bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
On the craniological differentiation of Crocidura leucodon and C. suaveolens of the Belorussian fauna species: occipital sutures
Authors: Savarin Alexandr
Published: June 2021

The shape of sutures between the parietal and occipital bones was analysed in specimens of Crocidura leucodon (n = 22) and C. suaveolens (n = 28) caught in Belarus. In all specimens of C. leucodon, the sutures form subulate invaginations of a depth of ca. 1.0–1.5 mm. Specimens of C. suaveolens do not have such invaginations. We suggest that the revealed morpho-anatomical differences are the result of more active pathophysiological processes in the central nervous system of C. leucodon specimens.
A review of the history of taxonomy and species criteria in the family Felidae
Authors: Kharchuk Sergiy
Published: June 2021

The taxonomic changes in the species composition of Felidae from the beginning of classification by Carl Linnaeus to the present are considered. As is true for the whole class of mammals, the species composition of this family has undergone significant expansion. This happened due to the study of the most remote corners of our planet, and through a rethinking of the species concept. The process of rethinking is still ongoing and a further change in views on the species composition of cats is quite expected. Researchers pay special attention to the genera Leopardus and Felis, within which the validity of species statuses has been confirmed or revoked recently or in the past. An overview of the main criteria for distinguishing species and features of the application of these criteria are given. The problem of species discrimination is as important as the problem of species existence. Anthropogenic pressure leads to a decrease and deterioration of the quality of habitats. Almost all felids lead a solitary lifestyle and have low population density, sometimes occupying fragmented areas. In particular, this facilitates hybridization between some species, which also contributes to the "blurring" of both the species characteristics and the boundaries between separate species.
RESMÎ YAZIŞMALARDA UYGULANACAK USUL VE ESASLAR HAKKINDA YÖNETMELİK: YENİ UYGULAMALARIN VE HÜKÜMLERİN BİLGİ VE BELGE YÖNETİMİ AÇISINDAN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ
Authors: KAYALI Nida , ŞİMŞEK Mehmet Ulvi , UYSAL Mutlu
Published: June 2021

Yaşanan teknolojik dönüşümle birlikte elektronik belge yönetim sistemleri (EBYS) uygulamaları da her geçen gün gelişmektedir. Bu kapsamda ihtiyaç duyulan gereksinimler doğrultusunda elektronik belge yönetim sistemleri uygulamaları, yetkili kurumlar tarafından güncellenmektedir. Böylece bilgi ve belgeye kolaylıkla ulaşabilen, şeffaf, verimli ve etkin bir kurumsal yapının oluşturulması hedeflenmektedir. Bu çalışmada, 2020 yılında güncellenen Resmî Yazışmalarda Uygulanacak Usul ve Esaslar Hakkında Yönetmelik’in uygulama ve hükümlerini bilgi ve belge yönetimi açısından değerlendirmek amacıyla resmî yazışmaların Türkiye’deki gelişimi ele alınarak yeni Yönetmelik’te yer alan uygulama ve hükümler bilgi ve belge yönetimi disiplini ve mülga yönetmelikler açısından incelenmiş, günümüz şartlarına uyumlu hale getirilen teknik ve idari unsurlar tartışılmıştır. Söz konusu Yönetmelik bir bütün olarak incelendiğinde vurgulanan hususun, belge yönetiminin önemli bir parçası olan ve kurumlarda yapılan işlemlere kanıt oluşturan resmî yazışma süreçlerinin elektronik ortamda yürütülmesiyle kamu hizmetlerinde düzenlilik ilkesinin sağlanması ve idari işleyişte verimliliğin artırılması olduğu görülmektedir.
MORPHOMETRIC CHANGES AND POST-PLANTING GROWTH AS A RESPONSE TO HARDENING ON Tabebuia roseo-alba SEEDLINGS
Authors: Cadorin Danielle ACCO , Malavasi Ubirajara Contro , Malavasi Marlene De Matos , Dranski João Alexandre Lopes , Coutinho Pablo Wenderson Ribeiro
Published: June 2021

The essay evaluated morphometric changes in response to stem bending and jasmonic acid on Tabebuia roseo-alba (Ridl). Sand. seedlings. We tested 20 daily stem bendings and applications of 1 μmol L-1 of jasmonic acid for 4 or 8 weeks. Stem bending for 8 weeks resulted in seedlings with fewer leaves and smaller shoot dry biomass compared to seedlings subjected to the other treatments. The results of electrolyte leakage from root tissues of control seedlings showed higher value compared to results from seedlings subjected to the test treatments. After planting, we did not detect differences in height and diameter increments from seedlings subjected to the test treatments. Therefore, hardening methods did not improve post-planting seedling growth.
REUSE OF THE AQUEOUS PHASE OF BIO-OIL FRACTIONATION AS A WATER-REPELLENT AGENT FOR WOOD
Authors: Sanson Caio Silvestre Lima , Dias Ivana Amorim , Santos Marina Gorgete , Miranda Bruno De , Cademartori Pedro Henrique Gonzalez de
Published: June 2021

