bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
USING RAY TRACING ALGORITHM FOR RENDERING OF THERMAL IMAGE OF 3D OBJECTS
Authors:   Le Quy Don Technical University, Vu Duc Hieu
Published: May 2023

This paper introduces the ray tracing method and algorithm for calculation of thermal radiant flux onto the focal plane array and generation of thermal images. Ray tracing is a powerful method for rendering of 3D objects and scenes on to the image plane of the camera. Besides, the method is used in the area of computer graphics but rarely is introduced in the domain of thermal imaging simulation. The author also has simulated thermal images of ground targets and compared them with real experiment test. Finally, the paper collates two simulation methods for generation of thermal images: the ray tracing method and the pseudo colour method.
CALCULATION OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAM UNDER BIAXIAL BENDING ACCORDING TO DEFORMATION
Authors:   Le Quy Don Technical University, Nguyen Tien Tuan
Published: May 2023

This article introduces the calculation of section reinforced concrete beam under biaxial bending according to deformation perspective, followed the design methods presented Russian standards (Snip 52-01-2003) and Eurocode 2. The approximate formula to calculate rectangular section with reinforcement uniformly placed on the perimeter. Introduced examples to illustrate the method of calculation according to deformation.
STUDY ON VIBRATION DAMPING FOR LAYER COMPOSITE SHELLS SUBJECTED TO DYNAMIC LOAD WITH ENERGY DISSIPATION EQUIPMENT TMD
Authors:   Le Quy Don Technical University, Nguyen Thi Dung
Published: May 2023

This paper presents study on vibration damping for layer composite shells subjected to dynamic load with energy dissipation equipment TMD. Problem is solved by using finite element method. A calculation program was written and tested the reliability of the algorithm with published results, based on the program investigated the influence of the device parameters and the structure on shells vibration.
BUILDING A SIMULATION MODEL OF TEMPERATURE STATE AND THERMAL STRESS IN A NOZZLE BLADE OF HIGH-PRESSURE TURBINE
Authors:   Le Quy Don Technical University, Vu Duc Manh
Published: May 2023

The high-pressure nozzle blade works under very harsh conditions, the average temperature as well as the local temperature of the inlet gas flow are the highest in the entire engine. Using ANSYS CFX and Structural packages, the paper examines themal distribution and thermal stress when accounting for the thermal distribution of radial inlet hot-airflow. The outcome shows that the maximum temperature and stress are observed at the region of blade suction and pressure sides and the values vary propotionally according to the engine loading conditions (throttle position).
DESIGN OF THE OPTIMAL CONTROLLER USING STATE FEEDBACK FOR MULTI-MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEMS WITH FRICTION, ELASTIC
Authors:   Le Quy Don Technical University, Tran Xuan Tinh
Published: May 2023

The paper presents the results of the construction of the optimal controller using state feedback, LQG (Linear Quadratic Gaussian), for multi-motor drive systems with friction and elastic. The simulated results on Matlab-Simulink software show that this controller ensures the accuracy of high speed tracking. Moreover, oscillation of system under noise conditions is reduced dramatically.
Retrospective Study on Condemned Carcass and Organ at Katsina Central Abattoir for a Period of 2013 to 2019
Authors: Muhammed, Bashir Adamu  , Salisu Usman Shehu  , Idris Muhammad  , Auwalu Yakubu  , Umar Muhammad Garasin  , Mamuda Aliyu Mamuda  , Mohammed Adamu Garga  , Bakomi Obile Wahala  , Garba, Ibrahim Ladan
Published: May 2023

This study is being undertaken to investigate the historical data on condemned carcasses at the central abattoir in Katsina metropolis from 2013 to 2019. Throughout the course of the investigation, 1,518 animals were butchered in total. The primary objective is to investigate how frequently and frequently these organ and carcass condemnation reasons occur. To determine the frequency of carcass and organ condemnation in slaughtered cattle, sheep, goats, and camels, a seven-year retrospective data set from January 2013 to December 2019 was examined. The findings revealed that uterus, lungs, and liver had the largest prevalence of animal parts condemnation over the course of the study at 132 (74.5%), 34 (27.6%), and 36 (17.2%), respectively. Pregnancy (72.6%), pneumonia (12.7%), and fasciolosis (15.6%) were the major causes of the various organs condemned. There is statistically significant (p>0.05) relationship between the number of animals slaughtered, number of animal condemned par ts, and the causes of organ and carcass condemnation across the period studied. To minimize negative effects on public health and financial losses, strategies must be implemented to reduce the rate of animal parts condemnation.
The Effects of Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) Calyx as Dietary Additive on the Growth Performance, Nutrient Utilization, and Haematological Parameters of Clarias gariepinus Fingerlings.
Authors: SALELE ABUBAKAR HAUWAU , Omolegho Oshoke Justina , Usman Shehu Salisu
Published: May 2023

