bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Efectividad biológica de organofosforados y carbamatos en el control de nematodos en banano
Authors: García Munguía C.A , García Munguía A. M , Acosta Ramos M. , Pérez Sato M. , Vázquez Sánchez E. , García Munguía A. , González De Jesús H. , Franco Sánchez M.
Published: November 2020

En México el banano es el segundo frutal de mayor importancia económica, con una producción de 2.2 millones de toneladas anuales; los nematodos son las plagas más importantes del banano afectando el crecimiento y desarrollo debido al daño ocasionado en raíces y rizoma, los más reportados han sido: Radopholus similis (nematodo barrenador), Helicotylenchus multicinctus (nematodo del espiral) y Meloidogyne spp. (nematodo agallador). El principal método de control se ha basado en productos químicos  con  resultados  muy  variados.  En  este  estudio  se  evaluaron  la  eficacia  biológica  de nematicidas organofosforados y carbamatos para el control de estas tres especies mediante las variables densidad de nematodos en suelo cercano a raíz y en raíz, porcentaje de daño causado (severidad), peso de raíces muertas, peso de raíces sanas y vigor de hijuelos mediante el diámetro basal, altura y número de hojas. De acuerdo con los resultados obtenidos, el producto organoclorado (Terbufos) tuvo una eficacia por debajo del 80% a diferencia del carbamato (Oxamil) Oaxamil que en sus dosis de 2.7 ml/hijo mostró tener mayor eficacia en las especies de Radhopolus similis y Pratylenchus sp. en raíz, en tanto que para el control de Meloidogyne sp. fue mejor la dosis de 2.4 ml/hijo. Para el control de nematodos en suelo cerca de la raíz Oaxamil en dosis de 2.4 ml/hijo obtuvo mejor resultado para el control de Radhopolus similis y Meloidogyne sp. en tanto que para el control de Pratylenchus sp. fue mejor en su dosis de 2.7 ml/hijo.
Eficiencia de selección indirecta en maíz para ambiente futuro por cambio climático
Authors: Ramírez Mandujano C.A , González Cortés J. C , Ávila Bautista A. , Hernández Esquivel A. A
Published: November 2020

En la Mesa Central Mexicana se siembran en marzo y abril, más de 800 mil ha de maíz con humedad residual  y más de 650 mil bajo secano en junio. Se puede esperar que por cambio climático desaparecerá la humedad residual y toda la superficie tendrá que ser sembrada bajo secano. Existen muchos trabajos de mejoramiento genético de maíz en humedad residual, y nos podemos preguntar si será útil el avance por selección actualmente alcanzado al verse forzados a retrasar la fecha de siembra. Se evaluaron 40 familias de medios hermanos de una población criolla mejorada en ambos ambientes. Se midieron días a floración masculina y femenina, asincronía floral, largo y ancho basal de la hoja de la mazorca principal, número de hojas sobre y debajo de la mazorca, altura de mazorca, altura total de planta y peso de mazorca en 8 plantas de cada familia y cada repetición. Se estimó heredabilidad, correlación genética, respuesta a selección directa en ambiente de humedad residual e indirecta en secano. La correlación genética entre ambos ambientes fue positiva para todas las variables, excepto peso de mazorca. Los valores de heredabilidad fueron mayores en la siembra de humedad residual para días a floración masculina y femenina, número de hojas, altura de planta y de mazorca, e inferiores para el resto, excepto asincronía. La selección en humedad residual provocará en cambios en el mismo sentido al mover a la población al ambiente de secano, excepto para peso de mazorca.
Resistencia de la soya [Glycine max. (L.) Merr.] al estrés por calor en estado de plántula
Authors: García Rodríguez Julio C , Muñoz Orozco Abel , Maldonado Moreno Nicólas , Cruz Izquierdo Serafín , Ascencio Luciano Guillermo
Published: November 2020

El objetivo del presente estudio fue conocer la respuesta de 21 genotipos de soya a altas temperaturas en estado de plántula. Se evaluaron cuatro niveles de temperatura: θ1 = 50 ± 1 °C, θ2 = 54 ± 1 °C, θ3 = 58 ± 1 °C y θ4 = 62 ± 1 °C, los cuales fueron acumulativos. Para θ1 se calificó el grado de cierre de las hojas (GCH) y para el resto de los tratamientos el grado de marchitez (GM). Posterior al último tratamiento se aplicó un riego y se observó el grado de recuperación (GR) de las plántulas estresadas. Se utilizó un diseño completamente al azar desbalanceado para GCH y GR; en GM fue completamente al azar en arreglo factorial 21 x 3. Se observaron diferencias entre genotipos en GCH: seis fueron insensibles, mientras que H98-1240 cerró sus hojas por completo. Considerando los efectos genéricos, θ4 provocó el mayor GM y entre genotipos, 15 presentaron un bajo GM, destacando H02-1337 como el menos marchito; H98-1240 resultó el más afectado. Según los efectos específicos, H02-1337 no sufrió cambios al pasar de θ2 a θ3, considerándose el más resistente en este nivel; mientras que H02-2248 aumentó en menor proporción el GM entre θ3 y θ4. El GR posterior al riego indicó que los genotipos con mayor GM tardaron más en recuperarse, incluso algunos no lo hicieron y viceversa; sin embargo dicha variabilidad se debió probablemente a efectos aleatorios.
Comportamiento poblacional de Eisenia foetida y calidad fisicoquímica del humus en diferentes sustratos del trópico húmedo
Authors: Castro Málaga Verónica , Retureta Aponte Alejandro , Vázquez Luna Dinora , Velázquez Silvestre María Gisela
Published: November 2020

