bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Community-based models of care for management of type 2 diabetes mellitus among non-pregnant adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol
Authors: Firima Emmanuel , Gonzalez Lucia , Huber Jacqueline , Belus Jennifer M. , Raeber Fabian , Gupta Ravi , Mokhohlane Joalane , Mphunyane Madavida , Amstutz Alain , Labhardt Niklaus Daniel
Published: July 2021

Background: The burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing in low- and middle-income countries, including sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). However, awareness of and access to T2DM diagnosis and care remain low in SSA, leading to delayed treatment, early morbidity, and mortality. Particularly in rural settings with long distances to health care facilities, community-based care models may contribute to increased timely diagnosis and care. This scoping review aims to summarize and categorize existing models of community-based care for T2DM among non-pregnant adults in SSA, and to synthesize the evidence on acceptance, clinical outcomes, and engagement in care.

Method and analysis: This review will follow the framework suggested by Arskey and O’Malley, which has been further refined by Levac et al. and the Joanna Briggs Institute. Electronic searches will be performed in Medline, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and Scopus, supplemented with backward and forward citation searches. We will include cohort studies, randomized trials and case-control studies that report cases of non-pregnant individuals diagnosed with T2DM in SSA who receive a substantial part of care in the community. Our outcomes of interest will be model acceptability, blood sugar control, end organ damage, and patient engagement in care. A narrative analysis will be conducted, and comparisons made between community-based and facility-based models, where within-study comparison is reported.

Conclusion: Care for T2DM has become a global health priority. Community-based care may be an important add-on approach especially in populations with poor access to health care facilities. This review will inform policy makers and program implementers on different community-based models for care of T2DM in SSA, and critically appraise their acceptability and clinical outcomes. It will further identify evidence gaps and future research priorities in community-based T2DM care.
Case Report: Penetrating Thoracic Trauma by A Gunshot Involving the Heart
Authors: Atreya Alok , Menezes Ritesh G. , Timalsina Ashal , Bashyal Geeta , Gyawali Lokaratna , Gyawali Sushila
Published: July 2021

Firearm related mortality is not frequently encountered in a country like Nepal where there us a stringent law prohibiting buying, selling, carrying or storing of firearms. It is required to have a valid license to have a firearm in possession. Wounds produced by firearm have a typical characteristic the knowledge of which helps to identify the type of firearm used, range of fire, position of the victim and whether the manner of death was homicidal, suicidal or accidental. The present case is a first autopsy-based study from Nepal which discusses the wounds produced by firearm with interpretation of such findings for medicolegal purposes. The present case highlights a social problem where the victim, a psychiatric patient, had no access to prescription medication due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) related lockdown.
Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease presenting progressive reticular honeycomb infiltration of lung and immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin G4 dominant hypergammaglobulinemia: a case report
Authors: Kim Hyun-Je , Hong Young-Hoon
Published: July 2021

Multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) is an uncommon systemic lymphoproliferative disorder that may cause multiple organ damage. Castleman disease-associated diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD) has not been well studied. A 32-year-old man was referred to our hospital for progressive generalized weakness, light-headedness, and dyspnea on exertion for more than one year. Laboratory evaluations showed profound anemia, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and an increased C-reactive protein level with polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia. Chest radiography, computed tomography (CT), and positron emission tomography-CT scan demonstrated diffuse lung infiltration with multiple cystic lesions and multiple lymphadenopathy. In addition to these clinical laboratory findings, bone marrow, lung, and lymph node biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of idiopathic MCD (iMCD). Siltuximab, an interleukin-6 inhibitor, and glucocorticoid therapy were initiated. The patient has been tolerating the treatment well and had no disease progression or any complications in 4 years. Herein, we report this case of human herpesvirus-8-negative iMCD-associated DPLD accompanied by multiple cystic lesions, multiple lymphadenopathy, and polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia with elevated immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgG4 levels. We recommend a close evaluation of MCD in cases of DPLD with hypergammaglobulinemia.
Modeling of quality characteristics of the surface layer hardened by free-moving indenters under rotating electromagnetic field
Authors: Lebedev Valery A. , Kochubey Anatoly A. , Chumak Irina V.
Published: July 2021

It is shown that the magnetodynamic treatment implemented under the conditions of a rotating electromagnetic field is a kind of the dynamic methods of hardening free-moving indenters by the convection flows. It is proposed to use analytic dependences obtained by the approximation of the test data of effect of the surface plastic deformation (SPD) dynamic methods on the component hardened layer quality to evaluate quality parameters of the surface layer formed under the magnetodynamic processing. The resulting expression describing the experimentally established fact that the main contribution to the formation of the quality parameters of the hardened layer is made by the initial continuous coating of the treated surface with plastic prints is obtained. An analytical functional model establishing the surface layer quality parameters behavior depending on the multiplicity of covering the surface by the shock-pulse impact of the free-moving indenters is proposed. A comparative analysis of the experimental data obtained in the process of the magneto-dynamic processing with the calculated ones shows the applicability of the proposed models for predicting quality parameters of the hardened surface layer.
Midwives’ experiences of caring for women with antenatal anxiety and depression: A qualitative study with midwifery acupuncturists
Authors: Lowe Lee-Ana , Betts Debra
Published: July 2021