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of roselle as dietary supplements on the growth performance, nutrients utilization and hematological parameters of Clarias gariepinus fingerlings using standard methods and procedures for a period of three months from October to November 2021 in fish research farm of the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Faculty of Renewable natural resources, Federal University Dutsin-ma (FUDMA), Katsina State located along the new market road adjacent Shema filling station at  latitude 120.46’’ and longitude 70..49’’ Dutsin-ma Katsina State. Two hundred Clarias gariepinus fingerlings (4.25±0.13g) were allotted to four diets as treatments in a complete randomized design with roselle as additives at different inclusion levels of 0.0%, 0.4%, 0.6% and 0.8%respectively. Fish fed 0.8% roselle have significantly (p>0.05) higher growth performance and nutrient utilization followed by 0.6%roselle fed fish group, while 0.4%roselle fed fish had the lowest growth performance among treated groups and control. There were no significant changes (p>0.05) in the haematology of C. gariepinus fed different levels of roselle, but highest values for red blood cells (3.10±0.26), haemoglobin (9.63±0.85), packed cell volume (29.0±2.65) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (31.1±1.05) were observed in 0.8% roselle group. Highest mean corpuscular volume (94.4±7.91) and lymphocyte (32.0±4.36) were seen in 0.6% roselle treated group. Highest mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (33.27±0.05) in the control. For differential white blood cell counts, higher neutrophil (71.33±7.03) and basophil (2.3±1.53) were seen in 0.8% g roselle treatment group. Highest mean corpuscular volume (94.4±7.91) and lymphocyte (32.0±4.36) were seen in 0.6% roselle treated group, while the control have highest value for monocyte (4.3±2.52) and eosinophil (2.0±1.00). This study showed that fish fed 0.8% roselle diet had better growth performance, nutrient utilization and haematological parameters and it is therefore recommended for use in fish diet.
CASE REPORT: Paracentral acute middle maculopathy immediately following internal carotid endovascular repair
Authors: Meyerovitz Claire , Colwell Lauren , Jeng-Miller Karen
Published: May 2023

Paracentral acute middle maculopathy (PAMM) can result from decreased perfusion to retinal and choroidal circulations meeting in the inner nuclear layer (INL) and outer plexiform layer (OPL). Although ischemia in these layers is rare, certain procedures place patients at risk for possible events, such as cardiopulmonary bypass, coronary angiography, and endovascular coil embolization. We report the case of a 70-year-old woman with a sudden-onset left paracentral scotoma following internal carotid endovascular repair. Currently no treatment or preventive technique is available. Additional ischemic events can occur if a preventable cause is not identified.
The Impact of Technological Innovation on Managerial Competency and Business Performance in the Manufacturing Sector: A Study of Chinese Companies
Authors: Nanhong Liu
Published: May 2023

This conceptual paper explores the relationship between technological innovation, managerial competency, and business performance in the manufacturing sector, focusing on Chinese companies. Technological advancements have become increasingly crucial for enhancing competitiveness in the manufacturing industry. Moreover, effective management practices are essential for leveraging the benefits of technological innovation. However, the combined effect of technological innovation and managerial competency on business performance, particularly in the Chinese manufacturing context, remains understudied. This study aims to address this gap by examining how technological innovation influences managerial competency and subsequently affects business performance. The findings of this study have theoretical implications for understanding the dynamics of technological innovation and managerial competency and practical implications for strategic decision-making in Chinese manufacturing firms.
The Role of Government Policies in Promoting Women's Entrepreneurship in China
Authors: Xiaohong Li
Published: May 2023

This scholarly debate critically examines the role of government policies in promoting women's entrepreneurship in China. The discussion focuses on various dimensions, including legal frameworks, financial support programs, educational initiatives, networking platforms, gender mainstreaming efforts, mentorship programs, market access initiatives, business incubation programs, research and data collection efforts, and international collaborations. By analyzing these dimensions, we aim to understand their evolution, objectives, outcomes, and impacts on women entrepreneurs' activities and business performance in China. The debate highlights the strengths and weaknesses of these policies, exploring areas for improvement and future research to foster an inclusive and supportive entrepreneurial ecosystem for women in China.
Assessing the Impact of Human Resource Management Strategies on Distribution Efficiency in China's Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Authors: Dongsen Si
Published: May 2023

This research explores the role of Human Resource Management (HRM) strategies in shaping the distribution efficiency of China's Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Given the increasing complexities in the global business landscape, effective HRM practices have emerged as significant drivers of operational performance in these enterprises. The study focuses on three key HRM strategies: strategic HRM, digital HRM, and employee well-being practices. Findings reveal that strategic HRM, marked by the integration of HRM policies with organizational goals, substantially enhances distribution efficiency. Additionally, the advent of digital HRM, facilitated by modern technologies, has revolutionized traditional HR practices, leading to improved operational efficiency, including distribution. Furthermore, prioritizing employee well-being has shown to foster a productive workforce, positively influencing distribution efficiency. The study underscores the need for SMEs to adopt these HRM strategies to bolster their distribution efficiency, thereby boosting overall performance and competitiveness.
Anticipating the Future of New Media: Implications for Organizational Competency in China
Authors: Haitao Wang
Published: May 2023

This study proposes a conceptual framework to elucidate the influence of emergent new media trends, such as AI, VR, and big data, on organizational competency within China's unique digital ecosystem. It posits that the successful adoption and integration of these technologies can enhance decision-making, innovation, efficiency, and customer service. However, these benefits hinge on strategic alignment, effective change management, and development of requisite capabilities. The framework underscores the need for empirical validation and refinement and calls for further exploration into the mechanisms driving the relationship between new media adoption and enhanced organizational competency. This research lays the groundwork for understanding how Chinese organizations can effectively navigate the challenges and opportunities presented by the evolving digital landscape.
The Impact of Financial Distress on Corporate Performance in the Chinese Securities Market
Authors: Sheng Zhong
Published: May 2023

