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Theatre Talks as Micro-Democracy
Authors: Ejgod Hansen Louise
Published: January 2021

The article discusses and analyzes the democratic potential of theatre-going within the framework of cultural policy. Theoretically, the article is based on three different approaches: theatre research and the link between theatre and democracy, cultural policy research on the strategy of democratization of culture, and the democracy theory of James S. Fishkin. The analysis is based on the empirical material of thirty-one theatre talks carried out as part of an audience development project and focuses on four different aspects of the democratic potential of theatre: First, how the theatre talks gave the participants the opportunity to reflect on the experience and thus gain a better understanding of the theatrical event. Secondly, the importance of the social setting of the theatrical event, and thus of creating a safe framework for new theatre visitors. Thirdly, the article provides a critical approach to a target-oriented approach to audience development in which the content of the performance should be matched with certain audience segments. And fourth, the article points to an outcome of the experience related to the challenging of one’s own view point and thus expanding one’s horizon.
Gone With the Plague
Authors: Nielsen Ken
Published: January 2021

This article suggests that two historical performances by the Danish subcultural theatre group Buddha og Bagbordsindianerne should be understood not simply as underground, amateur cabarets, but rather that they should be theorized as creating a critical temporality, as theorized by David Román. As such, they function to complicate the past and the present in rejecting a discourse of decency and embracing a queerer, more radical sense of citizenship. In other words, conceptualizing these performances as critical temporalities allows us not only to understand two particular theatrical performances of gay male identity and AIDS in Copenhagen in the late 1980s, but also to theorize more deeply embedded tensions between queer identities, temporality, and citizenship. Furthermore, by reading these performances and other performances like them as critical temporalities we reject the willful blindness of traditional theatre histories and make a more radical theatre history possible.
Send in the Clowns
Authors: Sigurjónsdóttir Sigríður Lára
Published: January 2021

In the regional elections of 2010, a new political party, The Best Party (Besti flokkurinn), ran for office in Reykjavík under the leadership of mayor candidate, actor and comedian, Jón Gnarr. The Best Party’s campaign was very successful, even if it made no attempt to argue policy or (apparently) use any of the methods used in a traditional campaign. This article deals with the question of whether and how a political campaign can be an effective political performance or be seen as political activism, using some of the Best Party’s campaigning methods as a case study. The campaign is studied as a performance, drawing on the theories of Richard Schechner and Michel Foucault. While Jón Gnarr and the Best Party seemed to break with traditional politics, the article asks whether they really did that. What changes when a performer runs for office? Did the Best Party send in the clowns, or were they already there?
Identification Of Unconfined Aquifer Using 3D Resistivity Analysis At Simpang 5 Area, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
Authors:   Physics Department, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia, Supriyadi Supriyadi , Fianti Fianti , R Dwi Rizki , Setyawan Agus ,   Physics Department, Diponegoro University, Indonesia, Talapessy Ronaldo ,   Graduate School Of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
Published: January 2021

Water is a unique property of the Earth and very important to every living organism. The existence of groundwater is only 0.61% of the total water on earth (oceans, rivers, lakes, polar ice, rain). The purpose of this research is to determine the location and depth of the aquifer by using 2D and 3D modeling. The method of research is resistivity method using Schlumberger configuration, where data is collected according to the survey design with coordinate ranging from X:436100, Y:9226880 to X:436680, Y:9227640, and covered by 7 lines. The modeling results indicate that the present groundwater aquifer potential has low resistivity distribution in this area. The spreading of unconfined aquifer is estimated on the north side to the east of Simpang 5 area. This can be seen from syncing the data of line one to six. But the data on line seven is of different patterns with other lines. The existence of groundwater basin is not easily identified on this line. This may be due to the location of Line Seven being located in the area of Ciputra Mall, Horison Hotel and Tlogorejo Hospital with higher consumption of water, thus the decrease in groundwater condition. This may cause conditions such as land subsidence. The results of interpretation based on the modeling show the possibility of an unconfined aquifer with groundwater level at 10-15 m depth with varied end of border groundwater depth.
X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) And Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Analysis Of Potsherds, Sungai Batu Complex, Bujang Valley, Kedah Sungai Batu Complex, Bujang Valley, Kedah
Authors:   Centre For Global Archaeological Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, Abd Halim Mohd Hasfarisham , Saidin Mokhtar
Published: January 2021

Archaeological excavations at the Sungai Batu Archeological Complex have unearthed potsherds with monument structures. The discovery of the potsherds enables scientific studies of X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis to be conducted and resolve related issues such as where the raw materials were obtained by the manufacturers. To solve the issue, potsherds were taken from around the ancient river, and scientific analyses was conducted for comparison purposes. Before the clay sample was subjected to the scientific analyses, the samples were cleaned and measured (for weight, thickness and width). Color sampling was also performed. Based on results of the analyses, it clearly shows that the potsherds was produced using raw materials from the ancient river in the Sungai Batu Complex itself and baked at a temperature between 550°C and 650°C.
Variation In Textural Properties Of Aplitic Kaolin From Kinta Valley
Authors:   School of Material and Mineral Resources Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, Khong Ling Han , Zabidi Hareyani , Ariffin Kamar Shah
Published: January 2021

