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The Mythic Structure of Olga Tokarczuk’s Novel Flights
Authors: Skikaitė Izabelė
Published: November 2022

Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights consists of fragments of different genres which narrate different stories. Although literary scholars have stressed the unusual nature of novel’s structure, the question of what it means remains unanswered. The aim of this article is to reveal the novel’s semantic universe and to examine how the sections that tell different stories relate to each other.The article reveals the system of values, based on the framework of static vs. dynamic, linking the characters in the novel. Using the concept of the modern pilgrimage, the author of the article answers the question of how the opposing values are matched. In accomplishing it, the attention is paid not only to the content but also to the dimension of expression, i.e. how the work is constructed. The conclusion has been drawn that the narrative episodes are linked to the principle of metonymy, i.e. the relationship between the part and the whole, described by Roman Jakobson. In Tokarczuk’s novel, different stories are juxtaposed or contrasted with each other, depending on the recurring inter- and intra-corporeal connections. Lévi-Strauss’s notion of myth allowed the author to observe that the narratives in the novel resemble fragments of myth, and that Flights functions as a contemporary myth, where the structure encodes the issue of man’s relationship to others and themselves and the pain that results from it.
Emotions as Subject of Lithuanian Folksong Research
Authors: Sadauskienė Jurga
Published: November 2022

The article presents a survey of Lithuanian folksong research from the earliest until the most recent studies. Special emphasis is placed on evaluation of the emotional character of the songs in the works by the folklore collectors and researchers. The author attempts to establish causes of the special attention devoted to emotionality in the folksong research. The presented examples show that: 1) in the studies written during the 18th–19th centuries, emotions were used as an argument to prove the capacity of small nations and lower social classes to create artistically valuable texts, thus becoming equal to the more economically advanced peoples and aristocracy; 2) in the end of the 19th – beginning of the 20th century, peculiarities of the songs’ emotionality were emphasized as expressions of the national character and uniqueness formed by the particular landscape, the nation’s historical destiny and its way of life; 3) in the middle of the 20th century, scientists tended to devote increasing attention to emotionality of the text as constituent of its esthetical value (e. g. studies by Donatas Sauka and Leonardas Sauka particularly reveal ways that poetic means are used by the folksongs to achieve ultimate suggestive effect, thus proving that lyricism is predominant and exceptional poetic feature of the Lithuanian folksongs); 4) in the end of the 20th–beginning of the 21st century attention is increasingly shifted towards psychology of the singing, the singer’s feelings and his / her artistic self-expression as a kind of therapy. New arguments to actualize study of emotions in the folklore research are sought at present.
Folk Legends Recorded by Pranciškus Baltrus Šivickis
Authors: Būgienė Lina
Published: November 2022

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Linda Dégh-Vázsonyi (1920–2014)
Authors: Gay David Elton , Būgienė Lina
Published: November 2022

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Lithuanian Folktales in Russian
Authors: Šlekonytė Jūratė
Published: November 2022

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The Knight of the Proverbial Land
Authors: Bufienė Giedrė
Published: November 2022

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Беларускi фальклор: матэрыялы i дасследаваннi: Зборник навуковых прац, выпуск 1, Мiнск: Нацыянальная акадэмiя навук Беларуси, 2014
Authors: Laurinkienė Nijolė
Published: November 2022

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“Politics is not a Spectator Sport”: Proverbs in the Personal and Political Writings of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Authors: Mieder Wolfgang
Published: November 2022

Hillary Rodham Clinton is a thoughtful proverbial stylist in her books It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us (1996), Living History (2003), and Hard Choices (2014). Just as other politicians, she too has attempted to formulate concise statements that have the possibility of becoming familiar quotations and perhaps even proverbs. Being a world traveler she has picked up foreign proverbs which she incorporates into her communications with appropriate introductory formulas. But she also draws special attention to English language proverbs, changing some of them to expressive anti-proverbs. She appreciates the fact that the complex interplay of proverbs and political language is of great importance as she writes to communicate her thoughts on American political history and the future role that the United States might play in the world. In doing so, she does not employ proverbs as an ideological instrument but rather as a linguistic tool to enhance her often quite factual prose with vivid metaphors. Looking at her instantiation of proverbs shows the fundamental polysituativity, polyfunctionality, and polysemanticity of proverbs in actual contexts. Each proverb occurrence offers new insights into her being, her reflections, and her aspirations for herself and for her country. Whatever one might think of her political agenda, she most certainly has proven herself to be an engaged and experienced leader in the United States and on the world stage.
An Oath or a Sacrifice?
Authors: Kerbelytė Bronislava
Published: November 2022

Quite a number of researchers have already shown interest in the actions described by the Dubno Chronicle as allegedly performed by the Lithuanian duke Kęstutis and his men in 1351. The author of this article presents samples of oaths supplied by the ancient writings and verbal tradition, comparing the Lithuanians’ actions with the rituals of fraternization and sacrifice. She concludes that Lithuanians, whether consciously or not, had chosen actions that were considered by Hungarians as reinforcement of the written contract and interpreted as obligation to observe the oath. The actions performed by the Lithuanians and their words translated into Latin contain evidence of the sacrifice ritual. In the Dubno Chronicle, however, the completion of the sacrifice ritual is not described, since in the presence of Hungarians the Lithuanians could not consign their sacrifice to the deity, i.e. eating the bull’s flesh or burning its part. The author of the article maintains that Lithuanians had purposefully uttered the word “god”, yet avoided mentioning the name of the deity. Most probably, they had Perkūnas in mind, since this word is frequently encountered in Lithuanian folklore and spoken language. Other researchers have listed many words that had been recorded by foreigners and considered to be names of the Lithuanian gods, but as a rule they lack arguments to prove that these words have indeed been theonyms.
Regarding the Settlement of Hungarians in the Contemporary Homeland and the Hungarian Folklore
Authors: Voigt Vilmos
Published: November 2022

