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The Sun and Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitler’s Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood, Donna Rifkind (2020)
Authors: Helsing Daniel
Published: March 2021

Review of: The Sun and Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitler’s Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood, Donna Rifkind (2020)

New York: Other Press, 560 pp.,

ISBN 978-1-59051-721-5, h/bk, $30
Gun violence, phenomenal reality and parallel worlds: Christina Kallas’s multi-protagonist narratives in The Rainbow Experiment
Authors: Riggio Milla Cozart
Published: March 2021

The second film in writer–director Christina Kallas’s New York trilogy, which includes 42 Seconds of Happiness (2016) and Paris is in Harlem (forthcoming), The Rainbow Experiment () portrays the powerful but flawed American experiment. Its script chronicles the desires and tawdry failures of teachers, administrators, parents and students of many hues, ethnicities and gender preferences tearing at each other on one horrific day, beginning with an explosion and ending with a double shooting – or so it seems. The implication is that gun violence has become so familiar that it almost fades into the background of collective despair. However, with a world-view that recalls David Lynch and a narrative that imbeds this school saga within its densely urban setting, Kallas counters the seemingly inevitable choices available in this fractured system. An evolving alternative scenario rests its faith on the arrogant but potentially redemptive young. The comically inflected, tragic linear story is scripted in non-linear flashbacks, crosscuts and elaborate split-screens. The film provides portals to an internal reality that posits that life choices, like a movie plot, can be reversed. Overall, The Rainbow Experiment reinforces Kallas’s emergence as a potent and bold voice, redefining and recontextualizing modern film genres.
Serial offenders? Defining the boundaries of series and serial TV for screenwriting practice and theory
Authors: Ianniello Marco , Batty Craig
Published: March 2021

Serial storytelling dominates the international TV landscape, yet the terms used to describe this form as distinct from ‘series’ vary across industry, scholarship and popular media. While many scholars have observed the series/serial ‘divide’, none of them have done so from the vantage point of screenwriting practice. This article argues there is both the scope and a need to provide clearer definitions for discussion of TV drama screenwriting, particularly as it intersects with extant notions such as ‘complex’ and ‘quality’ TV. In this article, we consolidate the literature on the series/serial and provide our own terms to describe contemporary trends in serial storytelling – finite, infinite and franchise – terms that we hope speak more directly to the screenwriter and screenwriting scholar.
How narrative techniques attract young parents: The refiguration of Logger Vick in the Chinese 3D animated film, Boonie Bears: To the Rescue
Authors: Chen Shaopeng
Published: March 2021

This article analyses the screenwriting of Boonie Bears: To the Rescue (2014), a film version of the Chinese 3D animated adventure TV series, Boonie Bears. The child-oriented principle of storytelling is one of the most distinctive features of full-length Chinese animated films, especially those produced over the past decade. Within this context, Boonie Bears: To the Rescue epitomizes how Chinese animators are striving to expand the scope of their target audience from children to parent–child groups through the development of narrative competence. This article explores how the arrangement of narrative techniques helps to attract young parents (in their late 20s and early 30s) to cinemas while also retaining the child audience. These endeavours are primarily represented by the refiguration of Logger Vick, the main antagonist in the Boonie Bears animated TV series, who is transformed from a thoroughly wicked villain to a living, ordinary person who could be considered to be the ‘spokesperson’ for young Chinese adults. In this way, the screenwriting techniques in the film strike a responsive chord in the hearts of its adult viewers, thereby broadening the range of its original (TV series) target audience.
Writing/performing myself on-screen: Daniel Monks’ memory work on film
Authors: Ely-Harper Kerreen
Published: March 2021

Performing memories is a way of working through and reconstructing the self. Films that draw on autobiographical experiences are a way of working through and constructing narratives of the self. How can memory work be applied to the writing and filmmaking process? Can memory work, with its focus on personal and embodied experience, lead us to a more truthful account of our individual histories and ourselves? In addressing these questions, I draw on sociological and memory studies into autobiographical memory in my examination of the screenwriting work of Australian actor/writer Daniel Monks. Monks’ films Marrow (2015) and Pulse (2017) are adapted and developed from the author’s personal memories and experiences. Identifying as disabled and queer, Monks’ work straddles the fact-fiction divide, enabling the social and personal to dynamically interact, producing drama narratives where the body is the primary site for retelling and sharing with an audience his need to be seen. My study includes original drafts of screenplays, produced films and interviews with Monks on his writing and development processes. Demonstrating how Monks uses and refigures his body within a cinematic landscape, I aim to promote discussion on how individual memories function as dynamic and interconnected sources for the screenwriter/filmmaker.
Molecular detection of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin genes isolated from mastitic milk and humans in El-Behira, Egypt
Authors: Diab Mohamed S. , Ibrahim Nermin A. , Elnaker Yasser F. , Zidan Sherif A. , Saad Marwa A.
Published: March 2021

Background and Aim: Milk is a chief source of many nutrients. However, we must also bear in mind that it is a potential source for many cases of food poisoning. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of cow mastitis and evaluate the presence of enterotoxins and antibiotic resistance patterns in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from milk and contact humans in El-Behira Province, Egypt.

