bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An initial production assessment of oil and gas in a specific field was carried out using nodal analysis and decline curve analysis
Authors:   Azerbaijan State Oil And Industry University, Eyvazov J.M. , Shakarov E.H. ,   Azerbaijan State Oil And Industry University
Published: May 2024

Global petroleum consumption is on the rise, and conventional production from reservoirs is struggling to meet this increasing demand. As a result, it becomes imperative to exploit non-traditional resources. Unconventional resources are often characterized by their exceptionally low permeability. To tap into these resources, horizontal wells are drilled, and multiple hydraulic fractures are employed to establish reservoirs. Achieving economically viable production rates necessitates the efficient flow of hydrocarbons through these hydraulic fractures toward the wellbore. The analysis of production decline involves the examination of historical trends in well and reservoir performance, focusing on plots that display the relationship between production rate and time as well as cumulative production. In the petroleum industry, four techniques are commonly used to assess reserves: decline curve analysis, numerical simulation, material balance, and volumetric analysis. Decline curve analysis, utilizing the least squares method, is particularly effective in fitting a best-fit equation to a set of data points. By calculating the future rate at any desired time and determining reserves from a specific point to an economically viable period, this approach proves valuable for estimating critical parameters such as the initial decline rate (D), initial rate (qi), and the hyperbolic exponent (b). These values can then be graphed over time to illustrate the decline in production rates.
OBJETIVOS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL (ODS) NA VISÃO DOS ALUNOS DE ADMINISTRAÇÃO DA UNICENTRO
Authors: Stefani Silvio Roberto , Souza Marcio Dias de , Silveira Andi Rian , Liz Letícia Padilha de , Zampier Marcia Aparecida
Published: May 2024

Os Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) da Agenda 2030, possuem 17 objetivos globais e metas para mudanças de comportamento e práticas sociais que visem um ambiente social mais saudável, eficiente e sustentável. Alinhados a esses objetivos, é de interesse comum entre Estados e Governos fomentar essas práticas. Todavia, as instituições de ensino superior são fundamentais neste processo, visto como formadores de conhecimento para o exercício prático/social e ação direta para a causa da sustentabilidade. Assim sendo, o problema de pesquisa envolve: qual a visão, o conhecimento e o interesse em participar da implementação dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável durante a graduação, dos alunos do curso de administração da Unicentro? O objetivo principal foi identificar o conhecimento dos alunos do curso de Administração sobre os ODS. Como resultado da pesquisa, se deu conhecimento sobre a deficiência na comunicação e direcionamento das informações em torno dos ODS na instituição e no curso. Mais ainda, que a maioria dos alunos conhecem pouco sobre os ODS e concordam com a necessidade de intensificação dos Estados e governos para o desenvolvimento de estratégias. Da mesma forma, sugeriram que a Universidade seja também uma liderança nestes objetivos e atue de forma, a criar ferramentas e processos metodológicos, práticos e de pesquisa em torno da sustentabilidade. Esta cooperação e esforço de trabalho é fundamental para os ODS, tanto para a comunidade acadêmica, assim como para a sociedade.
Analysis Of Return On Assets And Dividend Payout Ratio On Stock Performance
Authors: Muktiadji Nusa , Amanda Beautiful Dinda , Khim Soei
Published: May 2024

This study aims to determine the Analysis of Return on Assets and Dividend Payout Ratio on Stock Performance (Case Study of Pharmaceutical Companies Registered on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2017-2022 period). The population in this study were 12 pharmaceutical companies listed on the IDX and 6 samples. Companies with 6 years of data. The sampling method used is the non-random sampling method. The data analysis method used is multiple linear regression analysis to determine the effect of profitability, market ratios and interest rates on stock prices. Testing data was carried out using IBM SPSS Statistics 25 Software. From the results of the regression analysis test, it is obtained that the t value is - 2.049 with a significance level of 0.048 (0.048 <0.05) so that the variable Return on Assets (X1) has a significant effect on stock prices, which means H1 is acceptedFrom the results of the regression analysis test, it was obtained that the t value was 1.478 with a significance level of 0.149 (0.149 > 0.05), so the dividend payout ratio (X2) variable did not significantly affect stock prices, which means H2 was rejected. From the results of the regression analysis test, the calculated f value was obtained. of 3.631 with a significance level of 0.038 (0.038 <0.05) then the variables Return on Assets and Dividend Payout Ratio have a simultaneous and significant effect on stock prices, which means H3 is accepted.
 
Keywords : Profitability, Market Ratio, Stock Prices
OPERATIONAL ALGORITHMS FOR TESTING FIRE-TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT
Authors: Дымов С.М. , Вищекин М.В. , Александров А.М. , Дорожкин М.И.
Published: May 2024

В статье рассмотрены вопросы объема и последовательности проведения испытаний пожарно-технического вооружения. Показана разница в испытаниях при постановке продукции на производство и при испытаниях, подтверждающих повседневную работоспособность изделий. Поставлен вопрос о необходимости разработки стандартов типа ГОСТ по теме испытания продукции в условиях, приближенных к реальной эксплуатации.

