bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Avaliação da qualidade de sementes de soja por análises fisiológicas e de imagens
Authors: Silva Laura Carvalho , Pinheiro Daniel Teixeira , Soares Júlia Martins , Dias Denise Cunha Fernandes dos Santos
Published: February 2025

O Brasil é classificado como o maior produtor mundial de soja, uma das principais commodities mundiais, com uma produção de mais de 155 milhões de toneladas na safra 2022/23. Tamanha capacidade produtiva somente pode ser alcançada com o uso de sementes de alta qualidade, que pode ser avaliada através de testes de germinação e vigor. Muitos estudos têm demonstrado a possibilidade de utilização de análise de imagens como uma alternativa para a avaliação da qualidade de sementes, por meio de processos simples, rápidos e automatizados. Nesse sentido, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a eficiência das técnicas de raios X e de análise de plântulas pelo software Vigor-S® para avaliação do potencial fisiológico de sementes de soja. Foram avaliados quatro genótipos de sementes comerciais, com seis lotes de cada, e realizadas avaliações de grau de umidade, germinação, condutividade elétrica, envelhecimento acelerado, raios X e crescimento de plântulas. As imagens de raios X não forneceram informações suficientemente relacionadas ao potencial fisiológico dos diferentes lotes de sementes de soja. Por outro lado, a análise de imagens de plântulas pelo software Vigor-S® apresenta correlação positiva com os testes reconhecidos para análise do potencial fisiológico das sementes.
Doutor ChatGPT, você pode me ajudar nos cuidados com meu filho?
Authors: Santos Bárbara Bruna da Silva , Neto Tiago Moreira
Published: February 2025

A Inteligência artificial, entre outras inovações, surgiu na revolução tecnológica do século XX, a mais importante delas até o momento para modificar a forma como interagimos com informações e serviços. Uma das ferramentas criadas nesta evolução foi o ChatGPT, criado pela OpenAI em 2018, apresentando um amplo espectro de utilizações de mercado, inclusive na área da saúde. Este estudo examinou as respostas geradas pelo ChatGPT relacionadas a cuidados infantis e as comparou com o conteúdo da Caderneta da criança do Ministério da Saúde; para isso, foram utilizadas perguntas frequentemente realizadas durante consultas de saúde infantil ao longo de dois anos. A tecnologia está, de fato, influenciando na prática de saúde, mas o desempenho do ChatGPT em auxiliar os profissionais foram menos eficazes do que o esperado. Por outro lado, ele demonstrou-se eficaz respondendo a perguntas diretas dos pacientes, superando muitas fontes em termos de praticidade do uso e da personialização das respostas que fornece. Como ferramenta complementar o ChatGPT, na atenção primária à saúde, pode funcionar como uma estratégia de comunicação de riscos para evitar múltiplas consultas feitas apenas para esclarecer hábitos cotidianos. No entanto, deve-se ter cautela no uso dessa tecnologia, pois ela pode gerar respostas imprecisas pela necessidade de manter uma conversação, mesmo que com informações incorretas.
A importância da equipe multidisciplinar no SUS: revisão de literatura
Authors: Ferreira Cristiane Almeida , Abe Yara Ayami Matos , Barbosa Maykom de Lira , Rebelo Viviane Siqueira Magalhães , Júnior Evanildo Freitas do Nascimento , Nascimento Érika Tatiana Malcher Lopes do , Tavares Kaytyson Nogueira , Chianezio Gabriela Borelli , Abreu Thaila de Oliveira , Nogueira Rosiane Santos Trindade , Batista Kiane Neves , Castro Maria Auxiliadora Wilkenman , Carioca Ruana Freitas , Tietz Ana Paula da Silva Farias , Pires Simone Souza
Published: February 2025

A atuação de equipes multidisciplinares no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) tem sido fundamental para a qualidade da assistência e a integralidade do cuidado. Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar a importância dessas equipes na melhoria dos resultados clínicos dos pacientes, bem como os desafios e as estratégias para sua consolidação. A pesquisa foi realizada por meio de uma revisão de literatura, com análise de artigos publicados nos últimos cinco anos em bases de dados científicos. Os resultados apontam que uma atuação integrada de profissionais de diferentes áreas contribui para um atendimento mais eficiente, promovendo a otimização dos recursos e a satisfação dos pacientes. No entanto, desafios como a alta rotatividade de profissionais, desigualdades salariais e dificuldades na comunicação ainda persistem. Conclui-se que a ampliação e o fortalecimento das equipes multidisciplinares no SUS são essenciais para garantir a universalidade, integralidade e equidade do sistema, exigindo investimentos em capacitação e políticas públicas de incentivo e melhor.
Correlation and Path Coefficient Analysis of Yield and Yield Contributing Characters in Stylosanthes species
Authors: U. C. Bhosale  , S. A. Anarase  , L. N. Tagad  , V. L. Amolic
Published: February 2025