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Foreword
Authors: Nakienė Austė
Published: November 2022

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The Gender of Trees and Their Relationship: Towards the Dendromythology
Authors: Razauskas Dainius
Published: November 2022

The article consists of two parts. In the first part, the gender of trees emerging in the folk traditions, primarily in the Baltic and Slavic ones, and generally depending on the grammatical form of the denomination of a particular tree is considered. Subsequently, some mythological and ritual materials are presented in the second part of the article, according to which the “female” and “male” trees have sexual relations, mate, and wed. This, on the one hand, amounts to an introduction into the general dendromythology; while on the other hand, it serves to argue that in traditional texts, there is no unbridgeable gap between “purely” poetic metaphor and the corresponding mythological and ritual imagery
Bijai vilko – neik į mišką, arba Nepaprastų posakių skrynelė
Authors: Jasiūnaitė Birutė
Published: November 2022

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Tracing the Fieldwork of the Folk Music Group Linago (Vytautas Magnus University)
Authors: Žarskienė Rūta
Published: November 2022

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The Consciousness of a Partisan: Rather Die than Be a Slave
Authors: Mickūnas Algis
Published: November 2022

The topic addresses the very “essence” of what comprises a human being. While there are many answers employing various categorical and even cultural definitions, our quest is philosophical, leading to a distinction of a “species” called “homo sapiens” into “natural slaves” and “free beings”. The distinction is based not on species similarities, but on activity. Societies, living under the premise of pure power relationships – autocratic, theocratic, dictatorial – where causal explanations of action are prevalent, cannot invoke such notions as freedom, responsibility, rights, truthfulness, honor, dignity, since such designations have no meaning in such societies. One such society, the Soviet empire, invaded and destroyed Lithuanian Political Society. The latter is premised on open public space in which all issues are discussed rationally, with every citizen having a right, duty and responsibility to maintain the free arena of public dialogue and thus the citizens’ upholding of his / her autonomy, equality, responsibility and honor. This means that political society, founded by classical Greeks is one where human beings can exercise what slaves cannot: their human essence, in contrast to the sub-human societies living only in power relationships. The slave Soviet empire was joined by many Lithuanians who also became servants and slaves of that empire. Others chose to forfeit all their possessions and even lives – the partisans – in order to remain free, responsible, and thus human. Their self-understanding: it is better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.
Congratulations, Professor Tatjana Civjan
Authors: Razauskas Dainius
Published: November 2022

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European Spruce Bark Beetle and Conflicting Ecological Consciousness in the Białowieża Forest
Authors: Davidavičius Mantas Antanas
Published: November 2022

The article analyzes ideological basis for the ongoing ecological / political conflict in Białowieża Forest, Poland, and the way ideologies affect lives of the local inhabitants. The said conflict is at least partially caused by the recent spread of the European spruce bark beetle (Ips Typographus). This forest once used to be the royal hunting grounds belonging to the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Recently the conflict over it expanded on to the international level: Poland stood trial in the European Court of Justice for the continuous cuttings in the UNESCO and NATURA2000 protected forest areas. For the research purposes, a series of in-depth interviews were conducted in Białowieża with various parties participating in this conflict. These include representatives of the National Park of Białowieża, the Białowieża State Forestry offices, the local forestry technical school (Technikum Leśne), the Polish mammal research institute (Instytut Biologii Ssaków Polskiej Akademii Nauk), different NGOs, such as Fundacja Dzika Polska and Fundacja Edukacyjna Jacka Kuronia, and ordinary residents of the town, whose everyday lives got tangled in these debates. The paper analyses arguments presented in these interviews in order to demonstrate the differences in ideology and worldview separating the opponents. In this article, the organizations are roughly grouped into two ideological camps, based on their arguments about nature. Apparently, even though both camps are interested in protecting nature, they disagree on the concept of nature that they are protecting. The lack of political agreement rests on different ideas about the meaning of the word itself. Both versions of the concept are analyzed by using historical and philosophical arguments. One side maintains that nature is nearly static (fast changes in it are regarded as a disease), holistic and related to the figure of the forester as creator and supervisor of the natural forest. Another side perceives nature as dynamic, non-holistic and detached from humans. The defenders of the second type of the concept believe that nature is in danger because of the foresting, since humans are regarded as ontologically separate from nature. The article also analyzes many other different ideological factors that also fuel the conflict (including aesthetical and economic arguments) and their impact on the lives of the local population of Białowieża and Hajnówka. Both towns struggle in reshaping themselves according to the currently shifting environmental paradigm and reinventing a new identity. Moving away from the forest management (the old paradigm) seems increasingly inevitable, yet the emerging new paradigm apparently leaves no place for humans living in the forest. Therefore, neither paradigm is currently capable of winning the debate, establishing some kind of dialectic relationship instead.
Adam Honory Kirkor (1818–1886): Life Dedicated to the Society and Vilnius
Authors: Klimka Libertas
Published: November 2022