Materials and Methods: A total of 680 milk samples from 170 cows and 86 human samples consisting of 43 hand swabs and 43 nasal swabs were analyzed. The milk samples were subjected to the California mastitis test.

Results: The general occurrence was 23.1% (157/680) where 48 quarters had clinical mastitis and 109 had subclinical mastitis. Subsequently, S. aureus was isolated in Baird-Parker agar where typical and atypical colonies were selected and submitted to coagulase and complementary tests. Out of 48 samples of mastitic milk studied, 16 (33.3%) showed contamination by S. aureus whereas 109 samples of subclinical mastitis showed contamination in only 18 (16.5%). On the opposite hand, of the 86 human samples, 33 revealed S. aureus contamination, corresponding to 38.37% of the samples. Furthermore, multiplex polymerase chain reaction targeting nuc and the staphylococcal enterotoxin-encoding genes sea, seb, sec, sed, and see were performed after culture, revealing that 88.2% (30/34) of milk samples and 93.9% (31/33) of human samples were variably positive to those genes.

Conclusion: The use of nuc gene based PCR is an accurate and rapid method for S aureus isolates detection. A high prevalence of multiple drug-resistant isolates of S. aureus recovered from both human and milk represents further evidence for possible veterinary hazards as well as public hazards, especially to those that consume milk from this region.
Global epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 and lessons for effective control of this and future pandemics
Authors: Njoga Emmanuel Okechukwu , Zakariya Yusuf Feyisara , Jaja Ishmael Festus , Okoli Chinwe Elizabeth , Mshelbwala Philip Paul
Published: March 2021

Barely 1 year after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first reported in China, the virus has infected approximately 120 million people, caused around 3 million deaths, and adversely affected the global economy. Despite stringent measures to flatten the epidemiologic curve of the pandemic, there have been spikes and waves of the infection in many countries, particularly in the American, European, and Asian continents. This review critically evaluated the global epidemiology of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to provide advice on other possible ways of managing the disease as various COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out. To effectively control this and possible future epidemics/pandemics, there is a need to maintain a healthy balance between saving lives and livelihoods in the implementation of lockdowns. Unwarranted human exposures to animals, particularly pangolins, civet cats, bats, dromedary camels, and other wildlife known to be reservoirs and intermediate hosts of coronaviruses should be prevented. All the identified strains of SARS-CoV-2, including the highly infectious UK and South African variants, should be incorporated in COVID-19 vaccine production; to widen the protection spectrum. Some of the COVID-19 vaccines require primary inoculation, booster vaccination after 2-4 weeks and annual revaccination for adequate immunization against SARS-CoV-2. Survivors of COVID-19 may require only a single vaccine dozing and annual revaccination thereafter. Adoption of One Health approach and the development of globally coordinated active surveillance systems against emerging and reemerging zoonotic viruses are imperative.
EL CUERPO HABLA: PESQUISA-CRIAÇÃO
Authors: Chaverra Brand Angela María
Published: March 2021

A pesquisa-criação que apresentamos aborda, a partir de um ato de fabulaçãocom a comunidade, por meio da performance como um dispositivo, o desdobrar de um tema controverso na história da arte ocidental; a proposta está em compreender a arte como acontecimento social e político, mais do que obra de arte finalizada. Isto se mostra em três aspectos fundamentais propostos por Guattari: a ética, a estética e as produções de subjetividade, por meio do levantamento de uma cartografia social como uma estratégia artístico-política na qual a comunidade intervém no papel de intercessora do processo, o que permite inferir nas dinâmicas pedagógicas, sociais, políticas e criativas da sociedade e fazer da vida uma obra de arte, como resposta ao mal-estar contemporâneo.
Seasonal variations of foliar element distributions of silver birch in different habitats
Authors: Kalliola Risto , Saarinen Timo , Tanski Niko
Published: March 2021

Novel information on silver birch ( Roth) foliar element contents and their seasonal, between-habitat and leaf level variations are provided by applying fine-scaled element mapping with micro X-ray fluorescence. In the monthly leaf samples collected from May to October from six different habitats, pairwise scatter plots and Spearmanâs rank correlations showed statistically significant positive correlations between Si, Al and Fe, and covariations between also many other pairs of elements. Of the ten elements studied, seven showed statistically significant changes in their average levels between May and June. The contents of P, S and K decreased in most habitats during the later season, whereas Ca and in some habitats also Mn and Zn increased. Comparing habitats, trees in the limestone habitat had relatively low content of Mg, strongly increasing levels of P until the late season, and high content of Ca and Fe. Other habitats also revealed distinctive particularities in their foliar elements, such as a high relative content of S and a low content of Ca at the seashore. Mn was high in three habitats, possibly due to bedrock characteristics. Except for P, the contents of all elements diverged between the midrib and other leaf areas. Zn content was particularly high in the leaf veins. Mn levels were highest at the leaf margins, indicating a possible sequestration mechanism for this potentially harmful element. Si may help to alleviate the metallic toxicities of Al and Fe. Because the growing season studied was dry, some trees developed symptoms of drought stress. The injured leaf parts had reduced levels of P, S and K, suggesting translocation of these nutrients before permanent damage.Betula pendula
Good governance
Authors: Sedighi Somayeh , Szanyi Miklós
Published: March 2021

