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DFT-based investigation of solvation of Nd(III)/Yb(III) cations in room-temperature ionic-liquid
Authors: Ash Tamalika , Windus Theresa L.
Published: October 2023

We report a DFT study on the solvation of bare rare-earth (RE) cations [Nd(III) and Yb(III)] in the room-temperature ionic-liquid (RTIL) based on 1,3-dimethyl-imidazolium+, PF6-, [MMI][PF6]. In the present article, we aim to investigate whether the chosen RTIL can preferentially solvate any of the RE cations under study. First, the RTIL binding to the RE cation is studied in the gas phase, and then explored with continuum solvation models employing RTIL parameters. First, we considered the formation of the first solvation shell, where the PF6- anions directly bond with the Ln(III) cation. We then further surrounded the first solvation shell with [MMI]+ cations to form the second solvation shell. The stability of PF6- coordinated complexes is studied by calculating the binding energy values. The number of PF6- anions for both Ln(III) cations starts with three ligands and goes until the maximum binding energy in the RTIL medium is reached. The coordination number and binding modes of PF6- depend on the size of the RE cation. Comparing the binding energy values between the RE cations for the first solvation shell complexes, it is noticed that Yb-complexes have relatively greater binding energy than Nd-complexes. We have further performed a Boltzmann analysis to find out the most dominant conformer among each category of PF6- coordinated complexes. A study using Natural Population Analysis shows that after complexation with PF6- the charge on the Yb-centers lower to a greater extent than Nd-centers, implying stronger bonding between Yb and PF6-, which is in harmony with the binding energy analysis. Overall, the computational investigation provides an in-depth understanding of the complexation phenomena of RE cations in RTIL, which can be useful for the practical separation of RE cations using RTIL.
Comprehensive Encoding of Conformational and Compositional Protein Structural Ensembles through mmCIF Data Structure
Authors: Wankowicz Stephanie , Fraser James
Published: October 2023

In their folded state, biomolecules exchange between multiple conformational states, crucial for their function. However, most structural models derived from experiments and computational predictions only encode a single state. To represent biomolecules more accurately, we must move towards modeling and predicting structural ensembles. Information about structural ensembles exists within experimental data from X-ray crystallography and cryo electron microscopy (cryoEM). While new tools are available to detect conformational and compositional heterogeneity that exist within these ensembles, the legacy PDB data structure does not robustly encapsulate this complexity. We propose modifications to the Macromolecular Crystallographic Information File (mmCIF) to improve the representation and interrelation of conformational and compositional heterogeneity. These modifications will enable improved tools to capture macromolecular ensembles in a way that is human and machine interpretable, potentially catalyzing breakthroughs for ensemble-function predictions, analogous to AlphaFold's achievements with single structure prediction.
Unaddressed Uncertainties When Scaling Regional Aircraft Emissions Surveys to Basin Emission Estimates
Authors: Zimmerle Daniel , Dileep Sonu , Quinn Casey
Published: October 2023

Wide-area aerial methods provide comprehensive screening of methane emissions from oil and gas (O&G) facilities in production basins. Emissions detections (`plumes') from these studies are also frequently scaled to basin level. However, little information exists to determine if plumes detected fugitive emissions or known, reported, maintenance activities. This study analyzed an aircraft field study in the Denver-Julesberg basin to quantify how often plumes identified maintenance events, using a geospatial inventory of 12,629 O&G facilities with facility outlines. Study partners (7 midstream and production operators) provided timing and location of 5910 maintenance events that occurred in a 6-week period. Results indicated three substantial uncertainties with potential bias unaddressed by current prior studies. First, plumes often detect maintenance events, which short-duration, large, and poorly estimated by aircraft methods: 9.2% to 48% [35% to 62%] of plumes on production were likely due to known maintenance events. Second, data indicated that plumes on midstream facilities were both infrequent and unpredictable, calling into question whether these estimates were representative of midstream emissions. Finally, 4 plumes attributed to O&G, representing 19% of all emissions, were not aligned with any location that would logically create emissions. While it is unclear how frequently this occurs, in this study it had material impact on emissions estimates and was detectable only with complete geospatial information. While aircraft emissions detection remains a powerful tool for identifying methane emissions on oil and gas facilities, this study indicates that additional data inputs, such as detailed GIS data, a more nuanced analysis of emission persistence and frequency, and improved sampling strategies are required to accurately scale plume estimates to basin emissions.
Determining the Key Vibrations for Spin Relaxation in Ruffled Cu(II) Porphyrins via Resonance Raman Spectroscopy
Authors: Kazmierczak Nathanael , Lopez Nathan , Luedecke Kaitlin , Hadt Ryan
Published: October 2023

