bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Tyramine, a biogenic agent in cheese: amount and factors affecting its formation, a systematic review
Authors: Sadighara Parisa , Bekheir Saeed Aghebat- , Shafaroodi Hamed , Basaran Burhan , Sadighara Melina
Published: March 2024

Tyramine is one of the most important biological amines in food, which leads to food poisoning if consumed in high amounts. In addition to food poisoning, tyramine leads to drug interactions. Foods high in tyramine can cause high blood pressure and migraines in people taking monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors. Therefore, people taking MAO inhibitors should avoid foods high in tyramine. Cheese provides ideal conditions for the production of tyramine. Some cheeses contain high amounts of tyramine and lead to unwanted effects in people taking MAO inhibitors. These unwanted effects are called the cheese effect or tyramine interaction. Considering the importance of the subject, a systematic study was designed with the aim of determining the amount of tyramine in cheeses and the effect of effective factors on the amount of tyramine production. The search was done in three databases, including Scopus, PubMed, and Science Direct. The study was conducted in two phases. In the first stage, the amount of tyramine reported in cheeses, the analytical method, measurement, and characteristics of cheese were discussed. In the second phase, the influencing factors in its formation were investigated. Based on the extracted data, tyramine levels ranged from 3.23 to 1398 mg/kg. The most analytical method for measuring tyramine in the studies was the HPLC method. According to a detailed review of the literature, the influencing factors included bacterial species, animal species, the effect of storage conditions (time and temperature), pH, moisture, salt, and the number of somatic cells. Basically, by identifying the factors affecting the amount of tyramine in cheeses, it is possible to control the production of tyramine.

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Staatswissenschaftenand the Mathematical Policy Science of Jan Tinbergen
Authors: Dekker Erwin
Published: March 2024

The rise of mathematical economics is typically understood as a fundamental shift in the language and technique of economic theorizing. This article argues that an examination of Tinbergen's work demonstrates that a similar “mathematical” turn occurred in economic policy. This article contextualizes Tinbergen's professional career at the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics and his early policy-oriented contributions as exemplified by the applied policy reports that he wrote between 1931 and 1936. His econometric work, including his seminal 1936 model of the Dutch economy and the closely related League of Nations model of the US economy, was rooted in his vision that business cycle research functioned in the service of the state. His work was aimed not at uncovering fundamental or structural relationships in the economy but at practical interventions in the economy by a state that developed control over new instruments of macroeconomic management. As such it can be and has been analyzed as an important contribution to economics as an engineering science. But this article demonstrates that Tinbergen also explicitly depicted the economy from the perspective of the policymaker and that he was attentive to the changing institutional order of the national and international economy. Tinbergen's work in this respect owed a great deal to the more political-economic tradition of German Staatswissenschaften than is typically acknowledged.
The Cybernetic Border
Authors: Chaar López Iván
Published: March 2024

In The Cybernetic Border, Iván Chaar López argues that the settler US nation requires the production and targeting of a racialized enemy that threatens the empire. The cybernetic border is organized through practices of data capture, storage, processing, circulation, and communication that police bodies and constitute the nation as a bounded, territorial space. Chaar López historicizes the US government's use of border enforcement technologies on Mexicans, Arabs, and Muslims from the mid-twentieth century to the present, showing how data systems are presented as solutions to unauthorized border crossing. Contrary to enduring fantasies of the purported neutrality of drones, smart walls, artificial intelligence, and biometric technologies, the cybernetic border represents the consolidation of calculation and automation in the exercise of racialized violence. Chaar López draws on corporate, military, and government records, promotional documents and films, technical reports, news reporting, surveillance footage, and activist and artist practices. These materials reveal how logics of enmity are embedded into information infrastructures that shape border control and modern sovereignty.
The Art of Remembering
Authors: Shaw Gwendolyn DuBois
Published: March 2024

In The Art of Remembering art historian and curator Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw explores African American art and representation from the height of the British colonial period to the present. She engages in the process of “rememory”—the recovery of facts and narratives of African American creativity and self-representation that have been purposefully set aside, actively ignored, and disremembered. In analyses of the work of artists ranging from Scipio Moorhead, Moses Williams, and Aaron Douglas to Barbara Chase-Riboud, Kara Walker, Kehinde Wiley, and Deana Lawson, Shaw demonstrates that African American art and history may be remembered and understood anew through a process of intensive close looking, cultural and historical contextualization, and biographic recuperation or consideration. Shaw shows how embracing rememory expands the possibilities of history by acknowledging the existence of multiple forms of knowledge and ways of understanding an event or interpreting an object. In so doing, Shaw thinks beyond canonical interpretations of art and material and visual culture to imagine “what if,” asking what else did we once know that has been lost.
tese do Indigenato e os direitos originários a partir de João Mendes Júnior
Authors: Almeida Helena Azevedo Paulo de
Published: March 2024

O presente trabalho se dedica a analisar a Tese do Indigenato, de João Mendes Júnior, publicado pela primeira vez em 1912. Tal documento se refere à três conferências oferecidas por seu autor à Sociedade de Etnografia e Civilização dos Índios de São Paulo, durante o ano de 1902. O texto é de fundamental importância para se entender como parte da sociedade da primeira República no Brasil encarava os povos indígenas em território nacional. Mendes Júnior se comprometeu ali a defender a constitucionalidade das terras originários e dos povos indígenas como seus legítimos e primeiros donos, reivindicando uma dívida histórica do Estado para com os povos originários.
setor da música na cidade de Bauru
Authors: Serra Camila , Carvalho Juliano
Published: March 2024