Textural properties are among one of the fundamental characteristics especially important to be understood before suitable application(s) of a kaolin can be determined as they have direct influence on the other properties such as plasticity, brightness, firing and rheological behavior. This paper presents an investigation on the textural properties of aplitic kaolin from Kinta Valley. Two degritted kaolin samples from different location of Kinta Valley were measured for their particle size distribution by laser diffraction method. The samples were then classified into different size fractions followed by examination of their morphological property by various techniques which X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). Generally, the kaolin can be classified into two different types based on the fine fraction content which may be consists of; i) delaminated platy kaolinite, or ii) tubular shaped halloysite. These fine fractions however constitute only to minor amount or not more than 12 % of the clays, as both clay consist predominantly of coarse book like kaolinite stacks. The degree of crystallinity of kaolinite samples shows a positive correlation to its particle size during examination by XRD, but FTIR spectrum shows a high degree of crystallinity for all kaolinite samples regardless of their particle size. Slight presence of halloysite is sufficient to give an adverse effect on the clay crystallinity index measured from XRD pattern. Sorting of the clay into different size and morphological fraction creates a product with less variation in properties between individual particles, and with more potential for tailoring or engineering of their properties.
Groundwater Potential Assessment Using 2-D Resistivity Method In Kluang, Johor (Malaysia)
Authors:   Geophysics Section, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, Rahman Nazrin , Mohamad Edy Tonnizam ,   Centre of Tropical Geoengineering (GEOTROPIK), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Saad Rosli ,   Geophysics Section, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Published: January 2021

Sources of clean water are decreasing due to rapid usage, contaminated surface waters, pollution and dry season. The dependence on the existing water source is not enough to fulfil the increasing demand of population in Malaysia. In order to overcome the problem, groundwater source is the most suitable alternative. 2-D resistivity method was carried out in a granitic area of Kluang, Johor to delineate and locate groundwater resource. 5 survey lines were conducted by using ABEM SAS4000 terrameter and electrode selector which were connected to 41 electrodes through lund cables. Pole-dipole array was chosen in this study for deeper penetration. Collected data were processed by using RES2DINV software to produce inversion model which was then exported to Surfer8 software for visualisation and interpretation. The result shows that most of the study area consist of granite with different level of fracturing. Unconfined aquifer was found at depths of 0 to 50 m. Confined aquifers can be seen at two different zones. They exhibit same properties at three parallel lines, R1-R3 and show continuity between them. It is predicted that the aquifers flow in the southwest to northeast direction. The hard rock aquifers are highly recommended to be drilled as they contain a large amount of fresh water for further usage.
Seismic Geomorphology Of Channels In X-Block, Penyu Basin
Authors:   Petroleum Geoscience, Department of Geoscience, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia, Nik Mohd Hassan Nik Nur Anis Amalina , Liaw Kim Kiat , Mansor Md Yazid
Published: January 2021

Penyu Basin is a complex, intracratonic basin, situated on the northern Sunda Shelf. This basin formed during Oligocene, and geological setting of this area is a typical Southeast Asian Tertiary rift system. An oil discovery has been made in X-Block of Penyu Basin. However, it was relinquished in 2006 due to the non-commercial oil discovery. X-Block consists of mostly monoclinal structures that do not seem to provide an efficient trapping mechanism because of the very low reliefs. Three wells have been drilled in X-Block and tested primarily on the structural traps, mainly the basement drape structures. This research aims to analyze the stratigraphic traps, focusing on channel features. This is done with the aid from seismic geomorphology. This method helps examine buried landforms by using seismic data as a tool. By seismic geomorphology study, several channel features can be recognized. Most of the channels can be found in upper and middle part of the seismic section. As going deeper to the bottom section, only lineaments of faults are visible. In the upper part of the seismic section, straight and long channel features can be observed and as moving downwards, the channel sinuosity increases resulting in meandering channel. From this seismic geomorphology study, it confirms that there are channel systems in X-Block of Penyu Basin.
An exploration of millennial perceptions and value priority of CSR and CnSR
Authors:   , Woodason Daniel
Published: January 2021