Pinpointing vibrational mode contributions to electron spin relaxation (T1) constitutes a key goal for developing molecular quantum bits (qubits) with long room temperature coherence times. However, there remains no consensus to date as to the energy and symmetry of the relevant modes that drive relaxation. Here, we analyze a series of three geometrically-tunable S = ½ Cu(II) porphyrins with varying degrees of ruffling distortion in the ground state. Theoretical calculations predict that increased distortion should activate low-energy ruffling modes (~50 cm-1) for spin-phonon coupling, thereby causing faster spin relaxation in distorted porphyrins. However, experimental T1 times do not follow the degree of ruffling, with the highly distorted copper tetraisopropylporphyrin (CuTiPP) even displaying room-temperature coherence. Local mode fitting indicates that the true vibrations dominating T1 lie in the energy regime of bond stretches (~200 – 300 cm-1), which are comparatively insensitive to the degree of ruffling. We employ resonance Raman (rR) spectroscopy to determine vibrational modes possessing both the correct energy and symmetry to drive spin-phonon coupling. The rR spectra uncover a set of mixed symmetric stretch vibrations from 200 – 250 cm-1 that explain the trends in temperature-dependent T1. These results indicate that molecular spin-phonon coupling models systematically overestimate the contribution of ultra-low-energy distortion modes to T1, pointing out a key deficiency of existing theory. Furthermore, this work highlights the untapped power of rR spectroscopy as a tool for building spin-dynamics structure-function relationships in molecular quantum information science.
Chloromethylation of Lignin as a Route to Functional Material with Catalytic Properties in Cross-Coupling and Click Reactions
Authors: Mohan Mahendra Kothottil , Silenko Oleg , Krasnou Illia , Volobujeva Olga , Kulp Maria , Ošeka Maksim , Lukk Tiit , Karpichev Yevgen
Published: October 2023

We present a novel, greener chloromethylation procedure for organosolv aspen lignin under mild reaction conditions without Lewis acid as a catalyst and in acetic acid as a solvent. This synthetic protocol provides a reliable approach to chloromethylated lignin (CML) and means to obtain valuable lignin derivatives The resulted CML was subsequently transformed into 1-methylimidazolium lignin (ImL), which effectively serves as a stabilizing agent for Pd/CuO nanoparticles (Pd/CuO-NPs). To evaluate the versatility of developed lignin-based catalyst, we investigate its performance in a series of carbon-carbon bond formation reactions, including Suzuki-Miyaura, Sonogashira, Heck reactions, and azide-alkyne cycloaddition (click) reaction. Remarkably, this catalyst exhibited a high degree of catalytic efficiency, resulting in reactions with yields ranging from average to excellent. The heterogeneous catalyst demonstrated outstanding recyclability, enabling its reuse for at least 10 consecutive reaction cycles, with yields consistently falling within the range of 42% to 84%. A continuous flow reactor cartridge prototype employing Lignin@Pd/CuO-NPs was developed, yielding results comparable to those achieved in batch reactions. The utilization of Lignin@Pd/CuO-NPs as a catalyst showcases its potential to facilitate diverse carbon-carbon bond formation reactions and underscores its promising recyclability, aligning with the green chemistry metrics and principles of sustainability in chemical processes
¿Qué es (y qué puede ser) filosofía política?
Authors: Cabrera García Ernesto
Published: October 2023

En este ensayo abordo la cuestión metafilosófica del concepto de filosofía política. Tras el análisis de algunas alternativas, reconstruyo críticamente la estrategia de conceptualización de Leo Strauss para mostrar su potencial heurístico en el desarrollo de una tipología de la filosofía política. El ensayo se dividirá en tres partes: primero, expongo el problema y analizo algunas alternativas que considero insuficientes para tratar de definir la filosofía política; después, presento la estrategia straussiana de conceptualizarla a partir de la interpretación del significado original de la philosophia; al final, analizo cuatro tipos de filosofía política que identifico en la obra de Strauss y propongo otros dos que se fundamentan en sus propios supuestos. Concluyo señalando la utilidad de esas acepciones como modelos conceptuales para la interpretación, la consideración y la orientación de una filosofía política.
Hacia una distinta comprensión del ámbito político. Algunas consideraciones gadamerianas desde el diálogo prudente
Authors: Díaz Dominguez Mario , Mateos Castro José Antonio
Published: October 2023

De manera inmediata y tradicional pensamos que hablar sobre política exige forzosamente ligarla a la idea de conflicto. Si bien es cierto que el carácter político marca ciertos modos de habitar el mundo, también es relevante aclarar que, a partir del concepto que tengamos de política, podremos darnos cuenta de si la idea de conflicto es inherente a esta o si la política puede ser pensada desde otro horizonte. Hans-Georg Gadamer nos ofrece una serie de reflexiones hermenéuticas en torno al lenguaje y al diálogo; a partir de allí, intentamos atisbar un concepto de política no solo inherente al conflicto, sino también a su parte medular como lo es el diálogo prudente. Pensar en una política dentro del marco de un horizonte dialógico nos permite arrojar luz a problemas particulares que nos aquejan hoy, los cuales nos interpelan a pensar y repensarlos para comprender por qué hemos llegado a ser lo que somos.
¿Es Theodor W. Adorno un pensador interdisciplinario? Diez tesis sobre teoría crítica y las disciplinas particulares Is Theodor W. Adorno an interdisciplinary thinker? Ten theses o
Authors: Graf Stephanie
Published: October 2023

Que el trabajo interdisciplinario es un quehacer en la vida académica contemporánea se ha vuelto un consenso ampliamente reconocido. Sin embargo, la noción hegemónica de interdisciplinariedad tiene el problema que acepta los marcos teóricos tanto como los contenidos de las diversas disciplinas comodadas, es decir, de manera a-crítica y a-histórica. Este ensayo consiste en diez tesis que muestran otra visión de la interdisciplinariedad, tal como se despliega en el pensamiento de Adorno. Es importante destacar cómo Adorno sigue siendo relevante en varias disciplinas, como la sociología, el psicoanálisis,la pedagogía y los estudios literarios, pero eso no significa que su pensamiento traspase las disciplinas a la manera que los discursos interdisciplinarios se lo proponen. Se argumenta que la concepción hegemónica de la interdisciplinariedad no logra trascender una concepción conformista de la ciencia y que Adorno propone una manera de pensar a través de las disciplinas, de tal manera que el pensamiento se ponga al servicio del objeto, detectando las necesidades particulares en él sin predeterminarlo. El presente artículo defiende que la visión de Adorno sobre la interdisciplinariedad es no conformista y que su filosofía es un discurso interdisciplinario.
La imposibilidad del cristianismo. Los límites de la contemporaneidad en “El evangelio de los sufrimientos”, de Kierkegaard
Authors: González Suárez Lucero
Published: October 2023