Este artigo apresenta a trajetória da música na cidade de Bauru, organizada por décadas, ressaltando suas origens, que ilustram o setor da música na cidade. Trata-se de uma pesquisa bibliográfica seguida de um levantamento (survey), tendo como referência categorias de um arranjo produtivo local da música, com o objetivo de apresentar estudos preliminares sobre o setor da música na cidade de Bauru. Após esta análise da história da música na cidade até os dias atuais, identificaram-se as diversas transformações que o setor sofreu ao longo dos anos tanto no setor público, como no setor privado.
sensível no festejo de Santa Teresa D'ávila em Tefé, Amazonas
Authors: Do Nascimento Silva Andreane , Lopes Holanda Yomarley
Published: March 2024

O presente estudo de caráter interdisciplinar investigou as configurações da religiosidade popular amazônica presentes na festa de Santa Teresa D’ávila, padroeira da cidade de Tefé, Amazonas, considerando questões poéticas, sagradas e profanas. Objetivou-se tecer uma sociologia do sensível da festa da padroeira do povo tefeense, atentando-se aos seus processos de organização e realização do festejo que duram dez dias, tendo como foco os festejos noturnos, horário que acontecem as novenas e festas, envolvendo diversos grupos sociais; discutindo a historicidade e os hibridismos culturais que floresceram no contexto do Festejo da padroeira de Tefé-AM, tendo como embasamento o culto aos santos no Brasil.
Επινεφριδιακή ανεπάρκεια στην κίρρωση του ήπατος
Authors: Μιχαηλίδου Μαρία
Published: March 2024

ΥΠΟΒΑΘΡΟ: Η μέτρηση της ολικής και της ελεύθερης κορτιζόλης έχει μελετηθεί ως κλινικός δείκτης παραγωγής κορτιζόλης των επινεφριδίων σε ασθενείς με κίρρωση του ήπατος. Συσχετίσεις μεταξύ της ελεύθερης κορτιζόλης πλάσματος και της σιελικής κορτιζόλης έχουν αναφερθεί παλαιότερα σε σταθερούς κιρρωτικούς ασθενείς. Η ελεύθερη κορτιζόλη των ούρων αποτελεί δείκτη παραγωγής κορτιζόλης των επινεφριδίων. Ωστόσο, δεν έχει χρησιμοποιηθεί ποτέ για την αξιολόγηση της λειτουργίας των επινεφριδίων σε ασθενείς με κίρρωση του ήπατος. ΣΤΟΧΟΙ: Ο στόχος αυτής της μελέτης παρατήρησης ήταν να προσδιοριστούν οι συσχετίσεις μεταξύ της ελεύθερης κορτιζόλης στα ούρα, της ολικής κορτιζόλης στον ορό, της σιέλου, των μετρούμενων και υπολογιζόμενων επιπέδων ελεύθερης κορτιζόλης στο πλάσμα στους κιρρωτικούς, προσδιορίζοντας ποια από αυτές τις παραμέτρους μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί ως έμμεσος δείκτης των επιπέδων ελεύθερης κορτιζόλης. Επιπλέον, διερευνήσαμε την πιθανή χρήση της ελεύθερης κορτιζόλης στα ούρα 24ωρου ως προγνωστικού παράγοντα για τη θνησιμότητα.ΜΕΘΟΔΟΙ:Συμπεριλήφθηκαν εβδομήντα οκτώ εξωτερικοί ασθενείς με κίρρωση του ήπατος. Η κορτιζόλη ορού, η σιελική κορτιζόλη και η ελεύθερη κορτιζόλη των ούρων μετρήθηκαν χρησιμοποιώντας την ανοσοδοκιμασία ηλεκτροχημειοφωταύγειας. Ο προσδιορισμός της ελεύθερης κορτιζόλης πλάσματος διεξήχθη χρησιμοποιώντας ένα φασματόμετρο μάζας μονού τετραπολικού. Ο ποσοτικός προσδιορισμός της ελεύθερης κορτιζόλης επιτεύχθηκε με τον προσδιορισμό της απόκρισης σήματος στον αρνητικό τρόπο λειτουργίας ESI-MS. ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΑ: Τα επίπεδα ελεύθερης κορτιζόλης στα ούρα 24ωρου συσχετίστηκαν με την ελεύθερη κορτιζόλη που προσδιορίστηκε με φασματόμετρο μάζας, την ολική κορτιζόλη και τα υπολογισμένα επίπεδα ελεύθερης κορτιζόλης. Οι ασθενείς με χαμηλά επίπεδα ελεύθερης κορτιζόλης στα ούρα παρουσίασαν σημαντικά υψηλότερο ποσοστό θνησιμότητας σε σύγκριση με εκείνους με υψηλά επίπεδα. Οι παράγοντες που σχετίζονται με τον κίνδυνο θανάτου προσδιορίστηκαν με παλινδρόμηση Cox. Στην πολυπαραγοντική ανάλυση εφαρμόστηκαν δύο μοντέλα. Στο πρώτο μοντέλο, η βαθμολογία CP, η PVT και η ελεύθερη κορτιζόλη των ούρων βρέθηκαν να σχετίζονται σημαντικά με την επιβίωση των ασθενών, ενώ στο δεύτερο, η βαθμολογία MELD, ο ασκίτης και η ελεύθερη κορτιζόλη των ούρων σχετίζονται ανεξάρτητα με την επιβίωση. ΣΥΜΠΕΡΑΣΜΑΤΑ: Αυτή η μελέτη υποδηλώνει ότι η ελεύθερη κορτιζόλη στα ούρα 24ωρου θα μπορούσε να θεωρηθεί ως πιθανός δείκτης παραγωγής κορτιζόλης των επινεφριδίων σε ασθενείς με κίρρωση του ήπατος και δυνητικά ανιχνεύει ασθενείς με υψηλό κίνδυνο θνησιμότητας.
New species of Bolbapium Boucomont, 1910 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) from Brazil
Authors: Dantas Caique , Ferreira André da Silva , Bravo Freddy
Published: March 2024

