bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Effect of Ethanolic Extract of Annona muricata L. Leaves on Cerebellum Neurons in Noise-Exposed Adult Wistar Rats
Authors: Astini Dewa Ayu Agung Alit Suka , Yasa I Wayan Putu Sutirta , Jawi I Made , Wande I Nyoman , Apsari Putu Indah Budi , Evayanti Luh Gde
Published: January 2025

Noise is an environmental condition that we encounter in everyday life. The level of noise varies in certain environments, such as work environments, traffic on highways, noise in cafeterias, and others. This exposure can affect the coordination system in our body, such as the cerebellum. Soursop leaf extract has been widely used in traditional medicine, the antioxidant content in this extract has many health benefits. Soursop leaf extract (Annona muricata L.) can be useful as an anti-inflammatory, providing protection to nerve cells from free radicals, and other benefits. This study aims to test the effect of soursop leaf extract on neurons in the cerebellum layer. The study was conducted at the experimental animal stage. The experimental animals used were adult Wistar rats which were divided into 2 control groups and 1 treatment group. Each group consisted of 15 Wistar rats. The treatment group was given ethanol extract of soursop leaves before being exposed to noise. The results showed that there were significant differences in the density of molecular layer nerve fibers, between K- and K+ groups (p=0.000) and P (p=0.015), between K+ and P groups (p=0.015). There was a significant difference in Purkinje cell degeneration in the control and treatment groups, between K- and K+ groups (p=0.000) and P (p=0.003), between K+ and P groups (p=0.015). There was no significant difference in granular cell degeneration in the control and treatment groups, between K- and K+ groups (p=0.061) and P (p=0.838), between K+ and P (p=0.094), but the degeneration was lighter in P than K+. The conclusion of this study is that soursop leaf extract provides protection to neurons in the cerebellum from noise exposure.
Surgical nonunion treatment of large-sized defects of femur and tibia based on the diamond concept
Authors: Findeisen Sebastian , Mennerat Louis , Ferbert Thomas , Helbig Lars , Bewersdorf Tim N. , Großner Tobias , Schamberger Christian , Schmidmaier Gerhard , Tanner Michael
Published: January 2025

Aims

The aim of this study was to evaluate the radiological outcome of patients with large bone defects in the femur and tibia who were treated according to the guidelines of the diamond concept in our department (Centre for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery, and Paraplegiology).

Methods

The following retrospective, descriptive analysis consists of patients treated in our department between January 2010 and December 2021. In total, 628 patients were registered, of whom 108 presented with a large-sized defect (≥ 5 cm). A total of 70 patients met the inclusion criteria. The primary endpoint was radiological consolidation of nonunions after one and two years via a modified Lane-Sandhu Score, including only radiological parameters.

Results

The mean defect size was 6.77 cm (SD 1.86), with the largest defect being 12.6 cm. Within two years after surgical treatment, 45 patients (64.3%) presented consolidation of the previous nonunion. After one year, six patients (8.6%) showed complete consolidation and 23 patients (32.9%) showed a considerable callus formation, whereas 41 patients (58.6%) showed a Lane-Sandhu score of 2 or below. Two years after surgery, 24 patients (34.3%) were categorized as Lane-Sandhu score 4, another 23 patients (32.9%) reached a score of 3, while 14 patients (20.0%) remained without final consolidation (score ≤ 2). A total of nine patients (12.9%) missed the two-year follow-up. The mean follow-up was 44.40 months (SD 32.00). The mean time period from nonunion surgery to consolidation was 16.42 months (SD 9.73)

Conclusion

Patients with presentation of a large-sized nonunion require a structured and sufficiently long follow-up to secure the consolidation of the former nonunion. Furthermore, a follow-up of at least two years is required in order to declare a nonunion as consolidated, given that a significant part of the nonunions declared as not consolidated at one year showed consolidation within the second year. Moreover, the proven “gold standard” of a two-step procedure, so called Masquelet technique, shows effectiveness.

Cite this article: Bone Jt Open 2024;6(1):26–34.
ESTRUTURAÇÃO DE UM PRODUTO EDUCACIONAL PARA A CONSCIENTIZAÇÃO DE PROFISSIONAIS DE SAÚDE ACERCA DA VIOLÊNCIA OBSTÉTRICA
Authors: Pereira Alves Beatriz , Alves dos Santos Almira , Tavares de Lucena Kerle Dayana
Published: January 2025

INTRODUÇÃO: A violência obstétrica, também considerada como violência institucional de gênero, caracteriza-se por atos desrespeitosos em relação à mulher, à sua autonomia, ao seu corpo e aos seus processos reprodutivos. Pode manifestar-se por meio de intervenções desnecessárias sem evidências científicas e através de violência física, psicológica, moral e sexual. OBJETIVO: descrever o processo de estruturação de um produto educacional para a conscientização de profissionais de saúde acerca da violência obstétrica. MATERIAIS E MÉTODO: Trata-se de um estudo descritivo do tipo relato de experiência sobre a elaboração de um produto educacional em formato de crônica literária, desenvolvido no período compreendido entre agosto e novembro de 2023, para a Disciplina de Recursos Educacionais de um Mestrado Profissional em Ensino na Saúde e Tecnologia de uma Universidade Pública do Brasil. RESULTADOS: A concepção do produto, o referencial teórico-metodológico foram desenvolvidos a partir do Método CTM3 e suas três teorias: Análise Transacional, Multisensoralidade e Neurolinguística. CONCLUSÕES: Evidenciou-se que os recursos educacionais surgem como ferramentas relevantes no processo de ensino-aprendizagem no contexto da saúde, sobretudo, porque podem favorecer uma autoanálise crítica e nesse caso, a melhora da qualidade da assistência ginecológica-obstétrica prestada às mulheres.
Exploring for the Metaverse as Novel Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Strategies for Insomnia Management: Retrospective Study
Authors: Yoo Jaesung , Jeon Huisu , Shin Jung-Won , Kim Hyeyun
Published: January 2025