El presente artículo es fruto de una interpretación filosófica de “El evangelio de los sufrimientos”, cuyo hilo conductor es la identificación de los rasgos esenciales del cristianismo. Las páginas que ahora se ofrecen a la consideración del lector constituyen un análisis fenomenológico-hermenéutico de la manera en que el cristiano se relaciona con las cosas, con la naturaleza, con el prójimo y consigo mismo, con base en la fe. La tesis que se busca demostrar es que el cristianismo es un modo de existencia cuya realización plena es imposible porque nadie puede sufrir como lo hizo Cristo en la cruz.
“Eutifrón” y “Eutidemo” de Platón son filosofía teatral
Authors: Usero Vilchez Antonio
Published: October 2023

En este artículo se pretende plantear la posibilidad de una filosofía que useel género teatral como forma consciente de expresión, no solo para ilustraro hacer atractiva las ideas, sino para hacer propiamente filosofía. El diálogopermite establecer el desarrollo de ideas en forma de conflicto o de entrelazamientode acciones como una filosofía teatral. El debate filosófico quemuestra las circunstancias del encuentro de los personajes y cómo estas sedesarrollan, aunque solo sea implícitamente, construyen una filosofía dondelos hechos particulares se integran y, de ese modo, hacen posible un modoparticular de hacer filosofía.
Analysis of Foreign Trade Between Türkiye and Africa
Authors: CİCİOĞLU Şükrü , HAFIZ AHMED IBRAHİM Ryan
Published: October 2023

While enhancing our economic relations with African countries was positioned as a target within Türkiye's vision, especially after the Cold War, this could only come true in the first decade of the 21st century. As a result, there have been significant developments in the volume of trade. Although Türkiye had a trade deficit with Africa from the mid-90s to the early 2000s, due to stagnation and the impacts of various crises, it became a surplus party in the subsequent period. The trade with Africa is primarily with North African countries due to geographical proximity and historical ties. While Africa's share in Türkiye's total foreign trade volume has been gradually increasing, it remains significantly lower compared to Asia and Europe. Relations between the continent and Türkiye haven't grown stronger yet, largely because the majority of African countries were former colonies. In African countries, which were primarily former colonies of European nations, customs duties and non-tariff barriers are applied to Non-european countries. On the other hand, Türkiye's geographical proximity to Africa offers a significant opportunity to meet the agricultural and food needs of African countries. In this context, the aim of this study is to analyze Türkiye's trade with the African continent and to reveal the opportunities, threats, strengths, and weaknesses this trade offers for both actors. Furthermore, the study provides recommendations to enhance these relations in this framework.
EVASÃO NOS CURSOS DE ENGENHARIA DO IFSC/FLN E A RELAÇÃO COM O SABER
Authors: Neto José de Pinho Alves , Custódio José Francisco
Published: October 2023

A evasão universitária no Brasil é um problema cada vez mais evidente, especialmente nos cursos de Engenharia do IFSC/Campus Florianópolis. Ela ocorre quando os alunos abandonam as atividades acadêmicas, causando prejuízos sociais e pessoais significativos. Para diminuir esse abandono e aumentar a permanência dos alunos, é importante compreender os fatores individuais, sociais e de conhecimento que contribuem para o fenômeno da evasão. A teoria de Bernard Charlot, que explora a relação do aluno com o saber, é valiosa nesse contexto. O campus Florianópolis implementou cursos de Engenharia em 2013, mas também enfrenta desafios de evasão. Nestes estudos, a análise das respostas dos evadidos revelou fragilidades nas dimensões da relação com o saber: identitária, epistêmica e social. Alguns alunos não conseguiram criar uma relação com os saberes do curso e enfrentaram desmotivação ao longo da graduação. Soluções eficazes devem abordar essas questões e promover uma relação positiva com o saber durante a graduação.
CARTOGRAFIA DA USABILIDADE EM AMBIENTE VIRTUAL NA PESQUISA STRICTO SENSU
Authors: Dolzane Maria Ione Feitosa , Gomes Eduardo de Castro , Brito Ynara Silva Lunier , Morais Jéssica Amaral
Published: October 2023

