bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
การพัฒนาคุณภาพดินโดยใช้ถ่านชีวภาพที่ผลิตจากวัสดุเหลือทิ้งทางการเกษตร
Authors: ดาวสุโข สายจิต , รอดประเสริฐ โสรญา
Published: August 2023

การพัฒนาคุณภาพดินในพื้นราบที่สูงโดยใช้ถ่านชีวภาพที่ผลิตจากวัสดุเหลือทิ้งทางการเกษตรเป็นวัสดุปรับปรุงดินมีเป้าหมายเพื่อใช้ประโยชน์จากวัสดุเหลือทิ้งทางการเกษตรในการปรับปรุงคุณภาพของดินแทนการใช้สารเคมี ถ่านชีวภาพจากเปลือกทุเรียน เปลือกกล้วย และเปลือกแมคคาดีเมีย ที่เผาด้วยอุณหภูมิต่ำ (400 องศาเซลเซียส) โดยเตาชีวมวลแบบแก๊สซิไฟเออร์ (Anila Stove type) มีค่า pH อยู่ใน ช่วง 7-10 ทั้งนี้ขึ้นอยู่กับชนิดของวัตถุดิบ เมื่อนําถ่านชีวภาพแต่ละชนิดที่ได้มาปรับปรุงความเป็นกรดของดินในที่ราบสูง ณ อ.ภูเรือ จ.เลย พบ ว่าการปรับปรุงดินโดยใช้ถ่านชีวภาพร้อยละ 5 โดยน้ำหนัก สามารถปรับค่า pH ของดินจาก 6 เป็น 7 ได้ และดินที่ได้มีความเสถียรมากกว่า การใช้ปูนขาวที่อัตราส่วนเดียวกัน นอกจากนี้ได้มีการทดลองใช้ถ่านชีวภาพในอัตราส่วนร้อยละ 5 โดยน้ำหนัก ในแปลงปลูกต้นมะกอกน้ำมัน ที่สถานีวิจัยเกษตรที่สูง อ.ภูเรือ จ.เลย หลังจากใส่ถ่านชีวภาพนาน 1 ปี จึงทําการเก็บตัวอย่างดินมาวิเคราะห์ พบว่าดินที่ทําการปรับปรุงด้วย ถ่านชีวภาพมีค่า pH ที่เป็นกลางมากขึ้นรวมทั้งมีค่าความชื้น ปริมาณอินทรียวัตถุ และโปแทสเซียมในดินสูงอย่างมีนัยสําคัญทางสถิติเมื่อเทียบกับดินที่ไม่ได้ใช้ถ่านชีวภาพ
The relationship of Future anxiety with Life Quality among a sample of widows in Irbid Governorate
Authors: Khasawneh Amna
Published: August 2023

The study aimed to reveal the level of both future anxiety and quality of life, and the relationship between them among a sample of widows in Irbid Governorate. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the future anxiety scale consisted of (32) items in five domains (psychological, healthy, social, family, economic), and the quality of life scale consisted of (27) items. The study sample consisted of (311) registered widows in community services centres, family and women's protection and support centres located in various districts in Irbid Governorate. The results of the study showed that the level of future anxiety among widows was high degree, and the level of quality of life among widows was low degree. The results indicated that there was negative correlative relationship between the level of future anxiety and the quality of life among widows in Irbid Governorate.
Response of Biofertilizers and Kinetin on Growth and Yield Parameters of Summer Blackgram (Vigna mungo L.)
Authors: Sharma Akanksha , Singh Shikha , Nawhal Anu , Kumar Pranav
Published: August 2023

The field experiment on blackgram was carried out in summer, 2022 at the Crop Research Farm in the Department of Agronomy. The treatment consisted of three levels of biofertilizer no seed inoculation, Phosphate solubilizing bacteria (20 g/kg seeds), Rhizobium (30 g/kg seeds), three levels of kinetin (20, 30 and 40 ppm) foliar spray and a control. The experiment was set up using a Randomized Block Design with ten treatments and three replications. The variety black gold of black gram was sown in Zaid 2022. The results of the experiment revealed that foliar application of 40 ppm kinetin along with biofertilizers recorded significantly increased growth parameters viz., plant height (33.94 cm), number of branches (8.13), number of nodules per plant (36.80), plant dry weight (4.47 g/plant), crop growth rate ( 8.23 g/m2/day), relative growth rate (0.10 g/g/day). Same treatment also resulted in boosting yield and yield attributes viz., number of pods per plant (27.50), number of seeds per pod (8.07), test weight (40 g), seed yield (0.71 t/ha), stover yield (1.82 t/ha), harvesting index (28.09 %). In terms of gross returns (67450.00 INR/ha), net returns (44885.00 INR/ha), and the B:C (1.99), this treatment also demonstrated its favorable effects.
Studies on the Diversity of Tannins and Dyes Yielding Plants of Kathua District of J and K, India
Authors: Kaur Rupinder , Dhanai Rekha , Sharma Joshna , Puri Sunil
Published: August 2023