Se evaluó el comportamiento poblacional de la lombriz Eisenia foetida (Adultas- huevos) así como la calidad fisicoquímica del humus, proveniente de tres sustratos (ovino, bovino, cachaza) y sus combinaciones, con el objetivo de determinar el sustrato con mayor calidad fisicoquímica de acuerdo con la norma NMX-FF-109-SCFI-2008. La mayor dinámica poblacional se encontró en el tratamiento combinado de ovino+bovino+cachaza. El pH con rango aceptable (8.4 y 8.3) se observó en ovino y bovino, las demás tratamientos mostraron rangos altos de alcalinidad, reflejados en la conductividad eléctrica. La Materia Orgánica de todos los tratamientos se localizó en un nivel admisible (29 a 33%). El nitrógeno se mantuvo en niveles críticos (1.15 a 1.41%), mientras que el fosforo, el hierro, el magnesio y el zinc se conservaron en niveles superiores. La concentración de potasio fue satisfactoria en los tratamientos de bovino, ovino+cachaza, bovino+cachaza, ovino+bovino+cachaza. Por el contrario, el cobre estuvo en niveles tóxicos en todos los tratamientos, con concentraciones mayores de 20  mg kg-1.  El  manganeso  solo  se encontró  en  niveles  aceptables  en  los  tratamientos  de ovino, ovino+cachaza, ovino+bovino+cachaza; ubicándose en un rango toxico en los demás tratamientos. Se consideró   que   el   mejor   sustrato   de   acuerdo   con   sus   características   fisicoquímicas   fue ovino+bovino+cachaza. Se considera pertinente investigar en el desarrollo de las plantas.
Impulso al desarrollo de grupos vulnerables y marginados a través de apoyos económicos
Authors: Luján Aguirre Ramón S , Ortega Rodríguez Anabel , Anchondo de las Casas Roberto O , Arizmendi Armendáriz Aldo E , Coronado Quintana José L
Published: November 2020

Derivado de las iniciativas gubernamentales, emergen programas que van más allá del asistencialismo, es decir, se busca detonar el emprendedurismo y autoempleo de grupos sociales que en el mayor de los casos se encuentran por debajo de la línea del bienestar que anualmente estima el Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social (CONEVAL, 2016). Como mecanismo de control y seguimiento  a  estos  grupos  sociales,  los  programas  mismos  contemplan  una  posterior  y  nueva inyección de recursos para detonar el empleo  en las comunidades correspondientes  a los citados grupos.
Variedades y patrones de cítricos Citrus spp de Productores en Tuxpan, Ver.
Authors: Rodríguez Cabrera Rocío , Saavedra Montero Edmar Sinaí , Maruri García José Manuel
Published: November 2020

El trabajo consistió en obtener información sobre los cítricos en Tuxpan, Veracruz, para ello, aplicó una encuesta a productores pertenecientes a la Asociación Agrícola Local de Productores de Cítricos. Los preguntas esenciales fueron entre otras, las variedades que predominan, los patrones o portainjertos existentes, la influencia del patrón en el rendimiento, los costos de producción, el rendimiento por hectárea, así como los precios de venta que oscilan en el lugar. Además, los canales de comercialización, que al analizar cada una de las respuestas dan un referente de la situación actual de la citricultura en el lugar. Los resultados nos muestran que la variedad de mayor superficie sembrada es la naranja variedad  Valencia,  seguida  de  la  mandarina  variedad  Dancy,  y por  último,  la  toronja variedad Rio red. Además, se encontró que el patrón Naranjo agrio es el más utilizado; a su vez, es el que presenta mayor influencia en las variedades cultivadas. Marrs, Dancy y Ortanique son las que menos costo de producción requieren, sin embargo son las que siempre alcanzan buenos precios.  La  Navelate  Lane es la que mayor  precio de venta obtuvo. La comercialización en su mayoría es a través de intermediarios. Por lo que se deduce que a pesar de que se introdujeron nuevos patrones, sigue predominando el agrio y la especie más cultivada sigue siendo la Variedad Valencia.
Venado cola blanca (Odocoileus virginianus) y cérvidos exóticos, en un sitio de la sierra nevada, Puebla, México
Authors: Romero Castañón Salvador , Espino Barros Oscar Villarreal , Resendíz Martínez Roberto
Published: November 2020

La introducción de especies exóticas se considera como un factor importante que puede ocasionar la extinción, o declive de poblaciones. En el presente trabajo se realiza una estimación de la densidad poblacional del venado cola blanca (Odocoileus virginianus) nativo, y de cuatro especies de cérvidos exóticos que se introdujeron con fines cinegéticos en una Unidad de Manejo para la Conservación de la Vida Silvestre (UMA), ubicada en la Sierra Nevada de Puebla, México. Se utilizaron dos técnicas, una indirecta a través de excretas por el método de Eberhardt y Van Etten; y otra directa a través de avistamientos de individuos, utilizando el programa de computo Distance. Los resultados del primer método indican  una densidad  poblacional  absoluta de  99  individuos;  y en  el  segundo  de 169 individuos. Por razones estadísticas; así como de un efectivo muestreo de excretas; se eligió como técnica más confiable el método indirecto; de tal manera de no sobre estimar la densidad poblacional de los cérvidos. Se discute de los daños ecológicos que pudieran generar la presencia de esos ungulados exóticos, y se sugiere erradicarlos del sitio.
Caracterización de la tolerancia a sequía en soya [Glycine max. (L.) Merr.] a través del esquema riego-sequía
Authors: García Rodríguez Julio César , Maldonado Moreno Nicolás , Ascencio Luciano Guillermo
Published: November 2020

