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Pathophysiology of Biophoton: Vibrational Impact Syndrome Leading to Physical Effects and Metabolic Alterations. Part 2
Authors:   Independent Researcher, Camelo Luiz Gonzaga
Published: February 2025

Vibrational impact syndrome caused by biophotons is a syndrome resulting from excessive and ultra-weak photon emission. It is worth noting that at the beginning of the clinical picture, the photon emission was diffuse and disseminated, covering several organs and systems, subsequently leading to excessive long-term retention of biophotons, with energy elimination perceived throughout the body surface. This syndrome involves peripheral nerves with changes in electromyography, as well as damage to blood vessels leading to bleeding in the nose, lips and mouth, as well as damage to the saphenous vein in the right leg and metabolic changes, such as elevated blood levels of triglycerides, cholesterol, fasting glucose and testosterone, as well as a reduction in Vitamin B12 that can damage peripheral nerves. Furthermore, in August 2024, Prostaglandin E2 was measured with a significant increase, with titers above 4,000%, leading to several clinical implications. In fact, this is a case report in a 72-year-old patient with pathological photon emission for 10 years that persists to this day. I assume this is the first study reported in the literature and the most surprising, reported by the patient and also the author of this essay who, fortunately, is a physician. It arose spontaneously and without interference from any external factor. However, there appears to have been internal interference. In fact, it appeared a week after his wife underwent breast cancer surgery. Here it became clear that the role of Consciousness in the emission of biophotons is unquestionable. It follows an intelligent and intentional pattern. Consciousness, the Intelligent Principle of the Universe, is the product of Universal Consciousness, the Supreme Intelligence of the Universe, the first cause of all things. It is undoubtedly the one that actually absorbs and metabolizes the photon captured from the sun, which ultimately comes from the “sea of ​​energy” called the ‘zero-point quantum field’ [ZPF] studied by contemporary science.
Słownictwo rybackie w gwarach kujawskich. Część II
Authors: Paluszak-Bronka Anna
Published: February 2025

Celem artykułu jest charakterystyka semantyczna i genetyczna słownictwa rybackiego w gwarach kujawskich. W polu zainteresowań autorki znalazły się nazwy działalności związanej z łowieniem ryb, ludzi zajmujących się połowem, stosowanych przez nich środków transportu wodnego, miejsc łowisk, przynęt, pojemników do przechowywania i przenoszenia ryb, narzędzi do wyrobu sieci oraz nazwy czynności związanych z rybołówstwem. Analiza zgromadzonego materiału pozwoliła nie tylko na wskazanie podstaw motywacyjnych oraz na ustalenie pochodzenia badanych jednostek nazewniczych, ale pokazała, że słownictwo związane z rybołówstwem charakteryzuje się obecnością wielu form archaicznych: błyskawka, jadrzyć. Wiele z dialektyzmów ma zasięg szerokoterytorialny, np.: rybaczyć, wychodnia, glizda. Do wąskoterytorialnych (znanych tylko na Kujawach) należą: jadrzyć, płótować, ubierać i ubieranie. Przy okazji udało się odnaleźć wyrazy albo w ogóle niepoświadczone przez słowniki gwarowe i kartotekę Słownika gwar polskich – pińczak, albo nienotowane w podanych w tej pracy znaczeniach, np.: łodyga / odyga, odyżkować. Zgromadzony materiał w niewielkim stopniu odzwierciedla także kulturę materialną i społeczną kujawskich rybaków.
Das Ukraine-Dilemma, die Lehre vom gerechten Krieg und der Pazifismus
Authors: Steinvorth Ulrich
Published: February 2025

How much help are third countries morally allowed or obliged to provide for a state unjustly attacked by a state that might widen a local war into a nuclear world war? This question leads to the Ukraine dilemma. It faces states that deliberate their obligations to the Ukraine unjustly attacked by Russia that might use nuclear weapons. To clarify the question, I examine the two most important evaluations of wars, the just war doctrine (D) and pacifism (P). My theses are: (1) D is a moral theory, but P is not. P is a practical metaphysics, so they do not exclude one another. (2) Augustine shaped D and directed it against P, interpreting P and tendentially Christianity as moral theories, losing the distinction between practical metaphysics and morality, followed suit by the Enlightenment and current normative theory. (3) To solve the Ukraine dilemma, we must rely on an uninterpreted morality and prudence.
Globale Religionsphilosophie und die notorische Unklarheit des Religionsbegriffs
Authors: Gäb Sebastian
Published: February 2025

This paper discusses the project of a globalised philosophy of religion as proposed recently by Yujin Nagasawa, Victoria Harrison, and others. While this project is a laudable attempt to overcome the strict focus on theistic forms of religion in contemporary analytic philosophy of religion, it is argued that current proposals for a globalised philosophy of religion have ignored the important role of theism for giving the discipline its structure. Therefore, any viable global approach to philosophy of religion needs to delineate a concept of religion that doesn’t draw on the concept of a theistic god. The paper argues that the best choice for this is a cluster concept of religion so that, even if the phenomena covered by the term ‘religion’ have no common core, the term isn’t meaningless, and philosophy of religion can still be a meaningful academic project.

Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – Projektnummer 471277286.
Spatial-temporal evolution of habitat quality in tropical monsoon climate region based on “pattern–process–quality” – a case study of Cambodia
Authors: Kang Junmei , Yang Fengshuo , Wang Jun , Liu Yang , Fang Dengmao , Jiang Chengcheng
Published: February 2025

Exploring the coupling relationship of “pattern–process–quality” is conducive to understanding the internal mechanism of habitat quality change, and is of great significance for the function maintenance and sustainable management of regional ecosystems. Existing studies mainly analyze the spatial-temporal evolution of habitat quality from the perspective of “pattern quality” and land use data. However, the variation in habitat quality is the result of many factors such as “pattern–process–quality” of the habitat. Therefore, it is necessary to consider these factors comprehensively when studying the change in habitat quality, so as to understand the change mechanism of habitat quality more comprehensively and deeply. This study takes Cambodia, a tropical monsoon climate region, as the research area, and uses land cover data from 2000 to 2022 as the data source. InVEST model is used to analyze the spatial-temporal evolution of habitat quality, and explore the relationship between habitat quality and land use, landscape pattern, and ecological process. The results show that (1) during 2000–2022, forest in Cambodia covered a wide range, showing a landscape pattern mainly distributed in the east and west. (2) The degree of fragmentation of impervious landscape pattern increased gradually from 2000 to 2022, indicating that it was seriously affected by human activities and natural factors, and with the increase in elevation and slope, the area of various types converted to impervious decreased. (3) During 2000–2022, high habitat quality areas were concentrated in Tonle SAP Lake in the east, southwest, and central part of Cambodia, while low habitat quality areas were concentrated in the central part. (4) Natural factors, socio-economic factors, policies, and regulations all have an impact on the change in land use pattern and habitat quality in Cambodia.
Entropy as Noether charge for quasistatic gradient flow
Authors: Beyen Aaron , Maes Christian
Published: February 2025

Entropy increase is fundamentally related to the breaking of time-reversal symmetry. By adding the ‘extra dimension’ associated with thermodynamic forces, we extend that discrete symmetry to a continuous symmetry for the dynamical fluctuations around (nonlinear) gradient flow. The latter connects macroscopic equilibrium conditions upon introducing a quasistatic protocol of control parameters. The entropy state function becomes the Noether charge. As a result, and following ideas expressed by Shin-ichi Sasa and co-workers, the adiabatic invariance of the entropy, part of the Clausius heat theorem, gets connected with the Noether theorem.
This is how to recognize conspiracy theory–based alternative news media: a comparative analysis of style, text structure, and argumentation in alternative news media and mainstream news media
Authors: Linders Yvette , Aben Jochem , van Mulken Margot
Published: February 2025

Conspiracy beliefs are associated with negative outcomes on a personal and societal level. Therefore, it is important to help people recognize texts that might spread conspiracy theories, such as news articles from alternative news media (ANM). In order to do so, insight is needed into the linguistic features of these types of articles. In this paper (i) stylistic, (ii) structural, and (iii) argumentation features are analyzed to see to what extent they might help readers in recognizing ANM. The results demonstrate that (i) ANM use more clickbait features per headline than mainstream media (MSM), but that some clickbait features are used by ANM and MSM alike; that (ii) the last paragraph in ANM often presents an evaluation or opinion, whereas last paragraphs in MSM usually present additional information; and that (iii) the way quotes are used as arguments seems similar at first glance, but a more detailed look might help readers recognize ANM news articles. These results can be used to design educational interventions to help readers in learning to distinguish different types of news sources and be more resilient towards conspiracy theories.
Being Is a Being
Authors: Czerkawski Maciej
Published: February 2025

Heidegger claims that “the Being of beings ‘is’ not itself a being.” While he does not seem to argue for this claim (usually referred to as the “ontological difference”), there is now a very substantial literature that fills this gap. In this article, I subject this literature to philosophical scrutiny. My conclusion is that none of the extant arguments for the ontological difference is sound. Since, by contrast, we have at least two good reasons to think that Being is a being, this suggests that Being is a being, after all.
How Movies About the Climate Crisis Work to Make Us Forget About the Climate Crises
Authors: Forsberg Docent Niklas
Published: February 2025

