemoration of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday. The study aimed to explore the historical roots, philosophical meanings, and contemporary significance of the Mbelu’ Pandang tradition, emphasizing its socio-cultural and religious values. Data was collected over three months using participant observation, in-depth interviews with 13 key informants, including village elders, religious, and community leaders, and qualitative content analysis was employed to interpret the findings. Results indicate that the tradition serves multiple functions: fostering community cohesion, acting as a conduit for religious expression, and reinforcing cultural identity among the villagers. It also highlights the efforts to preserve this tradition through local festivals and community-based initiatives, which sustain cultural heritage and promote regional tourism. The study contributes to understanding the dynamics of cultural preservation within minority tribes and offers insights into the complex interplay between tradition, religion, and modernity in rural Indonesia.
Dynamics of Civil Islam in Identity Politics of Indonesia and Malaysia
Authors: Mikail Kiki , Ibrahimian Hojjatollah , Idi Abdullah , Hadi Abdul
Published: May 2024

This study explores the role of Civil Islam within the context of identity politics in Indonesia and Malaysia, focusing on its impact on the democratization process and public policy formulation in both countries. Utilizing a qualitative approach, the research gathers data from primary and secondary sources to analyze how Civil Islam, through its interactions with the state and society, influences and is shaped by local political dynamics. The findings indicate that Civil Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia plays a crucial role in strengthening democracy through active participation in identity politics, directly responding to socio-political challenges emerging in the post-reform era. In Indonesia, the movement contributes to the consolidation of Pancasila as the foundational national ideology, while in Malaysia, it strives to harmonize ethnic and religious differences within a constitutional democracy framework. This study enriches our understanding of Islamic social movements not only as responses to social injustices but also as significant actors in the formulation and implementation of inclusive national ideologies. The findings have important implications for policymakers and social activists in designing strategies that promote social integration and political stability in culturally diverse regions.
The conjunction of Rationality and Mysticism in the Heart Sutra: An Epistemological Exploration
Authors: Djunatan Stephanus
Published: May 2024

This study delves into the philosophical and epistemological interpretation of the Heart Sutra, emphasizing the conjunction between rational and mystical thought processes. The paper illustrates how the Sutra promotes an intertwined understanding of reality through textual analysis and comparative discussion involving Eastern and Western philosophical perspectives. The exploration reveals that the Heart Sutra serves as a profound guide, advocating for a balanced comprehension that integrates empirical rationality and mystical insight. The findings suggest that the notion of 'Shunyata' or emptiness encapsulates a complex relational understanding of being, where rational knowledge and mystical experiences are not only coexistent but mutually inclusive. This conjunctive approach challenges the conventional boundaries of epistemic thought and offers a comprehensive framework for understanding reality's multifaceted nature. This research contributes to the broader discourse on integrating traditional philosophical insights with contemporary epistemological frameworks, enriching both academic and practical understanding of spiritual texts.
Improving the technology of manufacturing cast brake drums in pink sand molds
Authors: Lysenkov Vitalii , Demin Dmitriy
Published: May 2024

The object of research in the paper is the production technology of casting «brake drum» from cast iron of the basic grade SCh20 according to GOST 1412-85 (DSTU EN 1561, EN-GJL-200). The existing problem is that due to the imperfection of the technological processes of manufacturing castings, final internal defects of a shrinking nature are possible. This can lead to a decrease in the strength and operational reliability of the drums, regardless of the chemical composition, which may meet the technical conditions and should provide the specified strength indicators according to the grade of cast iron.
Based on the results of 3D modeling, it has been found that with the existing technology of manufacturing brake drum castings in one-time sand molds, final shrinkage defects are formed in the upper part of the casting. To eliminate this problem, a decision is proposed to increase the allowance for mechanical processing on the upper surface of the casting. The possible excess of the mass of the casting and excess consumption of the alloy that will occur when implementing this solution can be compensated by reducing the allowance on other surfaces based on their optimization by the method of dimensional chains and reducing the thickness of the casting wall. For this, a reduction in the carbon content in the alloy is proposed as a factor in increasing the tensile strength of cast iron. On the basis of 90 serial meltings in industrial conditions, the possibility of increasing the strength limit of cast iron by approximately 11 % by reducing the average carbon content in cast iron from 3.45 % to 3.4 % has been proven.
The proposed solutions are the essence of improving the production technology of cast brake drums, which are produced by casting in one-time sand molds.
The presented study will be useful for machine-building enterprises that have foundries in their structure, where iron is melted for the production of castings.
Analysis of the Utilization Policy of Wrocław Yacht Harbors, Marinas and River Ports
Authors: Adamiczka Hanna
Published: May 2024

