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Gary Lachman, Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll and the Wickedest Man in the World
Authors: Slagle Amy
Published: March 2023

Gary Lachman, Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll and the Wickedest Man in the World (New York: Jeremy Tarcher/ 2014), 387 p, $19 (paper), $11.99 (ebook).
Murphy Pizza, Paganistan: Contemporary Community in Minnesota’s Twin Cities
Authors: Charbonneau Marisol
Published: March 2023

Murphy Pizza, Paganistan: Contemporary Community in Minnesota’s Twin Cities (Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, 2014), 150 pp., $99.95 (hardback)
Creativity, Spirituality, and Awen
Authors: Driscoll Dana
Published: March 2023

This study applies learning theory to explore bardic arts (creative practices) in the modern Druid revival movement, offering broad data from nine countries, with 266 surveys and follow-up interviews with fourteen Druids. Through this mixed-methods dataset, the research explores how different Druids take up the bardic arts as a spiritual practice, how they conceptualize “Awen” (divine or creative inspiration), and how bardic arts are central to spiritual life. The study also explores the concept of bardic community through Eisteddfodau, or bardic circles, within US contexts. These circles where bards celebrate with stories, songs, and music. A discussion of overcoming cultural challenges and talent-based mindsets, the role of community in the bardic arts, and a discussion about future possibilities for research is included.
On the borders of ska
Authors: Stendebach Steven
Published: March 2023

On Tales from the Border: Skank for Choice (2019), a benefit album to support local reproductive rights organizations in Rio Grande Valley, Texas band L@s Skagaler@s position their music and ska in general as an explicitly activist space. Despite calling the album and accompanying concert ‘ska themed’, musically, the album features little of ska’s elements: upstroke rhythms, prominent brass and walking bass lines—the hallmarks of ska music—are all absent. Instead, the album offers three hardcore tracks, before the band’s drummer takes center stage and delivers three bilingual hip-hop songs. This article seeks to understand what ‘ska’ as a signifier means in this context. It posits that L@s Skagaler@s utilizes double meanings, such as ‘skank’ in the title and a feminist pseudonym, to gesture toward both ska’s history and feminist activism. Ultimately, this highlights the anti-racist and anti-colonial moments in the genre’s history, while also posing a corrective to the depoliticized ‘third-wave ska’ sound.
pandemic disco
Authors: Sierzputowski Konrad
Published: March 2023

The COVID-19 crisis has brought unprecedented disruption to the social and economic status quo and has redefined music culture. The sudden shift from a collective to an exclusively private music experience has undoubtedly changed both the market and listening practices. Live shows and club culture have been suspended. However, while disco clubs remain closed, private apartments become the only possible dancefloor. Surprisingly, nostalgic disco albums have been very popular among listeners during the past coronavirus year. Artists like Dua Lipa, Jessie Ware, Róisín Murphy and Kylie Minogue have presented disco utopias that have carried the listeners into a world before pandemic. Although disco albums are full of joyful synthesizer sounds, they also resonate with trauma from the past. At their core we can find traces of another epidemic that never came to an end: the HIV/AIDS epidemic. My goal is to show continuity between musical responses to different pandemics and to interpret the side effects of the (pre) COVID disco nostalgia, which, while giving hope, reminds us that HIV/AIDS is not yet a closed case.
Yuhang Li, Becoming Guanyin: Artistic Devotion of Buddhist Women in Late Imperial China
Authors: Mosher Lucinda
Published: March 2023

Yuhang Li, Becoming Guanyin: Artistic Devotion of Buddhist Women in Late Imperial China. New York: Columbia University Press (2020)
Lifting Brides/Lifting Enemies
Authors: Morales-Harley Roberto
Published: March 2023

The paper examines four lifting scenes in the Mahabharata: (1) Bhisma lifting Amba, Ambika and Ambalika (1.96), (2) Arjuna lifting Subhadra (1.212), (3) Susarman lifting Virata / Bhima lifting Susarman (4.32), and (4) Arjuna lifting Uttara (4.36). Its main claim is that the bride abductions provide the key elements in terms of textual materials for the enemy ‘abductions’, which may then be seen as adaptations. This reading contributes to the understanding of some auctorial techniques within the Mahabharata, such as depictions of masculinity, comical reversals and self-references in general.
Obsolete Weapons in the Mahabharata
Authors: Babkiewicz Andrzej , Sellmer Sven
Published: March 2023

The paper deals with four weapons that appear in the Mahabharata, but are never, or only exceptionally, employed in real combat: plough (hala), wheel/disc (cakra), thunderbolt (vajra) and trident (trisula). In each case, an attempt to reconstruct the prehistory of the weapon is made, the textual and material evidence is examined, and a hypothesis is presented as to how the weapon was imagined by the authors and recipients of the epic.
Art of Storytelling
Authors: Greaves Laxshmi Rose
Published: March 2023

