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INFLUENCE OF HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION THERAPY ON THE RATE OF RECURRENT MIOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Authors: Salivonchik D. P.
Published: July 2023

The main goal of this research is evaluation of the influence of hyperbaric oxygenation therapy on the rate of recurrent miocardial infarction and death-rate. In case of inclusion of hyperbaric oxygenation into the standart treatment plan of acute miocardial infarction more rapid normalization of clinical parameters as well as reliable decrease the rate of recurrent miocardial infarction and mortality level has been revealed.
THE CLINICAL AND ANATOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE AUTOPSY'S RESULTS THE PATIENTS DIED OF THE BREAST CANCER
Authors: Achinovich S. L. , Prigojaja T. I. , Nitish V. I. , Golubev O. A. , Nadirov E. A. , Tumanov E. V.
Published: July 2023

Breast cancer is the most often malignant tumour at women in Byelorussia (18,3%). The analysis of the medical documentation of the women died of the breast cancer in the Gomel regional oncological dispensary is carried out. It is established, that the most often reasons of death is pulmonary thromboembolism and its progressing. The combination of breast cancer to an endocrine system pathology is revealed at 72% of patients and the combination of breast cancer to other malignant tumours is revealed in 9,3%.
DYNAMICS OF IODINE SUPPLY OF POPULATION IN SOME REGIONS OF BELARUS IN 1996-2005
Authors: Petrenko S. V. , Gomolko N. N. , Mohort T. V. , Okeanov A. E. , Yablonskaya I. V.
Published: July 2023

In the last decade iodine supply of numerous Belarussian regions has significantly improved due to steady activities of its government and international organization (UNISEF/WHO). Reduction of iodine deficiency in the surveyed regions of Belarus was caused mainly by widespread use of iodine salt by the population and increased uptake of iodine-containing food.
POLYNEUROPATHY DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT OF AT RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (literature review)
Authors: Gutseva E. A.
Published: July 2023

Polyneuropathy - a multiple affection of peripheral nerves of various ethiology with typical symmetrical movement disorder of extremities, sensitivity and vegetatics. The present paper generalizes references devoted to the investigation of diagnostic aspects of polyneuropathies in general, and those at rheumatoid arthritis in particular; issues of their treatmen are also highlighted.
REMOTE RESULTS OPERATIVE TREATMENTS OF PATIENTS BY THE CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
Authors: Barat Ali
Published: July 2023

The analysis of the remote results of surgical treatment of patients by a chronic pancreatitis after различенных variants панкреатодигестивных анастомозов in different terms of operation (from 3 till 12 years) is submitted by questioning. All patients from whom questionnaires with the answer (110 patients) have been received were divided(shared) into three groups - depending on indications to operative treatment. Completeness of scope by questioning оперированных patients has made 70,5%. It is established, that most the best results are received after дуоденоцистовирсунгостомии, a left-hand resection of a body and a tail of a pancreas, панкреатоеюностомии and цистодуоденостомии. The most unsatisfactory result is marked after external дренирования кисты a pancreas.
Significance of pathogen identification for urinary tract infection and Helicobacter pylori infection in type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
Authors: Rusalenko M. G. , Wisham M. , Konovalova T. V. , Lischenko L. V. , Savasteeva I. G. , Shevchenko N. I.
Published: July 2023

Objective. The aim of this study was to understand the significance of pathogen identification for Urinary tract infection and Helicobacter pylori infection in Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 and Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 patients.Materials and methods. The study was conducted among 1749 patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Using microbiological techniques, the frequency of urinary tract infection was identified and the aetiology and sensitivity of microorganisms to antibacterial drugs were assessed. Data collected on Helicobacter pylori infection were verified through PCR tests on biopsies collected from the gastric mucosa.Results. The study showed that urinary tract infection has a high incidence rate with 58.3% of cases from Type 1 diabetes mellitus, and in 47.2% of cases from Type 2 diabetes. Pathogens such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Enterococcus faecalis and Klebsiella pneumoniae were the main causative agents of urinary tract infections. Helicobacter pylori infection was common in DM and more in cases of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at 27.1%, compared to cases in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus at 22.8%. Also 5.9 % cases of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus had combined Helicobacter pylori and urinary tract infections.Conclusion. The study showed the significance in identification of urinary tract infections and Helicobacter pylori infections in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and especially significant for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients.
Comparative evaluation of the effectiveness of systemic and local administration of mesenchymal stem cells in experimental neuropathy
Authors: Yerofeyeva A.-M. V. , Fedorova E. V. , Rjabceva S. N. , Molchanova A. Yu.
Published: July 2023