Resource-rich countries experience a slow development rate in manufacturing sectors compared to countries with scarce resources. it has been a challenge to demystify the slow development in manufacturing sectors in those countries, therefore this study aimed to develop an efficient model to estimate the effects of good governance and natural resource rents on the performance of manufacturing export in countries endowed in natural resources. In this study world bank data for the year, 2000 to 2016 and the panel data model from 14 countries rich in natural resources were used alongside the six dependent variable indices including good governance, natural resource rents, real exchange rate, and gross domestic product (GDP). The results revealed that an increase in natural resources (NR), rule of low (RL), control of corruption (CC) as well as a reduction in inflation (INF) in countries under investigation will lead to increase in Manufacturing export. As well as an increase in Real Exchange Rate (RER) will lead to a reduction in the Manufacturing export of these countries. Hence demystify the slow development rate in manufacturing sectors in resource-rich countries.
Engaging students
Authors: Kéri Anita
Published: March 2021

Consumer satisfaction has long been a question of great interest in a wide range of fields. Existing research recognizes the critical role played by student satisfaction in higher education. It has been noted that students have changing and variable needs. A considerable amount of literature has been published on the fact that higher education institutions have to react promptly and satisfy students’ needs in order to keep their students and rankings. As student satisfaction is highly dependent on teaching quality, it is essential for higher education institutions to implement new teaching methodologies. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to analyze the concept of a teaching methodology, namely co-creation, and to examine its applicability in the field of economics. With the methodology of co-creation, teachers are able to involve students into the creation of curriculum, which might enhance student involvement and increase student satisfaction.
Autonomous cars and responsible innovation
Authors: Lukovics Miklós , Zuti Bence , Fisher Erik , Kézy Béla
Published: March 2021

Digitalization, a dominant megatrend in today’s global world, offers numerous intriguing technological possibilities. Out of these novelties, self-driving cars have rapidly come to be a primary focus; the literature categorizes them as a radical innovation due to the possibility that the mass adoption of self-driving cars would not only radically change everyday life for members of industrialized societies, but calls into question the infrastructural, legal, and social ordering of towns and numerous aspects of transportation in the societies that adopt them. Meanwhile, the results of several international surveys with large samples show that public opinion of self-driving cars is ambivalent, indicating parallel signals of enthusiasm and concern. The aim of this paper is to develop key components of a general strategy for addressing the societal challenges associated with self-driving cars as identified in international surveys and relevant literature and using the framework of responsible innovation.
The possibilities of electric vehicles nowadays
Authors: Drabancz Áron
Published: March 2021

Global warming is one of the biggest problems in the world: international organizations, states, companies and individuals must respond to the challenges that arise. This fact has led to significant changes in the automotive industry, which can revolutionize the way the industry operates in the future. The aim of my study is to examine how the strengthening of sustainability aspects influenced the transformation of the automotive industry, with special regard to the spread of electric cars. I also examined how markets responded to technological change, thus the announcements that help drive the spread of electric cars have had a positive impact on the value of companies in recent years. With the help of event analysis, I have shown that equities had systematically outperformed after innovative announcements, but the effect was not always significant.
Global competitiveness divide and the middle-income-trap
Authors: Acheampong Timothy Yaw
Published: March 2021

In recent times, the middle-income trap (MIT) has become a pertinent issue as economists, researchers and development practitioners continue seek answers to why the majority of middle-income countries find it difficult to advance to high-income status. There is still no consensus in literature as to the exact cause(s) and the solution to the MIT. The World Economic Forum posits that, the score of countries on the Global Competitive Index (GCI) 4.0 accounts for over 80% of the variation in income levels of countries. This suggests that the extent of global competitiveness of countries could potentially help them to escape the MIT. However, some competitiveness literature have identified an apparent competitiveness divide among countries. This paper therefore seeks to answer the following questions: how does middle-income countries differ from the high-income countries in terms of global competitiveness. The study utilises an independent samples t-test and effect size measures to examine the GCI 4.0 scores of 140 countries. The study finds a very large and significant competitiveness divide between the high and middle-income countries.
Impact of working capital management on the profitability of smes through cash operation cycles in Kumasi
Authors: Sah Genesis Gyasi
Published: March 2021