The article deals with the issues of the scope and sequence of fire-technical equipment tests. There is shown the difference in tests within product commissioning and during tests confirming the daily performance of products. There is considered the question about the need to develop GOST-type standards on the topic of product testing in conditions close to real operation.
MULTIFUNCTIONAL HEAVY-DUTY ROBOTIC FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM
Authors: Емельянов Р.А. , Носач Ю.И. , Волков В.Д. , Валяев Е.В.
Published: May 2024

В данной работе рассматривается создание многофункционального робототехнического комплекса пожаротушения тяжелого класса с улучшенными тактико-техническими характеристиками на гусеничном шасси, который предназначается для ликвидации техногенных аварий и пожаров, сопряженных с рисками гибели и травматизма личного состава, проведения разведки в очагах возникновения пожаров и доставки в очаг пожара огнетушащих средств. При соответствующем дооснащении его планируется использовать при ликвидации последствий аварий, отягощенных химическим и радиационным загрязнением и работе с взрывоопасными предметами.

In this paper there is considered the creation of a multifunctional heavy-duty robotic fire extinguishing complex with improved tactical and technical characteristics on a tracked chassis. It is designed to eliminate man-made accidents and fires associated with the risks of fatalities and injury of personnel as well as to conduct reconnaissance in fire seats and to deliver fire extinguishing agents to them. With appropriate retrofitting, it is planned to use this system during elimination of the consequences of accidents with chemical and radiation pollution and work with explosive objects.
Strategies for Reducing Anxiety in EFL Classroom: An Academic Review
Authors: Sotomayor Cantos Karina Fernanda , Córdova Pintado Jorge Andrés , Baños Coello María Belén , Córdova Pintado Jorge Andrés , Camacho Castillo Luis Alfredo
Published: May 2024

Anxiety is a significant issue in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms, impacting learners' performance and overall language acquisition. This theoretical review examines recent research findings and effective techniques for reducing anxiety in EFL settings. Drawing on qualitative methodologies and empirical studies from the past five years, the review highlights various factors contributing to anxiety, including low self-esteem, fear of mistakes, and pressure from peers and teachers. The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) emerges as a valuable tool for measuring anxiety, focusing on exam anxiety, communication anxiety, and fear of poor grades. The review identifies several strategies to alleviate anxiety, such as creating a supportive environment, delaying error correction, providing ample speaking practice opportunities, and incorporating relaxation techniques. Additionally, interventions like game-based learning, music instruction, and cooperative learning activities demonstrate promise in reducing anxiety and enhancing motivation among EFL learners. The review underscores the pivotal role of teachers in mitigating anxiety by offering effective feedback, facilitating speaking practice, and fostering a welcoming classroom environment conducive to language acquisition. Ultimately, the review emphasizes the importance of understanding and addressing anxiety to promote successful language learning outcomes in EFL classrooms.
La Tecnología y su Influencia en la Enseñanza de la Lengua Extranjera Inglés: Una Revisión Sistemática de Literatura
Authors: Royero Thomas Rina Paola
Published: May 2024

El presente artículo científico tiene como objetivo analizar de manera sistemática la literatura de diversas investigaciones relacionadas con el uso de la tecnología como medio para la enseñanza de la lengua extranjera inglés, con el fin de aportar significativamente en el estado del arte. Las investigaciones consultadas, dan muestra de cómo ha sido el proceso de inclusión de las herramientas tecnológicas en el proceso de enseñanza – aprendizaje del inglés en distintos contextos educativos, por tal motivo, se hace un esbozo de la historia de la enseñanza del inglés, desde sus inicios hasta la actualidad. La metodología desarrollada es cualitativa tipo documental, teniendo en cuenta que se realiza una revisión exhaustiva de documentos que dan cuenta de los procesos de enseñanza – aprendizaje de la lengua extranjera inglés y el uso de las TICs, incluyendo fuentes primarias e históricas a nivel nacional e internacional.  Dentro de las fuentes consultadas, se encuentran tesis doctorales, y principalmente artículos publicados en revistas indexadas. En cuanto a los resultados de las investigaciones desarrolladas por distintos autores, se destaca la motivación como categoría, puesto que el uso de herramientas tecnológicas en la enseñanza del inglés, conlleva a que la generación actual se incentive en el aprendizaje de la lengua extranjera y de este modo, pueda mejorar sus habilidades comunicativas, lo que hoy en día se relaciona con el concepto de innovación educativa y que se ha convertido en un pilar para las prácticas de aula, siendo la tecnología uno de los mejores aliados para los docentes.
Aspergilosis Pulmonar en Paciente Femenina. Reporte de Caso
Authors: Vargas Culqui Teresa del Rocío , Delgado Montaño Carlos Alberto , Llumipanta Tigse Blanca , Reyes Saa Byron Alexander
Published: May 2024