This article focuses on two exquisitely carved stone panels from Rajaona in Lakhisarai district, Bihar, depicting animated scenes from the Ramayana. The panels were first reported by Frederick Asher in 1986 and since his concise overview no further analysis has been forthcoming. This article seeks to identify the seven Ramayana episodes represented across the two panels and to analyse them within the broader context of early visual Ramayanas, and especially those from Bihar and Bengal. Contrary to what has previously been suggested, the scenes depicted are from the Yuddhakanda of the Ramayana, and of the seven parts, most comprise the earliest extant visual renderings of these stories. The panels have previously been dated to the Gupta period (c.319–550 ce) but following a stylistic analysis I propose instead an early post-Gupta date. This suggested dating conforms with the trajectory of Ramayana imagery in early India, which otherwise does not seem to have been adopted on temples in the eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent until the late sixth/early seventh century.
When Blame Turns into Praise
Authors: Anandakichenin Suganya
Published: March 2023

This article examines how Villiputturar’s fourteenth-century Paratam, the most important Tamil retelling of the Mahabharata, focuses on Sisupala’s tirade against Krsna at Yudhisthira’s sacrifice. This passage, which has fascinated many poets across the subcontinent over many centuries, is dealt with interestingly by Villiputturar, an erudite Srivaisnava scholar and possibly a court poet. While his knowledge of the Sanskrit texts clearly shows in his verses, there is also something very peculiar in his treatment of Sisupala and his speech that is unique, and which could be the result of the Alvars’, and perhaps even the Srivaisnava Acaryas’, compositions. This article will examine the words of Villiputturar’s Sisupala in light of a selection of texts, and will also assess his impact on the later Tamil poets, notably on the two poets who rendered the Bhagavatapurana into the vernacular language barely a century or two later.
Tantra, Ritual, Performance and Politics in Nepal and Kerala: Embodying the Goddess Clan, by Matthew Martin
Authors: Constantini Lucy May
Published: March 2023

Tantra, Ritual, Performance and Politics in Nepal and Kerala: Embodying the Goddess Clan, by Matthew Martin. Leiden: Brill, 2020. 265 pp., €124.00/$149.00. ISBN 978-9-00-443899-6.
When Words Trump Politics: Resisting a Hostile Regime of Language Adam Hodges (2020)
Authors: Carreon Elizabeth
Published: March 2023

When Words Trump Politics: Resisting a Hostile Regime of Language Adam Hodges (2020) Stanford: Stanford Briefs. Pp. 181 ISBN: 9781503610798 (pbk) ISBN: 9781503610804 (eBook)
AVALIAÇÃO DA MATURIDADE NA GESTÃO DE SEGURANÇA DE BARRAGENS DE REJEITOS
Authors: Araujo Franknelli , CRUZ Claudinei Oliveira
Published: March 2023

Motivado pelas recentes rupturas de barragens de rejeitos no Brasil, o presente estudo analisa a luz da legislação brasileira atual a maturidade da gestão de riscos destas estruturas. O estudo utiliza de referências e metodologias já existentes de gestão de riscos em outros setores da economia, tanto da esfera pública quanto privada. O objetivo é propor um novo método para avaliação objetiva da maturidade do processo de gestão de riscos de qualquer empresa que possua entre seus ativos, barragens de rejeitos de mineração. Formada por blocos de perguntas, o método reflete os princípios da ISO 31000, estabelecendo métricas para todas as etapas do processo de gestão de riscos, desde a identificação de riscos, mensuração, tratamento e comunicação. Em um segundo momento, um estudo de caso compara a maturidade da gestão de riscos entre três mineradoras distintas, servindo como um exemplo concreto de aplicação da metodologia proposta.
Analysis of leukogram parameters and blood cytokine profile in tick-borne infections of various etiologies
Authors: Voronkova Olga V. , Ilyinskikh Ekaterina N. , Hasanova Rezeda R. , Esimova Irina E. , Semenov Albert G. , Karpova Maria R. , Motlokhova Elizaveta A. , Chernyshov Nikita A. , Yampolskaya Olesya V. , Yampolskaya Anastasiya V.
Published: March 2023