Bolbapium Boucomont, 1910 is a Neotropical genus of Geotrupidae with 22 known species. In this paper, we describe Bolbapium vazdemelloi sp. nov. in Southwestern Bahia, Brazil. This new species is distinguished from congeneric species by its unique combination of morphological characters: cephalic tubercle adjacent to each eye; pronotum with little expanded bidentate tubercle; parameres symmetric, with acute and divergent apex. The new species was incorporated into a previously published identification key for Bolbapium.
Boccaccio czy Petrarka? O wybranych źródłach Facecyi polskich
Authors: Gallewicz Anna
Published: March 2024

Artykuł dotyczy czterech facecji zawartych w traktacie czwartym anonimowego zbioru Facecye polskie, za których pierwowzory uważane są nowele Giovanniego Boccaccia. Analizowane teksty łączy błyskotliwa reakcja słowna bohatera, będąca sposobem na ratunek z opresji. Celem artykułu jest omówienie strategii translatorskich zastosowanych przez polskiego autora oraz próba odpowiedzi na pytanie o inne możliwe źródła facecji 138 aniżeli Dekameron.
Kalwińska z Chrystusem wojna i odnaleziona Kolęda paniom saskim – domniemany autor i edycja wierszy antyprotestanckich
Authors: Nowakowski Michał E.
Published: March 2024

Celem artykułu jest próba ustalenia autorstwa dwóch siedemnastowiecznych, antyprotestanckich cyklów epigramatycznych – Kolędy paniom saskim oraz Kalwińskiej z Chrystusem wojny – oraz ich pierwsze krytyczne wydanie, uwzględniające utwory dotychczas nieznane oraz uważane za zaginione. Wywód atrybucyjny obejmuje ustalenia dotyczące czasu i okoliczności powstania obu cyklów, omówienie ich cech wspólnych oraz istniejących przekazów, a także skorygowanie i uzupełnienie stanu wiedzy na temat życia i twórczości jezuity Jana Chądzyńskiego, prawdopodobnego autora epigramatów.
Improving Farmers’ Income on Online Agri-Platforms: Evidence from the Field
Authors: Levi Retsef , Rajan Manoj , Singhvi Somya , Zheng Yanchong
Published: March 2024

Problem definition: To improve the welfare of smallholder farmers, multiple countries (e.g., Ethiopia and India) have launched online agri-platforms to transform traditional markets. However, there is still mixed evidence regarding the impact of these platforms and, more generally, how they can be leveraged to enable more efficient agricultural supply chains and markets. This paper describes work conducted in close collaboration with the state government of Karnataka, India, to design, implement, and assess the impact of a new two-stage auction on the state’s online agri-platform, the United Market Platform (UMP). Methodology/results: To ensure implementability and protect farmers’ revenue, the auction design is guided by practical operational considerations, as well as semistructured interviews with a majority of the traders in the field. A new behavioral auction model informed by the field insights is developed to determine when the proposed two-stage auction can generate a higher revenue for farmers than the traditional single-stage, first-price, sealed-bid auction. The new auction mechanism was implemented on the UMP for a major market of lentils in February 2019. By the end of May 2019, commodities worth more than $6 million (USD) had been traded under the new auction. A difference-in-differences analysis demonstrates that the implementation has yielded a significant 3.6% price increase (corresponding to a 55%–94% profit gain) for over 10,000 farmers who traded in the treatment market. Managerial implications: The results from this paper offer tangible lessons on how innovative price discovery mechanisms could be enabled by online agri-platforms in resource-constrained environments. Importantly, the success of these designs critically depends on careful considerations of systemic operational and behavioral factors that affect trades in the physical markets.

History: This paper has been accepted as part of the 2023 Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Practice-Based Research Competition.

Funding: Financial support from the Tata Center for Technology and Design at MIT and the National Science Foundation [Grant 1452875] is gratefully acknowledged.

Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2022.0437 .
Impact of unscheduled nurse-led virtual care for people with diabetes on nursing practices and patient satisfaction
Authors: McCabe Catherine , McCann Margaret , Connolly David , McGrath Jackie , Begley Joanne , Ball Jane C , Harris Elaine
Published: March 2024

Background:

The COVID-19 pandemic and its social restrictions accelerated the expansion of virtual clinical care, and this has been reported to be safe, low cost and flexible.

Aim:

This study aimed to examine nursing practices and patient satisfaction with unscheduled nurse-led virtual care for people with diabetes.

Methods:

A cross-sectional descriptive survey of clinical nurse specialists and patients was carried out, using an activities log for nursing practices and a satisfaction and enablement survey for callers.

Findings:

Patients reported high satisfaction levels and greater self-confidence in keeping themselves healthy after receiving virtual care. Most calls (74.8%) from patients were for advice and education. Each call led to an average of 2.5 actions for the clinical nurse specialist.

Conclusion:

The service is highly valued and is effective, but adds to the nurse workload burden.
Nursing assessment and care for a patient with a neurological disorder
Authors: Teixeira Luis
Published: March 2024

The previous article discussed the pathophysiology involved in disorders of the nervous system. Having considered some of the most prevalent disorders, this second part uses a case study to explore effective patient assessment and emphasise the importance of facilitating patient self-management for improved outcomes. By addressing these key aspects, nursing professionals can enhance the quality of care and the support provided to individuals experiencing neurological disorders.
Residual liberty and the detained mental health patient
Authors: Griffith Richard
Published: March 2024

Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, considers the notion of residual liberty and the need for further authorisation when a detained patient is given treatment for a physical disorder under restraint
Selective treatment of clinical mastitis in dairy cows
Authors: Roberts Jude
Published: March 2024

Over the last few years, the author, alongside many other dairy vets, has been working with dairy farmers to support them in carrying out selective dry cow therapy in their herds, while ensuring that cow health and welfare are not compromised. We can now have more informed discussions about the selective treatment of clinical mastitis in lactating dairy cows. This has been enabled by the recent advances and availability of cow-side pathogen testing, with several publications in the scientific literature evaluating farms carrying out selective treatment of clinical mastitis compared to blanket treatment, as well as the improved on-farm data we have around mastitis cases and mastitis patterns in our herds. The advantage of selective treatment is predominantly the reduced antibiotic use aligned with the One Health approach to the responsible use of antibiotics. There are other advantages to the selective treatment of cases, including targeted (narrow spectrum) antibiotic use and the increased farm focus and close monitoring of mastitis cases and cure rates on farm that come with reviewing mastitis treatment protocols. Vets can also be actively engaged in discussing the treatment and monitoring outcomes of mild and moderate cases of clinical mastitis, an area that has often been overlooked as a result of the focus on sick cows or toxic/severe cases requiring more involved and tailored therapy. Rapid and accurate cow-side pathogen tests allow selective treatment of clinical mastitis to be carried out on farm without compromising on treatment delay, so that the most effective treatment can be given to the appropriate mastitis cases. The focus of mastitis control must always remain on preventative measures to reduce the number of new infections. Through on-farm engagement with a wider mastitis discussion and creating bespoke tailored mastitis treatment programmes as part of selective treatment of clinical mastitis, this can serve as a regular reminder that prevention of new infections will always lead to the most significant benefits. This article reviews the available information on the selective treatment of clinical mastitis and presents some initial steps in data gathering and evaluation to ensure that the appropriate farms are undertaking selective treatment of mastitis cases.
Sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever in cattle: an update
Authors: Angell Joseph W , Bentley Eleanor G , Stewart James P
Published: March 2024

Sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever (SA-MCF) is a frequently fatal disease of many species including cattle, caused by ovine herpes virus-2. Sheep are the main reservoir host species and transmit the virus to other species, usually via aerosol. Clinical signs in affected animals can impact various body systems, and infection can be sub-clinical and become latent. No specific treatments exist, and empirical treatments are generally unrewarding. Occasionally some animals may survive, but there remains a chronic arteriopathy. Currently, the disease is controlled on farms is by reducing contact between susceptible hosts and sheep as much as possible, although a vaccine would be a useful protective strategy should one be developed.
Optimization of Rice Flour, Corn Starch and Modified Tapioca Starch to Produce Gluten Free Cookies
Authors:   Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400 Thailand, Sresatan Parichart , Dhamvithee Pisit ,   Division of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Agricultural Product Innovation and Technology, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok 26120 Thailan, Nualkaekul Sawaminee ,   Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food Industry, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520 Thailand, Hudthagosol Chatrapa ,   Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400 Thailand, Sanporkha Promluck ,   Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400 Thailand
Published: March 2024

This research aimed to optimize the ratio of low protein flour for baking gluten-free cookies. Rice flour (50-90%), corn starch (5-30%) and modified tapioca starch (5-20%) were studied using a mixture design. The physical properties and sensory evaluation by 50 consumers were investigated. The results showed that 3 factors significantly affected the textural and sensory properties of the gluten-free cookies (P ≤0.05). The regression and analysis results for textural and sensory properties also showed that increasing the rice flour content increased the hardness, and increasing the corn starch content affected the crispness and spread ratio of the gluten-free cookies. It can be concluded that the optimal ratio of gluten-free flour was 90% rice flour, 5% corn starch and 5% modified tapioca starch as a substitute for wheat flour in cookies when using physical quality as the criterion. Keywords: Rice flour, Corn starch, Modified tapioca starch, Gluten-free cookies
Postoperative pain trajectories in total hip arthroplasty
Authors: Omran Kareem , Waren Daniel , Schwarzkopf Ran
Published: March 2024