La aspergilosis es una enfermedad fúngica causada por el hongo filamentoso Aspergillus. La causa más común de enfermedad pulmonar. Aspergillus fumigatus es un hongo aéreo saprofito ubicuo cuyo nicho natural es el suelo. El calor, la humedad y la materia orgánica promueven el crecimiento. Los seres humanos inhalan continuamente grandes cantidades de conidios (esporas) de este hongo, que normalmente se eliminan mediante eliminación mucociliar y mecanismos inmunes innatos en huéspedes inmunocompetentes sin enfermedad pulmonar. El desarrollo de zoomicosis pulmonar requiere factores predisponentes del huésped, como condiciones alérgicas, enfermedades respiratorias, enfermedades pulmonares crónicas o inmunodeficiencia. Las manifestaciones clínicas, radiológicas e histológicas de la zoomicosis pulmonar, además del recuento de esporas y la virulencia, dependen principalmente del estado inmunológico del huésped y de la enfermedad pulmonar preexistente. Se reporta una paciente femenina de 30 años acude por presentar disnea de pequeños esfuerzos de varias semanas de evolución acompañados de dolor torácico y signos evidentes de hipoxia.
O ENSINO DE HISTÓRIA NA VISÃO DO DOCUMENTO CURRICULAR PARA GOIÁS
Authors: Santos Tales Ramos Monteiro
Published: May 2024

O estudo a seguir tem como objetivo mostrar caminhos e estratégias aos professores a partir do Documento Curricular para Goiás (DC-GO), norteado pela Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC), instituída em 2017, pelo Ministério da Educação, para atuação no Goiás. O breve estudo segue ancorado pelo Documento Curricular para Goiás (DC-GO), bem como aos olhos da BNCC (2017), Bezerra (2007), Fonseca (2005), Knauss (2012), Peixoto (2015), Perrenoud (1999) e Terra (2013). O estudo destaca que o professor deve estar alinhado os aos princípios e diretrizes estabelecidos pelo documento curricular, além de assumir uma postura crítica e ética mediante aos fatos históricos. Conclui-se que o professor deve desenvolver habilidades nos estudantes para que eles possam compreender o mundo ao seu redor, com autonomia, ética e responsabilidade.
GOOGLE EARTH E ENSINO DE HISTÓRIA: VEREDAS PARA PERCORRER O ESPAÇO DIGITAL
Authors: GUIMARÃES Eudes Marciel Barros
Published: May 2024

Coloca-se em discussão o Google Earth como geotecnologia, tendo em perspectiva seus possíveis usos no Ensino de História. Discute-se, de saída, como esse recurso pode ser compreendido enquanto uma tecnologia educacional em meio aos debates mais recentes sobre o assunto. Em seguida, circunscreve-se algumas reflexões realizadas sobre os caminhos abertos para o conhecimento histórico no universo digital, em especial, voltados para a Educação Básica. Finalmente, apresenta-se uma concepção geográfica de espaço para tratar da sua representação na forma de mapas digitais, bem como de seus usos em trabalhos acadêmicos.
Diseño Universal del Aprendizaje (DUA) para aprender seguridad y salud en el taller automotriz en estudiantes de secundaria
Authors: Ore Santos Henry Gary , Orosco-Fabian Jhon Richard
Published: May 2024

En el ámbito de la educación peruana, es evidente la existencia de necesidades, las cuales se manifiestan en la diversidad de formas de aprendizaje y en las posibles limitaciones que enfrentan los estudiantes. Es necesario brindar oportunidades equitativas para la inclusión de todos los estudiantes, por consiguiente, el objetivo de esta investigación es evaluar la eficacia del Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje (DUA) para el aprendizaje de la seguridad y salud en el taller automotriz en estudiantes de secundaria. El estudio es de enfoque cuantitativo, de tipo aplicada, nivel experimental y diseño pre experimental. La selección de la muestra se llevó a cabo mediante un muestreo no probabilístico de tipo intencional, compuesta por 19 estudiantes pertenecientes al VI ciclo de una institución educativa de variante técnica del centro del Perú. Para el recojo de datos de la variable de medida se utilizó la técnica de evaluación con la prueba pedagógica como instrumento, elaborada ad hoc. Los resultados evidencian que el DUA es eficaz para el aprendizaje sobre seguridad y salud en el taller automotriz en estudiantes del nivel secundario. Este hallazgo se fundamenta en el incremento observado en la media de las puntuaciones entre el pretest, con una media de 19.78, y el postest, donde se registró una media de 35.38, reflejando un avance significativo de 16.05 puntos.
Effect of low intensity aerobic cycle ergometer on maximal walking speed and cadence of myasthenia gravis patients
Authors:   Department of Physical and Medical Rehabilitation, “Dr. Soetomo” General Academic Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Kartika Lisa , Pawana I Putu Alit ,   Department of Physical and Medical Rehabilitation, “Dr. Soetomo” General Academic Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Arfianti Lydia ,   Department of Physical and Medical Rehabilitation, “Dr. Soetomo” General Academic Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Sugianto Paulus ,   Department of Neurology, “Dr. Soetomo” General Academic Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Published: May 2024