A simple method to extract pyrolytic lignin from bio-oil is under agitation in water or organic solvent. This process produces a water-insoluble fraction (pyrolytic lignin) and a water-soluble fraction (WS). In this study, we used a physical fractionation technique with water as a liquid agent to separate the two fractions of the fast pyrolysis bio-oil and obtain the WS — the object of study — to test its efficiency as a protective agent for lignocellulosic materials. The study aimed to investigate the efficiency of the aqueous phase (WS) as a water-repellent agent when impregnated into Pinus elliotti wood. To obtain WS, we used two bio-oil:water ratios (1:50 and 1:100) and two agitation speeds (17,000 and 8,500 RPM); they were respectively named WS50 and WS100, both with an average yield of 61% WS. Gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS), thermogravimetry (TGA), contact angle, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to characterize the WS and the veneers impregnated with it. There were no morphological changes on their surface, especially regarding the non-coating of the wood pits; meanwhile, the TGA showed visible changes in the degree of thermal degradation of the impregnated material related to the chemical composition of the WS identified in the GC-MS. There was a significant increase, on average 62%, in the apparent contact angle of the impregnated wood, approximately 126°. The WS has shown to be efficient as a protective agent by converting the hydrophilic surface of Pinus elliotti into a hydrophobic one, and this effect partially remained after 45 days of exposure.
SOIL ORGANIC MATTER IN AREAS UNDER YERBA MATE CULTIVATION AND SWINE WASTE APPLICATION
Authors: Pereira Marcos Gervasio , Guareschi Roni Fernandes , Pinto Luiz Alberto Silva Rodrigues , Matos Talita Santana , Ferrari Anderson Claiton , Silva Cristiane Figueira
Published: June 2021

Carbon and nitrogen contents, as well as their chemical fractions (humic acid - HAF, fulvic acid - FAF, humin - HUM) and particle-size fractions (particulate organic carbon - POC, mineral-associated organic carbon - MAOC) of organic matter were evaluated in areas cultivated with yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) with 35 (E35) and 45 (E45) consecutive years of cultivation, in addition to a native forest area (NF), taken as reference. The soils of the study area were classified as Cambissolo Háplico (Inceptisol). Soil samples were collected at depths of 0.0-0.05, 0.05-0.10, 0.10-0.20 and 0.20-0.40 cm. A completely randomized design in split plots (3 areas and 4 depths) with 4 replicates was used. The E45 area, due to the longer cultivation time and the addition of organic fertilizer, had higher TOC, N and POC contents in comparison to the E35 area, with similar values of these attributes being observed in the forest area at some depths. The most stable carbon fractions (MAOC and HUM) did not vary between cultivated areas (E35 and E45); however, there were reductions of 25 and 14% (HUM 0-5 cm) and 12 and 21% (MAOC 5-10 cm) in these fractions, respectively, in comparison to the native forest. There was no difference between the evaluated areas for FAF, but HAF values were higher in the native forest area than in the cultivated areas.
SEEDLING EMERGENCE AND GENETIC PARAMETERS OF OPEN-POLLINATED CANDEIA PROGENIES GROWN IN TREE NURSERY
Authors: Avelar Maria Lopes Martins , Silva Júnior Vitor Passos da , Rosado Lucas Rodrigues , Gonçalves Flávia Maria Avelar , Pavan Adriano José , Melo Lucas Amaral de
Published: June 2021

MacLeish is economically appreciated due to its wood and to the extraction of its essential oil, whose active principle is alpha-bisabolol. Despite its economic importance, studies about the genetic breeding of this species remain scarce. The aim of the current study is to determine E. erythropappus seedling emergence rate, genetic parameters, as well as to identify potential open-pollinated progenies of this species and their respective matrices. The experiment was set up in tree nursery, based on a completely randomized design, with 22 progenies in four replicates comprising 14 plants per plot. Seedling emergence rate was evaluated 30 days after seeding, whereas plant height (H) and stem diameter (SD) were measured at 100 days. Statistical analyses were carried out based on the REML/BLUP method. Three progenies have shown seedling emergence rate lower than 50%; this value is considered limiting to seedling production process. Genetic variation was observed among progenies, as well as high and positive genetic correlation between H and SD. Thus, it was possible identifying superior progenies and matrices, as well as the ones presenting low performance in the evaluated traits.
ESTIMATING FINE DEAD FUEL MOISTURE CONTENT UNDER EQUATORIAL CLIMATE CONDITIONS
Authors: White Benjamin Leonardo Alves , Silva Maria Flaviane Almeida
Published: June 2021