Dyes are the manufactured or natural compounds used to color a variety of things. They are derived from many plant parts, including the leaf, stem, bark, rhizome, flower, buds and berries, among others. The diversity of plants that produce tannin and dyes in J and K’s Kathua district is the subject of the current study. The current study provides information on 35 species of tannin and dye-producing plants from 31 genera and 20 families, along with information on their common names, families, components they are used for and their applications. With the aid of locals and the material that was readily available, the trees were recognized. The families such as Fabaceae and Combretaceae were represented by higher number of species. Natural dye-producing plants are extremely important in the socio-economic and socio-cultural lives of ethnic people, and promoting these products in a controlled manner can help to preserve traditional knowledge and local biodiversity. However, it is concerning that indigenous expertise of natural dye extraction, processing, and application has dwindled as a result of the widespread availability of synthetic dyes.
Macronutrient Estimation in Post-Harvest Banana Corms of Different Genotypes
Authors: Challam Dawan Arkini , Mondal Subhasis , Panda Sumanta , Singh Luwangshangbam James
Published: August 2023

Banana corm act as a storage material for supporting new side shoot/sucker. It nourishes them by providing the reserved nutrients elements, however amounts of nutrients reserve in corms are not known. The experiment was conducted to evaluate dry matter and essential macronutrients elements (N, P, K, Ca and Mg) of thirty-three corms of different banana genotypes belonging to three different genomic composition. Dry matter content in the corms of the genotypes varied between 5.54 % in Madhuranga bale (AAB) and 23.81 % in Giant Governor (AAA). The nitrogen level in the corms of the genotypes varied between 0.17 % in Champa-IV (AAB) and 1.08 % in Alpan-Manhar (AAB). The phosphorus level in the corms of the genotypes varied between 3.65ppm in H531 (AAB) and 46.33ppm in Matta Poovan (AAB). The potassium level in the corms of the genotypes varied between 1.50% in Grand Naine (AAA) and 4.84% in Champa-I (AAB). The calcium level in the corms of the genotypes varied between 0.27% in Giant Governor and 1.20% in Martaman (AAB). The magnesium level in the corms of the genotypes varied between 0.38% in Giant Governor (AAA) and 1.13% in Green Bombay (ABB). The composition state that banana corm has sufficient nutrient for promoting propagules /suckers from the mother corm.
Assessing the Tolerance Impact of Fungal Isolates against Lead and Zinc Heavy Metals under Controlled Conditions
Authors: Prakash Subasty , Prasad Ravindra , Yadav P. K.
Published: August 2023

Now a day’s cultivated lands are being polluted with heavy metals which is become very common issue in the country as well as across the globe due to increase in geologic and anthropogenic activity. Because of human activity, there is excess release of heavy metals like cadmium, copper, lead, nickel, zinc, and/are going on increasing up to alarming level which may significantly affects the crop yield and soil micro flora as well. Reports revealed that biological treatments, especially filamentous fungi are playing an important role in removal of heavy metals from the contaminated environment of the ecosystem. Hence, in present study we have isolated filamentous fungi viz., Trichoderma spp. and Aspergillus niger from contaminated soil with heavy metals with aim to find their tolerance properties towards selective heavy metals such as, Lead and Zinc. Findings of our study highlighted that Trichoderma spp. have greater ability to grow under varying Zinc and Lead concentration and shows greater tolerance limit of 0.98 at 5mM of Zinc concentration and 0.83 tolerance limits at 100 ppm lead concentration. Similarly, the fungi Aspergillus niger has ability to grow faster at high lead concentration and shows tolerance limit of 1.07 at 200 ppm of lead concentration. Thus, it is concluded that the filament fungi namely Trichoderma spp. and Aspergillus niger are efficient in removal of toxic heavy metals from the polluted soil. Hence, we can employ these fungi individually or in consortium as effective agents for bioremediation of the contaminated soil in order to crop cultivation and enhancing the yield of useful crop plants for supplying the demand of growing population.
Affective poetics & Public access: the critical challenges of environmental art.
Authors: Williams Linda
Published: August 2023

While this paper recognises that the dominant discourses of contemporary art remain anthropocentric, it identifies environmental art as a relatively recent movement in a shift towards a nascent cultural recognition of shared human and nonhuman global ecologies. Using the heuristic contrast of a ‘slow’ art of affective poetics as against a ‘fast’ art of public accessibility, the paper aims to define some of the major critical challenges of contemporary environmental art. In particular, whilst acknowledging the pressing need for a cultural response to climate change and loss of biodiversity, it considers some of the problems in the use of what it refers to heuristically as ‘fast’ art as a means of proselytising an environmental message. On the other hand, the paper questions how a ‘slow’ art of affective poetics might be adapted to reach a wider public.
Green Planets: Ecology and Science Fiction
Authors: Burgmann James Richard
Published: August 2023

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The Haunting of Agent Orange within the Waters of Rivers and Bodies for Vietnamese Australians
Authors: Ngo Boi Huyen
Published: August 2023