Eles estão no ciberespaço e são ambientes desenvolvidos para mediar práticas educativas colaborativas. São os Ambientes Virtuais de Ensino Aprendizagem – AVEA. Entretanto, alguns projetos de ambientes virtuais pouco se preocupam com a qualidade no desenvolvimento e aplicação de critérios de usabilidade em suas interfaces, o que resulta na maioria das vezes no desinteresse, dificuldade de aprendizagem e evasão dos estudantes nos cursos. Dado a isso, a pesquisa buscou investigar a usabilidade do AVEA-IPC usado para a linha de pesquisa ‘Tecnologias para Educação, Difusão e o Ensino de Ciências e Matemática’, no Programa de Pós-graduação em Ensino de Ciências e Matemática da Universidade Federal do Amazonas, desenvolvido na Faculdade de Educação para as mediações didático-pedagógicas na formação continuada de profissionais da educação. Para tanto, realizou-se uma validação ergonômica de usabilidade pela lista de verificação de Dominique Scapin e Christian Bastien. Os resultados mostraram que o AVEA-IPC em estudo possui qualidade na interação humano-computador, pois se caracteriza como uma interface simples, intuitiva e flexível. Essa qualidade é extremamente importante para os processos das mediações didáticas e da aprendizagem, pois, sem ela, todo o processo pedagógico mediado por um recurso tecnológico virtual estaria comprometido. A existência de usabilidade na interface de um AVEA reflete de maneira satisfatória nos processos de aprendizagem dos seus usuários e, por isso, faz-se necessário que esses critérios estejam presentes no desenvolvimento de projetos educativos.
UMA ARQUITETURA PEDAGÓGICA PARA O ENSINO DE CIÊNCIAS
Authors: Chagas Jéssica da Cruz , Castro Jr Alberto Nogueira de
Published: October 2023

A investigação aqui relatada propôs o uso de um conjunto de recursos tecnológicos para o ensino de Ciências através de um arcabouço conceitual que buscou estimular a interação entre os alunos de forma cooperativa, com o objetivo de desenvolver nos mesmos, habilidades sociais e cognitivas do componente curricular de Ciências Naturais. A Arquitetura Pedagógica para o Ensino de Ciências (APEC), utilizou os métodos de aprendizagem cooperativa ‘Revisão por Pares’ e ‘Investigação em Grupo’, com atividades mediadas através de diferentes recursos tecnológicos que constituíram um ambiente virtual de aprendizagem simples, dinâmico e adaptável, essencial para a continuidade das atividades escolares durante período ainda com restrições à atividades presenciais decorrentes da pandemia do COVID-19. Um estudo de caso realizado com alunos do 9° ano do Ensino Fundamental compreendeu três fases: Pré-intervenção (Fase diagnóstica); Intervenção (Fase de aplicação) e Pós-intervenção (Fase de avaliação). Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram que a APEC favoreceu o desenvolvimento de habilidades e competências específicas na área de Ciências da Natureza, pois através dela os alunos elaboraram projetos de aprendizagem cooperativa, criaram conteúdos digitais nas formas de vídeo e websites sobre os assuntos investigados, interagiram e debateram através da plataforma tecnológica, assumindo elevado protagonismo no processo de ensino-aprendizagem.
Ambiguity in Typed Set Theory and the Universal-Existential Conjecture
Authors:   , Pireva Diamant
Published: October 2023

Typed set theory deals with the traditional paradoxes of set theory by implementing the notion of a type at the level of syntax. This gives rise to the Simple Theory of Types (TST) and the Theory of Positive and Negative types (TZT). New Foundations NF is a theory that explicitly gets rid of the typing discipline used in TST and TZT but still essentially codes it into the formation of sets. The scheme of typical ambiguity asserts that all the types look the same. It turns out that TZT together with the scheme of typical ambiguity is consistent if and only if NF is consistent. Consequently, certain subsystems of NF are consistent if and only if TZT together with a corresponding subclass of the scheme of ambiguity is consistent. The consistency of NF has been an open problem since its conception and so ambiguity for certain classes of formulae have generated great interest. One such class is the class of universal-existential sentences. The main result of this thesis makes progress on what is known as the universal-existential conjecture. This is done by showing that TZT decides a larger subclass of the universal-existences than previously known. This has the consequence of showing that NF decides all universal-existential sentences that have a stratification belonging to this subclass. There is also a new result showing that ambiguity holds in the arithmetic of TZTI and the first verification of the canonicity of the term model for TZTO, a relativisation of a known result for NFO.
A Study on the use of diagrams as a form of representation (expression) in architectural education
Authors: Baydoğan Murat Çağlar , Karamış Zühal
Published: October 2023

This study examines the development of architectural education in the information age, particularly concerning the representation and expression of knowledge. Considering that architecture is a visual medium that aims to construct tangible structures, it remains in constant flux due to changing environmental conditions, architects, and technology. Interdisciplinary studies have revealed that visual tools like diagrams effectively transfer knowledge and practice. This study focuses explicitly on the role of architectural diagrams in facilitating communication and enabling architecture students to express their design knowledge. It examines diagrams’ characteristics, functions, and potential for representing architectural designs. Within the scope of the study, the transfer of architectural knowledge, the means through which it is communicated, the effectiveness of diagrams as a means of expression in the field of architecture, how they are used in the educational environment, and the competencies of understanding and using diagrams were questioned through a survey conducted with architecture students in the city of Kayseri. Students’ attitudes in three universities in Kayseri are evaluated to understand how architectural education adapts to the current environment.
The air traffic control training process: A review of research
Authors: Estrova Sabina
Published: October 2023