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Willie Mathieson and the Primary Audience for Traditional Song
Authors: McKean Thomas A.
Published: November 2022

Focusing on the song notebooks of William Mathieson (1879–1958), a farmworker in North-East Scotland, this essay examines the role of tradition in one man’s life, proposing that people learn, preserve, and perform folklore largely for themselves. Mathieson’s material is preserved as handwritten and typed texts, along with cylinder and tape recordings, made across more than half a century by three collectors: James Madison Carpenter, Hamish Henderson and, crucially, Mathieson himself. I suggest that this depth of evidence can be used in future to elucidate the essential nature of specific examples, but most importantly, I show that the primary audience for tradition is the individual.
Chronicle
Authors: Nakienė Austė , Vaitkevičienė Daiva , Džekčioriūtė-Medeišienė Vita , Kadžytė Gražina , Bačiulis Aurimas , Savoniakaitė Vida , Būgienė Lina
Published: November 2022

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“What Is True Is Not a Lie”: Conceptualization of Truth and Lie in Lithuanian Proverbs
Authors: Snukiškienė Irena
Published: November 2022

The article presents a linguistic cultural analysis of Lithuanian proverbs and sayings about truth (tiesa) and lie (melas). The analysis aims at restoring the linguistic cultural picture of these values in Lithuanian paremias. Proverbs and sayings are especially informative for the analysis of linguistic worldview. Being used by the people of different age, education and social background, they are an integral part of a national cultural life. Proverbs are repetitive, passed from generation to generation and thus forming cultural stereotypes and linguistic worldview. They contain a lot of information on the values upheld by a certain community. The analysis is based on S-A-T methodology developed by Lublin school of ethnolinguistics and presents the following linguistic cultural image of Lithuanian truth and lie: truth and lie are opposites placed on the opposite sides of the axiological axis. Lie is a great evil to be avoided as much as possible. Lies can be numerous and different, depending on who is lying and for what reason. Lie can be of different degree and can be measured. Lie is usually more attractive than truth and can be necessary to extricate people from difficult situations; nevertheless, lie is unconcealable. Lie is often personified; it is presented as a living and moving object, which is faster than truth. Truth is a virtue to be followed and always observed. Truth is usually unique and integral, always obvious and clear. However, truth should be viewed with caution, as the semantic boundary between truth and lie is very vague: truth can be unjust (it is particularly prone to succumbing to force or money), and it can become a lie. Truth is often unreasonable and dangerous and usually unattractive. Truth is often personified and presented as blind.
Chronicle
Authors: Žarskienė Rūta , Vidugirytė Inga , Skujytė-Razmienė Asta , Kadžytė Gražina , Leparskienė Lina , Džekčioriūtė-Medeišienė Vita , Zaikauskienė Dalia
Published: November 2022

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Folk Cosmetics or the Search for Beauty in the Lives of Women from Merkinė (Attempt at an Ethnological Research)
Authors: Čaplikaitė Modesta
Published: November 2022

This publication presents the first attempt at conducting an ethnological research by the graduate student from Merkinė Gymnasium (Varėna district) Modesta Čaplikaitė. In the course of 2018–2019, employing a questionnaire devised with the help of her teacher Rita Černiauskienė, the student recorded detailed accounts from ten women aged between 70 and 83 and living in Merkinė parish (southern Lithuania), regarding the actual means of cosmetics and hygiene and ways of nurturing their beauty that they had used in their youth. The informants answered questions regarding the kinds of cosmetics that they used, the plants that served for making natural means of treatment for face and hair, and the predominant attitude towards female health and beauty in Lithuania during 1930s and 1940s, etc. Various popular beliefs related to this area and fragments of women’s life stories were recorded as well. The author discussed all the collected data in relation to the research works from this field. The publication is based on the study by M. Čaplikaitė under the similar title, which won the first prize in ethnology at the competition for the young philologists of Lithuania in 2019.
Relationships in Eighteenth-Century Ballads – Negotiation, Ideology, Imagination
Authors: Atkinson David
Published: November 2022

The eighteenth century in England is not well represented in the standard ballad editions, but there were many printed ballads presenting a wide range of human relationships, marital and familial, romantic and sexual. Scholars have argued variously that such ballads enabled the negotiation of real-life relationships, that they embodied the prevailing patriarchal ideology of the time, and that they allowed their audience to imagine situations outside of their everyday experience. Ballads depicting several different sorts of relationships are described here. While song texts do describe social relationships, they do so in a way that means real social relationships should not be read back from them in isolation from the external data.
Musical Culture of Podlasie: Change, Transformation, Assimilation
Authors: Lukashenko Larysa
Published: November 2022