In the context of climate change and the inevitable future of climate change refugees, there is the need to explore the intrinsic connection between migrants and their connection to the environment, particularly when they are changing environments (their biogregion), and homelands. This paper uses case study methodology in its examination of Agent Orange within the waters of Vietnam and Australia; it attempts to understand the haunting and the affects of water contamination within lived experiences of (un)belonging. Agent Orange was used by the U.S military in Vietnam as part of the herbicidal warfare program called Operation Ranch Hand. The Union Carbide Corporation chemical plant, which had produced Agent Orange for the Vietnam War, had one plant situated in Sydney, Australia by the Parramatta River. Parramatta River is a river in Western Sydney where many Vietnamese migrants, including my family, live. It is a popular landmark for picnics and events for Vietnamese families. The haunting upon my family, once they realised the presence of Agent Orange within the waters of their new homeland, has brought strong visceral and sensory memories of their experiences of the war and of migration. Their migration experience has taken a circular route, akin to the water contamination: Agent Orange has been produced in Australia, released in Vietnam and contaminated (and continues to contaminate) both Australia and Vietnam. Although they escaped Vietnam as refugees sailing on a boat across the waters, Agent Orange also has travelled, present within the waters in the river systems of both countries. Agent Orange's deadly legacy, ecocide, haunts Australian Vietnamese beyond physical and geographical space and time.
Serpents, Tsunami Boulders and Lightning
Authors: Randerson Janine
Published: August 2023

More-than-human cosmologies, as expressed in contemporary art practice, present a plane for sensing and feeling the extent of the ecological strain on our planet. The relationship between geos, biota and Anthropos is untenable; we are divided by forced climate displacements for humans and the rapid mass extinction for a plethora of flora and fauna. From the intensifying tropical cyclones in Te Moana-Nui-A-Kiwa, the Pacific Ocean in 2019–2020, to the swathes of violently destructive wildfires in Australia and California sparked on occasion by dry lightning and fanned by strong winds, we no longer need scientific projections to hear and feel the shattering signs of climate change. Even the bastions of contemporary art can’t escape the convergence of weather gone awry as art objects and more-than-human waters meet. Venice, where I visited the Japanese Pavilion described in this paper, was later swamped by a deluge of lagoon water during the 58th Art Biennale in 2019. To radically shift our dealings with “others” is an urgent demand from the biota to weather systems, displaced humans and the more-than-human, at a planetary, as well as a situated scale.

Keywords: more-than-human cosmologies, contemporary art, tsunami, experimental film, Len Lye, Venice Biennale, Te Moana-Nui-A-Kiwa, weather, planetary energies, Gayatri Spivak
Moving Beyond a Strange Spectatorship
Authors: Fetherston Rachel
Published: August 2023

What can nonhuman road trauma, more commonly referred to as ‘roadkill’, teach us about ecological crises and human culpability? Incidents of nonhuman road trauma could be described as strange encounters, revealing the shared trauma of the nonhumans and humans involved while simultaneously highlighting the supposed inevitability of such events. I argue that the choice to check the rearview mirror – to exhibit attentiveness and care in self-reflection – is an act of radical correspondence with the more-than-human. Such correspondence functions as a kind of non-spoken letter to both nonhumans and other human drivers; a letter calling for acts of care and attentiveness that acknowledge the nonhuman experience, mourn losses, and possibly instigate radical change when it comes to how nonhuman road trauma is thought about now and hopefully avoided in future. In her work on the ‘Anthropocene noir’, Deborah Bird Rose speaks of ‘the Anthropocene parallel’ in which humans are spectators of the suffering of nonhumans, and also spectators of a suffering that is our own. Written as both an essay and a personal log of my own experiences with nonhuman road trauma, this work draws on Rose’s idea in an attempt to reconcile the concept of what I term a ‘strange spectatorship’, in which humans observe, are implicated in, and turn away from the phenomenon of nonhuman road trauma and what such trauma reveals about human-nonhuman relations, particularly for settler-colonial Australians. Reflecting on anecdotal experiences as well as the representation of roadkill in Australian literature, I explore the strangeness perceived in how settler-colonial Australians are both actors and spectators in nonhuman road trauma. I grapple with the idea of such trauma as a means of better understanding the settler-colonial impact on Australian natural environments, and the consequences for both humans and nonhumans if we do not better address the ethical and ecological consequences of our modern road infrastructure.
Writing Strange Letters in the Garden, with Love and Fury
Authors: Mickelburgh Renee
Published: August 2023

French feminist philosopher Hélène Cixous says, ‘the book is a letter on the run’ ( White Ink 177) and I too have taken the letters of two Australian women gardeners on the run to create my thesis. I grasped the letters between wildflower illustrator Kathleen McArthur and poet Judith Wright and ran with them. I held them close as I grappled to understand how contemporary Australian women’s digital garden stories might work to create conditions of community and worlds in common. In corresponding about their gardens, the poet and the artist developed a deep friendship that bloomed into a broader conservation ethic and action. Their letters and deep female friendship evolved into a question about how to live in harmony with the more-than human world. They would go on to play vital roles in the protection of places I hold dear: The Great Barrier Reef, K’gari (Fraser Island) and the Cooloola National Park. As I held these letters close and analysed my own thesis findings the world around me suffered increasing, human-caused, environmental catastrophe and I felt myself writing with both love and fury, much like Wright did. I began writing strange letters to Kathleen McArthur, alongside letters to my supervisor Professor Liz Mackinlay. Through these letters I searched for what gardens said and did and felt when they were turned into stories. What happens to garden boundaries in this time of environmental love and loss, and digital connection?
Financial Technology and Accountancy Profession: Stakeholders’ Perspective in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Authors:   Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, Akwa Ibom State University, Aniekan OTUMO Utitofonidara , Etim UWAH Uwem ,   Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, Akwa Ibom State University
Published: August 2023