Introduction. Studies aimed at identifying pathogenetic features of tick-borne natural focal infections depending on etiological agent are relevant to seek out for new associations of biomarkers characterizing the structural and functional phenotype of immune cells significant for the differential diagnosis and prognosis of diseases. The aim of the study was to evaluate the parameters of a leukogram with an expanded profile in relation to the parameters of cytokine status in patients with viral tick-borne encephalitis as well as erythemic tick-borne borreliosis at acute stage of the disease. Materials and methods. The study involved 28 patients with the non-erythemic tick-borne borreliosis and 27 patients with tick-borne encephalitis at the acute stage of the disease, as well as 16 healthy individuals (control group). Venous blood samples were examined using a Sysmex XN1000 analyzer based on reflex testing technology with extended profile allowing to characterize leukocyte reaction during infection and inflammation, including parameters such as the absolute and relative count of immature granulocytes (IG), neutrophil granularity index (NEUT-GI), neutrophil reactivity index (NEUT-RI), count of reactive lymphocytes (RE-LYMP), count of antibody-producing lymphocytes (AS-LYMP). Concentrationof IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IFN and TNF in blood serum was determined by enzyme immunoassay using specific reagent kits (Vector-Best, Russia). Results. It was found that changes in the quantitative composition of blood leukocytes in patients with viral tick-borne encephalitis and non-erythemic form of tick-borne borreliosis have a unidirectional tendency characterized by increased count of metabolically active neutrophils (NEUT-RI) and a decreased count of reactive lymphocytes (RE-LYMP) compared to healthy individuals. Changes in the leukogram occur along with high blood concentration of proinflammatory cytokines IL-8 and TNF and a low level of IFN. A positive direct correlation was revealed between the fluorescence intensity parameter characterizing the metabolic activity of neutrophil granulocytes (NEUT-RI) and blood serum IL-8 level both in tick-borne encephalitis (r = 0.422, p 0.05) and non-erythemic form of tick-borne borreliosis (r = 0.551, p 0.05). Additionally, in the former, a positive correlation was established between the total leukocyte count (WBC) and concentration of TNF in the blood serum (r = 0.532, p 0.05).
Differences in immune response in patients with chronic opisthorchiasis invasion related to clinical manifestations of hepatobiliary system diseases
Authors: Grigorieva Svetlana A. , Stepanova Ksenia B. , Stepanova Tatyana F. , Kalgina Galina A. , Kurlaeva Lyubov V.
Published: March 2023

The aim of the study was to identify differences in the immune response in chronic opisthorchiasis with or without clinical manifestations of hepatobiliary system diseases. A comparison of laboratory parameters of immune system functioning (lymphocyte phenotypes detected by flow cytometry, concentrations of immunoglobulins and cytokines, indicators of nonspecific resistance) in patients with chronic opisthorchiasis (caused by Opisthorchis felineus) lacking clinical manifestations and with manifestations of cholecystitis, cholangitis, pancreatitis, gastritis, gastroduodenitis, confirmed by ultrasound and FGDS. It was found that the immunological parameters of the innate immune response were increased in all patients with chronic opisthorchiasis compared with the control group of apparently healthy subjects, which indicates activated macrophage-phagocytic arm in patients with opisthorchiasis invasion. The indicator of the stimulated NBT test is maximal in chronic opisthorchiasis without hepatobiliary system diseases, in case of comorbidity with such diseases it declines, but remains significantly higher than the values of the control group. This may be due to the exhaustion in the reserve capabilities of bactericidal neutrophil systems in patients with symptoms of damage to the hepatobiliary system due to prolonged inflammation. Indicators of the cellular arm in patients with chronic opisthorchiasis without clinical manifestations of hepatobiliary system diseases demonstrate a decrease in the absolute and relative level of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes. In the group with picture of hepatobiliary system disorders, an even deeper imbalance of indicators is revealed: the relative and absolute level of lymphocytes, the absolute count of T-lymphocytes are reduced, which may indicate about involvement of cellular immunity in the pathogenesis of complications of chronic opisthorchiasis. In all examined patients with chronic opisthorchiasis, the humoral immune response was also activated the total immunoglobulin E was significantly increased; at the same time, in patients with hepatobiliary system lesions, this parameter increases even more and a decrease in B-lymphocytes is detected. In all patients with chronic opisthorchiasis, there is also an increased level of proinflammatory cytokine IL-8, which rises even more in the group with hepatobiliary system diseases. The data obtained indicate the involvement of all arms of the immune response in a prominent inflammatory process when chronic opisthorchiasis is complicated by clinically overt hepatobiliary system diseases: the degree of deviation in the indicators of the innate and adaptive immune response from the norm and from those in uncomplicated opisthorchiasis increases.
Production and validation of an educational video on the use of the Z-Track Technique
Authors: Magnabosco Patricia , Godoy Simone de , Mendes Isabel Amélia Costa , Raponi Maria Beatriz Guimarães , Toneti Bruna Francielle , Marchi-Alves Leila Maria
Published: March 2023

ABSTRACT Objective: to create and validate an educational video on intramuscular drug administration using the Z-track technique. Methods: the Delphi Technique was used to validate the script. PhDs in Nursing and PhDs in Social Communication with experience in the production of educational videos participated in the process. After editing, the video was validated by three nursing professors and assessed by students of the undergraduate nursing program at a public university. Results: the video was validated by the examiners with 100% agreement in three rounds for script validation and in two for video validation after editing. The duration of the video was 9 minutes. Conclusion: after validation by the examiners, students assessed the video and considered it suitable for learning. We This video is expected to aid in the training of nursing professionals and the enhancement of patient care.
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW
Authors: COPPI MARCELO , FIALHO ISABEL , CID MARÍLIA
Published: March 2023