Background and objectives. MG is associated with muscle weakness which induces fatigue. This condi­tion interferes with patients’ ability to pursue activities of daily living and could cause many complications such as decrement in walking and depression. Though rehabilitation has been proved to reduce symptoms, the optimal dosage of the rehabilitation program is still debatable due to lack of high-quality evidence. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of aerobic cycle ergometer on maximal walking speed, cadence and fatigue of MG patients. Materials and methods. This randomized control group study was conducted to 20 Myasthenia Gravis patients with MGFA classification I until IIb. 10 meter walking test was used to assess maximal walking speed, 1 minute walking test was used to assess cadence, while Fatigue Severity Scale was used to measure fatigue. Measurement was done before and after 8 weeks of exercise. Paired t-test is used to analyze within group variables, and independent t test to evaluate between-group analysis. Results. There was improvement on maximal walking speed, cadence and fatigue at intervention group with large effect size (CI 95%, p = 0,05), even though the results didn’t differ statistically between groups. Conclusion. There is improvement of maximal walking speed, cadence and fatigue of Myasthenia Gravis patients after exercising using low intensity aerobic cycle ergometer.
Prevalence of sexual disorders in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients depending on various risk factors
Authors:   Kyiv Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, Odintsova Tetiana , Kopchak Oksana ,   Kyiv Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: May 2024

Objective. Multiple sclerosis is a perilous, disabling, physically as well as mentally, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. This work aims to evaluate prevalence of sexual dysfunctions and their correspondence with non- and disease related risk factors, as well as with MRI findings in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Results. Based on conducted multifactorial analysis, the most prominent risk factor associated with presence of sexual dysfunctions in in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis was depression. Sexual dysfunctions are tied to cognitive deficit, in general and in separate domains, particularly in memory, executive functions and language. Considering disease-related agents, sensory and motor deficits are linked to the development of sexual dysfunctions in case of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Among non-disease-related factors, unemployment, marital status, level of education and tobacco smoking are affecting sexual dysfunctions’ severity. According to the MRI, frontal lobe and corpus callosum and periventricular area were affected more often comparing to other brain regions in case of sexual dysfunctions. Conclusions. Patients suffering from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis encounter secondary and tertiary sexual dysfunctions. Knowing all struggles of MS, patients should be offered more nuanced management options that will improve their quality of life on a deeper level.
Quality of Financial Services Fund Distribution and Bank Channeling at PT. Pos Indonesia KCU Surabaya
Authors: Fotinus Wahyudi Josiriz  , Reviandani Oktarizka
Published: May 2024

Currently the existence of PT. Pos Indonesia as a postal service provider is increasingly under threat because there are competitors who also provide similar services such as courier and logistics services and there are also quite a lot of assessments indicating dissatisfaction with the services provided. This fact encouraged PT. Post to continue to improve the quality of postal services, especially in financial services, Fund distribution and Bank channeling, so that it can continue to compete with competitors providing other courier and logistics services. The aim of the research is to describe the quality of Fund Distribution and Bank Channeling financial services at PT. Pos Indonesia (Persero) main branch Surabaya 60000. The type of research is descriptive qualitative. Data collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation. Data analysis techniques include data collection, data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions or verification. The theory used is the service quality theory of Zeithaml, Parasuraman and Berry (1990) (Hendrayady et al., 2020) which consists of: Tangible, Reliability, Responsiveness, Assurance, and Empathy). The research results show that the quality of financial services, Fund distribution and Bank channeling at PT. Pos Indonesia (Persero) Main Branch Surabaya 60000 can be said to be good because it provides a sense of comfort and satisfaction to service users. However, there are still several shortcomings related to the fact that there are still employees who do not use identification cards and queue numbers that are rarely used at bank channeling service counters.
Facial Emotion Recognition for Visually Impaired People using Transfer Learning
Authors: T. G. Anandhu , Aji Areena , K. A. Jithin , J Sukanyathara , Meckamalil Rotney Roy
Published: May 2024

Individuals with visual impairment often face chal- lenges in social interactions, specifically at recognizing emotional cues. The proposed framework tackles this issue head-on by de- vising a Facial Emotion Recognition(FER) system, by employing an advanced Transfer Learning approach within Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). By leveraging the dataset FER-2013 [13], the proposed system aims to transcend the limitationsof traditional emotion recognition methods. Transfer learningallows the model to benefit from pre-trained knowledge on vast datasets, making it more efficient and effective in capturing complex facial features associated with different emotions. This approach is designed to offer better accuracy and generalization capabilities than other conventional methods. During training, the system will be designed to comprehensively capture the intricacies of facial expressions, enabling it to not only identify individuals but also interpret subtle changes in their emotional states throughout conversations. An innovative audio output system will be integrated into the FER system to provide a smoothand accessible experience for visually impaired users, allowing for a better understanding of social dynamics. By emphasizing transfer learning, this framework is designed to be efficient and robust, potentially revolutionizing emotional understanding for visually impaired individuals and setting a new standard in the field by showcasing the superior performance achievable throughadvanced machine learning techniques. Ultimately, this research aims to bridge the social gap for the visually impaired by fosteringinclusivity, independence, and safety in their daily life.
Diesel Fuel Injector Nozzle Reclamation
Authors: Lingras Sushant
Published: May 2024

