bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Low Cost, Power Efficient, Social Distancing Notification Embedded System Based on Intelligent Wireless Sensor Network
Authors: Kok Chiang Liang
Published: October 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been closely monitoring and keeping track of the latest COVID-19 outbreak and has issued advisory guidance on safe social distancing of at least one meter between people to prevent human-to-human transmission. In many countries, there are long queues seen prominently at popular wet markets, supermarkets, and the entrance of popular shopping malls. However, due to high manpower cost, it is not practical to deploy security personnel at every queue line to monitor the one-meter distance constantly and accurately between people throughout the entire day. This chapter will introduce a low-cost wireless embedded solution that would not only address this problem but helps streamline the manpower resources more efficiently.
Mentoring, Partnering, and Follow-Through
Authors: Branson Dana C. , Zalite Valdis , Stapleton Wendell T. , Weakley Mya
Published: October 2022

TRIO programs partner with low-income, first-generation, and/or students with disabilities to address academic and personal challenges, as well as social capital deficits that can cause students to struggle with feelings of isolation and a lack of belonging to the university community. This can place students at risk for leaving academia prematurely. The chapter will discuss the history of TRIO programs and the development of the eight specific programs currently available to students. Barriers to student social and educational success will be discussed, specifically intersectionality of oppression, the hidden curriculum, and lack of cultural humility by faculty and administrators. TRIO programs provide various services to students that have been found to be highly successful with student retention rates, academic performance, and increased self-efficacy. The chapter will discuss TRIO staff characteristics, needed administrative and faculty support, and university community buy-in for overall success. The chapter includes TRIO student and staff member testimonies.
Academic Mentoring for Undergraduate University Students in South Africa
Authors: Tshishonga Ndwakhulu Stephen , Matse Muzi Patrick
Published: October 2022

This chapter interrogates the role of opportunities and challenges of an academic mentoring program for undergraduate students at Howard College Campus in the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Such programs target the first-year students especially those from the disadvantaged schooling background. In this chapter, it became apparent that students enrolled and committed to the mentoring program were able to improve their academic performance, made adaptation to university life easily, and increased their self-confidence. Although South Africa has inherited a dysfunctional education system, mentoring program offers a structured support for underground students to cope academically, emotionally, and socially. This chapter reflects the views of mentors employed by the mentoring program. This empirical study has used interviews with 10 mentors employed to facilitate mentoring programs within the Faculty of Humanities.
Use of CAL-AI in Future Wireless Communication Systems
Authors: M. Mahalakshmi
Published: October 2022

Communication systems have changed dramatically during the last few decades. Wireless communication is one of the few industries that has been able to maintain exponential growth and visionary characteristics for many years. Computer assisted learning- artificial intelligence [CAL-AI] can process vast amounts of data produced by communication systems on a regular basis to give optimal QoS based on insight. CAL-AI is a method for creating “intelligent machines.” It is a promising method that has the potential to make significant advancements in the technological area. The authors present a general summary of this groundbreaking method in the realm of wireless communication systems in this chapter, as well as its future implications. The progress of the information and communication technology industry will be largely attributed to CAL-AI.
Computing the Cloud Storage for Computer-Aided Learning Access
Authors: Gnanaselvi K. Juliana
Published: October 2022

Computer-assisted learning is a type of educational practice that involves the use of computer systems and other technology. It can take many different forms, and it involves a variety of tools and devices, including smartphones, tablets, personal computers, and others, despite its reputation. Different types of software and procedures are used in CAL. It can be used in a variety of subjects, including language acquisition and math. It is also used at all stages of education by then and now booming sectors in the coronavirus pandemic situation, particularly K to 12 programs, distance programs, skills and vocational training institutes, corporate training programs sometimes by individual broadcast trainers. Computer-assisted learning improves the teaching and learning process, resulting in higher levels of engagement and results. However, there are certain disadvantages to CAL. The authors look into the storage purpose of the CAL sessions as well as conversations. This is the time, the authors have to focus on the storage aspect of the CAL sessions, as much as the chats.
Cloud-Based Detection of Forged Passport and Extraction of True Identity
Authors: R. Kanthavel
Published: October 2022

The forgery of primary documents has become a cause of great concern in recent times. Forged passports have been used in significant numbers, and the number continues to rise year after year. As a result, there is a need for a quick, inexpensive technique that can recognize false passports. This is the same cause why researchers adapted our basic tasks to recognize persons effectively even at a stretch using the SURF matching technique for use in counterfeit passport detection applications. The use of the SURF matching algorithm to identify and so discover the targeting individual has been expanded to the detecting of false passports. This has broadened the area of the paper's application in both detection and tracking and the identification of duplicated passports. The outcome and applicability of our technology can be changed depending on the photographs associated with the input. In the case of a phony passport, the authors' article likewise tries to remove the patient's genuine identity.
Current perspectives on the pathogenesis and management of haemorrhoids
Authors: Dissanayake R. , Dimithri R. , Seneviratne S. L. , De Zoysa I. M.
Published: October 2022