The study examined the influence of financial technologies (FinTech) on the accounting profession. It surveyed the perspectives of experts on the impacts of digital technologies on the accounting profession. The impacts on skills, tasks and work environment as well as the challenges of adoption of digital technologies by accountants in Akwa ibom state were studied. The descriptive survey research design was employed for the study. 127 certified accounting experts in Akwa ibom state were sampled for the survey. The researcher developed instrument titled “Digital technologies and Accounting professionals Questionnaire” was used for data collection. The study made use of primary data. Frequencies and descriptive statistics were used for answering the research questions while simple linear regression was used to test the hypothesis at .05 level of significance. Findings of the study showed that the digital technologies impacting the accounting professions are artificial intelligence, enterprise resource planning, internet of things (IoT), blockchain technology, cloud accounting technology and big data analysis. It was also established that audit technology has a significant positive effect on the accountancy profession. Also, disruptive technologies has a significant positive effect on the accountancy profession. It was recommended that in order to keep adding value for the company, accountants need to developed new skills and acquire new knowledge regarding the use of artificial intelligence and other digital solutions in modern business environment. Audit technologies should be increasingly embraced by accountants and accounting firms.
Analisis Efektivitas Dan Kontribusi Pajak Hotel Terhadap Pajak Daerah Tingkat Kabupaten/Kota Di Masa Pandemi COVID-19 Kabupaten Maros
Authors: Erdiani Erdiani , Sari Sri Nirmala , Burhan Imron
Published: August 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektivitas dan kontribusi pajak hotel terhadap pajak daerah tingkat kabupaten/kota di Kabupaten Maros. Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian kuantitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Data yang digunakan adalah data sekunder dan data primer. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tahun 2020 efektivitas pajak hotel pada bulan Januari, Februari dan Maret sangat efektif, April cukup efektif, Mei, Juni dan Juli tidak efektif, Agustus kurang efektif, September efektif, serta Oktober, November dan Desember sangat efektif. Sedangkan kontribusi pajak hotel terhadap pajak daerah Kabupaten Maros pada bulan Januari cukup berkontribusi, Februari berkontribusi, Maret cukup berkontribusi, April kurang berkontribusi, Mei, Juni dan Juli tidak berkontribusi, Agustus kurang berkontribusi serta September, Oktober, November dan Desember cukup berkontribusi. Penurunan efektivitas dan kontribusi pajak hotel terjadi karena adanya pembatasan sosial di masa pandemi COVID19 yang menyebabkan berkurangnya konsumen hotel dan beberapa wajib pajak hotel harus menutup hotelnya selama beberapa bulan. Pemerintah perlu melakukan workshop kepada wajib pajak hotel yang membahas bagaimana untuk tetap berpenghasilan ditengah pandemi COVID-19 agar dapat meningkatkan efektivitas dan kontribusi pajak hotel terhadap pajak daerah tingkat kabupaten/kota
The Proletariat Class Struggle Portrayal In AKMU’S Dinosaur: Marxism Approach
Authors: Meutia Sani Sitti Kamila , Lirishati Soethama Putu , Detriasmita Saientisna Made , Seri Malini Ni Luh Nyoman
Published: August 2023

This research discusses the portrayal of the proletariat social class in AKMU's song entitled Dinosaur. This descriptive qualitative research focuses on finding out the class struggle suffered by the proletariat class in South Korea due to the 1998 monetary crisis portrayed by the lyrics of Dinosaur by AKMU, from the Marxism theory by Karl Marx. The song title Dinosaur itself is a metaphor in the context of debt collectors. On that account, the view of the proletariat social class put forward by Karl Marx (1867) is a propitious match for a song analysis in Dinosaur by AKMU. Data were collected by observing the lyrics, music videos, and related interviews with AKMU as the writer, composer, and singer. The data was flocked together by the note-taking approach to discover data to latch onto valid information related. The conclusion shows that Dinosaur by AKMU portrays economic conditions between the proletariat and the ubiquitousness of debt collectors in South Korea due to the 1998 monetary crisis. The solidity of the debt collector industry was bolstered by the emergence of families from the lower middle class who have entangled in the instability of the poverty rate in South Korea at the time the song Dinosaur was released.
Code Switching Used in Novel “The Player” By Alia Zalea
Authors: Ayudhea Putri Wayan Denaya , Seri Malini Ni Luh Nyoman , Suastra I Made , Saientisna Made Detriasmita
Published: August 2023

This study aims at identifying the types and functions of code-switching uttered by the characters in the novel “The Player”. The data was taken from the novel “The Player” by an Indonesian female author, Aliazalea published in 2020. This study used a theory proposed by Hoffman (1991) to identify the types of code-switching. Furthermore, the theory proposed by Gumperz (1982) was used to identify the functions applied in the code-switching found in the novel. The content analysis method was used to analyze the data with descriptive presentation. As a result, 35 codes switching were found in the characters in the novel. The types of code-switching proposed by Hoffman (1991) are inter-sentential switching occurred 9 times, intra-sentential switching occurred 15 times, and emblematic switching occurred 11 times. There are 3 functions implied in the code-switching found from 6 functions proposed by Gumperz (1982). They are interjection, message qualification, and personalization. The other 3 functions are quotation, addressee specification, and reiteration which do not appear in the data. From the analysis, it could be concluded that intra-sentential switching is the type of code-switching most frequently used by the characters. Personalization is the function most frequently implied in code-switching as the characters tend to convey their thoughts by switching the language.
An Analysis Of Archetypes Of Alicia Brenson In Alex Michaelides’ The Silent Patient
Authors: Safitri Desy , Anggraeni Diana , Arie Bowo Tri
Published: August 2023