Ethical rhetoric regarding the demographic attributed as Millennials, their characteristics and value priorities, is diverse (i.e. Becker Jr, 2012; Bucic et al., 2012; Cone, 2015; Deloitte, 2017; Greenberg, & Weber, 2008; McGlone et al., 2011; Neilsen, 2015; Paulin et al., 2014; Schweitzer & Lyons, 2010; Weber & Urick, 2017). This research explores their views and attitudes regarding social responsibility and ethical considerations relating to both corporate (CSR) and personal behaviour (CnSR). The aim being to offer beneficial insight, furthering research relating to a better understanding of the demographic that enables more effective, meaningful or relevant corporate CSR strategies and pertinent marketing communications targeted at them. A heterogeneous ideology required an interpretivist approach and interviews were used to gain insights of eighteen Millennials: undergraduate students at a UK university Business School. Transcripts were thematically analysed to disclose their ethical / pro-environmental value priority that produced three themes: convenience & indifference, self-reasoning & justification, and distrust. Value priority for both CSR and CnSR was low and the three themes uncovered findings pertinent to meeting the research aims. The sample indicated that the late-adolescent life stage they were experiencing was indicative of an undefined role in a responsible adult society; as acknowledged by Erikson as early as 1963 with conflict experienced - self-identity and peer approval needs vs those of society. This was reflected in a combination of factors including the influence of significant others (noted by Beckmann, 2007), a deflection of responsibility to act or reluctance to take responsibility for the consequences of the previous generation’s misgivings, and an apathy or indifference to the topic in general. Moreover, their transitioning life-stage including temporary accommodation, friendship groups, identity formation and employment purpose was evident (Batemann & Phippen, 2016) as an antecedent to this and the alternate priorities that emanate from this situation. The findings concluded that empathy was evident, but action was more ‘locally’ focused such as on UK animal welfare rather than international (human) labour or socio-economic conditions. For marketing communications, the data revealed cynicism and scepticism was evident, relating to global brands, but more ominously, all forms of information. A topic that has been raised on occasion by previous authors (notably Quinby, 1999) and in reference to socially responsible behaviour has been acknowledged to negate responsibility to act, or assign blame elsewhere (Detert et al., 2008). The concept of pro-environmental corporate strategy to appeal to the demographic was found to be uncertain. Findings suggested some admiration may arise for a majority but added patronage was uncommitted.
Notas para la edición de la zarzuela Los cielos premian desdenes de Marcos de Lanuza, Conde de Clavijo, y compositor anónimo
Authors: Josa Lola , Lambea Mariano
Published: January 2021

Marcos de Lanuza, conde de Clavijo, es uno de los dramaturgos menos conocidos y que, sin embargo, con gran empeño trabajó para la excelencia artística del teatro musical de su época. De sus tres zarzuelas conocidas, y aún inéditas, hemos escogido Júpiter y Ío. Los cielos premian desdenes por ser la más sugerente en cuanto a las relaciones entre poesía dramática y música. La escribió por orden de Carlos II para las Carnestolendas del año 1699, y quiso tomar como pretexto de la trama las Metamorfosis (I) de Ovidio, pero adecuando el amor de los dioses a un desenlace moralizador que se recoge en el subtítulo y que, al mismo tiempo, deja al descubierto el homenaje a la zarzuela Los celos hacen estrellas que Vélez de Guevara representó en palacio en 1672. La partitura se conserva manuscrita y anónima, aunque nos atrevemos a barajar los nombres de Sebastián Durón, Juan de Navas y Antonio Literes como posibles compositores. Musicalmente, contiene los elementos propios del tono humano barroco, junto a las novedades estilísticas importadas de Italia, que configuran un discurso pautado por fragmentos a cuatro voces alternados con otros a solo (coplas y recitados), y con acompañamiento de violines, violas, flautas y clarines, y el pertinente bajo continuo. El objetivo de este breve artículo es dar a conocer esta zarzuela y sentar las bases de su edición crítica para Digital CSIC, el repositorio institucional del CSIC.
Documentation of party organization of the Moscow Automobile Factory named after I. A. Likhachev as a source on history of the company
Authors: Belyj Konstantin Vyatcheslavovitch
Published: January 2021

The subject of this research is the documentation of party organization of the Moscow Automobile Factory named after I. A. Likhachev (known fully as the Public Joint-Stock Company – Likhachov Plant ZIL, Moscow Automobile Society AMO ZIL) as a source on history of the enterprise. The goal of this research consists  in determination of information capacity and possibilities of using documentary materials accumulated as a result of work of the primary party organizations of industrial enterprises of the Soviet period, namely with regards to the least studied aspects: social conditions, socio-psychological, and socio-cultural. The analysis of sources demonstrates that the materials of factory party organizations, particularly Moscow Automobile Factory named after I. A. Likhachev, represent one of the most valuable groups of sources in studying the history of a single company and industrial enterprise. They feature high information capacity on the key aspects of the company, including social. It is underlined that the party documentation was used by the Soviet researchers fragmentary and at times not objectively for multiple reasons; therefore, one of the tasks for the historians lies in comprehensive reconstruction of reliable scientific history of enterprises overall, and their party organizations in particular.
Paleopathological peculiarities of the population of timber-grave (Srubnaya) culture of the Late Bronze Age originating from the burials of Archedino-Chernushensky Kurgan group
Authors: Pererva Evgenii Vladimirovich , Sitnikov Aleksandr Vladimirovich
Published: January 2021