The development of yacht harbours in Wrocław is a significant element of European transport policy, linked to maintaining mobility with minimal environmental impact. The increasing popularity of recreational navigation and the development of a port infrastructure reflect societal awareness and new expectations related to leisure. The Oder, the second longest river in Poland, serves as a navigable route, and the Wrocław Water Node constitutes a unique 45 km-long system. The research aimed to present Wrocław's spatial policy regarding yacht ports and marinas. The analysis of the major ports highlights the diversity of their condition while maintaining their port functions within local plans. Planned investments include new moorings, marinas, parking spaces, restaurants, green areas, and tourist infrastructure. These ports were also analysed based on Wrocław's ownership structure. The study employed various methods, including literature analysis, primary documents, legal acts, cartographic materials, field research, and in-depth interviews.
Barriers to the Innovative Activities of Lower Silesian Enterprises
Authors: Głuszczuk Dariusz
Published: May 2024

The innovation of enterprises and regions constitutes one of the key foundations in building a competitive advantage. In this context, innovative activity, its determinants and barriers become of particular importance. This article focuses on the barriers to innovation, comparing the source literature with the solutions offered by official statistics in terms of the relevant terminology and the distribution of constraints to innovation. The empirical research aimed to identify the major barriers to the innovative activities of Lower Silesian enterprises, and capture possible differences in the perception of obstacles to innovation in the environment of industrial and service enterprises viewed from the perspective of 2019 and 2021. The analyses indicate that regional manufacturers and service providers face similar barriers to innovation (e.g. cost factors), but that these are much more frequently observed in the industrial sector. The research procedure employed the methods of source literature critical analysis and descriptive statistics.
Social Capital in the Reorientation of Location Decisions
Authors: Korenik Stanisław
Published: May 2024

The current turbulences occurring in the world economy have resulted in various transformations, often of a revolutionary nature. The reorientation of behaviour has resulted, among others, in the shortening of supply chains and changes in location policies, which necessitate the search for new places to relocate capital. Of particular importance in this process are regions in which there is a developed social capital featuring a high level of adaptation both to the conditions of the digital economy, and to the modern form of organisation in which flexible cooperation dominates.
The Multidimensionality of Urban Space in Light of the New Economy
Authors: Miszczak Katarzyna , Wrona Aleksandra
Published: May 2024

The multidimensionality of urban space in light of the new economy seems complex. The aim of this research was to introduce the meaning of both ideas and emphasise their importance for urban development. The subject of the research were case studies of two European cities, Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and Wroclaw (Poland). The research methods were the literature review, benchmarking, and case study, which help to understand and explain the analysed problem and confront it with the case studies. It is essential to note that the same solutions may not be suitable for every case. However, there are some urban policies and local governmental decisions that would be valuable good practices, which could solve challenges difficult for other urban units.
Pathways to viability: Community radio in Ethiopia
Authors: Seyoum Asrat
Published: May 2024

Ethiopia's community radio landscape, with over 50 licensed stations and approximately 35 broadcasting nationwide, serves as a vital information source in rural areas, broadcasting in over 20 local languages. Despite their significance, these stations face challenges in governance, financial sustainability, and program quality. The media viability assessment aimed to understand these challenges, prioritize them, and inform support activities. The assessment involved 35 managers and program heads from 25 community radio stations and employed online surveys, desktop research, and limited expert interviews. Factors were scored on a scale of 1 to 10 for their importance to station viability, with most receiving high scores. Governance, programming, financial sustainability, and technical issues were key focus areas. The analysis revealed a clear recognition among managers of the complex challenges they face, with factors related to local issue coverage receiving the highest average score. Recommendations include developing robust financial sustainability strategies, prioritizing audience engagement, enhancing board leadership, creating strategic plans, advocating for high-quality content, providing training in project management and media management, offering technical skills training, facilitating networking among managers, and prioritizing digital capacity-building.
Spinnen Out: Women's Work in Early Modern Textile Trades
Authors: Curry Joy
Published: May 2024

