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Prim y La de los tristes destinos, dos Episodios nacionales para pensar la revolución
Authors: Cordero Carolina Fernández
Published: December 2023

Resumen: Entre 1906 y 1907, Benito Pérez Galdós completa la cuarta serie de sus Episodios nacionales con Prim y La de los tristes destinos . En ellos Galdós revisa la gestación y consolidación de la Revolución del 68 para establecer un diálogo con las tensiones históricas presentes e indagar en el concepto de revolución y sus posibilidades de materialización. Las novelas, además, examinan no solo la realidad política e ideológica de ambos momentos, sino también su “estructura del sentir”, siguiendo a Raymond Williams. ¿Cómo interpela la revolución a la sociedad de 1906–1907? ¿Cómo se enfrenta un pueblo agitado políticamente a este concepto? ¿Qué emociones despierta y para qué? A fin de responder a estas cuestiones, el presente trabajo propone un acercamiento a Prim y La de los tristes destinos desde la historia política, ideológica y de los afectos, en la que emociones como el miedo, la esperanza, la tristeza, etc. se muestran en el centro del concepto de revolución, son parte de la estructura del sentir del momento y contribuyen a la creación de un nuevo sujeto político definido por la ética del deseo y la acción política. Abstract: Between 1906–1907, Benito Pérez Galdós completed his Fourth Series of Episodios nacionales with Prim and La de los tristes destinos . As usual, Galdós was motivated by reflecting on and intervening in contemporary events, like the Moroccan War. By revisiting the 1868 Revolution, Galdós establishes a dialogue between past and present. The novels investigate the exile of Isabel II and the consolidation of the Revolution while also exploring the concept of revolution in early twenieth-century Spain. Galdós connects with both eras’ political, ideological, and affective dimensions. How does revolution challenge society? What emotions does it provoke? Galdós answers by depicting the “structure of feeling” - the fears, hopes, and sadness central to the revolutionary concept and political subject. In summary, Prim and La de los tristes destinos link the 1868 Revolution to contemporary debates through multidimensional history. Galdós probes the emotion and psychology of revolution to better understand Spain’s past, present, and future. The novels show revolution as a political event and an experience shaping national consciousness and destiny.
La visualización de la historia y la ficción en la edición ilustrada de los Episodios nacionales
Authors: George David R.
Published: December 2023

Resumen: Este ensayo examina la visualización de la historia y la ficción en la edición ilustrada de los Episodios nacionales de Galdós (1881–1885) para aportar un marco para comprender el compromiso del novelista con la historia. Estudiar el texto gráfico junto a los comentarios autorreflexivos del narrador-testigo de la primera serie de novelas, Gabriel Araceli, resalta los problemas inherentes a la relación entre historia y ficción. Las ilustraciones, por un lado, falsifican la historia al proporcionar pruebas ficticias de los acontecimientos pasados que se narran. Por otro, autentifican la ficción simulando la existencia de referentes que la narración pretende representar. Abstract: This essay examines the visualization of history and fiction in the illustrated edition of Galdós’s Episodios nacionales (1881–1885) to offer a framework for understanding the novelist’s engagement with history and historiography. Studying the graphic text alongside the self-reflective commentaries of the initial series’s first-person narrator, Gabriel Araceli, emphasizes the problems inherent to the relationship between history and fiction. The illustrations, on the one hand, falsify history by providing fictional evidence for the past events recounted. On the other, they authenticate the fiction by simulating the existence of external referents that the narrative purports to represent.
On Multiplying Echoes: Further Soundings on a Navajo Poem by Rex Lee Jim
Authors: Webster Anthony K.
Published: December 2023

Abstract: This article revisits a Navajo poem examined by Blackhorse Mitchell and myself in a previous publication, highlighting the nature, purposes, and importance of punning, echoing, and sonic texture in Navajo poetics, and raising the possibility of a specific political reference in the poem.
“Trust the Women”: Dora Meeson Coates’s Suffrage Banner and the Popular Construction of Australia’s Feminist Past in the Late Twentieth Century
Authors: Keating James
Published: December 2023