A business ought to be able to breed an adequate amount of cash and cash equivalent to meet its short-term liabilities if it is to carry on and develop in business. For that reason, working capital management which helps an entity to, efficiently and effectively manage current assets and liabilities is a key factor in the company’s long-term success; without working capital, the non- current assets will not function. The better the degree to which current assets exceed current liability, the more solvent or liquid a company is likely to be. This paper observes the relationship between working capital management practices of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the performance and profitability of these businesses in the Kumasi Metropolis distinctively Asafo, to evaluate key ratios of industries of such working capital management policies in ensuring that current assets meets current liabilities, to assess the degree to which management of SMEs are dedicated to the effective and efficient management of working capital. The implication of the findings is that the government of Ghana should pursue policies aimed at encouraging training and improving the managerial skills of SME owner/managers as well as creating the enabling environment for the development of improved modern technologies to transform the business processes of these vital industries.
Starch Granule Size and Morphology as a Proxy for Water Regime Influence on Zea mays
Authors: Wilks Stefania , Louderback Lisbeth A. , Boomgarden Shannon
Published: March 2021

A wealth of information on the patterns of human subsistence and plant domestication has been generated from studies on maize (Zea mays) starch granules. However, very little work has been conducted on how the size and morphology of those granules might change as a function of water stress during the growing season. In the arid Southwest, the role of irrigation in growing maize is an essential parameter in many foraging models. Our study seeks to determine if there are significant changes in the size and other morphological attributes of starch granules from maize planted at Range Creek Canyon under two different irrigation regimes ranging from little water (once every three weeks) to ample water (once a day). Our results provide data on the effects of irrigation on Z. mays starch granules and, therefore, have implications for identifying archaeological maize and possibly determining past water regimes at Range Creek Canyon.
The Czech Contribution to Future Large X-Ray Astronomy Telescopes: Recent Progress
Authors: Hudec René , Pína Ladislav , Inneman Adolf , Černá Daniela , Maršíková Veronika , Tichý Vladimír , Míka Martin
Published: March 2021

We briefly review the recent status of the Czech contribution to future space X-ray astronomy missions with emphasis on the development of new technologies and test samples of X-ray mirrors with precise surfaces based on new materials and alternative designs. We report on further investigations and tests of X-ray optical arrangements, such as Kirkpatrick-Baez systems and Multi-Foil Optics.
Multigroup Approximation of Radiation Transfer in SF6 Arc Plasmas
Authors: Bartlova Milada , Aubrecht Vladimir , Bogatyreva Nadezhda , Holcman Vladimir
Published: March 2021

The first order of the method of spherical harmonics (P1-approximation) has been used to evaluate the radiation properties of arc plasmas of various mixtures of SF6 and PTFE ((C2F4)n, polytetrafluoroethylene) in the temperature range (1000 ÷ 35 000) K and pressures from 0.5 to 5 MPa. Calculations have been performed for isothermal cylindrical plasma of various radii (0.01 ÷ 10) cm. The frequency dependence of the absorption coefficients has been handled using the Planck and Rosseland averaging methods for several frequency intervals. Results obtained using various means calculated for different choices of frequency intervals are discussed.
Diffuse Coplanar Surface Barrier Discharge in Nitrogen: Microdischarges Statistical Behavior
Authors: Cech Jan , Hanusova Jana , Stahel Pavel , Slavicek Pavel
Published: March 2021

We studied statistical behavior of microdischarges of diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge (DCSBD) operated in nitrogen atmosphere at two input voltage regimes. We measured spectrally unresolved discharge patterns together with discharge electrical parameters using highspeed iCCD camera and digital storage oscilloscope. External synchronization enabled us to measure the discharge pattern during positive and/or negative half-period of input high voltage in the single-shotmode of operation. The comparison of microdischarges behavior during positive, negative and both half periods of input high voltage was performed for two levels of input voltage, i.e. voltage slightly above ignition voltage and high above ignition voltage (“overvoltage”). The number of microchannels crossing discharge gap was counted and compared with number of microdischarge current peaks observed during corresponding half-period of input high voltage. The relations of those incidences was shown and discussed.
Thomson Parabola Spectrometer for Energetic Ions Emitted from Sub-ns Laser Generated Plasmas
Authors: Cutroneo Mariapompea , Torrisi Lorenzo , Ando’ Lucio , Cavallaro Salvatore , Ullschmied Jiri , Krasa Josef , Margarone Daniele , Velyhan Andreji , Pfeifer Miroslav
Published: March 2021

Laser-generated plasmas were obtained in high vacuum by irradiating micrometric thin films (Au, Au/Mylar, Mylar) with the Asterix laser at the PALS Research Infrastructure in Prague. Irradiations at the fundamental wavelength, 300 ps pulse duration, at intensities up to about 1016W/cm2, enabled ions to be accelerated in forward direction with kinetic energies of the order of 2 MeV/charge state. Protons above 2 MeV were obtained in the direction orthogonal to the target surface in selffocusing conditions. Gold ions up to about 120 MeV and 60+ charge state were detected. Ion collectors and semiconductor SiC detectors were employed in time-of-flight arrangement in order to measure the ion velocities as a function of the angle around the normal direction to the target surface. A Thomson parabola spectrometer (TPS) with a multi-channel-plate detector was used to separate the different ion contributions to the charge emission in single laser shots, and to get information on the ion charge states, energy and proton acceleration. TPS experimental spectra were compared with accurate TOSCA simulations of TPS parabolas.
Inactivation of Candida albicans by Corona Discharge: The Increase of Inhibition Zones Area After Far Subsequent Exposition
Authors: Fantova Vladyslava , Bujaček Karol , Kříha Vítězslav , Julák Jaroslav
Published: March 2021