The production of cloth was a vital aspect of the early modern economy. Women were involved in almost all stages of the process, both in unofficial capacities and sometimes as officially recognized or tolerated artisans. However, associations between women and unskilled labor and guild fear of economic competition led to both legal restrictions and social stigma around women’s involvement in artisan textile work. This pushed more women into low-paying piecework, especially spinning. Spinning was the form of textile work women were most encouraged to do, or least restricted from. As one of the most common types of womens’ labor, it carried both positive connotations of diligence and the social stigmas that followed women as workers, such as anxieties around poverty, sexual immorality, and threats to the stability of male guilds. This essay investigates social attitudes towards women’s textile work, followed by a creative component which examines the spinning process directly.
“I’ve Not Had Much Fun Since the War”: Veterans on the Edge of Homosexuality in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises
Authors: Alnawaiseh Ali
Published: May 2024

This article examines sexuality in Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises alongside warfare events and memories brought home from the frontline. This essay argues that witnessing the war firsthand and the unique circumstances from serving on the frontline has the potential to inspire homosexual tendencies among soldiers. This proposition can explain the veterans’ performances in the novel, such as Jake Barnes, Bill Gorton, Count Mippipopolous, and Harris Wilson. In varied places in this paper, the discussion depends on Menninger’s (1948), Fussell’s (2000, 2009, 2013), and Crouthamel’s (2008, 2014) accounts of the influence of modern wars on soldiers’ sexualities. As this current study shows, in an attempt to hide their newly-found homosexual tendencies, the veterans in The Sun Also Rises tend to over-assert their heterosexuality and avoid all nonveteran male environment(s). Reading the novel with Hemingway’s male characters’ performance of heterosexuality and avoidance leads to new ways of understanding the novel as the current paper discusses sexuality in the context of frontline memories and experiences.
Text Copying as a Culture-Based Learning Strategy: A Case of EFL Grammar Learners in an Arabic Context
Authors: Alnufaie Mohammad R.
Published: May 2024

As a well-established strategy in the educational traditions of Islam, copying texts (imitating a model) has played a crucial role in learning the Holy Quran and the Arabic language. This study delves into the necessity of understanding how this traditional strategy influences the learning of foreign languages. Using 18 hours of strategy-based instruction, this paper examines the efficacy of text copying in learning grammar (independent variable), as evidenced by a series of grammar tests and surveys assessing learners’ perceptions (dependent variables). The study draws upon data from two groups of college-level English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners, comprising a control group (n=10) and an experimental group (n=11), all categorized at the A2 proficiency level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The findings suggest that text copying enhances learners’ grammatical understanding and contributes to overall satisfaction in learning a foreign language, as indicated by improved test scores and positive learner feedback.
Paradox in Fadwa Touqan’s Divan “July and the Other Thing” (Tˈamuz walʃɑiʔ alˈʔɑxar)
Authors: Shakir Tahani Abd Al Fatah , Alqubelat Eman Fadel
Published: May 2024

The study presents a critical analysis of the use of paradox in Fadwa Touqan's collection “July and the Other Thing" (tˈamuz walʃɑiʔ alˈʔɑxar). It reveals that the poet willfully employs paradoxes in the collection, including the paradox in the title, which reflects her unique vision. Most of the poems in the collection incorporate various forms of paradox, such as verbal, romantic, dramatic, and motor behaviour paradoxes. The study explores the relationship between the paradox in the title and the other poems, focusing on the dialectic relationship between life and death. The study contributes to the limited body of Arab critical literature dedicated to the theory and practice of paradox in poetry, mainly in the context of Fadwa Touqan's works. Touqan, a prominent Arab poet, constantly used irony as a distinct stylistic feature in her poetry, particularly in "July and the Other Thing".
A Pragmatic Study on the Identity Construction of Deceptive Telecom Discourse
Authors: Fan Hongya , Dou Yanduo
Published: May 2024

Taking identified fraud telephone recordings as the corpus, the study first analyses the lexicon and overall structure of fraud discourse from the perspective of pragmatics and then explores the identities constructed by fraudsters. It found that, in deceptive telecom discourse, address forms and technical terms are used to construct the turn, and the fraud conversation has a relatively complete structure, including a beginning, problem construction, problem solving, and a closing. In addition, the lexical choice and the overall structure of deceptive conversation help to construct the fraudster’s individual identity, interpersonal identity and group identity. Individual identity includes the real identity as a fraudster and the false identity as a help seeker; interpersonal identity involves identity as a relative or superior; and group identity can be divided into institutional identity and professional identity. This study aims to enhance people’s awareness of fraud and assist in identifying the fraudulent identities of scammers, thereby reducing the occurrence of telecom fraud incidents.
The Challenges and Exigencies in Enforcing the Paris Agreement: from the Perspective of Bangladesh
Authors: Jahan Ramisa
Published: May 2024