This research aims to provide an in-depth investigation into the effects of financial distress on the operational and financial performance of companies. It employs a longitudinal study on a broad sample of listed corporations in the Chinese security market, analyzing their financial reports, stock performance, and various distress indicators over the past decade. The study also factors in macroeconomic conditions, regulatory changes, and industry-specific issues. The paper seeks to understand how financial distress influences firm performance, profitability, and survival, while also highlighting the strategies that distressed companies have employed to navigate these challenging circumstances. Furthermore, the research explores the role of governmental policies and corporate governance in mitigating the adverse effects of financial distress. This study will be particularly beneficial for stakeholders in the Chinese securities market, providing crucial insights for decision-making in financially turbulent times.
Speed Management on Freeways in Transition Zones Between Rural and Urban Conditions
Authors: Pineda-Mendez Raul A. , Shi Xueqian , Tarko Andrew P. , Romero Mario A.
Published: May 2023

Drivers’ noncompliance with the posted speed limit reductions on rural-to-urban freeway transition zones is a recurrent problem in Indiana and other states. Speed-reduction treatments, such as pavement markings and active signing, aim to solve this issue. Optical speed bars, longitudinal speed reduction markings, and speed feedback signs were identified as the most promising speed-reduction treatments for experimental implementation in Indiana. Probe-vehicle-based speed data for 1 year was acquired on selected freeway segments to measure the speed effect. A set of fixed-effects linear regression models were used to estimate the effect of speed-reduction treatments on three key speed behavior characteristics—average speed, 90th speed percentiles, and speed variability. Optical speed bars together with speed feedback signs are a promising combination of treatments. While this and other traditional speed-reduction treatments show promise, their influence area is limited to a portion of target road segments. Therefore, future speed management needs to consider other speed-reduction treatments, particularly automated and area-wide speed enforcement, to maintain reduced speeds inside urban areas.
Posthuman Joyce?
Authors: MacDougall Brenna
Published: May 2023

Through engagements with Giordano Bruno and Gilles Deleuze, this chapter explores whether the shifting permutations of the sigla in Finnegans Wake decenter the human subject. By examining the uniting of opposites in the relationship between Shem and Shaun, the becoming multiple of Issy, and the re-centering force of HCE, the text is framed a dialectic between humanism and posthumanism. This chapter argues that James Joyce’s use of Bruno’s “coincidence of contraries” produces becomings-with and molar entities which, paradoxically, both challenge and reinforce anthropocentrism.
Killing Nostalgia
Authors: McGregor Andrew
Published: May 2023

Nostalgia is a powerful force that shapes memory and informs the way fans engage with baseball history. During the late-1960s and 1970s, Curt Flood and Henry Aaron challenged the nostalgic views of Major League Baseball's primarily white fans when they confronted and disrupted two baseball traditions: the reserve clause and the career home run record. They unsettled how these fans understood the game, calling attention to racial and economic dynamics obscured by their white nostalgia. This chapter explores the careers and legacies of Flood and Aaron in relation to the popular perceptions and depictions of their accomplishments by the baseball establishment and popular culture.
Coretta Scott King
Authors: Daniel Rachel Jessica
Published: May 2023

Coretta Scott King was selected by President Carter to be the Commissioner of the International Women’s Year Conference. As a well-recognized icon of the Civil Rights Movement, Scott King was well positioned to deliver an impactful reading of the Black women’s portion of the Minority Plank. This paper is an analysis of Scott King’s ability to strategically leverage her identity as a widow and a First Lady of Civil Rights to advance a political agenda—one that she established before she was married to Dr. Martin Luther King. This paper joins a growing body of work that acknowledges and historicizes the complex political labor that Black women activists engaged in during the mid to late twentieth century. By examining Scott King’s actions before, during and after the National Women’s Conference, this patter identifies a pattern indicative of how she negotiated the heteropatriarchal politics of that time to advance the ongoing movements for equal human rights.
Michelle Cearcy
Authors: Davis Amira Rose
Published: May 2023

This chapter centers on Michelle Cearcy, one of the torchbearers for the relay that was run at the start of the 1977 National Women’s Conference. Cearcy, a Black teenager from Houston, was one of the three women chosen to be a torchbearer alongside a Latina woman and a white woman. Organizers hoped that this multi-racial trio would symbolize the racial liberalism and coalitions in the Women’s Movement. Cearcy, however, illuminates the gap between symbol and reality. In considering Cearcy, this chapter examines the racial politics of visibility at the 1977 National Women’s Conference as well as the role of athletics—and Black women athletes—in the Women’s Movement more broadly.
Florynce Kennedy
Authors: Leng Kirsten
Published: May 2023

This chapter explores the life and politics of pioneering Black feminist Florynce “Flo” Kennedy. As a lawyer, she championed diverse political causes including the intellectual property rights of Black artists, the free speech rights of feminists and anti-racist activists, and the decriminalization of abortion in New York state. Yet Kennedy’s activism exceeded the courtroom: she was involved in, and an outspoken advocate for, movements for civil rights, women’s rights, LGBT rights, sex workers’ rights, pacificism, and media reform. She became famous for her theatrical protests and her brilliant, profane analyses of contemporary politics. An unofficial participant in the 1977 Conference, Kennedy supported many aspects of the official Plan of Action while pressing the delegates to seek bolder, more radical change.
C. Delores Tucker
Authors: Peck Sabina
Published: May 2023