Podlasie is a territory of ethnic borderlands, where the Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian cultures have coexisted for centuries. Political conflicts of the last century and deportations during the “Wisla Operation” in 1947 have led to today’s situation where the territories of Northern and Southern Podlasie, which some decades ago featured a unified ethnical dialect, now differ in ethno-cultural terms.In Southern Podlasie, native music culture has partially been recovered by people returning from exile to northern Poland in the 60s and 70s, while Ukrainian musical folklore has almost disappeared. Musical folklore traditions existed in the northern part of Podlasie (which was not touched by the mass transmigration of the mid-1940s) until the end of the twentieth century and continues to exist to a certain extent.This article investigates the dynamics of this transformation in Southern Podlasie through audio recordings and published sourсes. Particular attention is paid to the processes of interpenetration and assimilation of the repertoire of closely co-existing Polish and Ukrainian musical cultures. The final aspect of the study is a comparison of ethnic and cultural processes in Northern and Southern Podlasie.
Communication in the Ukrainian Korovay Rite
Authors: Serko Olena
Published: November 2022

In the rites, ritual sphere, and worldview of the Ukrainian people, the idea of exalting bread takes on a special significance. Bread acquires its greatest symbolism in wedding ceremonies, where it was called a korovay, and personified the birth of a new family, procreation, welfare, and prosperity.The article is devoted to the study of the korovay rite as performed in the village of Klintsy, Dubno district, Rivne region. The author explores the communicative specificity of the korovay rite as a symbolic form of social interaction. The focus is on determining the participants in the ritual action, their role and functions, and also emphasizes the special importance of the musical component, which is the leading means of communication in the rite. I also review some key approaches to the study of ritual phenomena, as exemplified in the korovay rite, and communication (ritual, musical, interpersonal, group, sacred, auto-communication), both as individual and as interrelated subjects. The study reveals the importance of the korovay rite in modern Ukrainian society, showing how it ensures communication between generations through the transmission of important sociocultural meanings.
Penerapan Bioteknologi Reproduksi Untuk Peningkatan Produktivitas Ternak Babi Di Sumatera Utara
Authors: Silalahi Parsaoran
Published: November 2022

The outbreak of the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus in North Sumatra Province has had a major impact on the economy of hundreds of thousands of pig farmer households. The remaining pig population after the outbreak of only about 15% has resulted in a price increase that has doubled from before and the pork is hard to find too. Most pig farmers switch to other livestock or other professions because many are traumatized by this ASF virus outbreak. To return to being the province that produces the most pork, several reproductive biotechnology can be implemented to accelerate the increase in the population of pigs and at the same time improve the genetic quality of pigs produced by the farmer. Some of the biotechnology referred to are estrus synchronization, superovulation, artificial insemination and frozen semen. Some of the above techniques should also be carried out in conjunction with the concept of upgrading pigs on a regular basis to get a good genetic composition for North Sumatra Province. There are several technical issues that can become obstacles in developing this reproductive biotechnology, but with good assistance it will produce reliable pig farmers who have efficient pigs so that they provide good profits for the breeders.
Disain Dan Implementasi Sistem Penyortir Botol Minuman Otomatis Menggunakan Sensor Berbasis Arduino Uno
Authors: Sianturi Libianko , Sitompul Inra Ahui , Sihombing Fiktor , Simanjuntak Jamser , Hutauruk Sindak
Published: November 2022

Currently, the goods sorting process in industry still uses a manual method. Therefore, it is necessary to propose an automatic sorting method using control technology. In order to realize the above issue, an automated method is proposed to separate plastic materials and metallic materials in a prototype of goods sorting process. In our study, a plastic bottle and metal bottle detector was designed using a TCRT5000 infrared sensor and an Arduino Uno-based Proximity sensor. The TCRT5000 sensor functions to detect nonmetallic materials while the proximity sensor detects metallic and nonmetallic materials. The sensors will provide logic output to the microcontroller so that the types of materials that enter the sorting system can be distinguished. After the material passes through the sensor, the LCD will automatically display the object value, then the servo motor will sort the objects by moving the actuator to sort the material. Based on the design and implementation of the prototype and based on testing, the plastic bottle material and metal bottle material can be separated properly
Research of the Effect of Ni (Nickel) Treatment at Different Concentrations on Morphological Features of Some Grain Sorghum Varieties
Authors: YILMAZ Hava Şeyma , KÖKTEN Kağan
Published: November 2022

There is no doubt that agricultural production is one of the most affected parts of environmental pollution, which is increasing day by day. Among these pollution factors, heavy metals are the most common. Ni element is used in many fields, especially in industry, and it contaminates the soil and water where agricultural production is made. In this study, it was aimed to determine the changes in the morphological features of the plants by treatmenting different concentrations of Ni to some sorghum varieties (Akdarı, Beydarı and Öğretmenoğlu) registered in our country and obtained from the Batı Akdeniz Agricultural Research Institute (BATEM). The research was carried out in the greenhouses of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Faculty of Agriculture, during the summer crop growing season in 2017. 0, 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 mg kg-1 nickel (Ni) was treatmented to grain sorghum varieties. The features examined at the end of the 130-day growing period; grain weight, cluster length, plant height, plant stem diameter, stem ratio, leaf ratio and cluster ratio. Although the morphological features of the plants generally show a neutral or positive effect up to 200-300 mg kg-1 levels at different Ni concentrations applied, it has been observed that the morphological features of the plants were adversely affected at Ni levels above these doses. In this study, it is thought that depending on the concentration of the Ni element, in some cases it has a nutrient effect, and in some cases it causes heavy metal stress.
Real-time measurements of NMVOCs in the central IGB, Lucknow, India: Source characterization and their role in O3 and SOA formation
Authors: Jain Vaishali , Tripathi Sachchida N. , Tripathi Nidhi , Gupta Mansi , Sahu Lokesh K. , Murari Vishnu , Gaddamidi Sreenivas , Shukla Ashutosh K. , Prevot Andre S. H.
Published: November 2022