Haemorrhoids are usually asymptomatic, and are considered a disease only if they become symptomatic. The commonest symptoms are rectal bleeding and mucosal prolapse. In the majority of patients, haemorrhoids can be managed conservatively by increasing dietary fibre and fluid intake along with lifestyle modifications. Those with more advanced disease may be managed by sclerotherapy or rubber band ligation. Surgery is reserved for patients with failed medical therapy and for those who have developed complications. This article would discuss the current concepts on the pathogenesis and management of haemorrhoids.
Pre-service teachers’ views on integrating post-humanism into classroom practice
Authors: Naidoo Shamala A.
Published: October 2022

Background: With disruptive innovation in education being the in vogue terminology, the theories of critical and transformational learning are becoming pervasive in the teaching and learning space. Critical and transformational learning focus on socially just pedagogies. The worldviews of post-humanism address the limitations of the humanist ontology and pose fresh and transformative lenses with which to consider how teachers could position themselves to work towards socially just pedagogies.Aim: The purpose of this study is to explore the views of pre-service teachers on integrating post-humanism into classroom practice.Method: A qualitative case study research strategy is used in this study. Structured open-ended questionnaires were used to collect data from a population of Bachelor of Education students of a specific institution of higher learning. Content analysis was used to analyse the data obtained from the questionnaires.Results: The findings of this research indicated that most of the respondents were eager to integrate the philosophy of posthumanism into classroom practice. Respondents also indicated that post-humanism must be studied as part of their philosophy of education module and integrated into the broader curriculum to enable them to effectively integrate post-humanism into teaching and learning. Based on these key findings, it is recommended that teacher education institutions integrate the philosophy of post-humanism into both the theoretical and didactic modules of the curriculum.Conclusion: We must challenge the status quo of anthropocentrism and humanism and integrate post-humanism into classroom practice to push the boundaries of educational possibilities to have a deeper understanding of what it means to be ‘connected’.Contribution: Recommendations based on the analysis of data obtained from these students may be used by institutions of Higher Education to re-evaluate their philosophy of education modules to include the philosophy of posthumanism. Pre-service and in-service teachers may use findings and recommendations of this study to reimagine their educational philosophy.
A prospective observational study to identify the effectiveness of intravenous magnesium replacement in an intensive care setting
Authors: Mathews Varsha , Paul John , Paul Cherish , George Jain K. , Babu Akhil
Published: October 2022

Background and Aims:

To estimate the incidence of hypomagnesemia and identify the effectiveness of a calculated dose of intravenous magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) in correction of hypomagnesemia and its relationship with renal function in critically ill patients.

Material and Methods:

All patients admitted in the adult intensive care unit were enrolled in the study and magnesium levels were monitored. Patients with serum magnesium levels <1.7 mg/dL received calculated doses of Intravenous MgSO4. The average rise in serum magnesium levels per gram of MgSO4 administered was calculated and relationship with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was identified.

Results:

In total, 27.27% of patients admitted in our intensive care unit had an incidence of hypomagnesemia. The average rise of serum magnesium levels in patients with hypomagnesemia was 0.13 (±0.05) mg/dl. The average rise of serum magnesium levels was 0.10 (±0.04) mg/dL in patients with eGFR ≥ 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 and 0.15 (± 0.05) mg/dL in patients with eGFR < 90 mL/min/1.73 m2. This difference between the two groups (P-value = 0.002) and the trend of increasing average rise in serum magnesium levels with declining eGFR values (P-value = 0.013) were both statistically significant.

Conclusion:

Incidence of hypomagnesemia in the critically ill population is around 27.27%. Intravenous administration of 1 g of MgSO4 results in a rise of serum magnesium levels by 0.1 mg/dL in patients with normal eGFR and around 0.15 mg/dL in patients with eGFR values between 30 and 89 mL/min/1.73 m2.
Impact of Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy on Breast Cancer Patients According to Pathologic Nodal Status after Modern Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Authors: Kim Dowook , Kim Jin Ho , Kim In Ah , Chang Ji Hyun , Shin Kyung Hwan
Published: October 2022

Purpose The utility of postmastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT) for breast cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is highly controversial. This study evaluated the impact of PMRT according to pathologic nodal status after modern NAC.Materials and Methods We retrospectively reviewed 682 patients with clinical stage II-III breast cancer who underwent NAC and mastectomy from 2013 to 2017. In total, 596 patients (87.4%) received PMRT, and 86 (12.6%) did not. We investigated the relationships among locoregional recurrence-free survival (LRRFS), disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS), and various prognostic factors. Subgroup analyses were also performed to identify patients who may benefit from PMRT.Results The median follow-up duration was 67 months. In ypN+ patients (n=368, 51.2%), PMRT showed significant benefits in terms of LRRFS, DFS, and OS (all p < 0.001). In multivariate analyses, histologic grade (HG) III (p=0.002), lymphovascular invasion (LVI) (p=0.045), and ypN2-3 (p=0.02) were significant risk factors for poor LRRFS. In ypN1 patients with more than two prognostic factors among luminal/human epidermal growth factor receptor-2–negative subtype, HG I-II, and absence of LVI, PMRT had no significant effect on LRRFS (p=0.18). In ypN0 patients (n=351, 48.8%), PMRT was not significantly associated with LRRFS, DFS, or OS. However, PMRT showed better LRRFS in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients (p=0.03).Conclusion PMRT had a major impact on treatment outcomes in patients with residual lymph nodes following NAC and mastectomy. Among ypN0 patients, PMRT may be beneficial only for those with TNBC.
Hubungan antara Amalan Kepimpinan Invitational Pengarah Kolej dengan Komitmen Organisasi Pensyarah Matrikulasi
Authors: Mohd Yusoff Ahmad Zul Azri , Abdullah Mohd Khairuddin
Published: October 2022