Background: Pregnant women seek help for a range of physical and emotional pregnancy symptoms from traditional acupuncturists. Whether midwifery acupuncturists in Aotearoa New Zealand (Aotearoa NZ) provide acupuncture for antenatal anxiety and depression (AAD) in practice is currently unknown. Aim: This qualitative arm of a mixed-methods study aimed to explore midwifery acupuncturist experiences of caring for pregnant women with AAD in Aotearoa NZ. The aim of the research was to examine the factors that influence midwifery acupuncturists' perceptions of acupuncture use for AAD. Method: This was a mixed-methods study involving an online survey and in-depth interviews from a convenience sample of Aotearoa NZ midwifery acupuncturists who had completed a Certificate of Midwifery Acupuncture. This paper describes the thematic analysis of the semi-structured interviews. Findings: The eight interviewees were mostly NZ European (n=6) and Lead Maternity Carers (LMCs; n=6) caring for pregnant women in rural and urban locations throughout Aotearoa NZ. The interviews revealed an overarching theme, “helping midwives to navigate the ocean of AAD”, which identified the lack of support participants experienced from current maternity health services for AAD in Aotearoa NZ. Subthemes “Missing the boat during pregnancy” expressed how participants felt no options were available for AAD prevention, while “keeping women afloat with no ship in sight” represented how interviewees tried to keep women in their care stable even though access to maternal mental health services was difficult. Participants felt acupuncture was a useful non-pharmaceutical tool that works; however, they had reservations about “adding acupuncture to the midwifery toolbox”. Conclusion: Aotearoa NZ midwifery acupuncturists were concerned about AAD and the limited conventional options available for women in their care. Acupuncture was viewed as a promising adjunct to usual treatment for AAD. Reservations included adding acupuncture to an already heavy midwifery workload, the cost of acupuncture, and the appropriateness of the treatment.
Online safety: The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on children in the UK
Authors: Allkins Suzannah
Published: July 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has inevitably led to more time spent online, which will have increased the risk of children and teenagers being exposed to cyberbullying and harmful content, among other issues. This article examines available data on the effects of the pandemic on children as a result of their online activity and looks at what schools and child health professionals may need to anticipate in terms of children's mental health following the pandemic.
Broadband wide-angle multilayer absorber based on a broadband omnidirectional optical Tamm state
Authors: Wu Feng , Wu Xiaohu , Xiao Shuyuan , Liu Guanghui , Li Hongju
Published: July 2021

Recently, broadband optical Tamm states (OTSs) in heterostructures composed of highly lossy metal layers and all-dielectric one-dimensional (1D) photonic crystals (PhCs) have been utilized to realize broadband absorption. However, as the incident angle increases, the broadband OTSs in such heterostructures shift towards shorter wavelengths along the PBGs in all-dielectric 1D PhCs, which strongly limits the bandwidths of wide-angle absorption. In this paper, we realize a broadband omnidirectional OTS in a heterostructure composed of a Cr layer and a 1D PhC containing layered hyperbolic metamaterials with an angle-insensitive photonic band gap. Assisted by the broadband omnidirectional OTS, broadband wide-angle absorption can be achieved. High absorptance (A > 0.85) can be remained when the wavelength ranges from 1612 nm to 2335 nm and the incident angle ranges from 0° to 70°. The bandwidth of wide-angle absorption (0°-70°) reaches 723 nm. The designed absorber is a lithography-free 1D structure, which can be easily fabricated under the current magnetron sputtering or electron-beam vacuum deposition technique. This broadband, wide-angle, and lithography-free absorber would possess potential applications in the design of photodetectors, solar thermophotovoltaic devices, gas analyzers, and cloaking devices.
Relationship Between Affective Tendency, Sex and Library Anxiety Among Undergraduate Students
Authors: Agbonavbare Osaretin , Egbochuku Elizerbeth , Adeleke Ismaila
Published: July 2021

Library anxiety is a type of fear that is associated with library user who becomes uncomfortable when using the library and its facilities. The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between affective tendency, sex and library anxiety amongundergraduate students and it’s implications for counselling using University of Benin ascase study. A correlational research design was used to select a sample size of 200 from apopulation of 1546 registered users using simple random technique. Data was collectedusing the Affective Tendency and Library Anxiety Scale (ATLAS) adapted from Bostick(1992). The reliability was determined at 0.83 Cronbach Alpha. The results indicatedthere is no significant relationship between affective tendency and library anxiety, whilesex differ significantly with library anxiety. Counsellors should engage students onorientation programmes and give out guidelines on how to study and read effectively inthe library.
Working memory capacity, and selective attention in older children with mathematics learning disabilities
Authors: Kamal Dr. Ahmed
Published: July 2021

Both verbal and visuospatial working memory adding to selective attention, have been examined in two groups (Mean age = 12.59 years old). One of the two groups displaying math learning disabilities (n=36), this group acts as an experimental group, and the other group without learning disabilities acts as a control group (n=36), the two groups were matched for age and IQ. The two groups presented with complex span tasks to assess working memory capacity (WMC), operation span task (OSPAN) used to assess verbal working memory capacity, symmetry span task used to assess visuospatial working memory capacity; the two previous tasks administrated automatically by using computers. Selective attention assessed in the two groups by using colored square task (CST) that used for assessing visual selective attention and it administrated automatically.