The investigation correlation and path coefficient analysis of yield and yield contributing characters in Stylosanthes species was undertaken to study the magnitude of genetic variability, character associations and direct and indirect contribution of various components towards green forage yield. The ten observations were recorded on green forage yield and yield contributing characters viz., plant height (cm), plant spread (cm), number of primary branches plant-1, leaf length (cm), leaf breadth (cm), length of leaf sheath (cm), leaf to stem ratio, green forage yield plant-1 (g), dry matter yield plant-1 (g), and crude protein yield plant-1 (g). Plant spread, dry matter yield plant-1, plant height, crude protein yield plant-1, number of primary branches plant-1, length of leaf sheath and leaf length had significant positive correlation with green forage yield plant-1 indicating their importance for indirect selection in green forage improvement programme. Path analysis studies revealed that plant spread, plant height, number of primary branches per plant, length of leaf sheath and crude protein yield had direct positive effect for the contribution to green forage yield plant-1.
Elucidation of Barley Genotypes for Selection Approaches based on Morpho-Physiological Traits
Authors: Ashok  , Y. Kumar  , Sachin  , D. Kaushik
Published: February 2025

The present study designed to identify component traits for development of high yielding barley varieties through estimation of various morpho-physiological characters. The experiment was conducted at Research Area of the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during 2021-22 with fourty four genotypes of barley under timely sown and heat stress conditions. In general, the results showed wide range for all the traits under investigation. The results of phenotypic and genotypic coefficient of variation under both environments revealed high estimates for number of grains per spike; moderate estimates for peduncle length, biological yield per plant and canopy temperature depression at anthesis. However, days to heading and maturity, plant height, SPAD chlorophyll content at anthesis and normalized difference vegetation index at anthesis exhibited low estimates of phenotypic and genotypic coefficient of variation under normal as well as under heat stress conditions. High heritability coupled with genetic advance was observed for number of grains per spike, 1000-grain weight, biological yield plant-1 and grain yield plant-1 under normal sown similarly, under heat stress the traits viz., peduncle length, number of grains spike-1, biological yield plant-1 and canopy temperature depression at anthesis and at 15 day after anthesis exhibited high heritability with high genetic advance, indicates the importance of these traits in selection and crop improvement. Consequently, it is suggested that the parameters with high heritability coupled with high genetic advance can be considered as key component traits while setting the selection criterion for barley improvement for timely sown and heat stress conditions.
Socio-demographic Determinants of Smallholder Farmers’ Adaptive Capacity to Climate Variability in Bukombe District, Tanzania.
Authors:   University of Dar es Salaam, Sawe Jackson Raymond , Kibonde Suma Fahamu ,   University of Dar es Salaam
Published: February 2025

This paper examines the socio-demographic determinants of smallholder farmers’ adaptive capacity to climate variability in Bukombe district. It employed a mixed approach, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods. A simple random sampling selected 175 farmers for the study. The data collection methods included household surveys, observations, focus group discussions (FGDs), in-depth interviews, and document reviews. We conducted both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses using SPSS and Excel software. Ordinal logistic regression was adopted to determine the influences of socio-demographic determinants on farmers’ adaptive capacity. Qualitative data were subjected to content analysis. Rainfall and temperature data were analysed by using Microsoft Excel. The results indicated most of the smallholder farmers have low adaptive capacity to climate change. Furthermore, the findings reveal that socio-demographic factors of households—including age, gender, education, income, household size, and marital status—significantly influence smallholder farmers’ ability to adapt to climate variability; whereas land size and tenure do not significantly influence this capacity. Therefore, we recommend improving farmers’ adaptive capacity through sensitization and strengthening of household farming subsidies. We also recommend improving adaptive capacity by creating a more conducive environment, such as access to information, finance, seeds, and fertilizers. However, all initiatives should consider the demographic characteristics of farmers, as their adaptive capacity is dependent on the level and status of their household’s demographic characteristics.
Oral history as a way of constituting the history of rural youth organizations in Cariri, Ceará (1990-2000)
Authors: Ytalo de Lima Silva Francisco
Published: February 2025

This article is an offshoot of ongoing doctoral research, the subject of which is the history of the Rural Youth Ministry (PJR) in the Cariri region of Ceará, from 1994 to 1999. Due to the lack of documentary sources on its history, we opted for the methodology of oral history for the construction of sources and analysis. Regarding the PJR, it is important to note that it emerged in 1983, as a dissidence of the youth groups of the Pastoral da Juventude Meio Popular, in Pernambuco, and the Pastoral da Juventude, in Rio Grande do Sul. From these localized experiences in the South and Northeast, the pastoral gradually won over more rural youth and expanded to other regions and states of the country. In Ceará, the first groups emerged in the Cariri region in 1994, when a commission made up of 10 young people took on the responsibility of forming groups in their communities. Furthermore, the PJR is a progressive and ecumenical organization linked to the Catholic Church. Having made the necessary considerations about the object that inspired this article, our aim in this work is to reflect on the possibilities of oral history in the constitution of sources and analysis in the field of history, in order to historicize the historical course of rural youth organizations and social movements. In this sense, we believe that oral history has been fundamental in enabling us to learn about the mobilization processes and socio-political and cultural organization strategies of various social groups, in this specific case, rural youth, through oral narratives. By conducting interviews with the protagonists of these organizational processes, we can revive their memories and access relevant information about the past. Therefore, by means of a qualitative bibliographical review of oral history, we intend to reflect on the possibilities that this methodology offers for research in the field of history, especially when it comes to dealing with young people and their various forms of socio-political and cultural organization.
SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF A NITISOL IN KABETE, KENYA
Authors: Karuku George Njomo , Gachene C.K.K. , Karanja N. , Cornelis W. , Verplancke H. , Kironchi G.
Published: February 2025