ABSTRACT: The study aimed to analyze scientific literacy assessment instruments. In this sense, a systematic literature review was carried out in the B-On, SciELO, Scholar Google, and RCAAP databases to identify studies using scientific literacy assessment instruments. The selection criteria included articles published between 1990 and 2020 in Portuguese, English, or Spanish, which developed and/or used scientific literacy assessment instruments. Articles that did not address scientific literacy in the title or abstract did not cite instruments and results of assessing students' scientific literacy, reviews, case studies, and articles that assessed specific subjects or subjects were excluded. Thirteen scientific literacy assessment instruments were identified. Most of the studies were conducted in Brazil, Indonesia, and the United States, predominating with Secondary School students. Higher Education students were the ones with the most positive results. The most evaluated dimensions of scientific literacy were related to different scientific literacy skills. The respondents’ classifications were obtained through the descriptive frequencies of responses to the items, with no standardization in the categorization processes of the results. Our findings led us to conclude that caution is required when comparing the results of the studies, since many instruments were applied at educational levels and in contexts different from those for which they were developed.
Cultivation protocol using a coir-based substrate modulates the concentration of bioactive compounds and the antioxidant activity of Passiflora alata Curtis seedlings
Authors: Muniz Brena Coutinho , Falcão Eduarda Lins , Bastos Filho Carmelo José Albanez , Silva Fábio Sérgio Barbosa da
Published: March 2023

ABSTRACT The use of coconut coir dust is a low-cost cultivation practice. Thus, this study aimed to determine the effect of coconut coir dust proportion on foliar secondary metabolite biosynthesis and growth of Passiflora alata Curtis (sweet passion fruit). This Passiflora species possess pharmaceutical relevance and the use of organic-based substrates may promote the production of bioactive compounds in the phytomass. An experiment in a greenhouse was set up with three proportions of coir dust mixed with a commercial substrate for seedlings (CSS) (peat-based) (S1= 1:1:1, CSS: sand: coconut coir dust; S2= 1.5:1.5:1, CSS: sand: coconut coir dust and S3= 1:1, sand: CSS) in seven replicates. After 68 days, growth parameters were measured (height, leaf area, number of leaves, stem diameter, and dry matter), and the harvested leaves were used to prepare ethanolic extracts. The total antioxidant activity and production of phenolics, flavonoids, proanthocyanidins, and saponins were assessed. Unexpectedly, the coir dust supply did not favor the growth and production of secondary metabolites, as the best results were observed in plants grown in S3. Moreover, S3 is efficient in optimizing the growth, metabolite content, and antioxidant capacity of P. alata foliar extracts dispensing coir dust supplementation in the substrate. Therefore, adding coir to CSS is not recommended to enhance the production of secondary metabolites and the growth of P. alata seedlings.
Learning styles of health professions undergraduate students from a single institution
Authors: Cognuck Susana Quirós , Flauzino Rodrigo Humberto , Elias Lucila Leico Kagohara , Troncon Luiz Ernesto de Almeida
Published: March 2023

Abstract: Introduction: The concept of “learning styles” derives from theories postulating that students learn by following diverse pathways and that learning is more effective when the adopted teaching strategies more closely match specific student characteristics and learning preferences. Objectives: To determine, in first-year students attending different undergraduate courses in the health area at the same higher education institution, the frequency of different learning styles, categorized according to the four dimensions of Felder & Soloman (FS) model, and to detect any differences associated with the type of course and gender. Method: The study population (N=283; 190 women) consisted of first-year students attending the Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Physical Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, Nutrition and Metabolism, and Occupational Therapy courses, with 68.2% of them aged between 18 and 20 years. The students answered a sociodemographic characterization questionnaire and the FS Index of Learning Styles (ILS) questionnaire, which allowed determining the frequencies of the different learning styles and their associations with the type of undergraduate course and gender. Results: the student group showed a predominance of “Sensory”, “Visual”, “Reflective” and “Sequential”, learning styles, in the “Perception”, “Input”, “Processing” and “Understanding” dimensions of learning, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference in terms of learning styles, in any of the dimensions, that could be associated with the type of course and gender, although women showed a significant predominance of the “Reflective” style in the “Processing” dimension. Conclusion: It was not possible to establish significant differences between the different undergraduate courses in the health area, or between men and women, regarding the students’ predominant learning styles, although women showed a significantly higher frequency of the Reflective style. These findings must be considered when planning learning activities and, mainly, in pedagogical support, giving students the opportunity to learn about their learning styles and helping them to better adapt to the strategies employed in each institution.
The techno-political fabric of Rio de Janeiro: insights from electricity infrastructure
Authors: PILO’ FRANCESCA
Published: March 2023

ABSTRACT Taking infrastructural changes in favelas as a starting point, this article investigates how the electricity infrastructure contributes to understanding the production of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It builds on the “infrastructural turnaround” in urban studies, and on the notion of techno-politics to bring a new perspective to the role of urban infrastructures in mediating everyday life, in shaping the form of the city - both materially and symbolically - and in managing differences and urban inequalities. In particular, the article sets out three different ways by which electricity infrastructures contribute to the urban fabric of Rio de Janeiro: 1) the reordering of urban space; 2) urban fragmentation; and 3) everyday practices. Through this analysis, the article seeks to investigate the relationship between infrastructure and urban fabric by considering the technological, material, and symbolic aspects of infrastructures that shape space and everyday practices.
Dilemas éticos na cultura do consumo: Antropoceno, psicanálise e capitalismo como modo de operação das paixões
Authors: FONTENELLE ISLEIDE ARRUDA
Published: March 2023