The measurement of the fine dead fuel moisture content (FDFMC) is extremely important for forest fire prevention and suppression activities, as it has a great influence on the ignition probability and fire behavior. The Fine Fuel Moisture Code (FFMC) from the Fire Weather Index (FWI), is one of the most used models to estimate the FDFMC. Nevertheless, studies that assess the efficiency of this model in Brazil or in low latitude regions are rare. The present study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of the FFMC in an equatorial climate area and to develop a new model capable of estimating the FDFMC with greater precision. For this purpose, 861 random samples of fine dead fuel had their moisture content determined through oven drying. The obtained values were compared with those estimated by the FFMC and correlated with meteorological parameters to build a regression model. The results obtained show that the FDFMC was overestimated by the FFMC. The independent variables with the greatest influence on the FDFMC were, in decreasing order of significance: air relative humidity, air temperature, amount of rainfall in the last 24 hours and number of days without rainfall. The developed model presented good statistical parameters (r2 = 0.86; p <0.0001; RMSE = 0.22) and can be used, in areas with similar characteristics of the study area, to estimate the daily fire risk and to determine ideal conditions for prescribed burns.
CAN LINEAR PROGRAMMING ASSIST METAHEURISTICS IN FOREST PRODUCTION PLANNING PROBLEM?
Authors: Araújo Júnior Carlos Alberto , Castro Renato Vinícius Oliveira , Mendes João Batista , Leite Helio Garcia
Published: June 2021

The planning of forest production requires the adoption of mathematical models to optimize the utilization of available resources. Hence, studies involving the improvement of decision-making processes must be performed. Herein, we evaluate an alternative method for improving the performance of metaheuristics when they are applied for identifying solutions to problems in forest production planning. The inclusion of a solution obtained by rounding the optimal solution of linear programming to a relaxed problem is investigated. Such a solution is included in the initial population of the clonal selection algorithm, genetic algorithm, simulated annealing, and variable neighborhood search metaheuristics when it is used to generate harvest and planting plans in an area measuring 4,210 ha comprising 120 management units with ages varying between 1 and 6 years. The same algorithms are executed without including the solutions mentioned in the initial population. Results show that the performance of the clonal selection algorithm, genetic algorithm, and variable neighborhood search algorithms improved significantly. Positive effects on the performance of the simulated annealing metaheuristic are not indicated. Hence, it is concluded that rounding off the solution to a relaxed problem is a good alternative for generating an initial solution for metaheuristics.
VOLUME ESTIMATE FOR THREE TIMBER SPECIES WITH COMMERCIAL INTEREST FROM THE DIAMETER OF THE STUMP
Authors: Lima Quelyson Souza , Amaro Marco Antonio , Cunha Thiago Augusto , Figueiredo Evandro Orfanó , Parente Paulo Roberto Feitoza
Published: June 2021

The commercial volume of trees can be calculated directly and indirectly. However, in areas of illegal deforestation, the stem is often not available for dendrometric measurements and, consequently, calculation of the commercial volume and the use of the direct method. On the other hand, the use of the indirect method is impossible due to the lack of equations with possible measurement variables. In order to make the volume estimate feasible in these cases, the objective of this work was to estimate the commercial volume of wood from individual trees using regression equations, using measurements made on the stump for three species of commercial interest, in areas of timber forest management, namely: Dipteryx odorata (Aubl.) Willd., Apuleia leiocarpa (Vogel) JFMacbr. and Amburana acreana (Ducke) A.C.Sm. Data were collected in two management areas, located in the municipalities of Sena Madureira and Rio Branco, with a sample of 250 stumps. Statistical tests were carried out to analyze regression and choose the best equations that would estimate the volume of the species selected for the study, based on the diameter of the stump. Tests of accuracy, precision, assumptions, validation and identity model were applied for choice. Models that met the research objectives for both species were tested with R²adj = 87.7% for Dipteryx odorata (Aubl.) Willd., R²adj = 81.8% for Apuleia leiocarpa (Vogel) J.F.Macbr. and R²adj = 70.5% for Amburana acreana (Ducke) A.C.Sm., as well as meeting all the assumptions of the regression resulting in the validation of the equations adjusted by the selected models.
What about Data-Driven Business Models? Mapping the Literature and Scoping Future Avenues
Authors: Vincenza Ciasullo Maria , Montera Raffaella , Romeo Emilia
Published: June 2021

The paper aims to perform an assessment of the literature at the intersection of data and business models, examining the extent to which the data-driven business model (DDBM) is considered in the current literature and how it is characterised in terms of approaches, benefits and barriers. A systematic literature review (SRL) of the available body of knowledge on these topics was performed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) approach. The SRL reveals limited but rapidly growing coverage of the cutting-edge phenomenon on the part of scientific studies. In problematising the extant literature, competitive, cultural and strategic approaches are proposed together with the relative enablers fostering the adoption of each approach. Benefits and barriers to the implementation of a DDBM are also discussed across technical, organisational and financial dimensions. The insights derived from a critical review of the DDBM literature point out gaps, which may itself inform future research and theory development in this area, as well as support practitioners’ decision-making on the datatisation of business models.
Cost Analysis of Gestational Diabetes Screening Methods in Pregnant Women Referred to the Gynecology Hospitals Affiliated with Medical Sciences Universities in Tehran
Authors: Alikhani Nahid , Hantoushzadeh Sedigheh , Rezapour Aziz , Hatam Nahid
Published: June 2021