Over the past decades, the rapid rise in global temperatures has indicated an irreversible and irresistible shift in climate conditions. In this regard, the international community has concluded various hard law instruments amongst which the Paris Agreement has emerged as the ’ideal’ climate change treaty. Nevertheless, such initiatives have also been criticized as ineffective due to multiple reasons, for instance, the inactivity of developed nations in observing their obligations, developing nation’s lack of scientific expertise and economic means and their reliance on cooperation from developed countries; the absence of an international forum to enforce climate justice and so on. Although climate change is a universal concern, its effects and adversities primarily tend to have a devastating impact on nations with vulnerable geographical locations. In this paper, the author has highlighted the significance and urgent necessity of international cooperation; the upswing in unfavorable conditions in climate-risk countries particularly Bangladesh; and the available avenues to compel ‘inactive’ yet ‘major GHG emitting’ nations to fulfil their environmental obligations.
Analisis Item Nafkah Selain Keperluan Asas Dalam Perintah Nafkah
Authors: Ismail Mohd Hazwan , Mahamad Isa Mohd. Afiq Najhan
Published: May 2024

Terdapat beberapa item nafkah yang boleh dituntut untuk memenuhi keperluan bagi penerusan kehidupan dengan pembayaran secara kos. Nafkah merupakan tanggungjawab seorang bapa kepada anaknya dan tanggungjawab suami kepada isterinya. Mahkamah akan memerintahkan pembayaran nafkah terhadap si bapa atau bekas suami apabila pihak-pihak yang berkahwin bercerai. Selain itu, bagi pihak lelaki yang berpoligami, mahkamah turut memerintahkan pembayaran nafkah kepada isteri pertama dan isteri seterusnya. Walau bagaimanapun, persoalan timbul tentang sejauh manakah keperluan asas tersebut seperti makanan, pakaian dan tempat tinggal, ditambah dengan pendidikan dan perubatan menurut undang-undang mencukupi kepada pihak penuntut. Analisis kajian kes mendapati bahawa terdapat pertambahan nafkah yang lain setelah dikaji beberapa kes-kes terdahulu yang telah diputuskan. Maka, objektif kajian ini adalah untuk meneliti dan juga menganalisis item-item nafkah yang dituntut oleh isteri, bekas isteri dan juga anak-anak yang boleh dijadikan kepentingan nafkah dan juga sebagai rujukan serta mungkin menjadi keperluan bagi zaman ini dan masa akan datang. Dalam kajian ini, metodologi yang digunakan ialah kajian kualitatif dengan mengumpul data secara kepustakaan dan menganalisis data daripada peruntukan undang-undang, artikel, jurnal, penulisan ilmiah serta kajian kes. Selain itu, kajian ini turut menggunakan kaedah temubual secara tidak berstruktur yang menemubual peguam-peguam yang mengendalikan kes-kes di mahkamah syariah. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa antara item yang ditambah oleh pelanggan mahkamah syariah untuk dijadikan suatu kepentingan kini ialah bil-bil utiliti, insurans, tabung haji, pengangkutan dan percutian. Penulisan ini mencadangkan agar pemohon nafkah perlu memasukkan item-item tersebut dalam permohonan tuntutan nafkah agar ia menjadi kehidupan yang lebih berkualiti.
Quality Indicators for Residential Long-Term Care for the Elderly: A Scoping Review
Authors: Loureiro Natália , Martin José Ignacio
Published: May 2024