This chapter provides an overview of the activism of C. Delores Tucker, a charismatic and outspoken racial justice advocate, long-time civil rights activist, first Black female Secretary of State for Pennsylvania, and co-founder of the National Political Congress of Black Women. The chapter explores how Tucker’s contribution to the National Women’s Conference—a public denunciation of the all-white Mississippi delegation—reflected her wider approach to social change. It situates the moment at the Conference within Tucker’s general preference for creating change through top-down means and via existing institutions and structures. In doing so, the chapter highlights how Tucker’s activism stood in contrast to how historians have tended to represent contemporary women of color’s activism.
Sharing a Precious Gift
Authors: Henry Diana Mara
Published: May 2023

This chapter is a first-person account of the training, motivations, artistic considerations of 29-year-old photojournalist Diana Mara Henry who was hired by Bella Abzug and the US Department of State to be the official photographer of the National Women’s Conference in Houston, November 1977. She discusses news and editorial journalism, news photographs and photo-essays, copy-right and professional practices, and describes the process of film-based photography, and the famous politicians, celebrities and historic events that she captured in her iconic images.
Altman in Joyce’s Work, from Dubliners to Ulysses
Authors: Davison Neil R.
Published: May 2023

Reading postcolonial Joyce through Altman’s presence in his works. Backgrounds on Dubliners’ story “Ivy Day in the Committee Room” and Joyce’s interest in Triestine Jewry during its composition. Reading Altman’s shadow as absent-center of the story’s textual allusions. Altman in Ulysses. Altman’s career and Bloom’s labor-minded nationalism. Bloom, Jewish assimilation, and anti-Semitism in colonial spaces and nationalist culture. Allusions to the Corporation in the novel as nationalist cipher of Altman. Altman-Bloom-Dedalus and the politics of anti-Semitism in empire. Altman parallels with Bloom’s character, family circumstances, identity-struggle, and political vision. Bloom-Altman alienation from Irish Catholicism, physical-force Republicanism, and internationalist Socialism. An Altman-Bloom left-of-center independent Ireland.
Conclusion
Authors: Lahr-Vivaz Elena
Published: May 2023

The Conclusion closes the book with a brief discussion of developments throughout the arcubiélago in the years between 2014, when U.S. President Barack Obama made the historic announcement of renewed U.S.-Cuban relations, and 2020, when the global COVID-19 pandemic upended the world as we knew it. The Conclusion discusses how Jorge Enrique Lage’s Archivo [Archive] (2015) emblematizes the changes of these years, and details the ripples that followed the February 2021 release of the rap video “Patria y vida” [Homeland and Life].
Poetry Is Bourgeois
Authors: Quesada Ruben
Published: May 2023

On the way home from work

on the northbound train

I heard a young woman say

poetry is meant for the rich

poetry is for the privileged

poetry is for those who can spend

time to write words meant for change

it is a life carelessly spent...
America Runs on Immigrants
Authors: Guiñansaca Sonia
Published: May 2023

My mother works on the 23rd floor of a glass building in the middle of Times Square as a server of a catering company / My father rides the train home from work; in his backpack he carries a pair of Timbs with blotches of oil / Neither of them have eaten / The thing about America is that migrant workers go days without properly eating so that America can function / My mother who goes by Maggy will stand for 8 hours straight bouncing on the balls of her feet to catch any demands by white professionals that for some reason know how to work a Google drive but have no idea how to make their own coffee / My father who goes by Segundo ironically is always first to cook, first to burn his hands, first to serve, first to deliver so that men in suits can get their rush lunch order / My mother & father never get days off or paid holidays or bonuses or a 401(k) or health care / My mother & father depend on the power of Vicks, hot tea, and prayers to la Virgen / Sometimes my father and mother do not feel like mine—they feel like they belong to this country / My mother does not see father / My father does not see his brother / My siblings don’t see mom or dad / America sees them at all times / America sees our parents more often than we do at 4 a.m., at 7 p.m., at 11 p.m., and midnight / My 9-year-old brother clasps his tiny brown hands to pray ...
My Father Dreams of a New Country
Authors: Awad Ruth
Published: May 2023

America, I see through your glass—

I reach my hand and my fingerprints

are everywhere. Like leaves the gust blows in.

I don’t have money to feed your fountains

or enough water that it’s never a wish,

but America, I can’t stop drinking you in....
the bureau of reclamation
Authors: Meitner Erika
Published: May 2023

we the loyal companions

we who are hyped about everything

we who cross the thresholds of accountability

our songs of praise sound like gunshots

we the supermarket shoppers

we the leggings-as-pants wearers

we the shade throwers

the riven in nostalgia itinerants

who avoid our mail at all costs...
All in Conflict with This Act Are Hereby Repealed
Authors: Clapsaddle Annette Saunooke
Published: May 2023

We know the Redbird is the daughter of the Sun, and if the men had kept the box closed, as the Little Men told them to do, they would have brought her home safely, and we could bring back our other friends also from Ghost country....
My Father’s Love Letters
Authors: Komunyakaa Yusef
Published: May 2023

On Friday’s he’d open a can of Jax

After coming home from the mill,

& ask me to write a letter to my mother

Who sent postcards of desert flowers

Taller than men. He would beg,

Promising never to beat her

Again. Somehow I was happy...
Women’s Work
Authors: Sickels Carter
Published: May 2023