Water relations are among the most important physical phenomena that affect the use of soils for agricultural, ecological, environmental, and engineering purposes. To formulate soil-water relationships, soil hydraulic properties are required as essential inputs. The most important hydraulic properties are the soil-water retention curve and the hydraulic conductivity. The objective of this study was to determine the soil hydraulic properties of a Nitisol, at Kabete Campus Field Station. Use of an internal drainage procedure to characterize the hydraulic properties and soil and water retention curves allowed for the establishment of the moisture and matric potential at field capacity and permanent wilting point. The Bt2 (84 -115) and Bt3 (115 - 143 cm) had the highest clay contents of 619 compared to Ap, AB and Bt1 horizons. The PWP was attained at soil moisture contents of 0.223, 0.284, 0277, 0.307 and 0.314 m3m-3 in the Ap, AB, Bt1, Bt2, and Bt3 horizons, respectively. Horizontal saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat) was high at 6.0 cm h-1 in Ap horizon and decreased to 0.4 cm h-1 in the subsurface horizon (Bt3). Ksat in the vertical direction was higher than horizontal and ranged from 8.3 cm h-1 in surface layer to 0.6 cm h-1 in Bt3 horizon, with exception of Bt1 and Bt2 where horizontal Ksat was greater than vertical. The Ap horizon also had the highest crop extractable water. Though the AB and Bt1 had the same water content at low matric suction, the variation was very wide as the SWRC approached saturation point. Bt1 and Bt2 also had similar water contents at suction range of – 7kPa after which Bt1, tended towards Bt3. Bt3 had the narrowest range of crop extractable water and thus was attributed to texture. The Bt3 retained the most amount of water at 0.314 m3m-3concluding that θPWP increased with depth. The total available water capacity between FC and PWP in the profile was 79.2 mm m-1. The study observed that the field capacity, crop available water contents and hydraulic conductivities were influenced positively by soil organic matter. The Van Genuchten parameters of air entry value (α) and pore size distribution (n) indicated that pore size distribution was not even in the AP and AB horizons. The field capacity was attained at higher matric potential at -5kPa for Bt1 while Bt2 and AP, AB, Bt2 and Bt3 was at -10kPa.The functional relationship, K(θ) = aθb that deals with water redistribution as a result of soil hydraulic properties and evaporative demand of the atmosphere was highly correlated to soil moisture content and texture with R2 values > 0.85.
BUSH ENCROACHMENT CONTROL DEMONSTRATIONS AND MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS ON HERBACEOUS SPECIES IN SAVANNAS OF SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA
Authors: Abdeta Ayana Angassa , Oba G. , Tolera A.
Published: February 2025

Proper management of bush control methods need to be effectively demonstrated to resource users. In this paper, we evaluated effects of disturbance control (CO) (i.e., government policy approach in the conservation of natural resources), tree cutting and fire (C+F), tree cutting, fire and grazing (C+F+G), the old traditional method of applying fire and grazing (F+G) by herders, grazing with bush cover (GBC) (i.e., current system of land use system by herders in Borana) and tree cutting alone (C) (i.e., Non-governmental Organizations approach in rangeland improvement) on herbaceous species composition, abundance, biomass, basal cover and species diversity in southern Ethiopia. The disturbance control demonstration showed no advantage in terms of biomass and basal cover over other treatments, although herbaceous species richness was improved. Bush removal methods such as tree cutting and fire, tree cutting followed by fire and grazing, fire and grazing, and tree cutting alone improved herbaceous biomass, basal cover and species diversity, while grazing alone greatly reduced herbaceous biomass. Tree cutting and fire treatments seemed superior in terms of herbaceous biomass, while conservation of herbaceous species diversity was improved more by the traditional method of fire and grazing, and tree cutting. With the exception of species richness, protection from disturbance showed no advantage. Only fire and grazing methods can reasonably be applied for the control of bush encroachment with the overall objective of promoting biomass production and species diversity.
SMALL RODENTS’ RICHNESS AND ABUNDANCE IN TWO AGROECOSYSTEMS AND A SECONDARY DRY FOREST (ACAHUAL) IN THE CUXTAL RESERVE, YUCATAN, MEXICO
Authors: Hernandez-Betancourt Silvia F. , Medina-Peralta Salvador , Gonzalez-Perez Pilar , Canseco-Balam Luis , Gongora-Salinas Javier
Published: February 2025