Background: The American Diabetes Association defines gestational diabetes as no glucose tolerance in the second or third quarter of pregnancy. Gestational diabetes imposes a huge economic burden on the health system. Diagnosis of gestational diabetes is important because it not only predicts prenatal disorders but also affects the long-term outcomes of the mother and child. Since screening tests are costly, it is necessary to find a cheaper method with an acceptable feature. Objectives: The present study aimed to examine the costs of gestational diabetes screening in pregnant women referring to gynecology hospitals affiliated with medical sciences universities in Tehran. Methods: This was a descriptive-analytical study conducted in the selected hospitals affiliated with medical sciences universities in Tehran in 2016. The study population included all the pregnant women with no risk factors, referring to the selected centers. A multi-stage random sampling model was utilized, and the sample size was 392. The data were gathered through the forms designed for recording costs, as well as interviews, and were analyzed using SPSS18 software, t-test, and one-way ANOVA. Results: The mean direct medical costs, direct non-medical costs, and indirect costs of the one-step method were $516,960, $71,593, and $142,162, respectively. Also, the mean direct medical costs, direct non-medical costs, and indirect costs of the two-step method were $262,890, $46,536, and $28,621, respectively. Conclusions: The screening of pregnant women using the two-step method is cheaper to diagnose diabetes. The results of this study recommend gynecologists to use the two-step method to diagnose gestational diabetes with lower costs.
Discrete cases: Female traditional music players in Serbia
Authors: Nenić Iva
Published: June 2021

This paper explores the exclusion of female traditional music players in Serbia and in the Balkans from the official representational discourses, frequently based on the assumption that women were not equal participants, but rather atypical or isolated "cases" in the rural music cultures of the 19th and mid-20th centuries. Drawing on historical sources, and with a special focus on two short case studies of historical female gusle performers, the author strives to demonstrate how the workings of certain discourses, both in cultural and in scholarly terms, prepared todays position for folk and NEO-traditional music performers of the female gender, by stripping them of the history of female musicianship. The trope of "being the only woman of her kind", mannish and/or unusual, can be traced through the early folklorist and ethnographic depiction of female musicians, which was frequently supplemented with the deliberate stressing of alleged "female" attributes of a performer. The paper also opens the question of gender approach in ethnomusicology, claiming that it should lead to the recuperation of the field in terms of scientific autocritique and "ethnomusicological revisionism".
Aleksandar Obradović: 'Pro libertate concerto for piano and orchestra no. 3'
Authors: Cvetković Stefan
Published: June 2021

The Third Piano Concerto by Aleksandar Obradović, composed in 1999, is one of the authorgs late works. While the poetical concept of the composition reflects the authorgs personal reaction to the events from that period, aesthetically it shows that the coexistence of different compositional and technical patterns is possible, amalgamated within a unique stylistic procedure of the work. According to its compositional and technical procedures, the concerto belongs to the class of neoclassical pieces which, apart from confirming Obradoviügs openness towards various musical solutions, attests to resorting to designs that stem from an extramusical stimulus to creativity.
Transformations of diatonic materials and tonal procedures in Ligeti's 'Etude No. 15 White on White'
Authors: Man-Ching Yu
Published: June 2021

This essay examines interrelationships of various diatonic materials that arise in Ligeti's Etude No. 15 "White on White", focusing on transformational properties between different diatonic trichords. Ligeti's distinctive treatments of diatonic materials reflect the utilization of triadic intervallic structures in transformational procedures. In particular, ic5 dominates in abundance, contributing to the consonant tonal property between various pitch-class transformations among trichords, and that some are smoothly interconnected by common tones for preserving diatonic coherent sound. Additionally, some transformations are analogous to tonal procedures - harmonies progress from tonic to dominant or subdominant and vice versa - that manifests Ligeti's pronounced reference to the context of the traditional common practice as three pitch-classes among the same types of trichords map onto each other solely by ic5. Along with the coherent diatonic sound that Ligeti forges, tonal contrasts are achieved through simultaneous tonal occurrences being established by transformed pitch-classes, forming tonal pairings in third relationship with ics 3 and 4 that illuminate the traditionalistic tonic and mediant linkage prevailing in the nineteenth century.
The Vienna New Years Concert as a media phenomenon
Authors: Maglov Marija
Published: June 2021

This paper is aimed at drawing attention to the problem of the media representation of artistic music, through the case study of the television broadcast of the New Year's Concert in Vienna. The text contains a brief historic summary of the concert and its broadcast within the European television network, Eurovision. Using this year's broadcast (2013) as an example, certain aspects are marked that potentially represent a starting point for further interpretations of the New Year's Concert and, generally, the relationship between artistic music and media.
Music drama and politics: Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and Alain Badiou on Richard Wagner's idea of the 'Gesamtkunstwerk'
Authors: Vogt Erik
Published: June 2021