Results revealed that performance of children with MLD was lower than control group (typically achieving children) in both verbal and visuospatial working memory, moreover, the two groups differed in the number of correct responses (accuracy) in visual selective attention for typically achieved children, but there is no significant difference between them in response time (speed).
Contação de histórias infantis na extensão universitária
Authors: Santana Djanira Ribeiro , Reis Nilzete Vicente , Farias Joelma Oliveira
Published: July 2021

Este texto resulta do projeto de extensão “A Hora do Conto”, desenvolvido, no segundo semestre de 2019, na Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Campus XII, localizado no município de Guanambi-BA, e tem como objetivo apresentar e discutir as ações desenvolvidas pelo projeto e os resultados obtidos à luz da Política Nacional de Extensão. Inicialmente, montamos um grupo de contadores de histórias infantis, composto pela monitora bolsista e as voluntárias, para estimular os professores à contação nas instituições de educação infantil do município. Posteriormente, criamos o grupo de estudos “Contação de Histórias Infantis”, composto pelas monitoras, estudantes e egressos do Curso de Pedagogia e professoras da Educação Básica da rede municipal. Assim, o referido projeto de extensão abre um horizonte de possibilidades, pois contribui para a formação pessoal e profissional por meio do suporte teórico e do compartilhamento de experiências, além de promover o contato dos estudantes com a realidade das escolas. Os resultados revelam os impactos positivos do projeto para o desenvolvimento integral das crianças, para a formação das futuras pedagogas e reflexão das professoras da educação infantil sobre sua prática pedagógica.
Participación ciudadana en un proceso de extensión universitaria orientado a la gestión del riesgo de inundación y anegamiento en Coronel Suárez, Argentina
Authors: Moretto Belén , Gentili Jorge Osvaldo
Published: July 2021

En el partido de Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, las inundaciones y los anegamientos son problemáticas ambientales derivadas de eventos de origen meteorológico–climático susceptibles de ser abordadas desde la extensión universitaria. En el marco de las actividades del proyecto de extensión universitaria de la Universidad Nacional del Sur denominado "Inundaciones: ¿qué podemos hacer? Las tecnologías colaborativas en la gestión del riesgo", la participación ciudadana es un pilar fundamental. Se presentan las actividades llevadas a cabo en el marco del proyecto destinadas a implementar procesos participativos para contribuir a la gestión del riesgo de inundación y anegamiento en el partido de Coronel Suárez. El trabajo mancomunado con la sociedad permitió reconstruir el conocimiento en torno al riesgo de inundación y anegamiento y reflexionar en virtud del accionar de cada uno de los actores desde la extensión universitaria.
PENGELOLAAN KOLEKSI DI MUSEUM MUSIK INDONESIA SEBAGAI UPAYA PELESTARIAN WARISAN BUDAYA
Authors: Siti Mudawamah Nita
Published: July 2021

The Museum Music Indonesia is the only museum that houses a collection of music by Indonesian musicians. Located in Malang City, this museum has approximately 35.000 music collections of various types including cassettes, vinyl, compact disks, posters, magazines, musical instruments, audio equipment, and even artist/musician clothes. This paper aims to describe how the collection management at the Museum Music Indonesia uses a qualitative descriptive approach. The results found in the field include; Most of the collections contained in this music museum are obtained from grants from the music lovers community, collection management begins with the collection, data collection, presentation, and information to the public, the management is still done manually due to limited resources. With the cooperation and attention of all stakeholders, MMI can continue to live and develop as a preserver of the nation's treasures that are attractive to the community.
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Published: July 2021

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This special issue of Monthly Review is devoted to the New Cold War on China. What has been the view of the Chinese Revolution presented in Monthly Review in the past seven decades? How has it changed over time? As Paul A. Baran observed: "Marx and in particular Lenin being master-tacticians shifted horses and arguments as conditions changed (rightly so, to be sure!)" The question then becomes not the changing views themselves, but how these shifts in perspective reflect changing historical circumstances.
In Line of Fire: The Korean Peninsula in U.S.-China Strategy
Authors: Beal Tim
Published: July 2021

The war against fascism was transformed into the Cold War. U.S. imperialism, subdued somewhat by post-First World War isolationism, came into full flower. Washington implemented this sea change in many ways, including the division of the Korean Peninsula.
Can the Chinese Diaspora Speak?
Authors: Qiao Collective -
Published: July 2021

The Chinese diaspora is compelled either to prostrate to an edifying project of assimilation to U.S. liberal democracy, or be branded as illiberal "Red Guards" unfit for serious political discourse. This discursive context has long mobilized overseas Chinese to affirm the universalism of Western liberalism in opposition to a Chinese despotism defined either by dynastic backwardness or communist depravity. Can overseas Chinese speak for themselves in the face of the West's "hegemonic right to knowledge?" Or will all such speech that challenges U.S. presuppositions of liberal selfhood and Chinese despotism simply be tuned out as illiberal noise?
From Sandstorm and Smog to Sustainability and Justice: China's Challenges
Authors: Chi Lau Kin , Peiyun Jin , Xiaohui Yan
Published: July 2021

In China, the orientation toward "ecological civilization" has been proposed for some years. But if the hard core of developmentalism and modernization continues to be the guiding principle, China will continue to be challenged by social injustice and environmental devastation.
ENSINO DE MATEMÁTICA BÁSICA PARA A EDUCAÇÃO SUPERIOR RELATO DAS EXPERIÊNCIAS DO CURSO DE NIVELAMENTO NA MODALIDADE REMOTA
Authors: Guilherme de Oliveira-Melo Felipe
Published: July 2021