Objectives: This retrospective study aimed to implement cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTi) within the Metaverse, exploring its feasibility as an alternative to traditional face-to-face CBTi sessions. Methods: A total of 49 individuals (41 females) participated in the study, predominantly young adults, with 42.9% in their twenties and 42.9% in their thirties. The Metaverse-based program consisted of a single-session designed to educate participants about healthy sleep habits in line with CBTi principles and guide behaviors conducive to better sleep. The participants reported on their sleep patterns at two intervals: the day following the intervention and again 2 weeks later. Results: The findings revealed that after participating in the Metaverse-based program, there was a reported increase in sleep satisfaction (74.5%) and a reduction in sleep latency (64.4%). Comparison of follow-up results to immediate post-program outcomes revealed no significant differences between the two time points in sleep onset latency (t (34)=1.71, p=0.096), number of wakings (t (34)=0.53, p=0.597), or feeling refreshed upon waking (t (34)=1.89, p=0.067). However, there were significant differences between the two time points in sleep satisfaction (t (34)=2.77, p=0.009). Conclusions: Despite certain limitations, the study highlights the promising potential of the Metaverse as an innovative platform for delivering CBTi, indicating its potential effectiveness in enhancing sleep quality among individuals with sleep disturbances.
Fostering innovation through collaboration: a comparison of collaborative approaches to policy design
Authors: Cordoncillo Acosta Carla , Borrell-Porta Mireia
Published: January 2025

Wicked problems have forced policy makers to develop new strategies for policy design that deal better with complexity. Both cross-sectoral and multi-actor collaboration are presented by collaborative governance advocates as potential solutions. Nevertheless, even if both approaches have been theoretically linked to policy innovation, there is little empirical evidence to support those relationships and none that compare the innovative potential of different collaborative approaches. Using regression analysis, we analysed 529 policy strategies promoted by Barcelona City Council as part of the Pla de Barris (‘neighbourhood plan’) strategy to identify whose participation in policy design is more meaningful in terms of innovation. Within the public sector, both collaborative government and cross-sectoral collaboration appear to be related with policy innovation. However, when non-public actors – in particular, third-sector organisations – get involved in the policy-design process (through co-creation), the innovative potential of the policy output increases significantly.
Policy windows and criminal justice reforms: a Multiple Streams Framework analysis
Authors: Wenzelburger Georg
Published: January 2025

The Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) theorises that policy change is more probable either when problems are coupled with policy solutions during open policy windows or when windows open for other reasons (elections, for example) and policy entrepreneurs succeed in finding a problem to which they can couple their pet policy. In general, the MSF usually expects a linkage between a problem and the policy (or vice versa). This article investigates a policy process where this linkage is much less straightforward. Using recent advances in the MSF and process tracing, this analysis of penal reform in Virginia shows how agenda setting around the idea of getting tough on crime by abolishing parole led to a reform that included two rather different programmatic ideas. On the one hand, parole was indeed abolished, but, on the other, instruments to decarcerate non-violent offenders based on risk assessments were also included – measures that are discussed under the label of ‘smart on crime’. Building on the MSF, the article finds that decision coupling in a context of divided government led to manipulation strategies and package deals that, together with the issue of prison overcrowding surfacing in the problem stream, can explain the reform. Moreover, the analysis shows that while the ‘smart-on-crime’ measures were minor compared to the general tough stance of the reform, they did set in motion a dynamic that yielded strong effects in the medium term, as they can be seen as the starting point of the most recent ‘smart-on-crime wave’ in the US.
Excitatory-inhibitory homeostasis and bifurcation control in the Wilson-Cowan model of cortical dynamics
Authors: Páscoa dos Santos Francisco , Verschure Paul F. M. J.
Published: January 2025

Although the primary function of excitatory-inhibitory (E-I) homeostasis is the maintenance of mean firing rates, the conjugation of multiple homeostatic mechanisms is thought to be pivotal to ensuring edge-of-bifurcation dynamics in cortical circuits. However, computational studies on E-I homeostasis have focused solely on the plasticity of inhibition, neglecting the impact of different modes of E-I homeostasis on cortical dynamics. Therefore, we investigate how the diverse mechanisms of E-I homeostasis employed by cortical networks shape oscillations and edge-of-bifurcation dynamics. Using the Wilson-Cowan model, we explore how distinct modes of E-I homeostasis maintain stable firing rates in models with varying levels of input and how it affects circuit dynamics. Our results confirm that E-I homeostasis can be leveraged to control edge-of-bifurcation dynamics and that some modes of homeostasis maintain mean firing rates under higher levels of input by modulating the distance to the bifurcation. Additionally, relying on multiple modes of homeostasis ensures stable activity while keeping oscillation frequencies within a physiological range. Our findings tie relevant features of cortical networks, such as E-I balance, the generation of gamma oscillations, and edge-of-bifurcation dynamics, under the framework of firing-rate homeostasis, providing a mechanistic explanation for the heterogeneity in the distance to the bifurcation found across cortical areas. In addition, we reveal the functional benefits of relying upon different homeostatic mechanisms, providing a robust method to regulate network dynamics with minimal perturbation to the generation of gamma rhythms and explaining the correlation between inhibition and gamma frequencies found in cortical networks.
A low pre-existing anti-NS1 humoral immunity to DENV is associated with microcephaly development after gestational ZIKV exposure
Authors: Castro-Trujillo Sebastián , Mejía William R. , Segura Katherine , Castro-Meneses Juanita , Vega Rocío , Salgado Doris , Fonseca Carlos E. , Ortiz Ángela M. , Perdomo-Celis Federico , Bosch Irene , Narváez Carlos F.
Published: January 2025