Kajian ini adalah berkaitan amalan kepimpinan invitational dan komitmen organisasi dalam kalangan pensyarah matrikulasi. Secara khususnya, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti tahap amalan kepimpinan invitational pengarah kolej matrikulasi dan komitmen organisasi yang wujud dalam kalangan pensyarah matrikulasi. Di samping itu, kajian ini turut ingin melihat perbezaan amalan kepimpinan invitational dan komitmen organisasi berdasarkan jantina para pensyarah matrikulasi. Akhir sekali, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti hubungan antara amalan kepimpinan invitational pengarah kolej matrikulasi dengan komitmen organisasi pensyarah Program Matrikulasi Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia. Kajian ini adalah kajian berbentuk kuantitatif dengan menggunakan soal selidik sebagai instrumen dan dianalisis menggunakan perisian IBM SPSS 24.0. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan satu set borang soal selidik yang ditadbir ke atas 338 orang pensyarah matrikulasi di seluruh negara. Analisis deskriptif menunjukkan bahawa tahap amalan kepimpinan invitational para pengarah kolej matrikulasi berada pada tahap yang tinggi manakala komitmen organisasi pensyarah pula berada pada tahap yang sangat tinggi. Analisis inferensi kajian ini mendedahkan bahawa tiada sebarang perbezaan yang signifikan antara pensyarah lelaki dan perempuan bagi pemboleh ubah amalan kepimpinan invitational dan komitmen organisasi. Ujian korelasi Pearson pula menunjukkan bahawa terdapat hubungan linear positif yang kuat di antara amalan kepimpinan invitational pengarah kolej dengan komitmen organisasi pensyarah matrikulasi. Implikasi dan cadangan kajian lanjut turut dibincangkan.
Een 57-jarige man met hoge koorts, hevige spierpijn, trombocytopenie, icterus en acute nierinsufficiëntie: diagnostische sleutels tot een vergeten, maar opkomende ziekte
Authors: Verstraete A. , Verstraete S. , Rooijakkers M. , Vanmaele L. , Van Dycke K.
Published: October 2022

A 57-year-old man with a high fever, severe muscle aches, thrombocytopenia, icterus and acute renal failure: diagnostic keys to a forgotten but emerging disease Leptospirosis is a well-known disease in (sub)tropical regions, but in these areas it is often forgotten and unrecognised. In recent years, however, there has been an increasing incidence in these regions, mainly due to recreational exposure. Leptospirosis is a zoonosis. The rat is the main reservoir. Transmission of leptospires usually occurs via exposure of skin and mucous membranes to an environment contaminated by rat urine. The disease has a biphasic course with an initial phase of bacteremia followed by a fierce immune response provoked by vasculitis. The clinical presentation is variable, but in the vast majority of the cases the condition presents as a non-specific flu-like syndrome characterised by pronounced myalgia. A typically fulminant disease course with severe acute renal failure, haemorrhagic rash, submucosal and subcutaneous haemorrhage, icterus and thrombocytopenia is rather rare but has a significant mortality despite the current intensive care. The final diagnosis is most often confirmed by the detection of antibodies against leptospirosis. PCR tests are also available. Mild forms are often self-limiting, therefore antibiotic treatment is not always necessary. In case of a fulminant course of the disease, hospitalisation for maximum supportive care and antibiotic therapy is primordial. In this article, the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of leptospirosis are discussed based on a clinical case.
ACTIVE LEARNING IN THE TEACHING OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: APPLICATION PROPOSAL
Authors: Guedes Gondim Sonia Maria , Aguiar Rodrigues Ana Carolina de , Campos Bahia Moscon Daniela , Janissek Janice
Published: October 2022

Objective: To propose an active learning methodology for teaching qualitative research in graduate school. Method: The paper is structured in two parts. The first is dedicated to theoretical-conceptual aspects, starting with the contextualization of the importance and challenges of researcher training, especially for the use of qualitative methods. This is followed by brief overview of the teaching of qualitative methodology, supported by a survey with coordinators and teachers of graduate programs in Administration and Psychology. Then the concepts of active learning methodologies are addressed, especially those based on experiential learning. The second part is dedicated to the presentation and discussion of a practical example that illustrates each of the steps of the methodological decision-making process to be observed in the qualitative research teaching-learning process at the graduate level. Conclusions: The main contribution of the paper is to offer an experiential teaching-learning model of the qualitative research methodology for graduate education. It closes by pointing out the limits and advantages of the methodological proposal.
REKONSTRUKSI FIKHI LINGKUNGAN TERHADAP KEADILAN LINGKUNGAN
Authors: Sudirman Sudirman , Marilang Marilang , Wekke Ismail Suardi
Published: October 2022