My grandmother, Wilma Eileen Sickels, my father’s mother, was born in 1922 and raised four children in southeastern Ohio, in the rolling foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, where the trains used to carry coal from West Virginia, and out of the green hills people carved small sustenance farms. This was where her family had been for generations and she would live all her life. She grew up one of four, including a twin brother. I don’t know much about her childhood—she rarely reminisced, didn’t share her memories or stories or truths. Like many rural people, her family raised chickens and grew food and owned very little. My aunt remembers a story Grandma told her: she and her siblings received two pairs of shoes per year, and one time, overjoyed by her new pair, my grandmother went to bed with the shoes clutched in her arms like a teddy bear. I learned that her father, a coal miner, sometimes threw away his paycheck on drink and could be a mean drunk. But he put food on the table, as they say; he provided....
Mourning Hillary and What Might Have Been
Authors: Howard Jason Kyle
Published: May 2023

I was eleven when I first saw her—on television, trudging through the snows of New Hampshire, campaigning for her husband in the 1992 Democratic primary. Back then she had an unvarnished quality to her: she was someone who was used to speaking her mind, someone who would stand in the middle of a diner, flanked by a phalanx of cameras, and talk to patrons in depth about the lack of universal health care and her choice to pursue a career outside the home....
Dialogue in Diptych with Emma Goldman
Authors: Stefanescu Alina
Published: May 2023

No mere substitution of one political party for another in the control of the government, not the masking of autocracy by proletarian slogans … but the complete reversal of all these authoritarian principles will alone serve the revolution.

—Emma Goldman
C.R.E.A.M.
Authors: Smith Danez
Published: May 2023

—after Morgan Parker, after Wu-Tang

              in the morning I think about money

       green horned lord of my waking

              forest in which I stumbled toward no salvation

                    prison made of emerald & pennies

       in my wallet I keep anxiety & a condom

I used to sell my body but now my blood spoiled...
Hymn of Our Jesus & the Holy Tow Truck
Authors: Jones Ashley M.
Published: May 2023

—after Mary Szybist

Feeling tired that day, I came to the park with the children. I saw her as I rounded the corner, sitting old as stale beer on the bench, ruminating on some uneventful past. And I thought, “Hell. No rap from the roots today. I need the present. On this day. This Monday. This July day buckling me under her summer wings, I need more than old words for my body to squeeze into.”...
Just Don’t Never Give up on Love
Authors: Sanchez Sonia
Published: May 2023

Feeling tired that day, I came to the park with the children. I saw her as I rounded the corner, sitting old as stale beer on the bench, ruminating on some uneventful past. And I thought, “Hell. No rap from the roots today. I need the present. On this day. This Monday. This July day buckling me under her summer wings, I need more than old words for my body to squeeze into.”...
Viscera
Authors: Hedge Coke Allison Adelle
Published: May 2023

For Rachelle Cruz 4/27/2020

Our moms were widows before they met our fathers.

Their hair blue-black, their hands already chapped, caressed

by Inglis die-cast tooling  Bren light machine guns, Mauser

ammunition, or Browning   Hi-Power handguns, torpedo warhead

casings, or reining sorrels’ leather when they made mountains home....
Where I’m From (2018)
Authors: Lyon George Ella
Published: May 2023

I’m from the cries of families / sundered at our southern border / while Lady Liberty faces a filthy sea. / I’m from “all [white able-bodied well-off hetero] men are created equal” and “Here / Puerto Rico, have some paper towels!” // I’m from our Predator-in-Chief / who brags about grabbing pussy / and mocks a woman who was sexually abused. // I’m from countries we bombed or clear-cut / or destabilized to get what we wanted. / I’m from the Seven Deadly Sins / confused with the American Dream. // I’m from the whole Pilgrim whitewash / our refusal to admit the land we stole / from the Indigenous we slaughtered, the Africans / we chained to build our wealth. I’m from / their descendants, gunned down on the street. I’m from / children ripped from their parents’ arms / when the ship docked, at the auction block / in the field. I’m from their blood and bones / feeding the ground I stand on....
If Anyone Should Fight to Breathe
Authors: Skaja Emily
Published: May 2023

It’s him: the two-bit mayor of the dead

flagged against a balustrade, live all night,

the world on fire. Conspiracy, he said.

Reading the retweets, never the thread,

relaxed, imperial in black and white,

it’s him: the two-bit mayor of the dead.

His crown of bones, his genius-heavy head,...
If I May Be Frank
Authors: Avant A. H. Jerriod
Published: May 2023

i am a ghost

out of yo’ control

back for some

shyt, i can’t even

use and my unlawful

breathing is its own

reward. the deep

south brims with

lost things and the

stolen property and

bodies of dead people.

my chest be a graveyard...
My Whitenesses
Authors: Beasley Sandra
Published: May 2023

Whiteness as my body’s

spent currency:

hair that holds no melanin,

which I pluck out;

an overlong fingernail

that I tear away;

what once blistered,

collapsed flat to my heel.

And what then?