Background

Gestational Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is associated with the development of congenital Zika syndrome (CZS), which includes microcephaly and fetal demise. The magnitude and quality of orthoflavivirus-specific humoral immunity have been previously linked to the development of CZS. However, the role of ZIKV NS1-specific humoral immunity in mothers and children with prenatal ZIKV exposure and CZS remains undefined. In addition, considering that most of the at-risk population lives in dengue virus (DENV)-endemic areas, it is not clear what is the association between pre-existing DENV NS1-specific humoral immunity and CZS.

Methods

Here, we studied 328 mothers and children with a clinical diagnosis and seropositivity for ZIKV infection during pregnancy, included during the 2015–2016 ZIKV epidemic in Colombia. We also performed clinical evaluation and pediatric neurological follow-up. The relative levels of circulating NS1-specific IgM and IgG against ZIKV and DENV were evaluated in mothers and children, and the association with the development of microcephaly was analyzed.

Results

DENV and ZIKV IgG-NS1 antibodies in pregnant women were placentally transferred, and this passage and its duration in children depended on the maternal levels of the antibodies. We reported that higher concentrations of pre-existing DENV, but not ZIKV IgG-NS1 antibodies, were associated with a reduced risk of CZS-related microcephaly. Also, we observed that the IgM-NS1 response in infants is long-term and has a minor association with poor outcomes.

Conclusions

The development of microcephaly in children prenatally exposed to ZIKV is associated with low plasma levels of placentally transferred, pre-existing DENV IgG-NS1 antibodies. These data are compatible with a protective role of anti-NS1 IgG antibodies against ZIKV infection during pregnancy and highlight the promising role of NS1 as an orthoflavivirus vaccine target in high-risk populations.
A Multifaith Space Paradigm for the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Authors: Naqshbandi Muhamad
Published: January 2025

Sacred architecture does not always respond to the needs of specific religious beliefs and practices. Multifaith spaces that explicitly challenge both religious exclusion and the specificity of designated religious settings have the potential to cater to religious and non-religious users alike. In this article, I explicate how my architectural declaration on approaching multifaith space design, dubbed the ‘Designer’s Guide to Sacred Spaces’, can be put into practice. The guide, exemplified with renderings and graphics, is structured as a dictum for architects to consider the conceptual and spatial areas in which multifaith design should exist. Here, I employ this guide to present my design for a conceptual multifaith space proposed for the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. In this analysis, I use Marc Augé’s notion of the non-place to challenge some of the architectural exclusion experienced by practitioners of religion, and Muslims in particular, within modern society. Airports are among the most religiously, ethnically, and geopolitically diverse non-place building typologies. While place can offer the masses identity, the non-place cannot foster an intimate sense of individual identity. The Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport proposal thus offers a paradigm for addressing sacred and religious design needs in the multifaith context.
Heritage and Identity: Neoliberal Mega-Projects in Mecca
Authors: Özerdem Can
Published: January 2025

This article investigates how mass urban development schemes have influenced changes in the urban identity and heritage of Mecca (Saudi Arabia) in connection with recent concepts of mega-events and hosting cities, event legacies, and hyper-identity. The study focuses on the impact of urban neoliberal redevelopment on cultural identity, city image, vernacular architecture, and city residents. This article analyses and compares the historical socio-political impact of mega-events and religious tourism through the concepts of mass gathering events, such as Hajj. It takes up a comprehensive analysis of one of Mecca’s recent state-sponsored urban developments, the Jabal Omar Development Project, and considers how this project’s developers responded to the city’s urban fabric. As an important sacred city for contemporary Islamic societies, and with an exceptionally cosmopolitan social fabric, Mecca’s rapid privatization exemplifies the new neoliberal urban condition led by a series of mega developments, such as hotels and malls, recently undertaken by the Saudi state. By outlining Mecca’s urban conditions, this article highlights the impact of twenty-first century neoliberal urbanism on Mecca’s urban fabric, socio-political context, and ‘new identity’.
The Masjid in Contemporary Islamic Africa, Michelle Moore Apotsos (2021)
Authors: Teriba Adedoyin
Published: January 2025

Review of: The Masjid in Contemporary Islamic Africa, Michelle Moore Apotsos (2021)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 288 pp., 48 b&w illus.,

ISBN: 9781108473347 (hardback), $80.00
Dampak Pemberian Air Susu Ibu Terhadap Pertumbuhan Bayi pada Usia 0-6 Bulan dengan Riwayat Berat Lahir Rendah di Puskesmas Kota Makassar Tahun 2020-2022
Authors: Firman Sri Rahayu , Darmawansyih Darmawansyih , Jalaluddin Syatirah , Anastasia Rizka
Published: January 2025