O curso de extensão intitulado Ensino de Matemática Básica para a Educação Superior (EMBASE) objetiva revisar os conteúdos de matemática básica por meio da adoção de métodos pedagógicos que permitam a reorientação do processo ensino-aprendizagem e a fixação desse conhecimento para aplicação nas disciplinas iniciais da graduação. Neste relato, apresento as experiências do EMBASE Virtual, que seria ofertado presencialmente para os ingressantes do curso de Engenharia de Produção da UNIVASF/Campus Salgueiro, em 2020.1; todavia, precisou ser adaptado para a modalidade remota devido à pandemia do coronavírus (SARS-CoV-2). Dentre os 59 estudantes matriculados, 58% concluíram o curso, mesmo diante das inúmeras adversidades devido ao contexto de isolamento social. Ao final, os estudantes avaliaram o curso positivamente, tendo em vista que todas as alternativas foram majoritariamente avaliadas com valores acima de 5, dada uma escala Likert de 7 pontos. Os itens mais bem avaliados estão relacionados ao incentivo e à disponibilidade dos professores-colaboradores, ao cumprimento das cargas horárias (aula e tutoria) e à efetividade das listas de exercícios. Esses itens refletem a preocupação dos professores-colaboradores em atender os alunos e minimizar a distância física em prol de proporcioná-los uma excelente experiência de ensino-aprendizagem. Em adição, 94,1% dos estudantes afirmaram que recomendariam o curso. Por fim, 85,2% dos estudantes concordaram que a oferta virtual facilitou a conclusão do curso; embora, 82,3% ainda consideraram que teriam aprendido mais se o EMBASE tivesse sido ofertado presencialmente. Conclui-se que o EMBASE Virtual contribuiu positivamente com a formação educacional dos alunos, além de promover a inclusão universitária em um momento de isolamento social e suspensão das aulas presenciais. Além das dificuldades relacionadas ao letramento matemático, notou-se que os estudantes também possuem limitações quanto à leitura e interpretação de textos
ENGENHARIA DE PRODUÇÃO EAD NO CEFETRJ DESAFIOS E RESULTADOS EM UM ANO DE COVID-19
Authors: Senna Pedro , Leão dos Santos Igor , Coelho Ormeu , Nepomuceno Livia
Published: July 2021

O consórcio Cederj leva a Educação à Distância (EAD) ao Estado do Rio de Janeiro desde o ano 2000. O consórcio vem se expandindo consistentemente desde sua criação, e reúne uma série de universidades atuantes no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, também ofertando mais de uma dezena de cursos atualmente, com um importante papel social inclusivo. O curso de Engenharia de Produção EAD do consórcio, iniciado em 2015, também segue em expansão até os dias atuais, reunindo um número cada vez maior de polos e alunos ativos. Tal curso é gerenciado em parceria pelo Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ) e pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Desde o início de 2020 a gestão do curso de Engenharia de Produção EAD proporcionava tarefas bastante desafiadoras, muito por conta das fortes chuvas que atingiram o Estado do Rio de Janeiro e logo em seguida pela eclosão da pandemia do Covid-19. Esse trabalho lança foco sobre a parcela da gestão do curso desempenhada pelo CEFET/RJ nesse cenário desafiador. Assim sendo, o objetivo é apresentar um relato de processos do curso de Engenharia de Produção EAD do CEFET/RJ que foram adaptados durante o ano da pandemia do Covid-19 (ano de 2020), e mostrar resultados relevantes que o curso obteve. O principal resultado obtido foi o redesenho de processos, e as implementações com sucesso, de forma a viabilizar o andamento regular do curso dos alunos mesmo durante a pandemia. Com o andamento regular, foi possível que o curso seguisse expandido seu quantitativo total de alunos e mantendo seu percentual de alunos ativos (inscritos em disciplinas). Inclusive, destaca-se a nota máxima 5 obtida pelo curso no último Exame Nacional de Desempenho dos Estudantes (ENADE)
REFORMULAÇÃO DO PROJETO PEDAGÓGICO DE ENGENHARIA DE PRODUÇÃO UM CASO NO INTERIOR DO NORDESTE
Authors: Torres Correia de Mello Luciana , Cruz Campos Pontarolo Marianna , Veloso Caldas de Vasconcelos Natália , Jardim de Figueiredo Ciro José
Published: July 2021

Este relato de experiência objetiva descrever os procedimentos para reformulação do Projeto Pedagógico do Curso (PPC) de Engenharia de Produção da UFERSA – Campus Angicos, assim como também evidenciar as principais mudanças realizadas considerando a versão anterior do documento. A reformulação foi orientada pelo plano institucional da universidade e pelas Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais (DCNs) dos cursos de graduação em Engenharia, principalmente voltadas para o foco atual, a formação por competências. Sendo conduzido em três macro etapas: 1) briefing de ideias, 2) sugestões e proposições dos envolvidos (docentes, discentes e egressos) e 3) formalização do documento. Entre as principais mudanças destacam-se o perfil do egresso, a descrição das competências, que estão alinhados com as DCNs, e a atualização da estrutura curricular com foco na modernização do ementário das componentes curriculares. Como limitações do relato, ressaltam-se que a situação atual de ensino-aprendizagem, vivenciada no contexto da pandemia da Covid-19, não foi considerada no documento e que posteriormente serão analisados os impactos após a implantação.
How teacher rotation in Japanese high schools affects the clustering of teacher quality: Comparing the distribution of teachers across public and private education sectors
Authors: Seebruck Ryan
Published: July 2021