Aims

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a common procedure to address pain and enhance function in hip disorders such as osteoarthritis. Despite its success, postoperative patient recovery exhibits considerable heterogeneity. This study aimed to investigate whether patients follow distinct pain trajectories following THA and identify the patient characteristics linked to suboptimal trajectories.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study analyzed THA patients at a large academic centre (NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York, USA) from January 2018 to January 2023, who completed the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) pain intensity questionnaires, collected preoperatively at one-, three-, six-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up times. Growth mixture modelling (GMM) was used to model the trajectories. Optimal model fit was determined by Bayesian information criterion (BIC), Vuong-Lo-Mendell-Rubin likelihood ratio test (VLMR-LRT), posterior probabilities, and entropy values. Association between trajectory groups and patient characteristics were measured by multinomial logistic regression using the three-step approach.

Results

Among the 1,249 patients, a piecewise GMM model revealed three distinct pain trajectory groups: 56 patients (4.5%) in group 1; 1,144 patients (91.6%) in group 2; and 49 patients (3.9%) in group 3. Patients in group 2 experienced swift recovery post-THA and minimal preoperative pain. In contrast, groups 1 and 3 initiated with pronounced preoperative pain; however, only group 3 exhibited persistent long-term pain. Multinomial regression indicated African Americans were exceedingly likely to follow trajectory groups 1 (odds ratio (OR) 2.73) and 3 (OR 3.18). Additionally, odds of membership to group 3 increased by 12% for each BMI unit rise, by 19% for each added postoperative day, and by over four if discharged to rehabilitation services (OR 4.07).

Conclusion

This study identified three distinct pain trajectories following THA, highlighting the role of individual patient factors in postoperative recovery. This emphasizes the importance of preoperatively addressing modifiable risk factors associated with suboptimal pain trajectories, particularly in at-risk patients.

Cite this article: Bone Jt Open 2024;5(3):174–183.
Use of jejunal serosal patch and pyloric exclusion in the management of complex duodenal injury
Authors: Alsaadi D , Low D , Osman A , Mcmonagle M
Published: March 2024

Background

Duodenal injuries are relatively rare but remain a management challenge with a high incidence of postoperative complications. Guidelines from the World Society of Emergency Surgery and American Association for the Surgery of Trauma favour a primary repair for less-complex injuries, but the management of more complex duodenal trauma remains controversial with varying techniques supported, including pyloric exclusion, omental or jejunal patch closure, gastrojejunostomy and pancreatoduodenectomy. We describe the techniques used in one case of complex duodenal trauma.

Technique

The duodenum is approached via a standard laparotomy with Kocherisation. Primary repair of the duodenal perforations is performed using a 3/0 polydioxanone suture (PDS), followed by mobilisation of a loop of mid-jejunum against the area of duodenal trauma over the primary repair as a jejunal serosal patch. The antimesenteric jejunal serosal border is sutured to the serosa of the duodenum (serosa only) using a 3/0 PDS. Pyloric exclusion is then performed through an anterior gastrostomy, to control the volume of gastric juice entering the duodenum. The pylorus is sutured closed using an absorbable suture followed by closure of the anterior gastrostomy using a GIA stapling device.
Consonant mutation in Nzema and Esahie
Authors: Amoh Samuel , Nyame John , Nyarko Isaac , Eshun Baruch
Published: March 2024

This study examines consonant mutation particularly in Esahie[1] and Nzema. The reason for the study arises from the mutuality in the two languages. Again, previous studies have superficially treated this subject in the separate languages. However, the subject of consonant mutation is common in the above languages, yet the prevailing characteristics of the phenomenon are similar and dissimilar in the languages. Thus, this study compares and contrast consonant mutation in the two related languages to establish a correlation. In this vein, it discusses the mutational pattern, directionalities and voicing. Data for this study are assembled from four native speakers of each of the languages and literature of the respective languages. The data are analysed within the purview of Distinctive Feature Theory. The study identifies evidence to the relational effect that, the phonological environments in which the various realizations of mutation occurs also results in a harmony system. However, they differ in their mutational domains. The featural agreement normally forges between the vowel-consonant. Again, it is observed in Nzema and Esahie that, the common feature responsible for mutation in the alternant pairs, [k/x] and [k/g] is [dorsal]; [d/l] and [d/n] is [coronal]; [ʨ/ɕ] is [+strident] and [b/m] is [labial]. In both languages, harmonic assimilation is bidirectional.