This study focuses on archetypes topics on the character of Alicia in The Silent Patient novel. The purpose of this study is to examine both characterizations and archetypes of Alicia. The method employed in this study is descriptive qualitative. The data was derived from the narration and dialogue of the figures in the novel. This study uses the characterization concept of James H. Pickering & Jeffrey D. Hoeper and the theory of the archetypes by Carl Gustav Jung. The result of this archetype analysis was then highlighted by the characterization analysis of Alicia. In detail, 23 data were spotted to characterize Alicia, and each data was divided into two parts of the characterization: (1) the Telling Method (6 data from characterization through appearance, and 11 data from characterization by the author); (2) the Showing Method (3 data from characterization through dialogue, and 2 data from characterization through action). It was also found that some characterizations shown by Alicia, say coward, selfish, frustrated, cunning, liar, manipulative, unsympathetic, aggressive, violent, temperament, anxious, vengeful, cruel, arrogant, ambitious, impulsive, anger, pessimistic, unstable, and sensitive. There were 23 archetypes found in Alicia with 11 out of 23 data dominated by shadow. Then, there were 6 persona, 3 animus, and 3 self-data found in Alicia
Evaluation of Character Education Program Based on School Culture
Authors: Murcahyanto Hary , Mohzana Mohzana
Published: August 2023

This study aims to describe the context, input, process, and product of a character education program based on school culture. The research design used is an evaluative model. Oral and written data were obtained from interviews, observation, and documentation techniques. The analysis uses 4 stages, namely, data display data reduction and conclusion drawing. Text and discourse interpretation techniques with critical hermeneutic methods. The results and conclusions of this study are Context evaluation aspects which include components of program planning, needs analysis, and determination of program implementation objectives have been carried out well, but in terms of determining the priority of the main values and the stage of socializing the priority of the program's main values, it is not optimal. Aspects of evaluation Input include components of standard qualifications for principals, program design, qualifications of educators and education staff, and support from parents and guardians, curriculum development at the education unit level has been carried out well, but the carrying capacity of infrastructure is still inadequate. Aspects of product evaluation and internalization of the main values of character education have shown good results.
Enjeux du lyrisme critique. Lectures d’Agamben, de Benjamin et de Cavalcanti
Authors: Manzari Francesca
Published: August 2023

Dans l’introduction de Stanze, Giorgio Agamben rappelle le projet de « poésie universelle » du Cercle d’Iéna qui visait « l’[abolition de] la distinction entre poésie et discipline critico-philologique ». La qualification de critique peut dès lors être seulement conférée aux œuvres qui accueillent leur propre négation, qui se donnent pour objet ce qui est toujours déjà en fuite. Le projet de cette tâche impossible s’accomplit dans une « topologie de l’irréel » qui est le propre de la forme poétique de la stanza, la strophe de la canzone médiévale toscane. En elle réside le souffle d’amour, le spiritus fantasticus à partir duquel il est possible de penser une théorie du langage poétique et du lyrisme critique comme dépassement de la fracture métaphysique de la présence.
Allégresse du poème
Authors: Rabaté Dominique
Published: August 2023

Cet article tente de caractériser le sentiment d’allégresse que procure parfois le poème lyrique, sa capacité contagieuse d’élation. Il le fait en dépliant la lecture de La Jonction autour des opérations – lyriques par excellence – de jonction et de disjonction que le livre effectue.
L’interprétation à l’épreuve de l’écoute : voix de lecture, lyrisme de la critique chez Maurice Blanchot
Authors: Perreault Isabelle
Published: August 2023

Le lyrisme de la critique – ainsi est-ce l’hypothèse que j’aimerais déplier – surgirait dans la conduite ouverte d’une lecture, sorte de mise à l’écoute d’une œuvre dans laquelle le soi ferait ricochet, non pour se donner en spectacle, mais pour faire vibrer et amplifier la singularité d’une interprétation comme « une disposition de résonance ». Cet engagement sensible de la pensée serait corollaire de la révolution, au cœur des années 1950-1970, des façons d’envisager l’écriture, la pensée et les pratiques de lecture. Tout particulièrement, la tentation lyrique de la critique, au moment où le structuralisme, dans un « rapprochement subit de l’espace littéraire avec le travail scientifique », signe l’impersonnalité de son langage, répondrait d’un sujet plus que jamais en défaut de consistance, se ressaisissant dans les survivances, les traces d’une sensibilité engagée, faute d’être incarnée dans une identité établie.
Deviner le passé. À propos d’une note de bas de page de Carlo Ginzburg
Authors: Pic Muriel
Published: August 2023