The cold atmospheric pressure plasma generated by the negative corona discharge has inhibition effect on the microorganism growth. This effect is well-known and it can be demonstrated on the surface of cultivation agar plates by the formation of inhibition zones. We exposed the cultures of Candida albicans to the negative corona discharge plasma in a special arrangement in this study: The equal doses of plasma were applied subsequently twice or four times on the same culture on one Petri dish, while the distance between exposed points was variable. Only small differences were observed in decontaminated zone areas for twice exposed agar at the shortest distance between exposed points (1.5 cm). In case of the four times exposed agars, we observed significant differences in inhibition zone areas, dependent not only on the exposition site distances, but also on the exposition order. The largest inhibition zone size was observed for the first exposition decreasing to the fourth one. To check relevancy of these dependencies, we presume to conduct further set of experiments with lower yeast concentration. In conclusion, significant difference in partial inhibition zone sizes appeared only when four expositions on one Petri dish were carried out, whereas no significant difference was observed for two subsequent expositions. The explanation of this effect may be the subject of subsequent remote exposition(s), when minute amounts of scattered active particles act on the previously exposed areas; the influence of diffused ozone may also take place.
The Influence of Nitrogen in Ar+N2 Mixture on Parameters of High-Temperature Device with Electric Arc
Authors: Jakubova Ivana , Senk Josef , Laznickova Ilona
Published: March 2021

The paper presents the results of numerous experiments carried out on a high temperature device consisting of an arc heater with intensively blasted electric arc and reaction chambers connected to its output. The influence of nitrogen mass concentration (up to 11 %) in working gas Ar+N2 on voltage–current characteristics, power losses of individual parts and efficiency is studied for two variants of electrical configuration of the device. A short description of the computation of necessary thermodynamic and transport properties of Ar+N2 mixture is included. The computed properties are then used for evaluation of mean temperature and velocity at certain cross-sections of the device. Conclusions can be useful for the design of high temperature devices operating with argon/nitrogenmixture.
Calculation of the Inductance of Plasma Column at PF-1000 Device with Assumed Current Distribution
Authors: Kortanek Jiri , Kubes Pavel
Published: March 2021

Processed data is taken from the D-D fusion reaction experiments on PF-1000 at IFPILM Warsaw, operating with 2 MA, 1011 neutron yield, using interferometry, temporal resolved neutron diagnostics, magnetic probe diagnostics and X-ray diagnostics. The inductance is calculated under two different circumstances: with the known distribution function determined by the magnetic probe signal, and with the border of the plasma column determined from interferograms using Matlab. The inductance of the whole column is calculated using the formula for the inductance of a coaxial cylinder.
Clock Math — a System for Solving SLEs Exactly
Authors: Hladík Jakub , Lórencz Róbert , Šimeček Ivan
Published: March 2021

In this paper, we present a GPU-accelerated hybrid system that solves ill-conditioned systems of linear equations exactly. Exactly means without rounding errors due to using integer arithmetics. First, we scale floating-point numbers up to integers, then we solve dozens of SLEs within different modular arithmetics and then we assemble sub-solutions back using the Chinese remainder theorem. This approach effectively bypasses current CPU floating-point limitations. The system is capable of solving Hilbert’s matrix without losing a single bit of precision, and with a significant speedup compared to existing CPU solvers.
On the Solvability of Some Partial Differential Inequality
Authors: Himmel Martin
Published: March 2021

The Dulac criterion is a classical method for ruling out the existence of periodic solutions in planar differential equations. In this paper the applicability and therefore reversibility of this criterionis under consideration.
On an Algorithm for Multiperiodic Words
Authors: Holub Štepán
Published: March 2021

We consider an algorithm by Tijdeman and Zamboni constructing a word of length k thathas periods p1, . . . , pr, and the richest possible alphabet. We show that this algorithm can be easilystated and its correctness briefly proved using the class equivalence approach.
The Effect of Strain Rate on the Mechanical Properties of Automotive Steel Sheets
Authors: Német Miroslav , Mihaliková Mária
Published: March 2021

The automotive industry is currently seeking detailed information about various types of materials and their behavior under dynamic loading. Dynamic tensile testing of sheet steels is growing in importance. The experimental dynamic tensile technique depends on the strain rate. Each type oftest serves for a specific range of strain rates, and provides specific types of information. This workdeals with the influence of the strain rate on the mechanical properties of automotive steel sheets.Three different types of steel: IF steel, DP steel, and micro-alloyed steel (S 460) were used to compare static and dynamic properties.
The Senses in Court
Authors: Cristellon Cecilia
Published: March 2021