Diesel engines are integral to various industries due to their efficiency and durability. A key component of these engines is the fuel injector nozzle, which can degrade over time due to contaminants, carbon deposits, and mechanical wear. This paper examines the reclamation process for diesel fuel injector nozzles, highlighting its benefits, challenges, and the validation of reclaimed nozzles. Reclamation offers cost savings, environmental benefits, and extended component life, but requires stringent quality control and adaptation to technological advances. The paper underscores the importance of meticulous reclamation procedures and robust validation methods, such as dyno and on-road testing, to ensure the performance of reclaimed nozzles meets or exceeds original specifications. As diesel technology evolves, the reclamation industry must continuously adapt to maintain its relevance and efficacy.
Mathematical Formulation of Stoichiometric Subspaces Associated with Chemical Reaction Networks: The Linear Algebraic Foundations and Fundamentals
Authors: Ghosh Debopam
Published: May 2024

The article presents a consolidated review of the mathematical framework for construction of Stoichiometric subspaces associated with Chemical Reaction Networks, based on theoretically imposed constraints, mechanistic considerations and data driven mathematical modeling; A rigorous mathematical treatment of the problem is presented and is illustrated using an appropriate numerical case study example.
Securing Medicinal Plant Supply Chain through ML-Enhanced Image Processing
Authors: Benisha Jemi J.A. , Jenika S  , Manju K.M  , Shiny V. Mrs.Jino
Published: May 2024

he medicinal plant industry encounters numerous challenges, including misidentification and counterfeit goods. These issues have the potential to compromise the quality standard and, consequently, compromise the safety of medical products. By employing CNN, a subset of Python-based ML algorithms, this article presents a novel approach to the problem of pharmaceutical image recognition in the medicinal plant supply chain. The developed system will be predicated on a large database of images of medicinal plants, which will be utilized to instruct CNN models that have undergone rigorous training to accurately identify and authenticate plant materials throughout the entire supply chain. By utilizing an ML system for image processing, this system provides the most reliable assurance that medicinal plants are genuine and of high quality. The experimental results provide evidence that the proposed solution is valuable, as it holds potential for enhancing supply chain security, eliminating counterfeit products, and facilitating the identification of medicinal plants. The Python implementation of the system's solution facilitates user customization and integration. That would enable stakeholders to effectively address their requirements, consequently facilitating prompt decision-making. The purpose of this project is to present a specific ML and CNN technique that addresses the issue of counterfeit goods and contributes to the chain security of medical plants.
Hidden Treasures
Authors: Breckling Molly M.
Published: May 2024

Hidden Treasure: Cultural, Social, and Political Commentary in Gustav Mahler’s Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn explores twenty-four songs, composed over a period of nearly fifteen years. This study examines Mahler’s text selections and compositional techniques as part of a larger process, related to the texts’ origins as remnants of German Volk culture, as tools for instructing listeners on matters related to the culture, society, and political climates of his age. In so doing, this analysis will demonstrate the songs’ significance beyond that of mere stepping stones to the related symphonies, as they are frequently viewed in Mahler studies. This book will be the first study to view the collection as a platform for commentary on the composer’s environment, providing a new perspective on the songs. The composer’s skillful manipulation of song texts and nuanced musical techniques bring to light Mahler’s views on important issues of the day, exploring realms as varied as religious intolerance, romantic fidelity, Freudian psychoanalysis, Viennese music criticism, socio-economic inequality, and militarism, though these observations often lie below the surface. Mahler recognized the universal significance of folklore like the Wunderhorn poetry; these tales were not simply stories of “once upon a time,” but dealt with themes and issues that remained relevant during Mahler’s own age (and, I would argue, our own).
Gustav Mahler’s Lieder from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Authors: Breckling Molly M.
Published: May 2024

Scholars have had some difficulty determining precisely when Mahler first came in contact with the poetry found in Des Knaben Wunderhorn, and this challenge stems, in part, from Mahler’s own inconsistency on the matter. The truth, most likely, lies somewhere in the middle of many conflicting accounts, that while he may not have been familiar with the published collection of poetry, he seems to have had knowledge of some of the texts as lyrics to familiar folk songs. While Mahler occasionally identified his works as examples of a specific genre, his interpretation of the qualities implied by the use of those terms does not always conform to generally understood notions of genre. As such, generic designations ultimately lose their function in these pieces.
“The misery of a pioneer”
Authors: Breckling Molly M.
Published: May 2024

Throughout his career, Mahler maintained an ambivalent relationship with his critics. The composer expressed his frustration with the critics he viewed as ignorant, old-fashioned, or bigoted. The most brutal attacks he endured came from opponents who commented on his compositions, not just the songs, but the symphonies as well, and his conducting style was not above criticism either. His negative critics tended to fall into two camps: those who disliked Mahler’s work due to its unapologetic modernity, and those whose disdain stemmed not from the music itself, but simply from the fact that Mahler was Jewish. Even this distinction is not as clear as it might seem. In any case, Mahler occasionally chose to confront his critics in song. Three
Why I Can No Longer Teach Kathy Acker
Authors: Harryman Carla
Published: May 2024

This lyric essay provides an account of the difficulties teaching subversive texts, dramatizing how definitions of transgressive writing—and, by extension, transgressive teaching—have changed in contemporary higher education.
Anne Waldman as Educator
Authors: Mackay Polina
Published: May 2024