Le point de départ de cette réflexion est la note de bas de page 48 de l’essai publié par Carlo Ginzburg en 1979, « Traces. Racines d’un paradigme indiciaire », où il est question d’une « épistémologie de type divinatoire ». À partir de cette note, j’ai voulu interroger les enjeux d’une théorie des connaissances mineures (non systématiques, non réitérables, comme l’intuition, l’analogie, la conjecture, des techniques informelles de savoir) pour les sciences humaines. Cette recherche a été guidée par une conviction d’écrivaine, qui publie par ailleurs des récits et des poèmes documentaires à partir d’archives privées, trouvées, institutionnelles. On peut qualifier le montage qui s’opère alors de « lyrisme critique », un lyrisme exact, mais qui donne voix aux traces, donne de la voix avec et pour les traces, ne renonce pas à l’expérience subjective de l’archive. Ce lyrisme pense et pleure, questionne et s’émeut, argumente et imagine, il donne forme publique à ce qui est souvent l’oublié de la res publica.
La poétique du montage comme singulier sentir-penser. Bruissements du lyrisme critique dans En regardant le sang des bêtes (2017) de Muriel Pic1
Authors: Lahouste Corentin
Published: August 2023

Cet article se penche sur En regardant le sang des bêtes de Muriel Pic, court essai paru en 2017 qui, comme son titre l’indique ouvertement, est composé à partir du visionnage du court-métrage Le Sang des bêtes de Georges Franju. Totalement imprégné par la question du mourir, il déploie une forme d’écriture lyrique qui repose en grande partie sur le dispositif de montage qui lui est central. On voit ainsi comment il est construit selon une logique du soubresaut. De plus, y est mis en avant la manière dont l’écrivaine-chercheuse active un fil de mémoire sémantique à partir d’une production culturelle antérieure, en ne cessant de jouer de divers décalages et déplacements. On souligne et analyse en outre comment cette œuvre hybride et délinéaire, tout entière articulée autour de la question de l’irregardable, permet non seulement de prendre de revers l’insupportable mais aussi de mettre en mouvement le cadre qu’elle investit à travers une investigation multidimensionnelle qui vient stimuler un singulier sentir-penser.
Blanchot, critique
Authors: Gutjahr Marco
Published: August 2023

Rares sont les textes dans lesquels Maurice Blanchot s’interroge explicitement sur l’idée qu’il se fait de sa propre pratique de critique littéraire. Lorsqu’en 1959, dans un texte dédié à la critique littéraire, il se demande « Qu’en est-il de la critique ? », on a donc là un indice du fait que l’auteur de cette question a déjà cessé de croire que nous vivons à « l’âge de la critique » (Emmanuel Kant). Et pourtant, comme le montre son bref essai en une lecture pertinente, il est toujours possible de parler de critique, même si une telle critique remet inexorablement en jeu la conception traditionnelle de la critique et de la critique littéraire en s’éloignant apparemment des fondements sur lesquels la philosophie kantienne des Lumières avait bâti sa pensée critique. En recourant à Heidegger et à Foucault, on parvient dans cet article à concrétiser la question blanchotienne du néant de la critique, véritablement ontologique, comme l’art de n’être pas gouverné à un tel point par telle ou telle vérité, signification ou pouvoir. Tant la littérature que la critique seraient ainsi des stratégies de désassujettissement dans le jeu des significations et des effets de pouvoir, et la tâche de la critique littéraire, en particulier, serait dès lors de préparer le bonheur de la lecture, ainsi délesté et libéré.
Determinantal Point Process Attention Over Grid Codes Supports Out of Distribution Generalization
Authors: Mondal Shanka Subhra , Frankland Steven , Webb Taylor W. , Cohen Jonathan D.
Published: August 2023

Deep neural networks have made tremendous gains in emulating human-like intelligence, and have been used increasingly as ways of understanding how the brain may solve the complex computational problems on which this relies. However, these still fall short of, and therefore fail to provide insight into how the brain supports strong forms of generalization of which humans are capable. One such case is out-of-distribution (OOD) generalization— successful performance on test examples that lie outside the distribution of the training set. Here, we identify properties of processing in the brain that may contribute to this ability. We describe a two-part algorithm that draws on specific features of neural computation to achieve OOD generalization, and provide a proof of concept by evaluating performance on two challenging cognitive tasks. First we draw on the fact that the mammalian brain represents metric spaces using grid-like representations (e.g., in entorhinal cortex): abstract representations of relational structure, organized in recurring motifs that cover the representational space. Second, we propose an attentional mechanism that operates over these grid representations using determinantal point process (DPP-A) - a transformation that ensures maximum sparseness in the coverage of that space. We show that a loss function that combines standard task-optimized error with DPP-A can exploit the recurring motifs in grid codes, and can be integrated with common architectures to achieve strong OOD generalization performance on analogy and arithmetic tasks. This provides both an interpretation of how grid codes in the mammalian brain may contribute to generalization performance, and at the same time a potential means for improving such capabilities in artificial neural networks.
Smith-Magenis syndrome protein Rai1 regulates body weight homeostasis through hypothalamic Bdnf-producing neurons and TrkB signalling
Authors: Javed Sehrish , Chang Ya-Ting , Cho Yoobin , Lee Yu-Ju , Chang Hao-Cheng , Haque Minza , Lin Yu Cheng , Huang Wei-Hsiang
Published: August 2023

Retinoic acid-induced 1
(
RAI1
) haploinsufficiency causes Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS), a genetic disorder with symptoms including hyperphagia, hyperlipidemia, severe obesity, and autism phenotypes. Rai1 is a transcriptional regulator with a pan-neural expression pattern and hundreds of downstream targets. The mechanisms linking neural
Rai1
to body weight regulation remain unclear. Here we find that hypothalamic brain-derived neurotrophic factor (Bdnf)-TrkB signalling is disrupted in SMS (