Small rodents’ relative abundance and richness were evaluated from both two agroecosystems and a secondary dry forest (“acahual”) in the Cuxtal Reserve in Yucatan, Mexico. The aim of the study was to build a species inventory, using the capture –mark – recapture technique. Rodents were marked by onychectomy (phalange removal). The Shannon-Wiener (H') and other community attributes were analyzed. We captured a total of 16 rodents belonging to two families and seven species, with Mus musculus and Ototylomys phyllotis as most abundant. The secondary dry forest was the most diverse with four species (H '= 1.28); M. musculus was exclusively found in the grassland. Peromyscus yucatanicus and O. phyllotis were found in the grassland and secondary dry forest, while Hereromys gaumeri was exclusively found in the secondary dry forest. There was a remarkable presence of H. gaumeri and P. yucatanicus which are endemic species of the Yucatan Peninsula. For all species, different demographic phases were found (youngs, subadults and adults) as well as reproductive males and females. Agroecosystems do not harbor the originally biodiversity of wild, small rodents, species; their presence may be occasional in these environments. In contrast, small fragments of secondary dry forest may retain endemic wildlife species whose dissemination may allow the regeneration of the forest; consequently, these latter environments must be protected.
MORINGA GENETIC DIVERSITY FROM GERMPLASM BANK USING RAPD MARKERS
Authors: Da Silva Ana Veruska Cruz , Dos Santos Allivia Rouse Ferreira , Ledo Ana Da Silva , Feitosa Rosana Barroso , Almeida Camila Santos , Da Silva Gilvania Melo , Rangel Maria Salete Alves
Published: February 2025

The Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) is a tree species with the known value of food, medicine and water treatment, and is promising for bioenergy use. Our objective was to evaluate, using RAPD markers, the genetic diversity of sixteen accessions from Germplasm Bank (BAG) of Embrapa Coastal Tablelands, Sergipe, Brazil. We estimate the diversity indices, and genetic similarity between accessions. The Shannon index and the index of genetic diversity (H) were 0.33 and 0.22, respectively. We observed by Jaccard similarity that, the accessions MO1 and MO12 are the most similar (0.27), and MO13 and MO16 are the most divergent (0.69). By UPGMA and PCoA groupings, we identified that MO1, MO2, MO12 and MO13 are genetically isolated. The results are important in designing strategies for conservation, but because of low diversity detected in this investigation, new activities of collection should be realized, with integration and characterization of new accessions, to ensure the ever increasing diversity of the collection.
EFECTO DE LA FIBRA DETERGENTE NEUTRO FISICAMENTE EFECTIVA (feFDN) Y EL NIVEL DE FORRAJE SOBRE EL CONSUMO DE MATERIA SECA, pH RUMINAL, LA PRODUCCIÓN Y LA COMPOSICIÓN DE LECHE EN CABRAS
Authors: Esparza Flores Daniela , Veliz Deras Francisco Gerardo , Robles Trillo Pedro Antonio
Published: February 2025

Two experiments were carried out to determinate the effects of peNDF and forage level on DMI, ruminal pH and milk production and composition in goats. In experiment 1, 4 non lactating goats were used; and in experiment 2, 8 goats in early lactation were used, they were assigned to a 4x4 latin square with 2x2 factorial design. The experimental diets were offered ad libitum and consisted of forages with long (4.04 cm) and short (3.43 cm) particles sizes in a 60:40 or 35:65 forage:concentrate ratio. No differences were observed in dry matter intake in goats fed with long or short forages particle size (P>0.05). Ruminal pH were affected by F:C ratio, the lower pH was observed in goats fed 35:65. No effect was observed on milk production. Milk fat was affected only for the F:C ratio and was higher in the 60:40 diets. This study shows that the concentrate ratio in the diet is more important to affect ruminal pH and milk fat than the forage particle size.
Mathematical Modeling of Global Studies as One of the Scientific Directions of the Faculty: Main Results
Authors: Акаев А.А. , Билюга С.Э. , Малков С.Ю. , Коротаев А.В.
Published: February 2025

One of the functions assigned to the Faculty of Global Processes at Moscow State University is to carry out fundamental work on the application of mathematical methods to analyze completely different socio-political, economic and cultural processes on planet Earth as a successor to the Club of Rome. The faculty’s experience in this area for more than 15 years shows that this area continues to live and develop, and is also transmitted to our younger generation through lectures and textbooks in the classroom. The paper presents the results of the faculty’s activities in the field of mathematical modeling of global processes as one of the scientific areas of work.
Department of Globalistics: : Innovation, Fundamentality, Interdiscipality
Authors: Ильин И.В. , Леонова О.Г.
Published: February 2025

The Department of Globalistics was one of the first to appear at the Faculty of Global Processes. The order for its establishment was signed on June 10, 2008. It included outstanding scientists: professors and associate professors, including Academician Arkady Dmitrievich Ursul and a well-known specialist in the history of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor V.A. Zmeev. Today, two prestigious scholarships, awarded to students of the faculty for significant achievements in scientific research and studies, have been named after them (posthumously). The head of the department is the Dean of the Faculty, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor Ilya Vyacheslavovich Ilyin.
Department of Global Social Processes and Youth Work: Current Research on the Global Development
Authors: Смакотина Н.Л. , Алексеенко А.М. , Андреев А.И. , Гаспаришвили А.Т. , Лукашина Е.В. , Покрытан П.А. , Шершнев И.Л.
Published: February 2025