Fokus penelitian ini adalah menemukan resolusi fikhi lingkungan terhadap keadilan lingkungan. Metode penelitian dalam penelitian ini menggunakan diskriktif kualitatif dengan pendekatan fikhi ligkungan. Lingkungan yang selalu dieksplaotasi baik berskala besar maupun kecil lambat laung memberikan dampak buruk terhadap keberlangsungan kehidupan manusia. Meskipun secara institusional ada kementrian dan lembaga khusus yang menangani kegiatan terhadap lingkungan, namun masih sering terdapat oknum yang memenfaatkan kelalaian aparat terkait. Terlebih lagi konsep keadilan lingkungan masih dianggap sebagai sesuatu yang sulit di wujudkan. Sehingga permasalahan lingkungan masih membutuhkan solusi dalam penanganannya. Salah satu solusi yang ditawarkan dalam penanganan eksploitasi lingkungan adalam fikhi lingkungan. Sehingga dirumuskan beberapa hal berikut; (1) pembahasan lingkungan adalan pembahasan yang urgen dalam supremasi hukum islam khususnya dalam fikhi lingkungan; (2) kedilan lingkungan adalah amanat syaariat yang harus diwujudkan dalam mencapai kemaslahatan  manusia.
STRATEGI KEPEMIMPINAN TRANSFORMATIF KEPALA CABANG BANK MUAMALAT SORONG DALAM MEWUJUDKAN BUDAYA RELIGIUS
Authors: Irianto Eko
Published: October 2022

Kepemimpinan transformasional adalah pemimpin yang mampu menjadi pencipta dan pendorong bagi bawahannya dengan menciptakan suasana dan budaya kerja yang dapat memacu pertumbuhan dan perkembangan kinerja karyawan. Sama halnya kepemimpinan kepala Bank juga dapat mempengaruhi pola atau sistem kebiasaan atau budaya kerja. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis proses, faktor dan dampak strategi kepemimpinan ransformative Kepala Cabang Bank Muamalat dalam mewujudkan budaya religius di lingkungan kerja. Metode yang digunakan untuk memperoleh kebenaran adalah dengan penelusuran data  pada Bank Muamalat Cabang Sorong. Data primer penelitian ini adalah hasil pengamatan, wawancara dan dokumen-dokumen pendukung. Kepala Cabang dan 19 karyawan karyawati Bank Muamalat menjadi objek dari penelitian ini, Sedangkan data sekunder diperoleh melalui buku-buku, dokumen-dokumen, foto-foto kegiatan kerohanian, aturan-aturan internal perusahaan, nilai-nilai religius dan sumber-sumber data sekunder yang bisa menjadi penunjang lainnya adalah tingkat kepuasan nasabah terhadap budaya religius melalui wawancara secara random yang kemudian menjadikan nasabah nyaman dan aman bertransaksi. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa proses kepemimpinan ransformative Kepala Cabang Sorong memiliki kreativitas dalam berkerja yaitu dengan bertindak positif serta menerima dan menggunakan sistem informasi yang mendukung, kemudian faktor kepemimpinan ransformative Kepala Cabang Sorong memiliki wibawa dengan perilaku ransformati, serta Dampak kepemimpinan ransformative adalah kepemimpinan Kepala Cabang mampu menciptakan Budaya Religius antar bawahannya.
Influências do estado patrimonialista no tráfico negreiro do Brasil Império
Authors: Queiroz da Silva Raimundo Sérgio , Teixeira Rodrigues Silva Cristóvão
Published: October 2022

Este trabalho objetiva oferecer uma exposição dos fatores que confluíram na criação da lei imperial de 7 de novembro de 1831, a lei Feijó, e, nessa esteira, responder a seguinte pergunta: quais interesses essa lei busca suprir? Para tanto parte-se da compreensão do Estado brasileiro desenvolvido por Raymundo Faoro na obra “Os donos do poder”, onde tem por objetivo encontrar a figura do Estado patrimonialista. Em seguida é restringida a pesquisa à realidade política do Brasil Império com o objetivo de localizar os interesses, atores e discursos que agitavam aquela época. Por fim, procura-se dar cabo das perguntas iniciais utilizando os conceitos desenvolvidos no percurso da pesquisa. Este trabalho se utiliza da revisão bibliográfica para dedução de conceitos, com uma abordagem qualitativa e objetivos exploratórios. Ao final tem-se como conclusão de que os dispositivos legais e o Estado estavam a serviço de interesses privados, e que os interesses da elite agroexportadora (aspecto econômico) e o estamento burocrático (aspecto político) jogavam a fim de perpetuar a escravidão.
Atributos e Benefícios de Nutricosméticos explorados pela indústria ao consumidor
Authors: Jacomino Gabriela Porfírio , Vieira Francisco Giovanni David
Published: October 2022