The objective of this study was to review the existing literature on the evaluation of care in residential homes for elderly, considering its quality through quality indicators, using secondary databases. A systematic search was conducted, following the PRISMA guidelines for scoping reviews. One hundred and ten studies were included, in which 1,239 indicators were identified. More than half of the identified indicators (N=663, 53%) were linked to outcomes, with about 33% (N=413) related to structure, and 14% (N=175) to process indicators. The most frequently studied indicators as dependent variables were: "Pressure ulcer," "Staffing issues," and "Psychotropic Drug Use." As independent variables, indicators relating to structure were prominent: "Facility characteristics," "Resident characteristics," and "Staffing Issues”. There is a broad consensus around a care approach centered on clinical and structural aspects, in accordance with the profile of residents, and reflecting historical concerns about quality of care and patient safety that were the origin of quality assessment systems, and which remain the focus of concerns to this day.
Estimating pedestrian flows using route distributions and sparse counting data
Authors: Mayr Christina Maria , Köster Gerta
Published: May 2024

At metro station Münchner Freiheit in Munich soccer fans cause congestion before and after soccer matches on the shortest route to get from a bus station to the metro. Yet, an online survey suggests that, given the right information and incentive through a mobile app, fans are willing to take a detour. In this study we combine the survey results with passenger counts collected in a field study to quantitatively estimate the number of rerouted pedestrians in dependency of influx from a side entrance for which there is no data. We find a realistic range for the change in flow, despite incomplete measurement data, that we use as input for predictive simulations. The quantitative results are also helpful for traffic management.
Research on Pedestrian Wayfinding Behavior in Large Public Space Utilizing Non-immersive VR Platform
Authors: Dai Zhicheng , Li Dewei
Published: May 2024

In this study, we conducted experiments to investigate pedestrian wayfinding behavior using a non-immersive virtual reality platform. We developed a route choice model that combines environmental factors and individual pedestrian attributes, employ-ing a hybrid Logit model. The dataset for pedestrian route choices is collected from partic-ipants’ walking trajectories within the Tianjin West Railway Station scenario. The results of our experiments demonstrate that the model effectively represents pedestrians’ route choices within the environment and exhibits strong predictive capabilities for wayfinding.
Foreign interference as a form of interstate competition: types and motives
Authors: Suchkov M.A.
Published: May 2024

The revival of the “great power competition” as a modern-day paradigm of international relations boosts certain forms of interstate rivalry that can be simultaneously effective and correspond to certain levels of acceptable cost-benefit balance. This includes the phenomenon of foreign interference into the domestic affairs of sovereign states. Research on this topic by foreign and Russian authors can be divided into two closely intertwined, but problematically different blocks: the former make attempts to theoretically understand the very concept of “interference”, while the latter focuses primarily on the phenomenon of “interference” as an element of strategic competition. While the former is primarily focused on clarifying the “contents” of the interference, the latter, in essence, is devoted to understanding its “form” with an emphasis on the actions of states. This paper seeks to determine the place of “interference” within the overall framework of interstate rivalry, to clarify the content and the definition of the very concept. It seeks to identify the motives for interference, construct their hierarchy, pair them with types of actions, and on this basis present a “ladder of escalation of interference” similar to the “ladders of escalation” of other types of military-political conflicts. The construction of such a model intends to help organize analysis and improve predictive capabilities on the issue of interference into domestic affairs and facilitate the adoption of more effective decisions in this area by policy-making circles.
On the metaphor “revolutions are the locomotives of history”
Authors: Kapustin B.G.
Published: May 2024

The question about the relationship between revolution and progress is the centerpiece of this essay. A specific solution to this question is expressed by a well-known metaphor invented by Marx -“revolutions are the locomotives of history”. The rendering of this metaphor in the language of theory uncovers certain ambiguities and tensions inherent in it, some of which are caused by a collision of positivist-evolutionist and dialectical-revolutionist strands of Marx's thought. The actual revolutions of the twentieth century turned these tensions into political reality. Progress is a form of social development which converts history into evolution removing the former's open-endedness and the variability of the trajectories of societal movement, which is precisely what distinguishes history from evolution. However tragic the concrete manifestation of a revolution can be, it interrupts the progress-as-evolution and restores, at least for the time being, history as history. Thus, Walter Benjamin's metaphor of revolution as an attempt undertaken by the passengers on the train of progress to “activate the emergency brake”, all its own ambiguities notwithstanding, offers a much more adequate image of the relationship between revolution and progress.
Political (de)modernization of Russia in the 1990s: turning events and models of conflict dynamics
Authors: Rozov N.S.
Published: May 2024