The growth of written culture between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries made it possible to preserve information on customary lore and on cultures that were expressed and perpetuated through the senses. Once transcribed, these sensory experiences became subordinate to a medium (writing) that claimed to replace their performative and legal efficacy, eventually relegating them to the realm of folklore, superstition, and deviance. Using two case studies, matrimonial litigation and proceedings about sanctity, this article examines the role of the senses in performing and proving legal reality in early modern ecclesiastical courts. It analyzes the dynamics of a sensory community with shared sensory norms, practices, and perceptions. Looking at culturally coded senses as a basis for regulating social relationships and creating and transferring collective memory, I ref lect on the hierarchy of the senses that accompanied the process of institutionalization and was marked by gender competition.
Hassen mit allen Sinnen
Authors: Fehlemann Silke
Published: March 2021

The mode of irreconcilability was a structural problem of the Weimar Republic. The violent experience of the First World War had intensified the emergence of new patterns of perception which appeared to be almost obsessively related to the body. This development was accompanied by an upswing of visualization opportunities. Using the example of leading Weimar politicians, it can be demonstrated how sensory mobilization could represent gateways for anti-democratic agitation. These practices could destabilize the republic by reviling its representatives by visualization. The early Nazi press expanded the arsenal of sensory mobilization. The destabilization of the moral, political, and aesthetic order worked through a clear radicalization and dynamization of traditional revilement strategies down to the local level.
PENGASUHAN RESPONSIF AYAH DAN KUALITAS PERTEMANAN REMAJA
Authors: Tjandra Winata , Muttaqin Darmawan , Tondok Marselius Sampe
Published: March 2021

Pertemanan memiliki kontribusi terhadap perkembangan remaja tidak terkecuali perkembangan sosioemosional khususnya relasi interpersonal dengan teman sebaya. Kemampuan menjalin relasi pertemanan dengan teman sebaya tidak dapat dipisahkan dari pengalaman remaja ketika berelasi dengan orang tuanya. Mayoritas masyarakat di Indonesia masih memosisikan ibu sebagai pengasuh utama padahal ayah juga memiliki peran dalam pengasuhan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji hubungan antara pengasuhan responsif ayah dengan kualitas pertemanan. Partisipan penelitian merupakan 362 remaja berusia 12-21 tahun yang sedang berada pada tahap remaja awal, tengah, dan akhir. Penelitian ini menggunakan alat ukur Friendship Qualities Scale dan sub skala Responsiveness dari Parenting Style yang digunakan untuk mengukur kualitas pertemanan dan pengasuhan responsif ayah. Hasil analisis korelasi menemukan bahwa pengasuhan responsif ayah memiliki hubungan positif dengan kualitas pertemanan. Selain itu, ditemukan perbedaan kualitas pertemanan ditinjau dari jenis kelamin dan kelompok usia. Temuan penelitian ini mengindikasikan bahwa keterlibatan ayah dalam pengasuhan secara responsif berkaitan dengan kemampuan remaja dalam menjalin relasi pertemanan yang berkualitas dengan teman sebayanya. Karakteristik yang berbeda antar jenis kelamin dan kelompok usia dapat menyebabkan perbedaan kualitas pertemanan.
Benefícios e barreiras para aceitação de medidores inteligentes residenciais
Authors: Gumz Jonathan , Fettermann Diego Castro
Published: March 2021

Programas de implantação de medidores inteligentes nas residências são fundamentais para se atingirem as metas de modernização da rede elétrica e uso racional das fontes de energia. Porém, além da implantação dos aparelhos nas residências é necessária a aceitação dos consumidores, que possuem papel fundamental na redução do uso de energia elétrica. O objetivo deste estudo é investigar na literatura quais fatores influenciam positivamente (benefícios) e negativamente (barreiras) para a aceitação. Para isso, foi realizada uma revisão sistemática da literatura usando o método PRISMA (Preferred Research Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses). Foram analisados 172 artigos, dos quais 42 são estudos aplicados. Os resultados sugerem 26 fatores diferentes que influenciam a aceitação, sendo os benefícios mais importantes “melhor gerenciamento de energia através do feedback”, “eco-preocupação” e “expectativa de ganho financeiro”, já as barreiras mais relevantes são “segurança ameaçada”, “falta de familiaridade” e “custos associados”. As pesquisas de aceitação estão ainda muito concentradas na Europa, EUA e Austrália, sendo necessário que países em desenvolvimento, que lideram a expansão do uso de fontes renováveis em suas matrizes energéticas, também considerem investigar a aceitação local de medidores para obter sucesso em suas implementações.
Integrating Educational Technology in East Africa: One Size Does Not Fit All
Authors: Тадесс Азеб , Уолтер Ален , Митчелл-Кернан Клаудиа
Published: March 2021