Os produtos nutricosméticos vêm conquistando cada vez mais espaço e atenção de pesquisadores das áreas farmacêutica e de marketing, e embora as perspectivas para esse produto permaneçam mistas, estudos sobre o assunto são relativamente recentes e em evolução. O presente artigo teve como objetivo pesquisar atributos e benefícios de nutricosméticos, os quais vêm conquistando o gosto e a preferência dos consumidores preocupados com os aspectos da beleza que sofrem consequências com o tempo. De forma a contribuir para a literatura de marketing, a pesquisa se caracterizou como descritiva e procurou identificar e descrever atributos e benefícios de nutricosméticos explorados pela indústria em meios de comunicação como revistas, panfletos impressos e Internet. Para isso, uma pesquisa do tipo documental foi realizada a partir da coleta de propagandas e anúncios sobre nutricosméticos, tendo a análise baseada em um check-list de observação. Alguns dos principais atributos de nutricosméticos explorados pela indústria ao consumidor foram identificados: quantidade, cor da embalagem, nome da marca, veículo do produto, e sabor, entre outros. Além disso, benefícios de nutricosméticos voltados ao crescimento dos fios capilares, ao combate do enfraquecimento das unhas, à prevenção dos sinais do envelhecimento, à melhora da imunidade e à obtenção de beleza de dentro para fora, foram alguns daqueles identificados nas comunicações analisadas. À vista disso, profissionais da saúde, como médicos e nutricionistas, e varejistas podem se beneficiar desse estudo como forma de aprimorarem suas indicações e vendas ao consumidor, uma vez responsáveis por orientá-los em suas escolhas de compra e consumo de nutricosméticos.
Do corpo mecânico cartesiano ao corpo próprio merleau-pontyano
Authors: CHIODI MONICA
Published: October 2022

O artigo se debruça sobre o tema do corpo mecânico cartesiano como pano defundo da crítica fenomenológica operada por Merleau-Ponty acerca do corpo próprio. Comoa noção de corpo mecanicista limita a dimensão existencial do sujeito composto por umconjunto de funções biológicas, psicológicas e físico-químicas, Merleau-Ponty descreve queo corpo não é um objeto ou uma máquina regida por leis mecânicas, mas, um conjunto defunções interligadas que possibilitam a vivência e a experiência do sujeito no mundo por meiodas relações corpóreas que estabelece com o mundo a sua volta. É o sentido e alcance dessaformulação que pretendemos mensurar aqui.
FORMATION SUBJECT COMPETENCES OF TEACHERS ON EXAMPLE OF SUBJECT OF BIODIVERSITY
Authors: Zh. T. Tergenbayeva  , L. N. Karasholakova  , N. Amangeldi
Published: October 2022

"The article discusses the use of training on individual learning trajectories, group work, the ability to actively participate in group work, identification of effectiveness in group work as methods and means of forming subject competence in teaching plant biodiversity at the NAO East Kazakhstan University of S. Amanzholov. Using the example of a lesson on the topic «Methods of plant biodiversity conservation», an analysis of the biological knowledge of 2nd-year students 6B0150 - Biology was made, individual and group forms of education were used, where guide cards (maps of an individual theoretical or practical route) were effectively used; differentiated tasks in the form of test control (options for minimum, general, high and advanced levels); many variations of independent work (on four levels of complexity) for students to choose from. Optimal and effective methods for the formation of subject competence have been identified."
A Review on Heterogeneous WSN Protocols
Authors: Ramendra Yaduvanshi  , Brijendra Mishra
Published: October 2022

Energy saving is the rudimentary provocation in (WSNs). Energy of the WSNs can be preserved in many ways such as duty-cycling of nodes, clustering, Energy proficient routing, and data Energy etc. Good WSNs work on the principle of two issue firstly Energy saving and secondly good network lifetime. In WSNs protocols are found of two types heterogeneous and homogenous. Different types of nodes are used in this WSNs. Different Energy levels are found in these nodes. Different nodes arrangement, clustering scheme and algorithms are used in these WSNs protocols. Heterogeneity is related to different Energy uses and different nodes clustering. We give a Review on Energy Saving Clustering Based Protocols of HWSN in this study.
Realism, Illusion, and Special Effects
in the Cinema
Authors: Furstenau Marc
Published: October 2022

Special effects have long been described as illusory or as the techniques
for the creation of illusion. In this respect, special effects have been
understood to be in the service of the generally illusory nature of
cinematic representation itself, with realistic depiction reduced to the
status of illusion. Against an illusion theory of cinematic realism and of
realistic pictorial depiction generally, the argument here is that realism
in the cinema is thoroughly a matter of style and that it need not become
entangled with the apparently related but in fact tangential question
of illusion and the related questions of perception, belief, and “reality.”
Considering a particular film by George Méliès, The Vanishing Lady,
which realistically represents a magic trick, an “illusion,” a more limited
and specific account of realism is proposed.
King Kong, An Open Perspective
Authors: Liandrat-Guigues Suzanne
Published: October 2022

King Kong, that masterpiece of 1930s filmmaking, is a key work for the
study of special effects in cinema. Its value comes in great measure from
how the film’s effects move beyond that most basic function of special
effects of merely giving to perception what neither eye nor camera can see.
If Kong offers a remarkable visual and formal hybridity in the way it weaves
together non-effects shots with a multitude of effects and techniques
(animation, miniatures, etc.), its strength lies in how it combines and
incorporates them to the film’s mise en scène in a singular poietic act: the
emergence of a form whereby multiple spatial and temporal perspectives
ensure that the natural landscape of Skull Island and the urban landscape
of Manhattan Island entwine in the most unexpected way.
Oblivion: Of Time and Special Effects
Authors: Cubitt Sean
Published: October 2022