One of the central problems in the current discussion about the climate crisis is the fact that we (in the broadest sense of the term) do not act according to the knowledge available. That is, the sciences are more or less unanimous in their claim that we need to change our ways of living drastically, and yet we do very little to change. Given that there’s no shortage of scientific evidence, the central issue is not necessarily knowledge, but how we relate to what we already know. But how do such changes in how we relate to what we know come about? How can a radical shift in our way of living come about? Facts don’t seem to do it. In light of this stand-still it is easy to resort to either anger or resignation. One suggestion is that arts, and movies in particular, may help us change our attitudes to what we know. In this article, I show how that what is required is not a mere change in attitude, but that we learn to reconfigure the concepts we live by, and that many films about the climate crisis often may conceal the climate crisis for us and prevent us from engaging imaginatively with the prospect of a radically changed way of living. Not all movies that are, in an objective sense “about” the climate crisis, allows for transformative experience where we learn to conceptualize our world differently.
Examining the Foreign direct investment, Renewable energy consumption, and economic growth nexus in MENA countries: A bootstrap ARDL evidence
Authors: Ghazouani Tarek
Published: February 2025

This study examines the relationship among foreign direct investment, renewable energy consumption, and economic growth for seven Middle East and North Africa countries over the period 1980–2017 using the bootstrap autoregressive distributed lag test. The long run analysis reveals evidence of cointegraion among FDI inflows, renewable energy consumption, and economic growth in all countries except Iran and Turkey, where real GDP is used as the dependent variable. A similar result is observed in economies, with the exception of Mauritania when FDI inflow is treated as a dependent variable. Whereas, when RE is taken as a dependent variable, cointegration does occur in Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. In regards to the direction of causality, the analysis provides varied results among diverse variable for various countries. In this context, this study recommends increasing public awareness and attention in the advantages of renewable energy and clean technologies.
Slowly climbing a slippery slope: Trade unions at COP
Authors: Anderson Jeremy
Published: February 2025

This piece is a reflection on the role of the trade union movement in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process, including its annual Conference of the Parties (COP). I write it as someone who has been engaging in COPs as part of the global trade union delegation for the past four years. And it’s important to stress: for the labour movement, climate action is not reducible to the UNFCCC. Whatever trade unions decide to do or not do inside the COP process, there is an enormous need for climate activism in a range of other spaces, from the workplace to national politics.
That being said, I will argue that trade unions should continue to engage in COPs, as it is a key forum where the new climate economy is being shaped. Although I recognise the many failings and structural weaknesses of the COP process, with Brazil taking up the COP30 Presidency this year, this would be a bad time to withdraw from it.
The Columbo method—A rhetoric of inquiry practiced across professions
Authors: Berzsenyi Christyne Eva
Published: February 2025

The increasing numbers of trade articles about the almost trademark “Columbo Method” evidences a growing phenomenon. As demonstrated by the fictional television detective of Columbo 1968-2003, the method is an approach to investigation characterized by rhetorical inquiry (system of questions and timing), an antipotent persona (nonauthoritative, unassuming Everyman), and tenacity in overcoming a responder’s resistance to collaboration or influence. The essay provides a theoretical analysis of Columbo’s informed but indirect questioning, pretense of ignorance, solicitation of help, folksy congeniality, and the false exit. A literature review presents applications of the Columbo Method by professionals to describe effective workplace interaction with resistant responders (conflicting values or allegiances, lifestyle and demographic differences, shyness, anxiety, fear of change, etc.). Third, the theory is applied in an in-depth rhetorical analysis of cases of communication in academia. Most importantly, the work strives to make an impact in ethical approaches to communication with implications for developing rhetorical pedagogy. 
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Modalidad Clase-Taller-Café: una aproximación tripartita a la gestión de los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje de filosofía para el estudiantado de primer ingreso de la Universidad de Costa Rica
Authors: Morales Delgado Jorge Andrés
Published: February 2025

El Curso Integrado de Humanidades ofrecido por la Universidad de Costa Rica conlleva una serie de retos y oportunidades únicas en la educación superior. El objetivo central de este trabajo ofrece un análisis de estos retos y, además, proponer una estrategia para abordar la docencia de los contenidos de filosofía en el marco de este curso. La propuesta consiste en una aproximación tripartita a la docencia de la filosofía en el contexto del Curso Integrado de Humanidades por medio de la edificación progresiva y escalonada de las destrezas, habilidades y competencias que se van construyendo con los y las estudiantes. En particular, se contemplan tres fases distintas para abordar diferentes unidades temáticas, las cuales apelan a tres dinámicas didácticas (clase, taller y café) que se aplican a los diferentes módulos que puede contemplar un curso introductorio a la filosofía. El planteamiento se construye en el contexto de los estudios generales de la Universidad de Costa Rica, pero se discute los límites y alcances de la modalidad para extrapolarlo a otros entornos y otras experiencias académicas. El resultado del trabajo consiste en una modalidad didáctica para personas estudiantes de primer ingreso que cursan filosofía. A modo de conclusión, se reflexiona sobre la importancia de discutir los diferentes mecanismos y estrategias didácticas para el estudiantado que cursa su primer año en la universidad. Asimismo, se recomienda que indistintamente de la modalidad que se adopte, se someta a un detallado escrutinio y análisis pedagógico con el fin de optimizar los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje del estudiantado universitario de primer ingreso.
Aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras en autismo: Percepciones de un grupo de personas autistas costarricenses aprendientes de inglés
Authors: Angulo Jiménez Henry
Published: February 2025