Globalization and the post-industrial economy, combined with a growing number of the youth, has increased the demand for higher education in Africa. Online learning breaks down temporal and geographic barriers creating a digital learning community that offers an opportunity to expand access and meet skills and training demands. Deployment of technology is a principal consideration in implementing an online learning programme, given its centrality in the teaching and learning process. The integration of technology requires a decision-making matrix that provides a phased review of the suitability of solution as well as locally placed contemplation of relevance and user accessibility. Higher education institutions in low connectivity areas need to be deliberative and innovative in selecting which technology best fits their environment and accommodates their students’ limitations. This paper discusses the decision-making process of integrating technology for an online learning pilot project analysed through Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory applied to educational technological adoption. The approach of the project considered local infrastructure, university ICT capacity, and user Internet accessibility in the selection of online learning solutions. The process provides insights and understanding of the decision matrix, not only on online learning solutions but also in the broader issue of integrating technology into brick and mortar institutions.
Acknowledgements. The paper is based on online learning program implementation in East Africa as part of the university partnership between the U.S. and East African universities funded by the U.S. government.
Будущее исследовательской индустрии: от конкуренции за бюджеты к поиску партнеров
Authors: Нестик Тимофей Александрович , Седова Наталья Николаевна , Климанова Евгения Геннадьевна
Published: March 2021

Стремительные изменения в исследовательской отрасли, вызванные цифровой трансформацией и социальными изменениями, привлекают все больше внимания как со стороны академических исследователей, так и со стороны участников исследовательского рынка. Все более актуальной задачей становится определение возможных последствий внедрения цифровых технологий в исследовательские процессы, в том числе с использованием систем искусственного интеллекта.
Цель настоящей статьи — проанализировать технологические, экономические, социально-политические и культурные факторы изменений в исследовательской индустрии и характеристики складывающейся под их влиянием новой экосистемы рынка прикладных исследований. Наш анализ опирается на результаты форсайт-сессии «Исследовательская индустрия: тренды и окна возможностей», проведенной с участием 24 экспертов по инициативе ВЦИОМ 11 сентября 2020 г.
На основе результатов сессии и серии интервью с экспертами нами проанализированы изменения на рынке прикладных социологических исследований, ожидаемые в ближайшие 3—10 лет, а также окна возможностей, открывающиеся для развития участников складывающейся исследовательской экосистемы. Делается вывод, что в ближайшие годы будет расти число исследовательских компаний, перешедших на бизнес-модели, основанные на обеспечении быстрого доступа клиентов к уникальному пользовательскому опыту, а также на встраивании исследовательских процессов во взаимодействие потребителей с продуктами клиентов за счет использования интернета вещей. Форсированное внедрение систем искусственного интеллекта повысит востребованность концептуализации и качественных исследований. Все более важным фактором успеха на рынке станет умение создавать уникальную ценность для клиентов за счет координации обмена ресурсами различных участников складывающейся экосистемы исследовательского рынка.
Взаимоотношения «человек — алгоритм — человек» как социальная проблема и проблема для социологов. Рец. на кн.: Cathy O’Neil. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. New York: Crown Publishers, 2016
Authors: Иванова Анастасия Андреевна
Published: March 2021

Сегодня исследования взаимоотношений «человек — алгоритм — человек» вызывают все возрастающий интерес среди представителей разных дисциплин. Рецензируемая книга вносит вклад в эту область и предлагает критический взгляд на нерефлексивное внедрение алгоритмов в жизнь общества. Предлагая оригинальный термин «оружие математического поражения» (weapons of math destruction, ОМП), автор книги Кэти О’Нил формулирует основной тезис: в современном американском обществе именно такой тип моделей оказывает все более пагубное влияние на жизнь людей. Книга посвящена анализу проблем, возникающих с проникновением ОМП в различные сферы: от выбора университета до приема на работу, от оценки здоровья сотрудников до получения кредита, от организации работы полиции до выдачи новостей в социальных сетях. Некоторые из описанных алгоритмов подпадают под определение искусственного интеллекта, некоторые могут потенциально им стать при дальнейшем развитии технологий.
В первой части рецензии автор описывает основные тезисы, изложенные в книге, и аргументацию, подкрепляющую эти утверждения. Во второй части содержание книги рассматривается через попытку ответить на три вопроса: почему книга будет интересна российскому читателю? чем она интересна социальному ученому? чем исследования социальных ученых могли бы быть интересны автору рецензируемой монографии? Автор приходит к выводу, что понятие «оружие математического поражения» обладает значительной эвристической ценностью для социальных наук.
Благодарность. Исследование выполнено при финансовой поддержке РФФИ и Министерства по науке и технологиям Тайваня в рамках научного проекта № 21-511-52002.
Decolonising the languages curriculum: linguistic justice for linguistic
ecologies
Authors: Phipps Alison
Published: March 2021

What is it? Decolonising the languages curriculum is a radical
requirement to critically re-examine the way in which the languages
curriculum has been formed in any context. It requires the examination of
the power dynamics which have led to the dominance of certain languages over
others and which languages are and are not accorded resources in schools,
universities, and colleges by the state, by the military, by community
programmes, and in families. Decolonising the languages curriculum requires
what is known as a phenomenological double break.
The linguistic landscape: enhancing multiliteracies through decoding
signs in public spaces
Authors: Vinagre Margarita
Published: March 2021