RESUMO O consumo ético tem emergido como resposta possível à crise climática no contexto do Antropoceno. Neste ensaio, faço uma crítica a essa proposição contextualizando, historicamente, as relações entre consumo, capitalismo e paixões humanas que moldaram a cultura do consumo contemporânea. Partindo da Fábula das abelhas, de Bernard Mandeville e chegando ao conceito freudiano de pulsão, empreendo uma genealogia das paixões consumistas, sugerindo que a satisfação pulsional é uma noção central para o entendimento das dimensões psíquicas relacionadas ao consumo. Reflito sobre a ética a partir dessa perspectiva psicanalítica segundo a qual o mundo é incompleto e a satisfação total é impossível. Tal lógica é radicalmente oposta à da cultura do consumo na qual está assentado o discurso do consumo ético. Concluo argumentando que uma ética para o Antropoceno deve ser uma ética trágica e que a ética da Psicanálise, proposta por Lacan, tem algo a nos ensinar sobre isso.
Tatuagem: um mapa rizomático de um tema de pesquisa
Authors: CAZETTA VALÉRIA
Published: March 2023

RESUMO A fim de compreender a dispersa produção da área interdisciplinar sobre a temática da tatuagem, realizamos um levantamento dos discursos de 35 artigos publicados em periódicos brasileiros da área interdisciplinar, no período compreendido entre 1990 e 2020. A partir desses artigos, elaboramos quatro eixos de análise: a tatuagem como inscrição do eu, potência criativa e emancipatória; o lado “b” da tatuagem; a interface entre saúde pública, dermatologia e tatuagem; e, por fim, a nova geração de tatuadores. Por fim, apresentamos algumas considerações no sentido de que, apreender a tatuagem como prática discursiva, abre as portas de um labirinto, cujas saídas inexistem e tampouco nos asseguram uma subjetividade contemporânea mais liberta e emancipada.
Estimating initiation conditions for extrusion buckling of driven open-ended piles
Authors: Nietiedt Juliano A. , Randolph Mark F. , Gaudin Christophe , Doherty James P.
Published: March 2023

The potential for pile tip damage and extrusion buckling has become an increasing concern for the offshore wind industry following the trend toward the use of large-diameter thin-walled pile foundations, either as monopiles or as part of a jacket structure. Extrusion buckling may be triggered by an initial pile tip fabrication imperfection or pile damage during transport and handling. It may also be triggered during driving through strong heterogeneous sediments. Numerical analysis of the problem requires advanced and computationally expensive techniques because of the three-dimensional, dynamic and large-deformation nature of the pile and soil deformations. The problem is addressed here by combining coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian simulations with geotechnical centrifuge model test data in dry dense sand. Both approaches consider pre-dented piles with the objective of estimating the soil strength, characterised by the cone resistance, at which minor initial damage will start to propagate. Simplified analysis of structural dent propagation and radial stresses generated in the soil during advance of a deformed pile led to a simple calculation procedure to assess the potential for extrusion buckling. Reasonably good agreement was achieved between the proposed calculation method, numerical simulations and centrifuge tests data, rendering the approach a valuable screening tool for practical application.
DAFNI: a computational platform to support infrastructure systems research
Authors: Matthews Brian , Hall Jim , Batty Michael , Blainey Simon , Cassidy Nigel , Choudhary Ruchi , Coca Daniel , Hallett Stephen , Harou Julien J , James Phil , Lomax Nik , Oliver Peter , Sivakumar Aruna , Tryfonas Theodoros , Varga Liz
Published: March 2023

Research into the engineering of infrastructure systems is increasingly data intensive. Researchers build computational models to explore scenarios such as investigating the merits of infrastructure plans, analysing historical data to inform system operations or assessing the impacts of infrastructure on the environment. Models are more complex, at higher resolution and with larger coverage. Researchers also require a ‘multi-systems’ approach to explore interactions between systems, such as energy and water with urban development, and across scales, from buildings and streets to regions or nations. Consequently, researchers need enhanced computational resources to support cross-institutional collaboration and sharing at scale. The Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI) is an emerging computational platform for infrastructure systems research. It provides high-throughput compute resources so larger data sets can be used, with a data repository to upload data and share these with collaborators. Users’ models can also be uploaded and executed using modern containerisation techniques, giving platform independence, scaling and sharing. Further, models can be combined into workflows, supporting multi-systems modelling and generating visualisations to present results. DAFNI forms a central resource accessible to all infrastructure systems researchers in the UK, supporting collaboration and providing a legacy, keeping data and models available beyond the lifetime of a project.
Treatment of human waste in small-scale facilities: a prospective review
Authors: Rodriguez Cristina , Hursthouse Andrew , El-Hassan Zaki
Published: March 2023