Abstract: In 1988, the Australian federal government purchased Anglo-Australian artist Dora Meeson Coates’s “Trust the Women” banner as part of the country’s belated efforts to memorialize the suffrage victories that once made its White citizens the most enfranchised people on earth. However, between the fin de siècle and the 1970s, which witnessed the concurrent rise of women’s history and state feminism, feminists had been ambivalent about commemorating the suffrage campaigns, especially at the national level. Since the late 1980s, the banner has experienced a transformation from an artefact few Australians had known about, much less forgotten, into the most familiar symbol of the country’s suffrage movements. Brought about by memory agents—activists, bureaucrats, historians, and politicians—this shift reveals the public appeal of British suffrage iconography over the material record of Australian activists’ “quiet” toil, a sentiment which has increasingly shaped the memorialization of local suffrage stories. Abstract: En 1988, le gouvernement fédéral australien a acheté la bannière « Trust the Women » de l’artiste anglo-australienne Dora Meeson Coates dans le cadre des efforts tardifs du pays pour commémorer les victoires en matière de suffrage qui avaient jadis permis à ses citoyens Blancs d’être le peuple avec le droit de vote le plus étendu de la planète. Cependant, entre la fin du siècle et les années 1970, une période qui a vu la montée simultanée de l’histoire des femmes et du féminisme d’État, les féministes ont fait preuve d’ambivalence quant à la commémoration des campagnes de suffrage, plus particulièrement au niveau national. Depuis la fin des années 1980, la bannière a connu une transformation, passant d’un artefact dont peu d’Australiens connaissaient l’existence, et encore moins qu’ils avaient oublié, au symbole le plus familier des mouvements de suffrage du pays. Provoqué par les agents de la mémoire —activistes, bureaucrates, historiens et politiciens —ce changement révèle l’attrait public de l’iconographie du suffrage britannique au détriment de l’enregistrement matériel du labeur « tranquille » des activistes australiens, un sentiment qui a de plus en plus façonné la commémoration des histoires locales du suffrage.
Clothing as a Site of Memory: The Uses and Legacy of Suffrage Fashion
Authors: Rabinovitch-Fox Einav
Published: December 2023

Abstract: Clothing and appearance were an instrumental part of the women’s suffrage campaign in the United States that led to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. By using specific styles and colours and emphasizing feminine appearance, suffragists turned fashion into a political strategy to refute popular derogatory images of women activists, while also building their “brand” to gain public support for their cause. By the late twentieth century, women politicians who sought to break new ground in government reclaimed suffragists’ fashion and especially the suffrage colours, making it part of their political vocabulary and message. Examining the role suffrage fashions played in the past and their legacies in the present thus illuminates how fashion became a site of feminist memory to the movement and to the struggle. Through the material manifestations and legacies suffrage maintained in popular culture, fashion became a means of commemoration as well as resistance. Abstract: L’habillement et l’apparence ont joué un rôle déterminant dans la campagne pour le droit de vote des femmes aux États-Unis, laquelle a conduit à la ratification du dix-neuvième amendement. En utilisant des styles et des couleurs spécifiques et en accentuant l’apparence féminine, les suffragistes ont transformé la mode en une stratégie politique pour réfuter les images populaires désobligeantes qui leur étaient associées, tout en construisant leur « marque » pour gagner le soutien du public à leur cause. À la fin du XXe siècle, les politiciennes qui cherchaient à faire preuve d’innovation au sein du gouvernement se sont réapproprié la mode des suffragistes, et en particulier les couleurs associées au suffrage, en l’intégrant à leur vocabulaire et à leurs discours politiques. Ainsi, l’examen du rôle de la mode du suffrage dans le passé et de son héritage dans le présent met en lumière la façon dont la mode est devenue un lieu de mémoire féministe du mouvement et de la lutte. Par les manifestations matérielles et l’héritage que le suffrage a maintenu dans la culture populaire, la mode est devenue un moyen de commémoration et de résistance.
How Ukraine Divides Postcommunist Europe
Authors: Grzymała-Busse Anna
Published: December 2023

Abstract: East-Central Europe is at odds with itself regarding the response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Why are "post-communist" democracies not standing together as one with a fledgling democracy that is under attack by a dictatorship? The answer lies in the material and political benefits that individual politicians and political parties receive from Russia. Two consequences follow from this dynamic: the validation of "Russian imperial claims" and reduced support for Ukraine. This analysis shows that the immediate interests and profits of domestic politicians matter far more than the long shadows of history, leading to a complex tapestry of responses in the region. The diversity of these countries' approaches to Ukraine is just one reason why East-Central Europe is now more remarkable for its divisions and contrasts than a collective past or a common future.
“Singers of the Miracle”: Musical Boosterism and the Marketing of Patriotic Authoritarianism in Dictatorial Brazil
Authors: Pagliarini Andre
Published: December 2023

Abstract: Over twenty-one years in power, the Brazilian military dictatorship sought to secure a degree of popular legitimacy outside of competitive electoral politics. One of the ways it did so was by cultivating a demonstrative, uncomplicated sense of patriotism. This article examines that strategy by focusing on the trajectory of Dom and Ravel, a musical duo that became synonymous with the regime’s flag-waving boosterism before fading when they no longer served official interests. I seek to understand the group as a short-lived media sensation, drawing on newspaper and magazine coverage to situate them within the broader context of the regime’s patriotic authoritarianism. The duo’s fate allows us to draw some substantive conclusions about the dictatorship’s efforts to legitimize itself through patriotic propaganda. First, I argue that artistic output explicitly backed by the regime failed to escape association with the military government. Second, that the group’s success was ultimately short-lived because the type of patriotism the regime sought to inculcate in the population held limited lasting appeal in a nation that remained woefully unequal and politically divided throughout the period of military rule.
High efficiency stimulated rotational Raman scattering of hydrogen pumped by 1064  nm
Authors: Cai Xianglong , Xu Ming , Qian Feiyu , Sun Jinglu , Jia Yuxi , Hu Shu , Gai Baodong , Cai Hongxing , Guo Jingwei
Published: December 2023