Skeletal remains from the burials of timber-grave period of the Late Bronze Age originating from kurgans of the Archedino-Chernushensky group served as the material for this research. The archaeological monument is located in the territory of the Frolovsky Municipal District of Volgograd Oblast. The remains of 12 individuals (6 adults, 4 children, and 2 adolescents) were explored. In the course of this research, the author applied the method of account for the occurrence of discretely varying traits on the skull and bones of postcranial skeleton, as well as evaluation program for dissemination of pathological characteristic developed by the national researchers A. A. Movsesyan, E. V. Pererva, A. P. Buzhilova. The archaeological explorations of group Archedino-Chernushensky Kurgan group were carried out in 2020. Therefore, the acquired anthropological materials are introduced into the scientific discourse for the first time. The author was able to establish that the equal number of children and adult burials can be attributed to timber-grave period. The examined skeletal remains of the Late Bronze Age of the Lower Volga Region demonstrate the signs of episodic stress (enamel hypoplasia) and distribution of diseases related to the deficiency of microelements in the body (porosis of the diaphysis in individuals who did not reach the age of puberty). The records of such type of deviations on anthropological materials of deviations indicates chronic stress associated with systematic occurrences of famine, which is natural for the population of the Late Bronze Age of the Lower Volga Region, who were involved in mixed farming. The excavations reveal the series of injuries of household and battle nature among adult population. The prevalent burial method of timber-grave culture Archedino-Chernushensky Kurgan group of appears to be the cremation ritual.   
About the specifics of organizing and conducting elections during the COVID-19 pandemic (some questions)
Authors: Chekharina Valentina Ivanovna
Published: January 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic poses extraordinary challenges to democratic values around the world, including elections. The subject of the study is some issues of the organization and conduct of elections at various levels affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, based on changes in the normal course of the electoral process, its individual stages. The relevance of the issue under study is obvious, since the COVID-19 pandemic has called into question whether the elections will take place on time or the date will be postponed. Methods are applied: comparative, analytical, systematic approach. The task is to study the specifics of the organization and conduct of elections during a pandemic in relation to certain stages of the electoral process that have been significantly affected by the pandemic. Particular attention is paid to the postponement of elections, which is directly related to the initial stage of the electoral process вЂ“ the appointment of elections. Attention is drawn to the introduction of special regimes during the pandemic. Another important legal issue is the issue of voting вЂ“ the main stage of the electoral process. Attention is focused on special voting methods that are most actively used during the pandemic, especially such as remote voting, postal voting, early voting and others. The postponement of elections during the COVID-19 pandemic should be considered as a new legal phenomenon in the practice of elections, having a massive character, having a direct impact on the electoral process, its individual stages, guarantees of electoral rights, methods of voting of voters, turnout and election results. It is necessary to develop a detailed mechanism for regulating the postponement of elections, especially in emergency situations, by including relevant provisions in the current domestic electoral legislation in order to ensure genuine guarantees of free and periodic elections. The results of the study can be used to improve electoral legislation, develop election rules during the pandemic, and take into account the most effective foreign experience in the electoral practice of the Russian Federation.
"Competitive" head of the municipality: analysis and prospects of use
Authors: Konysheva Elena Georgievna
Published: January 2021

The subject of the study is the organizational model of local self-government introduced by Federal Law No. 8-FZ of February 3, 2015, which provides for the election of the head of the municipality by the representative body of the municipality from among the candidates submitted by the competition commission based on the results of the competition. The purpose of the work is to give a comprehensive assessment of the organizational model of the "competitive" head of the municipality and determine further prospects for its use, for which the tasks are set to consider the main features of the organizational model of the "competitive" head of local selfвЂ“government and identify their strengths and weaknesses. In his work, the author relied on general scientific and private scientific research methods, namely: analysis, synthesis, historical method, modeling method, special legal method, etc. В  The results of the study of the organizational model of the "competitive" head of the municipality revealed a number of significant shortcomings, on the basis of which the inexpediency of the widespread use of the model in question and the need for a selective approach depending on the type of a particular municipality is shown. The scientific novelty of the conducted research is due to objective factors of reality and consists in substantiating practical problems by the lack of theoretical development of the specified organizational model of local self-government. As a result, legislative solutions aimed at improving legal regulation in the field of organizational foundations of local self-government through the wider use of the institute of rotation are proposed.
Violence or nonviolence: the instrumental nature of protest mobilization
Authors: Makarenko Kirill Mikhailovich , Bardakov Aleksei Ivanovich
Published: January 2021