El objetivo del trabajo fue conocer el grado de tolerancia a sequía de diez genotipos intermedios de soya, mediante el esquema riego-sequía. El experimento se llevó a cabo en el Campo Experimental Las Huastecas del INIFAP, localizado en Altamira, Tamaulipas, durante el ciclo otoño-invierno 2012-2013. Se evaluaron dos variedades y ocho líneas avanzadas de soya. Para caracterizar la tolerancia a sequía se calcularon los índices: susceptibilidad al estrés (SSI), índice de tolerancia al estrés (STI), índice de rendimiento (YI), índice de estabilidad del rendimiento (YSI), productividad media geométrica (GMP), tolerancia al estrés (TOL) y productividad media (MP). Hubo diferencias significativas solamente en TOL y MP. Basado en TOL, H98-1021 perdió menos rendimiento al pasar de riego a sequía. En MP destacó H02-1656. Considerando la frecuencia con que un genotipo estuvo dentro del 30 % con los valores más altos en cada índice, H98-1240 sobresalió en seis de los siete índices calculados. Los índices más eficientes en la caracterización fueron ISS, GMP, TOL, STI y YSI, los cuales se proponen para que se utilicen de manera combinada para precisar la caracterización de genotipos de soya tolerantes a sequía.
Actores de la cadena productiva que deben participar para prevenir el uso de clembuterol en la engorda del ganado bovino en México
Authors: Delgado Prado Emma Daniela , Córdova Izquierdo Alejandro , García Díaz Miguel Ángel , Espinosa Cervantes Román , Ruiz Lang Claudio Gustavo , Iglesias Reyes Adrian Emmanuel , Villa Mancera Edmundo Abel , Huerta Crispín Rubén , Rodríguez Denis Blanca Estela
Published: November 2020

El clembuterol, Químicamente se describe como polvo blanco, anhidro, muy soluble en agua y altamente estable a temperatura ambiente, su punto de fusión es de 174 a 175.5 ºC. También es un derivado sintético perteneciente a una clase de medicamentos análogos fisiológicamente a la adrenalina, tiene la capacidad de interactuar con receptores adrenérgicos,  generalmente  del  tipo  ß2    (β  agonista),  es  uno  de  los  modificadores metabólicos más conocido en el área de producción de carne, debido al alto grado residual que deja esta sustancia en los tejidos comestibles y sus posibles repercusiones en la salud pública. En este trabajo, se describen los principales actores de la cadena productiva en la engorda  de  ganado  que  deben  participar  para  prevenir  el  uso  de  clembuterol.  La información fue recopilada de información científicas y publicaciones de las autoridades competentes, tales como: SENASICA, SAGARPA, COFEPRIS y Ley Federal de Sanidad Animal.
STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN KANJI MENGGUNAKAN METODE FLIPPED CLASS DENGAN MEDIA ONLINE “TANOSHIIJAPANESE” DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN KANJI JLPT N3
Authors: Karyati Alo , Rahmawati Yelni
Published: November 2020

In learning Kanji, teacher usually teaches the students how to write and read the Kanjis. Teacherwrites the Kanji and students follow it. This learning method makes the students not independentand depending to what the teacher teaches in the classroom. Due to that issue, researcher tries touse the flipped class method in learning Kanji in order to shape an independet and not dependingstudents. First, teacher asked the students to practice the Kanji writing, identify the Kunyomi andOnyomi, also doing a reseach of the Jukugo of each Kanjis in certainlesson chapter by themselves at home. The object of this research are 21 students of the 5thsemester. The problem formulations of this research are: (1)How is the students’ Kanji abilitybefore using the flipped class method with “Tanoshii Japanese” as the learning media? (2)How isthe students’ Kanji ability after using the flipped class method with “Tanoshii Japanese” as thelearning media? (3) Is the flipped class method with “Tanoshii Japanese” as the learning mediacould improve the students’ Kanji ability? (4) How is the students’ feedback about N3 Kanji lessonusing the flipped class method with “Tanoshii Japanese” as the learning media? The research wasa quasi experiment and did not use the class control. Data analysis technique of this research wasused SPSS software and google form for questionnaire and interview, the data analysis is alsotaken by the result of interview and questionnaire. The score to be analyzed is the students’pretest and posttest score. The results of this research are expected to be useful for all Kanjiteachers and learners both in Indonesia and in other countries who are learning the similiar
Application of Sensor in Mining Machinery to Recognise Rock Surfaces
Authors: Sahoo Ratikanta
Published: November 2020