Laser-induced breakdown (LIB) and the competition of other Raman processes are major reasons restricting photon conversion efficiency (PCE) of Raman lasers. In this work, 1064 nm was used as the pump source, and stimulated rotational Raman scattering of hydrogen was investigated. The configuration of zooming out and focusing pump beam was applied, and the dimension of the pump beam at the focus spot increased significantly; consequently, LIB was suppressed, and Raman PCE was improved dramatically. With the help of the Raman gas pressure optimization, vibrational Raman could be fully suppressed, and other competition Raman processes could be well controlled. The optimal PCEs of different rotational Raman lasers could be achieved under different conditions. The maximum PCE of the first rotational Stokes (RS1) was improved to 60.7%, and the maximum energy of RS1 reached 204.5 mJ. With the increment of hydrogen pressure, the maximum PCE of the second rotational Stokes (RS2) was improved to 28.2%, and the maximum energy of RS2 reached 123.9 mJ. Furthermore, a 2.1 µm Raman laser was also generated, the maximum PCE of 2.1 µm reached 44.8%, and its pulse energy reached 106.1 mJ.
Directional region-based feature point matching algorithm based on SURF
Authors: Huang Qiangxian , Xiang Tao , Zhao Zhihao , Wu Kui , Li Hongli , Cheng Rongjun , Zhang Liansheng , Cheng Zhenying
Published: December 2023

Feature point matching is one of the fundamental tasks in binocular vision. It directly affects the accuracy and quality of 3D reconstruction. This study proposes a directional region-based feature point matching algorithm based on the SURF algorithm to improve the accuracy of feature point matching. First, same-name points are selected as the matching reference points in the left and right images. Then, the SURF algorithm is used to extract feature points and construct the SURF feature point descriptors. During the matching process, the location relationship between the query feature point and the reference point in the left image is directed to determine the corresponding matching region in the right image. Then, the matching is completed within this region based on Euclidean distance. Finally, the grid-based motion statistics algorithm is used to eliminate mismatches. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can substantially improve the matching accuracy and the number of valid matched points, particularly in the presence of a large amount of noise and interference. It also exhibits good robustness and stability.
RGB color constancy using multispectral pixel information
Authors: Erba Ilaria , Buzzelli Marco , Schettini Raimondo
Published: December 2023

Multispectral imaging is a technique that captures data across several bands of the light spectrum, and it can be useful in many computer vision fields, including color constancy. We propose a method that exploits multispectral imaging for illuminant estimation, and then applies illuminant correction in the raw RGB domain to achieve computational color constancy. Our proposed method is composed of two steps: first, a selected number of existing camera-independent algorithms for illuminant estimation, originally designed for RGB data, are applied in generalized form to work with multispectral data. We demonstrate that the sole multispectral extension of such algorithms is not sufficient to achieve color constancy, and thus we introduce a second step, in which we re-elaborate the multispectral estimations before conversion into raw RGB with the use of the camera response function. Our results on the NUS dataset show that an improvement of 60% in the color constancy performance, measured in terms of reproduction angular error, can be obtained according to our method when compared to the traditional raw RGB pipeline.
Simultaneous detection of multi-channel signals in MHz bandwidth using nitrogen-vacancy centers in a diamond
Authors: Wang Bo , Shen Yuanyuan , Ke Dongqian , Li Zhonghao , Wen Huan Fei , Guo Hao , Tang Jun , Li Yan-Jun , Ma Zongmin , Liu Jun
Published: December 2023

In this paper, we propose a method for simultaneously recovering multiple radio wave signals based on nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond combining optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) spectrum. A controlled magnetic field gradient applied to the laser excitation area on the surface of diamond widens the detectable ODMR bandwidth to 200 MHz. Three different frequency-modulated (FM) signals with distinct carrier frequencies falling within the resonance frequency range are received and demodulated in real-time. Subsequently, the FM signal reception capability of this system is further investigated by measuring baseband signal frequencies ranging from 0.1 Hz to 200 Hz and adjusting the carrier power within a dynamic range from -10 dBm to 30 dBm. This proposal, which accomplishes multi-channel demodulation using a compact and single device, has potential applications in fields such as wireless communication, radar and navigation.
Krypton tagging velocimetry in the plume of a plasma hollow cathode
Authors: Gottfried Jacob A. , Yalin Azer P.
Published: December 2023