I examine a unique facet of Japan’s public education system: jinji idou, a mandatory teacher rotation system governed by the prefectural board of education where teachers are systematically transferred to other schools throughout their careers to appropriately staff schools, facilitate varied career paths, and identify future leaders for administrative roles. Although not a formal goal, this centralized system may also produce a more equal distribution of teacher quality across schools compared to the decentralized teacher labor market found in private schools. Because this system is present in public schools and absent in private schools, comparing sector differences offers a look at its impact on teacher quality distribution. Using a sample of 1,456 teachers nested in 49 schools, private vs. public group comparison tests indicate that, for most of the teacher quality traits examined, the public sector distributes teachers more equitably. Furthermore, the public sector has higher mean levels of teacher quality, intimating that education labor markets can be structured in ways that simultaneously minimize variation between schools without hindering quality, findings germane to scholars interested in educational equality.
YÜKSEK ÖĞRENİM KURUMLARININ SOSYAL ETKİLERİNİN ÖLÇÜMÜ ÜZERİNE KARŞILAŞTIRMALI BİR ANALİZ
Authors: ÖZUYAR Pınar Gökçin , BAYHANTOPÇU Esra
Published: July 2021

Kurumsal Sosyal Sorumluluk (KSS) ya da sürdürülebilirlik sadece devletlerin ya da özel sektör şirketlerinin ilgilendiği bir konu olmaktan çıkmış, uzun zamandır üniversitelerin de odak noktası haline gelmiştir. Bu çalışmada, üniversitelerin ‘Sosyal Etki’ açısından topluma katkı etkisinin ne şekilde olması gerektiği ve bu etkilerine dair gerek iç gerek dış paydaşları ile iletişimini yapmalarının önemi, küresel ölçekte kullanılan sıralama ve raporlama sistemlerinin karşılaştırmalı analizi yapılarak ortaya koyulmuştur. Yapılan analiz kapsamında, yükseköğrenim kurumlarının KSS çalışmalarının bir ayağı olan Sosyal Etkiyi oluşturan ana başlıklar şu şekilde sınıflandırılabilir: ‘Çalışanlara Sağlanan Haklar ve Çalışanların Gelişimi’, ‘İnsan Hakları ve Eşit Haklar’, ‘Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Kalkınmaya Katkı’ ve ‘Çevresel Uygulamalar’. Bahsi geçen bu alanlar, üniversitelerin sosyal etkisinin mevcut durumunu ortaya koyarken, eksiklikleri de belirtilerek değerlendirilmiş, bu kapsamda ilgili strateji ve iletişim çalışmalarının önemi de vurgulanmıştır.
NEOLİBERALİZM VE ŞEHİRLERİN YENİ KÜLTÜREL KOŞULLARI
Authors: GENÇ Eda Aylin
Published: July 2021

Neoliberalleşme sosyo-kültürel etkiler, siyasi öncelikler, yönetim zihniyetleri ve projeleri ile etkileşim ve kesişim içindedir. Bu özelliğiyle neoliberalizm hem bireysel hem de toplumsal deneyimlerle ortaya çıkan bağlam bağımlı ilişkiler ağı olarak tanımlanabilmektedir. Neoliberalizmin etkilerini anlatan tek bir tanımlama olmayıp, neoliberalizm gücünü “hibrit (karma) yönetim biçimi veya bağlam bağımlı bir düzenleme uygulaması” olarak ekonomik ve yönetim mantığından almaktadır. Neoliberalizm, günlük hayatımızda etkin bir güç olarak kendini göstermektedir. Şehirlere kültür aracılığıyla yabancı sermayeyi çeken; bienaller gibi uluslararası kültür sanat etkinlikleri, kentsel dönüşümle soylulaştırılan projelerle ya da İstanbul örneğinde küresel sermayenin artan hareketliliğine karşılık veren kentin 2010 yılında İstanbul Kültür Başkenti seçilmesi, bu etkiyi değerlendirebileceğimiz örnekler olarak düşünülebilir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, neoliberalizmin tanımlamasına kapsamlı bir tartışma sunarak, şehir kültür alanlarında yarattığı örnekleri değerlendirmektir.
The Texture of Aristotle’s Ontology
Authors: Huismann Tyler
Published: July 2021

Typically, Aristotle’s notion of an accidental unity is explained using our concept of identity, but doing so is fraught and liable to mislead. I argue that we should explain accidental unities in terms of sameness: doing so not only shows a coherence among texts thought to be in tension with one another, it reconciles the two competing conceptions of accidental unities in a satisfying way. I conclude by answering several Boolean questions that naturally arise in response to the inclusion of accidental unities in Aristotle’s ontology.
Grimms Märchen in Korea
Authors: Mi-Hyun Ahn
Published: July 2021

Dieser Bericht gibt einen Überblick über die wissenschaftliche, aber auch die politische Rezeption der Kinder- und Hausmärchen (KHM) in Korea seit 1910 bis heute. Vor dem Hintergrund kolonialer, gesellschaftlicher und kultureller Verhältnisse wurden Grimms Märchen immer wieder aufgegriffen und übersetzt. Drei Probleme waren dabei zentral: die Frage der nationalen Selbstständigkeit und der Volksaufklärung unter japanischer Herrschaft bis 1945; die Frage der Individualisierung mitsamt Identitätskonflikten im Zuge der Industrialisierung und Verstädterung in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren; die Gender-Perspektive seit den 1990er Jahren. Darüber hinaus betrachtete man die KHM seit 2000 oft im Zusammenhang mit ihrer medialen Umsetzung wie E-Book, Animation, Film, Webtoon. Forschungen zu diesen Problemkreisen finden in Korea in zahlreichen Disziplinen statt, allen voran in der Germanistik und in der Koreanistik, sodann in der Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft, der Linguistik, der Erziehungswissenschaft, der Psychologie sowie in der Medien- und Kulturwissenschaft. Koreanische Wissenschaftler haben Ergebnisse aus westlichen Studien nicht nur eifrig rezipiert, sondern auch mit eigenen Untersuchungen zur Erforschung der KHM beigetragen.
Übersetzungen als Mittel der Befreiung und Modernisierung im Korea der 1920er Jahre – am Beispiel von KHM 1: Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich
Authors: Hui Kim Nam
Published: July 2021