The essay charts the development of poet and activist Anne Waldman’s career at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University. This institution that Waldman helped to create and sustain embodies the centrality of cultural activism in Waldman’s own poetry. Placing Waldman in the context of the “poetry of witness,” this essay examines texts such as The Iovis Trilogy, Sanctuary, and Trickster Feminism to show how they seek to expose various forms of injustice and how Waldman integrates her poetic and activist work into her pedagogy.
“Short Speech to My Friends”
Authors: Nielsen Aldon Lynn
Published: May 2024

This essay is a personal, and slightly informal, account and study of Amiri Baraka’s work as a teacher and community member. Like many of the best-known Beat writers, Baraka had not come through the maze of university creative writing programs and, again like several others, had no advanced degree of any kind when he began teaching at the university level. Baraka’s residency as the Jenny McKean Moore Professor in the Department of English at The George Washington University is examined in detail to shed new light on Baraka as both poet and teacher. Following his time in D.C., Baraka would go on to a lengthy period on the faculty of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, in the Africana Studies Department, and another period at Rutgers, which eventuated in Baraka’s lawsuit against the university. This essay will also address briefly some of the controversy that was attendant upon Baraka’s appointment to the GWU position and will discuss how Baraka’s other academic appointments might help readers understand more deeply his work as a teacher, writer, and organizer.
Sacred Calm
Authors: Calvert Ian
Published: May 2024

This chapter focuses on the sections of Cowley’s Davideis that are formally labeled as digressions from its main narrative. It identifies two categories of digression, where the first is concerned with seventeenth-century ideas of the Sublime and inspiration, and the second with examples of Divine Providence in the Book of Genesis. It contends that both forms of digression illuminate the politics of the poem, albeit in different ways. The digressions on inspiration see Cowley recoding sublime enthusiasm from a frenzied to a tranquil emotional state, while also laying claim to the Sublime as part of a Royalist, rather than republican, discourse. In emphasizing the inability of mortals to comprehend divine will through the Davideis’s digressions on Providence Cowley articulates a Royalist hope that the 1650s will be a digression from the monarchical norm, while also acknowledging that this desired future may never come to pass.
“More Famous by His Pen than by His Sword”
Authors: Spearing Caroline
Published: May 2024

Cowley himself claimed in the preface to his Poems (1656) that it was his sense of the inevitability of defeat that caused him to abandon his English verse epic The Civil War, remarking on the futility of fashioning “laurels for the conquer’d.” I argue here that the poem represents the attempt of a highly ambitious young man to produce panegyric in an appropriately epic mode, an attempt ultimately frustrated by the brutality and futility of civil war. I consider how the discourse of heroic epic was put under pressure by the English Civil War’s use of firearms and the localized and domestic character of its theater of war, both of which challenged an easy reading of the conflict through the lens of ancient poetry. Through the figure of Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland and his identification with Orpheus as representative of civilization against barbarism, Cowley’s projected epic instead adopts an elegiac tone with the realization that chaos can be the only victor in civil war.
“This united kingdom”
Authors: Dowling Phineas
Published: May 2024

This chapter argues that Smollett used his writing to promote a vision of an ameliorative Anglo-Scottish Union and a shared British identity after the strife of the Forty-Five. Specifically, Smollett’s works, especially his earliest published works, The Tears of Scotland (1746), and his first novel, The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748), are part of his attempt to reform and renegotiate Scottish identity under a larger British identity of Anglo-Scottish Unionism in the wake of the Forty-Five.
Assimilation and Anti-Assimilation
Authors: Cortes Phillip M.
Published: May 2024

This chapter considers how Smollett's The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771) advances an anti-normative orientation that finds its corresponding kernel of expression in the malaprop. To do so, it draws on Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s theorization of the catachresis as assimilationist and anti-assimilationist. It considers the catachrestically assimilationist nature of epistolary manuals and how Smollett advances an anti-assimilationist position. The chapter then examines the malapropic writings of Matthew Bramble and Winifred Jenkins, wherein it shows that Smollett’s social commentary projects an ambivalence towards Britain’s imperial and colonial project.
Creating Piracy: Discourse, Property, and Extra-Legal Territory
Authors: High Michael D.
Published: May 2024

This chapter highlights three important phenomena that cohere in piracy: the imbrication of discourse, property, and extra-legal territory that differentiates piracy from other forms of legitimate appropriation. All three of the phenomena must be continuously projected, protected, and promulgated as their stable status would be threatened. It considers property rights that allow for and limit appropriation as a fundamental activity in which people must engage to survive and create. The chapter explains that how the property rights are governed would decide how cultural production either thrives or continues. It scrutinizes how the three phenomena intersect in maritime piracy and in intellectual piracy alike.
Sharing is Caring and Piracy is Theft
Authors: Sar Ernesto Van der
Published: May 2024