Objective. Compare the effectiveness of systemic and local administration of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADMSC) at a dose of 1х106 cells/kg on nociceptive sensitivity to mechanical and thermal stimuli in rats and changes in histostructure of sciatic nerve and surrounded tissues of affected hind paw in experimental model of peripheral neuropathy of sciatic nerve.Materials and methods. 26 male Wistar rats were used to perform a model of peripheral neuropathy by axotomy of the sciatic nerve. On the 7th day, the experimental animals underwent systemic or local transplantation of ADMSC at a dose of 1x106 cells/kg. Nociceptive responses to mechanical and thermal stimuli were assessed for 90 days, and the histostructure of the sciatic nerve and surrounding tissues was analyzed after systemic and local transplantation of ADMSC.Results. Systemic administration of ADMSC at a dose of 1x106 cells/kg to rats with sciatic nerve axotomy increased the mechanical withdrawal threshold (MWT) by 17.1% and had no effect on the thermal withdrawal latency (TWL). Local administration of ADMSCs in an equivalent dose contributed to the full recovery of the MWT and TWL by the 21st day of the experiment, as well as suppressed the inflammatory reaction in the soft tissues of the operated hind paw of experimental animals.Conclusion. Intramuscular administration of ADMSC into the area of sciatic nerve axotomy of rats was significantly more effective than systemic administration of an equivalent dose of a cell transplant. This method of administration is more appropriate for further studies of the mechanisms of antinociceptive and reparative effects of ADMSCs.
Changes in the level of endogenous respiration of the small intestine mucosa at various times after irradiation
Authors: Myshkavets N. S.
Published: July 2023

Objective. To study the level of endogenous respiration of the small intestine mucosa of experimental animals after exposure to external irradiation at a dose of 0.5 and 1.0 Gy.Materials and methods. The study was conducted on white male outbred rats weighing 180-200 g. The animals were irradiated once in the “IGUR-1” unit, 137Cs source, dose rate 0.92 Gy/min. The parameters of tissue respiration were studied by polarographic method using Record-4 device (RF) in a 2 ml cell with a closed platinum Clark electrode at 25°C.Results. It was shown that changes in respiratory activity over time are non-monotonous. This confirms the high sensitivity of the small intestine to radiation exposure.Conclusion. The level of endogenous respiration of the small intestine mucosa can be one of the criteria for assessing the energy status of the tissue after irradiation.
Comparative study of the quality of life of medical workers in Belarus and Japan
Authors: Sharshakova T. M. , Hayashida N. , Takahashi J. , Sachkouskaya A. V.
Published: July 2023

Objective. The purpose of the study was to conduct a cross-cultural analysis of the quality of life of medical workers in Belarus and Japan, to assess the similarities and differences, to identify cultural characteristics and factors affecting the quality of life of medical workers of both countries.Materials and methods. The study was conducted in medical organizations in Gomel, Belarus, where 400 respondents (doctors and nurses) were interviewed and in university clinics in Nagasaki (Japan), where 238 medical workers took part in the survey. The survey was conducted using a validated Russian and English versions of the WHO Brief Questionnaire for Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF).Results. The results of the study showed that Japanese medical workers are less satisfied with their ability to work and the ability to perform their duties compared to Belarusian medical workers (31.0 and 34.0% of respondents in Japan and 68.9 and 62.2% of respondents in Belarus, respectively, p < 0.001). About a third of respondents (31.6% in Belarus, 38.0% in Japan) often experience negative emotions (bad mood, anxiety, despair, depression). 79.0% of respondents in Belarus are satisfied with their personal relationships, while in Japan this indicator was 49.3% (p < 0.001). The percentage of dissatisfaction with their sex life is high among Japanese medical workers (71.9% compared to 21.8% of respondents in Belarus, p < 0.001). 56.6% of Japanese medical workers and 77.2% of Belarusian medical workers are satisfied with the support from friends (p < 0.001). Indicators of psychological health and social relations are higher among respondents who are married. The incidence of medical workers in both countries is very high: from 20 to 30% of respondents report the presence of a disease or health problem.Conclusion. Medical workers’ assessment of their quality of life depends largely on the different ways of life in the two countries, the peculiarities of the health care system, the general standard of living of the population, and other factors. However, as the survey showed, statistically these differences in the assessment of the quality of life are insignificant.
David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
Authors: Andersson Stefan
Published: July 2023

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Mårten Björk, The Politics of Immortality in Rosenzweig, Barth and Goldberg: Theology and Resistance between 1914–1945
Authors: Ruin Hans
Published: July 2023

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Efektivitas Model Pembelajaran TPS Berbantuan Permainan Tradisional dan NHT Berbantuan Permainan Tradisional terhadap Prestasi Belajar Siswa pada Materi Aritmatika Sosial
Authors: Muzayanah Muzayanah , Sudargo Sudargo , Sutrisno Sutrisno
Published: July 2023

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of learning model TPS and NHT  assisted traditional game to student achievement on the social arithmetic material. This study is quantitative research. The population in this study student of class VII SMP N 3 Larangan Brebes of the 2017/2018 school year. Sampling using cluster random sampling technique. The data collection technique is the method of observation, documentation, and tests. Data analysis techniques with one way analysis of variance, simple linear regression, and proportion test a with a significant level of 5%. The results showed that: (1) there were differences in the ability to student achievement with TPS learning model assisted by traditional game and NHT learning model assisted by traditional game, and conventional with the results of ANOVA, (2) there is an effect of student activity learning on the student achievement who get the TPS and NHT models assisted by the traditional game with simple linear regression, and (3) student achievement with the TPS and NHT models assisted traditional game reach the minimum completeness criteria.
Analisis Literasi Matematika dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Berorientasi PISA Konten Quantity pada Siswa SMA ditinjau dari Perbedaan Jenis Kelamin
Authors: Sari Dewi Putri , Sudargo Sudargo , Muhtarom Muhtarom
Published: July 2023