Air traffic control (ATC) is a complex part of the air transport system. Training in this activity takes more than one year and requires special qualities and abilities from all participants in this process. Recent studies consider the learning process as one of the determining factors that further influences the efficiency of aviation personnel. The purpose of this review article was to describe the available researches on the ATC training process and related areas, to analyze them, to identify gaps and areas where further research can be conducted. The studies were divided into several areas: studies analyzing ATC training programs (at the FAA Academy and other organizations); research related to simulator training; instructor methods in ATC training; related to ATC instructor competence; interaction between the instructor and the student, etc. In preparing this review, literature sources were used in publications included in Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Cyberleninka and Russian Science Citation Index. Preference was given to sources published in the last 17 years. The work can be useful for researchers of psychological, pedagogical aspects of the work of ATC instructors, students, as well as all those who are interested in finding methods to improve the efficiency of ATC and reduce the impact of the human factor on their work.
Bireylerin afet hazırlık inançlarının, demografik veriler, umutsuzluk ve kadercilik eğilimleri bağlamında incelenmesi
Authors: Gökçay Gönül , Çevirme Ayşe
Published: October 2023

Bu çalışma bireylerin afet hazırlık inançlarının, demografik veriler, umutsuzluk ve kadercilik eğilimleri bağlamında incelenmesi amacıyla yürütülmüştür.
Çalışma tanımlayıcı ve ilişki arayıcı desende yürütülmüştür. Çalışmaya 18 yaş ve üzerinde olan ve online platformlarda anket uygulamayı kabul eden 563 birey katılmıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak, Sosyodemografik Bilgi Anketi, Genel Afet Hazırlık İnanç Ölçeği, Beck Umutsuzluk Ölçeği ve Kadercilik Eğilimi Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde SPSS 25.0 paket programı kullanılmış ve anlamlılık düzeyi p<0.05 olarak belirlenmiştir. Veriler bağımsız gruplar için t testi, ANOVA (Post hoc, Bonferroni, Tukey ve LSD testi), Pearson korelasyon analizi, basit doğrusal, hiyerarşik regresyon analizi ile test edilmiştir.
Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 25.94±10.19’dur. Katılımcıların, afet hazırlık inancı 77.13±22.74, umutsuzluk ölçeği 8.84±3.79, kadercilik eğilimi ölçeği 66.23±13.91 olarak saptanmıştır. Çalışmada afet hazırlık inanç düzeyini bireylerin aile yapısı etkilemektedir. Umutsuzluk düzeyini aile yapısı, yaşadıkları yer, deprem bölgesinde yaşama durumu, afetlere hazırlıklı olduğunu düşünme durumu, afetler ve yönetimi hakkında eğitim alma durumu etkilemektedir. Kadercilik eğilimi düzeyini ise cinsiyet, eğitim düzeyi, medeni durumu ve afetler ve yönetimi hakkında eğitim alma durumu etkilemektedir. Afet hazırlık inancı ile umutsuzluk ve kadercilik eğilimleri arasında zayıf pozitif yönlü ilişki saptanmıştır. Bireylerin afet hazırlık inancını umutsuzluk ve kadercilik eğiliminin % 14.5 oranında açıkladığı bulunmuştur.
Çalışmada bireylerin orta düzey afet hazırlık inancı, düşük umutsuzluk ve orta düzey kadercilik eğilimi sergiledikleri bulunmuştur. Bireylerin afet hazırlık inancını etkileyen faktörler arasında umutsuzluk ve kadercilik eğilimi bulunmaktadır. Sonuçlar doğrultusunda, bireyleri afet hazırlık inancını artırmada, bireysel özellikler, umutsuzluk ve kadercilik eğiliminin etkisi göz önünde bulundurularak, toplumun geneli ve politika yapıcılara büyük görevler düşmektedir.
Geleneksel mekân kurgusunun izleri: Diyarbakır Suriçi kentsel dönüşüm sonrası örnek bir konutun morfolojisi
Authors: Biçen Arya
Published: October 2023

Diyarbakır kenti tarihi Suriçi yerleşiminde geleneksel konutlar niteliksel ve niceliksel olarak önemli bir paya sahiptir. Yenileme işlevlendirme, restorasyon ve rekonstrüksiyon çalışmaları ile günümüze kadar aktarılmaktadır. Bununla beraber zaman içerisinde gerek geleneksel konutun bozulması, bölünmesi, kısmen değiştirilmesi gerek yıkılarak veya çevresi kullanılarak yeni yapıların yapılması/eklenmesi söz konusudur. 2016 yılında meydana gelen olaylar nedeniyle 15 mahalleden oluşan bu yerleşim alanı büyük oranda hasara uğramış ve kentsel dönüşüm çalışmaları yapılmıştır. Bu çalışmalarda yıkılan geleneksel yapılar onarılmaya başlanmış ayrıca tamamen yıkılan özgün olmayan yapıların yerine belirlenen tasarım kriterlerine göre yeni az katlı konutlar yapılmaktadır. Bu çalışma bölgede inşa edilen az katlı konutların geleneksel konutun mekânsal kurgusuyla arasındaki bağı morfolojik bir yaklaşımla örnek yapı üzerinden irdelemektedir. Böylece mekânsal kurgunun izleri takip edilmeye çalışılmıştır. Çalışmada morfolojik değerlendirme yapabilmek için mekân dizim yöntemi tercih edilmiş; yardımcı Depthmap ve Agraph programları kullanılmıştır. Örnek yapının sentaktik ölçümleri yapılmış olup, erişim grafiği ve dışbükey mekân haritaları oluşturularak analiz yapılmıştır. Sonuç olarak görülmektedir ki; örnek yapının mekânsal kurgusu bu haliyle geleneksel özellikler taşımakla beraber gece ve gündüz holü etrafında toparlanan yaşama ve uyuma fonksiyonlarının ayrışmış olduğu modern konut kurgusunu çağrıştırmaktadır.
Towards an Alternative Epistemology of Resistance: A Reading of Pulayathara by Paul Chirakkarode Against the Backdrop of Dalit Christian Liberation Movements in Kerala, India
Authors: N Bincy Mariya
Published: October 2023