[1] Esahie is also known as Sefwi, Sehwi, or Asahyue. In Ghana, the language is classified as part of the linguistic Akan group of the larger Akan dialects, even though it shares very close intelligibility with Nzema (a solely ethnographic Akan) than Twi and Mfantse (which are both linguistic and ethnographic Akan). Therefore, in this paper, we shall refer to both variants as separate languages.
La fraseografia genovese e le più recenti innovazioni in GEPHRAS e GEPHRAS2
Authors: Autelli Erica , Konecny Christine
Published: March 2024

Dialect phraseography is, generally speaking, still in its early stage; however, it is booming with some of the first studies in this direction as far as some diatopic varieties of Italy are concerned (additionally to the articles in this special issue, cf. also those contained in Autelli/Konecny/Lusito 2023a). As to Genoese phraseography, it has been living great development thanks to the Genoese-Italian projects GEPHRAS and GEPHRAS2, whose lexicographic entries can be found in one single, freely accessible online dictionary. As the latter project shows some additional innovative features, those will be further investigated in this paper, paying particular attention, within the numerous innovations, to the new sources and metalinguistic information integrated in the dictionary, to the phonetic transcriptions of the phrasemes as well as to the criteria chosen for creating sample sentences containing selected phrasemes.
Relazioni linguistico-letterarie tra Genova e la Spagna: aspetti fraseologici
Authors: Gallén Marta Galiñanes , Toso †Fiorenzo
Published: March 2024

By retracing the historical stages of the relations between Liguria and Spain since the Middle Ages, the article outlines, through a series of examples, some considerations on the phraseology of Spanish and Genoese. A promising panorama of perspectives on the history of linguistic relations between Genoa and Spanish-speaking countries emerges out of the analysis.
La fraseografia del catalano di Alghero
Authors: Autelli Erica , Caria Marco
Published: March 2024

As already shown in a newly published article (Autelli/Caria 2022b), the phraseological studies on the Catalan of Alghero are still in their infancy, and there is an urgent need for documenting more phrasemes in this diatopic variety. One can already find some of them in dictionaries and amatorial collections. The aim of this paper is to give a brief overview of the written sources and dictionaries of Algherese, then to analyse the terminology used in the latter in reference to phrasemes and, most importantly, to find out what kind of phrasemes are provided, trying to pinpoint their main morphosyntactic, semantic and cultural features.
La fraseografia degli italiani regionali: da ieri a domani
Authors: Núñez-Román Francisco
Published: March 2024

The phraseography of regional varieties of Italian is under-represented in lexicographic sources. This article aims to briefly review the main obstacles faced by the phraseological lexicography of regional Italian and to offer a working proposal based on the latest edition of the Dizionario di Fraseologia dell’Italiano Regionale (DFIR). The intention is to overcome the stereotypes that affect regional phraseography and to prepare the foundations for future work, which will involve, indispensably, improving the research methodology, consolidating the theoretical pro­posals on phraseology developed in recent years and, finally, taking advantage of techno­logical advances to make the phraseological repertoires more accessible and more easily updatable.
Two Enlightenment Dominicans among the Freemasons in Eighteenth-Century Vienna
Authors: Dóci Viliam Štefan
Published: March 2024

Abstract: Two Austrian Dominicans, Albert Tschick and Franz Poschinger, belonged to Freemasonry in the 1780s. Although their shared interest in the Enlightenment led them to join, they took different paths as members of the association. The article outlines the brief biographies of the two Friars Preachers, sketches their development as Enlightenment preachers, and presents the Masonic period of their lives in the context of the history of Austrian Freemasonry. It contributes to a more nuanced view of the relationship of the Catholic clergy and the Friars Preachers to Freemasonry in the eighteenth century.
Rigorism and Clericalism in the Vocational Discernment Culture of the Nineteenth-Century Catholic Revival
Authors: Lane Christopher J.
Published: March 2024

Abstract: Seventeenth-century reformers had developed rigorist approaches to vocational discernment and the choice of a state of life (marriage, religion, or the priesthood) that endured in western Catholic religious culture. The author argues that, during the nineteenth-century Catholic revival, clerical leaders adapted this tradition in a manner that strengthened the culture of clericalism. While maintaining the principle that one's salvation depended on choosing the state of life to which one was called, they downplayed the concept of lay vocation, since the revival of Catholic institutions demanded that large numbers of youth voluntarily enter religious life and the priesthood. This strengthened the perception, in the pre-Vatican-II era, that vocation was not a concept relevant to the laity.
Before the Decalogue: In Search of the Oldest Written Torah
Authors: Van Der Toorn Karel
Published: March 2024

Abstract: Taking its cue from the earliest reference to written torah (Hos 8:12), this article seeks to identify the content and purpose of the oldest written tôrôt . I focus on quotations from “temple-entry liturgies” or temple tôrôt (Hos 4:2; Jer 7:9; Ps 50:18– 19; 81:9–11) and compare them with the Decalogue (Deut 5:17; Exod 20:13). It turns out that the Decalogue had a forerunner consisting of a small set of apodictic rules about individual social behavior. This prequel to the Decalogue had its origins in the sanctuaries of the Northern Kingdom. Though the various instances of temple torah were in origin oral performances, they had a material counterpart in written copies of a proto-Decalogue. These were monumental texts on display in several Israelite temples. In some respects they compare to the Balaam text from Deir ‘Alla and the theophany text from Kuntillet ‘Ajrud; in other respects they compare to the copies of Hammurabi’s Code present in the temples of Babylon and Sippar. What distinsguishes them from these texts, however, is their terseness and their claim to be copies of an original that was handwritten by God.
The Beginnings and Ends of Sacrifice: A Shared Reimagining of the Cultic Past in the Genesis Apocryphon and the Aramaic Levi Document
Authors: Machiela Daniel , Jones Robert
Published: March 2024