Un diagnóstico de autismo frecuentemente genera preocupaciones respecto de la viabilidad e idoneidad de criar a los niños y niñas autistas como bilingües. A pesar de esto, la investigación existente sugiere que el bilingüismo no tiene ningún impacto negativo sobre el desarrollo del lenguaje entre niños y niñas autistas. Sin embargo, la mayoría de estas investigaciones se han llevado a cabo con niños y niñas en contextos de adquisición de una segunda lengua. Por esta razón, se sabe poco sobre el aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras entre individuos autistas de otras edades, particularmente desde la perspectiva de las personas aprendientes en el espectro. Para contribuir a llenar este vacío, se reclutaron 24 personas autistas adultas quienes participaron en un estudio de cuestionario sobre sus experiencias en el aprendizaje del inglés como lengua extranjera. Los resultados obtenidos (a) arrojan luz sobre las razones, espacios, recursos y estrategias utilizadas por las personas participantes para aprender inglés, y (b) permiten entender sus percepciones respecto de la contribución de diversos factores al aprendizaje del inglés, su habilidad y éxito en el aprendizaje de este idioma y la facilidad/dificultad con la que ejecutan acciones relacionadas con diferentes habilidades y micro-habilidades tanto en su lengua nativa como en la lengua meta. Se discuten las implicaciones de los resultados del estudio para docentes de inglés como lengua extranjera y se sugieren direcciones para investigaciones futuras.
Una Ecología de Aprendizaje implementada en un curso de Química General: identificación de estrategias de Aprendizaje Autorregulado en el estudiantado
Authors: Carazo Mesén Jenncy
Published: February 2025

Se implementó una ecología de aprendizaje virtual en el curso de Química General impartido en la Sede Interuniversitaria de Alajuela, Universidad de Costa Rica durante el primer ciclo del 2023, con el objetivo de explorar la presencia de las estrategias de autorregulación dentro del grupo estudiantil mientras hace uso de la ecología de aprendizaje. Esta ecología de aprendizaje consistió en recursos y herramientas digitales desarrolladas con las TIC, para apoyar el contenido del curso. La investigación adoptó un enfoque mixto, utilizando un diseño anidado o incrustado concurrente de modelo dominante (DIAC), participaron 60 estudiantes que matricularon el curso en la fase cuantitativa y 12 estudiantes en la fase cualitativa, todos pertenecientes a las carreras de Ingeniería Industrial e Ingeniería Mecánica SPI. Para la fase cuantitativa, los datos se recolectaron con un cuestionario y los datos cualitativos con un grupo focal. Se destacó que la estrategia principal que impulsa la autorregulación del aprendizaje es la motivación, evidenciada como el motor fundamental para iniciar, persistir y alcanzar los objetivos planteados en el proceso de aprendizaje por parte de la persona estudiante. Se encontró evidencia de que, en este grupo estudiantil, las estrategias de planificación y control son componentes fundamentales para gestionar eficazmente su propio aprendizaje, permitiendo procesar la información de manera más profunda para comprender conceptos complejos y adaptarse a los desafíos académicos que el curso representa. Esta ecología de aprendizaje creó un espacio que permitió al grupo estudiantil interactuar con diversos elementos, desde tecnología y recursos digitales hasta interacciones sociales con pares y personas docentes. Se concluye que, promover este tipo de espacios en cursos universitarios puede potenciar la capacidad del estudiantado para autorregular su aprendizaje de manera más efectiva. Se recomienda potenciar el desarrollo de ecologías de aprendizaje por parte de la persona docente ya que estos espacios, se revelan como una vía efectiva para enriquecer el proceso educativo dando más flexibilidad y accesibilidad a recursos educativos.
Modern approaches to diagnosing the course of the wound process in parturient women with obstetric surgical wound infection
Authors:   Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, Рrуlutska A.B. , Avramenko S.O. ,   Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, Kisilenko О.L. ,   Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine,, Govsіeіev D.О. ,   Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: February 2025

Aim - to determine the possibility of using the method of polarization microscopy in diagnosing the course of the wound process in women in labor with infection of the obstetric surgical wound.
Materials and methods. 115 women in labor with purulent wounds were examined and treated. The course of the wound process was determined by the method of polarization microscopy by studying the structure of biological media (blood, wound exudate) and the substrate - biopsy from the wound in the solid phase, which were taken before, during treatment, and after it for 2-3 days. To determine the method of polarization microscopy as a diagnostic criterion for the course of the wound process, the results were obtained and compared with the results of clinical, bacteriological, immunological, histological and cytological research methods. Statistical data processing was carried out using the application program package "Microsoft Excel 5.0" and the standard version of "Statistica 8.0". The difference in indicators was recognized as statistically significant at p<0.05.
Results. Using the method of polarization microscopy, together with clinical, bacteriological, immunological, histological and cytological research methods, pathogenetic changes in the body of women with purulent wounds in parturient women were explained, clinical manifestations of wound infection were characterized, the course of the wound process was assessed, and the restoration of tissue in the wound to its original functional state was shown.
Conclusions. The method of polarization microscopy can be used in clinical practice as an objective criterion of the course of the wound process and the effectiveness of treatment for infected surgical wounds in obstetric practice.
The study was performed in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol was approved by the Local Ethics Committee of the institution specified in the work. Informed consent of the patients was obtained for the research.
The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
Modern view on the problem of uterine leiomyoma in during pregnancy
Authors:   Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, Morokhovets I.M. , Martynova L.I. ,   Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, Рrуlutska A.B. ,   Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine,
Published: February 2025