Abstract. The article analyzes current global studies of the development of the modern world at the department touches upon social processes and work with young people of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov: philosophical, sociological, political, economic approaches. The article substantiates and reveals the goals and objectives of the department’s development, reflection of research work, as well as participation and organization in conferences. Particular attention is paid to such a process as social transformation and its role in the social uncertainty of the modern world. The main goal of studying current issues of research of the modern world allows us to provide proposals for optimizing the earliest possible exit of mankind to the path of development. A separate necessary block in the article is the preservation of the philosophical approach to the study of global development: it allows us to study global objects and processes as complex systems, the external interaction of their elements. In addition, the article also reflects the socio-cultural approach, which allows us to consider and solve problems of global development, including in the educational process. The political approach to solving problems is based on the study of transparent diplomacy as one of the revolutionary tools for restoring public health functions, which, in turn, need modern support. One of the points of view on economic security solves the most important problems – updating the quality of scientific forecasts of development not only in individual countries and regions, but also throughout the world. Thus, the article examines and proposes a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach to the study of current problems of global development of the modern world.
Global Communications Chair and Challenges of Modern World
Authors: Воронкова Л.П. , Корниенко О.Ю. , Кочуров Н.В.
Published: February 2025

The article examines the origin and development of the Global Communications Chair at the Faculty of Global Studies of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The attention is focused on such important areas as scientific, educational and methodological work of the chair, it being represented by scientific publications, monographs, textbooks and manuals of the department staff. Much attention is paid to lecturing in foreign languages, holding scientific events and organizing dialogues with scientists from other countries and educational institutions. The article scrutinizes an innovative potential of many courses developed at the chair, especially the ones for professional communication. In conclusion, the prospects for the development of the chair are outlined.
El SQA como instrumento en la autopercepción de estudiantes de la carrera de biología fes Iztacala UNAM
Authors: Sánchez Fabila Gabriela , Moreno Colín Roberto , Ramas Arauz Francisco
Published: February 2025

Dentro de la gama de alternativas didácticas en la tutoría se encuentra la técnica del SQA, qué es una herramienta que se puede trabajar con el significado de sus siglas que se asocian con preguntas como S: ¿Qué se de mi persona?; Q: ¿Que quiero saber sobre mí? y A: ¿Qué aprendí de mi o que estoy aprendiendo de mí? Con las cuales se hizo un análisis de seis aspectos de autopercepción de estudiantes de octavo semestre de la carrera de Biología y comparar la autopercepción que se manifiesta en los estudiantes, según su género a través de un ejercicio de autopercepción. El análisis de las seis categorías de autopercepción mostró como predominante la categoría ambiental, estrechamente relacionada con las experiencias que los estudiantes tuvieron en asignaturas relacionadas con el ambiente como Ecología, Manejo de recursos naturales, Botánica, Zoología, Biogeografía, entre otras. Se encontró que hay diferencia estadísticamente significativa en los porcentajes de respuesta de las seis categorías, tanto en el grupo integrando mujeres y hombres, como por separado mujeres y hombres, siendo las categorías que ponderaron en un primero y segundo lugar la ambiental y la emocional, con una pequeña variante en los varones quienes en segundo lugar estuvo la verbal.
Peramalan Inflasi Kota Pontianak dengan Metode Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average
Authors: Aulia Alwa , Huda Nur'ainul Miftahul
Published: February 2025

Inflasi merupakan alat pengukur stabilitas ekonomi yang selalu menarik untuk dibahas karena memiliki dampak yang signifikan pada pertumbuhan ekonomi, daya saing, neraca perdagangan eksternal, bunga kredit, dan pemerataan pendapatan. Inflasi merujuk pada meningkatnya harga barang dan jasa yang tidak pernah berhenti selama periode tertentu. Peningkatan harga ini dapat mengakibatkan penurunan nilai uang. Untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini, perlu dilakukan prediksi untuk menghitung nilai inflasi di masa depan. Penelitian ini menerapkan metode Seasonal Autoregressive Moving Average (SARIMA) untuk memprediksi nilai inflasi di Kota Pontianak dari Januari hingga Desember 2025. Data yang diolah pada penelitian ini diperoleh dari BPS Kota Pontianak. Model terbaik bergantung pada hasil uji akurasi dengan nilai MAPE. Berdasarkan hasil analisis yang dilakukan, model  merupakan model terbaik untuk melakukan prediksi nilai inflasi di Kota Pontianak dengan nilai MAPE yaitu 2,02%.
Governing Codes
Authors: Anderson Karrin Vasby , Sheeler Kristina Horn
Published: February 2025