This chapter focuses on the historical layers impinging on piratical processes, noting the distinct differences within piracy developments and histories. In the early days of the Internet, the piracy movement consisted primarily of digitally gifted amateurs engaging in piracy as an act of sharing files with anti-corporate establishment overtones. The chapter also looks at acts of mainstream piracy that have taken on distinct organised-crime characteristics, especially when considering Internet Protocol Television’s (IPTV) stream infringement and near universal in-film betting advertising of CAM copies of recent theatre releases. The chapter talks about the motivation of Ernesto Van der Sar in creating the TorrentFreak website, which is aimed to provide a more balanced account of piracy. It looks at the piracy that has been co-opted by syndicates of large players, who are interested more in financial than intellectual gain or in making a political point.
Coda
Authors: Kawakami Akane
Published: May 2024

This chapter is made up of a Coda and a Conclusion, following the example of Ferrier’s own predilection for multiple beginnings and endings. The coda is a standalone analysis of Scrabble as a photobiography; it is the only work of Ferrier’s to date that contains images, and it is also his latest work, which is why this analysis is positioned at the end of the book. I show how Ferrier’s commitment to photos is hybridised even in the photo-text that is Scrabble, by the presence of drawings and other types of images. The Conclusion situates my analyses throughout the book within the context of the ‘borders’ of the title, and looks ahead – using Ferrier’s own vision of his oeuvre – to how his work will develop; tripartite, albeit overlapping, categories are what he proposes, as will be seen in more detail in the interview.
The Bear Necessities: Thrasyleon, Lucius, and the Status of Skins in The Golden Ass
Authors: Devecka Martin
Published: May 2024

Chapter 5 by Martin Devecka examines The Golden Ass of Apuleius, a text that problematizes the coherence of bodies in its central plot. This chapter explores Apuleius’ development of that theme in a particularly grim side-plot concerning the thief Thrasyleon, who dresses up as a bear in the service of an elaborate robbery plot only to be eaten by angry dogs. The result of this costuming is a bear that is also a prosthesis. One could imagine this hybrid animal as a way of transcending the human, and these are indeed the expectations with which Thrasyleon enters into the project. The episode ends up contravening those expectations in a way that reveals the deep structures of Apuleius’ thinking about skins, costuming, and identity.
The techne that Races: Phoenician–Punic technosomata in Homer and Plautus
Authors: Giusti Elena
Published: May 2024

Chapter 11 by Elena Giusti is concerned with the Phoenicians. From their representation as skilled craftsmen up to their virtual identification with ships, Phoenicians have been defined by techne since their very first appearance in the corpus of Western literature. But their simultaneous inhabiting of a perceived ethnical alterity in relation to the Greek body also meant that wonder for their technological development would easily turn into suspicion in Greek texts, already transforming the ‘Daedalian Sidonians’ of the Iliad (Il. 23.743) into the Odyssey’s ‘devious Phoenicians’ (Od. 15.419). As this chapter aims to showcase, a reading of Phoenicians and Carthaginians as technosômata is inextricable from their role as subalterns in Greek and especially Latin texts, to the point that techne contributes significantly to the attribution of race to their bodies.
Negotiating Women’s Sexual Identity with a Scalpel: Ancient and Contemporary Views on Female Genital Surgery
Authors: Groff Elisa
Published: May 2024

Chapter 14 by Elisa Groff explores the scenarios in which ancient medicine performed the surgical technique of clitoridectomy and bring the discussion of ancient genital surgery into dialogue with the contemporary performance of female genital mutilation. It is concerned with what it meant to be a socially-usable woman in antiquity by investigating how the male-centred conceptualisations of the female sexual and reproductive body defined the social identity and agency of women as mothers, wives and pudicae within the ancient cultural contexts of health and sexuality. It will argue that by cutting the woman’s physical body ancient doctors aimed at reshaping the woman’s sexuality and gender so as to make it subordinate to a man’s authority and conform to sexual, social standards.
Narrative Desolation and Postcolonial Naturalism in V.S. Naipaul’s Guerrillas
Authors: Smith Eric D.
Published: May 2024

This chapter presents a narratological analysis of V.S. Naipaul’s Guerillas as a naturalist work exemplary in the tension that it manifests between what Lukács, in his infamous critique of naturalism, describes as the countertendencies of description and narration. I also argue that the novel demonstrates what Gilles Deleuze, in his writing on cinema, terms the impulse-image, a variant of what he calls the (realist) movement-image. Between the kinetic action of realism and the affective ideation of surrealism lies the impulse-image, which Deleuze explicitly associates with Zolian naturalism in its positing of an inescapably originary milieu and its simultaneous refusal of realist totalization on the one hand and surrealist fragmentation on the other. The effect is a simultaneous “end of temporality” and narrative desolation. If realism is conditioned by “the possibility of access to the forces of change in a given historical moment,” naturalism, for which the ascendance of the descriptive mode signals that “some vital relationship to action and to the possibility of action has broken down,” names a narrative as well as a historical closure. The postcolonial naturalism of Guerrillas therefore marks out the absolute horizon of Bandung-era anti-imperialism and the exhaustion of a familiar grammar of resistance.
Heredity and Horizon in the Postcolonial Bildungsroman Rhys, Cliff, and Adiga
Authors: Smith Eric D.
Published: May 2024