Aim - analyze the data from current literature from etiopathogenetic officials, diagnosis and treatment of uterine leiomyoma before pregnancy and during the hour of pregnancy with the drive, improving the tactics of managing the postnatal and post-natal period in women with uterine leiomyoma, changing the complexity of bandages with bleeding.
The relevance of the problem of uterine leiomyoma throughout the world is described. Looked at etiopathogenetic officials who are responsible for the disease. The emphasis is placed on the complications and causes of uterine leiomyoma in vaginal patients. Analyzed the effectiveness of methods for diagnosing and treating uterine leiomyomas in women. Examination of the influx of uterine leiomyomas on the treatment of vagusity, uterine ruptures, erectile dysfunction, placental folds, postpartum bleeding and other obstetric problems.
Conclusions. Regardless of the current diagnosis and pharmacological factors, the problem of managing vaginity, pregnancy and the postnatal period in women with uterine leiomyoma is lost, the fragments of hormonal imbalance and the plumpness itself accumulates. disruption of the sensory function of the myometrium, leading to recurrent bleeding. The results highlight the need to optimize tactics for managing the third postnatal period and early postnatal period in women with uterine leiomyoma.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Chorioamnionitis as a key cause of extremely preterm births (a review of global data)
Authors:   Kyiv Perinatal Center, Ukraine, Yaroshchuk O.B. ,   Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, Govsieiev D.O. ,   Kyiv Perinatal Center, Ukraine,   Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: February 2025

Preterm labor remains a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Investigating the etiopathogenetic factors contributing to preterm birth and developing preventive interventions are key objectives in obstetric research.
Aim - to examine and integrate existing evidence on the impact of chorioamnionitis, including its subclinical forms, on preterm labor; to analyze potential interventions and evidence-based approaches for modern treatment; and to identify promising strategies in this field.
A review of contemporary evidence-based medical literature was conducted. Primary searches were carried out in four separate databases. Numerous independent studies have documented correlations between infectious factors and preterm birth. The most reliable findings have been provided by pathologists, who described histological evidence of intrauterine infection in 75% of preterm births, with a declining trend as gestational age increase. Epidemiological research using laboratory and clinical data reveals a correlation between preterm birth and the presence of asymptomatic bacteriuria, as well as alterations in the vaginal microbiome. In patients with cervical shortening - a marker of preterm labor - and subclinical intrauterine infection, antibiotic therapy has been shown to resolve the infectious process, reverse symptoms, and prolong pregnancy in 75% of cases.
Conclusions. The analysis confirmed a clear association between chorioamnionitis (both clinical and subclinical, histologically confirmed) and the development of preterm labor. The proportion of chorioamnionitis increases as gestational age decreases. Diagnostic amniocentesis is the method of choice for confirming the diagnosis of chorioamnionitis, particularly in subclinical cases, which can significantly alter treatment approaches and improve pregnancy outcomes.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Epistemological Challenges of a Psychologist in Indigenous contexts
Authors: Arias-Ortega Katerin , Díaz Alvarado Natalia
Published: February 2025

Abstract The article discusses the epistemological challenges faced by an educational psychologist for developing their professional work in indigenous territories from an intercultural educational approach. In the Chilean school system, an educational psychologist has to deal with the denial and invisibilization of other ways of knowing, understanding, behaving, and valuing of other forms of development, namely the ways of indigenous education. We conclude on the urgency of incorporating the knowledge of indigenous psychology into the professional training of psychologists to advance the decolonization of Western Eurocentric psychology from an intercultural epistemological pluralism.
Um Museu Escolar como Locus Arqueológico: história do Museu do Colégio Mauá
Authors: Rosa Angelita da , Possamai Zita Rosane
Published: February 2025

Resumo Esta pesquisa trata da história do Museu do Colégio Mauá (Santa Cruz do Sul, RS), aqui considerado como um museu escolar, em suas primeiras décadas, e um lócus de pesquisa arqueológica, a partir de sua reinauguração, nos anos 1960. O recorte enfatiza o papel de seus agentes que atuaram como coletores de vestígios arqueológicos na região e junto aos seus habitantes. A investigação orienta-se pela operação historiográfica no âmbito da história da educação e da história dos museus e utiliza-se de imagens fotográficas e registros escritos para construir a narrativa proposta. O substrato teórico e metodológico está fundamentado na operação historiográfica, relacionado ao paradigma indiciário com a contribuição multidisciplinar possibilitada pelos estudos da História Cultural e sua ligação com a História da Educação e a Museologia.
Gênero e Papéis Sociais em Empresas Familiares do Ramo Escolar
Authors: Loureiro Simone Porto , Féres-Carneiro Terezinha
Published: February 2025