The success of automation applications in the mining industry traditionally has not been well. In many of these cases the benefits of automation have been advertised as the definitive solution to a wide variety of problems faced by the mining industry, such as increased safety and improved productivity. These applications have in many cases been introduced prematurely without adequate consideration of the rigors of the mining environment. As a result, effective technology has often been labeled as a failure before it has had a chance to demonstrate its true capability. Therefore, we believe that a major requirement is essential to develop automation technologies for mining systems or sub-systems, which needs minimal operator input requirement. This can be achieved in several ways. First, by narrowing the domain in which the automated mining system must operate such that less complex automation technology can be applied robustly. Alternately, more sophisticated control technologies are required that can react to the wider range of operating mining scenarios resulting from an uncertain, dynamic and very unstructured geological highly variable and unpredictable environment. Automation of shearer machines, with the help of an opto-tactile sensor, should make the machine capable to detect the coal-rock interface in the roof and the floor. In this article an attempt has been made to apply, in association with an existing shearer machine, a newly developed opt-tactile sensor to detect different types of material layers where a shearer machine can operate at the longwall face of underground coal mines. The proposed tactile sensor should be capable to detect different types of materials (coal, limestone, sandstone, and shell) recognizing their surface textures.
An Intrigrated Novel Approach in MCDM under Fuzziness
Authors: Bakshi Tuli , Sinharay Arindam
Published: November 2020

Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) shows promising areas of applications in the field of computational technique of proper project selection. There are four distinct families of methods in MCDM: (a) the outranking,(b) the theory based on value and utility, (c) the multiple objective programming and (d) collaborative decision and negotiation theory based method. An Analytical way to reach the best possible solution of project selection is most desirable. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is one of the best ways for deciding among the complex criteria structure in different levels. Fuzzy AHP is a synthetic extension of classical AHP method under fuzziness. A fuzzy decision may be viewed as an intersection of the given goals and constraints. A maximizing decision is defined as a point in the space of alternatives at which the membership function of a fuzzy decision attains its maximum value. This paper aims at the integration of fuzzy AHP and Additive Ratio Assessment Method (ARAS). It actually deals with a novel integrated approach of dual synthesis of project selection. At first fuzzy AHP, method is used to find the criteria coefficient with the performance evaluation in a certain environment where triangular fuzzy number describes the subjectivity of vagueness of the criteria. In the second phase, ARAS method is used to determine the rank of the final project selection.
Chapter 11: Lucy’s Story. Girly? Atashi?
Authors: Fraser Lucy
Published: November 2020

In Chapter 11, Lucy talks about becoming aware of gendered language and noticing the way Japanese is used in stories to give characters varying degrees of femininity and masculinity. Kristen, as a Guest Sensei, makes many observations on the gendered use of language in Japanese and gives straightforward advice to learners on how to approach choosing language that suits them.
Chapter 2: Jared’s Story. Rainstorm
Authors: Denman Jared
Published: November 2020

In Chapter 2, Jared talks about his ‘learning years’ during which he was constantly changing what he did to learn. His persistence in finding ways to meet his changing needs as a learner was crucial to gaining competence in Japanese. The theme of motivation is continued in Sensei’s Tips. Motivation is the key to sustaining learning until you reach a satisfying level of proficiency. Here, the pillars of motivation – reasons, effort and persistence – are discussed.
Introduction
Authors: Kennett Belinda ​ , Nagata Yuriko
Published: November 2020

In the introduction, the authors explain: "the book was written for people who are learning Japanese in classes and independently, and for teachers of Japanese. It offers practical ideas on how to learn Japanese and what to learn through the experiences of those who have become users of the language. Many of the learning stories in the book are about the rich and enticing ways the various authors have learned and used Japanese at home and in Japan. The authors are diverse in age and background and have learned both in classrooms and while using the language. Some of the stories in the book span the learning histories of the authors. Others focus on an aspect of the language or the personal changes which took place through using it." (p. ix)
Promoting Internal Armed Conﬂict Resolution and Peacebuilding: The Case of the U.S.-Colombia Relations (Part II)
Authors: Manukhin A. A.
Published: November 2020

In the present paper the author continues the study of the challenges faced by Colombia in its struggle to overcome the internal armed conﬂict, as well as the role of the United States in this process. By 2010 the confrontation between the government forces and the armed rebels had reached a breaking point opening the way to a successful conclusion of the Government of Colombia–FARC peace negotiations and the beginning of the country’s post-conﬂict reconstruction. The paper thoroughly examines the negotiations process, identiﬁes the key disputed issues and the measures outlined for their resolution, including mechanisms of transitional justice, agrarian reform, programmes for demobilization and reintegration of the former combatants. The results of these talks laid the foundation for the historic Peace Accord of September 26, 2016. However, against all hopes and expectations, the agreement failed to bring an end to the long-standing internal conﬂict in Colombia. The failure of the national referendum, which was designed to approve the agreement, not only revealed deep divisions in the society, but forced the government to make serious concessions to the opponents of the negotiations with FARC. The author emphasizes the growing erosion of the hard-won consensus in the Colombian society, accompanied by the consolidation of the right-wing conservative camp. In this context the role of external sponsors of the peaceful agreement in general and the United States in particular becomes crucial. The paper presents a comparative analysis of approaches to providing aid to Colombia demonstrated by the administrations of Barack Obama and Donald Trump. The author concludes that despite substantial diﬀerences, for both administrations the ultimate objective was national security of the United States. That was clearly demonstrated by the fact that the US foreign aid to Colombia focused primarily on the ﬁght against the illegal production of and traﬃcking in drugs, while the issues of peacebuilding and post-conﬂict reconstruction received less attention. Assessing Colombia’s experience in overcoming the internal conﬂict and the role of the United States in that process, the author concludes that although prioritization of security issues may have a considerable organizing potential, at the same time it may be detrimental to the process of post-conﬂict reconstruction in general.
The Evolution of the NATO-Russia Relations
Authors: Batyuk V. I.
Published: November 2020