A sustainable approach to the small-scale treatment of portable toilet and septic tank waste is in need to minimise the associated public health and environmental risks. Treatment of human wastes is highly regulated by legislation in many countries given the high content of organic components and pathogens. In conventional wastewater treatment plants, sewage undergoes a series of treatment stages (primary, secondary and tertiary) before effluent discharge. Delivering this approach on a small scale, to meet demands of temporary events, public gatherings or remote locations provides benefits in reducing transport and bulk handling. For a small-scale treatment process to effectively work, the process steps need to be simplified and minimised. The potential of a new treatment scheme is reviewed where the first step is the solid–liquid fraction separation, followed by anaerobic digestion (AD) of the solid fraction, including energy recovery in a combined heat and power unit. The liquid fraction undergoes a series of filtration and disinfection steps to comply with effluent regulations. Digestate from AD is burned on site to provide local domestic/office heating. This has a great potential for application in different locations where inputs may be sporadic, such as outdoor festivals, disaster response scenarios and construction sites.
Green ticketing: a beneficial framework for air carriers
Authors: Olcen Olcay
Published: March 2023

Purpose- Developing a concept, utilization of it, classification and comparison of it within and between other concepts need an intensive theoretical background in every scientifical branch. The main purposes of this paper are to present why and how a useful scientifical tool will develop via conceptualization and to show this process by developing a “green ticketing” concept. Essentially, it will be investigated some answers to the question of if or not the concept of the green ticketing is really important and necessary for the airline industry climate.
Methodology- With all of its dimensions, causal relationships, and with help of a base theory and some methodologies, whether or not the concept of green ticketing may be suggested as a suitable concept for airline companies and scientists is the subject of this paper. The main contribution of this paper and it is made in this research distinct that utilization of a new concept may not be an easy process, especially in specific and critical fields like aviation because of the limitations on the age (time), place (space) and extension. For these reasons, this research can be accepted as the development of a new concept via specific methodologies articulation and typological methodologies exampled from literature. Also, beneficial concepts such as bricolage and problematic are utilized to reach the purpose.
Findings – The suitability of the ticketing concept to greenization is clearly founded in light of arguments in ticketing and fares management branches of airlines and sustainability and ticketing literature of civil aviation and also developments in practical and social lives relate to civil aviation in this research.
Conclusion- “Green Ticketing” concept will be suitable for researching deeply. Nevertheless, It should not forget that as a new concept, it can suffer from complex ethical problems in terms of economical and financial context like every industry.

Keywords: Green ticketing, greenization, postmodernity, sustainability, concept development.
JEL Codes: B26, O18, R11
New tourism financial condition index: extended with terrorist attacks
Authors: Alp Elcin Aykac , Erdogan Mefule Findikci
Published: March 2023

Purpose- In this study, a composite indicator that can be followed in the financial markets has been developed. The tourism financial conditions index has been developed in the literature for tourism based on MCI (Monetary Conditions Index) and FCI (Financial Conditions Index). The index is called the Tourism Financial Conditions Index in their studies. This study ensures that the calculation of the tourism index by adding the terror variable to the index can better reflect the expectations.
Methodology- While constructing the composite indicator Z-score is used for standardization. With this standardization terrorist attacks variable is added to the composite indicator. The relationship between New Tourism Financial Composite Indicator and Tourism Stock Market Index Return is analyzed with the Threshold VAR method. This method is used because of the nonlinearity of variables.
Findings: Monthly data for the period 2009:07 – 2017:12 were used in the study. The countries examined are Australia, Denmark, France, Italy, Spain, Türkiye and the UK. It is aimed to examine the relationship between the calculated NTFCI and the Tourism Stock Exchange data of each country. T-VAR results show the relationship between these variables.
Conclusion - In this study, the new version of the TFCI index with terrorist incidents is presented. Chang (2015) developed the TFCI index for the tourism sector. We think that the countries should also consider the effect of terrorism in their economic and financial research in tourism area. Based on this idea, the index was expanded by adding the terror variable to the previously developed TFCI composite indicator and its relationship with the tourism stock market index as a financial indicator was examined. The TVAR model is applied which shows the short-term dynamic relationship. Models for different countries were estimated and similar results were obtained for different countries.

Keywords: Tourism financial conditions index, tourism sector, monetary conditions index, financial conditions index
JEL Codes: E44, E47, G32
Correlação entre tempo sentado e comprometimento motor de membros inferiores em pacientes pós-AVC: um estudo transversal
Authors: Brito Alysson Gomes Soares , De Carvalho Adriano Araújo , Souza João Victor de Araújo , Pereira Nayara Karina Ferreira , De Carvalho Ana Beatriz Cavalcante , Cacho Roberta de Oliveira
Published: March 2023