This paper sketches the debate between Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and Alain Badiou concerning Richard Wagner's idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk. Following in part the account of the Gesamtkunstwerk that was developed in Theodor W. Adorno's pivotal text In Search of Wagner, Lacoue-Labarthe regards the notion of Gesamtkunstwerk as the central key for unlocking the implications of Wagner's theory and practice of music drama. That is to say, Lacoue-Labarthe claims that the fusion of art and politics characterizing the Gesamtkunstwerk can only be grasped by unearthing the conception of (romantic) aesthetics that underlies Wagner's staging of the relationship between art and politics. Lacoue-Labarthe identifies Wagnerian aesthetics as the anticipation of national-aestheticism (a term that Lacoue-Labarthe elaborates in the context of his reading of Heidegger's deconstruction of aesthetics) that finds its completion in National Socialism. Consequently, Wagner's art taking figure in the Gesamtkunstwerk engenders totalitarian politics. In critical opposition to Lacoue-Labarthe, Alain Badiou both relegates the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk to the realm of mere ideology and demonstrates that the former obscures the complex relationship between art and politics that is actually engendered in Wagner's music dramas. Once the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk is dismissed as the central category of Wagnerian artistic production, one can return to Wagner's music dramas as sites both for a "music of the future" and a different conception of politics.
Suite 'Jurijev krug' for the opera 'Zvezdani grad' by Dragana Jovanović; Chamber opera 'Ko je ubio princezu Mond?' By Tatjana Milošević; Chamber opera 'Petersburg' by Branka Popović
Authors: Mitrović Radoš
Published: June 2021

Three works by contemporary Serbian female composers, although disparate as to the manner of their realization, do have some similarities. An affinity can be perceived by analysing the poetical planes supporting the textual bases of these compositions, as well as their relationships with the musical component. The intersections can be found in the specific attitude towards the subject and the subjects identity, problematized in the librettos, as well as in the issue of the time/space dichotomy within the narrative.
Tonal progression in Bartók's 'Etudes', Op. 18
Authors: Susanni Paolo
Published: June 2021

Bartók's mature musical language was born of both folk and art-music sources which influenced the composer in equal measure. The Three Studies for piano, Op. 18, represent a significant step in the evolution of the composers synthesis of the art-music source. All three etudes are based on equal-interval chains called interval cycles. Each of the three etudes represents a stage in the process of intervallic augmentation the composer named diatonic expansion. This concept, together with that of chromatic compression, is fundamental to all his mature works. The first etude expands the chromatic scale to two whole-tone scales. In the second etude the intervals are expanded to include the minor and major thirds as well as the perfect fourth, while in the third etude the tritone becomes the final step in the expansion process. The interactions of the ever-expanding interval cycles generate an array of diatonic, non-diatonic and abstract pitch collections. Parts of the opus rely on the concept of tonal progression based on axes of symmetry, which reached its perfection in later works such as the Out of Doors Suite and Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
'Short lexicon' of dedications in the handwritten legacy of Josip Slavenski (1896-1955) in the Library of the Faculty of Music in Belgrade
Authors: Gajić Milica
Published: June 2021

The paper presents some aspects of the handwritten legacy of Josip Slavenski, stored in the Library of the Faculty of Music in Belgrade-dedications that the composer wrote by his own hand are collected in one place. These are mainly dedications to musical performers-soloists and ensembles. They reveal many biographical details from the author's life-from performances of his works to friendly and professional contacts. Perceiving Josip Slavenski's oeuvre from this aspect calls to mind many associations with the general artistic climate of the age he was living and working in.
'Playing with times': Polish sur-conventionalism of the 1980s
Authors: Mika Bogumiła
Published: June 2021

When postmodernism reached the height of intensity in the 20th century and was attracting the attention of Euro-American artistic critics, Polish composers proposed an alternative way of writing music. They invented the term "sur-conventionalism" as a way to experiment with different musical conventions from past epochs. The aim of this paper is to describe some examples of Polish sur-conventional music written by such composers as Paweł Szymański, Stanisław Krupowicz and Paweł Mykietyn.
'The hero's voice let us follow, may Tito lead us': An interpretation of the phenomenon of songs about Tito based on the theory of ideological interpellation
Authors: Pantić Rade
Published: June 2021

This article offers an interpretation of songs about Josip Broz Tito based on the theory of the ideological interpellation of individuals into subjects, which was first formulated by Louis Althusser and then expanded by Rastko Močnik. The first part of the essay is a brief summary of Althusser's and Močnik's respective theories of ideology, ideological interpellation, and the participation of ideological mechanisms of identification in the processes of the reproduction of social systems and class domination. These theories are then applied to songs about Tito as a case study, attempting to explain the mechanisms whereby these songs produced the "Tito effect" as an instance of identifying with "the subject supposed to know", which interpellated the subjects of socialist Yugoslavia. Two cycles of songs about Tito are singled out, in an attempt to reveal the different modes whereby they produced the effect of ideological interpellation and simultaneously trace the effects of these interpellation processes in the mechanisms of reproducing the Yugoslav state at two different historical junctures. Finally, using the concept of "the subject supposed to believe", I will try to explain the popularity of these songs today and the mechanisms of identifying with them at a time when they no longer produce the effect of domination.
Anton Foerster's 'Gorenjski slavček': Slovenia's first national opera?
Authors: Weiss Jernej
Published: June 2021