Over the past 30 years, NATO-Russia relations have come a long way. The present paper provides a retrospective analysis of the NATO-Russia relations that may shed new light on their current state and prospects for development. The author shows that after the collapse of the bipolar world, and the Russian Federation’s emergence on the international scene as a sovereign state, Moscow did not exclude the possibility of establishing partnership and even allied relations with the North Atlantic Alliance. In fact, during the 1990s2000s, Russia and the Alliance cooperated successfully in such areas as the ﬁght against piracy and international terrorism, rescue at sea, etc. However, hopes for a full-ﬂedged partnership between Moscow and Brussels did not materialize as a result of the Alliance’s advance to the East, to the Russian border. NATO’s eastward enlargement — combined with the ﬁrm position of the oﬃcial Washington and Brussels on the unacceptability of Russia’s membership in the Alliance — meant a complete exclusion of Russia from the decision-making process on the European security. At the same time, for a variety of reasons, in the post-bipolar world the military-political dependence of the Western European subregion on Washington did not decrease, as many hoped, but, on the contrary, has increased, thus excluding for Moscow the very possibility to play on the contradictions between the United States and its European allies. Accession to the Alliance of the Eastern and Southern European ‘recruits’ (many of which shared strong anti-Russian sentiments) further limited the Russia’s possibilities for such maneuvering. The Alliance thus became an instrument of the US global domination — a domination which Moscow rejects categorically. The author concludes that in these circumstances, it will not be easy to overcome the military-political contradictions between Russia and NATO.
Aid Eﬀectiveness: From Project Appraisal to Strategic Impact Evaluation
Authors: Degterev D. A.
Published: November 2020

A sheer volume of multibillion concessional ﬂows from leading international donors makes monitoring and evaluation of aid projects a sine qua non of development discourse and practice. The assessment criteria vary signiﬁcantly and depend on the objectives and interests of donor countries promoted through development cooperation.

This paper examines national systems of monitoring and evaluation of aid eﬀectiveness established by leading donors. Among the most noticeable recent trends the author emphasizes a transition from aid eﬀectiveness to development eﬀectiveness paradigm and an inclusion of indicators of diplomatic engagement and security provision in evaluation matrices.

Special attention is paid on the hierarchy of goals in national systems of development cooperation, which is illustrated with an example of the United States. The US case shows key principles of ensuring policy coherence at diﬀerent levels of goal-setting — from the National Security Strategy to planning individual projects and programs. In conclusion the author shares his view on the applicability of foreign experience in evaluating development assistance projects in the Russian Federation.
The Chilean Model Confronting Expectations of Social Justice
Authors: Diyakova L. V.
Published: November 2020

The Chilean development model by objective parameters is a combination of a developed democracy, a targeted social policy, and an eﬀective, competitive economy. However, the protest movement that began in October 2019, which included both peaceful and violent actions, was directed not only against the center-right government of Sebastian Pinera (2018–2022), but also against the entire system as a whole. This movement demonstrated the disillusionment and dissatisfaction of the broad social strata with the results of political and social development and indicated the beginning of a protracted, intractable crisis.The fundamental reason for the protests was a deep contradiction between economic eﬃciency and social justice, laid down during the neoliberal modernization of Augusto Pinochet (1973–1990), and not overcome during the 30 years of democratic development, despite a large-scale social policy. The system of ‘elite compromises’, which provided a political basis for the transition from authoritarianism to democracy, also became an object of harsh criticism.The paper shows the speciﬁcs of the Chilean model in historical retrospect, identiﬁes contradictions and issues that have triggered a socio-political conﬂict, particularly the rise of mass social expectations, strengthened by the reforms of the second government of M. Bachelet (2014–2018), and considers the features of the current crisis.
Development of the US Plans for Post-War Japan during World War II
Authors: Sidorov A. A.
Published: November 2020

Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on September 2, 1945 had formally ended the most destructive and bloody war in the history of mankind. Even before that a new balance of power on the international arena began to form, that would persist for almost half a century. At the same time, it was obvious from the outright that the Allies had very diﬀerent views on how the post-war world order should look like. Traditionally, both Russian and foreign academic literature focused on their disputes regarding the German question. This paper provides a brief overview of the US Department of State planning and recommendation process for the post-war reconstruction of Japan in 1939–1945, which had eventually led to the formation of the socalled San Francisco subsystem of international relations. The ﬁrst section of the paper outlines the challenges faced by the State Department when it came to planning the post-war architecture of the Far East. In that regard, the author pays particular attention to the staﬀ shortage, which forced the Department of State to strengthen partnership with private research organizations and involve them in long-term planning.