What is it? The Linguistic Landscape (LL) is a relatively new field
which draws from several disciplines such as applied linguistics,
sociolinguistics, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and cultural
geography. According to Landry and Bourhis (1997), “the language of public
road signs, advertising billboards, street names, place names, commercial
shop signs, and public signs on government buildings combines to form the
linguistic landscape of a given territory, region, or urban agglomeration”
(p. 25). More recently, the type of signs that can be found in the public
space has broadened to include the language on T-shirts, stamp machines,
football banners, postcards, menus, products, tattoos, and graffiti. Despite
this wider variety of signs, Landry and Bourhis’s (1997) definition still
captures the essence of the LL, which is multimodal (signs combine visual,
written, and sometimes audible data) and can also incorporate the use of
multiple languages (multilingual).
Learning through wonder: imprinting wonder in language learning for
lifelong engagement
Authors: Plutino Alessia
Published: March 2021

What is it? Motivation to learn starts with wonder and the breath of
wonder transcending curiosity, which Piaget (1969) defined as the urge to
explain the unexpected and Engel (2011) as the urge to know more. When
wondering, learners express the desire to know what they do not know, as
well as what they already know. In the modern languages curriculum, a
language learner who uses ‘wonder’ is driven by curiosity for the
language(s); has questions about the place and the people; has a wish to
know more about various cultures; and eventually become a lifelong linguist.
When we introduce learning design based on the pedagogy of wonder, we
implement an approach that allows learners to become agents of their own
learning by initiating the questioning themselves. L'Ecuyer (2014) defines
the emotional response to this type of pedagogy as a possible consequence of
wonder, rather than wonder as such.
Ipsative assessment: measuring personal improvement
Authors: Martínez-Arboleda Antonio
Published: March 2021

What is it? Ipsative assessment is an approach to evaluating student
progress that covers a wide range of assessment and feedback practices. It
has been around since 1944, but its fully-fledged implementation into formal
education, including in the field of language teaching and learning, is
still in its infancy...
Speaking to machines: motivating speaking through oral interaction with
intelligent assistants
Authors: Underwood Joshua
Published: March 2021

What is it? Daring to voice new sounds, words, and phrases is an
essential part of learning to speak a language. However, getting students,
particularly in mono-lingual classes, to try to speak a foreign language can
be a significant challenge. Voice interaction assistants, such as Siri,
Alexa, or Google Assistant, offer new opportunities to create meaningful,
fun tasks for language learning that require accurate spoken production.
Designing good tasks requires an understanding of the learning context and
needs as well as the interactional opportunities, constraints, and risks
associated with any particular technology.
The Impacts of ENSO and IOD on the MSL of The Arabian Gulf and The Arabian Sea by Using Satellite Altimetry Data
Authors: Abdul Mutalib Atyaf Mohammed , Ameen Sabah M. M. , Mahmood Ali B.
Published: March 2021

The main objective for the current research is to determine the linear trends of the mean sea level (MSL) resulting from the influence of the Southern Oscillation of El Niño (ENSO) and the Indian Ocean dipole (IOD), which have increased in recent times due to increased global warming using satellite altimetry of MSL data. Statistical time series technique has been used. The standard ordinary univariate and bivariate linear regression method as well as Pearson correlation were used.  Linear trends for the positive phase of IOD were detected on mean sea level while no linear trends of ENSO were detected in the Arabian Gulf. On the other side, linear trends of the negative phases of IOD and ENSO were detected on mean sea level in the Arabian Sea over the period 1993-2013. It is most important for climate research to provide accurate predictions of sea level rise in the coming years and plan the activities to lessen the disasters before they happen.
Modelling Tidal Flow Hydrodynamics of Sunda Strait, Indonesia
Authors: Pratama Munawir Bintang , Venugopal Vengatesan , Ajiwibowo Harman , Ginting Juventus Welly , Novico Franto
Published: March 2021

In the past years, Indonesian people put more attention to Sunda Strait located between Java and Sumatra Islands, one of the busiest straits occupied with residential, recreational, fisheries, transportation, industrial and mining activities. Previous works on numerical modelling of tidal flow hydrodynamics of the Sunda Strait have resulted in good agreement against field data; however, the calibration of the models used was not described in detail. This paper presents the process of setting up the model, extensive calibration, validation and prediction of tidal currents for the Sunda Strait. A two-dimensional tidal-driven model is constructed using Delft3D, an open-source developed by Deltares. Four different bathymetry datasets, four different boundary condition configurations, and various bed roughness values are used, and their suitability in predicting tidal water level and current are investigated. It is found that changing the bathymetry and boundary conditions improve the model validation significantly. GEBCO_2019 bathymetry dataset outperforms the Batnas, even though it has a coarser resolution. For boundary conditions, the combination of water level and current velocity results in a better validation compares to using water level or current velocity only. However, the bed roughness shows an insignificant influence in predicting tidal conditions. The averaged current velocity is lower at the Southern than the Northern side of the strait due to a larger cross-section, consequence of deeper water. High tidal currents of magnitude around 2 m.s-1 are seen at the bottleneck of the strait.