Abstract: The Genesis Apocryphon and the Aramaic Levi Document are two works of Jewish literature from the Hellenistic period that recount events from the lives of Israel’s ancestral heroes. These two compositions are rarely analyzed in relation to each other, despite their many striking similarities. In this article, we offer a sustained comparison of some of their shared features and themes, with a special emphasis on their retrojection of Israel’s sacrificial regulations into the pre-Sinaitic past. These points of contact in vocabulary, phraseology, and topical foci are so compelling as to suggest that these two compositions have a direct literary relationship and were almost certainly authored within a common social setting. In our view, the Genesis Apocryphon and the Aramaic Levi Document are part and parcel of a much broader Hellenistic-era Jewish Aramaic scribal tradition, representing the literary output of highly educated priests associated with the Jerusalem temple.
The Origin and Development of the Prohibition of Eating Blood
Authors: Hanneken Todd R.
Published: March 2024

Abstract: Previous scholarship has generally assumed that all prohibitions of eating blood in the Hebrew Bible have the same basic meaning and refer to the same real practice in ancient society. This essay calls attention to the substantial differences in phrasing (blood as a direct object or with four different prepositions). There are also differences in the reasons to and not to eat blood (decorum, local altars, divine property, life force, ransom, divination, and idolatry). The consequences also differ substantially (scolding, forfeited blessing, excision, exile). In this essay, I suggest a model for how the variation could have resulted from well-studied processes of adaptation of received traditions to new theological and social contexts. Finally, it may be suggested that the reception and adaptation could have occurred entirely within the abstract tradition of legal revision. There may have been no contemporary practical social concern motivating the adaptation of the prohibition.
"Untying the Knots of the Yoke": Yom Kippur and an Agricultural Allusion to Jubilee in Isaiah 58:6
Authors: Kantor Benjamin
Published: March 2024

Abstract: A number of scholars have identified allusions to the Jubilee Year found in Isaiah 58. Among these are the trumpet imagery of v. 1 (cf. Lev 25:9) and the self-affliction in vv. 3 and 5 (cf. Lev 16:31). While Jubilee allusions have also been seen in v. 6, which describes the release of slaves alongside imagery of breaking the yoke, I claim here that not all of the allusions to Jubilee in Isa 58:6 have been identified. Though most commentators see the yoke merely as a metaphor for subjugation, there is actually something deeper and more profound going on. The agricultural imagery, when understood rightly in its ancient philological and cultural context, is actually calling to mind the anticipation of the first rainfall that would have accompanied a Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) on which the Jubilee would be announced. The ancient farmer, who would have been anxious to plow the fields at the right time and avoid potential loss, is called to refrain from plowing and to respect the Jubilee legislation to let the land lie fallow. This serves as a metaphor to call those in society, who regard personal gain as more important than having compassion for their fellow human beings, to repent and embrace the commandments of Yhwh.
Before Brown v. Board of Education : Paul J. McCormick, the Mendez v. Westminster Decision, and its Religious-Social Context
Authors: Padilla Jose Luis Castro
Published: March 2024

Abstract: Paul J. McCormick (1879–1960), judge of the United States District Court of Los Angeles, rendered in 1945 the most impactful decision of his career. His decision in Mendez v. Westminster was the prelude to the civil rights movement in the United States. McCormick's Catholic faith and his relationship with the immigrant community in Los Angeles influenced his opinion. Nearly a decade before Brown v. Board of Education , McCormick delivered a verdict favoring Mexican families seeking equality in education. His decision favoring the desegregation of schools in southern California marked the beginning of the end of school segregation throughout the United States. This study of the decision's religious and social contexts shows how Mendez v. Westminster complicates the historical narrative of racial desegregation.
Devotion Beyond Comprehension: The Catholic Church and the 1832 Cholera Epidemic in Baltimore
Authors: Castillo Dennis A.
Published: March 2024

Abstract: When cholera first afflicted the United States in 1832, little was known about the disease, which caused widespread fear and panic. Thought to affect only the unhygienic, impoverished, and drunkards, the disease exposed many ugly aspects of U.S. society, particularly bigotry and racial inequities. In the 1832 epidemic in Baltimore, Catholic clergy and religious provided spiritual care and nursed the sick, including two communities of women religious: the Sisters of Charity, a Euro-American community, and the Oblate Sisters of Providence, an African-American community. These Sisters were critical in responding to the epidemic, with each losing at least one member to the disease. Despite similar sacrifices, the two communities did not receive the same acknowledgment, which is further evidence of the era's prejudices and inequalities.
Skateboarding and Pickleball as Spiritual Practice? Methodologies and Considerations
Authors: Shoemaker Terry
Published: March 2024

Abstract: This article examines the usefulness of the concept of spirituality as it relates to amateur athletes' perception of sport participation. Because theories abound regarding primarily team sports as religious activity in the contemporary world, two conducted studies sought to ascertain whether those who participate in the more individualized sports of skateboarding and pickleball consider their activities as spiritual activity. This article reviews these studies, which adopted the different approaches of direct and indirect questioning, and the findings. Both methods supply benefits and challenges to researchers seeking to adopt spirituality as a framework to theorize sports participation in the contemporary world. After reviewing the findings of the studies, the usefulness of spirituality in ethnographic or emic research projects related to sport studies is considered. In the end, this article offers recommendations based on the previous two studies for future spirituality of sport studies.
Developments in Ecumenism: What Catechists Need to Know
Authors: Crossin John W.
Published: March 2024