Religious conversion in Kerala was an immediate solution for the lower caste people who sought to break free from the slavery and structural inequalities of caste. Though proselytization was accelerated by egalitarian and emancipatory ideologies, it became a shift from one oppressive, exploitative social fabric to another hegemonic structure composed of institutionalized religion underlined by casteist ideologies. Christianity in Kerala turned out to be Brahminical and catered to the interest of upper-caste Christians. Despite its egalitarian claims, discrimination unabashedly pervaded the churches of Kerala. Dalit liberation movements in the twentieth century heralded by both the Dalit and Dalit Christian leaders profoundly influenced the public life of Kerala and brought a new paradigm to the slave castes. Such changes were reflected in the literary articulations of the period also. This article examines how the Dalit Christian discourse is inaugurated in Malayalam novels as the result of the Dalit Christian liberation movements in the twentieth century. By employing textual analysis as the research methodology and intersectionality as a theoretical lens, this article analyses Paul Chirakkarode’s Pulayathara (1962) and examines how the Dalit Christian liberation movement in the twentieth century is instrumental in shaping an alternative epistemology and Dalit Christian identity.
In Search of a Utopian Society: Situating ‘Dalit’ Conversions in Contemporary India
Authors: Lal L. David
Published: October 2023

Religious conversions, particularly those originating from marginalized communities, have been a subject of scholarly investigation in colonial and post-colonial India. Dalit conversions, in particular, have been examined not only as an attempt in exercising freedom of conscience but also as an act encompassing various dimensions. The existing body of literature on Dalit conversions has recognized them as instances of social protest, group assertion, a direct challenge to caste-based dominance, the pursuit of egalitarianism, and the quest for self-respect. Although discussions surrounding Dalit conversions to different religions have intensified in post-independence India, conversions to Islam and Christianity have received notable attention. It is widely acknowledged that Dalit conversions stand in opposition to the principles of caste system, religious hegemony, and homogenization. This article by examining the instances of Dalit conversions that have taken place in independent India, delves into three significant aspects: first, comprehending the acquired religious identity of Dalits; second, exploring the aspirations of Dalit converts; and third, examining the construction of a utopia within the context of the adopted religion. Additionally, the article argues that Dalit conversions should not be regarded as an endpoint but rather as a transformative journey into an envisioned utopia.
When Fists Write (of) the Past: Conceptualising Dalit Historiography through the Cultural Productions of Dravida Varga Aikya Munnani
Authors: Jose Sephora
Published: October 2023

Dalit historiography is the narrativization of the past from a Dalit perspective purposive of critiquing existing traditions of Indian historiographies and/or producing alternate histories. It is the discourse through which historiographical erasures and misrepresentations are challenged through narratives that recover and reinterpret the past from anti-caste standpoints. This counter-discourse reorients historiography and transforms historical understandings by recognising caste as a structuring principle of history. This article attempts to theorise Dalit historiography as a resistance epistemology by outlining its methodological and thematic aspects through a study of DCUF cultural productions. DCUF (Depressed Class United Front) is an Adi-Dravida community named Dravida Varga Aikya Munnani that emerged as an anti-caste politico-religious group in 1950s Kerala under the leadership of PJ SabharajThirumeni.
To understand the politics of the alternate history articulated by DCUF, the article first maps the field of mainstream Kerala historiography to which DCUF cultural productions may be seen as a historiographical response. DCUF cultural productions, as an articulation of Dalit historiography, intervene in the epistemology of this mode of history writing by placing caste as the fulcrum of history by giving an alternate picture of the past vis-à-vis the origins of caste, its manifestations and anti-caste resistance. This study foregrounds the political valence of history in Dalit struggle and the ongoing negotiations between Dalit communities with the mainstream vis-à-vis history and history writing.
Utilizing Dalit Autobiographies in History
Authors: Jatin
Published: October 2023

In the academic field, debates in the discipline of history largely contest whether the people whose narratives are absent in the dominant archives of knowledge, including Dalits, can be considered as devoid of history. Such contestations raise queries about the ways in which these groups form a sense of their past. In this light, can we consider cultural forms of narrative as reliable and ‘valid’ means to form an understanding of past, and to what extent? Can the cultural narrative forms, particularly autobiographical accounts, be utilized to reflect on the past of these communities? What methodologies does such an approach demand, and what challenges does it pose? This paper shall grapple with these intriguing inquiries. It attempts to position Dalit autobiographies and their utility in locating the sense of their past and in the larger knowledge production. This paper fundamentally proposes that Dalit autobiographies can lend crucial insights into the history of Dalit communities and beyond. These autobiographies can provide a perspective ‘from below’ and contribute to understanding how Dalits made sense of their past into narratives. I argue that Dalit articulation of their life experiences in the form of autobiographies not only rupture the assumptions of a singular past but also foregrounds the multiplicities and specificities to their everyday experiences.
The Caste of Campus Habitus: Caste and Gender Encounters of the First-generation Dalit Women Students in Indian Universities
Authors: Renukuntla Anusha , Mocherla Ashok Kumar
Published: October 2023