Skin picked, flicked

under my bed—

strands dropped to tile—

the keratin crescents folded,...
It Comes Down to This
Authors: Smoker M. L.
Published: May 2023

The man who owned the only saddlery shop in

town refused, until the day he died, to sell back my

grandfather’s grass dance regalia. When the shop owner

was still alive, the wiry hairs on his knuckles stood on

end each time a new wind blew down Main Street. Later...
Work History
Authors: Ellis Kelly Norman
Published: May 2023

My grandfather had one hand, two degrees, one wife, six daughters, one farm, one house, two stores. He grew corn, peanuts, greens, beets, watermelons, and okra. He raised pigs, cows, a goat, a few chickens, and several horses.

My grandmother had one husband, one house, two stores, two hands. She was pregnant seven times. She had one miscarriage (a boy) and six live births (daughters). She taught school. She tutored children. She washed dishes, washed clothes, and washed her children’s hair. She bathed babies, made formula, and changed diapers. She stirred hundreds of pots of grits, greens, and purple hull peas. She baked hundreds of hens, pans of cornbread, and oyster dressing....
O Tobacco
Authors: Wilkinson Crystal
Published: May 2023

You are the warm burnt sienna

of my grandfather’s skin

soft like ripe leather.

I cannot see you

any other way

but as a farmer’s finest crop.

You are a Kentucky tiller’s livelihood.

You were school clothes in August.

The turkey at Thanksgiving.

Christmas with all the trimmings....
“Están Haciendo Trabajos Que Ni Siquiera Los Negros Quieren Hacer”
Authors: Comer Nandi
Published: May 2023

—President Vicente Fox, Mexico

Ay diós! We are in the computer lab when I hear it.

A voice purr from a mouth, stain the air. I hear it

whine over our keyboard keys like a sad mosquito

come too late in the season. Ay diós me tienes aquí....
Yes/And
Authors: Rouse Ciona
Published: May 2023

Too early in the blue hour, the starlings screech their yes/and:

needing to gather but not leaving all together. When I say starlings I

think poet. And I wish sometimes to silence my flutter and remember

this is not a competition. We wear almost the same size memories: I sat on the...
Wetback
Authors: Castillo Marcelo Hernandez
Published: May 2023

After the first boy called me a wetback,

I opened his mouth and fed him a spoonful of honey.

I like the way you say “honey,” he said.

I made him a necklace out of the bees that have died in my yard.

How good it must have felt before the small village...
the fifth note
Authors: Wilson Keith S.
Published: May 2023

we are young and nothing

has consequence or if you ask

we say nothing, know

only the moment to moment matters

since any tragedy is, to us, a drivable road (joy

is hourly) and so, so

what. to stitches sewn. and boyish jokes, which—

brushing the webs away in old trucks—keep us...
38
Authors: Soldier Layli Long
Published: May 2023

Here, the sentence will be respected.

I will compose each sentence with care, by minding what the rules of writing dictate.

For example, all sentences will begin with capital letters.

Likewise, the history of the sentence will be honored by ending each one with appropriate punctuation such as a period or question mark, thus bringing the idea to (momentary) completion....
Thumbprint
Authors: Bigos Justin
Published: May 2023

Call it a delayed reaction,

but this morning, opening a bill

with my thumb and paper-cutting

the flesh right beneath the nail,

I cursed, out loud, the motherfuckers

who had sent it to me—again,

I knew, for I have not paid a single

bill for anything in months. This one,...
The Neighborhood Girls Ask Their Manager for a Raise
Authors: Davis Allison Pitinii
Published: May 2023

—Dairy Queen in Youngstown, Ohio

We’re through the way our ponytails

poke through our visors. We’re too old for this,

yet here we are, groveling

like our daddies did. Raise your eyebrows,

raise your questions: What of tips?

What of payroll? What of under-the-counter

acrobatics? Over-under,...
Recyclables
Authors: Hwang Su
Published: May 2023

Scavenging: like a gaze of raccoons, they

Scurry at high noon rummaging

Through black & blue bins—chinks

Of glass & aluminum distress

The scene lunching on American Express

corporate accounts. Fingers snapped

At busboys to fetch the manager: Why can’t you

Call the police? Those people are ruining...
In Line
Authors: Gilliam Diane
Published: May 2023

Last checkout lane at the grocery store, a half-full cart

parked about four feet from the end of the line. No one’s there

so I can’t tell if it’s in line and since I read somewhere

that first-come-first-served is basic to democracy and this is why...
Alabanza
Authors: Espada Martín
Published: May 2023

For the 43 members of Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees

Local 100, working at the Windows on the World restaurant, who

lost their lives in the attack on the World Trade Center

Alabanza. Praise the cook with a shaven head

and a tattoo on his shoulder that said ...
It Was Already Dangerous
Authors: Whitehead Lauren
Published: May 2023

Working the 2–12 shift Driving home in the shiny dark

under the sleepless moon Curling his car around

suburban back roads Almost every day, pushing

drowsily his nice-enough-to-not-get-pulled-over SUV

Iced coffee sugared and milked into cake It was

already dangerous, diabetic as he is, for him to be...
Pride Fight
Authors: Rosal Patrick
Published: May 2023

The 600-lb. man and the 150-lb. man square off.