Particularly at the end of the 19th century, the constantly rising Slovenian national consciousness saw a great opportunity in theatre and opera, which became the centre of a national movement with which the young bourgeoisie identified. Gorenjski slavček (The Nightingale of Upper Carniola), an operetta by Anton Foerster, one of the leading Czech composers in Slovenia, was staged for the first time in Ljubljana in 1872 by the Dramatic Society and, after being adapted for the operatic stage in 1896, soon became the most popular and most frequently performed Slovenian stage-music composition. This warm reception led the Slovenian bourgeoisie of that time to believe that Gorenjski slavček could become the first Slovenian national opera. Considering the overall image of Foerster's Gorenjski slavček in music history and the social and political issues of the time when it was written, the composition seems more like a warm and rather undemanding expression of intimacy than a national opera in the true sense of the word. For adequate aesthetic consideration, it is therefore necessary to understand the opera primarily as a document of its time and the circumstances of its origin, in all its simplicity and naivety. Although from today's perspective the opera does not attain an above-average standard and so could not be successful on foreign opera stages, it is still interesting because of the specific role it played as a national agitator in the period discussed.
The structure, contents, and significance of periodicals in the holdings of the Library of the Faculty of Music in Belgrade
Authors: Ribić Romana
Published: June 2021

This paper presents the structure, contents, and significance of Yugoslav, Serbian, and foreign journals on music and other topics (literature, pedagogy, library science and IT, culture, art in general) in the holdings of the Library of the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. This collection constitutes a large section of the overall holdings of the Library. The paper discusses current, less current, and archived periodicals and focuses on the most frequently used Serbian and foreign, mainly scholarly, music journals, with their impact factor (IF) measured in the last two years. Also, the paper details the Library's acquisition policy, processing treatment of the journals (in its book inventory, card catalogue, and classical alphabetic catalog), and the Library's inadequate storage facilities.
Women 's voices in alternative music: Lisa Gerrard and Elizabeth Fraser
Authors: Zhabeva-Papazova Julijana
Published: June 2021

This paper deals with the analysis of Lisa Gerrard's and Elizabeth Fraser's vocal styles that promoted a new way of singing on the alternative music scene. Instead o f the traditional usage of lyrics in the English language as their mother tongue, they use so called 'glossolalia', meaning wordless, or substituting language with a melodic, exploratory rapture by their vocal range alone in a couple o f octaves. The main points of analysis are the relationships between the vocal interpretation and instruments, music form, main melodic themes, rhythm, accomplished with iconography in the relationship between vocal interpretations and stage performances.
Synesthesia and feminism: A case study on Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Authors: Logan Jeremy
Published: June 2021

As one of the most notable American woman composers of the early 20th Century, Amy Beach had to struggle with her social role as a woman born into the middle class of New England, USA. Before marrying into the upper class, she was already established as a concert pianist. Her husband pressured her not to perform in public, which affected her emotionally and compositionally. This paper will re-evaluate the work of Amy Beach within the context of her struggles as a woman composer and more specifically focus on her synesthesia and how it influenced her choice of keys and modes within her music. The colors of her keys will be compared to affects according to color psychology, as well as affects of key signatures.
/'(H)weth: Voice - breath - body - form/s
Authors: Armstrong R. , Redhead Lauren
Published: June 2021

/'(h)weTH is a collaborative work of visual and sound art produced by R. Armstrong (USA) and Lauren Redhead (UK). The work combines an installation, two video projections, four channel sound, and an optional solo performance part, in order to create an experience that is simultaneously aural and visual, in all of its elements. This article sets out to further explore the main themes of the work, by means of a dialogue between the voices of the two artists. In doing so, it also facilitates a discussion of how /'(h)weTH might contribute to an understanding of the materiality of sound art, and the boundaries between visual art, sound art, and music.
Vergebliches warten? Badiou, event, and human emancipation in music
Authors: Matejić Bojana
Published: June 2021

The polemic on waiting for human emancipation in music belongs to the modern aesthetic plane, where Adorno's and Heidegger's manuscripts occupy a specific place. However, while Heidegger's ontology of the waiting implies waiting for the metaphysics of presence (Will), Adorno maintains that music should rather express "waiting in vain" (vergebliches Warten) by its spatio-temporal structuration, given that "after Auschwitz" philosophy with metaphysical assumptions is no longer possible. In the light of Adorno's modem interpretation of waiting in vain, my aim is to examine Badiou's conception of the Event-Subject in music. The thesis of this paper is that Adorno's concept of waiting in vain expresses defeatism of the known (perseverance-of-self) - which, due to its own character of filled affect of disappointment, does not leave time-space for newness. On the trail of Badiou's ontology of subtraction, I oppose the conception of affirmative, non-eschatological, chiliastic expectation ("surplus of waiting") to the passive waiting in vain in music.
Strategies of working with the sonorous body: Identifying other/new writing techniques in the field of bodily sound expression
Authors: Stojanović Dragana
Published: June 2021

The issue of the entanglement and interdependence of corporeality and textuality in the process of creating writing attracts attention both in the field of sound and of semantic and bodily expression in sound. When the body is established in the process of semanticization (and re-semanticization), as a specific threshold o f writing, the place and role of the sonorous body forms the focus of theoretical research in that discursive space. This text explores the body's relational connection with writing, focusing on the always present transformative potential of speaking writing (again) as a consequence and condition of bodily expression in sound.
The musical space: A sketch for a broader musicological-semiotical discussion
Authors: Božanić Mina
Published: June 2021