Der Beitrag geht davon aus, dass Übersetzungen in Zeiten der Unterdrückung der eigenen Sprache, Kultur und Lebenswelt – beispielsweise im von Japan kolonial besetzten Korea – oft als Mittel zur Aufklärung, Befreiung und Modernisierung eingesetzt werden. Als Beispiele dafür dienen drei in den 1920er Jahren entstandene koreanische Übertragungen des Märchens Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich der Brüder Grimm. Mittels eines detaillierten Textvergleichs werden inhaltliche und stilistische Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede herausgearbeitet. Sodann werden poetische, pädagogische und politische Intentionen und Implikationen untersucht, die mit den einzelnen Übersetzungen verbunden sind.
A metasurface-enabled Fabry–Pérot (FP) circularly polarized antenna with continuous wideband polarization conversion purity
Authors: Yuan Zhiqiang
Published: July 2021

In this paper, a wideband continuous pure right hand circularly polarized (RHCP), high gain, and low-radar cross-section (RCS) array antenna is proposed. A linear-to-circularly polarization conversion (LCPC) Metasurface (MS) is employed as the superstrate of the Fabry–Pérot (FP) resonator antenna, consisting of two oblique slits etched patches located at top and bottom, respectively, and a metal ring with corner-cutting patch inside, that ensure a wideband transmission and reflection LCPC frequencies ranging from 9 to 22 GHz, and 7–13.5 GHz, respectively. While, a pure RHCP LCPC frequency band of 9–12 GHz is produced by adopt the proposed MS that is benefit from the design of etched oblique slits and corner-cutting patch surrounded by the metal ring, where the magnitude and phase difference can be kept in the variation of ±3 dB and 10°, respectively. Then, a rectangle patch-fed MS FP antenna is designed by an arrangement of 5 × 5 MS unit cells. Following this, the sequence rotated technique is utilized to arrange the array antenna by 2 × 2 units, ensuring a wide band RCS frequency band. The proposed array antenna is fabricated and measured, which indicated the correctness of this design for performance of high gain, low RCS, and wideband pure RHCP. Compared with recent reported MS-based FP works, a wideband LCPC frequencies purity is obtained, and a good radiation and scattering performance is obtained in the design.
Inequalities between height and deviation of polynomials
Authors: Dubickas Artūras
Published: July 2021

In this paper, for polynomials with real coefficientsP,QP,Qsatisfying∣P(x)∣≤∣Q(x)∣| P\left(x)| \le | Q\left(x)|for eachxxin a real intervalII, we prove the boundL(P)≤cL(Q)L\left(P)\le cL\left(Q)between the lengths ofPPandQQwith a constantcc, which is exponential in the degreeddofPP. An example showing that the constantccin this bound should be at least exponential inddis also given. Similar inequalities are obtained for the heights ofPPandQQwhen the intervalIIis infinite andP,QP,Qare both of degreedd. In the proofs and in the constructions of examples, we use some translations of Chebyshev polynomials.
Novel Ag(I)-NHC complex: synthesis, in vitro cytotoxic activity, molecular docking, and quantum chemical studies
Authors: Serdaroğlu Goncagül , Şahin Neslihan , Şahin-Bölükbaşı Serap , Üstün Elvan
Published: July 2021

The importance of organometallic complexes in cancer biology has attracted attention in recent years. In this paper, we look for the in vitro cytotoxic capability of novel benzimidazole-based N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) precursor (1) and its Ag(I)-NHC complex (2). For this purpose, these novel Ag(I)-NHC complex (2) was characterized by spectroscopic techniques (1H, 13C{1H} nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR)). Then, in vitro cytotoxic activities of NHC precursor (1) and Ag(I)-NHC complex (2) were investigated against MCF-7, MDA-MB-231 human breast, DU-145 prostate cancer cells, and L-929 healthy cells using MTT assay for 24, 48, and 72 h incubation times. Ag(I)-NHC complex (2) showed promising in vitro cytotoxic activity against all cell lines for three incubation times, with IC50 values lower than 5 µM. It was also determined that (NHC) precursor (1) were lower in vitro cytotoxic activity than Ag(I)-NHC complex (2) against all cell lines. Selectivity indexes (SIs) of Ag(I)-NHC complex (2) against cancer cells were found higher than 2 for 24 and 48 h incubation time. Besides, the electronic structure and spectroscopic data of the newly synthesized precursor and its Ag-complex have been supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations and molecular docking analysis. After, the anticancer activity of these compounds has been discussed considering the results of the frontier molecular orbital analysis. We hope that the obtained results from the experiments and computational tools will bring a new perspective to cancer research in terms of supported by quantum chemical calculations.
Digital verbunden Formen politischer Partizipation von Jugendlichen in Niederösterreich
Authors: Ajanović Edma , Fritsch Katharina , Zahorka Florian
Published: July 2021