INTRODUÇÃO: As deficiências físicas ocasionadas pelo Acidente Vascular Cerebral (AVC) podem estimular os pacientes a manterem um baixo condicionamento físico e se tornarem cada vez mais sedentários. O comportamento sedentário tem efeitos prejudiciais à saúde, incluindo um maior risco de incidência de doenças cardiovasculares. OBJETIVO: Verificar se existe correlação entre o tempo sentado e o comprometimento motor de membros inferiores em pacientes pós-AVC. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de um estudo observacional, de caráter transversal, onde foram analisados pacientes com diagnóstico clínico de AVC na fase crônica, de ambos os sexos. O tempo sentado foi analisado por meio da seção 5 do Questionário Internacional de Atividade Física (IPAQ) e a função motora por meio da Escala de Fugl-Meyer - subseção de membros inferiores (MMII). Os participantes foram avaliados em uma única sessão, com duração média de 1 hora. RESULTADOS: A correlação pelo coeficiente ρ de Spearman entre a Escala Fugl-Meyer MMII e IPAQ-tempo sentado durante a semana foi de r= -0,639 (p=0,008) e IPAQ-tempo sentado durante final de semana foi de r= -0,603 (p=0,013). Os pacientes passam 11,59 horas/dia durante a semana e 12,15 horas/dia durante o final de semana na posição sentada. CONCLUSÃO: Os resultados mostram uma relação negativa entre as variáveis estudadas, sugerindo que quanto maior o comprometimento motor dos MMII, maior será a média de tempo sentado do indivíduo após AVC.
Measurement of biogenic silica from plankton v2
Authors: Hu Ying-Yu
Published: March 2023

Here, we present a method for measuring biogenic silica from plankton. Biogenic silica is digested using a wet-alkaline method, in which 2 M sodium carbonate is used to hydrate and depolymerize amorphous silica, resulting in the production of monosilicic acid. The molybdate measurement technique is based on the method described by Shemesh et al. (1988) and follows the JGOFS protocols outlined by UNESCO (1994). To ensure the accuracy of the measurement, Celite S diatomaceous earth is used as a check standard for the recovery of biogenic silica. Our method yields a recovery rate of 85% to 90%.
Plate Count Agar v1
Authors: Sagen Andreas
Published: March 2023

Plate Count Agar (PCA), is a microbiological growth medium to assess viable bacterial growth of a sample. The total number of living aerobic bacteria can be determined using PCA which is a substrate for bacteria to grow on. The medium contains casein which provides nitrogen, carbon, amino acids, vitamins and minerals to aid in the growth of the organism. Yeast extract is the source for vitamins and glucose is the fermentable carbohydrate. Agar is the solidifying agent. This is a non-selective medium and the bacteria is counted as colony forming units per gram (CFU/g) in solid samples and (CFU/ml) in liquid samples.
Frailty in European Emergency Departments (the FEED study) v1
Authors: D van Oppen James
Published: March 2023

This study will describe the prevalence of frailty and methods in use for its assessment in European emergency departments. This knowledge will inform population-attuned configuration of healthcare services and education.
Generation of long-term genetically modified human T cells using Sleeping Beauty v1
Authors: Molvi Zaki
Published: March 2023

Genetic modification of T cells is an important step in T cell engineering for adoptive cellular therapy. Long-term T cell lines expressing a therapeutic antigen receptor, such as a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or exogenous T cell receptor (TCR), are useful for in vitro and in vivo studies of antigen recognition. The Sleeping Beauty (SB) system is a non-viral method for stable gene transfection, which can be used to genetically modify T cells to redirect their specificity. Previous studies employing SB to modify T cells have utilized expansion methods tailored to the genetically introduced surface receptors. The protocol presented herein is agnostic to surface markers, instead utilizing antibiotic resistance to enforce transgene expression, and thus is applicable to a wide range of use cases. Using this protocol, we routinely insert and express 1.5-1.8kb transgenes encoding CARs or TCRs to generate highly pure populations of engineered T cells, which we have expanded and maintained in culture for least 2 months. We find that we can generate 25-90% TCR or CAR modified T cells in ~2 weeks, which maintain expression and effector function over multiple restimulation cycles. This generalizable protocol can be used for the functional study of transgenes, such as antigen receptors, transcription factors, or gRNA, in primary human T cells.
YT medium v1
Authors: Sagen Andreas
Published: March 2023

2xYT is a nutritionally rich liquid microbial growth medium used for propagation of recombinant strains of Escherichia coli and M13 bacteriophage or other filamentous single-stranded DNA bacteriophages.
Midwives’ descriptions of strategies and requirements when following up pregnant women at risk of developing perinatal depression - a qualitative study
Authors: Fuglestein Bente , Vange Fredagsvik Karen , Pajalic Zada
Published: March 2023

Introduction: According to the guidelines, health-care personnel should have routines to identify depression and anxiety,but no screening tool is required. The aim of the study is to describe how midwives in antenatal care describe strategiesand requirements when following up pregnant women at risk of developing perinatal depression.
Methods: Study is designed as qualitative descriptive study. It includes authorized midwives who work in prenatal carein Western Norway (n = 11) were interviewed between October 21 and November 02, 2021. Verbatim transcribedinterviews were analyzed using manifest qualitative content analysis. The study was performed in accordance with theConsolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research.
Results: The manifest content analysis revealed three categories: (1) Midwife as haven, (2) Growing into the professionalrole as a midwife and (3) Organizational challenges in antenatal care. The midwives also expressed that they feltthey were saddled with a great responsibility that could be a lot to bear. Clinical experience was highlighted as essentialsources of self-confidence in work.
Conclusion: Identified categories confirm some crucial issues in midwifery-led maternity care, such as the need for continuousprofessional training, clear local guidelines, and sufficient time for consultation with women at risk of developingperinatal depression. The findings also reflect the importance of early detection of these women to offer support andassistance throughout pregnancy and after delivery.
The Fact of Content Moderation; Or, Let’s Not Solve the Platforms’ Problems for Them
Authors: Gillespie Tarleton
Published: March 2023