Rai1
+/-

) mice. Selective Rai1 loss from all Bdnf-producing cells or from Bdnf-producing neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVH) induced obesity in mice. Electrophysiological recordings revealed that
Rai1
ablation increased inhibitory synaptic transmission to PVH
Bdnf
neurons and decreased intrinsic neuronal excitability. Chronic treatment of SMS mice with a partial agonist of tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB), the cognate Bdnf receptor, delayed obesity onset. This treatment also partially rescued disrupted lipid profiles, insulin intolerance, and stereotypical repetitive behaviour in SMS mice. These data argue that Rai1 regulates body weight and metabolic function through hypothalamic Bdnf-producing neurons and that targeting TrkB signalling might improve associated SMS phenotypes.
La formación del profesorado de español para inmigrantes en todos los contextos educativos
Authors:   Departamento de Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Granada, Níkleva Dimitrinka G. , García-Viñolo Miguel ,   Universidad Católica Pázmány Péter
Published: August 2023

Esta investigación se centra en la formación de los profesores en todos los contextos educativos para enseñar el español como segunda lengua (EL2) a inmigrantes. Se realiza en el marco de un proyecto I+D (EDU2013-43868-P), titulado “La formación de los docentes de español para inmigrantes en diferentes contextos educativos”. Los sujetos participantes en el estudio son 151 profesores de distintos contextos educativos en España: Universidad, Educación Primaria y Secundaria, aulas ATAL o de enlace, Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas, academias y asociaciones humanitarias. El instrumento de investigación es un cuestionario compuesto por 47 ítems, diseñados para valorar la formación específica recibida y la capacidad real para enseñar el español a inmigrantes. El análisis de datos se realiza con el programa estadístico SPSS y se aplican las técnicas de análisis descriptivo y de inferencia. Los resultados confirman que los docentes necesitan y reclaman una mayor formación específica que varía en su temática en función de la experiencia del profesor y de su centro de trabajo. Los profesores que han impartido español solo a alumnos nativos no son conscientes de las diferencias que implica la enseñanza a inmigrantes. No se han encontrado estudios previos que midan la formación y la capacidad real de los profesores para enseñar el español a inmigrantes. Consideramos que el presente estudio es pionero en este campo, además de relevante, porque la adquisición de la competencia comunicativa en español es la vía más eficaz para la integración social y cultural de los inmigrantes.
El desarrollo diacrónico de la construcción disponerse a + INF
Authors:   Departamento de Lengua Castellana y Literatura, Universidad Católica del Maule, Garrido Sepúlveda Claudio , Avaca Avaca Ricardo ,   Departamento de Lengua Castellana y Literatura, Universidad Católica del Maule, Bórquez Reyes Francisco ,   Departamento de Lengua Castellana y Literatura, Universidad Católica del Maule, Gutiérrez Salas Brayan ,   Departamento de Lengua Castellana y Literatura, Universidad Católica del Maule, Suazo Cáceres Carla ,   Departamento de Lengua Castellana y Literatura, Universidad Católica del Maule
Published: August 2023

En el presente artículo, se analiza el desarrollo histórico de la construcción disponerse a + INF, como portadora de un valor aspectual de inminencia. En concreto, se exploran aquellos criterios léxico-gramaticales que permiten observar el proceso de gramaticalización y construccionalización de dicho esquema. Además, se estudia la expansión semántica desde el valor inminencial al incoativo y causativo. A través del artículo, se realizan contrastes con la trayectoria diacrónica de poner(se), puesto que esta forma ha ejercido un influjo analógico sobre disponer(se). Desde una perspectiva teórica, se interactúa con el modelo de la gramaticalización y con la gramática de construcciones aplicados al estudio histórico de las perífrasis verbales. En el plano metodológico, la investigación se sustenta en la elaboración de una base de datos con el registro integral de los ejemplos procedentes del CORDE, lo que permite proyectar análisis lingüísticos cuantitativos, además de cualitativos. Como resultado, se describe el estado de gramaticalización y construccionalización del ítem, se explora la cronología de sus valores inminenciales, incoativos y causativos, y se reflexiona sobre la proximidad de la construcción con el paradigma de las perífrasis verbales aspectuales.
Review of The Oxford Handbook of the Pentateuch
Authors: Rendsburg Gary A.
Published: August 2023

The Oxford Handbook of the Pentateuch. Edited by Joel S. Baden and Jeffrey Stackert. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. Pp. xvi + 572. $145.
Another Life of the First Emperor
Authors: Pines Yuri
Published: August 2023

Antony Barbieri-Low presents an engaging and well researched analysis of the changing image of the First Emperor of Qin throughout centuries. Yet the study suffers from insufficient attention to nuances of Chinese political culture, from outright dismission of looted manuscripts (some of which are essential for understanding the Qin), and, primarily, from the author’s own biases. Do these biases suggest the author’s desire to use the First Emperor as a foil in U .S . political debates?
Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution of Anurans in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Authors: Majid Abdul , Azim Soneela , Nawaz Kamran , Din Siraj U
Published: August 2023

Aims: This paper presents a comprehensive study of the Anuran fauna of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, which was conducted across nine districts.  After the collection and identification of specimens from the study area, their diversity, relative abundance (RA), and distribution (C) were evaluated to understand their distribution patterns within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Place and Duration of Study: Anurans were collected from the districts of Peshawar, Dir, Bannu, Buner, Charsadda, Chitral, Karak, Lakki Marwat, and Haripur of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from July to September 2021 and from April to June 2022.