Protest mobilization is a complex multidimensional process, the implementation of which depends on a number of factors, both objective and subjective. Regular practices of large-scale demonstrations directed against the activities of state structures in various regions of the world, as well as an unprecedented decrease in the level of violence in the world, actualize issues related to the grounds of protest activity, as well as tools that characterize protest mobilization. In this regard, the subject of the study are the tools of protest political mobilization, and the purpose of the study, in turn, is to determine the boundaries of the use of violence and nonviolence as tools of protest mobilization. В В  Based on the principles of the theory of "adversarial politics" by C. Tilly to the analysis of violence and nonviolence in political activity, as well as using the analysis of current data on the practices of protest activity, the authors made a number of conclusions: 1) both violent and nonviolent instruments are rooted in the basis of protest activity, which are mixed within the framework of mass actions in various proportions; 2) violence is an integral part of mass protests, but the magnitude and intensity of violence is determined by the level of political dissatisfaction with the subjects of collective activity and the scale of the available resource base; 3) according to statistics, nonviolent forms of collective protest actions are more successful in realizing the stated goals of the subjects of mobilization.
Digital music art through the prism of interdisciplinarity
Authors: Piryazeva Elena Nikolaevna
Published: January 2021

  The processes taking place in modern science tend to integrate various scientific disciplines in studying any scientific phenomenon. This explains the search of methodology based on the techniques of different sciences involved in formation of the subject of research, which in this article is represented by the digital music art. Interpreted as a branch of music art with digital specificity, digital music art incorporates electronic music presented by specific, algorithmic, and electronic music. A signature characteristic of digital music art consists in its interdisciplinarity, which suggests the combined effect of separate parts of the system and leads to self-organization, which corresponds with the scientific tasks of synergetics. This substantiates the relevance for elaboration of interdisciplinary methodology for studying digital music art in the context of research mechanisms developed within synergetics. The scientific lies in the analysis of digital art through the prism of the qualities inherent to synergetics. The disciplines united by digital art (mathematics, set theory, probability theory, information theory, combinatorics, game theory, cybernetics, computer science, acoustics, sociology, communication, and biology) are interdisciplinary, which means that in ensemble with other disciplines they form a complex interdisciplinary knowledge of structure of digital music art. At the same time, the disciplines that comprise scientific framework of digital music art are attributed to different sciences: humanities, natural sciences, mathematics, social sciences, and technical sciences. In this context, the research of digital music art is simultaneously of interdisciplinary and multiscientific nature. The author established a peculiar impact of interdisciplinarity upon digital art, which generates the qualities inherent to synergetics – nonlinearity, disequilibrium, openness, chaotic nature, entropy, indeterminacy, and dissipation.  
Teksty minimalne jako przedmiot badań genologicznych
Authors: Czachur Waldemar
Published: January 2021

The aim of the work is to reflect on the essence of such texts as bus tickets, banknotes, postage stamps, receipts, street signs, and credit cards, which I define as minimum texts. On the one hand, I am interested in the question of what research potential lies in the analysis of minimum texts from a genological perspective and, on the other hand, what analysis criteria and categories from the field of genre studies could be relevant for the analysis of minimal texts. I will try to explain by means of a few examples how I define minimal texts and what I see as the value of this category in answering the questions raised above and outlining the deiderata of integrated multimodal text type linguistics.
EUROJOS: Eine Darstellung des Potentials von kognitiver Definition anhand der Konzepte ARBEIT und DEMOKRATIE
Authors: Szulc-Brzozowska Magdalena
Published: January 2021

The purpose of the paper is to present theoretical and methodological aspects of the research project EUROJOS, which is anchored and developed in Lublin ethnolinguistics. It aims to create the cognitive definition of the selected concepts, regarded as values in the European culture. The cognitive definition is based on 3 types of data: lexicographical sources, surveys and text corpora, with the latest playing a crucial role at profiling the concepts. The methodological criteria are indicated as validated by the description of chosen results from other research papers regarding the concept WORK in some languages and the concept DEMOCRACY in Polish and German. Whereas the study of the concept WORK objects to demonstrate the all-embracing definition of the concept, its universal meaning aspects, the example of DEMOCRACY shows the relevancy of profiling, thus also of the role of public discourse and the media.
Dynamics of quantum correlation for three qubits in hierarchical environment
Authors: Song Yue , Li Jun-Qi , Liang Jiu-Qing ,   Institute of Theoretical Physics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Published: January 2021