Recent social science concerning the information technology industries has been driven by a sense of urgency around the problems social media platforms face. But it need not be our job to solve the problems these industries have created, at least not on the terms in which they offer them. When researchers are enlisted in solving the industry’s problems, we tend to repeat some of the missteps common to the study of technology and society.
Does the EU Benefit From Increased Complexity? Capital Punishment in the Human Rights Regime
Authors: Kissack Robert
Published: March 2023

This article questions how the EU has acted to increase the complexity of the human rights regime through the process of incorporating a new issue area into its scope and to what extent has it benefitted from that process. By examining the breadth of the regime complex, between 1991–2021, this research shows how UN bodies, regional organisations, and civil society associations increasingly consider the death penalty a human rights issue instead of an exclusively domestic legal one. The article draws on a comprehensive archival review tracing the process of reframing capital punishment, the actions undertaken by the EU contributing to this process, and the benefits it receives from increased regime complexity. This leads to an affirmative answer to the previous questions, arguing that the EU’s actions in its foreign policy, anti-death penalty stance, and promotion of civil society, facilitated a reconfiguration of the human rights regime complex towards the rejection of capital punishment. It also provides important insights into the limitations of the literature on EU actorness in the UN system, which trains its eye primarily on legal representation and member-state cooperation. While this applies to formal international organisations, characterising the post-1945 multilateral order, utilising the study of regime complexity provides a more precise assessment of EU action in the fragmented and increasingly informal institutions constituting global governance today.
CITRUS DISEASE CLASSIFICATION WITH TRANSFER LEARNING AND CNN BASED MODELS
Authors: ÇETİNER Halit
Published: March 2023

In recent years, image processing and deep learning have been widely used in the detection and classification of plant diseases. These uses offer great opportunities for the early detection of plant diseases in agriculture. Early detection of the disease is essential to prevent disease symptoms from spreading to intact leaves and to reduce crop damage. For the stated reasons, a deep learning model with three different approaches has been proposed and used for the classification of diseases that are most common in citrus leaves and affect citrus export to a great extent. Training and test data used in the proposed model are separated according to the K-fold 5 value. For this reason, the average of the performance values obtained according to the K-fold 5 value is presented in the study. As a result of the experimental studies, with the fine-tuned DenseNet201 model, which is the first model, an accuracy rate of 0.95 was achieved. In the second model, with the proposed 21-layer CNN model, an accuracy rate of 0.99 was achieved. The third model is defined to show the progress of the proposed DenseNet201 model over the basic DenseNet201 model. With the CNN method recommended for the classification of citrus grades, Blackspot (citrus black spot (CBS), canker (citrus bacterial cancer (CBC)), greening (huanglongbing (HLB)), and (healthy) Healthy) 100%, 100%, 98% and 100% rates have been reached.
DETECTION OF NAIL DISEASES USING ENSEMBLE MODEL BASED ON MAJORITY VOTING
Authors: YAMAÇ Senar Ali , KUYUCUOĞLU Orhun , KÖSEOĞLU Şeyma Begüm , ULUKAYA Sezer
Published: March 2023

Nail diseases are disorders that can have serious effects on human quality of life. With the developing computational methods and technology, anomalies on the nail may be detected quickly and in a non-invasive way. This study proposes a model that provides better performance by combining the results of different deep learning networks with the ensemble learning method. The performance of 7 different deep learning architectures was examined using a database containing 17 disease classes. The proposed method achieved 75 % accuracy, resulting in significant increases in precision and recall metrics compared to individual deep-learning architectures. Thanks to a mobile application that will be developed, the proposed model for large-scale screening may be used as an assistive decision support system for medical professionals. When the results are observed, we predict that early detection of nail diseases (in a remote way) on the hand, which is one of our most used limbs, can reduce hospital visits and costs. In addition, the proposed method can be integrated into dermatoscopy devices used for skin diseases and mole analysis.
Patterns of seismic activity after three great earthquakes in the light of Reid's elastic rebound theory
Authors: Howell B. F.
Published: March 2023

Reid's elastic rebound theory implies that regional stress should increase in the interval between characteristic earthquakes. Based on this, it is postulated that the size of the largest annual earthquakes should also increase in this interval. To test this, the variability of seismic activity in the New Madrid, Missouri, and the San Francisco and Fort Tejon, California, regions is examined using sequences of magnitudes of largest annual earthquakes. The calculated probability of a magnitude 6.5 or 7.5 earthquake based on past occurrences varies significantly with time. It is currently growing in the New Madrid and San Francisco areas and declining in the Fort Tejon area. The calculated probability frequently increases in the five years before earthquakes 1.5 magnitudes or more greater than the regional average maximum annual magnitude. The center of significant activity is moving northeastward in the New Madrid area.