Dieser Artikel analysiert vor dem Hintergrund post-fordistischer Transformationen und der wenigen Studien zu Österreich das Verhältnis digitaler Formen politischer Beteiligung und traditioneller Formen politischer und medialer Repräsentationen von Jugendlichen. Unsere Fragestellung untersuchen wir aus frameanalytischer Perspektive und greifen auf Daten zurück, die wir im Zuge einer Medienanalyse und partizipativen Ethnografie rund um die Gemeinderatswahl 2020 in Niederösterreich erhoben haben. Wir erörtern (Selbst-)Repräsentationen und Formen der Partizipation von Jugendlichen entlang von drei Dimensionen: Jugend und Lokalpolitik, Jugend und Klima und Jugend als digitale Akteur*innen. Dabei zeigen wir, dass politische Praktiken von Jugendlichen vornehmlich von latenten Formen der Beteiligung – offline und online – geprägt sind und streichen die Rolle von Memes als digitale Praktik hervor. Unser Artikel leistet einen Beitrag zur Frage, wie Öffentlichkeit im Zeitalter digitaler Plattformen entsteht und wie junge Menschen dazu beitragen. Dabei verweisen unsere Ergebnisse vor allem auf die viel besprochene Tendenz einer Individualisierung politischer Beteiligung im Kontext von Digitalisierung.
Migrationsgesellschaft: kritische Vistas von Migration, Kapitalismus und Ankommen
Authors: Kaloianov Radostin
Published: July 2021

Ausgehend von dem Konzept der ‚Migrationsgesellschaft‘ und dem daran ansetzenden Versuch, den Migrationsbegriff jenseits geläufiger Engführungen als Wanderung kritisch zu hinterfragen, wird im Folgenden ein umfassender Perspektivenwechsel vorgeführt. Dieser Umbruch geht mit der Kritik an der Idealisierung von Migration als Wanderung und der Verlegung des Fokus von Wanderung auf das Ankommen von MigrantInnen einher. Der Perspektivenwechsel macht am Migrationsthema nicht Halt und setzt sich auch in der Analyse von migrantischem Ankommen fort. Den wanderungszentrierten Szenarien von Niederlassen wie jenes der Integration und des Diversitätsmanagements werden neue Perspektiven auf migrantisches Ankommen entgegengestellt. Setzen diese kritischen Bildgebungen den Fokus aufs Ankommen selbst, zeigen sie, dass das Ankommen von MigrantInnen bei vielfachen Ungleich- und Schlechterstellungen und von unten ansetzt, zahlreiche Ambivalenzen, Widersprüche, Polarisationen aufweist und zugleich ein Niederlassen im Sinne vom nieder Fußfassen lassen ist. Was Migrationsgesellschaft ist und was in der Migrationsgesellschaft los ist, bringt die Formel auf den Punkt: ‚Aufs Ankommen kommt es an!‘
Institutions and Economic Development on the Example of OECD Countries
Authors:   University of Bialystok, Doctoral School in the Social Sciences, Poland, Borkowski Mateusz
Published: July 2021

The problem of economic development has been the subject of discussion in economic theory for hundreds of years. It is one of the most important issues in economics. To this day, it is crucial to specify the factors and conditions of this phenomenon. The purpose of this article is to identify the direction and strength of the relationship between the quality of the institutional environment and the level of economic development. The soft modelling method and analysis of the literature were applied to identify this relationship. Selected research methods allowed for the positive verification of the adopted hypothesis- institutional environment has a significant, positive impact on shaping economic development dynamics.
Ożywiająca obecność Ducha Świętego we wspólnotach Kościoła
Authors:   Papieski Wydział Teologiczny w Warszawie, Olszewski Mieczysław
Published: July 2021

The phenomenon of the action of the Holy Spirit has accompanied the Church throughout her history. After the Second Vatican Council, a special influence of the Holy Spirit is noted in the initiated new prayer movements and communities. This study aims to show the functioning of small communities, the mechanisms of personal and group activities that contribute to deepening the faith of believers.
Preserving Keroncong Orchestra Group: A Study Of OK. Waseso In Bumijawa Tegal
Authors: Saputra Bagus Adhie , Haryono Slamet
Published: July 2021

The regeneration of players, singers, and keroncong orchestra groups is happening in various regions in Indonesia until now. This condition indicates the process of inheritance of keroncong music between generations continue. This also happened in Bumijawa, Tegal Regency, which has the O.K Waseso. The problem discussed in this paper is how to preserve keroncong music carried out by O.K Waseso in Bumijawa, Tegal Regency. The research was conducted with qualitative methods. Data was collected using observation, interviews, and documentation. The data validity techniques were carried out by triangulation, and interactive model analysis. The results showed that the conservation efforts carried out by O.K Waseso for keroncong music were depicted through three activities, namely the protection, development, and utilization of keroncong music.
Exploration Of Lampung Traditional Music In Efforts To Preserve Culture By Kulit Tipis Community In Bandar Lampung
Authors: Yulita Birgita Iyona , Susetyo Bagus , Sejati Irfanda Riski Harmono
Published: July 2021