This study aims to determine how the analysis of mathematical literacy in solving quantity content PISA-oriented questions for high school students in terms of gender differences. This type of research is descriptive qualitative research. This research was conducted at SMAN 1 Tanjung Brebes Regency in 2020/2021. The subjects of this study were six students of class X MIPA representing groups of mathematics literacy test results (low, medium, and high) and of different genders. The subjects in this study used a purposive sample technique, which was determined based on the results of written mathematical literacy tests and gender. The data was collected through a mathematics literacy test oriented to the quantity content PISA and interviews. Meanwhile, the triangulation used in this study was method triangulation. The results showed that female students had better mathematical literacy than male students on 2 of the 4 indicators of mathematical literacy. Overall, female’s mathematical literacy is superior than male students.
Perkembangan Bahasa Anak Usia Dini 5-6 Tahun Ditinjau dari Aspek Sintaksis dan Pragmatik
Authors: Sari Arviani
Published: July 2023

This study aims to describe language acquisition in the field of syntax for children aged 5-6 years and describe language acquisition in pragmatics for children aged 5-6 years. This research uses descriptive qualitative research method. The sample of this study were two children aged 5-6 years Masyithoh Kindergarten Karangasem Batang. From the two samples, it is known that in the syntactic aspect, children experience different developments from the ability to tell stories, answer the phone, talk without stopping and speak in slang. In the pragmatic aspect, children also have developmental differences in terms of understanding sign language and interacting with sign language. Researchers concluded that early childhood in the age range of 5-6 years experienced differences in the development of syntactic and pragmatic language. So, the researcher recommends that teachers understand the differences in these developments and stimulate students according to their development so that they continue to improve.
Pengembangan Media Pembelajaran Lift the Flap Book Tangga Nada Peserta Didik Kelas V Sekolah Dasar
Authors: Harmila Akhmad Akbar , Pangestika Rintis Rizkia , Khaq Muflikhul
Published: July 2023

The research focuses on developing the lift the flap book learning media as a companion in SBdP learning on scale material. This study aims to describe product development in the form of lift the flap book media on scale material and determine the feasibility of lift the flap book media on scale material for Class V Elementary School 2 Mlaran. The method used in this research is development research (R&D). This study uses the Four-D (4D) development research model. This research includes four steps, namely define, design, develop, and disseminate. The test subjects in this study were fifth grade students at SDN 2 Mlaran. The results of the assessment by material experts were 86.5% in the very good category, the assessment by media experts was 88.3% in the very good category. The results of the implementation of the first stage of learning were 92.7% and the second stage was 95.3%. The results of the response of the first stage students were 90% and the second stage was 87.7%. Thus, the learning media for the lift the flap book scales is appropriate to be used as a learning medium for the fifth grade of elementary school.
Pengembangan E-Modul Pembelajaran IPA berbasis Problem Based Learning untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Literasi Sains Peserta Didik
Authors: Kaniyah Yayuk , Purnamasari Iin , Siswanto Joko
Published: July 2023

The purpose of this development research is to determine the feasibility, practicality, and effectiveness of problem-based learning e-science learning modules in improving the scientific literacy skills of Five Grades students at SDN Kalisalak 02 Limpung. This study is research and development by modifying the 4-D model (Four D model) from Thiagarajan. 4-D development through 4 stages, namely identification (define), planning (design), development (develop) and dissemination (dessiminate). The data collection instruments in this study were validity sheets for material expert lecturers, media experts and practitioners, student readability sheets, practicality sheets for practitioners, lesson plans validation sheets, scientific literacy questions validation sheets, scientific literacy pretest and posttest questions. This instrument was developed based on the review of supervisors, assessments of expert lecturers, practitioners, and limited trials on students and practitioners. The stage of implementing the e-module developed for Five Grades students at SDN Kalisalak 02 Limpung. The dessiminate stage is the stage of using e-modules that have been developed on a wider scale, through the website address for problem-based learning e-modules that have been online so that they are spread through Google and can be accessed in a browser.  The data analysis technique used is the n-gain test and T test. The n-gain test value in this study was obtained by 0.32 with a moderate increase category, and the T test value obtained by Sig. 0.033 <0.05 means that there is an effect of using problem-based learning e-science learning modules to improve students' scientific literacy skills. The results showed that the problem-based learning-based science learning e-module that was developed was proven to be valid, practical, and effective so that it was very feasible to be used in science learning in elementary schools to improve students' scientific literacy skills.
Program Konservasi Mangrove di Pantai Glagah Wangi Demak Ditinjau dari Upaya Mencapai Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Authors: Rohmawati Qo'im , Wulandari Nanik Esti , Soleh Ahmad , Widarti Rezki , Musyafiatun Musyafiatun , Putri Grisselda Vania , Fauzan Fauzan
Published: July 2023