Krypton tagging velocimetry (KTV) is an emerging flow diagnostic that investigates the bulk movement of high-speed, low-pressure gas flows. The present contribution expands the typical KTV method to the lower density (vacuum) conditions of interest in electric propulsion research. Our KTV scheme utilizes a two-photon (Write) excitation at 214.7 nm from a pulsed dye laser, followed by (Read) re-excitation of the ensuing metastable at 769.5 nm with an optical parametric oscillator. For the case of cold krypton gas expanding from a hollow cathode into vacuum, we find a bulk velocity of 452 ± 37 m/s and temperature of 20 ± 16 K. We also study the flow in the plume with the hollow cathode plasma operating for which we find bulk velocity of 1200 ± 130 m/s and temperature of 880 ± 370 K. Measurements are performed at background pressures down to ∼10−5 Torr.
Burial leakage: A human accustomed groundwater contaminant sources and health hazards study near cemeteries in Benin City, Nigeria
Authors: Ezenwa Ifeanyi Maxwell , Omoigberale Michael , Abulu Rachel , Biose Ekene , Okpara Benjamin , Uyi Osariyekemwen
Published: December 2023

This study was carried out to assess the levels of physico-chemical parameters that could be impacted by burial leakage and associated human health risks in Benin City, Nigeria. A total of thirty groundwater samples were collected from two cemeteries and analysed for pH, alkalinity, chloride, sulphate, nitrate, phosphate, ammonia- N, calcium, sodium, potassium, BOD₅, COD, Mn, Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn and Fe. The concentrations of the parameters were compared to national and international standards. The results revealed that the groundwater is highly acidic in nature. Principal component analysis (PCA) revealed that except for alkalinity, all other parameters characterised contributed significantly to various principal components (PC) with eigenvalues ≥ 1. Moreover, the significance of the PC depicted decomposition of the body corpse and associated burial materials. Water quality index (WQI), heavy metal evaluation index (HEI) and Nemerov pollution index (NI) indicated that groundwater from the study area is of poor quality, and highly contaminated by heavy metals. We determined the Chronic health risk through exposure by calculating the hazard quotient (HQ) and hazard index (HI), for both children and adults. For the oral exposure, approximately 33% of samples suggest the high category of chronic risk for children while the medium category was indicated for adults. We found that oral exposure showed relatively higher risk than dermal exposure, and chronic risk for children and adults ranged from low to negligible. However, the carcinogenic risk of Ni and Pb via oral exposure route suggests, very high risk for Ni and medium risk for Pb. In consideration that long term exposure to low concentrations of some heavy metals (including Pb, Cd, and Ni) could result in different manifestations of cancer, we recommend that residents of these areas should find an alternative source of water for drinking and other domestic uses.
Math anxiety and math motivation in online learning during stress: The role of fearful and avoidance temperament and implications for STEM education
Authors: Li Danni , Liew Jeffrey , Raymond Dwayne , Hammond Tracy
Published: December 2023

Students’ math motivation can predict engagement, achievement, and career interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). However, it is not well understood how personality traits and math anxiety may be linked to different types or qualities of math motivation, particularly during high-stress times such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we examined how fearful or avoidant temperaments contribute to math anxiety and math motivations for college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ninety-six undergraduate students from a large public university were assessed on temperamental fear, math anxiety, and math motivation in an online math course. Results showed that higher levels of temperamental fear are directly linked to higher levels of math anxiety. In addition, temperamental fear is indirectly linked to higher levels of autonomous motivation (i.e., intrinsic motivation and identified regulation) and lower levels of controlled motivation (i.e., external regulation) through math anxiety. Results have implications for helping students at high risk for both high math anxiety and for low motivation to engage in math learning.
Distinct age-related brain activity patterns in the prefrontal cortex when increasing cognitive load: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study
Authors: Ranchod Supreeta , Rakobowchuk Mark , Gonzalez Claudia
Published: December 2023

Researchers have long observed distinct brain activity patterns in older adults compared with younger adults that correlate with cognitive performance. Mainly, older adults tend to show over-recruitment of bilateral brain regions during lower task loads and improved performance interpreted as compensation, but not observed at higher loads. However, there are discrepancies about whether increases in activity are compensatory and whether older adults can show compensation at higher loads. Our aim was to examine age-related differences in prefrontal cortex (PFC) activity and cognitive performance using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) during single and dual N-back tasks. Twenty-seven young adults (18–27 years) and 31 older adults (64–84 yrs) took part in the study. We used a robust fNIRS data methodology consisting of channel and region of interest analyses. Results showed differences in performance between task load conditions and age-related differences in reaction times but no age-group effects for accuracy. Older adults exhibited more bilateral PFC activation compared with young adults across all tasks and showed increases in brain activity in high compared to low load conditions. Our findings further support previous reports showing that older adults use compensatory recruitment of additional brain regions in PFC to maintain cognitive performance but go against the notion that such compensation is not present at higher cognitive loads. Additionally, our results indicate that fNIRS is a sensitive tool that can characterize adaptive cortical changes in healthy aging.
SOX2 promotes a cancer stem cell-like phenotype and local spreading in oral squamous cell carcinoma
Authors: Sacco Alessandro , Battaglia Anna Martina , Santamaria Gianluca , Buffone Caterina , Barone Selene , Procopio Anna , Lavecchia Anna Maria , Aversa Ilenia , Giorgio Emanuele , Petriaggi Lavinia , Cristofaro Maria Giulia , Biamonte Flavia , Giudice Amerigo
Published: December 2023