Familiar narratives and simplistic stereotypes frame the representation of women in U.S. politics. Pervasive containment rhetorics, such as the distinction between women as mothers and caregivers and men as rational thinkers, create unique hurdles for any woman seeking public office. While these 'governing codes' generally act to constrain female political power, they can also be harnessed as a resource depending on the particular circumstances (e.g., party affiliation, geographic location and personal style). One of these governing codes, the metaphor, is an especially powerful tool in politics today, particularly for women. By examining the political careers of four of the most prominent and influential women in contemporary U.S. politics_Democrats Ann Richards and Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republicans Christine Todd Whitman and Elizabeth Dole_Karrin Vasby Anderson and Kristina Horn Sheeler illustrate how metaphors in public discourse may be both familiar narratives to embrace and boundaries to overturn.
In the Shadow of the Miracle
Authors: Alexander Arthur J.
Published: February 2025

Japan is living in the shadow of its economic miracle. Its stagnation and decline relative to other advanced economies since the early 1990s is a consequence of business and government difficulty in breaking away from once-successful practices. The Japanese postwar economic miracle created the world's second largest capitalist economy. This remarkable performance, in the face of such enormous obstacles, helped solidify, even sanctify, the institutions, methods, and political arrangements associated with the economic miracle. Based upon a decade of research articles distributed in the Japan Economic Institute's weekly report on Japan, In the Shadow of the Miracle analyzes the sources of Japanese growth and the nature and scale of its current economic problems. Chapters examine the steps being taken by Japan's government and business leaders to address the mounting national economic problems and the impact on Japan of the wider Asian financial crisis (1997-99). A final section addresses the question of whether Japan is fundamentally different from other advanced economies.
Precious Steppe
Authors: Bruun Ole
Published: February 2025

Ole Bruun focuses on a community of nomadic livestock herders in present-day Mongolia. He depicts their transition from a contained, Soviet-era collective to modern times and addresses the most essential conditions for their continued survival and prosperity in the age of the market: the adaptability of their own culture and working strategies, government policy, and international attention. By studying the nomadic practice of animal husbandry in the context of family farms, Bruun points out the similarity to the peasant economy defined by the Russian agricultural economist Alexander Chayanov nearly a century ago. In both economies, the labor-consumer balance and life-cycle variations commonly set the term for economic strategies, yet the pastoral economy involves a highly specialized form of agriculture in which the scale of exchange determines wealth and lifestyle. In a vast territory such as Mongolia, infrastructure, social benefits, and other means of state support are crucial to prevent herders from sliding into a subsistence orientation, eventually leading to poverty.
Struwwelpeter: Humor or Horror?
Authors: Chalou Barbara Smith
Published: February 2025

A recent upsurge in interest in Der Struwwelpeter, written by Heinrich Hoffman has initiated a new wave of spin-offs, parodies, and retellings of these immensely popular stories. Hoffman's style, which is instructive and moralistic, coupled with the sadistic content of his works lend a unique quality to the stories that we don't see in contemporary children's literature. Struwwelpeter: Humor or Horror? is a critical analysis of the now infamous Struwwelpeter stories. While Hoffman intended his depictions of amputated limbs and burning children to be humorous and to warn children against misbehavior, some find the punishments can be excessively vicious. Looking beyond the history of child rearing practices and children's literature, Barbara Smith Chalou considers the socio-historic context in which the book was written and makes comparisons to contemporary children's fare that is similarly violent, but intended to be humorous.
The Uprooted
Authors: Martin Susan F. , Fagen Patricia Weiss , Jorgensen Kari M. , Schoenholtz Andrew , Mann-Bondat Lydia
Published: February 2025

By conservative estimates about 50 million migrants are currently living outside of their home communities, forced to flee to obtain some measure of safety and security. In addition to persecution, human rights violations, repression, conflict, and natural and human-made disasters, current causes of forced migration include environmental and development-induced factors. Today's migrants include the internally displaced, a category that has only recently entered the international lexicon. But the legal and institutional system created in the aftermath of World War II to address refugee movements is now proving inadequate to provide appropriate assistance and protection to the full range of forced migrants needing attention today. The Uprooted is the first volume to methodically examine the progress and persistent shortcomings of the current humanitarian regime. The authors, all experts in the field of forced migration, describe the organizational, political, and conceptual shortcomings that are creating the gaps and inefficiencies of international and national agencies to reach entire categories of forced migrants. They make policy-based recommendations to improve international, regional, national, and local responses in areas including organization, security, funding, and durability of response. For all those working on behalf of the world's forced migrants, The Uprooted serves as a call to arms, emphasizing the urgent need to develop more comprehensive and cohesive strategies to address forced migration in its complexity.
The Deliberative Impulse
Authors: Smith Andrew F.
Published: February 2025