Much attention has been paid to the dynamics of quantum correlation in an open quantum system coupled to a single-layered environment for a long time. However, the system can be influenced by the multilayer environment or hierarchical environment in realistic scenarios, which is attracting increasing interest at present. In this context, we explore in this paper the dynamics of quantum correlation for a quantum system consisting of three independent qubits, each being immersed in a single mode lossy cavity which is further connected to another cavity. The influences of cavity-cavity coupling strength Ω and the decay rate of cavity Γ1 on the measures of quantum correlation, including negativity, Bell non-locality as well as entanglement witness, are investigated in detail in a strong coupling regime and a weak coupling regime. It is shown that the phenomena of sudden death and sudden birth can happen to both Bell non-locality and entanglement witness. When the decay rate Γ1 = 0 is given, with the increase of Ω these measures eventually reach their stationary values over time after a short period of damping oscillations, in which these stationary values will become larger for the larger Ω. At the same time, the values or the survival times of quantum correlation considered by us in the weak coupling regime are better than in the strong coupling case. In addition, the non-zero Γ1 has a great negative effect on quantum correlation. Hence, in order to suppress the loss of quantum correlation better, the effective manipulation of quantum weak measurement and measurement reversal operator is considered further. Some interesting results are obtained.
The clonal structure and dynamics of the human T cell response to an organic chemical hapten
Authors: Ronel Tahel , Harries Matthew , Wicks Kate , Oakes Theres , Singleton Helen , Dearman Rebecca , Maxwell Gavin , Chain Benny
Published: January 2021

Diphenylcyclopropenone (DPC) is an organic chemical hapten which induces allergic contact dermatitis and is used in the treatment of warts, melanoma, and alopecia areata. This therapeutic setting therefore provided an opportunity to study T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire changes in response to hapten sensitization in humans. Repeated exposure to DPC induced highly dynamic transient expansions of a polyclonal diverse T cell population. The number of TCRs expanded early after sensitization varies between individuals and predicts the magnitude of the allergic reaction. The expanded TCRs show preferential TCR V and J gene usage and consist of clusters of TCRs with similar sequences, two characteristic features of antigen-driven responses. The expanded TCRs share subtle sequence motifs that can be captured using a dynamic Bayesian network. These observations suggest the response to DPC is mediated by a polyclonal population of T cells recognizing a small number of dominant antigens.
Model-based spatial-temporal mapping of opisthorchiasis in endemic countries of Southeast Asia
Authors: Zhao Ting-Ting , Feng Yi-Jing , Doanh Pham Ngoc , Sayasone Somphou , Khieu Virak , Nithikathkul Choosak , Qian Men-Bao , Hao Yuan-Tao , Lai Ying-Si
Published: January 2021

Opisthorchiasis is an overlooked danger to Southeast Asia. High-resolution disease risk maps are critical but have not been available for Southeast Asia. Georeferenced disease data and potential influencing factor data were collected through a systematic review of literatures and open-access databases, respectively. Bayesian spatial-temporal joint models were developed to analyze both point- and area-level disease data, within a logit regression in combination of potential influencing factors and spatial-temporal random effects. The model-based risk mapping identified areas of low, moderate, and high prevalence across the study region. Even though the overall population-adjusted estimated prevalence presented a trend down, a total of 12.39 million (95% Bayesian credible intervals [BCI]: 10.10–15.06) people were estimated to be infected with O. viverrini in 2018 in four major endemic countries (i.e., Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam), highlighting the public health importance of the disease in the study region. The high-resolution risk maps provide valuable information for spatial targeting of opisthorchiasis control interventions.
Proteomics reveals synergy between biomass degrading enzymes and inorganic Fenton chemistry in leaf-cutting ant colonies
Authors: Schiøtt Morten , Boomsma Jacobus J
Published: January 2021

The symbiotic partnership between leaf-cutting ants and fungal cultivars processes plant biomass via ant fecal fluid mixed with chewed plant substrate before fungal degradation. Here we present a full proteome of the fecal fluid of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants, showing that most proteins function as biomass degrading enzymes and that ca. 85% are produced by the fungus and ingested, but not digested, by the ants. Hydrogen peroxide producing oxidoreductases were remarkably common in the proteome, inspiring us to test a scenario in which hydrogen peroxide reacts with iron to form reactive oxygen radicals after which oxidized iron is reduced by other fecal-fluid enzymes. Our biochemical assays confirmed that these so-called Fenton reactions do indeed take place in special substrate pellets, presumably to degrade plant cell wall polymers. This implies that the symbiotic partnership manages a combination of oxidative and enzymatic biomass degradation, an achievement that surpasses current human bioconversion technology.
A live attenuated-vaccine model confers cross-protective immunity against different species of the Leptospira genus
Authors: Wunder Elsio A , Adhikarla Haritha , Hamond Camila , Owers Bonner Katharine A , Liang Li , Rodrigues Camila B , Bisht Vimla , Nally Jarlath E , Alt David P , Reis Mitermayer G , Diggle Peter J , Felgner Philip L , Ko Albert
Published: January 2021