On the north coast of Central Java, the abrasion area has reached 5,500 hectares spread over 10 regencies/cities. Abrasion is the erosion or reduction of land (beach) due to wave activity, currents and tides. In Tambakbulusan Village, Karangtengah Subdistrict, Demak Regency, there is a Glagahwangi beach which is affected by abrasion. This study uses an interview approach, observation, and documentation techniques, which then support data obtained from research journals, online media, and others. Based on these problems, a mangrove conservation program was carried out on the Glagahwangi beach in an effort to achieve the SDGs in the pillars of environmental development which is a national program launched by the government. With this program, it is hoped that the preservation of the surrounding environment will improve, the welfare and economy of the surrounding community will increase. The results show that the mangrove conservation program has a tremendous positive impact on the environment, society, and the economy around the coast. In terms of the environment, mangrove conservation can protect biodiversity, namely aquatic semi-terrestrial and terrestrial, the life of future generations, clean water salinity, absorb pollutants, reduce the greenhouse effect with the "sequestration" mechanism, reduce CO2 in the atmosphere, and as the lungs of the world. . From an economic point of view, mangrove trees provide high economic value because parts of the mangrove tree can be processed and consumed, thus providing extraordinary benefits to the surrounding community in improving welfare. In addition, mangrove conservation can be used as an ecotourism area that aims to educate and preserve the environment and improve the economy of the community around the coast.
Uji Validasi dan Reliabilitas Instrumen Penilaian Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Siswa Kelas VI Sekolah Dasar
Authors: Maryono Maryono
Published: July 2023

This research aims to determine content validity and reliability. Critical thinking assessment instruments that previously existed. The instrument developed is in the form of test questions. Analysis of the test items used the V coefficient by Aiken's while reliability was estimated using Kappa with the help of SPSS Version 28. The results showed that the test questions and research questions proved valid, the highest with Aiken's V coefficient ?s, namely 0.841 and reliable with a Cronbach Alpha coefficient of 0.903. After being validated, it was then tried out on class VI students at Karangtengah 01 Elementary School. The trial results showed that the level of difficulty of spreading and the differential power had good average criteria (can be used). Based on the results of this study, the instrument for assessing the critical thinking skills of class VI students at SDN Karangtengah 01 is valid and practical.
Homo Deportivus. Sobre la relación entre filosofía y deporte
Authors: Mujica-Johnson Felipe
Published: July 2023

Este artículo examina la relación entre el deporte y la filosofía, buscando comprender el concepto del "Homo deportivus". El autor explora cómo el deporte puede ser considerado desde una perspectiva filosófica, analizando temas como la emancipación, la educación liberadora y el dualismo cuerpo y alma. También se aborda el legado espiritual de los deportistas y la conexión entre la filosofía política y el deporte. El estudio destaca la importancia de incluir perspectivas filosóficas en el ámbito deportivo y promueve un enfoque inclusivo y abierto tanto en la filosofía como en el deporte
The Study of the Contribution of Innovation in Information Technology to Performance in Moroccan Companies
Authors: ALAMI Mohamed
Published: July 2023

The massive use of information technology (IT) in companies in recent years has become a major concern for researchers and management science professionals. As they seek to identify the variables that can explain the contribution of IT to performance, they agree that investment in IT alone is no longer a source of sustainable and non-substitutable competitive advantage.
Criminal Actions Of Illegal Logging In The Perspective Of Forestry Law
Authors: Wibawa G.M. Angga Satrya , Muhibbin Moh. , Parmono Budi
Published: July 2023

This research aims to describe the regulation of illegal logging in Indonesian positive law and to analyze how illegal logging is in the perspective of Indonesian criminal law. It is a normative legal research, which examines laws and regulations in a coherent legal system with the values ??contained in the Forestry Law Number 19 of 2004 and Law No. 18 of 2013 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction, The research results show that illegal logging is regulated in the Forestry Law, namely Forestry Law No. 19 of 2004, changes to Law no. 41 of 1999 became a Law as an instrument in tackling illegal logging crimes. Then Regulation of the Minister of Forestry Number: P.30/Menhut-II/2012 concerning Administration of Forest Products originating from Private Forests. The government also enacted Law no. 18 of 2013 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction as statutory regulations, and is the implementation of Law no. 14 of 1999. Illegal logging sanctions are emphasized in the Forestry Law in the form of criminal sanctions given to those who carry out illegal logging, according to Law no. 18 of 2013 with a maximum prison sentence of 15 years and a maximum fine of IDR 100 billion.
Coping strategies and quality of life in primary caregivers of cancer patients
Authors: Mise Santo Erika Vanessa , Herrera Calderón Verónica Paulina
Published: July 2023