Chapter three examines the play between ‘heredity’ and ‘horizon’ in three exemplary works of the postcolonial Bildungsroman. Engaging important recent considerations by Jed Esty, Maria Helena Lima, Simon Hay, and others, it argues that the central impasse defining the postcolonial Bildungsroman arises from the structural inability of the national bourgeoise to manifest the destiny exemplified (however imperfectly) in the ‘classical’ form, caught as they are between the political demands of the masses and the nonplace of the new Empire, from which national independence has provided no safeguard. In the frustrated teleology or unrealized Bildung of these texts, we find the naturalist crisis of narrative, which here expresses itself in the overwhelming of realism’s horizonal ambition by the foreclosed temporality of heredity. The chapter features critical analyses of Jean Rhy’s Wide Sargasso Sea, Michelle Cliff’s Abeng, and Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger.
Future Perfect and the Impossible Present Two Faces of Postcolonial Anti-Utopianism
Authors: Smith Eric D.
Published: May 2024

Chapter four posits the presence of the anti-utopian temperament as a defining feature of postcolonial naturalism. This anti-utopian inclination has two faces. first, in refusing or negating the imaginative possibility of revolutionary change, one current naturalizes the social status quo. Alternatively, the second form is born of a desire for social transformation that has been thwarted precisely through its putative realization and thus been evacuated of its utopian content. In Neel Mukherjee’s widely celebrated novel The Lives of Others, which instructively juxtaposes a tale of multi-generational domestic conflict with that of the Naxalite insurgency, we find an instance of the first variety. In Orlando Patterson’s The Children of Sisyphus we find a variety distinct from Mukherjee’s in that it offers not a moralizing affirmation of the present but a bitter anatomy of the broken promises of prior utopianisms and a scorched-earth purgation.
Introduction
Authors: Mendes Alexander
Published: May 2024

“Tightropes” offers a sociolinguistic introduction to Corsica. The chapter begins by providing relevant historical context of the island as a French territory and moves to focus on language reclamation movements in the latter part of the twentieth century. I situate this study within recent work in Corsican sociolinguistics and outline major related theories, namely polynomy, peripheral multilingualism, and translanguaging. I discuss how multilingualism is a site of struggle which shapes material conditions. I shed light on the recent political movements on the island including nationalism and immigration as related to the maintenance and revitalization of the local minoritized language, Corsican. I discuss the methodological approaches undertaken, namely linguistic-ethnographic and discourse analytic. Brief synopses are provided for the chapters that follow.
‘Unlocking the Potential’
Authors: DeYoung Elizabeth
Published: May 2024

Chapter Four demonstrates how contestation over social housing brought progress to an impasse. For an area in severe housing stress, the Girdwood site represented a boon for social housing provision. Furthermore, Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act obligated government to build housing according to need. This chapter details the disputes over demography and territory that ensued. Fearing a demographic and electoral ‘takeover’ by Catholic/Nationalists, who made up the majority of the housing waiting list, DUP politicians and other Unionist actors of power consistently aimed to block the prospect of social housing on the Girdwood site. Other actors emerged to challenge this approach: for instance, the activist group Participation and the Practice of Rights (PPR) facilitated collaborative research with residents around alternative ways forward for the site. Their work was ignored by the government. A political stalemate enveloped Girdwood and the site lay vacant for years.
Introduction
Authors: Riach Graham K.
Published: May 2024

The Introduction discusses the unstable boundary between the apartheid and post-apartheid periods then establishes the relative dearth of criticism on the short story in comparison to the novel in postcolonial contexts, and in South Africa in particular. It turns to the role that formal and generic analysis have played in postcolonial criticism, and how this can be supplemented – albeit with some caveats – with thinking from the cluster of approaches described as new formalism. This introduction ends with a brief history of the short story in South Africa, considering its waxing and waning prominence, before offering an outline of the book’s structure.
Nadine Gordimer
Authors: Riach Graham K.
Published: May 2024

In her three post-apartheid collections, Jump (1991), Loot (2003), and Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black (2007), Nadine Gordimer uses non-linear plots to stage scenes of retrospection that are reflections on the country’s past and on her own authorial legacy. Across her career, but particularly from the 1990s onwards, Gordimer’s writing became more difficult to interpret and more self-reflexive. The formal experimentation of her post-apartheid work interrogates her prior strategies for political writing, showing the temporal contingency of engaged stylistics, and inviting others to think what modes of writing are fit to articulate the political present.
Phaswane Mpe’s Aesthetics of Brooding
Authors: Riach Graham K.
Published: May 2024

This chapter analyses how Phaswane Mpe’s short story collection Brooding Clouds (2008) offers experiences of form that allow a thinking through of the forms of violence that still disproportionally affect black South Africans. This violence appears in individual shocking acts but is also a cumulative and crushing accretion of poverty, racism, curtailed education, and the psychological harms that such factors cause. Mpe uses the short story to express a political consciousness that comprehends singular acts of oppression as part of a distributed climate of disenfranchisement. Mpe’s short fiction articulates this condition through what he calls ‘brooding’, a state which is sometimes a cast of mind, sometimes an orientation towards the world, sometimes a threatening atmosphere in which life plays out. The very difficulty of disentangling brooding creates its formal effect, and this in turn constitutes the heuristic device that it offers: a model of complexity that shuns monocausal explanations.