Resumo O objetivo do estudo foi investigar a relação entre gênero e as atividades de gestão e de cuidado exercidas pela equipe em empresas familiares do ramo escolar, assim como analisar como o tema gênero tem sido abordado com os alunos. Foram pesquisadas quatro escolas do Rio de Janeiro. Para análise dos resultados foi utilizado o método de análise de conteúdo. A análise dos resultados evidenciou que ainda há forte centralização dos cuidados com as crianças pequenas nas mãos das mulheres, funcionárias das escolas. A discussão sobre gênero com os estudantes demonstrou se amparar nas próprias diretrizes curriculares e na legislação brasileira, para não atritar com possíveis resistências de algumas famílias de alunos.
Direito à Educação de Qualidade: uma análise dos marcos normativos
Authors: Hack Ricardo , Rostirola Camila Regina
Published: February 2025

Resumo O artigo tem por objetivo analisar os marcos normativos que tratam do direito à educação de qualidade e da qualidade educacional no Brasil. O estudo está fundamentado na análise bibliográfica e de documentos legais que versam sobre os temas. Como resultados, evidenciamos que o termo direito à educação de qualidade se apresenta de forma dissociada na legislação brasileira, quer seja como direito à educação e como qualidade da educação, assim como que faltam referenciais analíticos para nortear no que constituiria à garantia do direito à educação de qualidade no Brasil.
Right to Quality Education: an analysis of the regulatory frameworks
Authors: Hack Ricardo , Rostirola Camila Regina
Published: February 2025

Abstract The article aims to analyze the normative frameworks that deal with the right to quality education and educational quality in Brazil. The study is based on bibliographical analysis and legal documents that deal with the topics. As results, we evidence that the term right to quality education is presented in a dissociated way in Brazilian legislation, whether as a right to education and as quality of education, as well as that there is a lack of analytical references to guide what would constitute the guarantee of the right to education. quality in Brazil.
The role of the African Commission in enhancing compliance with its decisions on communications
Authors: Kembabazi Lydia Winyi
Published: February 2025

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, an organ of the African Union, is tasked with promoting and protecting human rights across the African continent. A central aspect of its protective mandate is handling individual communications that allege human rights violations by states. While the African Commission has decided on the merits well over 100 individual communications, the implementation of its decisions faces significant challenges that hinder the full realisation of human rights. The primary objective of implementing recommendations arising from individual communications is not to ensure respect for human rights, but to guarantee that victims of human rights violations have access to remedies. This article provides a bird's eye view of the effectiveness of measures put in place by the African Commission and evaluates the role of the African Commission in ensuring the implementation by states of its decisions. The article relies on existing scholarship and the regional seminars on the implementation of decisions, held in 2017 in Dakar, Senegal, and in 2018 in Zanzibar, Tanzania, to identify strategies and recommendations aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of the African Commission in implementing its decisions on individual communications by states. The article argues that the measures outlined in the 2020 Rules of Procedures of the African Commission have not been consistently applied, leading to non-implementation of its decisions by states. As a result, the article offers a series of recommendations aimed at enabling the African Commission to more effectively leverage its procedures and enhance compliance with its decisions and recommendations by states. As an introduction to the 'Special Focus' on the implementation of the Commission's decisions, this article draws on other contributions contained in the 'Special Focus'.
Legislating against adult women's consent to female genital mutilation: A feminist analysis of state practice in light of the Joint General Comment on Female Genital Mutilation by the African Commission and the African Children's Committee
Authors: Lasseko-Phooko Matilda
Published: February 2025

This contribution is concerned with women who opt to undergo female genital mutilation in adulthood. While contentious, the idea that a woman can consent to FGM is condoned in certain African countries in law and in practice. There is an uneven treatment of consent in relevant FGM laws on the continent. States have an obligation to eradicate the practice of FGM, including ensuring that consenting to FGM is impermissible in law. This contribution scrutinises an equality argument in support of consent to FGM for adult women, investigates states' legislative approaches to consent as adopted by select member states that are party to the African Women's Protocol and whether their laws adopt a wholistic approach to eradicating FGM. These approaches are considered from a feminist perspective taking account of the historical place of feminist analysis in the formulation of FGM as a human rights issue under international law. It includes a consideration of state obligations in the African Women's Protocol and the recent joint General Comment on FGM adopted by the African Commission and the African Children's Committee. It aims to recommend legislative standards that can be applied on the continent to increase the effectiveness of laws criminalising FGM in order to eradicate the practice.
Demystifying the legal restrictions on abortion in Nigeria: Time to change the narrative
Authors: Adejumo Oluwadamilola A
Published: February 2025