Abstract. Lucknow is the capital of India’s largest state, Uttar Pradesh, one of South Asia’s most polluted urban cities. Tropospheric photochemistry relies on non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs), which are ozone and secondary organic aerosol precursors. Using the proton-transfer reaction time of flight mass spectrometer (PTR-ToF-MS) at an urban background site in Lucknow, the chemical characterisation of NMVOCs was performed in real-time from Dec-2020–May 2021. The campaign mean concentrations of the NMVOCs were 125.5 ±37.5 ppbv. The average concentrations of NMVOCs are relatively high during winter. An advanced multi-linear engine (ME-2) model was used to perform the NMVOCs source apportionment using positive matrix factorisation (PMF). It resolves the five main sources contributing to these organic compounds in the atmosphere. They include traffic, two solid fuel combustion factors, secondary volatile organic compounds and volatile chemical products. Biomass burning contributes most to the NMVOCs and SOA formation, while interestingly, traffic sources most influence ozone formation. Significant differences in the composition of the two solid fuel combustion indicate the influence of local emissions and transport of regional pollution to the city. The high temperature during summer leads to more volatilisation of oxygenated VOCs.
Modeling demographic-driven vegetation dynamics and ecosystem biogeochemical cycling in NASA GISS's Earth system model (ModelE-BiomeE v.1.0)
Authors: Weng Ensheng , Aleinov Igor , Singh Ram , Puma Michael J. , McDermid Sonali S. , Kiang Nancy Y. , Kelley Maxwell , Wilcox Kevin , Dybzinski Ray , Farrior Caroline E. , Pacala Stephen W. , Cook Benjamin I.
Published: November 2022

Abstract. We developed a demographic vegetation model, BiomeE, to improve the modeling of vegetation dynamics and ecosystem biogeochemical cycles in the NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies' ModelE Earth system model. This model includes the processes of plant growth, mortality, reproduction, vegetation structural dynamics, and soil carbon and nitrogen storage and transformations. The model combines the plant physiological processes of ModelE's original vegetation model, Ent, with the plant demographic and ecosystem nitrogen processes that have been represented in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory's LM3-PPA. We used nine plant functional types to represent global natural vegetation functional diversity, including trees, shrubs, and grasses, and a new phenology model to simulate vegetation seasonal changes with temperature and precipitation fluctuations. Competition for light and soil resources is individual based, which makes the modeling of transient compositional dynamics and vegetation succession possible. Overall, the BiomeE model simulates, with fidelity comparable to other models, the dynamics of vegetation and soil biogeochemistry, including leaf area index, vegetation structure (e.g., height, tree density, size distribution, and crown organization), and ecosystem carbon and nitrogen storage and fluxes. This model allows ModelE to simulate transient and long-term biogeophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks between the climate system and land ecosystems. Furthermore, BiomeE also allows for the eco-evolutionary modeling of community assemblage in response to past and future climate changes with its individual-based competition and demographic processes.
Implant surface modifications as a prevention method for periprosthetic joint infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Phatama Krisna Yuarno , Dradjat Respati Suryanto , Mustamsir Edi , Nurhidayati Dwi Yuni , Santosaningsih Dewi , Utomo Dwikora Novembri , Hidayat Mohamad
Published: November 2022

Abstract. Background: Periprosthetic joint infection is the most common infection due to joint replacement. It has been reported that, over a 5-year time span,
3.7 % of cases occurred annually. This statistic has increased to 6.86 %
over 16 years. Thus, an effective method is required to reduce these
complications. Several strategies such as coating methods with various
materials, such as antibiotics, silver, and iodine, have been reported.
However, the best preventive strategy is still undetermined. Therefore, this
systematic review aims to evaluate the outcome of coating methods on joint
arthroplasty as a treatment or preventive management for infection
complications.
Methods: Eligible articles were systematically searched from multiple
electronic databases (PubMed, Cochrane library, and ScienceDirect) up to 2 June 2022. Based on the criterion inclusion, eight articles were selected for this study. The Newcastle–Ottawa scale (NOS) was used to assess the quality
of the study, and the meta-analysis test was conducted with Review Manager 5.4.
Results: The quality of the articles in this study is in the range of
moderate to good. It was found that the application of modified antibiotic coatings significantly reduced the occurrence of periprosthetic joint
infection (PJI) (p 0.03), and silver coating could not significantly (p 0.47) prevent the occurrence of PJI. However, according to the whole aspect of coating modification, the use of antibiotics, silver, and iodine can minimize the occurrence of PJI (p <0.0001).
Conclusion: Coating methods using antibiotics are an effective method that
could significantly prevent the occurrence of PJI. On the other hand,
coating with non-antibiotic materials such as silver could not significantly
prevent the incidence of PJI.
ANALISIS PENERIMAAN PENGGUNA SISTEM INFORMASI PELAYANAN KANTOR KELURAHAN BERBASIS WEB
Authors: Khoirunnisa Fitri , Roifah Siti , Setiawan Soni
Published: November 2022