Emerging evidence shows that oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) invasiveness can be attributed to a small subpopulation of cancer stem cells (CSCs) in the bulk of the tumor. However, the presence of CSCs in the OSCC close resection margins is still poorly unexplored. Here, we found that BMI1, CD44, SOX2, OCT4, UBE2C, CXCR4 CSCs marker genes are significantly upregulated, while IGF1-R, KLF4, ALDH1A1, CD133, FAM3C are downregulated in the tumor core vs healthy mucosa of 24 patients with OSCC. Among these, SOX2 appears also upregulated in the tumor close margin vs healthy mucosa and this significantly correlates with tumor size and lymph node compromise. In vitro analyses in CAL27 and SCC15 tongue squamous cell carcinoma cell lines, show that SOX2 transient knockdown i) promotes the mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition, ii) smooths the invasiveness, iii) attenuates the 3D tumor sphere-forming capacity, and iv) partially increases the sensitivity to cisplatin treatment. Overall, our study highlights that the OSCC close margins can retain CSC-specific markers. Notably, SOX2 may represent a useful CSCs marker to predict a more aggressive phenotype and a suitable target to prevent local invasiveness.
Predicting sepsis-related mortality and ICU admissions from telephone triage information of patients presenting to out-of-hours GP cooperatives with acute infections: A cohort study of linked routine care databases
Authors: Loots Feike J. , Smits Marleen , Jenniskens Kevin , Leeuwenberg Artuur M. , Giesen Paul H. J. , Ramerman Lotte , Verheij Robert , van Zanten Arthur R. H. , Venekamp Roderick P.
Published: December 2023

Background

General practitioners (GPs) often assess patients with acute infections. It is challenging for GPs to recognize patients needing immediate hospital referral for sepsis while avoiding unnecessary referrals. This study aimed to predict adverse sepsis-related outcomes from telephone triage information of patients presenting to out-of-hours GP cooperatives.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study using linked routine care databases from out-of-hours GP cooperatives, general practices, hospitals and mortality registration. We included adult patients with complaints possibly related to an acute infection, who were assessed (clinic consultation or home visit) by a GP from a GP cooperative between 2017–2019. We used telephone triage information to derive a risk prediction model for sepsis-related adverse outcome (infection-related ICU admission within seven days or infection-related death within 30 days) using logistic regression, random forest, and neural network machine learning techniques. Data from 2017 and 2018 were used for derivation and from 2019 for validation.

Results

We included 155,486 patients (median age of 51 years; 59% females) in the analyses. The strongest predictors for sepsis-related adverse outcome were age, type of contact (home visit or clinic consultation), patients considered ABCD unstable during triage, and the entry complaints”general malaise”, “shortness of breath” and “fever”. The multivariable logistic regression model resulted in a C-statistic of 0.89 (95% CI 0.88–0.90) with good calibration. Machine learning models performed similarly to the logistic regression model. A “sepsis alert” based on a predicted probability >1% resulted in a sensitivity of 82% and a positive predictive value of 4.5%. However, most events occurred in patients receiving home visits, and model performance was substantially worse in this subgroup (C-statistic 0.70).

Conclusion

Several patient characteristics identified during telephone triage of patients presenting to out-of-hours GP cooperatives were associated with sepsis-related adverse outcomes. Still, on a patient level, predictions were not sufficiently accurate for clinical purposes.
Using cementochronology to assess the seasonality of catastrophic events in medieval mass graves (Kutná Hora-Sedlec, Czechia, 14th century): Preliminary results
Authors: Zazvonilová Eliška , Brzobohatá Hana , Frolík Jan , Velemínský Petr , Brůžek Jaroslav
Published: December 2023

While season-of-death estimation using cementochronology is routine in archaeozoology, its use is much less frequent in bioarchaeology. Based on the character of the outermost increment (bright or dark), two seasons (spring/summer, autumn/winter) can be distinguished. Although many studies mention its potential and possible use in forensic anthropology or bioarchaeology, few exist with estimation results. This study aimed to apply cementochronology–a histological method based on counting and assessing regular circa-annual acellular cementum increments–to 42 individuals from medieval mass graves from Kutná Hora-Sedlec (Czechia, 14th century) to estimate the season-of-death. The mass graves belong to two stratigraphically distinct groups; written and archaeological sources relate them to two catastrophic events (the famine of 1318 and the plague epidemic of 1348–1350). Using cementochronology, we distinguished two distinct seasons corresponding to the two groups of graves, with individuals from the first group dying predominantly in spring/summer, while those from the second group died in autumn/winter. Taking into account the typical seasonal dynamics of epidemics, the results would be more in line with written sources. However, during the evaluation, we faced difficulties identifying the outermost increment and detecting the dark (thinner) increment; we recommend including only young and middle-aged adults in future studies, due to the difficulty of evaluation, and to consider the readability of the tissue (often affected by diagenesis). In conclusion, cementochronology has potential in the context of estimating the season-of-death, but the technical possibilities for enhancing the outermost increment need to be addressed, and the amount of data analysed expanded.
The death of the artist: From the sublime to silence
Authors: Milián Marvin
Published: December 2023