Abstract: Catechists in their ministry interact with members of other Christian denominations but may be unaware of the many recent efforts toward restoring Christian unity. Ecumenism has as a goal that Catholics work toward "becoming one" with other Christian traditions. This essay provides a helpful overview of the ecumenical movement as well as providing practical reflections on an ecumenically attuned catechesis. The many official dialogues taking place between the Catholic Church and other Christians underscore the need for receptive ecumenism that is open to learning from others. A deep respect for other Christian traditions and attentiveness to the guidance of the Holy Spirit move us closer to the unity Christ prayed for.
The King’s Good Servant, but God’s First: Responses in Canon and Civil Law to Governmental Threats to the Church’s Freedom to Carry out Her Mission
Authors: Paprocki Thomas John
Published: March 2024

ABSTRACT: Legal and governmental threats to religious freedom are increasingly prevalent in the United States. In order to understand and combat this encroachment on the right of the Church to carry out her divine mission, it is essential to examine the basis of the right to religious liberty in natural law and theology as well as its expression in certain norms of canon law. Then, recent legal and judicial activity related to religious liberty in the United States must be explored and understood. Upon recognizing the current state of affairs, consideration should also be given to how injustices can be combatted.
Sound Decentralization and Institutional Synodality
Authors: Hansen Fredrik
Published: March 2024

ABSTRACT: The notions of "sound decentralization" and "synodality" have been advanced by Pope Francis in relation to the diocesan bishop and the particular church. The teaching of the Second Vatican Council on bishops and, in particular, the diocesan bishop therefore merits careful consideration, both in itself and in regard to the relationship between diocesan bishops and the Roman Pontiff. Decentralization was part of the post-conciliar debates on subsidiarity and autonomy, which led to an outlining of the hallmarks of "sound decentralization." Synodality stands in relation to such decentralization; the term "institutional synodality" is a means of both understanding and implementing synodality in the life of the particular church.
Historical Development of the Times of Ordinations: A Proposal to Revitalize Ember Saturday Ordinations
Authors: Woo Vincent W.
Published: March 2024

ABSTRACT: Although canon 1010 of the 1983 CIC states the Church's preference to conduct ordinations on Sundays and holy days of obligation, ordinations are mostly conferred on Saturdays in the United States. In fact, the Church historically restricted ordinations to six designated Saturdays. Four of these six days were ember Saturdays, which were mandatory days of fasting in the Latin Church before Vatican II. This article explains the reasons behind ember Saturday ordinations, particularly the inherent connection between fasting and ordinations. It also delineates the historical development regarding the times of ordinations from the Acts of the Apostles until the 1983 CIC . The recent revival of ember days in various US dioceses provides an impetus for re-associating ember Saturdays with ordinations. This article suggests ways for priests, diocesan bishops, and conferences of bishops to promote ember Saturday ordinations as a way to foster vocations.
Thomas Osborne on Thomas Aquinas on the Virtues
Authors: Kaczor Christopher
Published: March 2024

Abstract: Thomas Osborne's Thomas Aquinas on Virtue offers readers a judicious and comprehensive account of Aquinas's teaching on infused and acquired virtues. Osborne puts that teaching in its original context by showing how Aquinas transforms the Augustinian understanding of virtue found in Lombard's Sentences by means of the recently rediscovered Aristotelian teaching on virtue. In drawing on the full range of Aquinas's discussion of virtue, neglecting neither the Scripture commentaries nor Aristotle commentaries, Osborne brings into a harmonious whole the obiter dicta remarks of Aquinas found in so many different works. It will be of great use to professors and graduate students seeking to understand the whole of this doctrine which is expressed in so many different works in Aquinas's opera omnia .
Versatile polarization-converted non-diffractive Bessel beams based on fully phase-modulated metasurfaces
Authors: Zhi Jiahao , Qiu Zhifang , Wang Xiaogang , Huang Kaikai , Xu Bijun
Published: March 2024

The Bessel beam has become significant in optical research due to its properties such as a long focal depth, self-healing, and non-diffraction. However, conventional methods for generating Bessel beams have drawbacks such as limited flexibility and tunability and the use of bulky optics. These factors lead to the complexity of the optical systems. This paper presents what we believe is a novel approach to generating Bessel beams by utilizing a fully phase-modulated all-dielectric metasurface. The proposed method enables the arbitrary and independent manipulation of cross-polarized and co-polarized components, allowing the creation of Bessel beams featuring multiple polarization conversions when subjected to left-handed circularly polarized (LCP) incidence. To demonstrate the versatility and effectiveness of the method, three metasurfaces with distinct characteristics are designed. The simulated generated Bessel beams exhibit qualities including long focal depth, non-diffraction behavior, self-healing capabilities, and polarization conversion, which align with the theoretical predictions. This work presents novel possibilities for effectively generating and multi-functional application of Bessel beams.