Leptospirosis is the leading zoonotic disease in terms of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Effective prevention is urgently needed as the drivers of disease transmission continue to intensify. The key challenge has been developing a widely applicable vaccine that protects against the >300 serovars that can cause leptospirosis. Live attenuated mutants are enticing vaccine candidates and poorly explored in the field. We evaluated a recently characterized motility-deficient mutant lacking the expression of a flagellar protein, FcpA. Although the fcpA- mutant has lost its ability to cause disease, transient bacteremia was observed. In two animal models, immunization with a single dose of the fcpA- mutant was sufficient to induce a robust anti-protein antibodies response that promoted protection against infection with different pathogenic Leptospira species. Furthermore, characterization of the immune response identified a small repertoire of biologically relevant proteins that are highly conserved among pathogenic Leptospira species and potential correlates of cross-protective immunity.
Heidegger and Lacan
Authors: Alparone Dario , La Rosa Valentina Lucia
Published: January 2021

Lacanian psychoanalysis cannot disregard its debts to philosophy, especially continental philosophy. Lacan’s conception of language is derived from multiple philosophical sources (i.e., Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard) including Heidegger’s philosophy of language and pride of place. Heidegger’s view of language prepares the ground for reversing the relationship between language and human beings, overcoming common sense about language and the communicative model of language. Language is much more than a set of labels; it shapes the human world and structures social relations themselves. In addition, language acts as a social link. The function of language as a social link allows us to think of it in relation to the Law and the very function of this human subjectivity. In reference to the Other of the Law and language, the subject finds her recognition, and this implies that the language is not reducible to communication. The process of technical-scientific domination of Western institutions leads to a reduction of their functions to the formal aspects, which may lead to a reification of the human as well as a state of alienation.
Evaluadores 2018 Agradecimiento Editorial
Authors:   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Psykhe Oficina Editorial
Published: January 2021

Como toda revista científica que utiliza el sistema de pares evaluadores, la revista Psykhe recibe la valiosa colaboración de numerosos académicos e investigadores de instituciones de variadas latitudes. Todos/as ellos/as aceptan desinteresadamente evaluar en el sistema de doble ciego los artículos que se les envían para su revisión. Nuestro equipo editorial reconoce la labor de cada uno de ellos/as, junto con la de los/as miembros del Comité Editorial. Sin la contribución de los evaluadores, mantener una revista de calidad sería imposible. A continuación, se señalan los nombres de los evaluadores que contribuyeron durante el año 2018. Pensamos que la calidad de la revista, se debe en gran medida al aporte de tiempo y experticia de quienes aparecen nombrados
Evaluadores 2020 Agradecimiento Editorial
Authors:   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Psykhe Oficina Editorial
Published: January 2021

Como toda revista científica que utiliza el sistema de pares evaluadores, la revista Psykhe recibe la valiosa colaboración de numerosos académicos e investigadores de instituciones de variadas latitudes. Todos/as ellos/as aceptan desinteresadamente evaluar en el sistema de doble ciego los artículos que se les envían para su revisión. Nuestro equipo editorial reconoce la labor de cada uno de ellos/as, junto con la de los/as miembros del Comité Editorial. Sin la contribución de los evaluadores, mantener una revista de calidad sería imposible. A continuación, se señalan los nombres de las y los evaluadores que contribuyeron durante el año 2020. Pensamos que la calidad de la revista, se debe en gran medida al aporte de tiempo y experticia de quienes aparecen nombrados..
Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Management of Leukaemia among Leukaemia Patients
Authors: Narayane Madhavi Madhukar , Pohekar Savita Bansiram
Published: January 2021

Introduction: Leukaemia is a blood cancer which affect the bone marrow. The cells of leukaemia or abnormal cells continue to grow and divide, resulting in the normal blood cells being crowded out. Thus, planned teaching on leukaemia management among patients with leukaemia would improve their health and mold them into a healthy quality of life. Aim: To determine the effectiveness of planned teaching program on management of leukaemia among leukaemia patients. Materials and Methods: The interventional one group pre-test and post-test study design with a Quantitative research approach was used. The present study was carried out in selected hospitals of Nagpur from January 2017 to March 2017. The sample size was 60. Validated pre-tested pre-designed structured questionnaires were used. Data collected were entered into the Microsoft Excel sheet. The statistical analysis was done using SPSS software. Frequencies and percentages were presented for categorical variables. Reliability analysis was done by the Guttman split-half coefficient and was found to be 0.90. Results: The pre-test findings show that 23 (38.33%) had a poor level of knowledge score, 31 (51.67%) had average knowledge and 06 (10%) of them had good knowledge and no one of them had found a very good level of knowledge. After planned teaching in the post-test, 12 (20%) had a good knowledge score and 48 (80%) had very good knowledge, showing an increase in the knowledge score, post-test. The Mean score value of the pre-test was 07.57 and the post-test was 21.13 (p-value is 0.001), Hence it indicates that planned teaching was effective. There was a significant association between knowledge scores of leukaemia patients with respect to education of leukaemia patients (p-value 0.014 i.e. <0.05) and area of residence (p-value 0.047 i.e. <0.05). Conclusion: The study showed that the leukaemia management education was successful in improving the awareness about management of leukaemia and thus helps them to understand the nature and management of the disease as well as to take the required measures to avoid complications.
A Comparative Study of Central Corneal Thickness and Endothelial Cell Density after Phacoemulsification by ‘Phaco-chop’ and ‘Divide and Conquer’ Techniques
Authors: Prasad Madhumita , Daigavane V Sachin
Published: January 2021