Penggunaan teknologi dalam bidang pemerintahan merupakan suatu keharusan yang harus dilaksanakan. Karena dengan penggunaan sebuah teknologi informasi ini dapat membantu pihak pemerintahan dalam meningkatkan efektifitas, efisiensi, serta penyampaian layananan. Sesuai dengan Undang-Undang No. 6 Tahun 2014 mengenai Desa/Kelurahan Pasal 86 ayat (3) menyatakan bahwa “Sitem Informasi desa/kelurahan sebagaimana yang dimaksud pada ayat (2) meliputi fasilitas perangkat keras dan perangkat lunak, maka dengan demikian diimplementasikanlah sebuah sistem informasi pelayanan kantor kelurahan berbasis web. Maka dilakukanlah analisis kepuasan pengguna terhadap implementasi sistem informasi layanan kelurahan berbasis web ini dengan meggunakan metode Technology Acceptance Model  (TAM), dalam penelitian ini variabel yang digunakan yaitu variabel kegunaan persepsi, kemudahan penggunaan dan sikap terhadap pengguna. Hasil dari analisis kepuasan ini yaitu dapat diketahui bahwa pengaruh X1 terhadap Y adalah sebesar 31,2%, pengaruh X2 terhadap Y adalah sebesar 32,7% , dan pengaruh X1 dan X2 secara simultan terhadap Y adalah sebesar 38,5%.
KLASIFIKASI PENYAKIT TANAMAN PADI MENGGUNAKAN ALGORITMA CNN (CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK)
Authors: Hawari Fakhri Habib , Fadillah Faslah , Alviandi Muhamad Rifqi , Arifin Toni
Published: November 2022

Algoritma CNN menunjukkan keunggulan dalam berbagai penerapan di dunia nyata. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membantu dan mengedukasi petani dalam mengklasifikasi penyakit padi dan mengurangi risiko kegagalan panen akibat penyakit daun tanaman padi. Adapun jenis daun padi pada penelitian ini: Brown Spot, Hawar, Leaf Brown, dan Daun Sehat. Studi Literatur, Pengumpulan Dataset, Prepocessing Data, Mengolah Data. Penelitian ini didapatkan dari data training, testing, dan validation. Adapun layer konvolusi (Conv2D), layer pooling (MaxPooling2D), layer flatten (flatten), serta layer dense (Dense) untuk klasifikasi penyakit daun padi menggunakan Convolutional Neural Network. Dalam proses data training dilakukan epoch sebanyak 10 epoch, proses ini akan berhenti saat sudah memenuhi kondisi tersebut. Dari hasil penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa metode Deep Learning CNN dapat diimplementasikan untuk identifikasi citra daun padi yang berpenyakit. Nilai tertinggi dari akurasi data training mencapai nilai 85%, untuk data testing 86%, dan untuk data validation mencapai nilai 95%. Sehingga untuk identifikasi citra penyakit daun padi cukup baik
APLIKASI MONITORING DAN PENDATAAN JEMPUTAN BARANG DI PT.LEUWIGAJAH PAKET BERBASIS WEB
Authors: Heryadi Hari , Junianto Erfian
Published: November 2022

Ekspedisi merupakan bidang usaha yang banyak di butuhkan saat ini. Banyak perusahaan membutuhkan jasa ekspedisi khususnya untuk kegiatan logistik dan pendistribusian barang. PT. Leuwigajah Paket merupakan perusahaan yang bergerak di bidang ekspedisi pengiriman barang. PT. Leuwigajah Paket saat ini mengalami kesulitan dalam proses pendataan penjemputan barang dan proses monitoring karena belum memiliki sebuah sistem yang dapat memantau hasil pekerjaan petugas pendataan barang yang masuk maupun pendataan barang jemputan. Hal tersebut mengakitbatkan resiko kehilangan data yang sudah ditulis oleh petugas. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengembangkan sistem pendataan penjemputan barang berbasis web agar meminimalisir kehilangan data penjemputan dan mengembangkan sistem monitoring hasil pekerjaan petugas. Hal tersebut memberikan informasi yang cepat dan tepat secara realtime. Konsep dari pembuatan aplikasi ini menggunakan metode Waterfall. Dilakukan melalui lima tahapan yaitu: dimulai dari analisis data, desain, pembuatan, integrasi (pengujian), sampai dengan perawatan. Hasil penelitian berupa aplikasi berbasis web yang digunakan oleh manajemen dan petugas pendataan. Aplikasi terdiri dari menu monitoring dan menu pendataan penjemputan barang. Aplikasi monitoring dan pendataan jemputan barang di PT. Leuwigajah Paket berbasis web memudahkan petugas pendataan dalam mencari data yang dibutuhkan. Manajemen dan direksi lebih mudah dalam memonitoring hasil pekerjaan petugas dimanapun dan kapanpun.
The influence of indoor airflow on particle spread: Natural versus mechanical ventilation
Authors:   , van Beest Marc
Published: November 2022