The primary caregivers of a cancer patient are essential in the recovery and fight against cancer, which is why there is a high risk that they present deterioration in their physical and mental health due to the innumerable amount of activities focused clearly on the patient that as a consequence put aside self-care to drastically change your daily activities. Objective: To determine coping strategies and quality of life in primary caregivers of cancer patients. Methodology: Corresponds to the quantitative, descriptive, correlational cross-sectional approach to establish the dimension of quality of life in primary caregivers of cancer patients through a descriptive survey of the quality of life test that addresses the physical, emotional, cognitive and social dimensions that influence the daily performance of the primary caregiver. Results: From the application of the Quality of Life Test, it was obtained in the sociodemographic characteristics that women with 58% in an age range of 28 to 37 years are mostly the primary caregivers of cancer patients, in terms of health status. In general, 70% of the caregivers consider themselves to be in good physical and mental condition, however, with the passage of time, considerable deterioration was observed in the caregivers of patients with a longer fight against cancer. Conclusions: Informal caregivers also require medical attention and psychological evaluation because they are the ones who face all the requirements of a cancer patient.
Toward Generalized Milankovitch Theory (GMT)
Authors: Ganopolski Andrey
Published: July 2023

Abstract. In recent decades, numerous paleoclimate records and results of model simulations provided strong support to the astronomical theory of Quaternary glacial cycles formulated in its modern form by Milutin Milankovitch. At the same time, new findings revealed that the classical Milankovitch theory is unable to explain a number of important facts, such as the change of the dominant periodicity of glacial cycles from 41 kyr to 100 kyr about one million years ago. This transition was also accompanied by an increase in the amplitude and asymmetry of the glacial cycles. Here, based on the results of a hierarchy of models and data analysis, a framework of the extended (generalized) version of the Milankovitch theory is presented. To illustrate the main elements of this theory, a simple conceptual model of glacial cycles was developed using the results of an Earth system model CLIMBER-2. This conceptual model explicitly assumes the multistability of the climate-cryosphere system and the instability of the “supercritical” ice sheets. Using this model, it is shown that Quaternary glacial cycles can be successfully reproduced as the strongly-nonlinear response of the Earth system to the orbital forcing, where 100 kyr cyclicity originates from the phase-locking of the precession and obliquity-forced glacial cycles to the corresponding eccentricity cycle. The eccentricity influences glacial cycles solely through its amplitude modulation of the precession component of orbital forcing, while the long time scale of the late Quaternary glacial cycles is determined by the time required for ice sheets to reach their critical size. The postulates used to construct this conceptual model were justified using analysis of relevant physical and biogeochemical processes and feedbacks. In particular, the role of climate-ice sheet-carbon cycle feedback in shaping and globalization of glacial cycles is discussed. The reasons for the instability of the large northern ice sheets and the mechanisms of the Earth system escape from the “glacial trap” via a set of strongly nonlinear processes are presented. It is also shown that the transition from the 41 kyr to the 100 kyr world about one million years ago can be explained by a gradual increase in the critical size of ice sheets, which in turn is related to the gradual removal of terrestrial sediments from the northern continents. The implications of this nonlinear paradigm for understanding Quaternary climate dynamics and the remaining knowledge gaps are finally discussed.
Holocene forest and land-use history of the Erzgebirge, central Europe: a review of palynological data
Authors: Kaiser Knut , Theuerkauf Martin , Hieke Falk
Published: July 2023

Abstract. The ongoing ecological conversion of mountain forests in central Europe from widespread Picea monocultures to mixed stands conceptually also requires a historical perspective on the very long-term, i.e. Holocene, vegetation and land-use dynamics. Detailed sources of information for this are palynological data. The Erzgebirge in focus here, with a maximum height of 1244 m a.s.l., represents an extreme case of extensive historical deforestation since the Middle Ages due to mining, metallurgy, and other industrial activities, as well as rural and urban colonisation. For this regional review we collected and evaluated 121 pollen diagrams of different stratigraphic, taxonomic, and chronological resolution. This number makes this region an upland area in central Europe with an exceptionally high density of palynological data. Using well-dated diagrams going back to the early Holocene, main regional vegetation phases were derived: the Betula–Pinus phase (ca. 11 600–10 200 cal yr BP), the Corylus phase (ca. 10 200–9000 cal yr BP), the Picea phase (ca. 9000–6000 cal yr BP), the Fagus–Picea phase (ca. 6000–4500 cal yr BP), the Abies–Fagus–Picea phase (ca. 4000–1000 cal yr BP), and the anthropogenic vegetation phase (ca. 1000–0 cal yr BP). Some diagrams show the presence or even continuous curves of potential pasture and meadow indicators from around 2000 cal BCE at the earliest. Even cereal pollen grains occur sporadically already before the High Medieval. These palynological indications of a local prehistoric human impact also in the higher altitudes find parallels in the (geo-)archaeologically proven Bronze Age tin placer mining and in the geochemically proven Iron Age metallurgy in the Erzgebirge. The pollen data show that immediately before the medieval clearing, i.e. beginning at the end of the 12th century CE, forests were mainly dominated by Fagus and Abies and complemented by Picea with increasing share towards the highest altitudes. According to historical data, the minimum of the regional forest cover was reached during the 17th–18th centuries CE. The dominance of Picea in modern pollen spectra is caused by anthropogenic afforestation in the form of monocultures since that time. Future palynological investigations, preferably within the framework of altitudinal transect studies, should aim for chronologically and taxonomically high-resolution and radiometrically well-dated pollen diagrams from the larger peatlands.
The role of agency in social tipping processes
Authors: Gaupp Franziska , Constantino Sara , Pereira Laura
Published: July 2023