Latar belakang. Pertumbuhan bayi dengan riwayat berat lahir rendah dapat mempengaruhi pertumbuhan dan perkembangan bayi selanjutnya, karena berat lahir yang kurang membutuhkan waktu untuk mencapai berat badan yang normal. Pemberian ASI dapat mengoptimalkan pertumbuhan bayi karena dapat mencukupi seluruh unsur kebutuhan bayi baik fisik, psikologi, maupun sosial. Tujuan. Mengetahui hubungan pemberian ASI terhadap pertumbuhan bayi pada usia 0-6 bulan dengan riwayat berat lahir rendah di puskesmas kota Makassar.Metode. Penelitian analitik obsevasional dengan desain cross sectional dilakukan di puskesmas kota makassar pada bulan November-Desember 2022. Kriteria inklusi adalah bayi berusia 0-6 bulan, bayi usia >6-60 bulan yang memiliki data berat badan dan panjang badan lengkap pada usia 0-6 bulan, ibu yang bersedia menjadi responden dan tidak memiliki kendala dalam berkomunikasi, tinggal di wilayah puskesmas Tamagapa, Antang, Bira, dan Jongaya. Kriteria eksklusi adalah bayi yang sedang sakit kronis, memiliki kelainan kongenital, meninggal saat penelitian, dan ibu yang berpindah domisili saat penelitian berlangsung. Hasil. Hasil uji bivariat chi square menunjukkan adanya hubungan pemberian ASI terhadap pertumbuhan berat badan dan panjang badan menurut umur bayi (p 0,000). Bayi yang diberikan ASI memiliki pertumbuhan (BB/U) normal sebanyak 78 bayi (48,8%) dan yang tidak normal sebanyak 15 bayi (9,4%) Sedangkan bayi yang diberikan ASI memiliki pertumbuhan (PB/U) normal sebanyak 58 bayi (36,3%) dan yang tidak normal sebanyak 35 bayi (21,9%).Kesimpulan. Terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara pemberian ASI terhadap pertumbuhan bayi pada usia 0-6 bulan dengan riwayat berat lahir rendah.
From Dialogue to Engagement: Experiences of Civil Society Organizations in Religious Literacy Programs for Multicultural Education Curriculum in Indonesia
Authors: M. Amin Abdullah
Published: January 2025

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to learn about civil society organizations' experiences in cross-cultural religious literacy programs and what should be done to maintain harmonious, non-conflictual relations between people of different religions and beliefs
Design/methods/approach – This study was conducted to explore in-depth information about the experiences of civil society organizations (CSOs) in cross-cultural religious literacy programs. One of the CSOs in Indonesia mentioned in this research is the Leimena Institute, which shares its experience in various literacy activities, including cross-cultural literacy. The purpose of this study is to learn about the experience of civil society organizations in cross-cultural religious literacy programs, not to mention to find out what should be done to maintain harmonious-non-conflictual relations between people of religion and belief. The data for this qualitative research was taken from related documents.
Findings – There are international interfaith documents that speak of the importance of building togetherness in organizing life for the better. The dialog process is one of the efforts that can be carried out to allow the spread of the spirit of cross-cultural religious literacy, to bring up a multicultural-multireligious education curriculum.
Research implications/limitations – This research has theoretical and ideological implications for producing educational innovation. The efforts made by the Islamic community and the international community have a positive impact on efforts to build a broad educational network. As a result, the predictions of future education that is multicultural and multireligious will be able to be faced calmly and fully prepared
Originality/value – This research illustrates how dialogues will build good engagement and produce significant changes in the world of education towards a multicultural-multireligious future education
The Dialectical Ecologist
Authors: Foster John Bellamy , Clark Brett
Published: January 2025

In January's Review of the Month, John Bellamy Foster and Brett Clark revisit the legacy of scientist and MR author Richard Levins, from his "red diaper" infancy to his agroecological work in Cuba and his contributions to Marxian ecological thinking as a whole. "As a dialectical ecologist," they write, "Levins proposed that we ask the big questions, as part of understanding why the world came to be organized in a particular way, and how it might be different."
The Extreme Court
Authors: Piercy Marge
Published: January 2025

A new poem by Marge Piercy.
Transforming regional agrifood systems. Exploring values and reflecting normativity and solution-orientation
Authors: Eser Uta , Bieling Claudia
Published: January 2025

Abstract What is the role of sustainability science in transforming regional agrifood systems? How can ethical reflection contribute to transformative change, and how can we deal with normativity in this kind of research? This paper reflects on a research project that used
creative methods to stimulate ethically informed debates about the future of agriculture.Based on the leverage points perspective, the transdisciplinary research project, Eco-Valuation, aimed to understand how communication about values can promote transformation processes in regional
agrifood systems. Creative methods were used to stimulate debates about values. The project’s approach and key findings give rise to questions regarding the ethics of sustainability science. How can ethical reflection provide practical solutions to conflicts? By emphasising mutual recognition
and discriminating between person and action, ethicists can facilitate a discourse about the desirability of different kinds of futures and ways to achieve them. How can the use of normative concepts in such a project be justified and handled? Interpreting local actors’ values in philosophical
terms inevitably entails normativity. As facilitators of a process geared around practical cooperation, sustainability scientists should display honesty, modesty, and critical self-reflexivity.
Covid-19 Sürecinde Yüksek Öğretim Kurumlarında Kriz Yönetimi (Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi Örneği)
Authors: ÖZTÜRK Cebrail , ARABACI İmam Bakır
Published: January 2025