In an articulation of silence, the art of Colombian artist Doris Salcedo calls for the artist’s death. Fuelled by the ideas of Jean François Lyotard and Jürgen Habermas, postmodernism challenges the relationship between the artist and the sublime. How does Lyotard’s pessimistic view of the postmodern condition impact the metaphysical meaning of silence? This examination will venture to explore a unique perspective that, through silence, threatens the artist. It does so, however, in concert with art. Salcedo introduces an ontological re-imagining of the artist’s displacement, which fulfils any void left by silence.
Black Artistic Thought and the art of freedom
Authors: Metzger Rikiesha
Published: December 2023

The revolution that is presented in this article is a social and cultural shift that can be experienced through the form of artistic expression. This article discusses why ‘the revolution will not be televised’ since it is more what we witness as it is presented to us through media and technological ‘devices’. I propose we use my concept Black Artistic Thought, defined as the creative thought process of many Black people (whose artwork is based on their lived experiences and used as a cultural representation of their life) to help in our moving towards revolutionary freedom. I suggest that Black Artist Thought is inborn for persons of the African diaspora, and I link its origination in childhood. My thesis is grounded in an argument that makes a clear distinction between Kant’s binding freedom and Eckhart’s anarchic way of thinking (concept of God) about freedom that frees him from detachments. I express that by applying Black Artistic Thought (rooted in Negritude) to our ontological thinking, we can move beyond the boundaries set in society. I use artworks from artists Harmonia Rosales, Hank Willis Thomas, Augusta Savage and Jacob Lawrence to show how art plays a significant role in the development of the collective group. Implementing concepts like Black Artistic Thought and learning from movements such as the Harlem Renaissance and Black Lives Matter will assist (the United States) in moving towards a revolution that is beneficial to everyone once it is understood.
Characteristics of Anemone blanda (Ranunculaceae) cenopopulations in Stavropol region
Authors: Arutyanova L. N.
Published: December 2023

The state and structure of Anemone blanda cenopulations ^P), a rare species included in the Red Book of the Russian Federation (2008) and the Stavropol Territory (2013), have been studied. The area, number and density of individuals in the CP were determined, the structure was studied, which makes it possible to characterize the state and prospects for the development of cenopulations. Studies have shown that all populations of A. blanda are characterized by a small area, number, low density of individuals (from 0.1 to 0.8 individuals per 1 m2). The total projective coating in the studied phytocenoses ranges from 40 to 60 %. The most optimal conditions for the development of A. blanda in CP 2 on the territory of the tract «Mamaisk forest cottage» located in a hard-to-reach place with a divided relief, where there is no anthropogenic load. The remaining populations are in satisfactory condition.
On the issue of studying the anthropogenic impact on the vegetation of the Zabaikalsky National Park
Authors: Burdukovskii A. I. , Sakhyaeva A. B.
Published: December 2023

On the territory of the Zabaikalsky National Park, core zone in the Karga area has been allocated, where observations are made of the vegetation restoration under the anthropogenic influence. This core zone was allocated in 2021 by the Department of Science of the «Reserved Podlemorya». During two years under study, monitoring plots were organized, where seasonal observations of the state of plant communities are carried out. The article presents materials for 2022. These are primary data that serve as the foundation for subsequent analysis of the progress of the restoration of plant communities. Work is carried out in places open to tourists, as well as on the territory of the core zone. A total of six trial plots were established. The collection and analysis of the material was carried out using the methods and approaches of conventional geobotanical, floristic and cenopopulation studies. About 100 herbarium sheets were collected, 20 geobotanical releves were made. A comparative analysis showed that the vegetation in the core zone is in a rather depressed state. Vegetation in an area with a tourist load can also be characterized as regressive. This state is evidenced by low indicators of the total projective cover, poor species composition both in the herbaceous layer and in the shrub-tree layer.
Aristolochia manshuriensis and Aristolochia contorta in the collection of the Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS
Authors: Nesterova S. V.
Published: December 2023