Approximately one in seven pregnancies in Nigeria end in an induced abortion, with about 4,6 per cent of women of reproductive age in Nigeria undergoing an abortion each year. Abortion itself is not a death sentence. However, death occurs in most cases, as a result of complications arising from unsafe abortion practices. Abortion remains a leading cause of maternal mortality in Nigeria. Approximately 63 per cent of abortions are unsafe and have been reported to contribute to 10 per cent of maternal deaths, with approximately 6 000 women dying each year in Nigeria. Owing to sociological and religious considerations and the provisions of the laws on abortion in Nigeria, abortion is mostly carried out by unqualified health service providers under clandestine circumstances. The likelihood of either a repeal or liberalisation of the laws in the near future is rather slim. Pending the repeal or modification of the laws, however, and in order to reduce the high incidence of unsafe abortion, this article adopts a purposeful outlook in discussing the laws and guidelines. It highlights the legal defences and positive indications for abortion within the current legal framework. It also considers the vulnerability theory and rights-based approach to improve access to abortion services in Nigeria notwithstanding the existing legal restrictions.
Implementation of the right of the child to be heard under article 12(1) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Nigeria: Lessons from South Africa
Authors: Oyeyemi Kolawole Kazeem
Published: February 2025

Article 12(1) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child provides for the child's participatory rights. The reference to 'in all matters' indicates that article 12(1) rights is more comprehensive, in that it covers both the private and public spheres of society and creates duties on the state concerning matters left for actors in the private area such as the family. The regional African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child emphasises the preservation of tradition and culture, promoting African morals and values in children's lives, and imparting duties towards family, community and society. CRC and the African Children's Charter are the bedrock of children's rights implementation in Africa. This article examines the implementation of article 12(1) of CRC in domestic children's rights laws in Nigeria and South Africa. While the South African children's law explicitly contains a replica provision of article 12 of CRC reflecting the principles and provisions of the Convention, the Nigerian children's law omits this provision but contains article 12 of CRC in principle scattered in the implementing statute within the meaning of the best interests of the child, the right to freedom of expression under the Constitution. It concluded that having a replica of article 12 CRC provisions in the Nigerian Children's Act will serve as a tool for a rights-based approach advocacy, harmonise its legislation so that it is in line with CRC and makes for greater legislative clarity in terms of children's participation rights within the family as is shown by the South African example discussed in the article.
Minority voices heard: Child participation in environmental decision-making in South Africa
Authors: Chikuruwo Rufaro Emily , Rautenbach Christa
Published: February 2025

In this article we explore the significance, complexities, and potential of child participation in environmental decision-making juxtaposing Greta Thunberg's activism and the Cape Town water crisis in South Africa. Although child participation in environmental activism, as exemplified by Thunberg, has gained global prominence, it remains underexplored in South Africa. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child emphasises the right of children to participate in decisions affecting their lives, yet the practical implementation of this right varies widely. In South Africa, legal frameworks such as the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, and the Children's Act 38 of 2005 provide a basis for child participation but often fail short, especially in environmental decision-making. Using the example of Thunberg's global activism, we attempt to illustrate the transformative potential of chiid-led activism, and argue that similar approaches could benefit children's participation in a iocai context, such as during the Cape Town water crisis in 2017-2018. Thunberg's bold actions, including filing a complaint with the United Nations, demonstrate what children can achieve through activism. In contrast, the Cape Town water crisis lacked meaningful involvement with children, thus missing out on potentially innovative solutions. We conclude with recommendations to improve children's participation in environmental decision-making in South Africa, including through policy interventions, institutional reforms, educational initiatives, and community-based campaigns. Embracing child participation could not only bring fresh perspectives to environmental challenges, but also ensure a more inclusive, democratic and sustainable future for South Africa and beyond.
Protocol for the production of RAB1A-10xHis in HEK293Gnti cells v1
Authors: SI Cook Annan
Published: February 2025

Protocol for production of RAB1A-10xHis
Design of a Control Algorithm for Nonlinear Plant Using Correction of Controlled Plant Dynamics and Compensation of Perturbations
Authors: Shadrin G. K.
Published: February 2025

A new control algorithm for nonlinear, non-stationary multichannel plant, convenient for practical use, is obtained. The ideological basis of the algorithm construction is the compensation of external additive influences on the state variables and output variables of the plant with the accuracy of etalon filters by means of the inverse model of this plant. Unobservable perturbations are evaluated by the mismatch between the corresponding plant variables and the inverse model. Controlled plant is represented as a system of ordinary differential equations in normal form with the same number of output variables and control actions. Functional algebraic equations are presented, solution of which yields the inverse model and the etalon filters. The solution leaves a certain freedom of choice of the etalon filters, which determine the dynamic properties of the control system. The structure of the control system is composed, according to the compensation principle in which the output and state variables of the plant are used for the perturbation estimation. As a result, there is a feedback in the system, which was not postulated initially, but was the result of evaluation and compensation of perturbations with the accuracy determined by the etalon filters. This approach made it possible to determine the structure and parameters of the controller by analytical method using physically obvious initial data. А consequence of the compensation and filtering of perturbations affecting the state variables is the correction of the plant’s own dynamics. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is shown by examples.с
Factors Facilitating the Sustainable Implementation of Social Sports Programmes: A Multiple‐Case Study
Authors: Ter Harmsel-Nieuwenhuis Liselot , De Jager Dico , Hermens Niels , Verkooijen Kirsten
Published: February 2025