The author emphasizes that if before the United States entered the war the US planners adopted a rather tough stance on Japan, after the attack on Pearl Harbor their approaches paradoxically changed. The second section examines the contradictions and tensions between those politicians and experts who believed that in the establishment of the post-war order in the Far East the US should cooperate with China, and those who promoted rapprochement with Japan. These groups were unoﬃcially referred to as the ‘Chinese team’ and the ‘Japanese crowd’ accordingly. The paper shows that as the end of the war approached, these contradictions gradually faded into the background. The needs to promote the interdepartmental cooperation and to reconcile the positions of the State Department, the Military and Naval Ministries on the future of Japan came to the fore. This work resulted in a series of memoranda, which laid the foundation for the US post-war policy towards Japan. In conclusion the author provides a general assessment of the strategic decision-making process in the United States during wartime and emphasizes its consistency, thoroughness and ﬂexibility. As a result, it enabled the US to achieve what seemed impossible: to turn Japan from an ardent adversary of the United States in the Paciﬁc into one of its most reliable allies, and it remains such today.
Serviços sociais autônomos: organização interna, proibição do retrocesso social e cláusulas pétreas
Authors: Almeida Edvaldo Nilo de
Published: November 2020

O texto tem como objetivo investigar os serviços sociais autônomos e a sua organização interna, bem como a realização de uma interpretação que efetive progressivamente os direitos fundamentais sociais pelos serviços sociais autônomos, sob pena de ferir de morte o princípio constitucional do não retrocesso social e os direitos e garantias individuais do cidadão brasileiro elencados como cláusulas pétreas no texto constitucional. A metodologia consiste na análise da doutrina jurídica e jurisprudencial relacionadas ao tema, utilizando-se os métodos bibliográfico e documental, com ênfase nas fontes de estudo do Direito Constitucional e Teoria Geral do Direito. Nessa senda, o problema a ser respondido é se o Estado, ao longo dos anos, sobretudo o Poder Executivo, pode juridicamente mitigar a existência e a densificação dos direitos fundamentais sociais concretizados pelos serviços sociais autônomos. Concluise pela impossibilidade de tentativas inconstitucionais de redução das receitas dos serviços sociais autônomos e, também, que existem limitações constitucionais para a extinção dessas entidades.
Sex estimation from handprints in a Croatian population sample
Authors: Kolić Andrea , Jerković Ivan , Anđelinović Šimun
Published: November 2020

Aim: To test if handprint measurements show sexual dimorphism in the Croatian population, and to develop population-specific sex estimation standards. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 adult volunteers from a Croatian population (50 males and 50 females) aged between 20 and 45 years. Using a fingerprint ink, we collected handprints of both hands on a paper sheet. We scanned handprints and took 13 measurements. Bilateral asymmetry and sexual dimorphism of the measurements was analyzed and sex estimation models were developed using linear discriminant analysis.
Results: All measurements exhibited statistically significant sexual dimorphism (P<0.001). Univariate discriminant functions provided sexing accuracy from 75% to 92%. The highest accuracy rate (92%) and the lowest sexing bias (0%) was obtained using the handprint breadth. A multivariate discriminant function could estimate sex with 93% accuracy, but with more pronounced sexing bias (10%).
Conclusion: We showed that handprint measurements could be used for sex estimation in the Croatian population with a high accuracy level. Therefore, they could serve as a valuable tool for biological profiling of perpetrators in criminal investigations when other evidence is not conclusive.
Explaining students' test anxiety and depression
Authors: Čeko Jelena , Reić Ercegovac Ina
Published: November 2020

Aim: To examine the relationship between the quality of family interactions and test anxiety and depression in a sample of 4th and 7th grade primary school pupils.
Methods: The Scale of Depression for Children and Adolescents (SDCA, Vulić Prtorić, 2003a), The Subscale for Test Anxiety (STA, Vulić Prtorić, 2004a), and Scale of Interaction Quality within the Family (SIQF, Vulić Prtorić, 2004b) were used.
Results: Older pupils were generally more depressed and anxious compared to the younger ones. However, the increase in depression was observed only in female pupils, whereas in male pupils, the levels of depression were generally stable, regardless of age. A similar pattern was found in test anxiety. Overall satisfaction with family, as well as the quality of interactions with mother and father was higher in fourth graders, compared to seventh graders. Female pupils assessed their mothers as more accepting, whereas male pupils assessed their fathers as more accepting than girls did. Maternal rejection was independent of gender, but paternal rejection was more prominent in boys, compared to girls. Higher maternal rejection and lower paternal acceptance were shown to be significant predictors for both depression and test anxiety.
Conclusion: Results confirmed our hypothesis that early-adolescents, as well as girls, have more pronounced depressive and test-anxiety symptoms, when compared to younger children and boys. (Pre)-adolescents’ perceptions of family dynamics have an important role in explaining depressiveness and test anxiety, which implies their value in prevention of mental health problems in (pre)adolescents.
Entanglement
Authors: Gržinić Marina
Published: November 2020

My intention is to expose the way in how gender, class and race and media were and are overdeterminated, but without falling into a simplification that they are simply “contradictory.” I will make recourse to some contemporary performative practices and political spaces in Europe that dismantles the singular established contemporary history of art and performative practices in European context.