The opening scene of Oblivion (Joseph Kosinski, 2013) melds photogrammetry
(including texture maps of actual spacecraft), location reference
footage, back-projection, light detection and ranging (lidar), and an
elaborate physical set in which actors move but are also matched to digital
doubles on a digital set. These processes match a narrative concerning
clones on a post-apocalyptic Earth. These spatial, architectural, and
digital-analog doublings along with the cloning and the trope of the ‘post’
invite questions about the temporalities deployed in the film, questions
of whether identity and non-identity can be held in balance in a single
presence or require a cluster of time-based adjustments (narrative, fantasy,
co-temporality) that destabilize the illusion and effectively demand
a story-arc of remarkable complexity for a relatively low-budget and
unambitious project.
Contentious Debt Politics since the Southern Debt Crisis
Authors: Sorg Christoph
Published: October 2022

Chapter 4 traces the history of transnational movements and campaigns
against what they termed “odious” and “illegitimate” debt in the Global
South from the 1970s to the 2000s, which constitute a direct reaction to
the debt crises in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of South
and Southeast Asia. The chapter introduces some of the actors, structural
constellations, repertoires, and discourses which have reappeared in the
recent crisis.
Screening the Gothic in Australia and New Zealand
Authors: Gildersleeve Jessica , Cantrell Kate , Doolan Emma , Holland Emily , Stevenson Billy , Jeffery Ella , Balanzategui Jessica , Shek-Noble Liz , Piatti-Farnell Lorna , Sulway Nike , Howell Amanda , Hinton Corrine , West Patrick , Jackson Luke , Lawn Jennifer
Published: October 2022

The persistent popularity of the detective narrative, new obsessions with psychological and supernatural disturbances, as well as the resurgence of older narratives of mystery or the Gothic all constitute a vast proportion of contemporary film and television productions. New ways of watching film and television have also seen a reinvigoration of this ‘most domestic of media’. But what does this ‘domesticity’ of genre and media look like ‘Down Under’ in the twenty.first century? This collection traces representations of the Gothic on both the small and large screens in Australia and New Zealand in the twenty.first century. It attends to the development and mutation of the Gothic in these post. or neo.colonial contexts, concentrating on the generic innovations of this temporal and geographical focus.
Gothic Explorations of Landscapes, Spaces, and Bodies in Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake and Top of the Lake: China Girl
Authors: Shek-Noble Liz
Published: October 2022

Jane Campion’s work has been described as sympathetic towards the Gothic in its aesthetic and thematic explorations. This chapter offers a comparative analysis of Campion’s television miniseries, Top of the Lake (2013), and its sequel, Top of the Lake: China Girl (2017), in order to consider how landscapes, spaces, and bodies are ‘gothicized’ in the series to explore established themes of the genre including sexual violence, epistemological uncertainty, and contested family histories. It compares the geographies of the first and second seasons to consider the significance of regional particularities in contributing to the formation of a national understanding of the Gothic.
From ‘Fixer’ to ‘Freak’: Disabling the Ambitious (Mad)Woman in Wentworth
Authors: Hinton Corrine E.
Published: October 2022

In 2013, Foxtel (SoHo) debuted Wentworth, the women-in-prison television drama and remake of Prisoner: Cell Block H (1979–1986). Season Two resurrects Joan ‘The Freak’ Ferguson, the prison’s new Governor. While the disturbing and the disturbed are tropes common in both gothic texts and prison dramas, something more sinister lurks within Wentworth as viewers witness Ferguson’s personal, psychological, and professional disintegration. Positioned within a feminist disability studies framework, this analysis reveals how Wentworth deliberately frames Ferguson as a revenge-seeking madwoman, conflating symptoms of psychiatric disorders that ultimately dehumanize her. By adopting the banal archetype of the madwoman as villain and leveraging disability as spectacle, Wentworth perpetuates patriarchal and ableist misconceptions about women in power and people with psychiatric disabilities.
Imperial cities, imperial citizens
Authors: Groten Miel
Published: October 2022

The political architecture of government buildings and official monuments
clearly formed an empire-related layer in the built environment of Europe.
However, outside of the capitals, port- and industrial cities developed their
own attachments to imperialism, mediated through exchanges, offices,
or public buildings. In Victorian Glasgow, self-proclaimed ‘Second City
of the Empire’, even the new town hall (1877–1889) was to be made part
of the city’s imperial vocation. Façades referring to Rome and Venice and
sculpture symbolising the British empire turned this municipal office
into an imperial palace. However, this project by the civic elite rested on a
hierarchic vision of the city and could not prevent doubts about Glasgow’s
and Scotland’s position in the empire the from arising.
Introduction: The places of empire
Authors: Groten Miel
Published: October 2022