Yakın zamanda yaşanan koronavirüs krizinin eğitim örgütleri üzerinde olumsuz etkiler oluşturması, kriz ile ilgili araştırmaların öneminin artmasını sağlamıştır. Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi üst düzey yöneticileri, akademisyenleri ve idari personelin görüşleri doğrultusunda bu araştırma, koronavirüs salgınının ortaya çıkmasından bu yana ortaya çıkan krize yönelik nasıl çaba sarf edildiğini değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma, tarama modeli çerçevesinde yürütülmüştür. Araştırmanın evreni 2022-2023 eğitim-öğretim yılında Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesinde görev yapan çalışanlardan oluşmaktadır. Araştırma evrenindeki personel erişilebilir olması nedeniyle örneklem almaya gerek duyulmamış olup tüm personelden veri toplanmıştır. Araştırma verileri "Kriz Yönetim Ölçeği" ile toplanmıştır. Araştırmada, koronavirüs krizinin yönetilmesinde katılımcıların görüşlerine göre kurumların krize hazırlıklı olmasının krizi önlemede veya Krizin kuruma vereceği hasarın büyüklüğünün azaltılmasında önemli etkiye sahip olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca katılımcı görüşlerinde cinsiyet, yaş, öğrenim durumu ve görev değişkeninde anlamlı farklılıklar bulunmamıştır.
Görsel Öğrenme Bağlamında Animasyon Filmlerin Fen Eğitimi ve Bilim Öğretimi Açısından İncelenmesi
Authors: KÜÇÜKALİ Tuğçe , ÖNEN ÖZTÜRK Fatma
Published: January 2025

Fen öğretim programı yapılandırmacı eğitim temelinde şekillendirilmiştir. Yapılandırmacılıkta konular deneyler, etkinlikler, karikatürler, filmler vb araçların kullanımıyla zenginleştirilmelidir. Böylece öğretim ortamının farklı yöntem-tekniklerle yapılandırılması sağlanmalıdır. Öğretim sürecinde öğrencilerin aktif olmalarını sağlayabilecek araçlardan birisi de görsel öğrenme araçlarıdır. Araştırmada bu bağlamda öğrenci yaş grubuna bağlı olarak animasyon filmlerin oldukça etkili görsel araçlar olabileceği düşünülmektedir. Bu araştırmada görsel öğrenme araçlarından biri olan animasyon filmlerin fen eğitimi ve bilim öğretimi bağlamında incelenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırma nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden doküman incelemesi ile yapılmıştır. Araştırmadaki filmler IMDb listesinde en yüksek puan alanlar arasından belirlenmiş; ayrıca fen eğitimi alanında üç uzmanın görüşüne de sunulmuş ve buna bağlı olarak 6 adet film, araştırmaya dahil edilmiştir. Araştırma verilerinin analizi, içerik analiziyle gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmadan elde edilen sonuçlar doğrultusunda çocukların animasyon filmleri izledikten sonra ne gibi bilgiler edindikleri, yaş grubuna bağlı olarak seçilebilecek filmlerin belirlenmesi ve bu filmlerin fen eğitimi ve bilim öğretimi bağlamında nasıl kullanılabileceği gibi başlıklar ortaya konmuştur.
Students’ L2 grit, foreign language anxiety and language learning achievement: a latent profile and mediation analysis
Authors: Liu Honggang , Li Xiaoxue , Guo Gongwei
Published: January 2025

L2 (second language) grit, an essential personal resource involving perseverance of effort and consistency of interest, has been well documented via a variable-centred method. The current study employed latent profile analysis (LPA), a person-centred approach, to identify the potential profiles of L2 grit, moving beyond previous studies by recognizing student heterogeneity. Drawing on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study also examined the relationship between L2 grit, foreign language anxiety, and achievement within the identified profiles of L2 grit. Three profiles of L2 grit were disclosed, namely, “medium effort and interest”, “great effort but weak interest”, and “great effort and interest”. The facilitative function of foreign language anxiety on achievement was realised only for those within the “great effort and interest” profile, which was interpreted as the optimal configuration of personal resources from the lens of COR theory. This study generated insights for future studies on this topic.
Vasa previa guidelines and their supporting evidence
Authors: McMahon Carine , Laiu Shelene , Oyelese Yinka , Rolnik Daniel L.
Published: January 2025

Introduction

Vasa previa (VP) is a serious pregnancy complication in which fetal vessels, unprotected by the umbilical cord, run across or within close proximity to the internal cervical os, which can potentially result in fetal exsanguination in the event of membrane rupture. There is global consensus that women with antenatally diagnosed VP should have caesarean delivery prior to onset of labour to prevent the catastrophic complications of VP. However, there is variability in the approach to management of these women antenatally, particularly regarding hospitalisation and timing of steroid administration and delivery.

Content

In this review, we aim to compare the VP guidelines of four prominent obstetric advisory bodies: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG), The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) and The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) with a particular focus on antenatal hospitalisation, administration of steroids, and timing of birth in asymptomatic patients. We also aim to evaluate the evidence cited to support their recommendations.

Current guidelines are based on low-quality evidence that often does not include insights from recent studies and are vague in their recommendations for antenatal hospitalisation and timing of delivery.

Outlook

More robust evidence for management of VP is needed to inform future guidelines.
The cytotoxic and antiproliferative effect of Polygala saponin XLIV on the human colorectal carcinoma cell line
Authors: Becer Eda , Hanoğlu Azmi , Ünlü Ayşe , Aydın Zübeyde Uğurlu , Dönmez Ali A. , Jurt Simon , Vatansever Seda H. , Çalış İhsan
Published: January 2025

Objectives

Saponins are secondary metabolites naturally found in plants with diverse pharmacological properties such as anticancer. This research aimed to explore the anti-cancer properties of Polygalasaponin XLIV (PS-XLIV) in a human colorectal carcinoma cell line derived from Polygala vulgaris roots.