Abstract. Positive social tipping processes – nonlinear, transformational change that improves long-term sustainability and well-being of people and planet – have recently witnessed growing interest in socio-ecological research. In addition to structural and systemic changes, shifts in prevailing social norms and worldviews are key for accelerated societal transformation. Enabling conditions include human agency – the capacity or ability to influence the outside world. Drawing on literature from different disciplines, we present an agency in social tipping framework that examines the notion of agency and its determinants, the relationship between individual and collective agency, and how collective agency can trigger social tipping points, potentially leading to large societal transformation. We use the framework and a case study of the shift to plant-based diets to illustrate the role of agency in positive social tipping processes. And finally, we identify and discuss a range of intervention points that might increase perceptions or feelings of both individual and collective agency, potentially overcoming the knowledge-action gap that is preventing large-scale societal action.
Elasticity of mixtures and implications for piezobarometry of mixed-phase inclusions
Authors: Angel Ross J. , Mazzucchelli Mattia L. , Musiyachenko Kira A. , Nestola Fabrizio , Alvaro Matteo
Published: July 2023

Abstract. Elastic thermobarometry (or piezobarometry) is the process of determining
the P (pressure) and T (temperature) of entrapment of inclusions from their pressure, stress or strain
measured when their host mineral is at room conditions. The methods and
software used for piezobarometry are currently restricted to inclusions
consisting of single phases. In this contribution we describe the theory of
the elasticity of mixtures of different phases and combine it with the
existing isotropic analysis of the elastic interactions between single-phase
inclusions and their hosts to calculate the inclusion pressures of
mixed-phase inclusions. The analysis shows that the reliability of
calculated entrapment conditions for mixed-phase inclusions, including those
containing fluid plus minerals, depends in a complex way upon the contrasts
between the elastic properties of the host and the phases in the inclusion.
The methods to calculate the entrapment conditions of mixed-phase inclusions
have been incorporated into the EosFit7c program (version 7.6) that is available as
freeware from http://www.rossangel.net.
An investigation into the micro-geometric tapered-shape surface design of the piston bore of a piston–cylinder interface in an axial piston motor
Authors: Liu Rui , Zeng Yishan , Hu Min , Zhu Huabing , Liu Changhai , Wang Lei
Published: July 2023

Abstract. In pursuit of design solutions that reduce energy loss and improve wear resistance for the piston–cylinder interface in an axial piston motor, a fluid-structure interaction numerical model and a new test rig of the friction force of the piston–cylinder pair are developed to achieve the analysis and design of the micro-geometric tapered-shape surface of a piston bore. The piston bore with the tapered-shape surface axial distribution length ratio of 49.44 % of the overall length is found to be the relatively optimized one. Furthermore, how the shaft speed, load pressure, and swash plate angle influence the performance of the two-type interface is analyzed. Numerical analysis results show that, compared with the traditional cylindrical piston bore design, the piston–cylinder interface with the optimized tapered-shape piston bore in the axial piston motor can achieve a significant reduction in leakage flow and friction force, and the experimental results are consistent with the simulation results.
Grand challenges in the design, manufacture, and operation of future wind turbine systems
Authors: Veers Paul , Bottasso Carlo L. , Manuel Lance , Naughton Jonathan , Pao Lucy , Paquette Joshua , Robertson Amy , Robinson Michael , Ananthan Shreyas , Barlas Thanasis , Bianchini Alessandro , Bredmose Henrik , Horcas Sergio González , Keller Jonathan , Madsen Helge Aagaard , Manwell James , Moriarty Patrick , Nolet Stephen , Rinker Jennifer
Published: July 2023

Abstract. Wind energy is foundational for achieving 100 % renewable electricity production, and significant innovation is required as the grid expands and accommodates hybrid plant systems, energy-intensive products such as fuels, and a transitioning transportation sector. The sizable investments required for wind power plant development and integration make the financial and operational risks of change very high in all applications but especially offshore. Dependence on a high level of modeling and simulation accuracy to mitigate risk and ensure operational performance is essential. Therefore, the modeling chain from the large-scale inflow down to the material microstructure, and all the steps in between, needs to predict how the wind turbine system will respond and perform to allow innovative solutions to enter commercial application. Critical unknowns in the design, manufacturing, and operability of future turbine and plant systems are
articulated, and recommendations for research action are laid out. This article focuses on the many unknowns that affect the ability to push
the frontiers in the design of turbine and plant systems. Modern turbine
rotors operate through the entire atmospheric boundary layer, outside the
bounds of historic design assumptions, which requires reassessing design
processes and approaches. Traditional aerodynamics and aeroelastic modeling
approaches are pressing against the limits of applicability for the size and flexibility of future architectures and flow physics fundamentals. Offshore wind turbines have additional motion and hydrodynamic load drivers that are formidable modeling challenges. Uncertainty in turbine wakes complicates structural loading and energy production estimates, both around a single plant and for downstream plants, which requires innovation in plant operations and flow control to achieve full energy capture and load
alleviation potential. Opportunities in co-design can bring controls
upstream into design optimization if captured in design-level models of the
physical phenomena. It is a research challenge to integrate improved
materials into the manufacture of ever-larger components while maintaining
quality and reducing cost. High-performance computing used in high-fidelity, physics-resolving simulations offer opportunities to improve design tools through artificial intelligence and machine learning, but even the high-fidelity tools are yet to be fully validated. Finally, key actions
needed to continue the progress of wind energy technology toward even lower
cost and greater functionality are recommended.
From “Woman as Thing” to a “Subject-In-Process”: The Dynamics of Courtly Love in Charlotte Lennox’s The Female Quixote (1752)
Authors: Siddiqa Ayesha
Published: July 2023