The subject of this paper is an examination of the analytical competences of musical semiotics and prolongation analysis applied to the organisation of the musical space in the music of the 20th century. By means of presenting one of the possible ways of organizing the musical space - the organisation of pitches and registers - one can derive the synthesis of Eero Tarasti's semiotics of the musical space and certain segments of prolongation analysis. Starting from the assumption that the organisation of the musical space is the key determinant of the music of the 20th century (Masnikosa, 2010: 242), I will argue that the musical space has its 'stronghold' in the works of European high modernism. By confronting Tarasti's model of the musical space with some segments of prolongation analysis (more precisely, with the theory of harmony by Olli Vâisâlâ and tonal pitch spaces by Fred Lerdahl, with the addition of the theory of musical forces by Steve Larson), I will try to show how the organisation of the musical space can be implied in the analysis of Iannis Xenakis's (1922-2001) work Metastaseis (1953/4).
Romanian composers' spiritual creativity in the 20th century: Musical hagiography of the ordeal of a society
Authors: Činč Euđen , Stolić Jasmina
Published: June 2021

The spiritual music creativity of Romanian composers in the 20th century underwent numerous phases, between their zenith and despair, due to societal events specific for all of Eastern Europe in the past century. Despite the fact that this creativity, in essence, expresses the tradition of the East, and does not seek to minimize its Byzantine roots, many composers, especially in the second half of the 20th century, left aside the elements of these aesthetics and directed their creative focus towards new creative tendencies. This work reviews the works based on spiritual topics by 20th century Romanian composers, from the first decades, including the years of Communist government, till the days when they set out on a postmodern creative course, and it presents the names of the majority of composers who dedicated their works to the worship of the Almighty, analyzing thoroughly the information found at the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Romania in Bucharest.
Current music and dance practice of central Kosovo and Metohija: Transformations since the 1990s
Authors: Zakić Mirjana , Ranković Sanja
Published: June 2021

Ethnomusicological and ethnochoreological research of the central part of Kosovo and Metohija has been conducted since the late 19th century up to the present. However, the gathered data are sparse and provide insufficient (and only partial) information regarding the music and dance tradition of this area. This fact was the main motive for arranging our own field trip to the region, during 2015 and 2016. The recorded material and numerous informants' narratives provided an important insight into the state of both previous and contemporary music and dance practice, enabling one to examine the transformations regarding music and dance that have taken place since the 1990s from several viewpoints: national and multinational, professional and amateur, local and regional. The causes of the changes that have occurred over the course of the last few decades, will be discussed in this paper through the political, ideological, sociological, and cultural prism. Thus, our attention will focus particularly on the national ensembles Shota (Pristina) and Venac (Gračanica), as well as on the local repertoire of different ethnic groups - Serbian, Albanian, Romani and Croatian, in former and contemporary conditions. An especially intriguing question is to what extent, and in what ways did geopolitical restructuring and cultural evaluations in the post-socialist period influence the sustainability, i.e. the change in music and dance forms, as important aspects of the self-representation of the ethnicities that exist in this region?
Pilgrimage through a sound horizon: A guide through the electroacoustic works by Vladimir Jovanović (1956-2016)
Authors: Milojković Milan
Published: June 2021

In this paper, I aim to create a compiled analytical description of electroacoustic works by the untimely deceased composer Vladimir Jovanović, created between 2002, when he was appointed as manager of the Electronic Studio of III program of Radio Belgrade, and 2015, when he left this post. During this time, the author created seven studio compositions, almost exclusively using a computer. Thus, the focus of this paper will be placed on peculiarities of his compositional techniques - especially when working with MIDI and samples. The base for the formation of the narrative about Jovanović's works will be his statements, recorded in a radio interview and program notes he wrote as accompaniment to his compositions, together with the musicological and theoretical writings of Serbian authors.
'Entoptic landscape' and 'ijereja': Music as an iterative process
Authors: Redhead Lauren
Published: June 2021

Entoptic landscape and ijereja are both works that can be considered as expanding collections of materials. They explore the spaces between composition, notation, performance and improvisation by considering all of these activities as equally 'performative'. Each work comprises a set of materials that includes scores, fixed media audio and video, recorded live performances, studio-edited performances, and performance strategies. In the case of each piece, materials created in and by previous performances go on to inform future performances of the music. As such, there can be no 'definitive' performance or statement of the works, and nor can they ever be considered finished or bounded. This is how these pieces conceive of music as an iterative process: they are intended as statements of that process. Nicholas Bourriaud (2010) identifies the creative artist as a 'semionaut': one who must navigate between signs and signifiers in order to negotiate, interpret, and create meaning. In the 'work' of music, the composer, performer and listener can all be thought of as semionauts; they take part in the same processes to create and recreate the 'work'. In my own practices I embody and enact all three of these positions, and I seek to blur the boundaries between listening, performing and composing. Contemporary artistic forms in Bourriaud's terms, then, are 'journey forms': they internalise and externalise an experience of movement through the work as a temporal and spatial territory. The music presented here offers an opportunity for the exploration of the journey form as a compositional strategy, a tool for performance and interpretation, and a framework for criticism.
Romanian composers' spiritual creativity in the XX century: Musical hagiography of the ordeal of a society
Authors: Činč Euđen , Stolić Jasmina
Published: June 2021