And people have paid to see these two

nudge each other, blow by bloody blow

(or by submission), as close as possible to death’s

front porch, without sending the other man

through that last gray door....
Work Is
Authors: Lawson Len
Published: May 2023

—with respect to Phillip Levine

Work is

standing outside to shake loose the dawn

with brown paper bag of lunch in one hand

and cigarette lamp to light the world in the other

watching both lanes of highway in front of home

for the ride that will carry you into the jaws of the factory...
Lyft Asks Drivers to Share an Inspiring New Year’s Eve Story, Miami 2019
Authors: Chambless Cathleen
Published: May 2023

Wynwood infests Overtown,

pink high heels, Prada bags, Becky’s,

tons of lyke omg selfies!

I try to explain to teenage passengers,

whose fathers invest in Wynwood,

No, it is not making the neighborhood better.

Meanwhile, Downtown is

a python spewing skyscrapers that

meld and slither over Overtown,...
Prayer for the Workingman
Authors: Bombardier Cooper Lee
Published: May 2023

Sometimes it is the smallest things that surprise you. The kindness of a teamster, for instance. The hammers are already falling by the time my fog fades, but it is early enough, anyway. Roach coaches pace their street corners as possessively as dealers; broad-shouldered men with hard hats and thermoses tucked under their arms wander slowly away from the 22-line bus stop. Pigeons and seagulls flap silently between Dumpsters, gathering breakfast while most of the city still sleeps....
All My Mothers
Authors: Priest Joy
Published: May 2023

live in an alley

at the back of a lawmaker’s mind.

A mind with no imagination

for our reality, they say. With teeth

rowed like cigarettes, factory still,

my mothers sweat through a week

of soil on their skin,

unconcerned with grace.

One has grace and a gold tooth,...
When Those Who Have the Power Start to Lose It, They Panic
Authors: Sipple Savannah
Published: May 2023

They rut young girls.   They come   to play. They carry

their wallets   in front pockets,   checkbooks

in glove boxes.     Money.   No money.   They drink

beer.   They drink bourbon.

[She shouldn’t have been drinking.]

They say shit like

boys will be boys  and   you have to consider his side

of the story     they mean his side of the story   is the only one...
Disparate Impacts
Authors: Metres Philip
Published: May 2023

I’ve moved around

my whole life

Cincinnati Columbus Nashville Cleveland

after I got out

of prison

I was homeless for just

over five years

always in motion

“Judge Boyko … to take senior status”

nobody but nobody

would rent to me

“I intend to maintain...
In the Shadow of Babel
Authors: Jacobs Jessica
Published: May 2023

A run through Wall Street means passing

the ghost of the Meal Market where grains were sold

beside Native and African captives, means,

even in high summer, alleys shaded to night

and cold as snowmelt streams, making it easy to believe

men-who-would-be-gods once built a tower...
Shanty
Authors: Wunderlich Mark
Published: May 2023

No one remembers what became of the people

in the house now swaybacked in the marsh—

not the mice whispering and tunneled in the couch,

not the snapping turtle armored on a log

retracting his hard beak into wrinkled folds like foreskin.

Not my mother who visited the shanty once as a nurse,...
Ghazal Written For the Lids In Downtown Brooklyn Where I Chose My Name
Authors: Candrilli Kayleb Rae
Published: May 2023

I grew up poor, no monogrammed bath towels or duffle bags, nowhere to travel but

into myself.

My mountain had so many small mountains inside of it, and I had breasts. If I had

to give myself

any name then, it would have been hunter or whittler or fire with only flint. Of...
What I Learned About Love and Billionaires in 26 Hours
Authors: Leigh Eugenia
Published: May 2023

As I left my apartment to satiate my Friday night with a herd of Manhattan strangers, I witnessed this: my roommate, a musician in his early thirties, had invited his mother to eat Thai prawns and panang curry while watching Psych together on his laptop in the living room....
The Courier
Authors: Swanberg Mikey
Published: May 2023

even though the cash isn’t yours

it rides in your pocket all day

so that when you hand it over

there is that pang of loss

and then you remember

oh wait     money doesn’t mean anything

beneath these dirty rags

I am an ape

this entire city...
Santa Ana of Grocery Carts
Authors: Girmay Aracelis
Published: May 2023

Santa Ana of grocery carts, truckers,

eggs in the kitchen at 4 a.m., nurses, cleaning ladies,

the saints of ironing, the saints

of tortillas. Santa Ana of cross-guards, tomato pickers,

bakeries of bread in pinks & yellows, sugars.

Santa Ana of Cambodia, Viet Nam, Aztlán...
I Give You Back
Authors: Harjo Joy
Published: May 2023

I release you, my beautiful and terrible

fear. I release you. You were my beloved

and hated twin, but now, I don’t know you

as myself. I release you with all the

pain I would know at the death of

my children.

You are not my blood anymore....
Introduction
Authors: Owen Robert C. , Berman Lazar , Lambeth Benjamin S. , Morgan Forrest E. , Paget Steven
Published: May 2023

This book asks whether or not escalation can be managed between peer air powers, i.e. opponents possessing mutually dangerous air forces. Given the emerged possibility of major conflicts involving powerful air forces in Europe and the Pacific, this question of manageability has great contemporary importance for civil and military leaders, analysts, and students thinking about how to keep things from getting out of hand. In terms of methodology, this study begins with a discussion of the theoretical principles of escalation and escalation management, with particular attention to conventional (non-nuclear) warfare. This is followed by examinations of one military exercise and four conflicts between countries possessing capable air forces. These case studies will respond to three general questions: Why did or did not the political and military leaders of opposing air forces consciously seek to expand or restrain air operations; what were the causes of success or failure of their efforts, and what were the consequences of those successes and failures? Finally, the study will revisit the theoretical argument in light of the answers to those questions.
The Yom Kippur War 1973
Authors: Berman Lazar
Published: May 2023