Author(s): Marina Gržinić

Title (English): Entanglement

Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 10, No. 1-2 (Summer-Winter 2013)

Publisher: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Skopje 

Page Range: 7-13

Page Count: 7

Citation (English): Marina Gržinić, “Entanglement,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 10, No. 1-2 (Summer-Winter 2013): 7-13.
Transbiological Re-imaginings of the Modern Self and the Nonhuman: Zoo Animals as Transbiological Entities
Authors: Szczygielska Marianna
Published: November 2020

Biological and behavioral sciences rely heavily on a humanist discourse of species and matter that limits its inquiry to a set of phenomena that in some ways serve, resemble or define the ontology of the human self. In  this essay I explore alternative ideas of biology that seriously restructure our thinking about the modern self. If, as Foucault suggests, power-knowledge shapes identities, norms and politics through the medical appropriation of bodies and through the production of scientific theories and practices, then what is the possible challenge to these forms of knowledge? I look at transbiology as a new branch of science that offers an alternative to the mainstream biological exploration of the body and the self, and maps new institutional cartographies of science and most importantly philosophical ontology.

Author(s): Marianna Szczygielska

Title (English): Transbiological Re-imaginings of the Modern Self and the Nonhuman: Zoo Animals as Transbiological Entities

Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 10, No. 1-2 (Summer-Winter 2013)

Publisher: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Skopje 

Page Range: 101-110

Page Count: 10

Citation (English): Marianna Szczygielska, “Transbiological Re-imaginings of the Modern Self and the Nonhuman: Zoo Animals as Transbiological Entities,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 10, No. 1-2 (Summer-Winter 2013): 101-110.
Dancing to the Rhythm of a Geiger Counter: Modern(ist) Narcissism and the Anthropo(s)cenic Shock
Authors: Florêncio João
Published: November 2020

In 2011, the biggest nuclear accident since Chernobyl took place at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Soon after the nuclear accident, a video appeared on YouTube in which a rogue power plant worker walked towards one of the site’s CCTV cameras and pointed to its centre while watching his own image being streamed live on his smartphone. Despite it clearly being a reinterpretation of Centers, the 1971 performance by Vito Acconci, this essay argues that the Fukushima reenactment not only questioned the cultural paradigms that grounded Acconci’s original gesture, but also signaled the urgent need for humankind to reconsider its own ontological and epistemological grounds in the face of imminent extinction. By comparing Vito Acconci’s Centers with its Fukushima reenactment, the essay tells the history of Modernity and of its failure as a project of human emancipation, grounded on a fantasy of human mastery of ‘Nature.’

Author(s): João Florêncio

Title (English): Dancing to the Rhythm of a Geiger Counter: Modern(ist) Narcissism and the Anthropo(s)cenic Shock

Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 10, No. 1-2 (Summer-Winter 2013)

Publisher: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Skopje 

Page Range: 111-122

Page Count: 12

Citation (English): João Florêncio, “Dancing to the Rhythm of a Geiger Counter: Modern(ist) Narcissism and the Anthropo(s)cenic Shock,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 10, No. 1-2 (Summer-Winter 2013): 111-122.
Quantum Queer: Towards a Non-Standard Queer Theory
Authors: O’Rourke Michael
Published: November 2020

This essay looks at some potentially fruitful lines of correspondence between Laruelle’s non-philosophy and gender, feminist and queer theories. Drawing on the work of leading Laruelle scholars I seek to outline some highly tentative principles for a non-standard queer theory which would help us to think about democracy, the human, performativity, sexual difference and some other crucial questions for current queer theorizing.

Author(s): Michael O’Rourke

Title (English): Quantum Queer: Towards a Non-Standard Queer Theory

Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 10, No. 1-2 (Summer-Winter 2013)

Publisher: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Skopje 

Page Range: 123-134

Page Count: 12

Citation (English): Michael O’Rourke, “Quantum Queer: Towards a Non-Standard Queer Theory,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 10, No. 1-2 (Summer-Winter 2013): 123-134.
Towards Simon O’Sullivan, On the Production of Subjectivity: Five Diagrams of the Finite-Infinite Relation
Authors: Sadiku Artan
Published: November 2020

Author(s): Artan Sadiku

Title (English): Towards Simon O’Sullivan, On the Production of Subjectivity: Five Diagrams of the Finite-Infinite Relation

Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 10, No. 1-2 (Summer-Winter 2013)

Publisher: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Skopje 

Page Range: 139-140

Page Count: 2

Citation (English): Artan Sadiku, “Towards Simon O’Sullivan, On the Production of Subjectivity: Five Diagrams of the Finite-Infinite Relation,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 10, No. 1-2 (Summer-Winter 2013): 139-140.
Skopje: Time, Narrative, and Politics
Authors: Rancière Jacques , Burk Drew S.
Published: November 2020

I would like to recall several ideas that have supported the entirety of my work for the past 40 years: forms of worker emancipation and the regimes of the identification of art; the transformations of literary fiction and the principles of democracy; the presuppositions of historical science and the forms of consensus by today’s dominant apparatuses. What unites all these areas of research is the attention to the way in which these practices and forms of knowledge imply a certain cartography of the common world. I have chosen to name this system of relations between ways of being, doing, seeing, and thinking that determine at once the common world and the ways in which everyone takes part within it the “distribution of the sensible.” But it must also be said that temporal categories play an important role in this as well. By defining a now, a before and an after, and in connecting them together within the narrative, they predetermine the way in which the common world is given to us in order to perceive it and to think it as well as the place given to everyone who occupies it and the capacity by which each of us then has to perceive truth. The narrative of time at once states what the flow of time makes possible as well as the way in which the inhabitants of time can grasp (or not grasp) these “possibles.” This articulation is a fiction. In this sense, politics and forms of knowledge are established by way of fictions including as well works that are deemed to be of the imagination. And the narrative of time is at the heart of these fictions that structure the intelligibility of these situations, which is to say as well, their acceptability. The narrative of time is always at the same time a fiction of the justice of time.