Traditional music is one of the elements of culture keeping the continuity, dynamics, cultural identity and also becoming a vehicle for transmitting the cultural values inherited from generation to generation. This study aims to identify and describe the exploration of traditional music Lampung as an effort to preserve music culture by the Kulit Tipis community in Bandar Lampung. This research was conducted using qualitative methods. Data collection techniques used literature study, observation, interviews, and documentation studies. The results showed that there were efforts to preserve Lampung traditional music by Kulit Tipis community in Bandar Lampung, namely: (1) Collaborating traditional Lampung musical instruments with modern musical instruments or traditional musical instruments from other regions. (2) Making musical compositions from Lampung folk songs or modern pop songs today. (3) Performing musical exploration performances in various festivals, regular bands, and competitions in Lampung or outside the Lampung area. (4) Creating and uploading their video recordings of musical composition performances from the Kulit Tipis community through social media, such as YouTube.
«Nato ed allevato in Corte»: Torquato Tasso
Authors: Quondam Amedeo
Published: July 2021

Con un’attenta analisi del dialogo Il Malpiglio overo della Corte il saggio descrive le continuità e le trasformazioni del discorso cortigiano attraverso il Cinquecento, da Castiglione a Tasso.
Educational Activities of Wilhelm Andreas Rhenius (1753–1833) in Klaipėda and the First Lithuanian Translations of English Religious Literature
Authors: Strungytė-Liugienė Inga
Published: July 2021

In the first half of the 19th century, the international interdenominational organization the Religious Tract Society in London provided financial support for the publication of religious books in the native languages of the people of the Kingdom of Prussia: German, Polish, Sorbian and Lithuanian. The branch of the Prussian Religious Tract Society established in Klaipėda, an important trading city of the time, took care of the translations of short books into Lithuanian along with their publishing and distribution. Wilhelm Andreas Rhenius (1753–1833), the inspector of the Bachman’s estate, the follower of the Moravian movement, who managed compilations, worked for the Klaipėda branch. This article aims to reveal the ties of Rhenius, the member of the Society, with the international organization in London, and his participation in educational activities in Klaipėda. Lithuanian translations of religious English texts patronized by the Religious Tract Society in London are also discussed, including an anonymous small volume book, The Warning Voice (Graudénimo Balsas, 1818), published in Tilsit, the Prussian Lithuania, in 4,000 copies, and the collected sermons Sixteen Short Sermons (Sźeßolika trumpi Kalbesei, 1820, Tilsit) by the British author Thomas Tregenna Biddulph (1763–1838), the minister of St. James’s Church in Bristol.
Of Men and Masculinity: The Portrayal of Masculinity in a Selection of Award-Winning Australian Young Adult Literature
Authors: Garrison Kasey , Mary Mary , Derouet Elizabeth
Published: July 2021

This research investigates the portrayal of masculinity in Australian young adult novels published in 2019. The novels were taken from the 2020 Children’s Books Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year for Older Readers Notables List. Established in 1946, these annual awards are considered the most prominent and prestigious in Australian children’s and young adult literature and are likely to be accessible and promoted to young readers in schools and libraries. The three texts studied were Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte, The Boy who Steals Houses by C.G. Drews, and This is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield. Using a Critical Content Analysis methodology (Beach et al., 2009), researchers completed a review of the literature and theories around masculinity and chose to analyse three exemplary texts using the attributes of the Hegemonic Masculinity Schema (HMS) and Sensitive New Man Schema (SNMS) as described by Romøren and Stephens (2002). Attributes from the HMS include traits and behaviours like being violent, physical or verbal bullying, and hostile to difference while attributes from the SNMS include being supportive, affectionate, and considerate and respectful of the space and feelings of others (especially females). In this method, researchers identify examples of the attributes within the main characters and minor characters from each of the three books, recording quotes and noting critical incidents depicting aspects of masculinity. Notable findings of the research include the acknowledgment and portrayal of a particular conception of hegemonic masculinity in the selected novels often informed or shaped by the presence of dominant father figures and the absence of the concept of “the mother.” The characters who aligned to the schema used within this research are often overshadowed by a dominant father figure who conformed to an extreme version of hegemonic masculinity and who shaped their child’s actions even if the fathers were absent from the novel. The research reveals commonly held conceptions of masculinity aligned to those used in the schema and demonstrated that young adult literature, like popular media, can be used as a vehicle for the dissemination of such concepts and reveal contemporary understandings of it. Outputs from this research include the development of a modified and more contemporary schema which could be applied to future research. Significantly, this interdisciplinary research bridges the library, education and literature fields to examine the different ways maleness and masculinity are depicted to young adult readers in prize-nominated Australian young adult novels.
Digitalization of the economy: how to improve the country’s competitiveness
Authors:   NAS of Ukraine, Institute of Industrial Economics, Vishnevsky V.P. , Harkushenko O.M. ,   NAS of Ukraine, Institute of Industrial Economics, Zanizdra M.Yu. ,   NAS of Ukraine, Institute of Industrial Economics, Kniaziev S.I. ,   NAS of Ukraine, Institute of Industrial Economics, Lypnytskyi D.V. ,   NAS of Ukraine, Institute of Industrial Economics, Chekina V.D. ,   NAS of Ukraine, Institute of Industrial Economics
Published: July 2021

The monograph investigates the features of information and communication technologies and processes of digitalization of an economy, analyses methodological approaches to monitoring the development and assessing the effectiveness of the digital economy, builds the functions of the dependence of digital costs and final results of economic activity, assesses the transformational potential of emerging economies’ digitalization and substantiates recommendations for increasing their competitiveness. For researchers, teachers, post-graduate students, students, all those who are interested in the problems of digitalization of an economy, industrial revolutions and innovative development.