This article critically examines the university academic spaces and the campus culture determined by a particular form of the dominant habitus which is, in effect, actively excluding the first-generation women students belonging to the marginalized sections of Indian society. As this dominant habitus is constantly reproduced on university campuses, with or without contentions, entering the academic spaces of Indian universities for first-generation Dalit women—who are deprived of both cultural and social capital—is invariably becoming a herculean task. Therefore, this article analyses the concealed forms of dominant campus habitus that structurally create a conducive environment for privileged students and a rigid glass ceiling for first-generation Dalit women students in their journey toward higher education. Notwithstanding the limitations associated with their social status of being first-generation learners, the formations of alternative cultural capital and resilience of the Dalit women students have been analysed from a feminist perspective, proving that one could overcome these social challenges through the acquired cultural capital. The analytical concepts and theoretical frameworks of this article have been developed based on empirical/ethnographic data collected from women research scholars at a prominent university in South India. The narratives were collected in the academic year 2020–2021 through in-depth interviews and focused group discussions.
Periyar: Forging a Gendered Utopia
Authors: Menon Shailaja
Published: October 2023

The category of gender has perennially found itself at the margins because of its social location across South Asia. Albeit heterogeneous by nature, women have borne the burden of history, community, tradition and even geography being violently mapped across their bodies. No wonder that the past two centuries has witnessed heated debates on the women’s question in the region ranging from the Altekarian paradigm to the valorized mother figure who is ever nurturing and generous. Many social reformers both male and female sought to battle orthodoxy, religious chauvinism and caste-based status-quoism widening the contours of gender justice in the process. The tropes revolved around consent and coercion, public battles over scriptural legitimacy and contentious traditions. The reformers were treading on delicate grounds as the sacred domain of the ‘home’ had to be kept immune from any polluting winds of ‘western’ ideology. This article is an attempt to tease out E.V. Ramasamy Naicker’s (Periyar) radical understanding of the gender question and his efforts to create an alternate epistemology to question existing socio-cultural realities. It concludes by arguing that this gendered utopia is also a work in progress.
Exploring the Remarkable Properties of the Double Sadik Transform and Its Applications to Fractional Caputo Partial Differential Equations
Authors: Pue-on Prapart
Published: October 2023

The Double Sadik Transform (DST) represents a generalized double integral transform that has emerged as a highly effective analytical technique for solving numerous scientific problems. This study aims to investigate the DST applied to elementary functions and explore its notable properties, including its duality with the Double Laplace Transform and its capability to transform shifting functions, periodic functions, and convolution functions. Furthermore, the DST methodology is employed to resolve prominent linear fractional Caputo partial differential equations with known solutions commonly encountered in diverse mathematical models. The obtained outcomes are expressed in exact closed form, with the most precise results articulated through the Mittag-Leffler function. These results serve to validate the effectiveness and efficiency of the DST approach, establishing it as a valuable tool for addressing scientific problems involving fractional calculus.
Turbofan motorlarının kestirimci bakımında makine öğrenimi algoritmaları performanslarının karşılaştırılması
Authors: GÜLER Osman
Published: October 2023

Endüstri 4.0 kapsamında atılan önemli adımlardan birisi kestirimci bakım çalışmalarıdır. Bu sayede makine ve ekipman ömrünü uzatılmakta, çalışma verimliliği artırılmaktadır. Özellikle havacılık sanayii alanında uçuş güvenliği hayati önem taşıdığından dolayı, uçakların ve uçak motorlarının kestirimci bakım çalışmaları önemlidir. Bu çalışmada, turbofan motorlarının kalan faydalı ömrünü tahmin etmek için 10 farklı makine öğrenmesi algoritmaları kullanılmış ve sonuçları karşılaştırılmıştır. Eğitimler için NASA tarafından sunulan turbofon motorların belirli koşullar altında çalışma durumlarını gösteren CMAPSS veriseti kullanılmıştır. Çalışma sonuçları makine öğrenmesi modellerinin genel olarak birbirlerine yakın performans elde ettiğini göstermektedir. Yapılan deneyler sonucunda LDA algoritmasının en başarılı algoritma olduğu görülmüştür.
Volume 11, Issue 2, Formation
Authors:   High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Alawsi Taif , M. R. Al-Kawaz Ula ,   High institute for infertility diagnosis and assisted reproductive technologies/ Al-Nahrain University
Published: October 2023

The editors of the Iraqi Journal of Embryos and Infertility Researches (IJEIR) are thankful to the huge efforts made by the reviewers in peer reviewing the submitted manuscripts. Thanks to their efforts the second issue of the 10th volume is now available online with open access to the articles content. We are looking forward in inclusion in relevant indexing in the near future. We would like to acknowledge the reviewers for their contribution, and we wish them the greatest success. We ensured the anonymity of both reviewers and authors and followed a double-blind peer-review procedure. We strictly followed the COPE ethical code in the published studies. As of now, the IJEIR is published in new website https://ijeir.net/index.php/ijeir supported by the Open Journal Systems (OJS), therefore all the activities were strictly by the online system. Journal reviewers were given the proper credit via Publons (an online platform that promotes the peer review process). Currently, IJEIR is indexed in Google Scholar, Science gate, Crossref, Iraqi academic journals, Publons, Dimensions, LOCKSS, and CLOCKSS. Our articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License and the rights are with the authors which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
In Vitro Studying the Effect of Adding Autologous Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) to the Human Semen on the Sperm DNA Integrity
Authors:   High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Abbas Hamdan Dhafer , Ibrahim Rahim Ali ,   University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq, M. R. Al-Kawaz Ula ,   High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Published: October 2023