This research investigated the influence of indoor airflow on particle movement originating from a human breath and cough inside a single and multi-room enclosure – a critical issue in cruise ships and quarantined facilities. Using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modelling numerous airflow scenarios were analysed and the results provide additional information to help identifying relevant recommendations to minimise indoor particle spread.
Ortega y Gasset on the Alleged Inconvenience of Reading Don Quixote at School
Authors: Ariso Salgado José María , Díaz-Lage José María
Published: November 2022

This article presents the stance taken by José Ortega y Gasset in the debate that took place in early-twentieth-century Spain regarding the convenience of reading Don Quixote in schools. To this end, we start by describing, albeit briefly, the state of Ortega y Gasset’s thought in 1920, when he writes Biología y pedagogía, the essay with which we shall concern ourselves. According to Ortega y Gasset, Don Quixote must not be read in the classroom because it does not contribute to the development of the students’ spontaneous life, or natura naturans. In order to foster this development, Ortega y Gasset suggests leaving Don Quixote aside and resort to myths such as Odysseus or Heracles because their exploits would excite the students’ vital pulse. However, we suggest several reasons why the aim stated by Ortega y Gasset —and several other highly valuable educational benefits— could be reached resorting to the reading of selected passages of Don Quixote instead of the feats of Odysseus and Heracles.
Una genealogía de la vida y obra de Raymond Williams
Authors: Del Pino Díaz David , Castro Ivan Alvarado
Published: November 2022

Este análisis teórico busca analizar, por una parte, en la inmersión de la obra del pensador galés Raymond Williams y, por otro lado, el acercamiento a lo que podemos denominar como Estudios Culturales Británicos, una propuesta metodológica y política plausible en virtud de pensar nuestro presente con una mirada y una sensibilidad diferente a lo que ampliamente se ha caracterizado como «presentismo» o futuros cancelados. Para ello, retomar la obra de un pensador parcialmente olvidado en las últimas décadas, no solo nos permitirá atisbar posibilidades de pensar futuros diversos, sino que nos obligará a tomar en consideración una caja de herramientas, sugerente, que terminó defendiendo con matices, contradicciones e incorporaciones hasta el final de su vida en 1988.
Una rehabilitación gadameriana de la metafísica: la ontología hermenéutica y la recuperación del problema del ser
Authors: Benito Torres Jorge
Published: November 2022

El movimiento hermenéutico ha sido uno de los más determinantes y prolíficos en la historia del pensamiento contemporáneo. Como una filosofía de la comprensión, la hermenéutica de Gadamer ha sido capaz de desenvolverse en torno a grandes problemas de la metafísica haciendo manifiesta una conexión medular entre la hermenéutica, la metafísica y la fenomenología. La máxima gadameriana que reza «el ser que puede ser comprendido es lenguaje» ilumina esta relación abordando el problema del ser estrictamente desde la dimensión lingüística de la vivencia. En el presente estudio indagaremos en esta profundidad metafísica del pensamiento gadameriano al mostrar, en primer lugar, las raíces heideggerianas de estas preocupaciones y, en segundo lugar, las diversas líneas de lectura que se han abierto desde ese famoso adagio de Verdad y Método I. Finalmente, se sostendrá la interpretación de la obra de Gadamer que da cuenta de una determinada ontología hermenéutica.
Simmel y Ortega: Ontología relacional contra la tradición parmenídea del ser
Authors: Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Eduardo
Published: November 2022

En este artículo se comparan las teorías ontológicas de Georg Simmel y José Ortega y Gasset, con dos objetivos: demostrar la influencia del vitalismo simmeliano en el «raciovitalismo» de Ortega, y exponer sus planteamientos como críticas a la tradición parmenídea del Ser. El estudio comparado se realiza a partir de la tesis de la «intradición de la tradición», sobre la que diremos algunas palabras. Finalmente, concluiremos con la idea de que la ontología de Simmel y Ortega es una crítica a la epistemología o a las implicaciones ontológicas de la epistemología moderna.
Trabajadoras del transporte. El desafío democratizador en actividades de dominación masculina
Authors: Pérez Ver´ónica , Hernández Candela
Published: November 2022

Este artículo aborda las resultantes de la apertura de actividades económicas a la participación de las mujeres en Argentina a partir del caso del transporte masivo de pasajeros terrestre y aerocomercial. Se estudia su participación en la actividad, trayectorias laborales y barreras percibidas para el año 2020.
La metodología combina análisis estadístico de datos secundarios con entrevistas semi-estructuradas a trabajadoras. Las variables analizadas por género fueron cantidad de personas trabajadoras por modo de transporte, categoría ocupacional, antigüedad y edad. Las entrevistas exploran relaciones de género en los espacios de trabajo, demandas sociales a su desempeño y obstáculos percibidos para su desarrollo profesional.
La evidencia empírica corrobora que el transporte constituye una actividad de dominación masculina en la que actúan procesos de segregación vertical y horizontal que relegan a las mujeres a los puestos de menor remuneración, jerarquía y calificación, apoyados en barreras culturales basadas en estereotipos de género.
Segregación ocupacional y acoso sexual: la dimensión simbólica de su persistencia
Authors: Moreno Colom Sara , Borràs Català Vicent , Jiménez Carmen , Peidró Lídia
Published: November 2022