Ex situ is a reliable way to conservation rare plants of native flora outside of populations. There are two species of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) in the collection of the Botanical Garden-Institute of the Far East Branch RAS. Aristolochia manshuriensis is included in the Red Data Book of Russian Federation and the Red Data Book of the Primorsky Krai. Aristolochia contorta is included in the Red Data Book of the Primorsky Krai and the Red Data Book of the Jewish Autonomous Region. To assess the introduction success we studied individual and seasonal development, flowering, productivity, and reproduction. A. manshuriensis begins to bloom and bear the fruit in 6-8 years, A. contorta in 3-4 years after sowing the seeds. Seasonal development cycle is terminated by fructification. Fruits are produced each year. Life duration of individual flower is 7-9 days. The long life of the flower and the long flowering period of the individual increase the chance of cross-pollination. The high factual seed set on the fruit has A. manshuriensis - from 76 ± 14 to 134 ± 10, more 80% of them are great vitality, freshly-harvested seed germination is 80-85 %. The factual seed set on the fruit of A. contorta is 129 ± 22 seeds of which intact and capable to germinate about 50 %. When sowing seeds in autumn, the germination is 40 ± 3 %. The studied species are perspective for reproduction and conservation in culture.
Methodology for creating a dataset of point maps of finds in the monograph “Vascular Plants of the Soviet Far East”
Authors: Pospelov I. N. , Seregin A. P.
Published: December 2023

The maps of vascular plants distribution from the 9-volume monograph “Vascular Plants of the Soviet Far East” (1985-1996, 2006) are digitizing. The original raster maps were manually georeferenced and then a point layer of plant finds was created in ArcGIS. Totally, 4387 maps were digitized, recording 156767 finds of 4140 plant species. In some cases, a check was made against the text of the species distribution annotation when referencing the find points. In doing so, points not indicated on the maps may have been added, or, on the contrary, erroneous points may not have been indicated. The technical methodology of map georeferencing and digitization and the main problems encountered are described in detail. A rough estimate of the geographical accuracy of the data has been made, ranging from 1 to 25 km, depending on the scale and quality of the original map. The resulting dataset has been adapted to the GBIF structure and taxonomic nomenclature standards (Darvin Core) and published there for public access. The results add significantly to the available numerical geographical data on floral diversity within Russia, along with previously published GBIF data from a similar publication “Flora of Siberia”.
Stability of development and dynamics of vitamin C content in the leaves of the berry apple tree in the conditions of technogenic pollution of the city of Novoaltaysk
Authors: Sokolova G. G. , Obryvko A. A , Kondrateva I. A.
Published: December 2023

The article considers the stability of the development of the berry apple tree in different growing conditions in Novoaltaysk. The fluctuating asymmetry of apple leaves was evaluated by 5 morphological features. We revealed a significant increase in comparison with the control of the leaf width, the length of the second second-order vein from the base of the leaf, the distance between the bases of the first and second second-order veins and the distance between the ends of the first and second second-order veins in apple leaves growing along highways and near industrial enterprises. There are 3 zones that differ in the integral indicator of the stability of the development of leaves in apple trees: conditionally normal (control), with an average degree of disturbance and critical. A regular change in the vitamin C content in the leaves of apple trees in a row is described: control -> courtyards, parks, squares -> roads with medium traffic intensity -> roads with high traffic intensity -> industrial zone.
The effect of plant size on the phytoliths characteristics of short cells in the leaf epidermis of Dactylis glomerata L.
Authors: Solomonova M. Yu. , Zhembrovskaya T. A. , Lyashchenko A. D. , Kotov S. D.
Published: December 2023

The present study is devoted to the revision of the influence of plant organs size on the size of phytoliths. Phytolith size parameters are used to identify cultivated grasses species in archaeological sites. Understanding how these characteristics are variable is necessary in such studies. The study of the variability of the phytoliths morphometric parameters will increase the possibilities of their use in plant systematics. The article presents a correlation analysis between the average values of the morphometric characteristics of Dactylis glomerata phytoliths from six different habitats with leaf sizes and generative shoots. The cock’s-foot specimens from forest, meadow and anthropogenically disturbed plant communities in the mountainous and plain parts of the south of Western Siberia were studied. Extraction of phytoliths was carried out using dry ashing. The measurement was made using the ImageJ software. Past 4.03 programs was used for statistical processing. The influence of the leaf length on the average values of the parameters of width, equivalent diameter, and inscribed radius of phytoliths of short epidermal cells of leaf was revealed. With an increase in the size of the leaf, the width of the phytolith and the parameters associated with it increase. The length of phytoliths, their area, perimeter, area and perimeter of the described figures weakly depend on the size of the vegetative organs of plants.

Key words. Crenate, Dactylis glomerata, morphometry, phytoliths, short cells.
Features of biology and coenopopulation characteristics of Silene cretacea Fisch. ex Spreng. on the Ilovli river valley, Volgograd region
Authors: Suprun N. A.
Published: December 2023