For conception and the development of healthy embryos, sperm DNA integrity is crucial. According to a growing body of studies, there is a strong correlation between sperm DNA damage and male infertility. Among the new medicines being developed in the medical field, the application of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) in human reproduction has yet to be examined. A total of 100 semen samples were used in the current experimental investigation. From November 2020 to June 2021, the research was conducted at the High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies. Masturbation was used to get an ejaculated semen sample. After semen analysis, the samples were separated into two equal parts, one without autologous PRP and the other with 2% autologous PRP, with the DNA fragmentation assessed using the Sperm Chromatin Dispersion Test. There was highly significant reduction in DNA fragmentation index (p < 0.001). The mean sperm DNA integrity was reduced after adding PRP (33.85±16.73 vs 38.55±16.64), Mean (± SE). PRP has been shown to improve human sperm DNA integrity.
EZOTERİK BİLGİNİN SEMBOLLERİ: ŞARAP VE KADEH
Authors: KÜÇÜK Sabahattin
Published: October 2023

Ezoterik bilginin sembolleri olarak şarap ve kadeh, karşıt unsurlar olmalarına rağmen birbirleriyle birleşebilme kabiliyetlerine sahip iki ana ilke olan ateşle suyun mükemmel sentezini yansıtır. Sarı renkli şarabın tasfiye edilerek katıksız, arı duru şaraba veya topraktan çıkarılan cüruflu madenlerin temizlenip işlenerek kadehe (veya kılıç, hançer, ayna vb.) dönüştürme pratiklerinin esas amacı, dünyevi ihtiras, mal ve makam düşkünlüğü gibi sebeplerle saflığını yitirmiş insan nefsini çilecilik yöntemiyle arıtarak kişinin ‘kendi olması’, yani gerçek benliğini kazanması konusunda örneklik etmektir. Gerçek simyacılıkta kirli, katışık veya işe yaramaz görünen unsurların (özellikle madenler) çeşitli işlemlerle asli niteliğine çevrilmesi ya da simya terimiyle “altın” elde edilmesi gibi uygulamalar, aslında, dünyevi ilişkilerin etkisiyle masumiyet ve safiyetini yitirmiş kişisel bilincin içine düştüğü cehalet karanlığını bilinç dışının içerdiği tanrısal/sezgisel bilginin halis ışığıyla aydınlanmasına ve son tahlilde kişinin kendi kök örneğiyle özdeş hâle gelmesine gönderme yapar. Özetlenecek olursa, bu uygulamaların biricik hedefi, bireyin zihinsel aydınlanma sonucunda evrensel insani değerlerle donanmış kâmil bir ruha dönüşmesidir.
FORWARD TO FEEDBACK, OR DIRECTING FEEDBACK IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Authors:   Russian State University for the Humanities, Vorontsova Irina I.
Published: October 2023

In the optics of the new education philosophy, the author proposes to consider feedback as a basic process of pedagogical interaction and moves to affirm the dualism of its focus: on the teacher and the student. The article aims to explore the conditions for ensuring effective written corrective feedback (WCF) between a teacher and a student in professional foreign language education. The method for studying the effectiveness of WCF in the locus of creating argumentative essays based on video lectures hosted by TED.com was the analysis of written assignments of the MA of the Department of Economics, the RGGU, involved in the academic work on the basis of a feedback loop, and the results of their survey. Diagnosis of WCF types in the corridor of cross-professional competencies development reveals the preference for a combination of indirect feedback and metalinguistic commenting for MA with B2-C2 language proficiency. The article presents the structural elements of peer review as the key feedback format in the teacher’s control of written work, the criteria for mutual evaluation of students’ written tasks in peer editing, and provides recommendations for producing WCF in the perspective of academic discourse socialization. The author concludes that WCF is part and parcel of the methodological strategy in the professional foreign language education process, which develops highly cognitive complex skills along with Self Skills and Soft Skills. The article alludes to the Russian films “Feedback”, 2017 and 2020, as a parallel line of artistic thought.
DEVELOPMENT OF ORAL MONOLOGUE SPEECH IN THE CONTEXT OF TEACHING BUSINESS COMMUNICATION AT THE FACULTY OF ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS OF RSUH
Authors:   Russian State University for the Humanities, Bychkova Tat’yana V.
Published: October 2023

The article discusses the features of the study guide “Advertising” (author-compiler: Bychkova T.V.). In light of the sanctions imposed by the United States and Western countries and in order to optimize the process of training young competitive specialists, the Department of Foreign Languages of the Russian State University for the Humanities developed the study guide “Advertising”, intended for students of the Department of Advertising and Public Relations of full-time, and part-time forms of learning. Its purpose is the formation of skills and abilities that allow RSUH students to master professional competencies in English as the means of effective interactions in specific socially determined communicative situations of business communication in the chosen specialty. The study guide “Advertising” implements the features of the communicative methodology: the principles of speech orientation, clarity, novelty, functionality, personal orientation, situational requirements. Due to the large volume of language practice, students develop the ability to freely express their thoughts in a foreign language, develop skills to convey their thoughts to the interlocutor in an understandable and concise form, take part in discussions, make reports and presentations. The monologue utterance has the following features: purposefulness, continuous nature of the presentation of ideas and material, consistency, semantic completeness, independence, expressiveness. Monologue speech is characterized by compliance with a rather complex compositional structure, which is determined by the need to use appropriate language tools for grammatically correct design of a logical and consistent presentation of thought.