What can motivate citizens in divided societies to engage in free, open, and reasoned dialogue? Attempts by philosophers to answer this question focus largely on elucidating what citizens owe to one another as free and equal citizens, as members of a shared social context, or as agents who are mutually dependent on one another for our well-being. In The Deliberative Impulse: Motivating Discourse in Divided Societies, Andrew F. Smith suggests that that a better answer can be offered in terms of what we owe to our convictions. Given the defining role they play in how we live our lives and regard ourselves, among the highest-order interests that we maintain is being in a position to do right by our convictions—to abide by conscience. By developing a clear understanding of how best to act on this interest, we see that we are well served by engaging in public deliberation. Particularly for citizens in societies that are fragmented along ethnic, cultural, ideological, and religious lines, our interest in abiding by conscience should give us clear moral, epistemic, and religious incentives to deliberatively engage with allies and adversaries alike. Scholars who focus on issues in political philosophy, ethics, and political theory will value this book for how it suggests we can overcome the motivational roadblocks to active political participation and robust deliberation.
Political Communication in the Anglophone World
Authors: Sheckels Theodore F.
Published: February 2025

Political Communication in the Anglophone World: Case Studies, by Theodore F. Sheckels, extends political communication scholarship—primarily rhetorical scholarship—into the extensive English language arena outside the United States and the United Kingdom. While wrestling with the extent to which insights derived from and approaches used in political communication research focused on the United States can be used in other nations with different government structures, different media operations, and different political cultures, Sheckels provides insight into a variety of political communication topics ranging from the role gender plays in campaign politics to the politics involved as one speaks upon the occasion of leaving high office.

This book explores how Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau used moments of media attention to push his foreign and domestic policy agenda, as well as another Canadian Prime Minister, Kim Campbell, and the difficulties she faced because of her gender. Sheckels also examines Jamaica’s Michael Manley and his shift from advocating socialism to later supporting free markets, and reggae artist Bob Marley and his musical shift from concern for Kingston’s poor to embracing pan-Africanism. Popular media images of Africa are also considered, as the book investigates Mwai Kibaki’s attempts to unify Kenya, Nelson Mandela’s presidential rhetoric, and Thabo Mbeki’s “I am an African Address.” Finally, Sheckels goes to Australia to consider Gough Whitlam’s unprecedented dismissal as prime minister, and Kevin Rudd’s farewell speech after being replaced by his own party members.

Asking new questions and using novel rhetorical approaches, Political Communication in the Anglophone World illuminates how communication proceeds, whether the medium be speech, song, website, or pirouette.
Faith and Leadership
Authors: Riccards Michael P.
Published: February 2025

This study is a comprehensive history of the papacy, the oldest elective office in the world, and how it has managed over the centuries the most complex voluntary association of faith. The book argues that in fact through most of its existence, the papacy has adapted managerial models of the secular world and applied them to the Catholic Church. Since its emergence from the Jewish synagogues to a persecuted minority in the Roman Empire to becoming the established religion of the West, the Church and the papacy engaged the world on its own terms. It is only after the Council of Trent did the Church become somewhat more divorced and estranged from the environment around it. This book focused on those changes and on the great popes across the centuries who reformed and altered Catholicism. Special attention is directed to Gregory I, Innocent I, Innocent III, Pius IX, Leo XIII, Pius XI, Pius XII, John XXVII, Paul VI, and John Paul II. The conclusion is that the persistence of the Catholic Church for so many centuries was due to its ability to preserve the faith, but re-establish its forms and managerial class.
The Split Subject of Narration in Elizabeth Gaskell's First Person Fiction
Authors: Koustinoudi Anna
Published: February 2025

The Split Subject of Narration in Elizabeth Gaskell’s First-Person Fiction analyzes a number of Elizabeth Gaskell's first-person works through a post-modern perspective employing such theoretical frameworks as psychoanalytic theory, narratology, and gender theory. It attempts to explore the problematics of Victorian subjectivity, bringing into focus the ways in which both her realistic and Gothic texts undercut and interrogate post-Romantic assumptions about an autonomous and coherent speaking and/or narrating subject. The essential argument of the book is that the mid-nineteenth-century narrating “I”, in its communal, voyeuristic, and Gothic manifestations emerges as painfully divided, lacking, unstable, ailing, and hence unreliable, pre-figuring, at the same time, later forms of self-conscious narration in fiction. Furthermore, it is also exposed as performative, one that can be seen as a simulacrum without an original, and, consequently, at odds with post-Romantic, empiricist assumptions about the factuality, centrality, and rationality of the human subject, while at the same time, clinging to illusions of autonomy. Plagued by its own self-awareness, the narrating “I” is alienated both from itself as well as from those it attempts to represent, including its own narrated counterpart. To this effect, it argues that throughout a trajectory of configurations, psychic investments and imaginary identifications, embedded in and conditioned by the workings of desire and ideology, both of which underpin discursive and representational practices, narrative subjectivity in Gaskell’s first-person fiction manifests itself as the product of a misrecognized encounter between the subject who narrates and that which is being narrated. Both are essentially unable to see their split character and the alienating chasm opened up between them, for the former, on the level of narration, and, for the latter, on a thematic level.
Surveillance in America
Authors: Greenberg Ivan
Published: February 2025

Surveillance in America provides a historical exploration of FBI surveillance practices and policies since 1920 based on recently declassified FBI files. Using the new information available through these documents, Ivan Greenberg sheds light on the activities and beliefs of top FBI officials as they develop and implement surveillance practices. Paying particular attention to the uses of the media, Greenberg provides a thorough reconsideration of the Watergate scandal and the role of W. Mark Felt as “Deep Throat.” He exposes new evidence which suggests that Felt led a faction at the FBI that worked together to bring down President Nixon.