Methods

HCT166 cells were treated with different PS-XLIV concentrations and incubated for 24 and 48 h. We used immunocytochemistry to investigate PS-XLIV’s anti-cancer properties, employing antibodies targeting WNT3A, WNT11, STAT3, β-catenin, and Ki-67. The IC50 value of PS-XLIV was 80 μg/mL in HCT116 cells. WNT11, STAT3, β-catenin, and Ki-67. Immunoreactivities significantly decreased in PS-XLIV-treated HCT116 cells than in control group cells.

Results

After PS-XLIV treatment, the epithelial morphology of cells was protected; however, the number of cells was less than that of the control group cells. While WNT3A immunoreactivity was similar in both groups, WNT11 and β-catenin immunoreactivities were decreased after PS-XLIV application. In addition, the PS-XLIV treated group exhibited significantly weaker Ki-67 immunoreactivity, STAT3 immunoreactivty was moderated after PS-XLIV application.

Conclusions

For the first time, the anticancer effects of PS-XLIV isolated from P. vulgaris on HCT116 cells were shown. The anticancer effect may involve PS-XLIV reducing WNT11, β-catenin, STAT3, and Ki-67 activation pathways in HCT116 cells.
PRODUCCIÓN DE ALMIDÓN RESISTENTE DE MALANGA (Colocasia esculenta)
Authors: Guzmán De la Hoz L. E. , Bello Pérez L. A. , De la Cruz Medina J. , León García E. , García Galindo H. S.
Published: January 2025

El almidón, principal fuente de carbohidratos en la dieta, está compuesto por dos polisacáridos: amilosa y amilopectina. Según su velocidad de hidrolización, se clasifica en almidón de digestión rápida (ARD), lenta (ALD) y resistente (AR), este último con importantes beneficios para la salud. La malanga (Colocasia esculenta), planta de rápido crecimiento con cormos comestibles y buen valor nutricional, es ideal para obtener AR debido a su alto contenido de almidón. El objetivo de este trabajo fue obtener almidón resistente a partir de cormos de malanga mediante los procesos de: extrusión, anillado (ANN) y térmico/enzimático. Para llevar a cabo este objetivo se elaboró harina de malanga de la que se obtuvo AR por los tres métodos mencionados. Los resultados mostraron que las mejores condiciones para obtención de AR por extrusión fueron temperatura = 50 ̊C, humedad = 32 % y 75 rpm obteniendo 11.28 % AR; para el método térmico/enzimático la mejor combinación fue 10.6 U/g y 12 h, del cual se obtuvo 8.56 % AR y para el ANN se estabilizó la humedad al 70%. Se encontró que el mejor método para la producción de AR fue el ANN debido a que fue el único que aumentó el % AR de la harina nativa con 23.35 %.
PORCENTAJE DE EQUINOS VACUNADOS CONTRA TÉTANOS EN EL MUNICIPIO DE GUANAJUATO
Authors: Herrera-Galván A. , De León Corona E. , Avila Ramos F.
Published: January 2025

El tétanos es una enfermedad causada por endotoxinas de la bacteria Clostridium
tetani gram positiva de distribución mundial considerada una enzootia en países tropicales con poblaciones de bajo desarrollo lugares donde los programas de profilácticos no se encuentran bien establecidos. La presente investigación tiene como objetivo determinar el porcentaje de equinos del municipio de Guanajuato vacunados contra el tétanos. La información se obtuvo de la unión Ganadera local Santa Fe de Guanajuato por medio de 76 encuestas de una población de los 283 registrados en el municipio donde identificamos al propietario, al equino, su edad, edad, raza, sexo y preguntas para conocer si están vacunados o no. En los resultados se encontró que sólo el 36.98% de quinos encuestados han sido vacunados contra tétanos como medida preventiva, además, el 5.47% del total de la población encuestada ha tenido al menos un equino diagnosticado tentativamente con tétanos que termino en la muerte. Los resultados obtenidos son una evidencia que permite observar la falta de profilaxis contra el tétanos en los caballos de municipio de Guanajuato independientemente de su valor comercial y uso.
The research museum – a place of integrated knowledge production
Authors: Trischler Helmuth
Published: January 2025

Natural history museums have a longstanding history as sites of vital research based on their enormously rich collections, dating back to the late nineteenth century. Today they mostly position themselves as institutions of biodiversity research with their scientific programmes centre-stage and their public galleries as secondary activity. In contrast, museums of science and technology have long been struggling with their role in advancing the production and dissemination of knowledge based on object-oriented research. In his position as Head of Research at the Deutsches Museum, Germany’s leading museum of science and technology, from 1993 until his retirement in 2024, the author of this article has advocated for the inextricable integration of the fields of research, research infrastructure, and public mediation and communication. He has continuously sought to explore new avenues for realising the vision of the ‘integrated research museum’ that connects these three fields as closely as possible. In this article, he discusses the add-on value of integrating research into museums at various levels.
In conversation: photographic curatorship and photographic cultures in museums and research institutions
Authors: Edwards Elizabeth , Caraffa Costanza , Quinn Ruth
Published: January 2025