Introduction: Phacoemulsification was introduced by Kelman in 1967. It is one of the most important innovations in ophthalmology. This has now been accepted as gold standard surgical procedure for management of cataract. Divide and conquer technique, described by Gimbel, was the first nucleofractis cracking technique developed. Phoc-chop technique was presented by Kunihiro Nagahara in 1993 at the meeting of America Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Aim: To compare the Central Corneal Thickness (CCT) and endothelial cell density after phacoemulsification by ‘phaco-chop’ and ‘divide and conquer’ techniques. Materials and Methods: The study included 100 patients divided into two groups, each including 50 patients; Group A, where Divide and Conquer was performed, and in Group B Phaco-chop was performed. The mean Absolute PhacoTime (APT), mean Endothelial Cell Count (ECC), mean Endothelial Cell Loss (ECL), corneal thickness and the visual acuity were reported in the two groups both preoperative and postoperative. Results: The mean APT in group A was 27.12±10.15 seconds, and in group B was 16.58±5.11 seconds (p=0.0001). The mean ECC at sixth week postoperative in group A was 2102. 14 cells/mm2 and in group B it was 2365.38 cells/mm2 (p=0.003). There was statistically significant ECL following sixth week postoperatively 16.22% in divide and conquer group and 8.51% in phaco-chop group (p-value=0.0001). A significant increase in the CCT was observed at the immediate postoperative week among the two studied groups; 3.16% in group A and 2.34% in group B, which was statistically significant. The postoperative CCT pachymetry values were returned to near preoperative values at one and a half months postoperative. Conclusion: The phaco-chop technique utilises less phaco time and energy without significant effect on the final surgical outcome. Significant and equal ECL occurs after the two studied techniques. APT and nuclear grade have a positive correlation with higher ECL. CCT increases significantly and equally postoperatively following the two techniques.
Basic Reproduction Number (R naught) and Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19: A Conceptual Approach
Authors: Sahni Bhavna , Yadav Arvind Kumar , Bala Kiran , Jena Pabitra Kumar , Kumar Dinesh
Published: January 2021

Pandemics are an exceptional form of disaster which wreak havoc on physical, psychological, social and fiscal well-being of the entire populace. In the past decade alone, outbreaks of infectious diseases like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), swine flu, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Ebola and the Zika virus resulted in significant upheaval, globally. Listing the key events in a time frame is of utmost importance in understanding the progression of the pandemic so as to map the natural history and plan targeted interventions. Research into dynamics of disease transmission and severity are important to public health preparedness. In the present communication, evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and public health concepts such as R naught (R0) and Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of SARS-CoV-2 in comparison with other recent epidemics of coronaviruses have been summarised, along with presumable scenarios relevant to the pandemic in an attempt to disseminate succinct, consolidated, uncomplicated, specific and scientifically accurate information.
Influence of Motivation on Academic Progression of Students: A Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Alnemare Ahmad K
Published: January 2021

Introduction: Motivation plays a vital role in learning and is a great enabler as it functions on multiple dimensions and paves way to conquer impediments in the path of success. An attempt has been made through this study to scrutinize the convictions related to motivation and the deployment of strategies in the learning process of students. Aim: To find the relation if any, between academic achievement and the motivation level with the students of College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia. Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional study was carried out among pre-medical and medical students of Majmaah University. Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) questionnaire was distributed to 250 students who were selected based on simple random sampling. There were 233 students who participated in the study out of which there were 147 males and 86 females who completed the questionnaire. Motivation of student towards education was assessed in three domains, namely Intrinsic, Extrinsic and Amotivation. After ethical approval from institutional review board, questionnaire was distributed and results recorded in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25. Qualitative variables were represented with frequencies and percentages and quantitative variables with mean and standard deviation. Student’s t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were applied to compare the means. Results: Comparison of motivational scores between students in different years showed no significant difference in the mean scores across all dimensions of motivation except Extrinsic Motivation-Regulation. The mean score of 2nd year students was 16.63 and it increased over the years. The mean score at 6th year was 22.03 and it decreased during internship with mean score of 20.58. Conclusion: The study of various stimulators which affect the learning experience of the student provides good insight on motivation and its influence on academic performances.
A survey of non‐linear optimization techniques
Authors: Swann W.H.
Published: July 2002

If the solution is constrained, that is, certain values of the parameters are regarded as impossible or certain relations between the parameter values must be obeyed, the problem is more difficult. The second part of the review considers methods which have been proposed for the solution of constrained optimization problems.