Author(s): Jacques Rancière

Title (English): Skopje: Time, Narrative, and Politics

Translated by (French to English): Drew S. Burk

Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Summer 2015)

Publisher: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Skopje 

Page Range: 7-18

Page Count: 11

Citation (English): Jacques Rancière, “Skopje: Time, Narrative, and Politics,” translated from the French by Drew S. Burk, Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Summer 2015): 7-18.
Laclau in the Balkans: Translating “Populist Reason” in an Illiberal Political and Cultural Context
Authors: Jovanoski Igor
Published: November 2020

Author(s): Igor Jovanoski | Игор Јованоски

Title (English): Laclau in the Balkans: Translating “Populist Reason” in an Illiberal Political and Cultural Context

Title (Macedonian): Лакло на Балканот: Преведувајќи го „популистичкиот ум“ во нелиберален политички и културен контекст

Translated by (English to Macedonian): Igor Jovanoski

Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 13, No. 1-2 (Winter 2016 - Summer 2017)

Publisher: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Skopje 

Page Range: 35-63

Page Count: 28

Citation (English): Igor Jovanoski, “Laclau in the Balkans: Translating ‘Populist Reason’ in an Illiberal Political and Cultural Context,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 13, No. 1-2 (Winter 2016 - Summer 2017): 35-60.

Citation (Macedonian): Игор Јованоски, „Лакло на Балканот: Преведувајќи го ,популистичкиот ум‘ во нелиберален политички и културен контекст“, Идентитети: списание за политика, род и култура, т. 13, бр. 1-2 (зима 2016 - лето 2017): 35-63.
Emotions and the Political: The Transformative Potential of Melancholy
Authors: Blazheva Ana
Published: November 2020

Author(s): Ana Blazheva | Ана Блажева

Title (English): Emotions and the Political: The Transformative Potential of Melancholy

Title (Macedonian): Емоциите и политичкото: Трансформативниот потенцијал на меланхолијата

Translated by (English to Macedonian): Ana Blazheva | Ана Блажева

Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 13, No. 1-2 (Winter 2016 - Summer 2017)

Publisher: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Skopje 

Page Range: 85-98

Page Count: 13

Citation (English): Ana Blazheva, “Emotions and the Political: The Transformative Potential of Melancholy,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 13, No. 1-2 (Winter 2016 - Summer 2017): 85-96.

Citation (Macedonian): Ана Блажева, „Емоциите и политичкото: Трансформативниот потенцијал на меланхолијата“, Идентитети: списание за политика, род и култура, т. 13, бр. 1-2 (зима 2016 - лето 2017): 85-98.
Capital without Value: The Soviet-Bulgarian Synthesis
Authors: Panayotov Stanimir , Ruskovska Rodna
Published: November 2020

The reception of Marx’s Capital in Bulgaria is a particularly complicated subject of research for two reasons: 1) One needs to define very succinctly what exactly was “Soviet Marxism” in Bulgaria alone, and to what extent was Bulgarian Marxism different from Soviet Marxism? 2) One needs to constantly patrol the border between publishing history and party lines - in our case, the rule of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP). In this article I attempt to address both issues by looking at the publishing history and dissemination of Capital in Bulgaria and some examples of scientific contradictions under the practices of officially sanctioned Marxism and scientific communism in communist Bulgaria. I claim that, in order to understand the relaxed irrelevance of the critique of political economy in Bulgaria, one should rather speak of a “Soviet-Bulgarian synthesis” when discussing the “Marxism” being practiced by the scientific-technical intelligentsia under the Bulgarian satellite-style rule. In what follows I will a) try and explain in broad strokes some analytical peculiarities related to the dissemination of Capital in Bulgaria, and will b) try and justify the use of the term “Soviet-Bulgarian (Marxist) synthesis.”

Author(s): Stanimir Panayotov | Станимир Панајотов

Title (English): Capital without Value: The Soviet-Bulgarian Synthesis

Title (Macedonian): Капиталот без вредност: советско-бугарската синтеза

Translated by (English to Macedonian): Rodna Ruskovska | Родна Русковска

Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Winter 2017)

Publisher: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Skopje 

Page Range: 27-61

Page Count: 36

Citation (English): Stanimir Panayotov, “Capital without Value: The Soviet-Bulgarian Synthesis,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Winter 2017): 27-58.

Citation (Macedonian): Станимир Панајотов, „Капиталот без вредност: советско-бугарската синтеза“, превод од англиски Родна Русковска, Идентитети: списание за политика, род и култура, т. 14, бр. 1 (зима 2017): 27-61.
Taking the People vs. Power Bloc Antagonism Further: On Laclau’s Populist Reason and European Left’s Political Strategy
Authors: Grlja Dušan
Published: November 2020

Author(s): Dušan Grlja

Title (English): Taking the People vs. Power Bloc Antagonism Further: On Laclau’s Populist Reason and European Left’s Political Strategy

Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Winter 2017)

Publisher: Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Skopje 

Page Range: 142-147

Page Count: 6

Citation (English): Dušan Grlja, “Taking the People vs. Power Bloc Antagonism Further: On Laclau’s Populist Reason and European Left’s Political Strategy,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Winter 2017): 142-147.