El artículo presenta parte de los resultados del estudio “El acoso sexual y por razón de sexo en el mundo laboral: una aproximación cualitativa”. El objetivo general de dicha investigación fue analizar el trasfondo sociocultural que sustenta la persistencia del acoso sexual y por razón de sexo. Los objetivos específicos incluían: identificar, describir y explicar los factores sociales que perpetúan el fenómeno.
Tomando como punto de partida este estudio, el artículo  presenta una aproximación al acoso sexual y a la segregación ocupacional fijándose en la dimensión simbólica de ambas discriminaciones. Para profundizar sobre esta cuestión, se presenta la evidencia empírica obtenida con la realización de ocho grupos de discusión.
Los resultados muestran que los imaginarios socialmente compartidos reflejan el peso de los roles y estereotipos tradicionales de género en el lugar de trabajo configurando dos universos simbólicos, el femenino y el masculino, que coexisten pero no se comunican. Ambas realidades contribuyen a explicar la persistencia de las discriminaciones laborales contra las mujeres.
South Korea’s Cultural Policies towards its Diaspora Citizens
Authors: PALA Medine
Published: November 2022

South Korean society has diaspora communities living in various countries outside the homeland and the diaspora’s reasons for departing vary. Today, South Korea’s engagement with its diaspora is increasing and the government is pursuing policies to strengthen bonds between the diaspora and the homeland. South Korea strives to make its diaspora citizens feel its presence in many fields, from media to politics, and from cultural studies to education. Through various education programs, second and third generation citizens, who have never lived in South Korea, are given the opportunity to do so. In this study, how South Korea supports its diaspora and how it performs this support are explained through six selected institutions. The research uses a literature review of previous academic studies and data from the official websites of the selected institutions. The history of South Korea’s diaspora formation and the beginning of South Korea’s cultural activities for its diaspora are discussed in the study. The functioning of these activities is discussed through selected institutions. These institutions provide support the to the diaspora in various fields, such as culture, mother tongue teaching, and education. Support given in the field of education is more than in other fields.
A Case of Successful Retrieval of Migrated Device Fragment Using a Snare
Authors: Polavarapu Raghava Sarma , Siripuram Yudhistar , Chowdary Ravella Keerthika
Published: November 2022

Procedural related intravascular foreign bodies in vascular and nonvascular areas sometimes leads to abrupted serious complications such as embolization, thrombus development, etc. and necessitating their removal. This can be achieved by avoiding procedural related errors and selecting the appropriate device. The present case represents successfully retrieval of fragmented tip of Simmons catheter using a snare in a 50-year-old woman without any serious consequences

Keywords:Catheter, Foreign body, Retrieval, Snare
HARDINESS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AS PREDICTORS OF SELF-EFFICACY IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Authors:   Higher Education Department, Government of the Punjab, Kazmi Syed Messum Ali , Gul Afsheen ,   Department of Applied Psychology, Kinnaird College for Women University, Lahore Pakistan, Saeed Hafsa ,   Government College University, Lahore
Published: November 2022

The study was designed for the purpose of assessing the impact of hardiness and academic achievement on self-efficacy in university students. The study hypothesized that hardiness and academic achievement would predict self-efficacy and that there would be gender differences among these constructs. Also, the mediating role of academic achievement was hypothesized as impacting the association between hardiness and self-efficacy. The study used a correlational research design. Purposive sampling technique was used for selecting 500 participants including 250 males and 250 females in the age range of 18 to 28. Academic motivation, academic self-efficacy and Kobasa hardiness scale were used. Data analysis was done using pearson product moment correlation, multiple regression analysis, independent sample t test and moderated mediation analysis. The results showed that hardiness was significantly and positively associated with academic achievement and its sub-dimensions and with self-efficacy. Hardiness and academic achievement significantly predicted self-efficacy. There were also significant gender differences that were identified in relevance to self-efficacy. Apart from this, age had a moderating impact in relevance to the relationship between hardiness and self-efficacy via the mediation of academic achievement. Keywords: Hardiness, Academic Achievement, Self-Efficacy, Moderated Mediation Analysis
ADJUSTMENT ISSUES, SELF-ESTEEM AND ACADEMIC MOTIVATION AMONG YOUNG ADULTS LIVING WITH STEP PARENTS
Authors:   Department of Applied Psychology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan, Sajjad Muhammad , Khan Aqeel Ahmad ,   Department of Applied Psychology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan, Sarwar Nadeem ,   Department of Applied Psychology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Published: November 2022

The present research was planned to address the adjustment issues of young adults who are living with their step parents and the relationship of these adjustment issues was also checked with their level of self-esteem and academic motivation. To measure the adjustment issues the researcher administered a Brief Adjustment Scale-6. The level of self-esteem and academic motivation were also quantified by using Rosenberg Self-esteem scale and Academic Motivation Scale (AMS). The total sample included in this research was (N=80) young adults living with their step parents. This was a cross-sectional study and the results from the study revealed that 51% young adults living with their step parents were unhappy with them. From the research participants 32% young adults living with their step parents reported that their parents are not playing a leading role. Furthermore, the overall level of self-esteem and academic motivation was lower among the young adults living with step parents. A gender wise comparison showed more adjustment issues among females as compared with males. Similarly, the overall level of self-esteem was higher among female and academic motivation was lower among male young adults. Keywords: Adjustment Issues, young adults, Step Parents, Self-Esteem, Academic Motivation.