Slavoj Žižek’s psychoanalytic analysis of “courtly love” concludes that the courtly image of the Knight’s subservience to his Lady actually masks the reality of male domination; however, Žižek’s own analysis seems complicit in the same problematic. Whereas courtly love provides a semblance of agency to the woman, in assuming the male partner as the subject from whose vantage the relationship is theorized, Žižek’s analysis strips the woman of any subjectivity or agency by rendering her an absolute object, a radical Otherness, a monster, and an automaton. While Žižek painstakingly represents the male-subject as the victim-agent in being the director of the masochistic performance, the female is rendered a perpetrator-object who despite enacting the terms of the same contract is termed an inhuman partner and hence a sadist. This lack of complex theorization of the Lady that renders her absolute evil reinforces conventional representation of femininity as evil. Besides, by declaring an impasse in feminism for its tendency to deny women ‘femininity’, Žižek, while bemoaning the inescapability of the asymmetrical love relationship ends up reifying it. While Žižek’s analysis writes the Lady off as a vacuum, Charlotte Lennox’s The Female Quixote (1752) provides an interesting alternative for theorizing courtly love from the vantage of the Lady via the protagonist, Arabella. A suitable framework for understanding Arabella’s investment in the conventions of courtly love can be found in Julia Kristeva’s psychoanalytical model that allows for reconceiving the Lady in courtly love as a subject. While developing on the scholarship that explores the novel’s negotiation of the gendered eighteenth-century English society, I argue that Arabella’s delusional immersion in romances signifies her proximity to the semiotic chora given her preoedipal maternal severance. As such, her preference of the “feminine” form of romance, reflective of the subversive force of the semiotic, represents Arabella’s defiance of the rational, masculine, novelistic discourse of the eighteenth-century symbolic.
Relationality and Identity: A Performativist Perspective on the Displaced Subject in Andrew Kwong’s One Bright Moon
Authors: Hamza Muhammad
Published: July 2023

Employing Paul John Eakin’s notion of relationality and identity, and Homi K. Bhabha’s concept of displacement, this research paper investigates the performativist role of the displaced subject of Chinese partcultural memoir. A partcultural memoir implies the composition of author’s life- narrative during his stay in several flexible cultures as sojourner. In Andrew Kwong’s One Bright Moon, the displaced subject constructs his identity narrative by experiencing displacement in various flexible cultures via somatic and social relationality. Eakin’s idea of relationality is a combination of bodily sources (somatic) and social scenarios to establish identity of the narrating ‘I’ in the text. A performativist perspective of the displaced subject, in One Bright Moon, explores a daring venture of writing against oppressive social relationality. Andrew Kwong abrogates the concept of concealment of identity and demonstrates his somatic relationality. Mary Evans’ autobiography as a research method helps invoke Eakin’s idea of relationality and identity with Bhabha’s notion of displacement. The displaced subject experiences Chinese, Macau, Hong Kong, Australian, and American cultures to document the real story of his life. A performativist role of the displaced subject recreates the lost self as narrated ‘I’ in the text. Autobiography/memoir does not present merely the record of incidents but rather determines the sleight of hand of the conceptual self. The displaced autobiographical subject reciprocates identity narrative with exorable geographical contiguity in hereness and thereness. Thus, somatic and social relationality simultaneously develop the conceptual self, equipped with a multiplicity of experiences in displacement.
Digital Marketing in The Legal Profession: What’s Going On and Does It Matter?
Authors: Rogers Justine , Song Anthony
Published: July 2023

Law firms are importing ‘digital marketing’ into their practices. ‘Digital marketing’ is using the internet and online technologies, such as computers, mobile phones, websites, social media and data tools to achieve marketing objectives. These objectives are usually to acquire customers, build customer preferences and loyalties, promote brands and increase sales. Digital marketing is being introduced (directly and indirectly) by legal marketers, who are selling their expertise as solutions to the current pressures faced by firms. This is new territory for a profession that has historically opposed advertising and explicit self-promotion. For some, digital marketing is simply a modern twist on the personal referral of medieval times. But there is little in the current legal literature that looks closely at digital marketing in law and what it means for legal professionalism. This article presents digital marketing as a new form of entrepreneurial and managerial practice, adding to others operating in law firms as they become ‘target audiences’ of new business disciplines. We examine what digital marketing entails, the ideas and technologies behind it, the trends in and types of digital marketing in law, and the implications for lawyers’ identities, expertise, and professional and legal obligations. Digital marketing is now unavoidable. Firms today must understand the technologies and underlying ‘market’ logic that underpin digital marketing and support its responsible use by their lawyers and marketing teams.
Transmisiones en vivo y multiplataforma en tiempos pandémicos desde Brasil: el caso del Seminario sobre Representación Temática de la Información (SERTINF)
Authors: Pinto Virgínia Bentes , Santos Francisco Edvander Pires , Oliveira Luiz Allan Silvestre de , Silva Maria Andréina Pessoa , Fernandes Joana D'Arc Páscoa Bezerra
Published: July 2023