Study Design: Visual encounter surveys were conducted during different seasons, encompassing both daytime and nighttime observations near various water bodies such as water channels, small pools, and microhabitats suitable for the anurans. Emphasis was placed on the collection of specimens from diverse habitats. The collected specimens underwent thorough morphological and morphometric analyses to accurately identify the species.

Methodology: In total, 190 specimens were collected and transported to the laboratory for identification. The collected specimens were euthanized, carefully arranged, and preserved in glass jars filled with a 10% formalin solution. Accurate species identification was achieved through the utilization of authentic literature, updated taxonomic keys, and observation and measurement of morphological and morphometric parameters.

Results: The specimens that were examined and identified belonged to two families, Bufonidae and Dicroglossidae, and five genera. Two genera were observed in the Bufonidae family, Duttaphrynus and Bufotes. The Dicroglossidae family comprised three genera: Hoplobatrachus, Euphlyctis, and Allopaa. In the current study, seven different species were identified: Duttaphrynus stomaticus, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, Bufotes surdus from the Bufonidae family, and Hoplobatrachus tigerinus, Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis, Euphlyctis kalasgramensis, and Allopaa hazarensis from the Dicroglossidae family. Duttaphrynus stomaticus was the most abundant species found at all the study sites (C=88.8% and RA=44.2%), whereas Euphlyctis kalasgramensis and Allopaa hazarensis were sporadic (C=11.1% and RA=0.52%), and (C=11.1% and RA=2.10%), respectively. Furthermore, this research unveils the first-ever report of Euphlyctis kalasgramensis within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, specifically in the Peshawar District, while Allopaa hazarensis was solely reported in the Dir district.

Conclusion: The study found that Duttaphrynus stomaticus exhibited a vast distribution across all nine districts surveyed.  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, being an ecologically diverse area, holds diverse anuran fauna. Taxonomic revision of the anuran fauna using both classical and molecular approaches may yield several new taxa. This will further help in the study of biology and conservation as well as the ecological role of anurans. The current taxonomic work may require improvement.
Awareness and Perception of Farmers and Dealers on Nano Urea in Gondia District of Maharashtra, India
Authors: Vishakha K. , Deepa N. , Rohini A. , Vidhyavathi A. , Ravikumar R.
Published: August 2023

This study investigates farmers' and traders' perceptions of nano urea in the Gondia district of Maharashtra. By providing accurate and long-lasting nutrient management, nano urea, a fertilizer based on nanotechnology, has the potential to revolutionize agriculture. Nearly 120 farmers and 50 merchants were polled as part of the study utilizing a multistage random sampling method. The findings showed that most farmers use nano urea in their fields and are aware of it. The adoption of nano urea by farmers was found to be highly correlated with education. Dealers were well aware of nano urea and eager to sell it since they recognized its benefits in terms of compatibility, storage capacity, and ease of use. However, some farmers voiced their displeasure with lesser paddy field yields and comprehension challenges. The paper discusses the difficulties in implementing and using nano urea in agriculture while highlighting its promise.
Organotoxic Effect of Aqueous Extract of Justicia secunda Vahl. Leaf in Wistar Rats
Authors: Ajayi Ebenezer Babatunde , Adeyeni Eezkiel Gbadebo , Igereh Bibiana Letura , Bamgbose Janet Titilayo , Majolagbe Olusola Nathaniel , Odinakaose Ezediuno Louis
Published: August 2023

Aims: Justicia secunda is a widely distributed plant that is used in the traditional improvement of well-being and treatment of several illnesses and diseases, including anemia. There is limited research on the effect of extracts of the plant on body and organ weights and their effects on organ architecture.

Study Design: This was a laboratory-based study.

Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at the Chemistry and Biochemistry Resources Research Laboratory of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of Hallmark University, Ijebu-IItele, Ogun State, Nigeria, from July 2021 to September 2022.

Methodology: This research therefore investigated the toxicity of an aqueous extract of J. secunda leaf on selected organs in male Wistar rats. Mature male rats (15) were divided into three groups (n = 5): Group I (the negative control) received distilled water; Group II and Group III received 200 and 300 mg/Kg doses of the extract, respectively, via oral route, once daily for 14 days. The rats were weighed before being sacrificed; the weights of the kidneys, liver, heart, and spleen were also determined, and histological analysis was carried out on the heart, kidneys, and liver.

Results: There was significant (p<0.001) concentration-dependent reduction in body weights with hepatomegaly in the extract-administered rats. The kidneys of Group III rats were significantly (p<0.05) larger than those of the negative control group. Histology revealed severe vascular congestion and edema in the liver of Group III rats and inflammation in the hearts of Group II rats.

Conclusion: This study shows that repeated usage of the aqueous extract of Justicia secunda leaf should be done with caution due to its negative effects on the liver and the heart in rats.

Keywords: Justicia secunda, Hepatomegaly, vascular congestion, weight-reduction, extract inflammatory, toxicity.