The spiritual musical creativity of Romanian composers in the XX century underwent numerous phases, between zenith and despair, due to social events specific for the whole of south-eastern Europe in the past century. Even though this creativity, in essence, expresses the tradition of the East, endeavoring to avoid any loss of its Byzantine roots, many composers, especially in the second half of the XX century, leave aside the elements of this esthetic and direct its creative focus to new creative tendencies. This work reviews compositions with spiritual themes by XX century Romanian composers, from the first decades, encompassing the years of communistic rule, till the days when it became immersed in a postmodern creative course, and it presents the names of the majority of composers who dedicated their works to the glory of the Almighty, analyzing thoroughly the information found at the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Romania from Bucharest.
Influence of Environmental Temperature on Milk Production in the Italian Mediterranean Buffalo
Authors: Zicarelli Luigi
Published: June 2021

The purpose of this study is to verify the influence of ambient temperature on the percentage of subjects with decreased production, compared to what was recorded in the previous 7-10 days. The data processed in the 2017-2020 period was studied in a company in the lower Caserta area that raises 3000 animals per year, of which 1300 are dairy. All this was possible thanks to the daily collection of production data recorded in the milking parlor, using RFID technology, and then transferred to management software, essential for the farmer for problem-solving decisions. The buffalo is of tropical origin, and there are many factors that influence the production of the Italian Mediterranean buffalo, first of all, seasonality, temperature, health, or the combination of all these elements. For these reasons, it seemed appropriate to focus our attention on the influence of ambient temperature on production. In the first three years of observation, it emerged that as the ambient temperature decreases, the percentage of subjects that recorded a drop in production compared to the previous figure increases. However, this was not found in 2020, when the covered structures were equipped with permanent bedding consisting of straw. This shows that it is important to guarantee the state of well-being so as not to penalize the production of milk for the PDO buffalo mozzarella, which represents an interesting source of income.
Buffalo as a New Model for Long COVID-19 Study and for Recovering the SARS CoV-2 Polyclonal Neutralizing Antibody, Using an Online Affinity Column Adsorption Technology, for Therapeutic Interventional Modality in Humans: A New Multi-Purpose COVID Research Proposal
Authors: Seghatchian Jerard
Published: June 2021

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The Importance of ‘Manualised Psychotherapy Practice’ in Community Mental Health Care: A Clinical View Point
Authors: Olubokun Jibowu
Published: June 2021

There are many varieties of psychotherapy used in community mental health care such as Cognitive behaviour therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, group therapy, family therapy and solution focused therapy to name a few. In the current practice environment ' manualised psychotherapy ' is becoming increasingly popular amongst health care practitioners because of the reduced budgets and the need for regular reviews of commissioning arrangements. There is also the need to produce more evidence based interventions with measurable and deliverable clinical outcomes to enhance the overall quality of health care. This is with a view to provide an efficient and a cost effective community mental health service.
Some of the inherent advantages of ‘manualised psychotherapy’ are that it promotes 'consistency of approach ' in the sessions and that it facilitates the Internal validity of the data so obtained and minimises the effect of the impact of the therapist on the outcomes. It also constitutes the core of Randomised controlled Clinical trials and thereby helps to compare the efficacy of different psychological therapeutic interventions. it is seen as a link between research and clinical practice. Some of the disadvantages are that it is too regimented, inflexible and limits creativity and that it is an 'ivory tower concept ' which is not in touch with the reality of every day practice in community mental health care.
In conclusion the popularity of ‘manualised psychotherapy’ in clinical practice is a welcome development and is a useful addition to the armamentarium of the health care practitioner in providing an efficient and cost effective service.
How Does it Feel? Factors Predicting Emotions and Perceptions Towards Sexual Harassment
Authors: Laskov Ronit Peled , Ein-Tal Irit , Cojocaru Lutzy
Published: June 2021

The present research addresses the effect of different variables on emotions and on perceptions held by research participants vis-à-vis situations that could be construed as sexual harassment. A total of 833 Israeli students participated in the study and use was made of a Sexual Harassment Definition Questionnaire (SHDQ). It was found that emotions aroused due to behaviour that is perceived as sexual harassment depend on variables such as age and gender of perpetrator and victim. More negative feelings were identified towards behaviours suggestive of sexual harassment among women than men, and among younger than older individuals, principally in situations where the perpetrator is a man. Situations in which the perpetrator and the victim were of the same gender were experienced as less flattering than those in which the gender was different. It was also found that women above the age of 40 perceived behaviour in which a woman related to a man or a woman in sexual terms as a situation with a higher potential for sexual harassment than one in which a man related to a woman or a man in a similar way. The findings show the extent to which social perceptions and emotions relating to sexual harassment are dynamic and context-dependent.