The book concludes with an in-depth treatment of surveillance practices since the year 2000. He considers the question of “surveillance as harassment” and looks at the further erosion of privacy. stemming from Obama’s counter-terror policies which extend those of the Bush Administration’s second term. The startling increase in surveillance since the events of September 11th, reveal the extent to which America is losing the battle for civil liberties.
Don't Stop Thinking about the Music
Authors: Schoening Benjamin S. , Kasper Eric T.
Published: February 2025

In this insightful, erudite history of presidential campaign music, musicologist Benjamin Schoening and political scientist Eric Kasper explain how politicians use music in American presidential campaigns to convey a range of political messages. From “Follow Washington” to “I Like Ike” to “I Got a Crush on Obama,” they describe the ways that song use by and for presidential candidates has evolved, including the addition of lyrics to familiar songs, the current trend of using existing popular music to connect with voters, and the rapid change of music’s relationship to presidential campaigns due to Internet sites like YouTube, JibJab, and Facebook. Readers are ultimately treated to an entertaining account of American political development through popular music and the complex, two-way relationship between music and presidential campaigns.
The Life and Times of Charles R. Crane, 1858-1939
Authors: Saul Norman E.
Published: February 2025

In The Life and Times of Charles R. Crane, Norman E. Saul analyzes the contributions of Charles R. Crane, world traveler, businessman, diplomat, and philanthropist in the setting of his times. Crane acquired his appreciation for Russian culture and life through travel in the country, making a total of twenty-four trips to Russia. He developed friendships and professional relationships with many prominent Russians in political, cultural, and artistic spheres in addition to his connections to important figures in American history such as Woodrow Wilson. As the son of a Chicago industrialist with little formal education, Charles R. Crane enjoyed remarkable success serving as a financial backer and advisor to the Woodrow Wilson administration, founding member of the 1917 Root Commission to Russia, minister to China, and establishing a factory in Russia to manufacture air brakes for the Russian railroad. He devoted a considerable amount of his own time and resources to educating Americans about the Russian people. He sponsored visiting lecturers, subsidized publications, and commissioned works by Russian artists.

Charles Crane was arguably the first true American globalist. His activities involved Russia, China, and the Middle East, but Saul emphasizes his travels in Russia and his role in the development and promotion of Russian studies in America. Crane represented the United States becoming a world power in business and diplomacy, and fostered an American appreciation and knowledge of Russian, Asian, and Middle Eastern societies. By studying this unusual man, Saul explores the world in which he lived and traveled. The relationship between America and Russia has always been a complex and fascinating one, and Saul shines light on a pivotal period in that relationship.
The Nature of Christianity in Northern Tanzania
Authors: Munson Robert B.
Published: February 2025

The Nature of Christianity in Northern Tanzania explores the relationship between the region’s environment and social change during the pivotal, often over-looked German colonial period (1890-1916). The work connects changes in the landscape order and biogeography closely with the beginning Christianization of the three groups on the mountains – the Chagga on Mt Kilimanjaro and the Meru and Arusha peoples of Mt Meru.

The work tells a story which is ordered, green and Christian. It looks at both new ideas and plants brought by the Germans to their colony in East Africa. The introduced German-like order and the exotic plants changed the landscape during the short period of German rule. However, the changes taking root in the African societies, driven primarily by the introduction of Christianity, led to an acceptance and adaptation of these imports. Religious change is one of the most profound elements of social change and it deeply impacted the world view of the Chagga, Meru and Arusha peoples. Within all three groups, their worldview was closely tied to religion – there is no difference between the natural and social spheres nor the religious and secular worlds.

In the interaction between the German and Africans, the ideas, use of plants and even Christianity became altered, Africanized, and finally propagated by the African groups, helping to create the new African/European landscape. This heritage lives on up till today, growing on the landscape, nurtured by the changes in the societies of the Chagga, Meru and Arusha peoples on Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Meru.
The Flexible Imagination
Authors: Leggett William H.
Published: February 2025

The Flexible Imagination: At Work in the Transnational CorporateOffices of Jakarta, Indonesia is a behind-the-scenes ethnography examining the social interactions between individuals from different cultural and national backgrounds who work together in the halls of some of the most notorious Fortune 500 corporations out of Southeast Asia. In the transnational corporate spaces of Jakarta, Indonesia, there is a frustrating struggle for coherence and meaning by expatriate and national populations still new to the morphing and “flexible” world of global capitalism. Many of those newly engaged in the machinations of our global economy struggle to make sense of their unfamiliar surroundings. In this situation, where localities and social constellations are in a state of constant flux, people rely on their imagination in the construction of a social reality that makes sense—provides enough social stability—to get through the routine activities of a typical work day. The imaginary put to use by those discussed in this book ties together bodies of knowledge—historic and current, academic and popular, economic and cultural—in an attempt to create a transnational working reality that makes sense. Thus, the term “flexible imagination” encapsulates the variable and shifting nature of these imaginary processes.