One of the modern environmental problems is the reduction in the number of rare plant species due to an increase in anthropogenic pressure on natural phytocenoses. Cenopopulation studies of Silene cretacea Fisch. ex Spreng. will make it possible to study the real state of natural coenopopulations, which is the result of the intrapopulation distribution of individuals. We studied 7 cenopopulations of Silene cretacea in the natural conditions of the Volgograd region on the Cretaceous outcrops of the valley of the river Ilovlya, which differ in species composition and degree of anthropogenic impact. An ontogenetic strategy has been defined that corresponds to the S (patient) type, which allows the species, in the struggle for existence, due to its endurance, to exist in extremely unfavorable conditions, that is, in conditions where other species cannot survive, and therefore cannot compete with them. With the similarity of the age composition of cenopopulations in different ecological and cenotic areas, they differed from each other in terms of vitality composition. The vitality type of the studied cenopopulations changed from prosperous to depressive. The analysis of the age spectrum showed that all the studied populations are normal, incomplete, with a maximum in the generative fraction with a large proportion of plants of the generative period, with a small proportion of pregerative and senile individuals. For most individuals of the S. cretacea, normal development is common that described by the successive passage of individuals of all age states in their life cycle. Under optimal conditions, individuals of S. cretacea are characterized by slow development with slow rates of development in the middle generative age state. This is due to the specifics of the ecology of the habitat of S. cretacea (narrow ecological confinement, features of the soil substrate, etc.) and the biology of the species (seed renewal, prolonged stay of individuals in the generative state).
To the development of an efficient micropropagation protocol Lilium pilosiusculum (Freyn) Miscz.
Authors: Terentieva S. G. , Kucharova E. V. , Okhlopkova Zh. M.
Published: December 2023

The reduction in the number of rare and endangered plants requires the development and implementation of alternative ways of reproduction, including in vitro culture technology. Ornamental groups of plants are of particular importance. Lilium pilosiusculum (Freyn) Miscz is one of the wild growing ornamental species of plants in Yakutia. This rare plant species of «2 b» category is undergoing a decline in numbers due to deforestation, collection, digging of bulbs and requires special protection precautions. This study optimised the conditions under which microclones of Lilium pilosiusculum were obtained. The leaf and bulb explants obtained from a wild plant growing on the territory of the Nyurba ulus of Yakutia were used for regeneration. The most optimal for obtaining sprouts in vitro culture is Murashige and Skoog medium (MS) with the addition of benzylaminopurine (BAP, 1 mg/L) and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (0,5 mg/L). Initiation of sprouting on the basis of bulb scales was achieved during cultivation under conditions of plant shelf with grow lights on MS medium with the addition of BAP at a concentration of 0.5 mg/L. Obtained microshoots of Lilium pilosiusculum were separated and transplanted for rhizogenesis initiation and for studying the adaptation of regenerants in the conditions of various soil substrates.
LET US RETHINK THE RE-THINK! PROJECT
Authors: Benko Andreja , Juvanec Borut
Published: December 2023

The Re-think! heritage project is a venture funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ program, focusing primarily on adult and higher education across various European countries. This initiative spans from January 2020 to December 2023, totalling 36 months with researches from 5 different countries included. The project's core emphasis lies in the realm of cultural heritage, exploring conservation approaches, recognizing excellence in renovations, and compiling a comprehensive vocabulary specific to cultural heritage.

The project mandates encompass a series of dissemination events in each partner country, widespread dissemination through social media channels, hosting meetings in partner countries, crafting an ebook detailing the project, and developing an eLearning platform. Throughout the project, researchers have been dedicated to the vital task of effectively disseminating their accumulated knowledge to the broader public.

A distinctive feature of this EU-sponsored project is its unwavering commitment to inclusivity. The entire project content, encapsulated within Re-think! heritage, has been thoughtfully translated into six languages, ensuring accessibility for a global audience. Through this holistic approach, the Re-think Heritage! Project aspires to redefine the methods of educating and involving individuals in heritage management and monument conservation, thereby cultivating a profound appreciation for our collective cultural legacy.

Every page and deliverable from the project is enriched with a wealth of visual materials, including photographs, sketches, simulations, drawings, technical illustrations, digital presentations, and more. These elements serve to enhance comprehension and provide the interested public with a vivid and immersive learning experience.
Montage as a gesture of mediation and education
Authors: Henzler Bettina
Published: December 2023

Combining images, comparing and linking them in chains, clusters and texts is a cultural practice that was not invented with digitisation. It dates back to the nineteenth century, when the invention of photography facilitated the task of copying artworks and other cultural material, and putting them in different contexts. Later, with the invention of the moving image, the gesture of montage was developed as an entirely new device of narration and thinking. Alain Bergala refers to this cultural practice when he proposes, in The Cinema Hypothesis, the combination of film clips as a film-pedagogical praxis as well as a research method. This article investigates the theoretical, cultural and practical aspects of this method, in revisiting a wide range of writings by Jacques Rancière, Roland Barthes, André Malraux and Wsewolod Pudowkin, as well as materials from Aby Warburg’s Bilderatlas and the found footage film Why Don’t You Love Me? by Christoph Girardet and Matthias Müller (1999). Furthermore, by comparing an extract from Grigris by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (2013) to Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus (1485/6), the didactic potential of this method is explored. The article thus considers the pedagogical, aesthetic, cultural and filmic aspects of the practice of ‘montage’ in its most basic sense: the combination of (audio)visual material.