The built environment of Western Europe became entangled with overseas
imperialism in the period 1860–1960, when colonial empires were at
their largest. Europeans at home experienced the vast imperial spaces,
formed by networks between colonies and metropoles, by encountering
the local imperial ‘places’ that sustained such networks: mission houses,
government buildings, factories, offices, museums. Such sites contributed
to the development of an imperial culture in European societies, which
legitimised colonial rule by stressing the necessity and righteousness of
imperial power relations. As architecture of this kind could be found in
different colonial powers, as well as in countries without colonies but with
ties to the empires of others, it allows us to scrutinise the transnational,
European nature of imperial culture.
River-Edge Relationships
Authors: Prescott Michaela F.
Published: October 2022

Although the poor condition of rivers in Indonesian cities is significant,
there is limited documentation and comparison of river improvement
projects specific to socio-spatial factors. Furthermore, there is a need
for practical examples of projects to support policy-making, design, and
implementation. This chapter describes a comparative analysis of qualitative
aspects of river improvement in Indonesia, based upon fieldwork
documenting material evidence of the reconfiguration of the edges of
four urbanized rivers. This evidence was classified based on aspects of
the physical environment influencing the river-edge relationship. The
findings illustrated the potential of neighborhood-centered projects to have
positive environmental impacts. The chapter concludes with a series of
forward-looking recommendations for the design of river-city relationships.
Relationships
Authors: Soriano Cheryll Ruth , Cabalquinto Earvin Charles
Published: October 2022

This chapter illuminates the curation of interracial relationships between
Filipino women and their foreign male partners on YouTube. Drawing upon
the conception of countererotics, cultural whitening, and a postfeminist
critique, it problematises intimate, affective and creative approaches
enacted by YouTubers in networked and monetised environments as a
form of brokering of idealised interracial coupling. The analysis of LDR
(long-distance relationship)-themed YouTube videos is situated within
the socio-historical context and technological landscape of mixed-race
partnership and marriages in the Philippines. Ultimately, the emotive
narratives, personalisation mechanisms, and platform-specific strategies
construct and marketise the vernaculars of interracial relationships.
The chapter ends with the possibilities, economies, and parameters of
broadcasting intimate relationships in networked spaces.
Introduction: Stigmata and Visual Culture
Authors: Warr Cordelia
Published: October 2022

By expanding the discussion of stigmata to focus on visual culture, it is possible to deepen our understanding of contemporary visuality as well as our awareness of debates concerning images and image making between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. Francis of Assisi (d. 1226) and Catherine of Siena (d. 1380) are important to this debate as the two saints most frequently depicted with miraculous stigmata. However, limiting considerations to representations of these two saints prevents a full understanding of the role of gender in the visual culture of stigmata. By placing Saints Francis and Catherine within the wider context of stigmatic visuality, it is possible to broaden our understanding of issues relating to gender, miracles, and the representation of knowledge.
Bordering Tibetan Languages
Authors: Roche Gerald , Hyslop Gwendolyn , Schendel Willem , Harris Tina , Donohue Cathryn , Lepcha Charisma , Schmidt Dirk , Suzuki Hiroyuki , Ward Shannon
Published: October 2022

Bordering Tibetan Languages: Making and Marking Languages in Transnational High Asia examines the complex interactions between state, ethnic, and linguistic borders in the Himalayas. These case studies from Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal show how people in the Himalayas talk borders into existence, and also how those borders speak to them and their identities. These ‘talking borders’ exist in a world where state borders are contested, and which is being irrevocably transformed by rapid social and economic change. This book offers a new perspective on this dynamic region by centring language, and in doing so, also offers new ways of thinking about how borders and language influence each other.
Introduction: Bordering Tibetan Languages
Authors: Roche Gerald
Published: October 2022

This chapter explores the relationship between language borders and
state borders. It argues that both state and language borders are forms of
structural violence that are mutually reinforcing. These interlocking forms
of structural violence produce material, biopolitical, and representational
inequalities and concrete harms. Therefore, like the placing of state borders,
the placing of language borders is seen to be a non-trivial issue. The
transnational Himalayas, stretching across the People’s Republic of China
(PRC), Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bhutan, are introduced as an ideal site
for investigating how language and state borders interact. Furthermore,
the role that Tibetan, as an imagined language, plays in the region is seen
to have central importance to this dynamic.
Changing Identity and Linguistic Practices in Nubri
Authors: Donohue Cathryn
Published: October 2022

This chapter introduces Nubri Valley – the people, the place, the language
– presenting results from a recent sociolinguistic survey that establishes
internal variation as well as external pressures on the language. As a
community of ethnic Tibetans in Nepal, crossing the border has slowly
resulted in a shift of focus towards Kathmandu in many ways. Changing
attitudes and evolving social practices are resulting in a marked shift in
language use in the younger generations. Superfĳicially, the Nubri language
appears quite vital within the valley. However, I show how an examination
of diffferent borders in the sociolinguistic landscape helps leads us to a
much clearer understanding of the actual linguistic vitality, revealing a
serious threat to its continued survival.
If It’s Not TV, is It Sociology? The Wire
Authors: Flamand Lee A.
Published: October 2022