This chapter examines the force postures and political factors that shaped Israeli and Egyptian escalatory actions. The author argues that shared perceptions of the potential decisiveness of their air forces pushed both sides to preemption. But, unlike the Egyptians, the Israeli operated under domestic and international political restraints that held them back from preemption. Instead, they waited for the Egyptians to attack first and then paid a high price in blood and treasure to recover the initiative and ultimately win the war.
India’s Kargil War 1999
Authors: Lambeth Benjamin S.
Published: May 2023

This was a war started by rogue Pakistani military officers without the approval, or at least the tacit approval, of their civilian leaders. Recognizing the limited nature of the Pakistani aggression and the political, diplomatic, and military dangers involved in attacking the homeland of a nuclear power, the Indian's limited their operations to retaking lost territory and avoided air attacks across the so-called line-of-control that passed for a border in the disputed Kargil region. Similarly, the proper governmental leaders of Pakistan kept their air forces on their side of the line and ultimately forced their military subordinates to withdraw. The two main points of the study are that limited wars are possible under the ceiling of nuclear weapons and that the presence of nuclear weapons place restraints on acceptable conventional actions and attracts at least diplomatic involvement of larger powers in conflicts.
Race Matters in Utopia
Authors: Glover Jacob A.
Published: May 2023

This chapter reviews the origins and religious beliefs of the Shakers at Pleasant Hill in Mercer County, Kentucky. It explores their ties to the slave economy. It examines the lives of Black Shakers in this religious community. And, it stresses the Shakers complicated relationship with the slave economy.
“This Priceless Jewell—Liberty”
Authors: Prichard James M.
Published: May 2023

This chapter offers an in-depth study of the largest attempt of enslave people to escape slavery. It examines controversial background and motives of a twenty-two year old Irish immigrant named Edward "Patrick" Doyle who orchestrated the escape. This chapter looks at the trial and conviction of Doyle. It also provides insights into how the enslaved fugitives were treated after being caught.
Necessary Violence
Authors: Welsko Charles R.
Published: May 2023

This chapter recounts the story of an enslaved man who was pressured to kill his enslaver's rival. It emphasizes the perilous lives of enslaved people and the role of violence as their means of survival. It explores resistance, self-preservation, and community survival.
Unfinished Freedom
Authors: Perrone Giuliana
Published: May 2023

This chapter examines the judicial system's response to a myriad of racial questions regarding slavery and freedom. It reviews cases of Black and white petitioners. It explores the legal communities' resistance to Black freedom during the Reconstruction years.
“Home Ain’t Always Where the Heart Is”
Authors: Fletcher Charlene J.
Published: May 2023

This chapter gives an intimate portrayal of the lives of two Black women domestic laborers. It explores their family backgrounds, work environments, and criminal records. Most importantly, it examines the emotional and physical violence they faced. It reveals that "home" could also be a place of confinement.
Movie Star
Authors: Drew William M.
Published: May 2023

This relates the period when Pearl was employed with the Crystal Company (1912-1914), starring in numerous one-reel films, a period which saw her fame increase; included in this chapter are Pearl's first trip to Europe followed by her divorce from Victor Sutherland upon her return.
The Perils of Pauline
Authors: Drew William M.
Published: May 2023

This is likely the fullest account ever written about the epochal serial of 1914, catapulting Pearl to super-star status. Placing this legendary landmark of early cinema within the context of "the New Woman," the chapter relates the many exciting and hazardous adventures Pearl experienced while filming in Florida, New Jersey, and New York's Adirondacks.
“Elaine, My Moving Picture Queen”
Authors: Drew William M.
Published: May 2023

This describes the making in 1915 of Pearl's next great serial, The Exploits of Elaine, including a full account of the filming of the series at the studio in Ithaca, New York. Also discussed are Pearl's first ventures into feature films, her often mysterious personal life, and the international impact of the "Elaine" serial in Britain, France, and Russia.
The National Heroine
Authors: Drew William M.
Published: May 2023

This chapter deals with the years 1916-17 in which Pearl starred in two serials, The Iron Claw and Pearl of the Army, while also making another feature film, Mayblossom, and directing a film during the course of a Florida vacation. Also included are Pearl's commitment to the suffragette cause, her inspiration to future stars Norma Shearer, Anna May Wong, Barbara Stanwyck and Carole Lombard, and her influence on the fihnmakers ofindia, China and Japan.
Love and War
Authors: Drew William M.
Published: May 2023

This chapter covers the period of 1917-18 and the making of Pearl's serial, The Fatal Ring. It describes her relations with director George B. Seitz and other creative personnel on her serials, her lifestyle and cultural interests, and her participation in wartime activities, leading to her friendships with songwriter Gitz Rice and the man who would become her second husband, actor Wallace Mccutcheon.
Farewell to Serials
Authors: Drew William M.
Published: May 2023

The chapter discusses the release of Pearl's serial, The Lightning Raider, in 1919, followed by the production that same year of The Black Secret, her final serial of the decade. The chapter also discusses the publication and reception of Pearl's autobiography, Just Me, and on the eve of her transition to feature films, the growing opposition of censors to serials.