Participation in social sports programmes can benefit people in socially vulnerable positions. In this study, social sports programmes are defined as sports programmes which are designed with the specific aim to support these people. However, the continuity of social sports programmes appears problematic. This study aimed to identify factors that facilitate the sustainable implementation of social sports programmes in a local setting. For this purpose, an exploratory multiple‐case study was conducted in six cities in the Netherlands. In each city, a programme called Life Goals was implemented, offering a range of sports activities for people in a socially vulnerable position. Twenty stakeholders, including programme coordinators, social sports coaches, policy officers of the municipality, social workers, and managers of social work organisations participated in an individual interview using a timelining method. The results of these interviews were subsequently explored during a focus group discussion with seven coordinators, four of whom had also participated in an interview. Five themes facilitating the sustainable implementation of local social sports programmes were identified: (a) employment of the coordinator; (b) funding of the social sports programme; (c) adopting an evidence‐based method; (d) building and maintaining a partnership; and (e) sports‐minded stakeholders. In addition, two overarching themes emerged as a common thread across the five themes: broad commitment and the role of the coordinator. Practical tips for the sustainable implementation of social sports programmes are given, which can be used by professionals and managers in the social work and sports fields.
Mechanism and efficacy of using polymeric nanoparticles for treating atherosclerosis
Authors:   , Zhao Yao , Zhong Yinghui , Eberth John
Published: February 2025

Atherosclerosis, a leading cause of cardiovascular disease, is characterized by the accumulation of lipid-laden macrophages (foam cells) in response to modified lipoproteins. As the disease progresses, advanced plaques can restrict or block blood flow, leading to severe cardiovascular complications such as heart attack and stroke. Despite the use of lipid-lowering and antiplatelet therapies, there remains a critical need for direct therapeutic strategies that can reduce plaques while simultaneously addressing the inflammatory and oxidative stress microenvironment. This study explores the potential of dextran sulfate-chitosan nanoparticles (DS-CH NPs) for the treatment of atherosclerosis. We demonstrate that these NPs promote cholesterol efflux from lipid-laden macrophages through the activation of multiple pathways, including ABCA1, SR-B1, and autophagy induction. Additionally, we show that apoA1 and apoE contribute to NP-mediated cholesterol efflux. By encapsulating curcumin within the NPs (CNPs), we enhanced their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. In vivo experiments using an atherosclerotic mouse model confirmed that NPs specifically target atherosclerotic plaques, resulting in reduced plaque size, stabilized plaques, and decreased inflammation, oxidative stress, and hypertriglyceridemia. Safety assessments conducted both in vitro and in vivo have confirmed the safety of NPs and CNPs. These findings suggest that DS-CH NPs and CNPs have potential as novel therapies for atherosclerosis, addressing both cholesterol efflux and the underlying inflammatory and oxidative processes.
The Medea Project: MAZE, Life on the Swerve
Authors: Rabinowitz Nancy S. , Jones Rhodessa , Bongolan Fe , Wilson Angela , Dickinson Theresa , Frias Lisa , Peniston Pamela
Published: February 2025

The Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women/HIV Circle is a San Francisco institution with an international reputation. The group is made up of formerly incarcerated women, women living with HIV, theater professionals and community women. Founded in 1989 by Rhodessa Jones, based on Jones’ workshops in the San Francisco county jail, Medea Project productions have often used ancient myth as the framework for their modern shows. In the jails, in the clinic for women living with HIV, and in community settings, Rhodessa starts by asking participants to write in response to questions she asks; in some cases, she tells one of the old stories—the “classic” stories—and then asks the women to make connections between these stories and their own lives. Together, they then create a piece for public performance.
«Popular» in American Literature of the XVII–XX Centuries: Towards the Problem of Genesis of the US Mass Literature
Authors:   Saratov State University, Staroverova E.V.
Published: February 2025

The article looks into the sources of the US mass literature specific
features – high level of didacticism and reliance on the national tradition. The popular novel by John Rollin.Ridge «The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta: The Celebrated California Bandit» (1854)
is introduced in Russian American studies. American fiction, initially
addressed to broad democratic audience, since its inception in the
XVII century was developing the techniques of affecting and capturing the reader. European borrowings during the XVIII century were
also adapted in the national spirit, as well as in the aspect of clarity
of moral lesson. Cooper, Poe, Beecher Stowe and other Romantics
developed this tradition, in which the parameters of the XX century US
mass literature are already demonstrable.