The Wire builds a vast, novelistic, and sociologically informed portrait of the interlocking institutions which comprise the post-industrial American city in the era of mass incarceration. It has therefore been an object of both high praise and intense controversy amongst sociologists. This is due largely to The Wire’s own sociological ambitions, as it sources many of its insights, narrative conventions, and aesthetics from sociology’s own cultural history. The Wire dramatizes practices of surveillance associated with policing, urban governance, and social science so as to render visible the complicity of such institutions in the (re)production of mass incarceration. However, as a series which is itself deeply invested in ideologies of visibility, The Wire has trouble transcending the self-same cultural contradictions it critiques.
How to Portray the princeps: Visual Imperial Representation from Nero to Domitian
Authors: Wolsfeld Anne
Published: October 2022

Contrary to literary tradition, reactions to Nero’s Rome in the archaeological
record of visual representation do not completely reject previous
developments, but are multifaceted. In their self-representation the
Flavians had different strategies to cope with their predecessor’s images:
they used the official concept of the portrait head to make statements
against his rule and also to support the consolidation of their family. For
the other iconographic elements and dimensions of imperial images,
which were chosen by the commissioner of the respective monument, a
continuous and stepwise development can be observed, even for those
elements newly introduced under Nero. Apparently, there was no impulse
to move backwards to a more traditional level, not even after the death
of a condemned emperor like Nero.
Towards a Political Theory of Brexit
Authors: Hoare George
Published: October 2022

In this chapter I examine the role and function of “Europe” in British
domestic politics from the point of view of member-state theory. This
analytical perspective sees European integration as above all a process
of state transformation, specifically from a nation-state to a member
state of the European Union, under conditions of a hollowing-out of the
institutions of representative democracy. I first outline the key claims of
member-state theory before using it as a frame through which to interpret
both the events of the Brexit process and the arguments over identity,
cosmopolitanism, and sovereignty around Brexit. I conclude with some
reflections on the meaning of popular sovereignty and member-statehood
after Brexit.
Building Communities through Neighbourhood-based Participatory Planning in Singapore
Authors: Lim Jan H. M. , Yeung Larry , Van den Broeck Pieter
Published: October 2022

This chapter reflects on the community-building potential of neighbourhood-
based participatory planning processes, based on a non-profit
organization’s experiences in Singapore’s Neighbourhood Renewal Programmes
(NRPs). The NRP is a key government framework for resident
participation in the revival of middle-aged public housing estates. Using
a strategic-relational institutionalist approach, this chapter highlights
how the capacity of the NRP to build relationships, and thereby enable
local residents to take collective action and influence decision-making,
is shaped by the dialectical interactions between various actors and
institutions. It concludes that these actor-institution dynamics, as seen in
four instances of the NRP, privilege the fostering of social cohesion and the
observance of rules and procedures, over the empowerment of residents.
Conclusion: Civic Urbanisms and Urban Governance in Asia and Beyond
Authors: Cho Im Sik , Križnik Blaž , Hou Jeffrey
Published: October 2022

The concluding chapter addresses the various themes explored in this
volume by juxtaposing the findings from different cases of activism and
resistance, collaboration and placemaking, neighbourhood community
building, and self-organization and commoning in Hong Kong, Seoul,
Singapore, and Taipei. It critically examines how emerging partnerships
between the state and civil society reshape and build more resilient and
participatory neighbourhoods and cities. The chapter further explores
the changing state–civil society relations, affecting civic urbanisms,
their actors, forms, impacts, and consequences. Finally, we argue that the
concept of civic urbanisms provides not only a conceptual framework to
understand the ongoing social and urban change but also an aspirational
model of urban governance for cities in Asia and beyond.
Exploring the Translingual Approach to English as a Foreign Language Writing in China
Authors: Wang Sitong
Published: October 2022

The translingual approach has become an increasingly popular pedagogy in writing education to respond to linguistic diversity in the past decade. It emphasizes nonstandard language varieties and encourages learners to employ all linguistic repertoire. Writing scholars and educators proposed various research from different viewpoints to investigate how the approach can affect writing pedagogy and practice. However, so far, limited attention has been given to the potential influence of translingual writing in China’s classrooms. Exploring the young and fast-growing landscape is necessary, and adapting the translingual approach to the Chinese context. To fill the gap, the purpose of this paper is to present a critical review of the literature investigating translingual writing in China. Hopefully, the paper can facilitate the English as a foreign language (EFL) writing instructors who plan to adopt a translingual approach in China.
An Extended Security Measurement Framework for Open-Source Enterprise Resource Planning Software Security
Authors: Njuki Jane Wanjiru , Muketha Geoffrey Muchiri , Ndia John Gichuki
Published: October 2022

Modern organizations are adopting new ways of measuring their level of security for compliance and justification of security investments. The highly interconnected environment has seen organizations generate lots of personal information and sensitive organizational data. Easiness in automation provided by open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) software has accelerated its acceptability. The study aimed at developing a security measurement framework for open-source ERP software. The motivation was twofold: paradigm shift towards open-source ERP software and the need for justified investment on information security. Product quality evaluation method based on ISO 25010 framework guided the selection of attributes and factors. A security measurement framework with security posture at the highest level, attributes and factors was developed presenting a mechanism for assessing organization’s level of security. Security posture promotes customers’ confidence and gives management means to leverage resources for information security investment. The future work includes definition of metrics based on the framework.