In this article, Curator of Photography and Photographic Technology, Ruth Quinn talks to Professor Elizabeth Edwards and Dr Costanza Caraffa, two leading thinkers on photography. As a historical and visual anthropologist, and former Curator of Photographs at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Professor Elizabeth Edwards has transformed perceptions of photographs as material objects. Dr Costanza Caraffa is Head of the Photothek at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz. Caraffa has developed leading approaches to the interaction between photographic, archival and academic practice, advocating for archives as places where research is generated, not only through the act of managing, categorising and re-categorising photographs.
DO EVOLUCIONISMO CLÁSSICO AO PARTICULARISMO HISTÓRICO NA ANTROPOLOGIA: PRINCIPAIS IDEIAS
Authors: Soilo Andressa Nunes
Published: January 2025

O presente ensaio visa apresentar sucintamente principais ideias e relações entre o pensamento evolucionista cultural clássico do século XIX e a escola do particularismo histórico proposto por Franz Boas no início do século XX a partir dos livros “Evolucionismo Cultural: textos de Morgan, Tylor e Frazer” (2005) e “Franz Boas – Antropologia Cultural” (2004) de Celso Castro. Tais perspectivas marcaram o início da antropologia enquanto ciência humana capaz de compreender o homem e sua cultura.
A EMERGÊNCIA DISCURSIVA DO CONCEITO DE “PIONEIRO ITALIANO” COMO MARCADOR IDENTITÁRIO E DELIMITADOR DE FRONTEIRAS ÉTNICAS
Authors: Santos Miriam de Oliveira
Published: January 2025

O objetivo desse artigo é analisar a emergência do conceito de “Pioneiro Italiano” na região nordeste do Rio Grande do Sul, entendido como um marcador identitário e delimitador de uma fronteira étnica entre “brasileiros” e imigrantes e descendentes de imigrantes italianos. A metodologia utilizada é a revisão bibliográfica sobre o tema. Consideramos que o conceito emerge simultaneamente à ascensão política e econômica dos imigrantes italianos e seus descendentes.
HAPPY FEET E A MARCHA DOS PINGUINS COMO PROMOTORES DE EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL E SUA REPRESENTAÇÃO DE CULTURA E NATUREZA
Authors: Da Conceição Daniel Machado
Published: January 2025

A educação ambiental pode ser entendida como uma das formas de conscientizar as novas gerações da população global a conviver com outros organismos e animais para além de visualizar apenas ao que lhe é semelhante. O trabalho tem como tema a educação ambiental percebida a partir de seu desenvolvimento em dois filmes: a animação "Happy Feet - O Pinguim" (2005) e o documentário "A Marcha dos Pinguins" (2004), ambos apresentam uma população de animais exposta ao ambiente inóspito do continente Antártico. Os filmes transitam entre o identificar-se com o humano e o guardar as características de não-humano. O desafio passa a ser identificar a maneira de sua utilização como ferramenta de educação ambiental, na efetiva reordenação das práticas culturais do animal simbólico.
ARQUEOLOGIA – ANTROPOLOGIA OU HISTÓRIA? ORIGENS E TENDÊNCIAS DE UM DEBATE EPISTEMOLÓGICO
Authors: Symanski Luís Cláudio Pereira
Published: January 2025

Ao longo do século XX um debate marcou a arqueologia, sobretudo a norte-americana, deveriam os arqueólogos se ater a uma produção de conhecimento histórico, restringindo suas explicações às particularidades de cada caso? Ou almejar a uma meta mais ampla, buscando extrair dos eventos únicos regularidades mais gerais sobre o comportamento humano, gerando, assim, uma produção de conhecimento tida como verdadeiramente antropológica? Embora tal debate seja mais comumente relacionado à emergência da nova arqueologia dos anos 60, ele foi recorrente na antropologia e arqueologia norte-americanas desde, pelo menos, o segundo terço daquele século. De fato, o movimento pendular entre metas particularistas e generalizantes marcou não somente a arqueologia, mas a própria antropologia ao longo do século XX. Este trabalho tem por propósito, por um lado, analisar as origens e o desenvolvimento deste debate, cujas posições se traduzem na polarização entre explanação e interpretação, e, por outro, discutir as abordagens teóricas mais recentes, que buscam superar essa dicotomia com base, sobretudo, no relacionismo metodológico das teorias da prática.
A ECOLOGIA E O SAGRADO: A TRAJETÓRIA ANTROPOLÓGICA DE UMA COSMOLOGIA CONTEMPORÂNEA
Authors: Postali Cruz Patrícia , Pereira Neto Francisco
Published: January 2025

Este trabalho consiste numa abordagem teórica e tem como objetivo principal aproximar discussões clássicas da antropologia e sociologia da religião a uma questão emergente na sociedade contemporânea: a questão ecológica. Para isso, será realizada, primeiramente, uma análise, aproximando autores clássicos e contemporâneos, em torno dos principais conceitos sobre o tema como: religião, magia e secularização. Em seguida, será retomado um estudo histórico realizado por Keith Thomas (2010) em torno das mudanças nas sensibilidades europeias com a natureza. O propósito é demonstrar como diferentes sensibilidades em torno da natureza vão sendo formulados nas construções de visões de mundo guiadas por questões religiosas. Por fim, após breve discussão sobre o processo de secularização na sociedade contemporânea, discutiremos como a questão ecológica emerge expressivamente nas mudanças das formas de habitar e ver o mundo, aproximando o campo religioso à questão ecológica.
ESTRATÉGIAS PARA UMA ARQUEOLOGIA DA AUTO-LIBERAÇÃO
Authors: Orser Jr. Charles E.
Published: January 2025