Problemática: ¿Cómo los participantes de las cuatro ediciones remotas de SERTINF evalúan el seminario, desde el punto de vista de su compromiso y el alcance del evento? Objetivo: evaluar los niveles de adhesión de los participantes y el alcance de las cuatro ediciones remotas de SERTINF. Justificativa: La pandemia de COVID-19 ha traído consigo la necesidad de adaptaciones de la sociedad hacia la búsqueda de soluciones, la universidad inclusa. En ese escenario se ha desarrollado una alianza entre el proyecto de extensión Plurissaberes, la Biblioteca de Ciencias Humanas de la Universidad Federal de Ceará y la asignatura de Representación Temática de la Información, del curso de Bibliotecología, con el fin de posibilitar la continuidad del SERTINF de modo remoto. Metodología: Investigación exploratoria. Análisis de las planillas de evaluación y de los chats de las transmisiones en YouTube durante las ediciones remotas del SERTINF. Resultados: la evaluación general obtuvo: Excelente (8,7 %) y en chat: “Excelentes ponencias”, “Fui un evento increíble”, “maravijoso”, además el uso del lenguaje del ciberespacio. Se concluye que, a pesar de la pandemia, las ediciones remotas de SERTINF fueron realizadas con éxito por quienes estuvieron involucrados en esa alianza del Plurissaberes de la Biblioteca con los ponientes y los participantes en Brasil y otros países y que la evaluación de eventos remotos necesita considerar, además de los discursos verbales, los no verbales, como los signos y los lenguajes del ciberespacio.
Pensamiento complejo para mejorar el perfil profesional docente en Colombia. Un estudio piloto de investigación transdisciplinar dentro de una red interuniversitaria
Authors: Álvarez Monsalve Elisa , Collado Ruano Javier , Orefice Carlo
Published: July 2023

El objetivo de esta investigación es fortalecer - dentro de una red interuniversitaria - la construcción del perfil profesional de los docentes desde un punto de vista complejo, con el fin de mejorar los procesos de formación ciudadana en los colegios públicos de Tunjuelito (Bogotá, Colombia). La metodología empleada es cuantitativa, de carácter descriptivo, analítico, interpretativo y no experimental. Para la recogida de información, se han empleado métodos y estrategias didácticas fundamentadas en la Educación para la Ciudadanía Mundial (ECM) de la UNESCO y el pensamiento complejo de Morin. El trabajo reflexiona teóricamente sobre el nivel de formación de los docentes y su incidencia en la mejora del aprendizaje dialógico, crítico, autónomo y colectivo de los estudiantes. Como resultado de la investigación, se identificó que los docentes de estos colegios quieren continuar desarrollando procesos educativos que mejoren la formación ciudadana de sus estudiantes para lograr: 1) posibilitar los procesos de participación democrática, 2) enseñar la condición humana que les permita reconocerse como parte de una civilización planetaria, 3) asumir responsabilidades frente a las necesidades locales y globales de sus entornos socio-ambientales. Para concluir, se postula la necesidad de continuar trabajando la formación ciudadana en los diferentes contextos sociales en los que insisten las universidades asociadas a la RED desde una mirada filosófica educativa compleja y transdisciplinar que responda a los retos socio-ambientales del siglo XXI.
Should Kant Be Viewed as a Public Philosopher?
Authors: Vereb Zachary
Published: July 2023

Immanuel Kant is rarely appreciated for his contributions to public philosophy. This is unsurprising, given his dry, technical style, criticism of the popular German philosophy movement, and prolonged silence on religious topics following censorship threats from Frederick William II. Yet Kant’s underappreciation vis-à-vis public philosophy is curious: Not only was he a vocal supporter of the early French Revolution, but he also said much on the public and political value of enlightenment. These ideas come across indirectly in his systematic writings and explicitly in writings for the learned public. This paper focuses on the question as to whether Kant should be viewed as a public philosopher, drawing from recent contributions in Kant scholarship to argue for the affirmative, though in an admittedly qualified sense.
Why Kant’s Hope Took a Historical Turn in Practical Philosophy
Authors: Woo Jaeha
Published: July 2023

In the beginning of his critical period, Kant treated the perfect attainment of the highest good—the unconditioned totality of ends which would uphold the perfect proportionality between moral virtue and happiness—as both the ground of hope for deserved happiness and the final end of our moral life. But I argue that Kant moved in the direction of de-emphasizing the latter aspect of the highest good, not because it is inappropriate or impossible for us to promote this ideal, but because the endless pursuit of it offers no prospect of moral satisfaction. I take this change as one possible reason for him to shift his focus more toward social and political progress in history, which has as its main subject the human species which is in some sense immortal.