A set of theoretical models are presented to explain the complex political dynamics in Russia in the 1990s.The parametric model is used to analyze the fluctuations of the political system in a conditional space defined by two axes: the scale of collegial division of power (CDP) and the level of state success. Major turning events as closely related structural changes shift the state of the political system along bothaxes. Political modernization occurs when success and CDP rise, while demodernization is defined as a decline on one or both scales. The contours model combines structure and agency processes and takes into account two contours of political dynamics. In the large - socio-political - contour, turning events affect grassroot structures and processes related to objective conditions of life, subjective moods, and behavioral attitudes of broad groups of the population. In the small contour (interactions of political actors with their rivalry and conflicts) the same turning events change the balance of power of the main players in national politics. The general principles of the dynamics of the CDP, state success in their interrelation, as a result of turning events as a consequence of the interaction of actors in the small loop under the influence of processes in the large loop are formulated. A step-by-step model explaining the natural shift to authoritarianism on the basis of these principles and under special conditions is proposed. Through these models, the mechanisms of conflict dynamics and socio-political processes of the 1990s in Russia are presented, when the processes of political modernization began to be combined with and then replaced by trends of demodernization.
A Meta 19 do PNE e a complementação do Fundeb categoria Vaar
Authors: Machado Maria Goreti Farias , Ames Josicler
Published: May 2024

O trabalho analisa a Meta 19 do Plano Nacional de Educação e a complementação da União ao Fundo de Manutenção e Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica e de Valorização dos Profissionais da Educação. Para isso, foi realizada uma revisão da literatura sobre o tema, utilizando os dados dessa meta e da condicionalidade da complementação, relativa à gestão democrática, assinalando os efeitos dessa condicionalidade em municípios escolhidos, em 2023. Os resultados apontam conflitos na concepção de gestão democrática nas duas normas e dificuldades dos gestores para atender à gestão democrática ao preencher as informações no sistema, comprometendo o recebimento dessa complementação. Sublinhamos a necessidade de retomar e alinhar o princípio da gestão democrática em todas as normas da educação.
Betaína y lactosa en leche materna prevendrían el crecimiento acelerado de lactantes amamantados
Authors: Calderon de la Barca Ana Maria , Argüelles López Alejandra , Valenzuela Miranda Rene
Published: May 2024

RESUMEN
Introducción: Hay aportadores de grupos metilo (AGM) en la dieta materna que regulan epigenéticamente el crecimiento durante el embarazo; se hipotetiza, su acción continua con el amamantamiento. Así, se evitaría el crecimiento acelerado de los lactantes, que es predictor de sobrepeso y obesidad futuros. Objetivo: Analizar la relación entre el contenido de macronutrimentos y AGM en la leche materna y la velocidad de crecimiento durante el primer año, de niños amamantados ≥5 meses. Métodos: Participaron madres y niños sanos amamantados en exclusiva ≥5 meses, evaluando velocidad de crecimiento de 0-5.5 y 5.5-12 meses, y analizando macronutrimentos, betaína y colina en leche materna a los 5.5 meses posparto. El análisis estadístico incluyó t pareada y correlación de Pearson. Resultados: Participaron 23 diadas. Las concentraciones de proteína, lípidos y azúcares reductores (incluyendo lactosa) en leche a los 5.5 meses, fueron de 14.73 ± 4.75, 49.13 ± 15.6 y 78.17 ± 7.17 mg/mL, respectivamente; betaína de 2.9 ± 1.7 y colina de 95.2 ± 39 µg/mL. Calculando con puntaje Z peso/longitud, se aceleró más el crecimiento de 0-5.5 meses, que de 5.5-12 meses (p=0.0005). Las concentraciones de azúcares reductores (p=0.01) y betaína (p=0.09) se relacionaron inversamente con la velocidad de crecimiento en el primer semestre de vida, pero no hasta 12 meses. Conclusiones: Los azúcares reductores incluida lactosa, así como betaína en leche materna, podrían prevenir el crecimiento acelerado mientras se amamanta en exclusiva.
Palabras clave: Velocidad de crecimiento; amamantamiento; aportadores de grupos metilo
Decimoprimera edición del Simposio Lactancia Materna. Lactación Don de Vida
Authors: Olivares Sandoval Irma Zazil
Published: May 2024

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Critical Concerns of Deploying Blockchain in Internet of Things Applications
Authors: Alzoubi Yehia Ibrahim , Mishra Alok , Kulakli Atik
Published: May 2024

The Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain are both recognized as cutting-edge, popular technologies. In contrast to IoT, which pertains to the spread of linked equipment via supplying information over the Internet, blockchain offers innovative data storage and management avenues. Even as blockchain demands real-time data application and IoT specifies mechanisms to securely store and handle data overflows, a combination of the two seems promising. Blockchain, a technology created with the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, could meet the needs of the IoT. However, combining blockchain with the IoT might present a multitude of issues due to the features of blockchain and IoT technology. Although many articles have been released on the blockchain and the IoT, the concerns with this combination are still vague and dispersed. In light of this, this study seeks to give an overview of the problems that have the biggest impact on blockchain-based IoT by reviewing the pertinent peer-reviewed articles. This article also addresses some suggestions for lessening the impact of these concerns. The study considered peer-reviewed articles published within the last five years, focusing on topics related to blockchain and IoT integration. We identified 44 articles for this review. The study's significance is that it not only expands the scholarly understanding of this complex intersection between blockchain and IoT but also provides actionable insights that can drive innovation and enhance the reliability and security of IoT ecosystems in practical settings.
IoT-Based Machine Learning System for Physical Intrusion Detection Using Dynamic Temperature and Humidity Observations With Raspberry Pi
Authors: Hajdarevic Kemal
Published: May 2024

This paper presents a system that is able to detect physical intrusion in a specific space based on temperature and humidity change. This specific space was housing hardware components important for information security management infrastructure. Presented system is able to predict that two spaces are connected and that there is a physical breach in protected space. The presented prediction approach involves identifying patterns in historical data, where the subsequent outcomes are already known in advance, and validating these patterns using more recent data. System is implemented using k-Nearest Neighbours, Random Forest, and Support Vector Machine algorithms in Python programming language on Raspberry Pi. Real observed data to predict if specific temperature and humidity indicates intrusion were used. This approach can be used to detect intrusions in the room or in other closed space. More specifically thermal equilibrium phenomenon between two spaces after barrier between them are opened was monitored. Through process of supervised learning using labelled data, system was able to detect intrusion by using k-nearest neighbours, random forest, and support vector machine with different accuracy. Presented model shows better results using k-nearest neighbours and support vector machine with accuracy of 100% compared to random forest with accuracy of 95%. The system is low cost because of cheap Raspberry Pi controller and sensors.
Banana Plant Waste Rotary Dryer Design and Simulation Using 3D Computer Aided Design
Authors: Malonjao Ray H. , Malonjao Juvy B. , Galindo Ronald M.
Published: May 2024

This research determines the optimal rotary dryer design for banana waste drying with Biot number. When banana waste is adequately dried, it can be repurposed into valuable resources. Based on the proposed banana plant waste rotary dryer, drying efficiency is significantly improved compared to conventional dryers as attributed to design calculations and simulation. Here, the design process involves the three-dimensional (3D) computer-aided design of individual parts, subassemblies, and main assembly, accompanied by detailed illustration drawings, and optimization of rotary dryer flight design. Biot number is crucial in the design calculations of the diameter and length of the dryer. The Design of Experiments (DoE) and computational fluid dynamics simulations are also used. Proper drying, facilitated by the proposed rotary dryer, enables efficient repurposing of banana waste into animal feed, biofuel, bioplastics, and other nanotechnology applications, contributing to sustainable waste management practices and a promising solution to environmental challenges.
Real-Time Threat Prevention System for Mitigating Intrusions by Dogs in Livestock Farming using IoT and Machine Learning
Authors: Saeliw Aekarat , Hualkasin Watcharasuda , Puttinaovarat Supattra
Published: May 2024

One of the challenges encountered by farmers engaged in livestock farming is the menace posed by stray or ownerless dogs, causing harm to the animals being raised on the farm. This not only adversely affects the health of the animals but also impacts the overall cost associated with their upbringing. Consequently, this research introduces the development of a sophisticated system aimed at preventing threats and intrusions by dogs that pose harm to farm animals. The system leverages Internet of Things (IoT) technology and employs Machine Learning algorithms, specifically Convolutional Neural Network, for real-time tracking and monitoring. The research findings reveal that the developed system demonstrates a high level of efficiency, swiftly and accurately classifying animals entering areas equipped with cameras, achieving an impressive accuracy rate of 92.54%. Furthermore, the system is equipped to promptly notify users and emit deterrent sounds to repel dogs entering the monitored area, enhancing its effectiveness in safeguarding livestock and optimizing farm management practices.