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Authors: Tempass Mártin César , Ribeiro Loredana , Pereira Neto Francisco
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Sound in Japanese Art in the 1970s
Authors: Tomotaro Kaneko
Published: January 2025

This essay attempts to provide an overview of sound-related works in Japanese art from the early to mid-1970s. It then examines how these works have changed from works of the previous period, referring to the context of Japanese art as a whole and society at the time.
Revisiting Hungry Listening
Authors: Cvetkovich Ann , Waterman Ellen , Wong Deborah
Published: January 2025

This coauthored essay is an invited response to Dylan Robinson’s 2021 book Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies. The invitation built on his original act of holding space for settler engagement in the conclusion of the book, for which he had asked Waterman and Wong to contribute a dialogue. The authors reflect on prompts provided by Robinson and engage in an iterative, dialogical reflection on how Hungry Listening changed their approaches to decolonial practice, positionality, and being-in-relation through sound. Cvetkovich addresses the book’s impact on her approach to affect, sensory experience, Canadian vs. US vs. Indigenous approaches to affect, and the importance of listening in feminist and queer cultures. She also reflects on how Hungry Listening changed her understanding of the Vancouver and the Fraser River Valley areas. Waterman writes about how the book sharpened her commitment to listening and writing as method and cultural poesis, explored through her ongoing multisensory practice-based research with d/Deaf musicians. She considers her attempts at “attunement,” an embodied critical listening that un/decenters the settler self, and its implications for sound studies and listening studies. Wong reflects on Robinson’s challenge to liberal humanism and its implications for US-based ethnomusicology. She offers a granular example of DJing the crossfade during live radio broadcasts as a place to attempt reciprocal rather than hungry listening. All three authors reflect on the new models for listening demanded by the book and recommit to continued effort to listen differently. Each offers examples of their positioned listening practices and considers how those practices are more akin to visiting since reading Hungry Listening.
On Leaving Things Out
Authors: Veeraraghavan Lee
Published: January 2025

This article describes a difficult dilemma faced by the author because of her involvement in activism against oil and gas pipelines in Canada. The dilemma was produced by the combination of state surveillance, colonial divide-and-conquer tactics that create epistemological uncertainty in activist communities, and the imperative to produce ethical research with Indigenous people. Following an extended period of lateral violence during which the author completed her PhD dissertation, she emerged into a political and disciplinary landscape in which key aspects of her research became unsayable and illegible. At the same time, Dylan Robinson’s Hungry Listening covered very similar terrain in rather different ways to great acclaim. The author situates this duality in the contexts of disciplinary convergence within music studies and political threats to academia and suggests a capacious approach to handling academic controversies in this climate.
Hearing Aids, or notes on pedagogies of listening otherwise
Authors: Chuh Kandice
Published: January 2025

This essay offers a series of meditations on the questions, What/who are we listening to? What/who are we listening for? How can we do either and both better? Thinking alongside Dylan Robinson’s enjoinder to attend to the coloniality of normative, institutional listening practices, Chuh amplifies his emphasis on how we may attune to and elicit subjects and pedagogies organized around collegiality and mutuality instead of the devouring will to knowledge characteristic of colonial ways of knowing and being.
Pemanfaatan Galon Bekas untuk Media Tanam Hidroponik dalam Upaya Menciptakan Konservasi Lingkungan di Universitas Ivet Semarang
Authors: Merli Merli Apriyantika
Published: January 2025

Kegiatan konservasi yang bisa dilakukan oleh diri kita sendiri yaitu tidak membuang sampah sembarangan, melakukan kegiatan menanam disekitar rumah, dan memilih mana yang sampah organik dan sampah an organik Pemanfaatan sampah an organik misalnya merupakan kegiatan dalam rangka melestarikan alam di Indonesia, Hidroponik adalah cara bercocok tanam tanpa menggunakan tanah, hidroponik ini merupakan cara budidaya tanaman baik tanaman sayur dan tanaman buah-buahan. Lokasi penelitian ada di Universitas Ivet Semarang. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk memanfaatkan sampah plastik galon bekas yang tidak terpakai menjadi tanam hidroponik sederhana di Lingkungan kampus Univeritas Ivet Kota Semarang. Hasil penelitian yang diperoleh adalah pemanfaatan galon bekas air mineral untuk hidroponik secara sederhana dapat dilakukan dengan mudah dan mendukung kegiatan konservasi lingkungan.
Bryophytes of the Cerrado: a floristic study in an urban area and in two conservation units in eastern Maranhão, Brazil
Authors: Carvalho Francimária Vasconcelos , dos Santos Silva José Augusto , Ilkiu-Borges Anna Luiza , Pinheiro Costa Denise , Santos Fernandes Rozijane
Published: January 2025

Bryophyte studies in the Cerrado Maranhense over the last five years have revealed 42 newly recorded species of bryophytes. Although the highest concentration of studies have been undertaken in east‑ ern Maranhão, there are still areas there that have not been inventoried, such as the conservation units in the municipality of Chapadinha. Herein, we inventory the bryophytes in this municipality. Data were obtained from bryophyte specimens deposited in the herbarium Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Maranhão and additional material collected by us. We identified 303 specimens representing 54 species, which included two hornworts, 25 liverworts, and 27 mosses. Two species are newly reported from the state: Plagiochila subplana Lindenb. and Fissidens subulatus Mitt.; the distribution of the latter species is extended into the Brazilian Cerrado. Our study shows the importance of increasing sampling efforts for bryophytes in Maranhão and highlights the diversity of these Cerrado formations.